Bowser (PM): Difference between revisions

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Bowser is currently ranked 41st out of 41 characters on the [[Project M#Tier list|official]] [[tier list]], ranking himself as the worst character on the tier list, the same ''Melee'' placement ranking 26th out of 26 characters and a somewhat larger drop from his ''Brawl'' placement of 33rd out of 38. In the official [[Project+]] tier list, he places higher, ranking 32nd out of 42 characters.

Term clarification:

FAF: First Actionable Frame

IASA: Interrupted as soon as

BKB: Base Knockback

**{{change|Added 3rd hitbox to sweet spot to match sour spot. Matches sourspot’s KB but retains sweetspot’s angle.}}

**{{bugfix|Up Tilt interpolation glitch has been fixed.}}

*Up Smash:

**{{nerf|Landing Hitbox active frames 22-25 → 22-23}}

**{{nerf|Low Hitboxes pulled in slightly, X Offset -9.4/11.2 → -8/9.8}}

*Dash Grab:

**{{change|Inner grab box size increased in size to fix dead zone}}

**{{buff|IASA 52 → 48}}

*Side Special (Koopa Klaw):

**{{bugfix|Fixed a bug where character actions wouldn’t update if thrown from a buffered Koopa Klaw throw. As a result, this slows down the fastest possible throw by 2 frames.}}

*Aerial Side Special:

**{{bugfix|Fixed a bug where it could not do damage to opponents that were too close to the ground.}}

*{{nerf|Up Special (Whirling Fortress): Grounded initial hit KBG 85 → 80}}

**{{nerf|Ledge Jump IASA 4 → 7}}

===v2.0 - v2.28===

**{{nerf|Knockback reduced. Base 50 → 60, Growth 100 → 70.}}

===Most historically significant players===

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''See also: [[:Category:Bowser players (PM)]]''

 

*{{Sm|American Bowser|USA}} - Ranked 38th on the [[PMRank 2019]].

*{{Sm|Malachi|USA}} - Won [[Blacklisted 5]] with solo Bowser, now ranked 8th on the [[PMRank 2022]]

*{{Sm|Nogh|USA}} - Ranked 5th on the [[PMRank 2022]], secondaries Bowser.

{{s|mariowiki|Dry Bowser}} appears in ''Project M'' as Bowser's alternate costume. In the game ''{{s|mariowiki|New Super Mario Bros.}}'', Bowser falls to his apparent doom in a pit of lava, only to emerge and be fought later on in his skeletal form, Dry Bowser. He is an undead skeleton of Bowser (similar to how {{s|mariowiki|Dry Bones}} are apparent skeletons of [[supermariowiki:Koopa (species)|Koopa]]s) with an orange tuft of hair and his shell intact, though badly burnt. As of v3.5, Bowser's eyes gain an orange glow during certain attack animations as Dry Bowser. However, Bowser's moveset and sounds remain the same while playing as Dry Bowser.

''[[Project+]]'' provides several new recolors for both Bowser's default and Dry Bowser costumes. Bowser's new green alternate costume resembles his appearance in ''Super Mario World'', and his new red costume resembles a costume in ''Mario Golf''.  The last default costume recolor resembles his appearance on the Japanese cover for ''Super Mario Bros.'' Dry Bowser received additional recolors, his team colors representing the Dry Bone colors in ''Mario Superstar Baseball'' and ''Mario Super Sluggers'', and his brown color resembling fossilized dinosaur bones.   Additionally, Dry Bowser's attacks now use a blue fire effect instead of the regular red fire of his default costume.  

 

'''Z-Secret Costume:''' Dark Bowser: Based on [[mariowiki:Dark Bowser|Dark Bowser]], a doppelgänger of Bowser created by the [[mariowiki:Dark Star|Dark Star]] after it steals some of his DNA in ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''. Extra details include black mask-like markings around his red eyes and his hair being more spiked up. Since 2.4, this secret costume has received a minor visual overhaul, namely a scar on the left side of his chest and the mask-like markings being smaller.

'''R-Secret Costume:''' Rookie: Based on [[mariowiki:Rookie|Rookie]], Bowser's alter-ego that he develops after winding up with amnesia in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''. The only visual distinction from Bowser is the blue burglar mask he wears.

'''Giga Bowser Z-Secret Costume:''' Giga Dark Bowser: A Giga Bowser version of the Dark Bowser Z-Alt. ''Project+'' Ver. 2.4 altered the mask-like markings and placed the [[mariowiki:Dark Star|Dark Star]] on the left side of his chest where the scar mentioned above used to be.

'''Giga Bowser R-Secret Costume:''' Giga Rookie: A Giga Bowser version of the Rookie R-Alt.

*[https://pmunofficial.com/en/characters/bowser/ Bowser's page at the Project M website]

*[https://www.reddit.com/r/SSBPM/comments/ah5trh/labbing_discord_results_bowser/ Labbing Discord Tech Post]