"general" Mario question

Animesh Karna

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Oct 20, 1996, 3:00:00 AM10/20/96

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Until SM64, I hadn't played Mario games all that much. I have a few
questions, however:

(1) I always thought that the Princess' name was "Princess Daisy". Now it
appears to be "Peach". Are they two different princesses, or is one a
nickname?

(2) I thought the bad guy was "King Koopa". Is this Bowser?

Thanks!

BeefLord

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Oct 20, 1996, 3:00:00 AM10/20/96

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> Until SM64, I hadn't played Mario games all that much. I have a few
> questions, however:

Okay, here goes...

>
> (1) I always thought that the Princess' name was "Princess Daisy". Now it
> appears to be "Peach". Are they two different princesses, or is one a
> nickname?
>

Well, at first it was simply "Princess Toadstool." Then, in Super Mario
Land, she became "Daisy" because "Princess" wouldn't fit on the game boy
screen. However, in the Japanese Mario Land, she was "Peach." I don't
know why they changed it, but eventually Nintendo decided that her name
was Princess Peach Toadstool, and it's the same all over the world now.

> (2) I thought the bad guy was "King Koopa". Is this Bowser?

Bowser IS the King Koopa. He is king of the koopas, a tribe of turtles.
The enemies are koopas, and Bowser's the king. In Super Mario Brothers
2, there was some confusion as to his name, but in Mario 3 they stuck
with Bowser.

>
> Thanks!

You're welcome. Never pass up an oportunity to show your true geekness,
that's what I always say. :)

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Jason Brian Chapa

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Oct 21, 1996, 3:00:00 AM10/21/96

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On 20 Oct 1996 22:41:36 GMT, ka...@p3.net (Animesh Karna) wrote:

>Until SM64, I hadn't played Mario games all that much. I have a few
>questions, however:
>

>(1) I always thought that the Princess' name was "Princess Daisy". Now it
>appears to be "Peach". Are they two different princesses, or is one a
>nickname?

Well, in the US she has been known mainly as Princess Toadstool. In
Japan, she has always been known as Peach. For SM64, they decided to
combine it, more or less, and bring the name Peach to the US. So she
is known as Princess Peach Toadstool. Princess Daisy is the damsel in
distress in the Game Boy game Super Mario Land. Which, by the way,
really has nothing to do with the SMB series, SMW, or SM64. (Also,
there was Mario's girlfriend in Donkey Kong. Her name was Pauline,
but no one seems to know what happened to her.)

>(2) I thought the bad guy was "King Koopa". Is this Bowser?
>

>Thanks!

This is also a case of US names vs. Japan names. In Japan he is known
simply as King Koopa, whereas in the US he was given the name Bowser.
But it should be noted that Koopa is the name of the race of little
turtles in the game. So calling him King Koopa makes sense, since he
is king of the koopas. Personally, I always thought Bowser sounded
like a dog's name. I think in the old animated SMB Super Show, they
referred to him only as King Koopa, but I'm not sure.

P.S.: I was reading an old interview with Shigeru Miyamoto in a
Nintendo Player's Guide from 1991. He was talking about hardware
limitations and the future. And he predicted that maybe someday Mario
would wear metallic clothes! Weird, huh?

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czar

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Oct 21, 1996, 3:00:00 AM10/21/96

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Animesh Karna <ka...@p3.net> wrote in article <54e9r0$7...@surf3.p3.net>...

> Until SM64, I hadn't played Mario games all that much. I have a few
> questions, however:
>
> (1) I always thought that the Princess' name was "Princess Daisy". Now
it
> appears to be "Peach". Are they two different princesses, or is one a
> nickname?

I thought it used to be Toadstool...

>
> (2) I thought the bad guy was "King Koopa". Is this Bowser?

I think he was referred to both.
>
> Thanks!
>
>

Dustin L. Douglas

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Oct 22, 1996, 3:00:00 AM10/22/96

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Nightmare <m...@ripco.com> writes:

>Toadstool is her last name. King kopa was replaced with bowser after the
>2nd mario. mario 3 and up used boswer.
Yeah it's princess toadstool, I guess Peach is kina' a pet name to mario.
However, King Koopa==Bowser. because he is "bowser King of the koopas."
The koopas being the turtles e.g. koopa troopa, and koopa paratroopa
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Nightmare

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Oct 22, 1996, 3:00:00 AM10/22/96

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Seth the Brain

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Oct 22, 1996, 3:00:00 AM10/22/96

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Toadstool is her last name, Peach is her japanese
name which has become her first name in America.

Seth the Brain

Neumann, Terry

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Oct 24, 1996, 3:00:00 AM10/24/96

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"Peach" is the Princess name in japan

thats all what i know

terry
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