Koopa Kid

A Koopa Kid (also known as a Koopaling) is a character from the Super Mario Brothers series of video games. As far as it is known, there are eight Koopa Kids, all the children of King Bowser Koopa. Nothing else is known about their origins. The first seven originally appeared in Super Mario Bros. 3, and subsequently appeared in Super Mario World, Yoshi's Safari, and Mario Is Missing!. More recently, they appeared in '. They are always world bosses, except for Mario & Luigi where they are minibosses in Bowser's castle.

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Super Mario - Video game - King Bowser Koopa - Super Mario Bros. 3 - Super Mario World - Yoshi's Safari - Mario Is Missing! - Boss

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The Koopa Kids have wild punk hairstyles and dress. It is said that each Koopaling was personally designed by a different member of the production staff of SMB3.

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The Koopa Kids were modelled after the design team of that game Super Mario Bros. 3. Explains Shigeru Miyamoto: "This is another way we give recognition to the many people who help make the games successful." (Mario Mania Players Guide http://www.miyamotoshrine.com/theman/interviews/0561.shtml, May 1991)

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Super Mario Bros. 3 - Shigeru Miyamoto - 1991

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Each of the first seven Koopa children are named after celebrities. In the Mario cartoons, they were given different names, most likely because they were not actually named in their first game (their names would appear onscreen in Super Mario World).

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