Kings
- This article is about the kings inSuper Mario Bros. 3. For other uses of the term, seeKing.
| Kings | |
|---|---|
 Sprites fromSuper Mario All-Stars | |
| First appearance | Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) |
| Latest appearance | Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024) |
| Species | Human |
- “Oh thank heavens! I’m back to my old self again. Thank you so much. Here is a letter from the princess.”
- —Kings,Super Mario Bros. 3
Thekings[1] are the monarchs of the various lands of theMushroom World. Seven of them are featured inSuper Mario Bros. 3, and each was turned into a different creature by theKoopalings. The kings are unnamed individually, althoughThe Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 gave some of them unique identities, andThe Super Mario Bros. Super Show! even introduced several similar characters and territories. LikePrincess Toadstool, they haveToad helpers.
History[edit]
Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]
InSuper Mario Bros. 3, the Koopalings invaded seven kingdoms of the Mushroom World, stealing the royalmagic wands and using them to transform their kings into various creatures. With the kings in their vulnerable state, each evil Koopaling then ruled over the world in that king's place, withBoom Boom andBowser's Minions placed all over the kingdoms. Renowned heroic brothersMario andLuigi of theMushroom Kingdom arrived to help them, first starting withGrass Land.
To save a king, the Mario Bros. have to go to his castle, where the Toad pleads the heroes to restore the king by taking the magic wand back from the Koopaling. After that, Mario and Luigi must assault theairship, defeat the Koopaling, and return the king back into his human shape. He thanks the Mario Bros. for saving him, and he delivers a letter fromPrincess Toadstool enclosed with a "jewel" (orpower-up). If the player manages to restore the kings to their human forms while wearing a special suit, then they get different rescue dialog for each different suit. This continues until the brothers reach the forbidden kingdom ofDark Land, whereBowser ended up holding the princess hostage.
InSuper Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, if the player defeated Bowser before saving the kings, upon selecting the castle, the player is treated to a cutscene where it shows the Koopaling of the respective world invading the castle, snatching the magic wand and using it to transform the king, and then escaping seconds before Mario arrives. In addition, because Princess Toadstool has already been saved beforehand, the king does not give the player a letter from her.
Grass Land king[edit]
The king ofGrass Land wears a jeweled white turban and has a large black mustache and sideburns. In the original game, he wears a green robe over white clothing, while in remakes, he wears red clothing and an indigo-colored cape. In the original game, there areunused tiles depicting him moving his mouth or chin when he speaks, though in the final game, he only blinks. He is turned into a dog that constantly scratches his ear in the original game, and into aCobrat that slithers back-and-forth in the remakes.
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal; with wand)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal; without wand)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal,unused)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal, unused)
Super Mario All-Stars (transformed)
Super Mario All-Stars (normal)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Desert Land king[edit]
The king ofDesert Land appears to be balding with a white mustache and a small crown. In the original game, he wears an orange robe over white clothes, while in the remakes, he wears a red robe over a white shirt and orange pants. He is turned into a silkworm that bobs on a thread over his crown in the original game, and aHoopster that falls off a vine and continues animating on the ground in the remakes.
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario All-Stars (transformed)
Super Mario All-Stars (normal)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Water Land king[edit]
The king ofWater Land has a striking facial resemblance toMario andLuigi and wears a tall crown. In the original game, he wears a green robe over white clothes, while in the remakes, he wears green clothes and a red cape. He is turned into akappa in the original game, and a medium-sized purpleDino Rhino in the remakes.
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario All-Stars (transformed)
Super Mario All-Stars (normal)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Giant Land king[edit]
The king ofGiant Land wears a turban and pants without a shirt, which are white in the original and tinted orange in the remakes. He also appears thinner in the remakes compared to the original. He is turned into a small orange bipedaldinosaur with plates down his back in the original, and intoDonkey Kong Jr. in the remakes.
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario All-Stars (transformed)
Super Mario All-Stars (normal)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Sky Land king[edit]
The king ofSky Land has a crown and a long white beard. In the original, he has a long nose and the beard is angular, while in the remakes, his nose and beard are more rounded with his mustache becoming more prominent. He wears an orange and white robe in the original game and a red shirt with indigo pants in the remakes. He is turned into a large vulture that flies in-place in the original, and into anAlbatoss that flies back-and-forth in the remakes.
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario All-Stars (transformed)
Super Mario All-Stars (normal)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Ice Land king[edit]
The king ofIce Land appears to be balding and has a crown, a black mustache, and a heavy coat. In the original, he uses unique palettes that gives him peach skin with gray hair and a brown coat, while in remakes he shares his palette with others and has tan skin, blond-yellow hair, and a purple coat over a red suit. He is turned into a seal that balances his crown on its nose in the original and into aMonty Mole that dashes back-and-forth in the remakes.
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario All-Stars (transformed)
Super Mario All-Stars (normal)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Pipe Land king[edit]
The king ofPipe Land has a full beard and wears a horned helmet. In the original, he has pale white skin with an orange beard and black clothes, while in the remake, he has the same tan skin tone as the other kings, a white beard, and a red suit. He is turned into an orangePiranha Plant (with a pose resembling aVenus Fire Trap) with a small pipe in the original, and aYoshi in the remakes.
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
Super Mario All-Stars (transformed)
Super Mario All-Stars (normal)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (transformed)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (normal)
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 created personalities for several rulers. Many, if not all, of them also looked different.
- Prince Hugo – the new ruler of Giant Land (likely making him different from the king seen inSuper Mario Bros. 3)
- TheSultan – the ruler of apalace that may be in Desert Land
- King Mackerel – the ruler ofMertropolis, a domed underwater city
- Wizard King of the West – the wizard of an unknown location that resembles Sky Land
- King Windbag – the ruler of a domain implied to be Ice Land
- Emperor Ed – the ruler of Sky Land
Super Mario Kodansha manga[edit]
- “"スーマリ3には七人も王さまが出てくるからどれがほんものかわからないのよ" ("In Super Mario Bros. 3, there are seven kings, so who knows which one is the real one.")”
- —Princess Peach,Super Mario Kodansha manga
The kings appear in the first manga of theSuper Mario Kodansha series:Manga Super Mario Bros. 3 Kanzen Kōryakuhon.
The kings can also be seen inSuper Mario 4-koma Daikōshin. They appear only in the "7 Kings" (7人の王さま) strip, in whichPeach reveals that she thought one of the seven kings was her real father, and not theMushroom King, mostly hoping it was the Water Land king.
Mario's dad's outfit, as depicted in a painting inSuper Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 3, resembles the clothing of the Water Land king, hinting at a possible connection between the two characters.
Gallery[edit]
Artwork[edit]
Nintendo Power artwork of the Water Land king
Notebook from Pigna with the Water Land king
Sprites[edit]
A king's throne in the Japanese version ofSuper Mario Bros. 3
A king's throne in the international versions ofSuper Mario Bros. 3
Screenshots[edit]
Super Mario All-Stars (Grass Land)
Super Mario All-Stars (Desert Land)
Super Mario All-Stars (Water Land)
Names in other languages[edit]
The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media they are associated with in the "notes" column.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | Ōsama | King | |
Kokuō | |||
| Chinese(Traditional) | 國王[3] Guówáng | King | |
| Dutch | Koning[4] | King | |
| French | Roi[4][5]:46 | King | |
| German | König[6][7][5]:26 | King | |
| Italian | Re[8]:5[9][5]:106[10]:17[11] | Kings | |
| 7 Re[8]:25 | 7 Kings | Super Mario Bros. 3 | |
| Regnanti del Mondo dei Funghi[12] | Mushroom World's rulers | ||
| Sovrano[10]:15 | Ruler | Super Mario All-Stars - 25th Anniversary Edition | |
| I Re[13] | The Kings | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopeida (second edition) | |
| Korean | 왕[14] Wang | King | |
| Spanish(European) | Rey[15][5]:86 | King |
Notes[edit]
- If Mario defeats a Koopaling asFrog Mario,Tanooki Mario, orHammer Mario, the king says one of the following:
- "Oh me, oh my! You've been transformed! Shall I change you back with this wand?" (to Frog Mario)
- "Thank you, kind raccoon. Please tell me your name." (to Tanooki Mario)
- "Hey you! How about lending me your clothes? No dice?! What a drag." (to Hammer Mario)
- The king of Water Land bears a striking resemblance to Mario. Also, the castle's island resembles Japan, with the castle itself placed where Kyoto, Nintendo's headquarters, would be.
- All of the transformed kings are depicted with generic crowns either on or near them, despite the fact that only four of the non-transformed kings wear crowns.
References[edit]
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- ^Matsumoto, Atsuko, Rie Ishii, and Claude Moyse, editors (1992).Der Spieleberater Super Mario Power. Großostheim:Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). ISBN3-929034-02-6. Page 28.
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- ^1991.Super Mario Bros. 3 Manual de Instrucciones. Madrid:Nintendo (European Spanish). Page 25.
[Edit] Super Mario Bros. 3 /Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Protagonists | Mario •Luigi •Princess Toadstool •Toads •Kings | |
| Bosses | Boom Boom •Big Booa •Fake Bowsera •Koopalings (Larry Koopa ·Morton Koopa Jr. ·Wendy O. Koopa ·Iggy Koopa ·Roy Koopa ·Lemmy Koopa ·Ludwig von Koopa) •Bowser | |
| Items | 1-Up Mushroom •3-Up Moona •Advance Coina •Anchor •Blue Coin •Boomeranga •Cape Feathera •Card •Coin •e-Coina •Fire Flower •Frog Suit •Goomba's Shoe •Hammer •Hammer Suit •Lakitu's Cloud •Magic ball •Magic Wand •Magic Whistle •Music Box •P-Wing •Poison Mushrooma •Starman •Super Leaf •Super Mushroom •Tanooki Suit •Vegetablea | |
| Objects | Main game | ? Block •Beanstalk •Big Block •Bolt Lift •Brick Block •Brick floor •Bridge •Buzzy Beetle Shell •Canoe •Cloud Block •Cloud Lift •Coin Block •Coral •Directional Lift •Donut Lift •Drawbridge •Elevator block •Empty Block •Flimsy Lift •Floor •Frozen Coin •Giant Shell •Goal •Green Shell •Gun barrel •Hidden Block •Ice •Ice Block •Island •Jump Block •Lift •Locked Door •Magic Door •Magic Note Block •Magical ball •Mega ? Block •Mushroom Coina •P Warp Door •Pyramid •Quicksand •Red Shell •Rock •Rotary Lift •Semisolid Platform •Spiny Shell •Switch Block •Track •Treasure box •Warp Door •Warp Pipe •Waterfall •White Block •White Block (platform) •Wood Block |
| World-ea | !-Switch •Axe •Balance Lift •Bubble •Control Coin •Dotted-Line Block •Goal Pole •Flipper •Giant Gate •Grass •Jumping Board •Key •Key Door •Power Meter Block •Rock Block •Rotating Block •Roulette Block •Seesaw •Snake platform •Soft sand •Stretch Block •Triangular Block •Vanishing Block | |
| Forms | Small Mario •Super Mario •Fire Mario •Raccoon Mario •Frog Mario •Tanooki Mario (Statue Mario) •Hammer Mario •Invincible Mario •Caped Marioa | |
| Switch Cardsa | 1UP Kinoko ga 3UP Moon ni kawaru! •Blue Green Switch •Luigi Power Up!! •Orange Switch •Sugu ni mantan! Power Meter!! •Teki Power Up! Tokuten x2!! •Timer yukkuri! | |
| Worlds | Grass Land •Desert Land •Water Land •Giant Land •Sky Land •Ice Land •Pipe Land •Dark Land •Warp Zone •World-ea | |
| Locations | e-Coin Castlea •Enemy Course •Panel (N-Mark Spade Panel ·Spade Panel ·Start Panel) •Toad's House •Treasure Ship | |
| Enemies | Main game | Angry Sun •Baby Cheep •Big Bertha •Bloober •Bloober baby •Bloober with kids •Bob-omb •"Boo" Diddly •Boomerang Brother •Boss Bass •Bullet Bill •Buster Beetle •Buzzy Beetle •Chain Chomp •Cheep-Cheep •Colossal Koopa Paratroopa •Dry Bones •Fiery Walking Piranha •Fire Brother •Fire Chomp •Firesnake •Giant Koopa •Goomba •Grand Goomba •Hammer Brother •Hot Foot •Jelectro •Koopa Paratroopa •Koopa Troopa •Kuribo's Goomba •Lakitu •Lava Lotus •Micro-Goomba •Missile Bill •Muncher •Para-Beetle •Para-Goomba •Pile Driver Micro-Goomba •Piranha Plant •Piranhacus Giganticus •Podoboo •Ptooie •Rocky Wrench •Roto-Disc •Scattering Bloober •Sledge Brother •Spike •Spiny Cheep-Cheep •Spiny •Spiny Egg •Stretch •Thwomp •Venus Fire Trap •Walking Piranha |
| World-ea | Amazing Flyin' Hammer Brother •Big Boo •Bony Beetle •Bowser Statue (Super Mario World) •Bumpty •Chargin' Chuck •Flurry •Goomba (Super Mario World) •Hoopster •Hothead •Jumping Piranha Plant •Lil Sparky •Magikoopa •Monty Mole •Para-Goomba (Super Mario World) •Porcupo •Rip Van Fish •Spike Top •Thwimp •Wiggler | |
| Obstacles | Big gun •Bowser Statue •Candy ring •Cannon •Cannonball •Diagonal cannon •Falling spikea •Fire-Bara •Giant cannonball •Lava •Pit •Quartet-cannon •Rocket Engine •Shifting wall •Spike •Tornado •Turtle Cannon | |
| World-e mini-gamesa | Blue Mushroom House •Orange Mushroom House •Red Mushroom House | |
| Music | "Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" ("Course Clear") • "Bros. Battle" • "Ending" • "Fireworks" • "Fortress BGM" • "Fortress Boss" • "Game Over" • "Ground BGM" • "King of the Koopas" • "Music Box" • "P Switch BGM / Toad's House" • "Player Down" • "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" • "Underwater BGM" • "World 1 Map (Grass Land)" • "World 2 Map (Desert Land)" • "World 3 Map (Water Land)" • "World 4 Map (Giant Land)" • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - In the Sky" • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - On the Ground" • "World 6 Map (Ice Land)" • "World 8 Map (Dark Land)" | |
| Miscellaneous | Extra life •Game Over •Mario Bros. •P-Meter •Time Limit | |
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