Haha LOVE the way you drew these guys :D

Which always lead me to think... who's Mrs. Koopa?

Play Super Paper Mario. It's Peach, as luck would have it...At least that's how Bowser's counting it.

Man you do these guys justice, and then some.

It's like your style was made especially to draw them :D

MAI!! WHO IS MRS.KOOPA!???
You should draw an guestimate on what she looks like.
(LOVES THE WENDY)

Ever since Partners in Time, I've likened Kylie to being Bowser's little concubine. But then again, they could all have different mothers...

Mortan Koopa Jr. Deffently looks like he has a differnt parent.

Ludwig's mom is clearly Flurrie.

lol

Yyyyyup! Personal harem! Koopas line up for it, but end up getting drafted into the army in stead. D:

Awesome.

very well done!

Nice indeed, I always did like the koopalings. And I still feel only Larry and Morton were the "blank slates" personally.

I'd like to know where you found these personalities. I've still yet to see them do anything other than wait at the end of certain levels solely for me to jump on three times and move on. Other than that, the only redeeming quality they seem to have is that they're Bowser's kids.

You happened to pick out my two favorites of the bunch. I'm not sure if that means anything, but I just wanted to point that out.

Zachery, my good man... It seems some Yoshi's Safari is in order! Each mech the koopa kids pilot says much about their tastes!

Really, people have scraped together personalities for the koopalings based on what worlds they tend to occupy [Wendy being a sucker for having the beach all to herself so she can tan and such or Lemmy liking icy places to practice balancing on his ball, which he keeps at his side like Linus of the peanuts keeps his blanket] and their fighting styles [such as Larry's Tennis Racket from M&L or Morton's introduction of the ground shaking jumps in both SMW and SMB3, suggesting maybe he has his dad's same taste in food?] as well their namesakes and some of the flavor text from Super Mario World, such as Ludwig Von Koopa being a composer in his spare time...


... That, and there's the cartoon show personalities that people sometimes follow, but I can't imagine those are what one would look for for official personalities of these characters. Regardless, it's good to see them back in a main game and not a Mario and Luigi cameo, and the chance for them to be used in more Mario RPGs is there where they have a chance to be better defined.

Well, I did notice Ludwig seems to have something of an emogoth/valley/surfer accent(it's hard to tell, considering I'm just going by how he says "Oh" when he jumps around the world map). Then again, I really don't need much of a personality to get behind a character; that's why I stick with Mario over his decidedly more developed brother.

I only take flavor text as far as can be. I think it was mostly just localization having fun referencing namesakes and whatnot, bordering on writing fanfiction. If I remember right, they didn't even have names until SMB3 got localized. I suppose you could always follow the goofy manga...

There is that as well... but yes, It's quite amazing how Mario's Blank slate and go-to guy kind of personality fits so well for being the lead for a game like these; He has many qualities of the JRPG hero, but with a bit of a twist of them usually getting the love of the leading lady.

It's because of this that Mario, in spite of being so familiar is at the same time an enigma. I've always thought of him as an optimistic chum that believes that someone has to do some of the unpleasant things in life for others get by. He tries to do a little of everything to try and please people, which is why he takes on so many unpleasant jobs like plumbing, rescuing peach, curing deadly plagues, and participating in power-up laden sports to entertain the masses. I always have pictured Mario to be the type of guy who just needs to come home to a nice and hot meal, a soft bead, and the reassurance that he puts smiles on so many people's faces in need of such cheering up from the duldroms of having a near-constantly aggressive neighboring country attempt all sorts of hostile takeover repeatedly...

... This being said, I kinda have trouble sympathizing with those who see Mario as a man who hides his greed under sugary sweetness and consider him a murderous lecher who is a communist druggie.

In the end, neither idea is correct, nor does Miyamoto WANT either to be correct. Even in places like the Legend of Zelda, which is a game heavy on storytelling, there are still horrible gaps left for the player to fill in, and I think that's what he wants moreso out of the Mario player, so that it alienates nobody since things aren't skewed one way or another. Some think this to be bred of laziness, but I think once again that Nintendo has found the method to play to nearly all common denominators.

... sorry for talking your ear off. XD

Don't forget about Mario almost jacking Gaz in the mouth when he says Mario needs all the help he can get.

... this is true, but then again that kid was already a bit mouthy to his mother and shot a very dangerous toy at Mario who was trying to play with him. Just because he's a nice fellow doesn't mean he doesn't believe in old-school correction for children.

Needs more Wendy.

I somehow feel this is a false statement. Everyone draws Wendy due to the Smurfette principal, and thus there is "more than enough" Wendy to go around. She totally gets exponentially more love than she deserves. I'd say she doesn't do too bad for a fish-faced blank-slate knock-off could-be-anyone-else-and-not-effect-canon emotionless-stump.

Course, if you said something like "needs more Boom-Boom", I'd be more inclined to agree.

Who's Boom-Boom?

The fortress boss from SMB3.

Nobody ever draws that thing.

OMG, They're all so awesomely cute (hugs both Bowser Jr. and Lemmy)! :3

You rule.

suddenly feel like going and playing Mario again XD

This is fucking badass.

it's like looking at a concept design sketch for a SMB cartoon!

I'm surprised you didn't pick Iggy's ass slap for his pose.

I would've, but I was clearly trying to squeeze him into that part of the page instead of moving on to a new one. One of these days i'll actually listen to the little voice inside me that suggests doing that. One day.

awe7ome

The drastic change in height, personality and hair color in Iggy was a big surprise to me when I saw him in NSMBW, but honestly, I like him more like that now. I think it was about time the Koopalings had a crazy sibling in there ranks.

I give you drastic hairstyle change, and the height difference is just more pronounced. Iggy's always been a tad mor vertically oriented, almost in the same way Luigi is from Mario. But other than that, I don't see him being much different than he's been in the past.

In the past I believe Iggy was as small as Lemmy. It was believed they both liked to be together often do to that. They also shared the same rainbow colored hair. (not any more in this case)

But again. I really like Iggy's new looks and personality.

Only with sprites. Lemmy's always been the shortest, despite his age. The ball is supposedly to make up for that lack of height. At least, that's what I've assumed. Wendy and Lemmy have always had more in common than Lemmy and Iggy have.

Yes, Iggy's new personality is that he's Dan Hibiki...or some other character that does the ass-slap taunt.

Meh, I don't like Jr. He's no better than the others he just got more than once shot at that darn plumber. >:(

I think they've all had at least 5 shots at him. But at the end of the day, Jr.'s the only one who's got the horns to follow in his father's obnoxious footsteps...literally.

This picture was inspired by New Spuer Mario Bros. Wii, the first game where Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings was seen together.

This comment is stating the ovbious.

I didn't see it mentioned, plus some people here aren't Mario Fans or aren't Wii Owners.

Then I doubt they'd bother looking at it.

Besides, this is obviously Battletoads.

He's like the Koopaling version of Green 'Stache!

looks good to me

Wendy still has prolapsed anus lips. xD

True story. In their first battle she tried to seduce Mario. He responded by giving her a permanent fat lip. Now she sounds like the spawn of Toad and a bat with a seizure.

I believe this.

It has to be true. I read it on the internet.

There designs were updated slightly for the new Wii title. One interesting thing is that it apears the star mark might be a birth mark. And Jr. is the only one with an official game voice.

Define official game voice, because I'm pretty sure the vocalizations they had weren't my imagination.

I have'nt played New Super Mario Wii yet but unless they gave spoken dialog to the other kids. Jr. is the only one to have talked in a game.

No spoken dialogue, but quips more akin to what Mario does in games. They make noises voiced by people is what I'm saying.

Yeah, but atleast they're not talking like the old cartoon

Ludwig and Iggy have got to be the coolest koopas.

Besides visually and the fact Wendy is a girl, I really don't see much difference between any of them but Jr.

That being said, I've always liked Larry and Mort the most.

Ludwig and Iggy have just got the hair. Enough said.

So do Madamme Flurrie and the veggies, if that's all it takes. They're all still years behind Bowser's dreaded "mullethawk".

That is true. That is true.

In Iggy's defense, at least he stopped biting on Lemmy's style.

Ludvig is still the one with the craziest hair. I also loved the fact they were named after famous pop-culture icons. Super Mario 3 is my favorite Mario game.

It's EVERYONE's favorite Mario game. That's why they hardly ever reference any others in newer games.

Yes very true again, but still Ludvig for the win.

At least you still have Bowser with a sinister look. ^_^

Nicely done. Plans on inking and coloring by chance?

I have the strangest feeling some budding artist on the vast internets has already downloaded this image and started doing it. I really hadn't planned on it, though.

Well, then I too shall take a stab it it. ^_^

i LOVE the Koopalings

Not Bad XD

dose lips

I'm really starting to think it's a tumor.

IT'S NOT A TUMAH
this is awesomely cute work as usual, btw :]

Ludwig, Morton, Roy and Iggy are my favorites. :3

Probably the first three 'cause they're...chubbier? Bigger definitely. <3