Who's the MOST Obscure Mario Enemy?

[@Gnoggin]

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[@Cliffordlonghead]

hi

[@Cliffordlonghead]

First

[@JEZ346]

Despite Mario World being my first video game besides Super Metroid, the two Mario Land games are the ones I have the fondest memories of.

[@mrelast9765]

as a Kid I LOVED Lost Levels MORE the the original Super Mario Bros I don't know WHY? but I just found it more fun

[@Exeggutorking]

What about the muddy buddy or the melon bug from yoshis island (technically they aren’t enemies but it’s close enough)

[@ricardodct5577]

4:12 Super Obscure Fun fact about the Fire Nipper Plant: In Paper Mario: The Origami King, regular Nipper Plants are enemies in the game, however, if you check their description in the Musée Champignon, it says how they're able to spit fire, although they don't have a fire attack in game, they have unused code which suggests they were suppose to have a fire spit attack, so technically, they we're gonna appear again, but they didn't.

[@Megastar54]

Rare non-pokemon Lockstin video is cool

[@BlackJoker3067]

I second this

[@nitrosherbert888]

This should be top comment varieties is cool cool

[@stanstanstan2597]

Takes me back to the good old days

[@doodleityourself4597]

A video not about a creature collector?! Crazy things happening in 2024! I’d like to see more!

[@LinkDawnbringer]

wdym? Mario is a creature collector, just look at Puzzle and Dragons Mario!

[@Sireington]

@@LinkDawnbringer if we’re talking on technicality, bowser’s minions….

[@doodleityourself4597]

OMG!!! Thanks for reacting Lockstin!!!

[@KM-64]

I'd argue there is an even more obscure enemy than Bowser's brother and its actually from the same game. The sky bloopers, which were literally just slightly pink-ish bloopers from a single level in the game.

[@adlaistevenson2623]

Flying Bloopers appears in at least one more level because I distinctly remember one being in a castle, close to a row of ?-Blocks. I think it's either 8-4 or D-4.

[@tacosunbirth]

They appear in more than just one level, 1-3, 2-3, a castle level

[@inkyinkfrfr]

what about that one variant of the Sniffit that only appears once in SMB2

[@kingnightmarevin]

What about the plague doctor shy guy variant?

[@adlaistevenson2623]

@@kingnightmarevin You mean Tweeters? They're in like every other level throughout the whole game, though.

[@15098D]

8:57 I like the implication that Mario met THE Dracula and destroyed him effortlessly. The Belmonts must be jealous

[@GuitarOfTime0116]

belmont just needs to absorb the power of a flower from a seperate kingdom. smh my head

[@Emily12471]

Destroying Dracula is easy, the problem is he keeps coming back

[@CMan185]

16:33 go back. go back. they made a FOREST VARIANT of the FIREBAR??

[@pepearown4968]

No. It’s just a spike bar, also seen in 3D Land, 3D World, and Odyssey. They just take on a different color here.

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

2:35 Albatoss, not Albatross. Because it tosses the Bob-Ombs.

[@mrziiz6893]

For a second I thought I’ve been mispronouncing albatross my whole life before I read the second part

[@spyr0guy]

The most obscure enemy in my opinion (because I never see it mentioned even as trivia) is the Bouncing Blade from Super Mario Advance. Not only is it exclusive to a *port* of Super Mario Bros 2, not only does it only appear *once* in the entire game, but it appears in an out-of-the way bonus area: a jar in world 5-2. It stretches up and down, poses almost no threat, doesn't move, and can only be defeated with a Starman. Its sprite is also... bizarre. It looks almost like a debug enemy that was left in by accident.

[@thekirbyguy4576]

Funnily enough, Wart is actually referenced in a piece of dialogue in Paper Mario Color Splash, no actual appearance though.

[@suroguner]

Wart also appears in a Zelda game too

[@2BitFoxVODS506]

​@@suroguneryou mean links awakening? There were even more mario references than just wart

[@suroguner]

@@2BitFoxVODS506 yes, but most of them aren't as obscure as Wart.

[@lonk2902]

I did not know about a lot of these enemies but absolutely knew about bowser's brother. He's such a common fun fact for youtubers to bring up, plus as a smash fan I have seen so many people on forums and reddit and stuff talk about alt colour origins.

[@XDDocXD]

this

[@mrziiz6893]

He was one of the few I already knew about, not even due to being really into smash lore, I just somehow already knew about him

[@danielferrieri7434]

Video Idea: Turning Mario Enemies into Pokémon

[@excalibursaurusm5701]

Turn Pokemon into Mario Enemies

[@brilliantsableye2591]

This, but with enemies from Zelda-games. Wait... someone already does that.

[@Hamantha]

What at the reverse? It’s always something to Pokemon, and not the inverse

[@deathsyth8888]

Bowser would definitely be a Fire/Dragon type. A Goomba: Ground maybe? A Koopa: not sure, needs more research. Lakitu would definitely be a wind type or at least part wind type.

[@TheChocoboKid]

Turning Lockstin and Gnoggin into a Pokemon

[@StartouchArts]

Smeech was actually in Sunshine! They appeared in Bianco Hills when you fight Petey Piranha for the second time, you use them to wake him up to start the fight.

[@superstardream1739]

Those were poinks

[@----x-----]

OK WE GOTTA TALK ABOUT THAT LUIGI'S MANSION IDEA BECAUSE IT'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD put luigi against youkia, or other monsters, in some spookier places not just mansions but maybe castles or whole towns too

[@SaddieMoon]

I think Bowser’s Brother has became more known over the years in the Mario community, even getting high in Shaphrillas’ poll where you say 5 of your favorite Mario characters. Yeah, it is in the Mario community where he’s more known in, but still.

[@alexrobi1176]

I was one of the people who submitted Bowser's Brother to the poll

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

I have been saying, I want to Nintendo to make a RTS game of some sort where you play as Bowser in command all of the various Mario enemies from over the years. Your ultimate goal could be kidnapping Peach.

[@victzegopterix2]

Not really RTS I think but _Bowser's Minions_ and _Bowser Jr.'s Journey_ are just there.

[@NintendoSegaGuys]

That idea would need a lot of work to be profitable.

[@mrziiz6893]

@@NintendoSegaGuysI don’t agree. Imagine Halo Wars but Mario. Sick as hell. I mean Mario V Rabbids is XCOM but Mario and that game was incredibly popular, so it’s clear that a genre break can work (especially a genre break into a strategy game)

[@NintendoSegaGuys]

@@mrziiz6893 Mario x Rabbids is a bad example, that game was being carried by the Mario brand and it had been ages since anyone saw the Rabbids at the time, it was a novelty more than anything, don't ask me how it got a sequel.

[@Zarkonem]

Kidnapping Peach apparently is comically easy. No, the real goal would be stopping freaking Mario.

[@deadlydingus1138]

Wart wasn’t in Dream Team for two reasons 1. You don’t go into Mario’s dreams. You go into Luigi’s. 2. It’s established that every location of the real world has a corresponding section of the Dream World. Dream Team doesn’t take place in the Mushroom Kingdom, so the odds of seeing Wart again are as good as seeing anyone else.

[@Shaprite]

He appeared in Wind Fish's dream too in Link's Awakening though.

[@misterzygarde6431]

It’d be cool if we got a Mario RPG where the more obscure enemies are stand ins for the typical Goomba’s, Koopas, etc. like the Strollin’ Stu enemies are stand ins for the Goombas, the Koopa Troopas come in Blue and Yellow variants rather than the Green and Red, the Ant enemies from Super Mario Land 2 are stand ins for Shy Guys, Madpoles are stand ins for Cheep Cheeps, etc.

[@KOkami03]

3:16 Probably because Wort was dreamed up by Mario, and Dream Team's main mechanic involves going into Luigi's dreams.

[@JamesDavy2009]

So, technically speaking; Wart is just a figment of Mario's sleep-induced imagination.

[@bewearstar9462]

But wart was dream up by the wind fish from zelda too

[@krakios3950]

To answer the question at 3:14, it would be because you never enter Mario's dreams during Dream Team

[@michaelkowal3230]

You enter Luigi's dreams, which is why he has his dreamy powers such as multiplying himself for group battles or growing to giant size to battle giant enemies

[@MonsterHunterxRWBY]

Mario did try once, but apparently he is not as much of a slacker as his bro.

[@Goinmach8]

that or alphadream just forgot wart existed

[@michaelkowal3230]

@@Goinmach8 That's possible considering Mario Bros. 2 is one of the more obscure Mario games

[@RebelliousTreecko]

As someone who liked Mario Land 1 and 2 as a kid, I'm a bit well-versed in the lesser-known enemies of the 80's and 90's. My favorite obscure enemy that always comes to mind is Otto from Donkey Kong 94. The octopus that latches onto you in the second Iceberg world stage. That game in general had many one-off enemies.

[@fonejunky6306]

17:02 I cannot believe I actually knew what you were talking about the moment you mentioned "Bowser's brother"

[@PointsofData]

The Chuckya came back in a way in Sunshine in the form of Chucksters, and I always really liked what they did with them since it's so funny

[@SaddieMoon]

1:51 Another fun fact: Mario Bros 2 did start out as a Mario game really early on, then became Doki Doki Panic, and then went back to being a Mario game. Now that’s something you most likely didn’t know.

[@EnigmaticGentleman]

As a Mario Romhack player, do not bring back Chuckya, it will only wreak pain upon this world.

[@B0ssguy]

12:04 Grindel is the greatest mario enemy ever conceived and slander will NOT be tolerated

[@felixander_official]

The fact that I recognized like 75% of the enemies in this video confirms my suspicions that I didn’t get out enough in high school.

[@matthewthefunnyman2788]

Fliprus is genuinely one of my favorite Mario enemies, it has such an interesting design, I wish it was in more stuff

[@whimsicalVanilla]

Regarding the rock monster at 7:16, the kanji for rock (岩) can be read as "iwa" or "Gan," so it's name is just rock-chan.

[@mirandatagliamonte9754]

12:00 This feels like a good place to mention that the Garden Kingdom boss in Mario Odyssey is named Torquedrift, and is implied to be connected to Spindrifts in some way

[@beandaily4074]

ACTUALLLYYYYYY subcon is a real place in the Mario universe, it is commonly accessed through dreams but the places and inhabitants in subcon are infact real. How do you think Birdo started to get into the M&L games and spinoffs? (There’s also the fact that Shy Guy’s bio in super Mario sluggers state that they once worked under Ling Wart before defecting) 🤓

[@Bleu_2ay]

4:29 the Shoomba

[@MM-lv7iy]

15:12 Isn’t there a creature like this in Sunshine? It works more like a power up in that game; it gets attracted to spraying water, allowing you to fill it up like a balloon before launching it like a rocket at enemies. Is this Smeech the same thing?

[@thesandman2426]

Also isn't it just like an enemy in Kirby and the Amazing Mirror that's immune to Kirby's suck ability

[@bewearstar9462]

Yes, but their different enemys

[@dr.bentenjaminoctaviusocto1658]

Thank you. I needed a Lockstin video today

[@sugsspikes4723]

Draglette looks like it could be the creature who died to make the Eerie enemies.

[@DuskyPredator]

I was thinking requirements being a distinct design, appearing the least but with small impact so not a boss. Which sounded like the vampire guy, with only a single one that went down like any enemy, and rather distinct looking.

[@Acubbatea]

12:50 yk i feel like you’ve could’ve said that one differently 💀

[@0mn1k1n]

absolutely intended

[@KageRyu798]

Very pleased with all the shout outs to the Super Mario Land enemies. Loved that game growing up. Beat it. Lent it to my older sister. Never saw it again. Good times.

[@brilliantsableye2591]

My favourite obscure enemy is the Squiggler. These baby wiggler appear in only ONE level in NSMB for the DS. There is also ONE as an NPC in Mario&Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (and its remake), but that's it.

[@funtimemarioman]

Don’t forget it appears in world 7, a world that most players will not know how to get to without guides

[@BobKirbyman-kz1fo]

And the only time you can talk to squiggler is before the fight against wiggler when he’s teaching you how the carrot minigame works and only has like 2 lines of dialogue

[@lrgogo1517]

"[Splunkin] is only in the 1st NSMB" yeah but Mario Galaxy had the Jack-o-Goomba which was essentially humanity inventing the Splunkin again

[@Wolfbane382]

I like to have more non-pokemon videos from time to time. What a nice rare treat. ^^ Also I had no idea there were this many emines in Maro. But I only ever played Super Mario Brothers 3, Super Maro 3D, and Maro Odyssey ^^;

[@Exeggutorking]

Also there’s a much more iconic blue bowser: dark bowser from Mario and luigi

[@TrueKoalaKnight]

My current understanding is that SMB2 started as a prototype for a more vertical Mario game, then got repurposed as Doki Doki Panic as a promotional game, then that game got repurposed into it's original purpose. Also, Wart does get a cameo in Link's Awakening under his Japanese name. And that game is a dream, too. Tho, I'll admit it would still be cool if he showed up in a dream based Mario game, too.

[@eShears]

Wart appears in Link's Awakening as Mamu. Also in a dream. He must be like the Freddy Krueger of Nintendo games...minus the killing. Also, the Nipper Plant isn't really a common enemy. Its only appearance in a 2D Mario game was SMB3, up until Wonder where they finally made a comeback

[@Unowdvalco]

Nipper plants are definitely not a common 2d mario enemy but on the contrary, they are quite common in the yoshi's island games, even having spore forms. I'm pretty sure the nipper plant has appeared in more yoshi games as opposed to 2d mario games

[@Moss_Dude]

An enemy so obscure it was never even mentioned here Those bomb pooping chickens in the desert galaxy levels We stan Snailicorn though

[@belstar1128]

I was obsessed with these mario enemies as a kid their design is very creative its a type of design that only exists in video games and was very different from other stuff. i guess a lot of the enemies in the older games were just designed around hardware limitations. i remember seeing certain types of enemies in super mario world or mario land and wondering why they are not in the newer games .

[@castform7]

One enemy I've recently come to know is Panser from SMB2 USA. Not a particularly interesting enemy but I am quite fond of its official art from Super Mario Advance. They seem chill.

[@speedslider3913]

I wish they took the spot of the Fire Nipper in SMB3, would've been perfect for 'em!

[@ChibbyTonx]

8:56 his name in Japanese is "kurokyura", a portmanteau of the words "kuro" (meaning black or dark) and "dorakyura" (how a Japanese would write Dracula). That makes the best translation of his name to be "Blackula" :D

[@Elcacas007]

I think you should go over the designs of the subspace emmisary enemies, they're really intresting

[@jackepicspeederwolfaj2294]

in terms on obscure mario enemies none of these compare to my boi: the fleepers from Yoshi's Island DS. I know its more of a yoshi game and fleepers are more common than the "walking fire ptooie" but I love them anyways.

[@BobKirbyman-kz1fo]

Yoshi’s island ds isn’t mainline, but you know what is: Yoshi’s island, which has georgette jelly which only appears in one level or the hanging ghost which also only appears in one level. Or the muddy buddy (but technically that’s not an enemy)

[@TheSpektrum1989]

the next Mario game definitely needs to be "The Ballad of Bowser's Brother" or something like that. have Blue Bowser frame Green Bowser, and eventually we get to have a goofy scene of like "Which Bowser's the real Bowser?!"

[@justinpenascosa]

People may know Gnoggin THE Pokemon channel but they've actually covered so MUCH Mario-related videos a while back. One of my favorites is the one where Lockstin had to count Mario's "jobs".

[@AphidKirby]

YESSSSSS MORE CREATURE CONTENT! There are awsome monster designs in videogames outside monster collectors I'm so glad Lockstin is branching out

[@theggamer83]

The “Ant” in SML2 has such a generic name in comparison to its variants because the names of these enemies contain the word “ant” in English as a pun in all of them. ChikUNTO for spikey ant, with “chikuri” being the Japanese onomatopoeia for spikes (similar to our “shing”). DokANTO for kaboom ant, with “dokan” literally meaning “kaboom” in English. Finally, there’s GorONTO, with gorogoro being the Japanese onomatopoeia for something rolling (no equivalent in English). Interestingly, Ant’s Japanese name is Antotto, which is odd that it ended up being simplified in the English manual, but maybe someone at NOA thought it could be mispronounced as “ant-auto” instead of the intended “an-toto.” That’s just my theory though

[@DaiyaDoggo]

7:25 NO IT'S JUST ROCK OR BOULDER IN THIS CONTEXT. literally just Rock-chan lol

[@RandomBacon09]

15:21 I REMEMBER THIS GUY! I could never forget the draglets because I played 3D land so much and was stuck on a shadow Mario castle stage for a long time.

[@tacosunbirth]

I hope you do more Mario enemy videos like this in the future! It's something I've always been just as passionate about as Pokémon, Goombas are my all-time fav video game enemy ever lol

[@CallMeNoa]

Wart is in Zelda Link's Awakening, which is also a dream!

[@AriZonia]

10:21, interestingly I was introduced to Torpedo Teds in Super Princess Peach, and they're in five different levels there. Obscure, yeah, since not many people remember that game to begin with, but not AS obscure in general compared to most other entries, though I guess it is a "spinoff". Honestly, that game has quite a handful of the "rarer" enemies in it, like Fishing Boo

[@pepearown4968]

They’re also one of several Mario enemies mentioned in Geometry Dash, despite easily being the most obscure, whereas the others are more typical enemies like bobombs, spinies, bullet bills, bloopers, shy guys, etc.

[@MildlyAggressiveOni]

Objectively speaking, yeah Bowser's brother is probably the most obscure enemy in the Mario series. But the color being added in Smash and an explicit "tip" that mentions the coloring being a reference to this enemy might just make it more recognizable than other enemies.

[@CMan185]

18:00 what about the red piranha plant that appears even if you stand on its pipe

[@drakesaysgaming1911]

Inevitable reminder of Robirdo. It's a bit of a KZbinr Fun Fact:tm: thing at this point, but it *is* still a weirdly obscure thing that has no real reason to exist, has no context *for* its existence, is never mentioned again, and only matters when people make clickbaity top ten lists about Mario enemies people forgot about.

[@COOLERthenU]

12:58 Bro turns into gangaer when stoned lmaof

[@stormRed]

6:48 *Not looking at my screen* "Is that Tony the Tiger?" Me: "Oh wait, I think there is a tiger enemy in one of the GB games... Haha funny joke I guess." *Looks at screen* "Oh."

[@poisonedoak6563]

Did you know that the bowser in bowser spaces in Mario Party Jamboree is fake? It’s that really obscure enemy you were talking about! In a prominent role!

[@Wolf-oc6tx]

I love the idea of Bowser having a brother, it adds so many possibilities.

[@robertparkhurst4034]

The hotfoots would probably be a good ‘Alternative’ form to Potaboos in a Mario Maker game, easy ‘Fire enemy that works slightly different’

[@muthesquirrel]

Before watching the vid, I vote the orange Cheep Cheep that appears in the unused levels of Super Mario 3 on the NES that you can play when hacked out with a Game Geanie. ;p

[@NM_Mattuz]

HE'S MAKING NON-POKEMON VIDEOS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOREVER!!! YAHOO!!!

[@xavierperes]

He’s done some non Pokémon videos before, with some other monster collector games But it’s nice that he’s expanding his horizons. Up next, kirby

[@jvts8916]

I feel like the most obscure character is the second Mario from Donkey Kong Jr. We still have no idea how that game had two identical Marios, the best we can guess is that he's Luigi before getting his green clothes. Speaking of which, Stanley sticks out like a sore thumb when you remember he's the protagonist of the third Donkey Kong game and has never come back. Even Junior returned in Mario Kart Tour after a long retirement!

[@Unowdvalco]

Im honestly shocked that outside of smash trophies (and oddly enough also appearing in some episode of saturday supercade), stanley has never came back an any form, not even as a quick easter egg, speaks to just how obscure Donkey Kong 3 is

[@TheEbrithil2]

I'm pretty sure when Wrecking Crew came out, eggplants weren't seen as phallic symbols

[@beblazeblue93]

@10:30 Eerie being your 4th opponent and the whole thing of Japan and the number 4 being unlucky for reasons is craaaazy

[@gerelectric1171]

i'd love a video like this explaining the Super Mario Wonder enemies ngl. nice video!

[@capsulecat8569]

Fun fact about Shy Guys: Only 1 Red Shy Guy shows up in SMB 2.

[@pepearown4968]

*1 Red Snifit

[@holeofdarn]

12:47 i love these ones, so pinky 😻🩷

[@dipnoh8609]

There’s fan theories that the Koopalings are the 7 children of Bowser’s Brother. After his death in Lost Levels, Bowser adopted them and treated them as his own. That is probably why they are loyal to him, they ARE related. Only Bowser Jr. is Bowser’s son, which is why none of the Koopalings contest him for the throne. Even though Jr. is the youngest

[@tkayube]

In other words, Bowser's brother is Morton Koopa Sr.

[@supermariofan]

15:10 Smeech enemies look very similar to another enemy from Mario Sunshine. Also latched onto FLUDD when he was in.. basic mode (not hover or turbo or the other one). Prevented Mario from spraying water, used to wake up Petey Piranha in episode five of Bianco Hills.

[@1colonelsanders]

"These pink boo blocks only appear in the second episode" (shows footage of them appearing in the 3rd episode)

[@Poyostar]

Nice to see some of these more obscure Mario enemies receive more love here in this very video. It's always nice whenever one of them reappears!

[@sonicover]

The best part about Fake Bowser/Bowser's Brother? Even if the alternate Bowser color's from smash are a reference to it, chances are people will see it as a Dark Bowser's reference, the much, much more recognizable and cooler variation of Bowser, being the final boss of Bowser's Inside History. So not only he is obscured, he is out-referenced as well

[@BobtheExile]

3:17 Wart did, however, make a cameo in the Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, where you learn a flute song from him. It's interesting because that entire game is Link's dream and you can find other Mario enemies scattered throughout the game, such as Chain Chomps, Cheep Cheeps, Goombas, and even yoshi and Kirby of all characters make appearances

[@Sillygoofymode]

I love this video so much, i'm a huge fan of obscure enemies. Only 2 enemies here were things i havent seen before (spring & poison bubble) HOWEVER. I know of the most obscure enemy. Its barely even an enemy, but i'd say it still counts. In mario 2 from super mario bros advance, in world 5-2, in the second jar, there is an enemy called "bouncing blade". It looks weird, so i think its worth mentioning. I'm honored to know so many stupid obscure little enemies

[@speedslider3913]

I have NO idea what the Advance devs were thinking with the bouncing blade; my best guess is that it's either a development gag from when they were testing sprite morphing, or an attempt to surprise players who ride down the nearby ferris wheel platforms, but only ONCE.

[@dandelionkalaw]

Surprised nobody's said it before, but I raise you: Bouncing Blade from Mario All Stars Not a variant of an enemy, not well known for being obscure or rare like some others either

[@funtimemarioman]

I think I remember that, it’s that one really glitched out enemy that only appears in one level right

[@cjlite0210]

7:26 Google Translate ain't amazing at translating Japanese, gan is also used to mean fishball, meatball, pill, and wild goose... So yeah it's likely the first or second one since it as a rock looks kinda like a meatball, perhaps the guy designing/naming the enemies was hungry

[@Zenithal1843]

13:49 Did not need a reminder of how much time had passed it makes me feel old lmao

[@RandomBurfness]

4:03 No!! That is a Stalking Piranha Plant!!

[@glacierwolf2155]

Walking Ptooies carry spike balls, Stalking Piranha Plants don't carry spike balls.

[@CapnAnime]

fun fact: The Pile Driver Micro Goomba's concept was later reused for an enemy in New Super Mario Bros. DS, I loved those things as a kid.

[@pepearown4968]

Blockhoppers, only in a single level in world 2. But, then Wii and U introduced the possessed ? blocks in ghost houses, which fill a similar niche as a brick/ ? block mimic.

[@sinisternorimaki]

18:25 Honestly, I always saw the blue Bowser skin from Smash as a reference to Dark Bowser from M&L BIS.

[@SillyDogJoe]

I love the pile driver goomba

[@nio2.09]

Pile driver micro goomba*

[@SillyDogJoe]

@ I appreciate you correcting me on the hyper specific name but I’ll make you brush your teeth with your nose hairs you little freak

[@_cherriicola]

No mention of my goat Kab-Omb during NSMB? For shame

[@pepearown4968]

They were apparently going to be in Mario Wii. I think they appear briefly in a few spin-offs.

[@andrewcogdillcole3826]

15:12. I think Smeech or another, very similar enemy is found in Bianco Hills in Mario Sunshine. I remember trying and failing to use them against Petey Pirhanana, but he moved too sporadically and it took too long to aim the Smeeches. Memory lane is a'calling me now.

[@gormottigrebel9978]

6:37 But Lockstinn, that displays a great imagination…

[@BananaBoi27]

Banger brentalfloss reference

[@toadtv4389]

I love Mouser and Little Mousers. I won't stand for their erasure in Cheese Land in MK8. BRING BACK MOUSER!

[@HypercomboProduction]

Thought you were also going to mention Bowser's other 2 brothers as well. Blue Bowser was a result of Bowser on a castle level, in other words, a glitch and oversight. This is why he doesn't return in All Stars because Nintendo corrected it. What is also unknown is that if you place Bowser in an underwater level, he gets a white and red color. Though he never appears in an underwater level, I thought it's worth a mention. I think he also gets another color for sky levels, but I don't remember. When Miyomoto was asked about Blue Bowser, he says that Blue Bowser is not Bowser's brother, and he also doesn't exist. However, he says that Bowser does have a brother but never elaborated on it. In Smash Brothers Melee, if you acquire a certain threshold when you get to the Bowser fight in the story mode, he uses the black color. Strangely, the black bowser also has a trophy in the cutscene when he turns into Giga Bowser. The black Bowser also appears innevery Smash game, combined 6 the interview, a theory is that the Black Bowser is Bowser's canon brother. Although I think both blue and black are both Bowser's brothers. Mostly due to the original Bowser being grey-blue in his design and black bowser appearing more as the kaiju that the Mario crew always envisioned.

[@Kirbman]

4:30 Kuribo's Goomba. Goomba's Goomba.

[@PTp1ranha]

A goomba's goomba for a real man's man.

[@Luke_the_goomba]

fun fact, bowser was originally supposed to be blue(shown in the manuals(I think)), but the NES wasn't able to show it(when they made the game bc, you know, his brother is blue in the lost levels), so he looked green, but now he's green not blue

[@DarkwingSnark]

Nintendo may have forgotten, but fandom sure hasn't. I love running into fanfics and fanart that has some-- if not all-- of the koopalings as his brother's children. [Though, personally from a story narrative point-of-view I think going with Baby Bowser taking the thrown as the sole heir under Kamek's and/or Kammy's guidance explains a lot of Bowser's inherent loneliness and entitlement.]

[@GreenRobber-hq4ik]

I *have* to mention Bandits because nearly EVERY TIME I show someone a Bandit, they just think it's a normal, ordinary Shy Guy

[@Adam-vt7kt]

Rex from Super Mario World is also a pretty obscure enemy methinks. They didn't make a lot of appearances in Mario games after their debut. There was also just a decade-long gap where they didn't use them for anything at all, between Super Princess Peach and Minecraft: Wii U Edition. Last time they appeared was in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, back in 2017.

[@masonparker3844]

Bowser's Brother is directly referenced in Bowser's tips section in smash ultimate. I'd argue that, since tips show up on screen in loading zones, this reduces his obscurity since a good chunk of people know about him and why that skin is in smash.