Bowser's Last Stand is a Super Mario Bros. fan-game by Onpon starring Bowser, the series Big Bad, as the Villain Protagonist out to conquer the Mushroom Kingdom. It takes inspiration from Super Mario Bros. 1 and 3 as well as another fan-game, Super Mario Bros XP.
Bowser, having gained some new tricks up his sleeve, goes forward to try and defeat the Mario Bros. once and for all. However, before he can even leave his castle, several Toads show up and declare his reign to be over, having used clones of Bowser, which they have dubbed Megabowsers, to take over the Koopa Kingdom. Incredulous, Bowser fights this new-formed militia, then proceeds to take back all the other castles under Mushroom Kingdom occupation on his journey to defeat the brothers. But his minions seem to be keeping something from him…
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This game provides examples of:
- A Day in the Limelight: For Bowser, the Big Bad of the Mario series, as he is the protagonist on a journey to take back his Kingdom.
- Ancient Conspiracy: Death Cap, the shadowy organization which rose up to take over the Mushroom Kingdom and soon set its sights on the Koopa Kingdom.
- A Winner Is You: A simple "Game Won" screen at the end of World 666. Bowser isn't amused.
- Big Bad: Bowser himself, now the Villain Protagonist, aims to take back his stolen castles from the Mushroom Kingdom and defeat the Mario Bros. for good. However, the real villain is the unnamed leader of Death Cap, the organization that took over the Mushroom Kingdom and the Koopa Kingdom.
- Blatant Lies: When confronted by Bowser, the leader of Death Cap claims to be a powerful wizard that can destroy Bowser despite clearly being an ordinary toad and nervously stuttering as he says this. Bowser doesn't buy it for a second.
- Breath Weapon: Bowser has his trademark fireballs, which he can spit at a downward angle as well as straight ahead.
- Brutal Bonus Level: World 666, available by typing "HZONE" at the title screen after beating the normal game.
- Cutscene Boss: After beating the actual final boss, the last Megabowser, Bowser fights the leader of Death Cap, who is just another ordinary toad who gets roasted by Bowser. Twice. Even after claiming he was a powerful wizard. Bowser, of course, couldn't let this go without lampshading.
- Ground Pound: One of Bowser's moves, which is needed to get past barriers in the ground.
- Lampshade Hanging: Bowser loves to indulge in this. An early example is when he first meets the Mushroom Militia and wonders, "Since when did Peach get an army?"
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: The Ancient Conspiracy behind the takeover of both kingdoms is called Death Cap.
- Nominal Hero: Bowser winds up saving the Mushroom Kingdom from Death Cap, but only because he was taking back his own kingdom from them.
- Non-Action Big Bad: The leader of Death Cap, an Ancient Conspiracy which has taken over the Mushroom Kingdom and the Koopa Kingdom, is an ordinary toad who is quickly roasted by Bowser.
- Number of the Beast: After beating the game once, World 666 becomes available.
- Post-Final Boss: After the last Megabowser, a tough Final Boss, the leader of Death Cap is a Cutscene Boss quickly taken down by Bowser.
- Shout-Out: World 666, the game's Brutal Bonus Level, is not actually World 666 internally, but rather World 66-6; it appears as "666" on the screen due to a defect in the way the game renders the level numbers. This is a reference to Minus World from Super Mario Bros., which is internally World 36-1.
- Villain Protagonist: Bowser, the Big Bad of the Mario series, is the player character on a quest to take back his castles from Mushroom Kingdom occupation and defeat the Mario brothers.
- You Keep Using That Word: One of the Koopas Bowser frees greets him with the title, "Your Malodorousness." What he doesn't realize is that "malodorous" does not mean "evil", but rather "stinky". Bowser takes exception to that.Bowser: WHAT?!?! I am not stinky!!! I'm evil! EVIL, not stinky!!! How dare you call me stinky?!?! I'll have you know I take my personal hygiene very seriously!
