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{{about|the boss that first appears in [[Super Mario Sunshine]]|the planet also named Mecha-Bowser in [[Super Mario Galaxy]]|[[Toy Time Galaxy#Mecha-Bowser|Toy Time Galaxy § Mecha-Bowser]]|the giant statue also known as "Mecha Bowser" or "Mechanical Bowser" in some [[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]] games|[[Bowser Statue]]}}

{{Distinguish|Mechakoopa|Mekakuppa}}

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|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Party Superstars]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])

'''Mecha-Bowser''', also known as '''[[Mechakoopa]]''',<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/sunshine/index.html?lang=en English ''Super Mario Sunshine'' entry on the official Mario Portal]. ''nintendo.co.jp''. Retrieved August 13, 2022. ([https://archive.ph/aHGom Archived] on August 13, 2022, 22:22:41 UTC via archive.today.)</ref> is a huge [[Bowser]]-shaped robot that made its first appearance in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. It has since made several appearances in some form or another in other games, mostly various spin-offs. It is likely inspired by {{wp|Mechagodzilla}} in appearance.

 

In ''Super Mario Sunshine'', Mecha-Bowser is found in [[Mecha-Bowser Appears!|Episode 1]] of [[Pinna Park]] and is controlled by [[Bowser Jr.]] To fight it, Mario, riding the park's [[Pinna Park#Roller Coaster|Roller Coaster]], must collect and fire [[water rocket]]s (via [[F.L.U.D.D.|FLUDD]]) at Mecha-Bowser. Mecha-Bowser attacks by shooting [[Bullet Bill]]s at Mario, and by breathing fire on the Roller Coaster track, which can be doused using FLUDD. After enough hits, the robot explodes, and Bowser Jr. pilots its head away to escape.

====''Super Mario Galaxy''====

In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', a very different design of Mecha-Bowser appears as a planet and environmental boss in the [[Toy Time Galaxy]], where it is the focus of its first mission, [[Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser]].

In ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'' and its [[Mario Power Tennis#New Play Control! series|Wii port]], Mecha-Bowser is the boss of the [[Mecha-Bowser Mayhem]] [[minigame]], in which it rotates [[Bowser Castle Court|the court]] and battles players, firing Bullet Bills and [[Bob-omb]]s that can be deflected back at it. Players must attack it with charged tennis balls until it is defeated.

In ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]'', when finishing the Bowser Cup with Bowser, Mecha-Bowser replaces [[giant Bowser]] in a boss fight. His tactics are the same as Bowser. The player has to throw [[Black Shell]]s at the pillars supporting Mecha-Bowser to defeat him.

==List of appearances==

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!width=40%|Title

!width=20%|Description

!width=20%|Release Date

!width=20%|System/Format

|Name appears on the scoreboard

|Name appears on the scoreboard

|Boss in a minigame and appears in the background of a certain court.

|Its head is on the stage [[Bowser Station]] although slightly altered into a "Jackpot Machine."

|Box art of previous games

|''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Bedrock Edition]]''

|Nintendo Switch

|[[List of games by date#2021|2021]]

|Nintendo Switch

 

===Names in other languages===

|Jap=メカクッパ

|JapR=Mekakuppa

|JapM=Mecha-Bowser; same as [[Mechakoopa#Names in other languages|Mechakoopa]] and [[Mekakuppa]]

|Fre=Mecha Bowser / Mécabowser

|FreM=-

|GerM=Robo-Bowser; portmanteau of ''Robot'' and ''Bowser''.

}}

[[Category:Mechakoopas]]

[[Category:Mechs]]

[[Category:Super Mario Sunshine bosses]]