Appearances
The Koopalings first appeared in the NES video game, Super Mario Bros. 3, where they each conquer one of seven kingdoms in the Mushroom World, transform their kings into various creatures, and steal their wands. After being defeated, they would again appear in the Super NES video game Super Mario World, where each Koopaling captured a Yoshi egg and lay in wait in a castle in each of the game's seven worlds. They have also made appearances in other Mario titles, including Hotel Mario, Yoshi's Safari, and Mario is Missing!. Since Hotel Mario, they had been absent in the series until the 2003 Game Boy Advance video game Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, where they served as mini-bosses in the last stage. Though they were intended to have appeared in Super Princess Peach, but they were ultimately removed from the game. When Electronic Gaming Monthly brought up the Koopa Kids and why they weren't in the Wii game Super Mario Galaxy, director Yoshiaki Koizumi commented that he didn't feel that they fit in it well. Aside from brief mentions and a cameo appearance of one of the Koopalings in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, they once again were absent in the series until the 2009 release of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, acting in a similar capacity to their roles in their first two games. The Koopalings once again returned in New Super Mario Bros. 2. Like in the previous Mario platformers, one of them is fought at the end of each World. The Koopalings made a return in New Super Mario Bros. U as the bosses of each world once again with their own airships.
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—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
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