# Retro Bowser

Retro Bowser is the subject of a character animation lab for mariowalker.

Character · Fictional · Established

Stable ID: `game-mariowalker-retro-bowser` · Revision 1 · Updated 2026-10-30

Context: [Mariowalker](/field-guide/collections/game-mariowalker/)

[Web page](/field-guide/entities/game-mariowalker-retro-bowser/) · [JSON record](/field-guide/entities/game-mariowalker-retro-bowser/record.json)

## Appearances

- [Retro bowser Lab](/gamelab/projects/mariowalker/character-labs/retro-bowser.html) (context: [Mariowalker](/field-guide/collections/game-mariowalker/))

- [Character Lab](/gamelab/projects/mariowalker/character-labs/): Named in this published page.

## Open questions

- What identity and story details should carry forward from this character lab?

- This source is a crossover experiment. Its borrowed characters do not establish shared canon with Eric’s original worlds.

## Sources

- [Retro bowser Lab](/gamelab/projects/mariowalker/character-labs/retro-bowser.html) (revision sha256:55a6523e0c25309254613431b7d0adcc473f0a94202deb59be6e3dc41a963de7)

## Portrait

![Retro Bowser in the original game artwork.](/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-game-game-mariowalker-retro-bowser-v1-1200.webp)

Authored game sprite, frame bowser-overworld-walk-0. The complete frame silhouette is preserved; transparent margins are removed only for display.

[Download original](/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-game-game-mariowalker-retro-bowser-v1.png) · [Mario Walker authored retro enemy atlas](/gamelab/projects/mariowalker/assets/retro/enemies.png) · v1 · SHA-256: `301132ef139ad7c7dd0b2f1c36a8e16e76baf9dfd048f65d38eb54c71048e1f2`