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  "id": "game-mariowalker-retro-bowser",
  "name": "Retro Bowser",
  "aliases": [],
  "type": "character",
  "reality": "fictional",
  "loreStatus": "established",
  "summary": "Retro Bowser is the subject of a character animation lab for mariowalker.",
  "traits": [],
  "style": [],
  "collections": [
    "game-mariowalker"
  ],
  "cardArt": {
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    "id": "catalog-game-game-mariowalker-retro-bowser-v1",
    "url": "/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-game-game-mariowalker-retro-bowser-v1.png",
    "previewUrl": "/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-game-game-mariowalker-retro-bowser-v1-480.webp",
    "alt": "Retro Bowser in the original game artwork.",
    "caption": "Authored game sprite, frame bowser-overworld-walk-0. The complete frame silhouette is preserved; transparent margins are removed only for display.",
    "status": "approved",
    "version": 1,
    "sourceLabel": "Mario Walker authored retro enemy atlas",
    "sourceUrl": "/gamelab/projects/mariowalker/assets/retro/enemies.png",
    "sha256": "301132ef139ad7c7dd0b2f1c36a8e16e76baf9dfd048f65d38eb54c71048e1f2",
    "selectedUrl": "/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-game-game-mariowalker-retro-bowser-v1-1200.webp",
    "selectedSha256": "e066c6083b85845ab34b155c7c10f74a08974da9d5c84398e213354fe8f10fc1"
  },
  "variants": [],
  "appearances": [
    {
      "title": "Retro bowser Lab",
      "url": "/gamelab/projects/mariowalker/character-labs/retro-bowser.html",
      "collectionId": "game-mariowalker"
    },
    {
      "title": "Character Lab",
      "url": "/gamelab/projects/mariowalker/character-labs/",
      "description": "Named in this published page."
    }
  ],
  "relationships": [],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "public-site-gamelab-projects-mariowalker-character-labs-retro-bowser-html",
      "title": "Retro bowser Lab",
      "url": "/gamelab/projects/mariowalker/character-labs/retro-bowser.html",
      "revision": "sha256:55a6523e0c25309254613431b7d0adcc473f0a94202deb59be6e3dc41a963de7"
    }
  ],
  "history": [],
  "spoilers": [],
  "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."
  ],
  "references": [],
  "revision": 1,
  "updated": "2026-10-30"
}