Stand back, here comes the big brat! He's always up to no good... it can't be helped, it's in his stinking blood. Yesterday I featured the king of thieves and today I'm featuring the prince of fools. Who is it? Well, it's:


Bowser Jr.

B: Fireball - Bowser Jr. is a street-walking koopa with a belly full of napalm... He'll huff and puff and blow a fireball at you, dealing a maximum of 9% fire damage to anyone it hits.
< or >B: Toss Turtle Shell - Bowser Jr. reaches into the void to pull out a turtle shell. The turtle shell that he gets comes in one of four colors and each shell behaves differently! A green shell is your standard, run of the mill shell that will hit for a maximum of 12% damage. A red shell behaves just like red shells of the past... when it's thrown it'll slide around the stage doing a maximum of 10% damage to anyone it hits. A blue shell will home in on the player that's currently in the lead and hit them for a maximum of 15% damage. Finally, a yellow turtle shell will go out to the edge of the platform your on and come back to the other end before disappearing, and if it hits anyone on the way it'll deal a maximum of 8% damage.
^B: Li'l Clown Copter - Bowser Jr. gets in his li'l clown copter and flies up a little bit. This attack will do a maximum of 11% damage to anyone hit by the propeller, and it will help Bowser Jr. get back on track in the brawl.
vB: Eat - With this move, Bowser Jr. eats any projectiles that come his way. Not only does this stop him from being hit, but half of the amount of damage that it would do is added to his next Fireball attack! Don't be a hog though... if you Eat more than 60% worth of projectiles, you'll get hit with a serious case of indigestion, which will do 24% damage to you!
Final Smash: Airship Armada - Bowser Jr. calls in the big guns! He summons an airship armada and hops onto a ship to lead the attack. The airships will shoot Bullet Bills at the screen from the background and from the edges of the screen. The ships on the edges of the screen also have hammer brothers at the helm, tossing hammers at the players. The Bullet Bills will do a maximum of 17%, and the hammer brothers will do whatever damage amount it is that their assist trophies do in the game.

Bowser Junior's Stage:


This is Bowser Junior's Playground! It may look innocent, but a deadly little punk like Bowser Jr. demands a playground full of tricks! This stage is as big as Onnett from Super Smash Bros. Melee and it consists of the three main platforms along with the sand box to brawl on.

Hazards:
The sand box may look innocent, but think again... it's quick sand! If you stay in it too long you'll be sucked through the ground and off of the stage. The sun in the sky also travels across, rising and setting in the scenery. If you get too close, you'll get hit for a maximum of 15% fire damage! Finally, the letter blocks on the left side of the screen are destructible, and some of them will be explosive. Be careful about how you choose to break them!

Bowser Junior may be the bastard child of Nintendo, but he is of Nintendo blood, giving him a good chance of at least making an appearance in the game. I think his chances are pretty good, since he's a light weight bad guy, his inclusion would make for a unique character with many possibilities for a move set. Could we see a tag team match up of Bowser and Bowser Jr. against Mario and Luigi? If so, can we please have a Super Mario Galaxy inspired level for the match up!

Finally, sorry for the late update. Me and the misses were out at the movies watching Sweeney Todd. To anyone that's curious or on the fence about the move, let me just say that it is fan-fucking-tastic. It was the most brutal spectacle I've seen since Kill Bill Vol. 1. A twisted world of sliced throats and darkly sung notes, this movie is full of moments you'll never forget... a must see!

Come back tomorrow for more rampant, unfounded speculation as I count down the days until the US release of Super Smash Bros. Brawl!

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