Two Questions

[RossF]

Why was Dr. Robotnik renamed to Eggman and why was King Kooper changed to Bowser??

[Panda]

I think Eggman is Robotniks grandson or something like that, I don't know about Bowser though.

[DarthBrady]

why was King Kooper changed to Bowser??

I can answer this one easy. :D

His Fisrt Name is Bowser. "King Koopa" is his Title
, as he is the official King of the Koopas. Also, it was revealed in the game Super Mario Broz 3, that Bowser's Last Name is Koopa.

So there you have it. Bowser Koopa, the King Koopa!

you can read more at Wikipedia, they have a good article on him too.;)

[romsRgood]

I think Eggman is Robotniks grandson or something like that, I don't know about Bowser though.

lol Eggman is what his name is in Japan. Dr. Robotnik is what he was called outside of Japan, so I guess they just decided to stick with eggman from now on to make things easier?

[Panda]

Ah, I see. I didn't know that was his name in japan my bad but here is a site with most of his info http://www.concept-mobius.com/info/realcharacterbios/eggman.htm

[cherko]

Why was Dr. Robotnik renamed to Eggman and why was King Kooper changed to Bowser??
If you read the manual for Super Mario World, you will see pictures and names of the whole Koopa family. Koopa is Bowser's last name. Bowser is still a better name than King Koopa.

[RossF]

Ahh right nice one. Its just because on the cartoons as well King Kooper looked different to Bowser

[pizzaman]

Ahh right nice one. Its just because on the cartoons as well King Kooper looked different to Bowser
Well Bowser looks different in a lot of things. Like on Super Mario 64 he's not all that big, but in Mario Sunshine he's like 10 times the size of Mario!

[FireBird301]

In the smb3 manual does it say that bowsers kids, ie) Larry Koopa, are adopted? Or did I dream that up?