Ah, i forgot King Boo has a different design there. Must be because most of my exposure to the character has been through the Mario and Sonic series where he has the trophy look.
What about King Boo's trophy disappoints you, it looks like an average trophy to me? Not disagreeing with you since I don't have an opinion, just curious.
The RPGs seem like they're a mile apart from any other continuity in the Mario franchise. With the other spin-offs, it's very much possible to reconcile them with the main canon, whereas the RPGs have built up their owns worlds and lore that'd be harder to fit.
To be honest, I think he's more popular with the guys than the girls, romance-wise.
...Yes Bowser is very desperate and may be influenced by factors outside of genuine affection (although that's probably a main factor anyway).
As much as I do not hate this game from looking at videos of it, expecting an RPG game in a new installment of an RPG series isn't exactly setting expectations high.
He didn't literally not play it, the point was that he played it on one occasion and then stopped, so he never played it in the sense that he didn't dedicate time to completing it and such.