Look at it! Look at it! LOOK AT IT!

Oh dear God, why has Mario been possessed by a Country Bear?
 
You know, there are many things I wanted to see in my life.

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King Koopa's mom wasn't one of those things.
 
Those look perfectly fine to me. What's putrid is this:
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Granted, this was from the game where that now-dead meme "Weegee" originated, so it's no surprise.
In the NES version, Bowser looked like this:
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Yes, that's an edited Lemmy head on a Morton/Roy/Ludwig body. When he goes in his shell, it's a poor SMW Troopa shell edit, and then he comes out a quadrupedal Beach Koopa. Troopa.

But wait! There's more!

In the NES Mario's Time Machine, Bowser looks about like he did in SMB3. A look through the tile graphics, however, reveals that was a contingency plan for how horrible their original graphics were:
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I loved the little Super Circuit track preview scenery. They were full of personality and charm.

My favorite?

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