Roy Koopa

Roy in New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Roy Koopa
Species	Koopa
Hair color	None
Eye color	Unknown
Relatives	Koopalings (siblings)
Voiced by	Dan Falcone (2009)
Debut	Super Mario Bros. 3

Roy Koopa is the third oldest of the Koopalings who appear as recurring boss characters under Bowser's command throughout the Super Mario series. He is known for the distinctive shades that he wears. In battle. Roy seems to rely on brute force and using his weight against foes.

Background

Roy's first appearance in a Mario game was in Super Mario Bros. 3, where he spearheaded an invasion of The Sky with his Airship and part of Bowser's army. He had stolen a Magic Scepter from the Sky's king and turned him into an animal (a duck in the original game or an Albatoss in the remake). During the boss battle, Roy attacked with blasts from the Magic Scepter, much like his siblings, and he also attacked with powerful stomps that could temporarily stun anyone standing on the ground. He was ultimately defeated, and the scepter was returned to its rightful owner.

In Super Mario World, Roy appeared as the boss of the Forest of Illusion, located in a castle on the outskirts of the forest, near Chocolate Island. In this game, Roy would attack Mario or Luigi by walking up walls and along the ceiling before dropping himself down in an attempt to crush Mario or Luigi, while the walls slowly closed in. Once again Roy was defeated, and the castle exploded afterwards. In Yoshi's Safari, Roy appeared as the boss of Float Castle I, where he battled Mario and Yoshi from a hot-air balloon, equipped with six powerful cannons. He was the game's seventh boss, being the last Koopaling to be faced in the game as well as the last boss faced within the Light Realm.

Roy in Super Mario World.

After several years of absence, Roy made a reappearance in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, where he appears to help Bowletta in her attack on the BeanBean Kingdom. In this appearance, he is the fifth Koopaling to be battled, and he attacks Mario and Luigi by flinging fireballs at them and by creating shockwaves.

Roy returned to the main games in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, redesigned with a purple shell rather than a pink one. He and the other Koopalings kidnapped Peach on her birthday and escaped aboard an airship. During their escape, Bowser Jr. dropped each of the Koopalings off at fortresses along the way to slow down Mario and co. Roy was left at the World 2 fortress; when Mario arrived, he roared at him before engaging in battle, using a new magic wand and paralyzing stomps. Upon being defeated, he ran to the World 2 castle and launched spells at the heroes as they make their way to him. At the end of the castle, he faced Mario again with help from Kamek, who used a spell to form warp pipes on the arena's ceiling for him to use. After his second loss, Roy made his way back home on foot along with the other Koopalings. They arrived to find a fallen Bowser and helped him up, only for Bowser's Castle to fall on top of them.

In New Super Mario Bros. 2. the Koopalings worked together to kidnap Peach for their father. Roy held onto her first, acting as the boss of the first world's castle. In this battle, Roy simply attacked by shooting blasts from a magic wand and spinning around in his shell, while the walls slowly closed in. Once again, he was defeated, leaving behind the key that unlocked the next world while Peach was taken away by the next Koopaling. Roy then appeared in New Super Mario Bros. U as the boss of the sixth world, the Rock-Candy Mines, and in this appearance he was armed with a Bill Blaster that fired Bullet Bills while also utilizing ground pounds in his attacks.

The Koopalings made their first appearance within the sports games as unlockable racers in Mario Kart 8 and returned as default racers in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

Other Appearances

Video Games

• Roy Koopa appears as a boss in the licensed games Mario is Missing! (the PC and Super NES versions only) and Hotel Mario. In the latter game he is the boss of Roy's HardBrick Hotel and reuses his attack scheme from Super Mario World by climbing up walls and then dropping from the ceiling.
• In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U, Roy appears as a playable character due to being available as an alternate costume for Bowser Jr.. He thus has the same moveset as Bowser Jr., which involves attacking from the Junior Koopa Clown Car. His appearance is accompanied by a trophy.

Other Media

• In Amada's Super Mario OVA, Roy and the Koopalings appear in the Momotaro and Snow White shorts as minions of Bowser whom Mario defeats with ease on his way to fight Bowser.
• In The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World animated series, Roy was featured as a recurring villain. He was known as Bully Koopa in this series and was shown to have a thug-like demeanor
• Roy also appeared in the various comic adaptations of the Mario series. In the Mario comics published as part of the Nintendo Comics System, he had a personality similar to in the cartoon. He additionally appeared in the Nintendo Adventure books and Super Mario Adventures comic.

Canceled Appearances

• Sprites of Roy and the other Koopalings were found on Super Princess Peach, indicating that they were intended to appear in the game as bosses but were removed at some point in development.

Trivia

• Roy was named after the famous rock and roll legend, Roy Orbison, because they sport similar glasses.
• The Koopalings were initially believed to be Bowser's children, and Bowser Jr. was originally assumed to be their youngest sibling. However, Shigeru Miyamoto later clarified in an interview that the Koopalings are not actually children of Bowser, and that Bowser Jr. is Bowser's only actual child.