Dry Bones . are undead, skeletal versions of the average Koopa Troopa.They originated in Super Mario Bros. 3 and since then have become a regular, recurring enemy in the Mario series.

An early idea was for Yoshi to be a tame Koopa Troopa. Eventually he morphed into a dinosaur, because the shape of a dinosaur’s body meshed better with Mario’s sprite. 3) ...

Ah, Yoshi's Island.The first Super NES platformer to utilize the FX chip. Sure, it could do polygons for games like Star Fox, but the chip also pushed some mean sprite scaling and rotation effects ...

Atkin’s voice really brought the vileness of King Koopa to life, in pure, cartoony fashion. He would be asked to voice the character once again in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 , which ...