I remember at one time Miyamoto said that Bowser adopted the Koopalings. I think they should stay with that story instead of just being his minions

Yeah, I think it’s safe to say Ludwig is the strongest and smartest among the Koopalings. He even managed to trick the Best Fitness Friends, the antagonists in Bowser Jr’s Journey.

To me and most Mario fans, we reject Miyamoto's retcon. The Koopalings will always be Bowser's kids. love the idea of him being a dad to a bunch of spoiled brats.

The namer of the Koopalings actually clarifed on Larry's name, saying that he wasn't named after anyone rather that he "just looked like a Larry"

So basically Larry is the youngest and the rookie, Morton’s the muscle, Wendy’s the token fashionista, Iggy’s the unhinged maniac, Lemmy is the playful short king, Roy is the cool but crude dude, and Ludwig is the brains and the leader.

I have always loved Iggy’s carefree attitude with a bit of insanity. Ok, well, a lot of insanity.

Ludwig is my favorite for his maniacal laugh in the cartoons. You mentioned that Roy was the final Koopaling boss only in Color Splash. Although you can play the areas in any order, he was also the last Koopaling boss in Yoshi's Safari (SNES) (1. Lemmy 2. Ludwig 3. Wendy 4. Larry 5. Morton 6. Iggy 7. Roy).

CAN WE JUST TALK ABOUT HOW FIRE MORTONS CHARACTER DESIGN IS??!?!?!

iggy is also my favorite one, but i always kinda disliked that they changed his design because when i was younger i used to create some headcanons about the koopalings due to them not having much character traits outside of the tv show, and the one i had for iggy and lemmy was that they were twins and thats why they looked so similar, and like every pair of twins in fiction, they had opposite personalities, with lemmy being a playful idiot and Iggy a insane genius

Seriously, the Super Mario lore is insanely deep for a simple family friendly series. It's why I keep coming back to it, even as an adult. I really appreciate the way you use the RPGs for your reasoning, considering how deep they are.

I never knew there was retcon. I always thought of them as Bowsers children and Bowser Jr as the youngest child and his chosen heir. I suppose they could be the children of Bowsers rivals, who he killed to become undisputed King.

Ludwig is obviously the strongest, my guy can fire multiple projectiles, a decently sized shell AND FLIES, bruh he takes the cake easily

I found rare you didn't talk about bowser jr's journey, the koopalings really have time to shine in that game, they are basically the protagonists

I decided to do some math According to the Mario Wiki, there are 10 games in which the Koopalings are fought. I chose to give them a point system, where being the boss of world 1 gave you 1 point, being the boss of world 2 gives you two, and so on and so forth. I averaged their difficulties by dividing the point total by 10 In order, these were the scores Larry has 2.9 (Thus making him the weakest on average) Morton has 3.1 Wendy has 3.7 Lemmy has 3.8 Iggy has 3.9 Roy has 4.6 Ludwig has 5.6 (Thus making him the strongest on average) Interesting notes Wendy and Ludwig are the only two Koopalings who have not been a world 1 boss. The earliest Ludwig has been fought is world 2, and the earliest Wendy has been fought is world 3. No koopalings have been fought at least once in all 7 places in the order (The closest is Morton, who is missing a 7th spot No world/fighting spot has had all 7 koopalings in them either (The fourth spot is missing roy) Ludwig has 6 appearances as the 7th koopaling fought. (Roy has 2, Larry and Iggy have 1 each) Wendy has 5 appearances as the 4th koopaling fought (Every other koopaling except roy has 1 appearence in world 4 each) Lemmy has 4 appearances as the 6th koopaling fought (2 roys, 2 wendys, an Iggy and a Morton are the other appearences.) Larry has 4 appearances as the 1st Koopaling fought ( 2 Lemmys, 2 mortons, a Roy and an Iggy are the other appearences.)

Roy deserves his own game where he’s the main character and he’s chill with everyone because he’s such a chad

Iggy for sure is my favorite koopaling, it makes sense seeing how he's green and that's fav colour, I love that his world is always something to do with nature, and I love his sense of humor, you can definitely tell he's the funniest koopa, but is also quite smart in using chain chomp in his battles.

I still never understand why Nintendo took them being bowser children away from him

Ludwig von Koopa and Roy Koopa are two of my favorite Koopaling bosses because they actually give us Mario fans a challenge and for us to use everything we learned in each of the Mario games.

3:26 What a coincidence! Iggy also happens to be my favorite Koopaling as well. So what if he's a bit unhinged, I think he's funny!

Ludwig is my absolute favorite koopaling and I totally agree that he’s the strongest. Not only the strongest but he’s also been portrayed as the smartest in the cartoons :)

I love Ludwig that he has pretty looking blue hair like is my favorite color!

I love all of the koopalings, but my favorite of all of them has to be Iggy, followed by Lemmy and Ludwig. I like the craziness about Iggy, and I actually also have a shirt with him on it.

Larry is actually the leader of the koopalings, Ludwig has the best magic ability and Roy is the physically strongest. Morton is the heaviest, Iggy is the skinniest, Wendy is the most hostile and Lemmy is the smallest. Larry is also bowsers favourite koopaling, and is probably the next in line for the koopa throne

Fun fact: -That--I--totally--didn't--make--up-- The Koopalings aren't Bowsers kids because they were all illegitimate offspring. This is backed up in the early versions of the manual for the cancelled Mario for the SNES CD that refers to them as the Bowser B@stards.

You actually fight Morton (with Lemmy) during one of the paper boss fights in Paper Jam, so he does appear more than once as a boss

For Iggy, it is shown that he is somewhat more intelligent than the other Koopalings. For instance, the inside of his ship is more mechanical than the other ships, where they are mostly wooden.

I'm still can't believe that Larry's the youngest and Lemmy is the second oldest.

Roy's my favorite

Ludwig is easily the strongest, being the most experienced.

Personal favorites are Ludwig, Wendy and Roy. I think each could be a contender for strongest given the more unique abilities among them

Ludwig is my favorite of the koopalings, and he’s amazing in the Mario cartoons as well!

Fun fact; Wendy is the only koopaling that hasn’t been the last one Morton, Iggy and Lemmy in paper jam Larry in superstar saga Roy in color splash and Ludwig in most games

5:35 Roy Orbison was also part of the Traveling Wilburys supergroup alongside Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra, and George Harrison of the Beatles.

Fun fact In Color Splash Iggy is the only character (With Scissors) who can deal 999 damage into a Paper Mario Game

My favorite one is Wendy and Ludwig but i prefer Wendy for just a little bit. If i Were a koopaling ill have the power of shapeshifting so i could use another mininos abilities

Fun Fact: In the Nintendo Adventure Books, Iggy was described having a purple mohawk, despite the cover of "Double Trouble" showing him with a rainbow mohawk like Lemmy's.

another notable thing about ludwig is that in mario and luigi superstar saga he's the only one that doesn't use a countdown bomb, instead he just generates a one-hit kill move from his own power

I've always liked Morton, he's my favorite

I wanna see these guys get their own spinoff show.

What do you all think the Koopaling's positions in Bowser’s army would be?

Ludwig is like a wizard

Bowser Jr is Bowser's real child, koopalings are minions.

Lemmy is my fave with Larry close behind. Also apparantly in one of the instruction manuals its stated that lenmy has a big power that he cannot use. Tho I could be misremembering or something

I love every koopaling but I personally love Lemmy the most he’s my favorite

My favourite of the bunch is... Ludwig. Duh. With Iggy being a close second.

I think Ludwig is the strongest and the leader of koopalings

Ludwig is the coolest one haha

Lemmy is older than Larry but I think he's the second youngest (third youngest if you count Jr). the birth order of the Koopalings has never been confirmed except for Larry and Ludwig.

The way I see it, The Koopalings are adopted. They aren't his actual kids, but he treats them as his own.

Ludwig is personally my favourite, tied with Lemmy

Larry in mainline Mario game: 🫥 Larry in spin-offs: 💪💪

My favorite koopling is roy koopa

Larry the youngest and yet susposed to be strongest koopaling

Lemmy is my favorite (partly because acting your age is over rated) and he's adorable. Also in the Mario 3 TV series where each of the Koopalings do bad things to a different continent... Roy grafitti's the great wall of China. Ludwig turns all the animals in Africa into stuffed animals. But Lemmy? He takes over the media in North America to get a ton of money. Now that's next level diabolical. I like to imagine that he's hardly taking any of it seriously, apparently in the Manga he even befriends Mario.

Ludwig’s mah fav, and the strongest. Epic.

Ludwig has the coolest hairstyle And has the best boss fight in Color Splash superludship and superludsub

Larry: Stamina Morton: Durability Wendy: Volatility Iggy: Adaptability Roy: Determination Lemmy: Subtlety Ludwig: Intellect

Larry will always be my favorite

To be honest if were excluding Bowser Junior, Ludwig would be one of the most powerful koopalings

Mario maker 2 actually has an order for their strength Larry, Iggy, Lemmy, Wendy, Roy, Morton, Ludwig

I'm not gonna lie i don't recall Larry koopa being the youngest koopaling i always thought lemmy was.

Iggy Koopa is my favorite! I do like Ludwig and Roy, but Iggy is the best out of the 3 that I like.

Ludwig is definitly the strongest when looking at every skill combined (cause physically strongest is Roy/Morton without a doubt). But Ludwig just has the power/skills, the brain and the spells. He's well deserved the leader. And also have to agree on another point in the video. Iggy is best. Iggy's my personal favourite too. Just so delightfully insane and enjoyable.

Ludwig von koopa is my favorite koopaling in the mario franchise

Even know iggy, have change a lot but still iggy and lemmy are still twins right

I love The Koopalings my favorite one is Larry

Ludwig is my favourite.

Another thing Ludwig has going for him is that he has a whole Ludsub to his name.

We can very easily assume that Miyamoto was just joking and he didn't like being asked questions.

Iggy is my favorite from the first moment i saw him

I just got hooked onto your content. Keep making great content

My cousin hates the fact that I call them by their cartoon names instead of their video game names

In the Mario Movie, during the Peaches musical number, Bowser's piano was built by Ludwig Von Koopa

Video:who is the strongest? Me:its morton or roy

koopalings summed up in a few words lemmy: fun and games! ludwig: fancy hair roy: morton with a gun morton: roy but cooler and no gun larry: oh yea he exists iggy: he exists too

I have always had easy fights with Ludwig. Wendy rings now that’s a different story

I guess Iggy is my personal favorite koopaling character. He seems fun and creative but also a rather nerdy turtle.🤓🥸

Lemmy koopa is so cute

They have more information on them someone like Bowser's brother who only is in the Lost Levels game.

Those koopalings kinda remind me of the nerdlucks from space jam. You’re both short with silly ugly faces while being instructed with the main overweighted antagonist.

Wendy also happens to be 18 years old! Nintendo knew what they were doing... 😏💋💘 ~Jesse

Ludwig’s the strongest no cap

I will always think that the koopalings are bowsers kids.

To people saying the Koopalings not being Bowser's children is a retcon, it really wasn't. It came from the American version of the SMB3 manual, it was _never_ in the japanese version.

I think the only time Lemmy was the first boss to fight was in yoshi's safari

I like you called them by the cartoon names which are the ones I memorized way back

Great video! Only thing I’d change is Larry being the leader of the koopalings despite being the youngest. Nintendo even stated this not too long ago

The Koopa kids in Mario Galaxy game!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Which, after all iggy and lemmy are twins 👯‍♂️

The Koopalings are adopted. Bowser Jr is bowser's only son...

They are bowser kids just adopted cuz why in 90's tv show they called bowser their dad I wouldn't change the story

7:18 I’m pretty sure Junior was a co-leader too in the NSMB(DS) game.

I think the order for every game they’re in should be Larry, Morton, Wendy, Lemmy, iggy, Roy, Ludwig

Iggy is my favorite too!

Morton sr is actually bowsers dad

I wish they would do more with them, they're only in the 2D games which has caused people to not really care all that much about them like bowser jr.

My favorite loop along is lemmy

Iggy is my favorite too

To answer your question, no Lemmy is actually the 2nd oldest, but I just thing he doesn't want to grow up

Actually Roy was the final koopaling in yoshi safari