The Hello internet. Welcome to Game Theory, taking apart Nintendo's roster one character at a time.

Today on the chopping block, Bowser. The big bad of the Mario franchise and one of my all-time favorite villains.

Every time we hear about Bowser, all we're told is that he's supposedly cruel and ruthless,

an evil tyrant bent on conquering the mushroom kingdom.

But is the situation really all that black and white? I mean, he... the But what about his sensitive side? In Super Mario

R.P. and Super Mario Sunshine, he's not ashamed to cry. And as we see in

Super Paper Mario, he's a lover as much as he is a fighter.

Excited by the prospect of straight up marrying Princess Peach.

No, I would say he's not nearly as heartless as the Mario Wikia would lead you to believe.

Seriously, quote, Bowser is a villain of pure evil.

Wow, pure evil?

I don't think anyone whose primary attack vehicle is called a clown car

can be labeled as pure evil.

No, I think that under his spiky, shelled exterior rests a tortured soul with a kind heart.

He's like a transformer. There's more to him than meets the eye.

Don't believe me?

There are facts hidden in plain sight

throughout the Mario series that turned Bowser

into a very different character, explaining everything

about his behavior, why he seems so angry all the time, and why he invades the mushroom kingdom and

kidnap Beach every other week.

Slip on your overalls and prepare to feel bad for every time you've dumped the kupa king

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