Bowser Jr. planned to be playable?

[yoshi402]

An article in super mario wiki states that when exploring the disc,
they found an animation for Bowser Jr. in a vehicle.
could this mean he was originally playable?
I'll get the link in a second...

 

[Toadette]

Bowser Jr. could have been a good newcomer for people who miss Koopa Kid.

 

[gogogogreg]

I would much rather have Jr. than Magikoopa

 

[H-J Kaabii]

What sort of vehicle? If it's the Klown Kar Jr then that doesn't say anything

 

[yoshi402]

What sort of vehicle? If it's the Klown Kar Jr then that doesn't say anything

The normal vehicles you ride in on boards.

 

[gameguy1996]

Wow he would have been a  good add to the roster but I can't see him fighting bowser.

 

[morteriser]

I think they initially intended to have Bowser Jr. be one of the characters working for Bowser in story mode. But the problem was, they didn't want to make him a playable character as he wouldn't make sense due to being Bowser's son. Bowser doesn't care about Koopa Kid, so he could do anything with him, but Bowser Jr. wouldn't be given such treatment.

So based on this, they probably scrapped the idea and used his leftover animations for Bowser Jr. mini-games. It is expected that they made all the model animations before actually programming him as a character, and just found that he wouldn't work out in the game (especially since they needed to make a mid-stage Boss for Bowser's board).

 

[IggyKoopaStar]

That would have been strange, but nice at the same time that Bowser Jr. would have been playable. I would have played with him for sure if he was playable. But the strange thing is that he would have been in the opposite side of Bowser, but... these thing have already happened... Koopa, Shy Guy, Magikoopa are all on Bowser's side, but are characters that will be against him. This doesn't disturb me at all.

 

[AtomicShyguy]

I'm glad he was a boss because the playable characters should all be protagonists.

 

[IggyKoopaStar]

That doesn't mean they should all be that way. I like more the ennemies than the allies, so just to being able to play with my favorite characters is something good. (Well, for me because I mostly like to play with these characters, to be honest.)

 

[zacktheninja300]

I'm glad he was a boss because the playable characters should all be protagonists.

I agree with this.

 

[ChickenLegs]

I would much rather have Jr. than Magikoopa

Would also prefer Bowser Jr. to Magikoopa.  Magikoopas/Koopas/Shy Guys are all people Mario must kill though.  I don't think they count as antagonists but they are certainly not protagonists.

 

[IggyKoopaStar]

Would also prefer Bowser Jr. to Magikoopa.

Even if I like Magikoopa, I would be also happy to have Bowser Jr. as well as to play with him, even if he's in the bad side. (The three new characters are also ennemies anyways... but I like Bowser Jr. more.) Anyways, they are all Mario ennemies, but I know that Bowser Jr. is probably someone who plays a bigger role in this.