Boom Boom

"Strong Boom is! Gon win!"

- Boom Boom

'''This fearsome-looking Koopa deserves much better than he's fared. He was the mini-boss in Mario 3, appearing at the end of every fortress and on some doomships in Dark Land. Despite his tough appearance he's incredibly simple to beat once you know what you're doing. He takes three stomps on the head and he gets faster after each stomp, but once you learn the timing he can be stomped right after he emerges from his injured animation, and thus he's become something of a joke. About halfway through the game he gains the ability to fly after one stomp, and if he does get off he ground he can be difficult to measure; but again, he can be stomped before he even gets that far. Nintendo seems to have gone out of their way to ignore him as he is one of the few enemies in Mario 3 not to have reappeared elsewhere after recent appearances from Angry Sun and Rocky Wrench. Right now the only other Mario 3 enemy I can think of who hasn't appeared elsewhere is Stretch. Boom Boom may not have done too good a job of guarding the Koopa strongholds, but he's still iconic of Mario 3 and I'd be happy to see him again.'''