"Bowser Jr., the prince of the koopas who debuted in Super Mario Sunshine , is an objectively cute little guy. He takes his father's fearsome, dragon-like qualities and smooshes them into a sweet baby boy, shrinking his dad's viciousness into his own brand of feistiness. I love this little bastard, and I was so stoked to see him show up in the this morning...until I got a good look at him. Why do my precious child's eyes look like he's tweaking out?"
"What little characterization he gets in the trailer does paint him as having an almost crazed need to save his father from Mario and Luigi's clutches, so that might be what they're going for. But the actual visual of this little guy's uncomfortably realistic, distressed eyes is enough to make a grown man wince. Earlier in the trailer, Bowser mentions that he needs a solid eight hours of sleep lest he turn into a real monster,"
"Maybe by the end of the movie, Bowser Jr. will reunite with his dad, chill out, and get some proper rest so he won't look like this for the entirety of . If not, I don't know, could Illumination and Nintendo pull a movie and update his look before the movie premieres on April 3? Maybe. It certainly wouldn't be as large a lift as completely redesigning the character like Paramount did for the blue blur."
Bowser Jr., the youthful Koopa prince, appears with unnaturally bloodshot, distressed eyes that contrast with the film's other character designs and make him look unsettling. The trailer frames him as obsessively determined to save his father, and the red, realistic eye detail reads as either a visual shorthand for sleep-deprived madness or an intentional portrayal of instability. Viewers react with discomfort and note the detail stands out as an artistic choice rather than an oversight. Potential fixes include reconciling him with his father and getting rest in-story, or studios could alter his design before the premiere.
Read at Kotaku
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