>>147506884>I’ll agree that when his reactor exploded, he likely tanked that. But I just can’t see him surviving both the universe imploding and its complete recreation. >If Bowser had used his own magic to halt her, then maybe you’d have something to scale to his raw power. But he didn’t—he used his generator to trap here and the Comet Observatory’s.>Bowser’s reactor was located at the center of the universe, and its explosion could have triggered a chain reaction that caused the implosion. He was using it to create his own galaxy. Now, could the Grand Star have the power to create a universe? Possibly. But Bowser is egotistical—if he had the chance to make his own universe, he would have. That’s completely in-character for him.>As for Galaxy 2, you could argue that after the universe reset, Grand Stars became stronger, possibly reaching a universal level. That would mean Bowser in Galaxy 2—if we’re highballing—was universal. But not because he trapped Rosalina—rather, because he was empowered by the Grand Star. That also means his power was still amplified and wouldn’t apply to his base form.>As for the black hole feat, I’ll give you that one. It wasn’t a universal-level threat, but even lowballing, it should at least be galaxy-level. Nothing deconfirms that Bowser captured and overpowered rosalina, he built the SMG2 generator after all, he probably used his magic on it too. Also Base Bowser and Mario scales to dream multiverses in Mario Party 5, they even confirm both gotten stronger. So verse imploding survival is believable.
The black hole feat in the 2nd galaxy game is more hax resistance than size. Lumas confirm you have to ascend time and space constantly throughout SMG2, which upscales Bowser's durability extremely. Grand Stars being verse level in SMG1 is valid no matter Bowser's greed level. He may have just not known the full extent of them. He already was taking over a universe at the time too.