10 Best Ever Video Game Dads

4. Bowser - Super Mario Sunshine

Bowser gets an awful lot of stick as the antagonist of the Super Mario franchise and it’s easy to see why. He’s a villain who steals women - well, one woman - time and time again and is content to wage war on the Mushroom Kingdom for seemingly no other reason than to flex his scaly muscles.

But beneath all of this is a father who wants to do right by his kids. Even though the Koopa Kids can’t be proven to be his own spawn he’s clearly taken a shine to them, set them up with their own castles, their own battalions and basically has put them into business for themselves.

However, if that’s not enough for you then look no further than Bowser Jr. who wants to emulate his dad in every way, and who Bowser has tried to protect by telling him that Peach is his mother. It’s not a great lesson to teach his kid, that kidnapping to create the postcard family is the way forward but still, he just wants his son to feel loved.

Plus I think we can all agree, any dad who takes his kid go karting this many times has to be alright at some level surely?

[JG]