Kamek

Kamek
Kamek in New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
Universe	Yoshi Mario
Debut	Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Smash Bros. appearances	Brawl Smash 4 Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Yoshi and the Mysterious Book (2026)
Console/platform of origin	Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Species	Magikoopa
Gender	Male
Place of origin	Mushroom Kingdom
Voice actor	Atsushi Masaki
Article on Super Mario Wiki	Kamek

Kamek (カメック, Kamek) is a secondary antagonist from the Mario series and one of the two main villains of the Yoshi series.

Origin

Kamek casting a spell before the boss battle with Roy in New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

Kamek made his debut in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island as the main antagonist and has become a recurring antagonist in the Yoshi and Mario series. He is a Magikoopa, a high-ranking Koopa, and is a caretaker to Baby Bowser and later his personal advisor. He is shown to care strongly about Bowser and be dutifully loyal to his kingdom, and on occasion has been seen wearing a disguise based on Princess Peach. The name "Kamek" is the Japanese name of the wider Magikoopa species, and thus the two have often been confused, including in Smash.

Kamek is known for assisting and empowering bosses. In the Yoshi series, Kamek uses his magic to make common enemies into gigantic bosses (or in the case of the Prince Froggy boss in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, shrinking Yoshi and Baby Mario so they can be eaten by him). In the New Super Mario Bros. series, Kamek uses his magic to alter the elements of the Koopalings' boss stages and make Bowser gigantic. For much of the character's existence, Kamek did not typically fight on his own, with many games creating new Kamek-inspired characters such as Kammy Koopa or Kamella or pitting players against powerful but generic Magikoopas instead of giving him boss battles, but would see a frequent amount of solo fights in the 2010s with games such as Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Mario & Luigi: Dream Team and Yoshi's New Island. Kamek would see his first ever role as a final boss in 2019's Yoshi's Crafted World, where he served as a secret boss with papercraft machines resembling a condor and snake before finally turning giant to challenge Yoshi in his Go-Go Yoshi mech. Kamek would see a prominent NPC appearance in Mario Kart World, where he appears as an item that transforms everyone on the map into a civilian species, enemy, or Nabbit, and introduces assorted enemy hazards.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Kamek appears as two stickers.

Stickers

Name	Game	Effect	Fighter(s)
Kamek	Yoshi Touch & Go	AttackSpecialsIndirect+005 Attack +5	All characters
Kamek	Yoshi's Island	AttackMagic+011 Attack +11	Peach Zelda

Kamek (Yoshi Touch & Go)

Kamek (Yoshi's Island)

In Super Smash Bros. 4

As a stage element

Kamek on Mushroom Kingdom U

Kamek appears as a stage element on the Mushroom Kingdom U stage. When he appears, he casts a spell which switches the stage between its possible layouts. He doesn't interact directly with the fighters.

In Smash Tour

Kamek appears as a random event in Smash Tour. He appears at the beginning of a turn and uses his magic to change the position of the checkpoints.

Trophy

Kamek's trophy is part of the Yoshi's Island Trophy Box.

Kamek's trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Kamek's trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Kamek

This magical menace is one of Bowser's henchmen and shows his face in plenty of titles, even outside of the Mario series. In the Mushroom Kingdom U stage, he swoops onto the screen every so often to transform the stage with his magic. Now and then, though, he'll tease you by not casting any magic at all. He's a sly one, that Kamek.

Kamek is a magic-wielding, robed figure usually seen riding on a broomstick in the Mario series. He teleports around the stage, looking for fighters. When he finds one, he'll cast spells at them. If he hits you with one, your stats will drop. That's no good, since you'll need some power to deal with Kamek's high stamina!

: Super Mario World (08/1991)

: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (10/1995)

Kamek is a magic-wielding, robed figure usually seen riding on a broomstick in the Mario series. He teleports around the stage, looking for fighters. When he finds one, he'll cast spells at them. If he hits you with one, your stats will drop, which, given that Kamek also has high attack power, is the last thing you need.

: Super Mario World (04/1992)

: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (10/1995)

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

As a stage element

Kamek reprises his role in the Mushroom Kingdom U stage.

Spirit

Kamek also appears as an Advanced-class primary spirit.

In Adventure Mode: World of Light, Kamek is presumably one of the countless spirits captured by Galeem during his takeover of the universe. Kamek's spirit is located in the Molten Fortress sub-dungeon of The Light Realm.

Kamek's Spirit Battle uses an army of Inkling puppet fighters and is and is fought on the Mushroom Kingdom U stage's Slide Tower layout. Each of the puppet fighters start off with a Star Rod, referencing Kamek's magic scepter. During the battle, an army of Inklings appear after the first Inkling is defeated, referencing Kamek's ability to teleport and duplicate himself.

No.	Image	Name	Type	Class	Slots	Base	Max	Base	Max	Base	Max	Ability	Series
61		Kamek		★★	1	1639	6583	673	2702	874	3509	Magic Attack ↑	Super Mario Series

Gallery

• Kamek as he debuted in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.

Names in other languages

Language	Name
Japanese	カメック, Kamekku
English	Kamek
French	Kamek
German	Kamek
Spanish	Kamek
Italian	Kamek
Chinese	卡美克, Kǎměikè
Korean	마귀, Magwi
Dutch	Kamek
Russian	Камек
Portuguese	Kamek

Trivia

• In a Nintendo Japan questionnaire, Kamek was included as a popularly requested character for Super Smash Bros. Melee.
• Kamek's trophy in Smash 3DS depicts him as a generic Magikoopa, while his Smash Wii U trophy lists Super Mario World as one of his appearances. While Magikoopas in general debuted in Super Mario World, Kamek himself debuted in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
  • This may be because Magikoopas are called "Kameks" in Japanese, with no clear distinction between the character and the species.
• Kamek's trophy in the Wii U version erroneously states that he might trick the player by not casting any magic at all when he appears in Mushroom Kingdom U. This is false; Kamek will always cause a stage transition with every appearance.
• Despite being a Mario trophy in both versions of Super Smash Bros. 4, the Kamek trophy is part of the Yoshi's Island Trophy Box in the Wii U version, which makes sense considering he is Yoshi's arch nemesis.
• Kamek's spirit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is listed under the Mario series, despite the fact that he made his debut in the Yoshi series, as well as being a primary antagonist of these games, likely because he appears in Super Smash Bros. on a Mario series stage, as well as his lack of separate name in Japan means he can be interchangeably be considered the specific caretaker of Bowser or the species as a whole.