Shiny RoboBowser is the final boss of Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam. He is the powered-up form of Bowser after fusing with Paper Bowser and a bunch of paper enemies and is fought at the top of Neo Bowser Castle.
Appearance[]
Shiny RoboBowser with his armor destroyed.
Shiny RoboBowser is shown as Bowser wearing a large, shiny, papercraft-like armor that resembles himself.
Battle[]
In battle, Shiny RoboBowser is capable of using a lot of attacks which include:
- Double Punch + Fire Breath: Shiny RoboBowser punches his fists together two to five times, then pounds the ground with his fists targeting Mario and Luigi, alternating between the two equal to how many times he punched his fists together, and then suddenly breathes fire and then a large fireball at Paper Mario. Mario and Luigi can only get hit one time by the punches.
- Diving Foot Stomp: Shiny RoboBowser leaps into the air and attempts to do a diving foot attack at a character. If he lands the attack, it deals high damage to the target and moderate damage to the other party members. At low HP, he attempts to stomp more times and after countering the last stomp, he spins and dives into the character who countered it. To avoid damage you have to hammer the dive, then mash the character's button to overpower Shiny RoboBowser.
- Armor Reform: Shiny RoboBowser reforms his armor, restoring its HP.
- Trio Attack Counter: Shiny RoboBowser (when his armor is still intact) is able to counter Paper Mario's Trio Attacks and use a Trio Attack of his own. This attack involves him breathing fire (sometimes delayed, with no tell beforehand) at the party. The fire has to be avoided by jumping, which is made harder by the fact there's a small delay before jumping, and the jump itself is very floaty. If you avoid his fire enough times, Shiny RoboBowser gets angry and jumps in the air and then slamming the ground, creating a harmful shockwave. The attack ends after the wave. Shiny RoboBowser will use this as a regular attack later on in the fight.
- Cannon Fire Rain: Shiny RoboBowser leaps backwards and transforms his arms into cannons. He then fires the cannons at the party, and occasionally spitting fireballs at Paper Mario. After he's finished firing the cannon blasts and fireballs, they must be hammered back in sequence, which will deal damage back to him.
- Rush Attack: Shiny RoboBowser transforms into a large battering ram of sorts and charges at the party. The party must avoid being knocked into him by avoiding Goombas and Fly Guys. Shiny RoboBowser will also breath fireballs at the party between enemy sequences. At the end of the attack, a Chain Chomp charges into him, knocking him over and dealing a very small amount of damage.
- Aerial Assault: Shiny RoboBowser flattens his arms where he is able to flap them to be able to fly. This begins an Airplane Guard sequence where Shiny RoboBowser will breathe fire at either Mario or Luigi, at the same time with Goombas, Spinies and Fly Guys charging forward toward Mario and Luigi before charging down at one of the two himself. Shiny RoboBowser does this attack when his HP gets low.
- Shiny Backup: Sometimes occurs at the end of one of Shiny RoboBowser's turns. A group of shiny Paper Goombas, Koopa Troopas, and Shy Guys appear in front of him. They have low HP, but if you don't either defeat them or fully break Shiny RoboBowser's armor, they will attach and fuse to the armor, restoring HP to it.
Strategy[]
The main goal in this fight is to destroy the armor before doing any real damage to Shiny RoboBowser. First of all, do not use Trio Attacks until the armor is destroyed or Shiny RoboBowser will counterattack with his own Trio Attack. Jump over when he uses the double punch attack and as soon he finishes punching at Mario and Luigi, quickly jump with Paper Mario as Shiny RoboBowser will quickly use the fire breath attack at him. The diving foot stomp attack is the easiest to deal with as the targeted character must hammer him back. He does this three or more times aiming at a random brother before stopping. When he does the aerial assault attack, it's best to keep a close eye on both brothers as the enemies will be charging at the both of them and also keep an eye on Shiny RoboBowser when he breathes fire at either Mario or Luigi. One of them must grab onto Paper Mario to avoid this attack. Shiny RoboBowser always reforms his armor after certain HP thresholds, so using heavy hitting attacks like Cannonball Chuck, Dropchopper, and Trio Meteor (again when the armor's head is broken) are effective in this fight.
Trivia[]
- As usual, Shiny RoboBowser is seen as the final boss of a Mario & Luigi game to be an alternate form of Bowser. The others were Bowletta from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Shrowser from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, Dark Bowser from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, and Dreamy Bowser from Mario & Luigi: Dream Team.
- However, Shiny RoboBowser is very different from these past bosses as Shiny RoboBowser is simply Bowser with armor on (except this was done through Paper Bowser transforming into this with the help of some enemies).
- Shiny RoboBowser is the second final boss in the Mario & Luigi series to be fought from one phase directly to the next. The first is Elder Princess Shroob from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.
- Shiny RoboBowser uses a 3D model instead of a 2D sprite, similar to Cackletta's Soul in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions.
Gallery[]
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| Characters | Protagonists | Mario • Luigi • Paper Mario |
| Antagonists | Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Koopalings | |
| Other | ? Card Toad • Crinkle Goomba • Delivery Toad • Flutter • Kamek • Know-It-All Toads • Lakitu • Monologue Toad • Nabbit • Paper Bowser • Paper Bowser Jr. • Paper Kamek • Paper Luigi • Paper Peach • Paper Toads • Princess Peach • Scaredy Rat • Starlow • Toad • Toadette • Yoshi | |
| Papercraft | Papercraft Mario • Papercraft Luigi • Papercraft Yoshi • Papercraft Peach • Papercraft Fire Mario | |
| Enemies | Normal | Ant Trooper • Big Tail Goomba • Biddybud • Boomerang Bro • Broozer • Bully • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Fire Bro • Fire Piranha Plant • Fly Guy • Goomba • Hammer Bro • Horned Ant Trooper • Koopa Troopa • Mechakoopa • Monty Mole • Ninji • Pokey • Sandmaargh • Shy Guy • Spike • Spiny • Urchin |
| Paper | Paper Bob-omb • Paper Boo • Paper Boomerang Bro • Paper Broozer • Paper Chain Chomp • Paper Dry Bones • Paper Fire Bro • Paper Fire Piranha Plant • Paper Fuzzy • Paper Goomba • Paper Hammer Bro • Paper Koopa Troopa • Paper Ninji • Paper Paragoomba • Paper Paratroopa • Paper Scaredy Rat • Paper Shy Guy • Paper Sombrero Guy • Paper Spear Guy • Paper Spike • Paper Spiny • Paper Swoop | |
| Papercraft | Airship • Bob-omb • Boo • Bullet Bill • Dry Bones • Goomba • Koopa Shell • Mechakoopa • Pokey • Spike • Spike Ball • Whomp | |
| Bosses | Mario & Luigi | Petey Piranha • Big Pokey • Roy Koopa • Wendy O. Koopa • Wiggler • Chargin' Chuck Corps • Larry Koopa • Ludwig von Koopa • Bowser Jr. • King Boo • King Bob-omb • Kamek • Iggy Koopa • Lemmy Koopa • Morton Koopa Jr. • Bowser • Shiny RoboBowser • Dry Bowser |
| Paper Mario | Paper Tower Power Pokey • Paper Petey Piranha • Paper Kamek • Paper Bowser Jr. • Paper Bowser | |
| Papercraft | Papercraft Megacrinkle Goomba • Papercraft Kamek • Papercraft Bowser Jr. • Papercraft King Boo • Papercraft Bowser | |
| Items | Collectibles | 1-Up DX • 1-Up Mushroom • 100-Coin • ? Block • Battle Card • Bean • Bomb Bud • Boo Biscuit • Candy • Clothing • Coin • Command Block • Double 1-Up Mushroom • L Block • Lakitea • M Block • Max Mushroom • Max Nut • Max Candy • Max Syrup Jar • Mushroom • Nut • P Block • Refreshing Herb • Spinny Flower • Super Mushroom • Super Nut • Super Candy • Supersyrup Jar • Syrup Jar • Ultra Mushroom • Ultra Nut • Ultra Candy • Ultrasyrup Jar |
| Key items | Berry • Copy Block • Dash Socks • Fire Ore • Key • Melon • Paper Mario book • Paper trampoline • Red medallion | |
| Locations | Locations | Peach's Castle • Sunbeam Plains • Doop Doop Dunes • Doop Doop Dunes Grotto • Twinsy Tropics Dungeon • Twinsy Tropics • Gloomy Woods • Mount Brrr • Bowser's Castle • Neo Bowser Castle |
| Special attacks | Trio Attack | Trio Racquet • Trio Kite • Trio Whirligig • Trio Shuriken • Trio Meteor |
| Mario Bros. Attack | 3D Red Shell • Rocket Blast • Bomb Derby • Cannonball Chuck • Toad Trail | |
| Luigi Bros. Attack | Fire Flower • Drill Shell • Dropchopper • Balloon Blast • Mega Thwonk | |
| Miscellaneous | Stats | Defense • Experience Point • Heart Point • Power • Rank • Special Point • Speed • Stache |
| Moves | Dash • Hammer • Jump • Slide • Team Jump • Trio Drill • Trio Glider • Trio Grab • Trio Hammer | |
| Status effects | Burn • Creased • Crumpled • DEF-Down • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Fury • Invisible • Mini • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • SPD-Down • SPD-Up | |
| Miscellaneous | Gallery | |