Airway (Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story)

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Mario and Luigi traveling through the Airway in both versions of the game.
Mario and Luigi traveling through the Airway in both versions of the game.
Mario and Luigi traveling through the Airway in both versions of the game.
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The Airway is the final area of Bowser's body that Mario and Luigi explore in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and its 3DS remake, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey. It is unlocked when the Pump Works is completed. It is apparently located in Bowser's lungs and trachea. This area houses all of Bowser's DNA and is the place where the Dark Star is fought. In order to progress through the Airway, Bowser must inhale a stream of ice from (the now-frozen) Blizzard Midbus's snout, which freezes the entire area, and the player must alternate between two temperature states to reach the end of the area. The player also needs to make use of Liftoglobins to traverse through the area, and must complete a timed minigame hosted by the Totemglobin.

As the Mario Bros. travel through the Airway, the Dark Star slowly progresses through and takes in Bowser's DNA as it goes through. First, it acquires his fist to punch, then his flame breath (with a different flame color), and finally his shell to ground pound, using them to escape the intended traps in the area. When the brothers finally reach and corner the Dark Star in a specific area, it already has absorbed enough of Bowser's DNA to turn into a dark copy of him, albeit in a incomplete, ghostly form due to its power being drained by Fawful earlier, and escapes Bowser's body after fighting Mario and Luigi.

The Emoglobin that hosts the Gauntlet in the Challenge Node suggests that players that want to level up very quickly should battle the monsters in the Airway.

Enemies[edit]

Items[edit]

Here is a list of overworld items found in the Airway in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.[1] The fourth scene from the start is a hub, and so is the one to the right of it, which will be denoted 0. The scene to the right of scene 0 will be denoted 0R and the one to the upper of it will be denoted 0U.

Item Icon Location
Ultra Mushroom Icon of a Mushroom x2 In a ? Block in the fourth scene from the start.
x2 In a ? Block one scene to the right and then one scene lower from the fourth from start.
1-Up Deluxe 1-Up Mushroom In a ? Block in the third scene from the start.
In a ? Block six scenes to the left of the fourth from start.
In a ? Block two scenes to the right of the fourth from start.
In a ? Block in the scene above scene 0R.
In a ? Block two scenes beyond scene 0U.
Ultra Nut Nut.png x2 In a ? Block four scenes to the left of the fourth from start.
Max Nut Nut.png In a ? Block in the scene above scene 0R.
In a ? Block two scenes beyond scene 0U.
Supersyrup Jar Syrup BiS.png x2 In a ? Block one scene to the left of the fourth from start.
In a ? Block in the scene to the right of scene 0R.
x2 In a ? Block two scenes beyond scene 0U.
Star Candy Star Candy In a ? Block in the scene above scene 0R.
Retry Clock Retry Clock.png In a ? Block one scene to the left of the fourth from start.
In a ? Block in the scene above scene 0U.
King Wear Artwork of overalls from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story In a ? Block five scenes to the left of the fourth from start.
Guardian Socks Artwork of socks from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story In a ? Block six scenes to the left of the fourth from start.
Rugged Socks Artwork of socks from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story In a ? Block in scene 0U.
Star Wear Artwork of overalls from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story In a ? Block two scenes beyond scene 0U.

Beans[edit]

Main article: List of beanholes in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

There are 8 beans in total in this area.

  • Area with bouncing platforms in the lower area of the map: <Heart Bean x1, Special Bean x1>
  • Timed challenge area in the eastern area of the map: <Heart Beans x2, Special Bean x1, Power Bean x1>
  • By the left water spout in the room above 0U: <Special Beans x2>

Names in other languages[edit]

Airway
Area map
Language Name Meaning
Japanese エアースペース
Eā Supēsu
Air Space

French (NOE) Voies respiratoires
Respiratory tracts
German Luftkammer
Air Chamber
Italian Cavità Ventosa
Windy Cavity
Spanish (NOA) Via Respiratoria
Respiratory Track (also means "airway")
Spanish (NOE) Sala Alientofresco
Freshbreath Room

Areas map[edit]

Level map

Trivia[edit]

  • If the player saves while the Dark Star is in the Airway, the last sentence in the save message says that the Airway is called the Air Space, the Japanese name for the Airway. This was corrected in the remake, where the save message's last sentence now calls the Airway by its English name.
  • This is the only large area in Bowser's body without Attack Pieces.
  • Dreamy Mount Pajamaja, an area from Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, features a similar concept to the Airway. In said area, the player has to freeze and thaw out geysers to advance.

References[edit]

  1. ^ abcd9146 (December 30, 2009). Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story FAQ/Walkthrough. GameFAQs. Retrieved June 10, 2016.