Queen Bean

Queen Bean
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga artwork: Queen Bean
Queen Bean, the ruler of the Beanbean Kingdom
Species Beanish
First appearance Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003)
Latest appearance Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (2017)
“Ahh... That's the hardest I've laughed in a long, long time. Well done, Lady Lima!”
Queen Bean, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Queen Bean is the ruler of the Beanbean Kingdom during the events of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. She is an obese Beanish with purple hair and an orange dress. Lady Lima acts as her aide and her adviser when she needs assistance.

HistoryEdit

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga / Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's MinionsEdit

 
Queen Bean sending the brothers off in the game's ending scene.

During Cackletta's attempted takeover of the Beanbean Kingdom, she forced Queen Bean to swallow a Belly Blech worm, making her powerful but enraged. When Mario and Luigi arrive in the throne room, Cackletta sends Queen Bean after them, leading to a fight and the queen being knocked out. After the fight, Lady Lima appears and explains that the queen's infection can only be cured through a soda called the Chuckola Reserve, found in Chucklehuck Woods. For Queen Bean's sake, Mario and Luigi go to the woods. They manage to acquire the Reserve and deliver it to the queen, returning her to her original size. Now sane, she promises to assist them however she can in stopping Cackletta.

In the game's ending, she and Peasley see Mario, Luigi, and Peach off from Beanbean International Airport, while giving them a wrapped "gift" of Bowser. During this scene, she wears a different dress from previously, having yellow spots and lower rim and a white high collar, as well as holding a fan and bean-topped staff.

Mario & Luigi: Dream TeamEdit

In Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, Queen Bean makes a cameo as part of the Hooskin Trading Quest, as a photo of hers is received after trading in the Book of Ruins, and is traded off for the Lost Camera. A Beanish tourist watching the Mad Skillathon in Wakeport will mention his queen when spoken to, noting her super strength.

BattleEdit

 
Battling Queen Bean at Beanbean Castle.

In her mutated state, Queen Bean develops a more muscular build, her feet grow bigger and her eyes turn red. When Mario and Luigi fight Queen Bean in this state, she initially attacks the brothers by slamming her arms onto the ground to create a powerful shockwave that can be dodged by jumping. After every time the queen performs this attack, she advances a bit closer to the brothers. She will do this until she finally gets close enough to the brothers to attack them by pounding her arms onto them, which can be counterattacked by hammering. When Mario or Luigi uses his hammer to attack Queen Bean's body on offense, she will move farther away from them until reaching her original location in the battle. Queen Bean's body takes extremely little damage from hammer attacks, and she counterattacks jumps with the sharp crown on her head. Her arms however, take normal damage from jump attacks and are unaffected by solo hammer attacks, as they are up in the air. If only one of Queen Bean's arms is remaining, the battle will still be the same as when both of her arms are present, except her shockwave attack will be faster, yet less powerful.

Finally, when both of Queen Bean's arms are defeated, her crown will be lost, thus making her much more vulnerable to jump attacks. In this state, the queen will simply only attack by spitting bouncing beans at the brothers that can be dodged by jumping. However, if one of the brothers manages to jump on a bean - rather than over it - the bean will become a Beanie and join the battle alongside Queen Bean. This will happen until a maximum of three Beanies are present in the battle. After two full battle rounds of Queen Bean's arms being degenerated and her crown missing: her crown will return, arms will regenerate, all Beanies in the battle will disappear, and the entire process repeats.

In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, Queen Bean drops the Queen's Token badge upon defeat.

Profiles and statisticsEdit

Mario & Luigi: Superstar SagaEdit

  • Instruction booklet bios
    • English: The queen of the Beanbean Kingdom. Cackletta has transformed her into a brutal beast.[1]
    • Japanese: マメーリア王国の女王。ゲラゲモーナによって姿を変えられてしまう。 (Queen of the Beanbean Kingdom. She is transformed by Cackletta.)[2]
  • Official Nintendo Player's Guide: Your first encounter with Queen Bean will be decidedly unpleasant, but soon afterward you'll learn that she's a kind and beloved ruler. Unfortunately, she possesses something that Cackletta wants.[3]
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga enemy
Queen Bean
  HP 120 (100) POW 24-32 Defense 30
Speed 90 Experience 142 (150) Coins 10 (50)
Location Beanbean Castle Jump Spiny, Normal (Weakened) Hammer Weak
Hand Normal Fire Normal Thunder Normal
Stat down? 30% Stun? 30% Burn? 30%
Level 9 Role Boss Item drop 1-Up Super (Max Nut) – 100%
None – 0%
Notice
  • Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese version (if they differ from the original American and European stats).
  • Stats in gray are only found in the game's coding and are not available during "normal" gameplay.
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga enemy
Left Arm (Queen Bean)
  HP 22 (10) POW 24-32 Defense 30
Speed 90 Experience 0 Coins 0
Location Beanbean Castle Jump Normal Hammer Normal
Hand Normal Fire Normal Thunder Normal
Stat down? 0% Stun? 0% Burn? 0%
Level 9 Role Support Item drop Syrup Jar (Refreshing Herb) – 100%
None – 0%
Notice
  • Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese version (if they differ from the original American and European stats).
  • Stats in gray are only found in the game's coding and are not available during "normal" gameplay.
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga enemy
Right Arm (Queen Bean)
  HP 22 (10) POW 24-32 Defense 30
Speed 90 Experience 0 Coins 0
Location Beanbean Castle Jump Normal Hammer Normal
Hand Normal Fire Normal Thunder Normal
Stat down? 0% Stun? 0% Burn? 0%
Level 9 Role Support Item drop Mushroom (Refreshing Herb) – 100%
None – 0%
Notice
  • Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese version (if they differ from the original American and European stats).
  • Stats in gray are only found in the game's coding and are not available during "normal" gameplay.

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's MinionsEdit

  • Japanese website bio: 心やさしいマメーリア王国の女王。とある事件にまきこまれてしまい⋯⋯。[4](The kind-hearted queen of the Beanbean Kingdom. She is involved in a certain incident...)
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions enemy
Queen Bean
  HP 144 POW 56 DEF 26 SPEED 33 Experience 150
Fire Normal Thunder Normal Jump Spiny, Normal Hammer Weak Coins 50
Stat down 30% Dizzy 30% Burn 30% Speed down 30% Item drop None (0%)
Queen's Token (100%)
Queen's Token (100%)
Level           10 Location(s) Beanbean Castle
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions enemy
Queen Bean (No Crown)
  HP 144 POW 56 DEF 26 SPEED 33 Experience 150
Fire Normal Thunder Normal Jump Normal Hammer Weak Coins 50
Stat down 30% Dizzy 30% Burn 30% Speed down 30% Item drop None (0%)
Queen's Token (100%)
Queen's Token (100%)
Level           10 Location(s) Beanbean Castle
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions enemy
Right Arm (Queen Bean)
  HP 34 POW 35 DEF 26 SPEED 24 Experience 0
Fire Normal Thunder Normal Jump Normal Hammer Normal Coins 0
Stat down 0% Dizzy 0% Burn 0% Speed down 0% Item drop None (0%)
None (0%)
None (0%)
Level           10 Location(s) Beanbean Castle
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions enemy
Left Arm (Queen Bean)
  HP 34 POW 35 DEF 26 SPEED 24 Experience 0
Fire Normal Thunder Normal Jump Normal Hammer Normal Coins 0
Stat down 0% Dizzy 0% Burn 0% Speed down 0% Item drop None (0%)
None (0%)
None (0%)
Level           10 Location(s) Beanbean Castle

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Names in other languagesEdit

Queen BeanEdit

Language Name Meaning
Japanese マメラ女王
Mamera Jōō
Queen "Mamera"; from「豆」(mame, bean) and possibly「ら」(-ra, a female name ending)

Chinese 豆豆女王
Dòudòu Nǚwáng
Queen Beanbean

Dutch Booningin
From "boon" (bean) and "koningin" (queen)
French Reine Végélia[5]
From "reine" (queen) + play on "Royaume de Végésia" (Beanbean Kingdom)
German Königin Mamella
From the Japanese name
Italian Regina Fagiolona
Queen Big Bean
Korean 메주여왕
Meju Yeowang
From "메주" (meju), a fermented soybean lump used to make soybean paste in Korea (also refers to a person with an ugly face), and "여왕" means "queen"

Russian Королева Бобичанна
Koroleva Bobichanna
From "королева" (koroleva, queen) + derivation of "боб" (bob, bean)

Spanish Reina Haba
Queen Bean

Left ArmEdit

Language Name Meaning
Japanese 左うで
Hidariude
Left arm

Right ArmEdit

Language Name Meaning
Japanese 右うで
Migiude
Right arm

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Instruction Booklet, page 7.
  2. ^ 「マリオ&ルイージRPG 取扱説明書」 (Mario & Luigi RPG Toriatsukai Setsumeisho), page 7.
  3. ^ Thomason, Steve. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Player's Guide, page 5.
  4. ^ マリオ&ルイージRPG1 DX website. Character bio for Queen BeanMedia:M&LSS+BM - Japanese Character Bio Queen Bean.png.
  5. ^ Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga European instruction booklet. page 66.