Bulbfish Island

Bulbfish Island
Appears in	Mario & Luigi: Brothership (2024)
Greater location	Concordia
Ruler	Leyden
Inhabitants	Concordians

Bulbfish Island is a part of Concordia in Mario & Luigi: Brothership. It is the first island to be found drifting in Brrrning Sea, and the ninth one to be linked to Shipshape Island. It is named for the Bulbfish, a glowing species of fish raised on the island. A large cloud hovers above the island, so it is always dark, even during the daytime. Bulbfish Island is the only major location found in Brrrning Sea to not have any ice or lava elements.

History

When Mario and Luigi arrive, they hear about a Bulbfish egg theft, with many of the citizens complaining to the island's chief Leyden and accusing him of the theft. He vehemently denies it, and when the brothers speak to him, he tasks them with clearing his name and finding the real thief. They also find that many of the island's residents, distinguished by a dark red aura, are behaving abnormally and refusing to associate with others. Upon investigating, they find a lead that suggests that Leyden's assistant may be responsible for the theft. A guard hired by him forbids entry to the underground area, but he agrees to let the Mario Bros. pass if they can answer three quiz questions. In the underground, they find a diary belonging to Leyden's assistant, in which he rants about his grievances with his boss, further implicating him. However, Leyden's assistant instead accuses an outsider couple, Chilliam and Burnadette, having them arrested.

Mario and Luigi convince the security guard to give them the key to the jail cells after finding his younger brother. To know of his whereabouts, the Bros. give away the diary to the Secret snatcher, who tells them that he is inside the island's restaurant. Mario and Luigi speak with the security guard's younger brother, who tells them that thief wore glasses, revealing the culprit to be Layden's assistant. When the Bros. are about to receive the key from the security guard, a Zokkarang Trooper blasts him with a mysterious ray of light, causing him to become uncooperative, similar to the other abnormally-behaving citizens. The security guard runs away, but drops the key, allowing the Mario and Luigi to free Chilliam and Burnadette. The brothers encounter Ecks in the underground, where he reveals that the Zok Troops have been spreading Glohm, revealing this to be the nature of the unusually-behaving people on the island. However, this has nothing to do with the Bulbfish egg theft. The Mario Bros. find Leyden's assistant, who flees from them until they corner him at the top of the island by the lighthouse. Caught with the evidence, he threatens to throw the Bulbfish eggs into the sea until he is stopped by Leyden himself. Leyden's assistant reveals that he is also his son, and he confesses to having greatly resented his father, plotting to replace him as chief. Leyden admits to having raised him poorly and apologizes for his poor parenting. Leyden's assistant is ready to be imprisoned for his crime, but the villagers do not want to punish him, instead tasking him with doing Leyden's work for him. With the case of the stolen eggs resolved, Mario and Luigi finish their business by linking Bulbfish Island to Shipshape.

During the credits, Buddy and Arc are seen on Bulbfish Island with Patriarc.

Items

NOTES: Items not on this list are those bought in the shops (Gear Shop and Item Shop) and the rewards from the sidequests. Coins from the Golden Plug Radish respawn.

Field/Object

Item	Location	Image
Coin	In the wooden crate found next to the Item Shop.
	2 in the wooden crates found left of the chief's house.
	12 in the Golden Plug Radish found at the end of the path between the chief's house and the empty house.
	Under the lamp found in front of the western-most house. Can be found only after the lamp is turned on.
	Under the lamp found near the stone bridge in the west of the island. Can be found only after the lamp is turned on.
	18 in the third underground area, on the path to the upper part of the western section, accessible after using the UFO Spin in the southwest of the upper part of the middle section.
7 L Coins and 7 M Coins	On the path between the chief's house and the empty house.
10-Coin	In 1 of the two wooden crates found on the path after going to the right from the empty house.
	2 in the 2 of the four wooden crates found in the house to the left of the chief's house.
100-Coin	Under the lamp found to the left of the waterfall. Can be found only after the lamp is turned on.
Coin and Five Coin	In 2 of the four wooden crates found right after entering the underground area.
2 Coins and 10-Coin	In 3 of the five wooden crates found in the secret office found in the underground area.
	In 3 of the five wooden crates found on the top floor of the chief's house.
Max Nut	After giving the Oversized Screw to its owner found at the end of the dock, he tells the Bros. a secret about the empty house. Afterwards, the cupboard in the empty can be interacted with and the item is found there.
Notebook/Incident Report	Found under the broken lamp left of the chief's house during the search for the answers of the guard's quiz. Required to progress. After completing the quiz, it turns into the Incident Report.
Oversized Screw	Under the lamp found next to the empty house. Can be found only after the lamp is turned on and Burnadette and Chilliam are arrested.
Refreshing Herb	In the wooden crate found behind the restaurant, located in the west of the island.
Spare Underground Key	Picked up after the guard is Glohmed and bumps into Luigi near the entrance to the underground area. Required to progress.
Super Candy	Under the left lamp found near the starting point. Can be found only after the lamp is turned on.

Bean presents

Location	Type	Image
On the Connectar Flower near the light switch, there is a present containing a Stache Bean.	Stache ×1
On the Connectar Flower near the cave entrance, there is a present containing a Heart Bean.	Heart ×1

Blocks

Item/s	Description	Image
26 Blocks (25 ?, 1 Special ?)
Mushroom and Syrup Jar	Outdoor: Northeast from the starting point.
5 Coins	Outdoor: To the right of the empty house found in the east.
Syrup Jar	Outdoor: Near the end of the dock found in the southwest of the island.
Super Syrup Jar	House (restaurant): On the right side of the restaurant.
Ultra Mushroom	Outdoor: In the part with the restaurant, left of the bridge.
Mushroom	Outdoor: To the left after the second set of stairs.
Candy	Outdoor: In the west part of the island, more specifically to the right of the light switch found at the very southwest end.
1-Up Mushroom	Outdoor: In the very east of the island, above the entrance to the underground area.
5 Five Coins	Undeground, Area 3: In the southwestern corner of the western section.
1-Up Mushroom and 50-Coin	Undeground, Area 3: At the end of the upper part of the western section, accessible after using the UFO Spin in the southwest of the upper part of the middle section.
50-Coin and Syrup Jar	Undeground, Area 2: Above the largest crate found in the middle of the eastern section.
Gold Medallion and Mushroom	Undeground, Area 3: In the part accessible only through the eastern section of the second area.
Mushroom	Undeground, Area 2: In the northeastern corner of the middle section, accessible by using the crates from the eastern section.
1-Up Mushroom	Undeground, Area 1: In the northwestern corner of the eastern section, behind previously locked metal gate.
5 10-Coins and Ultra Mushroom	Undeground, Area 2: In the western section, behind previously locked metal gate.
Refreshing Herb and Syrup Jar	Undeground, Area 3: In the western section, in the right locked jail cell.
50-Coin and Super Mushroom	Undeground, Area 5: In the southeastern corner.
Super Syrup Jar	Undeground, Area 5: In the north, near the exit. Accessible only after clearing the puzzle.
10 10-Coins	Outdoor: In the lighthouse part, to the right of the stairs leading to it.

Grampy Turnip

Location	Image
Underground through an opened jail cell cage right of the entrance.

Hidden Blocks

Item/s	Description	Image
3 Hidden Blocks
Super Mushroom	To the left of the item shop.
Syrup Jar	In the third area of the underground, in the northwestern corner of the middle part.
Super Nut	At the end of the second floor of the Chief's House.

Sprite Bulb nests

Number/Type of Sprite Bulbs	Amount of Lumenade	Location	Image
8 Nests - 27 Sprite Bulbs (5 Small, 19 Medium and 3 Large) - 92 Lumenade
1 Small, 1 Medium and 1 Large	14	In the northeast of the island, more specifically at the end of the path after going to the right from the empty house.
3 Medium	9	Next to the waterfall found in the northwest of the island.
3 Medium	9	On the lamp found northwest of the restaurant, which is found in the west part of the island.
2 Small, 1 Medium and 1 Large	15	Next to the entrance to the underground area.
4 Medium	12	In the lighthouse area, left of the lighthouse's stairs.
4 Medium	12	NOTE: Following 3 nests are accessible only after linking the island. On the fencepost found northwest of the blue warp pipe.
1 Small and 2 Medium	7	On the lamp next to the Save Block.
1 Small, 1 Medium and 1 Large	14	On the roof of the empty house.

Enemies

• Capnap R
• Foopfly
• Zokkarang Trooper: Three serve as minibosses for this island

After Reclusa awakens, the enemies are replaced with Glohm versions of themselves.

• Glohm Capnap R
• Glohm Foopfly

Profile

• In-game description: An island that's dark and cloudy all year round. Famous for its Bulbfish.

Gallery

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  Discovering Bulbfish Island

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  The island at night

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  The Underground

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  Arc with Buddy during the credits, where the former also reunites with Patriarc

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	デンキュー島 Denkyū-jima	Lightbulb Island		[?]
Chinese (Simplified)	灯泡岛 Dēngpào Dǎo	Lightbulb Island		[?]
Chinese (Traditional)	燈泡島 Dēngpào Dǎo	Lightbulb Island		[?]
Dutch	Lampevissië	Portmanteau of Lampevis (Bulbfish) with toponym suffix "-ië"		[?]
French (Europe)	Pescampia	From Pescampi ("Bulbfish") with place-suffix "-ia"
German	Luxlaterna	Portmanteau of Latin words lux ("light") and laterna ("lantern")		[?]
Italian	Isola Lucciolo	Bulbfish Island
Korean	전구섬 Jeongu-seom	Lightbulb Island		[?]
Portuguese	Ilha Lampapeixe	Bulbfish Island
Spanish (Latin America)	Isla Amperpez	Bulbfish Island		[?]
Spanish (Europe)	Isla Egupi	Bulbfish Island		[?]

Notes

• On this island, one NPC erroneously refers to Twistee Island as "Twiss Island", its Japanese name, when spoken to in the English localization.