Dark Mechawful

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Dark Mechawful
Sprite of a Dark Mechawful from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
First appearance Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009)
Latest appearance Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2018)
Variant of Mechawful
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Dark Mechawful is an enemy in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story that is a blue, robotic Fawful most likely invented by Fawful himself. They can be encountered in Peach's Castle. They are similar to normal Mechawfuls in appearance, but are blue instead of green, have a wheel rather than legs, and are only encountered by Bowser.

In battle, Dark Mechawfuls attack Bowser by reeling its arm back and starting a short countdown of 4 or 5 seconds. When the number hits zero, the Dark Mechawful will attempt to dash forward and punch Bowser. This can be avoided by hitting the X Button button right before the countdown hits zero to punch the robot and counterattack it as it lunges forward to hit Bowser. It will also attack by shooting a giant, purple laser at Bowser while gradually approaching to hit him with its hands. The player must hit Y Button to make Bowser duck, avoiding the laser, and will then have to make Bowser punch the robot with X Button before it smashes him.

After depleting the body of its health, the Dark Mechawful Head[1] will fly to the top screen. Unlike Mechawfuls, the head will never be destroyed with the body altogether, no matter how much damage is incurred in a single attack. If there are no other surviving enemies in the battle, all Dark Mechawful heads will fly away and the player will win the battle. If another enemy is in battle, it will remain at the top screen where Bowser can inhale it. It is thus impossible to fully defeat every single Dark Mechawful head in a battle consisting only of Dark Mechawfuls, for at least one will always escape as soon as Bowser has nothing left to fight on the bottom screen. If Bowser does not inhale the head, it might summon another body, turning it into the Dark Mechawful.5. This body will have an iron grey cloak that makes it even more similar to the real Dark Fawful and boost its power, defense, and attack speed. Its most notable difference is that its timer will now go haywire when it hits the 2 second mark, making its attacks much more frustrating to counter and giving full incentive for Bowser to inhale the head before it gets that chance.

In Bowser's body, the head has two attacks. One attack involves the head flying over a Mario Bro. and trying to fall on top of him, exactly like what the normal Mechawfuls do; the Bros. need to counter this with their hammers. A second attack begins with the Dark Mechawful tracing the ground with a harmless red laser in varying patterns: this will soon be followed by a damaging array of stars that the Bros. must jump over. The stars follow the same pattern as the red laser, necessitating memorization of the laser's positions or good reflexes to avoid the attack.

Bowser can use the Vacuum Block to inhale a Blitty from a Dark Mechawful.

Mario and Luigi cannot fight Dark Mechawfuls but only their normal counterpart; however, with cheats enabled and fighting them in the original game, their punch dash attack works normally and can be counterattacked, but if they perform their purple laser attack, it puts the Dark Mechawfuls in an unstable state where the game thinks their heads are out of their body and they perform the attack that only Mario and Luigi can encounter. The red laser zigzags into different positions three times and shoots out stars very slowly one by one, then the game proceeds to be softlocked after the attack is finished.[2]

Statistics[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story enemy
Dark Mechawful
Dark Mechawful HP 280 (420) POW 282 (705) DEF 146 (219) SPEED 30 (45)
Coins 80 (120) Level 31 Fire Half Burn? Immune
Role Common Battled by Bowser Location(s) Peach's Castle Dizzy? Normal
Stat down? Normal KO? Normal Experience 800 Item drop Star Candy - 5%
Power Fangs X - 5%
Notice: The second set of numbers next to the enemy's HP, POW, DEF, SPEED and Coins are stat increases from the Challenge Medal accessory; a 50% increase for HP, DEF, SPEED and Coins earned, and a 150% increase for POW.
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story enemy
Dark Mechawful (head)
Dark Mechawful Head HP 200 (300) POW 105 (263) DEF 102 (153) SPEED 32 (48)
Coins 40 (60) Level 27 Fire Half Burn? Immune
Role Common Battled by Mario and Luigi Location(s) Peach's Castle Dizzy? Normal
Stat down? Normal KO? Normal Experience 200 Item drop Max Nut - 10%
A-OK Wear - 5%
Notice: The second set of numbers next to the enemy's HP, POW, DEF, SPEED and Coins are stat increases from the Challenge Medal accessory; a 50% increase for HP, DEF, SPEED and Coins earned, and a 150% increase for POW.

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey enemy
Dark Mechawful
Sprite of a Dark Mechawful from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey HP 280 POW 320 DEF 230 SPEED 30 Experience 800
Fire Weak Jump Normal Hammer Normal Battled by Bowser Coins 100
Burn Immune Dizzy 1x Stat down 1x Speed down 1x Item drop TNT Drumstick - 25%
Miracle Cheese - 15%
Level           28 Location(s) Peach's Castle
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey enemy
Dark Mechawful (head)
Sprite of a Dark Mechawful Head from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey HP 180 POW 129 DEF 102 SPEED 32 Experience 200
Fire Weak Jump Normal Hammer Normal Battled by Mario & Luigi Coins 60
Burn Immune Dizzy 1x Stat down 1x Speed down 1x Item drop Ultra Nut - 40%
A-OK Wear - 10%
Level           27 Location(s) Peach's Castle

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ダークメカコビッツ
Dāku Mekakobittsu
Dark Mechawful

French (NOA) Faffroïde obscur
Dark Mechawful. Faffroïde is from "Faffreux" (Fawful) and "androïde" (android)
French (NOE) Mécacowitz Noir
Black Mechawful
German Finster-Krankomat
Dark Mechawful
Italian Marchinghigno Oscuro
Dark Mechawful
Spanish (NOA) Mecawful Oscuro
Dark Mechawful
Spanish (NOE) Mecánovitz Oscuro
Dark Mechawful

Trivia[edit]

  • Dark Mechawfuls share multiple similarities to the last few bosses of the game:
    • The punching attack is similar to one used by Dark Bowser.
    • The laser attack the Dark Mechawful uses on Bowser is similar to the lasers used by both the Dark Star and the Dark Star Core.
    • The head looks similar to the bug form Fawful takes after he is defeated by Bowser.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Browne, Catherine. Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 169.
  2. ^ https://youtu.be/vLvu4zZhKg4?t=32