Durapurl

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Durapurl
Durapurl from Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
Sprite from Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
Appears in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2013)
Comparable

Durapurls are pale-colored oysters that appear in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. In the field, Durapurls will wander around aimlessly until they spot Mario and Luigi, where it will then chase after them briefly. In battle, Durapurls may approach a bro and flicker its shell closed, then open three times; on the third time, the pearl inside will shoot out of the shell and into the approached bro, who must counter by smashing the pearl into the sand before him the moment the pearl shoots out to daze it, and following that up with several swings of the hammer to deal maximum possible counter-attack damage.

Durapurl without a shell from Mario & Luigi: Dream Team

Durapurls may also let their pearl out to roll towards a bro, to then roll into the bro from both the front and behind several times, which must be dodged by jumping over or on to the pearl until the attack ends. More damage can be dealt to Durapurls through counter-attacks as they allow Mario and Luigi to strike its weak point, the pearl inside. Both of these attacks can give the bros. the trip status effect.

Statistics[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team enemy
Durapurl
Durapurl from Mario & Luigi: Dream Team HP 89 Role Common Level 21 Location(s) Driftwood Shore
Power 112 Position Normal No Hitter 26
Defense 350 World Real Weakness None Item drop 1-Up Deluxe (3%)
None (0%)
Speed 61 Experience 130 (156) Coins 30 (100%)

Naming[edit]

"Durapurl" is a pun on "durable" and "pearl".

Names in other languages[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNote(s)Ref.
Japaneseカタイカラ
Kataikara
From「硬かたい殻から」(katai kara, "hard shell")[?]
French (Canada)DuraperleFrom the English word, probably comes from the expression dur à cuire ("badass")[?]
French (Europe)PerlipopetteFrom perle ("pearl") and saperlipopette (a familiar interjection expressing surprise)[?]
GermanFiesmuschelPun on fies ("mean") and miesmuschel ("mussel")[?]
ItalianGuscioduroHard Shell; shared with Courage Shell[?]
PortugueseDuraperlFrom the English name merged with pérola ("pearl")[?]
RussianТвердолобик
Tverdolobik
From твёрдый (tvyordyy, "hard"), лоб (lob, "forehead"), and diminutive suffix "-ик" (-ik)[?]
Spanish (Latin America)PerlazaFrom perla ("pearl") and "-aza" (suffix for augmentatives)[?]
Spanish (Europe)PerlejaFrom perla ("pearl") and almeja ("clam")[?]