Snawful

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Snawful
A Snawful 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)

Snawfuls are snowman-like enemies that appear in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and its remake, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey. They appear as snowmen with Fawful-like faces, red fezzes and a shovel for an arm, and assist Blizzard Midbus during his boss fight in Peach's Castle.

Battle[edit]

A Snawful after being vacuumed, in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.

Blizzard Midbus uses his crown to create a group of four Snawfuls, which then aid him during his turns. Snawfuls can breathe an icy mist at Midbus that restores 30 HP and causes him to glow blue; for the next couple of turns, Midbus's power and defense are also increased for each Snawful to the point that his Ground Pound may instantly KO Bowser. Snawfuls also attack in tandem with Midbus during his Ground Pound attack: they get in formation and spit balls of ice at Bowser, which he must duck under in order to avoid damage. All the while, Midbus will scale the walls of the battlefield towards the top screen, slipping occasionally; upon reaching the top side of the wall, Midbus looks towards Bowser for a few seconds before rolling into the wall on his side and then Ground Pounding. Bowser must also duck to counter this attack; the timing of the Snawful's ice balls can make it very hard to avoid taking damage.

Snawfuls being created by Blizzard Midbus, then defeated inside Bowser
Snawfuls being created by Blizzard Midbus, then defeated inside Bowser
Snawfuls being created by Blizzard Midbus, then defeated inside Bowser

Snawfuls take critical damage from fire-based attacks such as the Fire Flower Special Attack; in the original game, Snawfuls hide within their hats if Bowser uses his Flame or any multi-targeting Brawl Attacks like Bob-omb Blitz. When defeated they simply melt away, and Midbus eventually creates more. Bowser can inhale the Snawfuls to remove them from the battlefield and send them to Mario and Luigi, which also removes their hats in the original game. Once inside Bowser's body, the Snawfuls will attack the Mario Bros. in formation by spitting ice balls; a Snawful's shovel arm will point downward if targeting Luigi, and upward if attacking Mario. Being hit by any of the ice balls will briefly freeze Mario or Luigi, making it harder to dodge the rest of them.

As the Mario Bros. defeat the Snawfuls, they will melt as usual, with the cold air collecting inside Bowser; a counter will appear showing the number of Snawfuls defeated in the original game. After defeating at least five to eight Snawfuls this way, Bowser breathes out a plume of cold air that freezes into a clump of ice above Midbus. Part of the clump of ice lands in his crown and sticks there, preventing him from releasing any more Snawfuls for the rest of the battle.

Statistics[edit]

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

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story enemy
Snawful
Snawful.gif HP 105 (158) POW 126 (315) DEF 73 (110) SPEED 102 (153)
Coins 0 (0) Level 27 Fire Double Burn? Immune
Role Support Battled by Anyone Location(s) Peach's Castle Dizzy? Immune
Stat down? Normal KO? Immune Experience 220 Item drop
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
Snawful
A Snawful from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey HP 105 POW 126 DEF 120 SPEED 102 Experience 220
Fire Critical Jump Normal Hammer Normal Battled by Anyone Coins 0
Burn Immune Dizzy Immune Stat down 1x Speed down 1x Item drop None - 0%
None - 0%
Level           27 Location(s) Peach's Castle

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese スノービッツ
Sunōbittsu
From "snow" and「ゲラコビッツ」(Gerakobittsu, Fawful)

French (NOA) Flocoffreux
From "floco" (flake) and "Faffreux" (Fawful)
French (NOE) Graconeige
Play on "Gracowitz" (Fawful's European French name) and "neige" (snow)
German Krankschnee
Fawful Snow
Italian Pupazzo di Ghigno
Pun on "pupazzo di neve" (snowman) and "Sogghigno" (Fawful)
Spanish (NOA) Nievawful
From "nieve" (snow) and "Fawful"
Spanish (NOE) Muñécovitz Gélido
Pun on "muñeco de nieve" (snowman) and "Grácovitz" (Fawful's European Spanish name) + "gélido" (icy)