Editing The Gauntlet

'''The Gauntlet''' is an area in the [[Challenge Node]] that appears in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and its [[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey|Nintendo 3DS version]]. It is where [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] can face harder versions of seven bosses whom they have battled over the course of the game; the [[Emoglobin]] near the entrance explains that they mined the Bros.' memories to create stronger versions of bosses previously encountered. All of the boss rematches are denoted with the letter "X" (e.g. [[Durmite X]] for [[Durmite]]), and use faster and more powerful variants of attacks from their base movesets. A similar area called the [[Battle Ring]] appears in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]''.

The following Mario Bros. Bosses can be fought in The Gauntlet:

!Image!!Class!!Boss!!Accompanying enemies!!Coins required!!Recommended level!!Turn limit!!Prize (DS / 3DS)

|[[File:Durmite X Artwork.png|100px]]||Class 1||'''[[Durmite X]]'''||Straw X, [[Biffidus X]]||200||18+||5||1000 coins / 600 coins, Sequel Scarf

|[[File:Alpha Kretin X Artwork.png|100px]]||Class 2||'''[[Kretin X]]'''||||400||22+||15||2000 coins / 1200 coins, [[Advice Patch]]

|[[File:Wisdurm X Artwork.png|100px]]||Class 3||'''[[Wisdurm X]]'''||Magic Rod X||800||26+||18||4000 coins / 2400 coins, Speed Star

|[[File:Bowser Memory MLX Artwork.png|100px]]||Class 4||'''[[Bowser Memory MLX]]'''||||1200||30+||10||6000 coins / 3600 coins, [[Badge#Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey|Expert Badge]]

|[[File:Junker X Artwork.png|100px]]||Class 5||'''[[Junker X]]'''||[[Junker Can X]]||1800||35+||15||9000 coins / 5400 coins, [[List of clothing in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story#Challenge Medal|Challenge Medal]]

|[[File:Dark Star X Artwork.png|100px]]||Class 6||'''[[Dark Star X]]'''||[[Dark Satellmite X]]||2500||40+||12||12500 coins / 7500 coins, Excellent Wear

|rowspan=2|[[File:Bowser X Artwork.png|100px]] || rowspan=2|Class 7{{footnote|main|*}}||colspan=2 rowspan=2|All of the previous classes plus '''[[Bowser X]]||rowspan=2|5000||50+ ([[Nintendo DS|DS]])||rowspan=2|35||rowspan=2|25000 coins / 15000 coins, Golden Shell

{{footnote|note|*|Player must beat all previous classes in order to unlock.}}

 

In ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey'', [[Super Bowser|Giant Bowser]]'s bosses can be refought here as well. They are faster and more powerful, and no mushrooms appear during the battles. They are, as follows:

!Image!!Class!!Boss!!Coins required!!Prize

|[[File:M&LBIS Bowser's Castle Artwork.png|100px]]||Class 1||'''[[Bowser's Castle]]'''||200||400 coins, Stamina Shell

|[[File:M&LBIS Tower of Yikk Artwork.png|100px]]||Class 2||'''[[Tower of Yikk]]'''||400||800 coins, Greedy Ring

|[[File:M&LBIS Fawful Express Artwork.png|100px]]||Class 3||'''[[Fawful Express]]'''||800||1600 coins, Gaudy Fangs

|[[File:M&LBIS Super Peach's Castle of Fury Artwork.png|100px]]||Class 4||'''[[Super Peach's Castle of Fury]]'''||1200||2400 coins, Breath Fangs