The Grand Finale

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This article is about the musical theme from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. For other uses, see Grand Finale (disambiguation).
"The Grand Finale"
"The Grand Finale" in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Bowser versus the final boss, Dark Bowser.
Composed by:
Yoko Shimomura
Key G-sharp minor
First appearance Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009)
Latest appearance Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2018)

"The Grand Finale"[1] is a musical theme composed by Yoko Shimomura for Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, where it plays during the final boss battle against Dark Bowser and the Dark Star Core.

History[edit]

Mario & Luigi series[edit]

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

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story marks the first appearance of "The Grand Finale". It is also included in the official album Mario & Luigi RPG: Sound Selection.

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

In the Nintendo 3DS remake of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey, an arrangement of "The Grand Finale" plays for the same purpose as in the original game. It is titled "The Grand Finale DX" in the game's sound test.

Icon of an audio speaker. The Grand Finale DX - The arrangement heard in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
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Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, the original version of "The Grand Finale" can play in the Mario Galaxy stage.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the original version of "The Grand Finale" can play in any Super Smash Bros.-series or Super Mario-series stage.

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story Nintendo DS 2009 Original Yoko Shimomura
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Wii U 2014 Original "The Grand Finale"[2] Yoko Shimomura
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Switch 2018 Original "The Grand Finale"[3] Yoko Shimomura
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey Nintendo 3DS 2018 Original "The Grand Finale"[1] Yoko Shimomura
Arrangement "The Grand Finale DX"[1]

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Mario & Luigi RPG: Sound Selection 2009 Original 「イン・ザ・ファイナル」 (In za Fainaru) Yoko Shimomura

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese イン・ザ・ファイナル
In za Fainaru		 In the Final [1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey sound test
  2. ^ Super Smash Bros. Wii U sound test
  3. ^ Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sound test
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Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
Characters (Bowser's Inside Story) Protagonists Bowser • Luigi • Mario
Antagonists Dark Star (Dark Bowser) • Fawful • Midbus
Supporting characters Broggy • Broque Madame • Broque Monsieur • Chakron • Corporal Paraplonk • Dr. Toadley • Dr. Toadley's intern • Fawful • Giant Sockop • Guardian • Hide-and-seek Toad • Jerry • Kamek • Koopa Paratroopa Trio • Kuribo • Kuzzle • Monty Bros. • PR Toad • Princess Lipid • Princess Peach • Private Goomp • Sergeant Guy • Squiggler • Starlow • Toadbert • Toadsworth • Yikk
Species Bee • Blitty • Bob-omb • Brock • Emoglobin • Evoglobin • Goomba • Magikoopa • Malodorous Fibbian# • Nutsoglobin • Shy Guy • Totemglobin • Toad • Virus
Characters (Bowser Jr.'s Journey) Protagonists# Bowser Jr. • Iggy Koopa • Larry Koopa • Lemmy Koopa • Ludwig von Koopa • Morton Koopa Jr. • Roy Koopa • Wendy O. Koopa
Antagonists# Best Fitness Friends (Beef · Dieter · Kaley)
Supporting characters# Dry Bowser
Special Attacks Bowser Bob-omb Blitz • Broggy Bonker • Goomba Storm • Koopa Corps • Magikoopa Mob • Shy Guy Squad
Mario and Luigi Falling Star • Fire Flower • Green Shell • Jump Helmet • Magic Window • Mighty Meteor • Snack Basket • Spin Pipe • Super Bouncer • Yoo Who Cannon
Bosses Giant bosses Bowser's Castle • Fawful Express • Fawful Mountain • Super Peach's Castle of Fury • Tower of Yikk
Bosses Alpha and Beta Kretin • Biffidus • Blizzard Midbus • Bowser • Bowser Memory M and Bowser Memory L • Chakron • Dark Bowser • Dark Fawful • Dark Satellmite • Dark Star • Dark Star Core • Durmite • Junker • Junker Can • Leaf Guy • Midbus • Scutlet • Sea Pipe Statue • Shroob • Snawful • Vacuum Helmet • Wiggler • Wisdurm
X bosses Alpha and Beta Kretin X • Biffidus X • Bowser X • Bowser Memory MLX • Dark Satellmite X • Dark Star X • Durmite X • Junker X • Junker Can X • Wisdurm X
Bowser Jr.'s Journey# Beef • Kaley • Dieter • King Bob-Omb • Best Fitness Friends (Form)
Locations Mushroom Kingdom Badge Shop • Blubble Lake • Bowser Path • Bowser's Castle • Broggy's Shop • Broque Monsieur's Shop • Bumpsy Plains • Cavi Cape • Conference Hall • Dimble Wood • Fawful Theater • Gear Shop • Peach's Castle • Peach's Castle Garden • Princess Peach's room • Plack Beach • Project K • Star Shop • Tea Kiosk • Toad Town • Toad Town Caves • Toad Town shopping mall • Toadles Boutique • Toadley Clinic • Tower of Yikk • Treasure Chamber • Tunnel
Bowser's body Airway • Arm Center • Challenge Node • Chest Station • Cholesteroad • Energy Hold • Flab Zone • Flame Pipe • Funny Bone • Gauntlet • Gut Check • Joint Tower • Leg Outpost • Lumbar Nook • Memory Banks • Nerve Cluster • Nose Deck • Pipe Yard • Pump Works • Rump Command • Toad Square • Trash Pit
Enemies Mushroom Kingdom Alarm Bob-omb • Beehoss • Borp • Broggy • Broque Monsieur • Chain Chawful • Choomba • Chuboomba • Coalbit • Crawful • Dark Fawful Bomb • Dark Fawful Guy • Dark Mechawful • Dark Mechawful.5 • Dark Trashure • Drillbit Crab • Fawflant • Fawflopper • Fawfulcopter • Fawful Guy • Flifit • Glam Lakitu • Hane Mūcho • Jailgoon • Lakitu King • Magifoofa • Mawful Mole • Mechawful • Metal Mawful Mole • Naplock • Nooz • Pendril • Scutlet • Sneed • Sniffle Thwomp • Sockop • Toothy • Trashure • Treevil
Bowser's body Airnapse • Air Cannon • Air Cheep • Bone Thwomp • Bubble Blooper • Calorite • Cholesteron • Dried Blooper • Elite Goombule • Goombule • Napse • Pep • Piranha Plorp • Protobatter • Pwallop • Spike Blop • Stonk • Tenderling
Bowser Jr.'s Journey# Alarm Bob-omb • Bandit • Beehoss • Big Boo • Big Tail Goomba • Bob-omb • Bomb Boo • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Borp • Broozer • Broque Madame • Bully • Buzzy Beetle • Captain Boo • Captain Goomba • Captain Koopa Troopa • Captain Shy Guy • Chain Chomp • Chargin' Chuck • Cheep Cheep • Choomba • Chuboomba • Crawful • Drillbit Crab • Dry Bones • Elite Captain Quartet • Fawflant • Fawful Guy • Fawfulcopter • Fire Bro • Fire Stalking Piranha Plant • Fly Guy • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Green Magikoopa • Hammer Bro • Horned Ant Trooper • Ice Bro • King Bob-omb • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Paratroopa Trio • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lakitu King • Magifoofa • Magikoopa • Mechakoopa • Nabbit • Ninji • Oho Jee • Para-Beetle • Para-Biddybud • Parabones • Paragoomba • Pendril • Pokey • Red Magikoopa • Scutlet • Shroob • Shy Guy • Sockop • Spear Guy • Spike • Spike Top • Spiny • Swoop • Tail Boo • Toothy • Treevil • Urchin • White Magikoopa
Items Consumables 1-Up Deluxe • 1-Up Mushroom • Boo Biscuit# • Cheese# • Cheesy Drumstick# • DEF Drumstick# • Defense Bean# • DX EXP Drumstick# • Fiery Drumstick • Flex Bean# • Heart Bean • Hot Drumstick • HP Drumstick# • L EXP Drumstick# • M EXP Drumstick# • Max Mushroom • Max Nut • Max Syrup Jar • Miracle Cheese# • Mushroom • Nut • POW Drumstick# • Power Bean • Refreshing Herb • Refreshroom/Giant Mushroom • Retry Clock* • Special Bean • S EXP Drumstick# • Speed Bean# • SPEED Drumstick# • SPIRIT Drumsticks# • Star Candy • Super Cheese# • Super Mushroom • Super Nut • Supersyrup Jar • Syrup Jar • TNT Drumstick • Ultra Cheese# • Ultra Mushroom • Ultra Nut • Ultrasyrup Jar
Key items Attack Piece • Banzai Bill • Birdley • Blitty • Blue Key • Charred Spicy Drumstick# • Green Key • Hammers • Miracle Cure • Mushroom Ball • Puzzle Sack • Red Key • Star Cure • Star Panel • Stingler • Vacuum Block • Vacuum Shroom
Blocks 99 Block • Attack Piece Block • Command Block • Hidden Block • L Block • M Block • Rally Block • Save Block • Shell block • Shop Block
Other 10 Coin • 50-Coin • Blorbs • Boo-ray Machine • Cake • Chakroad • Chombone • Donut • Ever Ice# • Five Coin • Giga-carrot • Launch Fit • Liftoglobin • Malatone Formula:X# • Meat • Mushroom Tea • Negative Ions • Nubbin • Omega-onion# • Poison Mushroom# • RenewaLeaf# • Scratch Card/Bonus Card • Seesaw Fit • Skeletone Formula:D# • Squid Fit • Vegetable • Whirlwind
Moves Balloon Jump • Body Slam • Drill Bros. • Finishing Move# • Fire Breath • Fire Mario • Flee • Hammer • Jump • Mini-Mario • Pump Mario • Punch • Shell Mario • Sliding haymaker • Spike Ball • Spin Jump
Game mechanics Stats Defense • Experience Point • Heart Point • Level up • Power • Rank • Special Point* (Bros. Point# · Brawl Point#) • Speed • Spirit# • Stache/Horn
Elements Fire
Status Burn • DEF-Down • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Downed • Fury • Invisible# • Poison • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • SPD-Down • SPD-Up • Sick • Super Strike/KO • Trip
Battle mechanics Action Command • Badge • Counterattack (Shell defense) • Emergency Guard# • First Strike • Flee • Lucky hit
Music "Mario, Luigi, and Bowser Too!" • "Turning a New Page" • "A Journey To Remember" • "Sweet Parting" • "Big News!" • "Calling All the Shots!" • "Rumpus Music" • "It's Fawful!" • "Swirling Shadows" • "Persistent Joy" • "Relaxing Again" • "Battle Time!" • "A Gentle Breeze at Cavi Cape" • "Beachside Dreaming" • "Meet Me at Wonder Woods" • "The Path of Secrets" • "Bowser's Stolen Castle" • "Resting in Toad Town" • "Forever in the Plains" • "Dark Regions" • "The Castle Depths" • "Waltz in the Lake" • "Pump it up" • "Tough Guy Alert!" • "Destroy the Dark Power!" • "A Fateful Clash!" • "The Grand Finale" • "The Giant" • "And the Winner Is..." • "On To the Next Adventure!" • "A Battle Brawl!" • "Pushing Forward!" • "Charge and Clash!" • "Bowser Jr.'s Glory!" ("Bowser Jr.'s Glory! (Music Box Version)") • "This is Minion Turf!" • "Bowser's Minions March"
Other Battle Guide# • Beanhole locations (Bowser Jr.'s Journey) • Bestiary (Bowser Jr.'s Journey) • Block locations (Bowser Jr.'s Journey) • Enemy formations • First officer# • Gallery (Bowser Jr's Journey) • Gear (Bowser Jr.'s Journey) • Glitches (Bowser Jr's Journey) • Julekonkurranse • Mario & Luigi RPG: Sound Selection • Multimedia (Bowser Jr.'s Journey) • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes (Bowser Jr's Journey) • Shops (Bowser Jr.'s Journey) • Sound test# • Special Skill# • Staff (Bowser Jr's Journey) • Star menu • Story summaries
* Exclusive to Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
# Exclusive to Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
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