Earthwake

"SYNCHRO OPTIMISED... BOOT TRANS-MODE 1... EARTHWAKE SYNCHED! ERADICATOR ONLINE!"

- Earthwake

Earthwake is a giant robot built out of buildings in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. He serves to guard the Nightmare Chunk holding Bedsmith and is the second major boss fought in Dreamy Wakeport, as well as the third giant Dreamy Luigi boss in the game.

Appearance
Earthwake appears as a humanoid robot figure made of Wakeport's white various buildings, with his head being a tower with glowing windows for eyes.

History
While exploring Dreamy Wakeport to save Bedsmith, Mario and Luigi come across his Nightmare Chunk trapped inside what appears to be a tower-like building. However, Pi'illoper shows up and warns them of a "terrible guardian" who will attack anyone who tries to remove the Nightmare Chunks nearby from their prison, and has destroyed many past explorers who have attempted to do so. When Mario and Luigi hit the ! blocks that Pi'illoper told them awakened the guardian, the building next to them is revealed to be Earthwake's head and an alarm siren goes off, the boss battle commencing soon afterwards.

After the battle, Earthwake is destroyed and Bedsmith is freed. As such, he doesn't appear for the rest of the main adventure.

Battle
In battle, Earthwake fights in a similar style to the Tower of Yikk boss from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, in that he tries to knock Luigi into the ocean with his attacks (and in that Luigi has to do the same to defeat him).

Earthwake can attack by making the various buildings of his body rotate around his head as a shield. Luigi has to swat the pieces away with his hammer, thus enraging Earthwake's head and making it spin in the circle the buildings once did, however slightly faster. The player must slide leftwards on the Touch Screen as the buildings fly into the target area, otherwise the remaining parts will ram into him and cause damage.

Another attack he uses has him create a ball made out of Wakeport's buildings and roll it towards Luigi. Luigi has to counter by jumping on top of said ball and using it to ram into Earthwake via tilting the 3DS system. He'll also send out floating pieces of debris, that will then try and either ram into Luigi or heal the boss. He can also generate metal armour that stops him being knocked back. Depending on where the armor is placed, it can be destroyed with the Drill Stomp or with a jump. If the armor is only on his head, the latter attack will work, but if it is on his entire body, the Drill Stomp must be used.

Earthwake can also set up a formation of yellow, red and green blocks that Luigi must Hammer Chop or Hammer Uppercut to prevent the most hindering blocks from being used by Earthwake. If any green blocks are left, Earthwake will send them at a low height at Luigi, which he must jump over. If any red ones are left, Earthwake will send them at a high height at Luigi, which he must duck under. If any yellow blocks are left, Earthwake will use them to heal a bit.

Finally, Earthwake can turn into a giant hammer and swing towards Luigi in either an upwards or downwards arc, which has to be either ducked under or blocked with a hammer strike. This attack isn't used until the last third of the boss battle, at least outside of Hard mode.

Additionally, if Luigi gets knocked back into the ocean by Earthwake's attacks, Earthwake will try and repeatedly smash down on Luigi's head with a metal plate. Luigi has to jump with good timing to 'find a way out' and resume the battle.

Earthwake X
Earthwake also appears in the Battle Ring, as Earthwake X, the third opponent faced in the Giant Luigi arena. There are no major changes to his battle here barring the appearance change involving how the design of the buildings that form Earthwake have black sides while Earthwake has its buildings with white sides.

Hard Mode Differences
In the Hard Mode, Earthwake has a few changes in his attacks. He attacks Luigi in his hammer formation more often, as early as his second attack and attacks up to ten times per turn in this form instead of roughly five. Earthwake also uses larger block formations that force Luigi to leave more blocks left, leading to more cases of Luigi having to dodge them.

Quotes

 * BAD-DAMAGE! DAMAGE-BAD!  BAD-STACHES!  MUST DEFEAT!
 * EARTH-A-WAKE!
 * SYNCHRO OPTIMISED... BOOT TRANS-MODE 1... EARTHWAKE SYNCHED! ERADICATOR ONLINE!
 * WARNING. UNAUTHORISED. EXIT NOW. !OR ELSE!
 * INTRUDERS.EXPEL.EXPEL.
 * .BAD MOUSTACHES. !ENGAGE WRATH!

Trivia

 * Earthwake's name comes from the word earthquake.