Guffawha Ruins monster

"Will you eassse my pain? Will you help me essscape my ssstresss?"

- Guffawha Ruins monster

The Guffawha Ruins monster is a stone head in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and its 3DS remake Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, residing in the Guffawha Ruins. After Mario contracts Bean Fever, the Toad doctor tells Luigi that the cure is Crabbie Grass located in the Guffawha Ruins. The residents in Little Fungitown warn Luigi that the mission will be very dangerous, and mention the Guffawha Ruins monster, describing it as a horrible and villainous monster which strips flesh, breaks bones, and sucks blood from its victims. This frightens him so much that he becomes too cowardly to encounter the monster, so he visits Psycho Kamek (or Dr. Toadley in the remake) to calm himself down and meet the Guffawha Ruins monster.

When Luigi meets the monster, the Guffawha Ruins monster is revealed to actually be nice and misunderstood; it is furious of people spreading rumors of it being a monster, so it challenges Luigi to a minigame. The Guffawha Ruins monster launches fireballs, while Luigi stands on a few moving platforms to jump over these projectiles. He has to avoid all fireballs for thirty seconds to win. If he is hit or if he falls from the platforms, Luigi has to redo it. After Luigi wins, the Guffawha Ruins monster lets him continue on his quest for the Crabbie Grass.

Trivia

 * The music when the minigame is played is the boss battle theme.

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