Big Massif

"CANNONBEEF!"

- Big Massif

Big Massif is a character appearing in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, who is both battled as a boss in the dream world and acts as Mario and Luigi's tour guide in the real one. He leads the bros up Mount Pajamaja with his brother Li'l Massif as well as teaches them new abilities to get around Pi'illo Island.

Along with Li'l Massif, Big Massif tends to use the word 'beef' in most of his sentences, and is more than a tad overconfident throughout the game.

Appearance
Big Massif is a large Hooski wearing red clothes and with a large mustache.

History
When Mario and Luigi found out that the Dream Stone had been taken to Mount Pajamaja by Antasma and Bowser, they came across someone promoting a tour up the mountain. Hearing that the tour was the only way to reach summit, they headed off to Wakeport to join the tour.

However, when they reach Wakeport and try to start the tour, they hear from Li'l Massif that it cannot begin without Big Massif, who has gone off somewhere and hasn't been seen in a while. So another 'tour' begins, one where the Bros. have to track down Big Massif in Wakeport.

Eventually, they find him asleep by a Dream Point. Realising that the magical effects of the Dream Point mean Big Massif cannot be woken up in the real world, Dreambert tells them that Luigi can fall asleep nearby and enter Big Massif's dream as a result, since anyone asleep at a Dream Point seems to end up in the same Dream World. So Luigi falls asleep and Mario heads into the Dream World to wake up Big Massif.

Inside Dreamy Wakeport, Mario and Luigi find that to wake up Big Massif, they have to defeat all four of his apprentices and then him in a series of battles, known as the 'Beef Off'. They head off into the area to defeat Sorrow Fist, Heavy Zest, Thunder Sass and Beef Cloud.

Once this is done, they return to the Dreamy Wakeport visitor centre to take on Big Massif him, finding out that the referee and visitor centre operator was actually Big Massif in disguise. Defeating Big Massif in a battle, he wakes up and the tour up Mount Pajamaja begins.

On their tour up Mount Pajamaja, the Massif Bros. teach Mario and Luigi many new abilities to get past the mountain's obstacles, with them learning the Spin Jump and Drill moves along the way. Big Massif and Li'l Massif also directly help out by breaking icicles when the Mario Bros. reach the icy summit of the mountain. They also encounter the mountain guardian Mammoshka and rescue some Mega Pi'illos that Big Massif and his brother end up mistaking for 'muscle lords'.

Once they reach the top of the mountain, Big Massif and Li'l Massif leave, leaving the Mario Bros. and the main party as the ones to confront Antasma and Bowser.

In Dreamy Mount Pajamaja, Big Massif and Li'l Massif act as shopkeepers, selling the Bros. items and gear needed to scale the dream version of the mountain.

Later in the story, Big Massif and his brother set up another tour, which lead the Mario Bros. to one of the Ultibed pieces. During this tour, they teach the Mario Bros. how to use the Ball Hop technique to climb high ledges and pass through rings to open doors.

After this, Big Massif isn't seen until the ending, where he's standing in the background with Li'l Massif.

Battle
In his boss battle in Dreamy Wakeport, Big Massif has a fairly wide range of attacks. He can call down a large tower like object and punch it at Mario (who has to deflect it back with his hammer), charge into Mario (who has to either jump or stay still based on whether the Hooskis in the background jump or not) and launch himself off his followers into Mario by having them throw him at Mario.

Big Massif can also jump on top of a stack of Hooskis, and chase Mario down the screen while attempting to jump on him (similar to Mario's Luiginary Stack Luiginary Attack).

Additionally, whenever Big Massif's followers are defeated by Mario and his attacks, Big Massif gets extremely angry and grows in power, with his attack being raised far higher than it is usually. This means Mario has to avoid taking out too many of Massif's Hookski followers with his attacks, and punishes the player for just charging in with a bunch of powerful Luiginary Attacks.

There's also a Battle Ring version of Big Massif in the game too, known as Big Massif X. This version is wearing blue clothing and has the usual higher stats typical of all the Battle Ring's opponents.