Brawl Attack

Special Attacks first appear in the game, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. Both Bowser and the Bros. (Mario & Luigi) are able to use these, which each special attack using a certain amount of Skill Points, or SP. Special Attacks even have a menu section in the star menu, where you can watch demo's and practice the attacks.

Mario & Luigi's Attacks
Mario & Luigi both use a total of Ten Special Attacks throughout the game. To obtain a special attacks, Mario and Luigi need to collect ten Attack Pieces. They can be obtained from special Attack Piece Blocks and completing various sidequests. All ten Special Attacks are:
 * Green Shell - 3 SP
 * Fire Flower - 4 SP
 * Jump Helmet - 6 SP
 * Yoo Who Cannon - 7 SP
 * Super Bouncer - 7 SP
 * Mighty Meteor - 8 SP
 * Spin Pipe - 10 SP
 * Snack Basket - 14 SP
 * Magic Window - 18 SP
 * Falling Star - 20 SP

Bowser's Attacks
Bowser has a total of six Special Attacks that he gathers throughout the game. Like Mario & Luigi, Bowser has to unlock them in many areas of the game. To unlock these type of attacks for Bowser to use, the player must liberate Bowser's loyal, non-brainwashed troops. The player finds them in cages all around the Mushroom Kingdom. Out of the six, five of them would be found inside one of the cages. The last one is when the player collects all fifteen Blitties through the vacuum ability. The six Special Attacks are:


 * Goomba Storm - 6 SP
 * Shy Guy Squad - 8 SP
 * Koopa Corps - 10 SP
 * Bob-omb Blitz - 12 SP
 * Magikoopa Mob - 15 SP
 * Broggy Bonker - 20 SP