Bowletta

“My new country has no need for old superstars! It will do just fine with only one: the Great Bowletta!!!”

—Bowletta, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Mario and Luigi encountering Bowletta at the end of Bowser's Castle.

Bowletta is the result of Cackletta's spirit inhabiting Bowser's body, who appears as the final boss of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. After the Mario Bros. beat Cackletta at Woohoo Hooniversity, Fawful sucks her spirit into his headgear. They later find Bowser unconscious in Stardust Fields, after the Beanstar exploded, and Cackletta's ghost leaves the headgear to take over Bowser.

Bowletta and Fawful kidnap Princess Peach while Mario is sick with Bean Fever and Luigi is out to find the cure; it is revealed when Luigi returns to Little Fungitown with the Crabbie Grass. When Luigi and the newly cured Mario arrive at Beanbean Castle Town, Bowletta sends them a message telling them to bring her the four pieces of the destroyed Beanstar in exchange for Princess Peach.

Bowletta taunting Mario.

After Mario and Luigi reassemble the Beanstar, Bowletta sends another message, telling them to meet her at Joke's End to give it to her. When the Mario Bros. arrive at Joke's End, they try to give Bowletta a fake Beanstar instead, but Fawful destroys it and takes the real Beanstar using his helmet. However, they soon after see Mario with another Princess Peach, who claims the one Bowletta has captured is an imposter. Believing this, they toss the Peach they have overboard and capture the one with Mario. As they are celebrating success back on the Koopa Cruiser, however, they find out that the Peach they have captured is actually Luigi in disguise, who manages to escape with the Beanstar.

Angered by the trick, Bowletta and Fawful head to the Mushroom Kingdom, where they fly Bowser's Castle back to the Beanbean Kingdom and attack the castle town. After Mario and Luigi reach the castle and arrive at the throne room, where Bowletta is waiting, she reveals that she intends to take over the Mushroom Kingdom after she is done with the Beanbean Kingdom and battles the Mario Bros. When Bowletta is defeated, a Time Bob-omb appears and knocks Mario and Luigi out and Bowletta, having faked her defeat, swallows them. Inside her body, Mario and Luigi must face Cackletta's spirit, and when she is finally defeated the Mario Bros. are returned to the castle, Bowser is returned to normal, and her spirit vanishes.

Appearance

Bowletta on her throne.

Bowletta retains Cackletta's facial appearance, including her purple eyes, large head and mouth, and the two pink horns replacing Bowser's own horns, although she has Bowser's red hair between them. Her body resembles Bowser's except that she has a smaller tail and light-colored breasts. Bowletta is also less round, but has a more hunched appearance. While their scales are the same color, Bowletta's green coloration is lighter than Bowser's. Bowletta wears both sets of Bowser's arm bracelets but lacks his collar.

Powers and abilities

Dark Bowletta.

Bowletta's most powerful attack.

Bowletta's first attack uses Flarets aimed at the Bros. and fired randomly and rapidly. Three, however, will be used for Bowletta to use at a later turn to heal herself. In order to prevent this, the Bros. must hammer them (or jump on them with the proper badges equipped) in order to get rid of them when it is their turn. However, using fire or thunder will heal the Flarets. Second, she can use a Fire Stream attack. In this attack, she will summon blocks above the Bros.' heads. They must break the blocks in five seconds in order to even be able to evade the fire stream she makes. Finally, Bowletta can use a Star Strike attack. If she does, she will briefly transform into a darker form. In this form, she summons shooting stars to hit the Bros. Green stars will hit Luigi, red stars will hit Mario, and both stars will harm Bowletta if countered with a hammer; the purple stars which also fall do not damage anyone. If Mario and Luigi do not counter the stars with their hammers, there is a chance that they may get dizzy. This form of Bowletta is also hazardously-surfaced, and will damage the Bros. should they try to use jumping attacks without the proper badges needed to damage Bowletta.

Glitches

• If the Bros. can defeat Bowletta with her falling star attack, then die by the stars, the game will trigger both the Game Over sequence and Bowletta's "death" sequence at the same time. Restarting the game is required to get out of the glitch.

Official profiles and statistics

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga enemy
Bowletta
	HP	500 (700)	POW	105-140 (110-145)	Defense	180 (140)
	Speed	150	Experience	5000 (0)	Coins	2004 (0)
	Location	Bowser's Castle	Jump	Normal	Hammer	Normal
	Hand	Normal	Fire	Heal	Thunder	Normal
	Stat down?	30%	Stun?	30%	Burn?	0%
	Level	40	Role	Boss	Item drop	None – 0% Max Nut – 61.29% (100%)
Notice Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese version (if they differ from the original American and European stats). Stats in gray are only found in the game's coding and are not available during "normal" gameplay.

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga enemy
Bowletta (Dark)
	HP	500 (700)	POW	105-140 (110-145)	Defense	180 (200)
	Speed	80	Experience	5000 (0)	Coins	2004 (0)
	Location	Bowser's Castle	Jump	Spiny	Hammer	Normal
	Hand	Normal	Fire	Normal	Thunder	Heal
	Stat down?	0%	Stun?	0%	Burn?	0%
	Level	40	Role	Boss	Item drop	None – 0% None – 0% (Max Nut - 100%)
Notice Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese version (if they differ from the original American and European stats). Stats in gray are only found in the game's coding and are not available during "normal" gameplay.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ゲラクッパ Gerakuppa	A portmanteau between "Geragemōna", Japanese name for Cackletta, and "Koopa", Japanese name for Bowser.
German	Bowsemilla	A mix between "Bowser" and "Lugmilla", the German name of Cackletta
Italian	Ghigno Bowser	A mix between "Bowser" and "Ghignarda", the Italian name of Cackletta
Spanish	Bowser Jijí	A mix between "Bowser" and "Bruja Jijí", the Spanish name of Cackletta

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