Bomb Derby
- Not to be confused withBob-omb Derby.
| Bomb Derby | |
|---|---|
   | |
| BP/SP/CP needed | 9 (Dream Team) 7 (Paper Jam) 10 (Brothership) |
| Location | Driftwood Shore (Dream Team) Gloomy Woods (Paper Jam) Shipshape Island (Brothership) |
| First appearance | Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2013) |
| Latest appearance | Mario & Luigi: Brothership (2024) |
| Dream Team description | Slide right on the Circle Pad to toss bombs then hit 'em with the A Button! Don't delay your swings! Toss a bunch, feel the tempo, and hit all the bombs! |
| Paper Jam description | Slide right on the Circle Pad to throw a bomb, and then press A to hit it towards an enemy. The faster you go, the more damage you can do. Make it to the end to launch a giant bomb! |
| Brothership description | Luigi throws bombs with , and Mario hits them with . Hit all the bombs before they explode. |
- “With Bomb Derby, you gotta throw the next bomb at the right tempo, just before Mario hits the last one.”
- —Snoutlet School,Mario & Luigi: Brothership
Bomb Derby is the third availableBros. Attack thatMario can use inMario & Luigi: Dream Team,Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, andMario & Luigi: Brothership. InDream Team, Mario obtains this Bros. Attack after gathering 10Attack Pieces inDriftwood Shore. InPaper Jam, Mario obtains this Bros. Attack after throwing aBomb Bud atNabbit during the first visit inGloomy Woods. InBrothership, Mario obtains this Bros. Attack fromTechnikki onShipshape Island after the first visit toHeatfreeze Island.
Immediately after initiating this attack, Mario and Luigi run into the foreground, and Mario will chuck abomb into the sky, which causes twelve bombs to fall on toLuigi, all of which Luigi catches in a stack. The player must move the
/ to the right to pass the bombs to Mario (
can also be used inDream Team andPaper Jam), and press
/ so Mario can hit the bomb toward the enemies with hishammer, each exploding upon contact. If Luigi takes too long to pass the bombs to Mario, any remaining bombs will explode and the Bros. Attack will end. The bombs will also bounce out of sight if Mario fails to hit them. At the end of the stack lies a big bomb, which will do regular damage like the other bombs and end the attack. Hitting five, seven, nine and twelve bombs will result in a "OK!", "Good!", "Great!" and "Excellent!" rating respectively. InMario & Luigi: Paper Jam, the last bomb deals higher damage and all the bombs do fire damage. If a bomb kills the last enemy in the battlefield, the remaining bombs explode early inDream Team, while the enemy only dies after the bombs explode or Mario strikes the last bomb inPaper Jam andBrothership. InMario & Luigi: Brothership, an "Excellent!" rating causes the last bomb to open up and unleash missiles on all enemies. The bombs are also purple with a starburst pattern instead of pink and covered in stars, and the criteria to attain "Okay!" and "Good!" ratings are more lenient, with the required number of bombs for each rating being decreased from 5 and 7 to 3 and 6, respectively. Luigi also has a panicked expression with the bombs in his hands.
Successfully hitting a bomb in theMad Skillathon earns two points. In addition, there are dark purple bombs with aBoo symbol that vanish before reaching Mario, blue bombs with a wing symbol that fly at him faster (forcing the player to press the A button sooner), brown bombs with a U-turn arrow symbol that take longer to reach Mario, and yellow bombs with a clock symbol that temporarily stop moving in the air for a random period of time before reaching Mario. Hitting one of these four bombs nets five points. The bombs also fly at enemies more randomly.
Profiles[edit]
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Top Screen text: "Attack multiple foes with the equipped hammer."
Gallery[edit]
Mario and Luigi performing the move inMario & Luigi: Dream Team
Mario and Luigi performing the move inMario & Luigi: Paper Jam
Artwork of Bomb Derby's menu icon fromMario & Luigi: Brothership
Mario and Luigi performing the move inMario & Luigi: Brothership
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | スピードボム[?] Supīdo Bomu | Speed Bomb | |
| Chinese(Simplified) | 速度炸弹[?] Sùdù Zhàdàn | Speed Bomb | |
| Chinese(Traditional) | 速度炸彈[?] Sùdù Zhàdàn | Speed Bomb | |
| Dutch | Bommenmepper[?] | Bomb Wacker | |
| French(Canadian) | Derby de Bombes[?] | Bomb Derby | |
| French(European) | Rapibombe[?] | Fromrapide ("fast") andbombe ("bomb") | |
| German | Bombenderby[?] | Bombs Derby | |
| Italian | Bomba rapida[?] | Rapid Bomb | |
| Korean | 스피드폭탄[?] Seupideu Poktan | Speed Bomb | |
| Portuguese | Bomba rápida[?] | Quick bomb | |
| Russian | Бомбомет[?] Bombomet | Fromбомба (bomba, "bomb") andметать (metat, "to throw") | |
| Spanish(Latin American) | Bombástico[?] | Pun onbomba ("bomb") andbombástico ("bombastic") | |
| Spanish(European) | Velocibomba[?] | Fromvelocidad ("speed") andbomba ("bomb") |
Notes[edit]
- The design of the bombs inMario & Luigi: Dream Team andMario & Luigi: Paper Jam are similar to the bombs used byLemmy Koopa inNew Super Mario Bros. U. Incidentally, they also resembleBombKirby's bombs fromKirby's Return to Dream Land and onwards.
- Bomb Derby, theGreen Shell, theRed Shell, andFire Flower are the only Bros. Attacks to appear in at least three games in theMario & Luigi series.
- Bomb Derby is also the only Bros. Attack to appear in every game in the series following its first appearance.
