Bonds, first introduced inMario & Luigi: Brothership, refer to powerful emotional connections between people, born from their mutual care and understanding of each other. Forming and strengthening Bonds could produceConnectar, allowing theUni-Tree to flourish and guide theShipshape Island to create more Bonds. The power of exceptionally strong Bonds can act as a direct counter toReclusa's influence.

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Background[edit]

Under the control of Reclusa,Zokket destroyed the Uni-Tree, fracturing the land of Concordia, which renders maintaining connections between people substantially more difficult, severing many Bonds across the land. To fight this, theGreat Conductor uses the last of Connectar he holds to summon people with especially strong Bonds in theMushroom Kingdom to various corners of Concordia, in hopes that they would become the saviors of Concordia.

Mario & Luigi: Brothership[edit]

Throughout the game,Mario andLuigi's primary objective is to re-establish Bonds between the floating islands, and, by extension, their inhabitants. These Bonds would then empower the Uni-Tree on Shipshape Island, reconnecting closed currents and guide the Bros. to restore more of Concordia.

There is also a corruptive substance calledGlohm, which causes those affected by it to forget about any Bonds they have had with someone else and seek isolation. Known victims of this substance include PrinceChilliam of Slippenglide, a guard on Bulbfish Island, andBuddy.

After Reclusa took overFortress Zokket and turned it into theSoli-Tree,Cozette task the brothers to take herBonding Can and fill it with seven powerful Bonds in order to penetrate the barrier around the Soli-Tree. After it is filled with the potent power of Bonds,Connie showers the Bros. with it, allowing them to infiltrate the Soli-Tree. The Bonds needed are gathered from the following people:

• Connie andCozette.
• Burnadette andChilliam onSkorcheen Island.
• Willma,Billdit,Maykit, andGorumbla onRumbla Island.
• TheIDLE group includingPrincess Peach andStarlow, collected onShipshape Island after finding the group on different islets.
• Dyode andEmmit, collected when Mario and Luigi perform with them onTwistee Island,Merrygo Island, andJellyfish Island.
• Bowser Jr. andBuddy onOffandon Island.
• TheExtension Corps onSlippenglide Island.

After the first battle against Reclusa, the Mario Bros. fell victim toWeeping Reclusa'sGlohm fog, unable to fight further. However, with Connie once again imbuing them with the power stored inside the Bonding Can, they were able to dispel the fog to keep pursuing their foe, and eventually use that power to eliminate Reclusa.

Gallery[edit]

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  The Bonding Can full of Bond energy.

Names in other languages[edit]

Bond energy[edit]

References[edit]

• Mario & Luigi: Brothership

• Articles with unsourced foreign names