Deco Pi'illo
- This article is about the variant ofPi'illos. For thePiranha Plants made ofgoop, seeProto Piranha.
| Deco Pi'illo | |
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| Appears in | Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2013) |
| Variant of | Pi'illo |
Deco Pi'illos, also known asgatekeepers, are characters inMario & Luigi: Dream Team. They are purplePi'illos with a blue gem on their head. While petrified, their pillow has a pattern of a white gem with a gray burst coming from it. Five Deco Pi'illos are found inDozing Sands, with most hidden under glowing rocks that must be broken with theDrilldigger. When theNightmare Chunks are destroyed and a Deco Pi'illo is restored, it thanksMario andLuigi by rewarding them with aDozite.
History[edit]
The first Deco Pi'illo is balanced on a cactus, and Mario can use hishammer to knock it down. Once it is rescued, after a brief conversation withPrince Dreambert, it gives Mario a Dozite that goes into aZeekeeper statue and raises platforms in a sand flow. It tells Mario to look for the other Deco Pi'illos in the area.
At the end ofBritta's Drilldigger tutorial, she encourages Mario and Luigi to break one final rock. A Deco Pi'illo is revealed, andStarlow encourages Luigi to sleep on it and enter theDream World. When Mario frees this Pi'illo, he and Luigi explain that theDream Stone has been stolen. The Deco Pi'illo gives them a Dozite to open a path towards the Dream Stone's location, and encourages them to find the other three Deco Pi'illos.
Another Deco Pi'illo can be found in the lower right area, along the Drilldigger tracks. When it is woken up, it warns Mario and Luigi of abeast nearby, after giving them a Dozite. The fourth Deco Pi'illo is found in a looping, circular area under a large rock. It comments that Dozing Sands has changed since it fell asleep, and rewards them with the fourth Dozite.
The fifth and final Deco Pi'illo is surrounded by a circle of unbreakable rocks. Once the fourth Deco Pi'illo is rescued and Torkscrew appears, it pushes the Deco Pi'illo away and then swallows it. When Torkscrew is chased down into another area, it spits up the Deco Pi'illo. Luigi is initially hesitant to sleep on it, but does so anyways after Starlow urges him to. After being freed, the Deco Pi'illo gives Mario and Luigi the final Dozite and tells them to check on the Dream Stone. As with other Pi'illos, Mario and Luigi can return to a Deco Pi'illo to either talk to it or revisit its Dream World.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Italian | Guancialbello[?] | Good-Pi'illo | |
| Guancialino custode[?] | Pi'illo keeper |
