Snawful
| Snawful | |
|---|---|
 Sprite fromMario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey | |
| First appearance | Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009) |
| Latest appearance | Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2018) |
Snawfuls aresnowman-like enemies that appear inMario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and its remake,Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey. They appear as snowmen withFawful-like faces, red fezzes and a shovel for an arm, and assistBlizzard Midbus during his boss fight inPeach's Castle. Their name is a pun on "snow" and Fawful's name.
Battle[edit]
Blizzard Midbus uses his crown to create a group of four Snawfuls, which then aid him during his turns. Snawfuls can breathe an icy mist at Midbus that restores 30 (90 in the remake)HP and causes him to glow blue; for the next couple of turns, Midbus'spower anddefense are also increased for each Snawful to the point that hisGround Pound may instantly KO Bowser. Snawfuls also attack in tandem with Midbus during his Ground Pound attack: they get in formation and spit balls of ice at Bowser, which he must duck under in order to avoid damage. All the while, Midbus will scale the walls of the battlefield towards the top screen, slipping occasionally; upon reaching the top side of the wall, Midbus looks towards Bowser for a few seconds before rolling into the wall on his side and then Ground Pounding. Bowser must also duck to counter this attack; the timing of the Snawful's ice balls can make it very hard to avoid taking damage.
Snawfuls take critical damage from fire-based attacks such as theFire FlowerSpecial Attack; in the original game, Snawfuls hide within their hats if Bowser uses hisFlame or any multi-targetingBrawl Attacks likeBob-omb Blitz. When defeated they simply melt away, and Midbus eventually creates more. Bowser caninhale the Snawfuls to remove them from the battlefield and send them toMario andLuigi, which also removes their hats in the original game. Once insideBowser's body, the Snawfuls will attack the Mario Bros. in formation by spitting ice balls; a Snawful's shovel arm will point downward if targeting Luigi, and upward if attacking Mario. Being hit by any of the ice balls will briefly freeze Mario or Luigi, making it harder to dodge the rest of them.
As the Mario Bros. defeat the Snawfuls, they will melt as usual, with the cold air collecting inside Bowser; a counter will appear showing the number of Snawfuls defeated in the original game. After defeating at least five to eight Snawfuls this way, Bowser breathes out a plume of cold air that freezes into a clump of ice above Midbus. Part of the clump of ice lands in his crown and sticks there, preventing him from releasing any more Snawfuls for the rest of the battle.
Statistics[edit]
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story[edit]
| Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story enemy | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snawful | ||||||||
 | HP | 105 (158) | POW | 126 (315) | DEF | 73 (110) | SPEED | 102 |
| Coins | 0 (0) | Level | 27 | Fire | Critical | Burn? | Immune | |
| Role | Support | Battled by | Anyone | Location(s) | Peach's Castle | Dizzy? | Immune | |
| Stat down? | Normal | KO? | Immune | Experience | 220 | Item drop | None | |
| Notice: The second set of numbers next to the enemy's HP, POW, DEF, SPEED and Coins are stat increases from the Challenge Medal accessory; a 50% increase for HP, DEF, SPEED and Coins earned, and a 150% increase for POW. | ||||||||
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey[edit]
| Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey enemy | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snawful | ||||||||||
| HP | 105 | POW | 126 | DEF | 120 | SPEED | 102 | Experience | 220 |
| Fire | Critical | Jump | Normal | Hammer | Normal | Battled by | Anyone | Coins | 0 | |
| Burn | Immune | Dizzy | Immune | Stat down | 1x | Speed down | 1x | Item drop | None - 0% None - 0% | |
| Level 27 | Location(s) | Peach's Castle | ||||||||
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | スノービッツ[?] Sunōbittsu | Portmanteau of "snow" and「ゲラコビッツ」(Gerakobittsu,Fawful) | |
| French(Canadian) | Flocoffreux[?] | From "flocon" (flake) and "Faffreux" (Fawful) | |
| French(European) | Graconeige[?] | Play on "Gracowitz" (Fawful's European French name) and "neige" (snow) | |
| German | Krankschnee[?] | Fawful Snow | |
| Italian | Pupazzo di Ghigno[?] | Pun on "pupazzo di neve" (snowman) and "Sogghigno" (Fawful) | |
| Spanish(Latin American) | Nievawful[?] | From "nieve" (snow) and "Fawful" | |
| Spanish(European) | Muñécovitz Gélido[?] | Pun on "muñeco de nieve" (snowman) and "Grácovitz" (Fawful's European Spanish name) + "gélido" (icy) |
