Editing Antasma

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'''Antasma''' is an evil bat king and one of the two main antagonists in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'', along with [[Bowser]]. His name likely derives from "''fantasma''," the word for "ghost" in various Romance languages, and the prefix "anti-."

[[File:Antasma Screenshot - Mario & Luigi Dream Team.png|thumb|left|Antasma, about to shatter the [[Dark Stone]].]]

[[File:MLDT MarioVSAntasma.png|thumb|right|Mario preparing to fight Antasma.]]

Antasma (referred to as ???? during the first battle) first appears on the [[blimp]] ride to [[Pi'illo Island]] during a nightmare dreamt by [[Luigi]]. He initially appears as his pillow form, and after swatting almost everyone off the blimp, transforms into his humanoid form and attacks Mario. His only attack is to split into multiple bats and charge at Mario, who must jump over the ones that align with him. After a brief battle, Antasma is defeated, but pierces through the bottom of the blimp as he floats away, causing it to plummet towards the island, at which point Luigi's dream ends.

With the help of [[Eldream]] and his [[Dreambunny|pet]], Mario manages to reach Dream's Deep, and it doesn't take long for Mario, [[Dreamy Luigi]], and Prince Dreambert to reach Antasma; before he can react, however, Bowser appears and gives him a solid punch that knocks him away briefly. Antasma retaliates by leeching Bowser's face and screeching loudly, flooring everyone except Bowser, Dreambert, and himself, and then speaks for the first time in the game. He reveals that he had kidnapped Peach to exploit her power and escape the Dream World so he could conquer the [[Real World]], but that the appearance of Bowser - who, unlike Peach, is both strong and evil - caused him to change his plans, and he suggests that they work together. Bowser initially disagrees to this and insults Antasma, but Antasma ultimately convinces Bowser to form an alliance on the basis of giving him greater powers. Antasma then powers up Bowser, and together they manage to defeat Mario and Luigi before leaving the Dream World.

After [[Super Bowser|Bowser]] is defeated in the Dream World, Bowser is awoken and Antasma carries him to the next floor. Upon the Bros. arrival, Antasma prepares to fight them alongside Bowser, but at this point, Bowser throws Antasma to the ground and betrays him, revealing that he had been using Antasma all along. Declaring the castle and the Dream Stone to be solely his, Bowser warps to the top floor using the Dream Stone he claimed, leaving Antasma to swear revenge for his former partner's betrayal and then challenge Dreambert to a duel. After a duel in the real world proves indecisive, Antasma rips open another portal to the Dream World and flees inside while warning Dreambert that he has grown stronger. Dreambert follows and is quickly defeated. In Dreambert's stead, Mario enters Antasma's Dream World and confronts him; with the assistance of Dreamy Luigi and Dreambert, Mario eventually defeats Antasma. When Mario leaves Antasma's Dream World, Antasma follows a few seconds later, inflates like a balloon, then bursts, ending his evil schemes for good.

Antasma gives the largest amount of [[Experience Point|EXP]] in ''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'', at 7500 EXP (before multipliers). This exceeds the [[Gold Beanie]], the second largest EXP provider, by 3500 EXP, and the previous non-giant boss ([[Pi'illodium]]) by 3900 EXP. He also has many similarities with {{wp|Count Dracula}}. Antasma speaks with a Slavic accent and can transform into a bat, and his Russian name, "Mrakula", is a pun on "Dracula".

Antasma appears as a [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|Spirit]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''.

Antasma appears, for the most part, as a bat with a giant grin. At the beginning of the game, though, he appears as a purple cloud, and then a bat. Later in the game, he is shown in his true form, which consist of his cape, bow tie and two claws. In battle, Antasma takes his bat form or a more ghostly looking version of his true form. This form is taller and skinnier and reveals his arms.

Antasma's speech is based on old Dracula movies with most words having "v"s in them (which was meant to indicate a Slavic-Hungarian accent) and screaming tics which come from his bat side. In the Japanese version, his speech is written completely in {{wp|katakana}}. He makes careful decisions, since after his imprisonment, such as choosing whose power he needs to help realize his dreams, but can be jumped on easily when in a false sense of security, such as Bowser attacking him in Dream's Deep and betraying him later on. He has a temper and strong hatred for the Pi'illo's, especially Prince Dreambert. Others show fear towards him, except for the Zeekeeper, who sees him as just a pest.

He appears to be generous, allowing Bowser to make the first wish on the Dream Stone, and saying Bowser could have the world when Bowser states that he wants to be the one to rule, but whether this was genuine or to try and manipulate Bowser is debated by fans, as is whether or not Bowser was correct in assuming Antasma was going to betray him.

Antasma seems to prefer working with others who are similar to him, as he abandoned his original plan of stealing Princess Peach's power in favor of teaming up with Bowser, noting both that Bowser seemed stronger, and that Bowser was evil, and preferred to team up with Bowser rather than trying to steal Bowser's power.

Antasma has many abilities inside and outside of battle.

Antasma confronts Mario in this form while attacking Mario with Bowser in Dream's Deep. At the start of the battle, Antasma merges with Bowser in the same way Dreamy Luigi merges with Mario. After performing one of his fire-spewing attacks, Bowser will cough up a cloud of Antasma clones that will surround Bowser. All of the bats will fly to the right side of the screen and then start flying towards the left side, usually attempting to ram Mario; Mario must counter these bats with a hammer. The remaining bats will return to Bowser, and any damage Mario took from the attack will be healed to Bowser.

====True Form====

Antasma appears in his battle form for the final time after Mario enters his Dream Portal, directly transforming from his true form into his battle form. This form of Antasma is far more powerful than his prior forms.

During this third battle against Antasma, Prince Dreambert will heal Mario by 30HP at the start of Mario's attack turn(s). Antasma's turns usually start with him creating a ring of [[Antasmunchie]]s around him. At the beginning of most turns, after creating the Antasmunchies, Antasma will then proceed to eat at least two Antasmuchies before attacking: each Antasmunchie gives him an increase in attack power. Antasma can also trap [[Dreamy Luigi]] in an Antasmunchie and mix them around to prevent the defeat of the Antasmunchie holding him captive. This cannot be prevented, and without Dreamy Luigi, Mario cannot benefit from the stat boost nor perform Luiginary attacks. If Antasma eats the Antasmunchie containing Dreamy Luigi, his power increases tremendously, and spits Dreamy Luigi out right after his attack turn.

The Antasmunchies also assist Antasma in two of his other attacks. If Antasma takes a sufficient amount of damage, he may hang off the top of the screen, raising a shield around him and hibernating to recover health (200 HP per Antasma's attack turn after the turn the move is activated). While Antasma is hibernating, his Antasmunchies will transform into insect-like monsters and will try to ram Mario each turn, lowering his power if they succeed; this attack must be countered with a hammer. After all the Antasmunchies are defeated, Antasma wakes up and resumes the battle. Jumps are not useful for them due to the spikes on the top so Mario will take damage if he does jump on them when they are in this form. If Dreamy Luigi is freed when Antasma uses this attack, he will flip the screen up-side-down and it makes it harder to counter with the hammer.

Antasma's last Antasmunchie-related attack is to turn them into a ring of explosives. Antasma will create a ring of Antasmunchies, and then proceed to chase Mario. Every so often Antasma will throw the bombs straight in front of him, often re-directing them with his hand. Mario must get in the middle of the ring of Antasmuchies and jump when Antasma makes them explode to avoid damage. Antasma will take damage from the shockwave the Antasmunchies create, and so will Mario if he was not in the middle of the Antasmunchies, but if Mario directly touches an Antasmunchie, they will explode, sending Mario flying after dealing damage; a nightmare area may occur. Notably, the recoil damage Antasma can take from this attack is related to Antasma's attack power, not Mario's: thus, Antasma will take more damage on hard mode than he would in normal mode due to his higher attack power.

Antasma can also turn into a group of bats, whom will all fly towards Mario like in the first battle against him; however, it can cause the [[Trip]] aliment.

Antasma's last attack involves him creating clones of himself, with the real Antasma displaying a large electrical orb in his hand. The Antasmas will then quickly be shuffled into a line and pull their hand out: the real Antasma will fire the orb as soon as he pulls his hand out. The orb can lower Mario's defense and can cause the nightmare area event, but can be deflected back at Antasma with a hammer.

If Mario takes damage from any of Antasma's attacks, he may get a dark cloud around him, sending him to the "nightmare area." In this area, Mario will find himself being chased by a slightly larger Antasma that shoots purple fireballs that must be jumped over. Getting hit by the fireballs will send Mario tumbling uncontrollably forward a decent distance. Portals are found throughout the nightmare; to escape the nightmare, Mario has to find the Rainbow Portal, which contains coins and a [[Super Mushroom]]; if Mario falls in a red portal, it takes him into an area with floating sawblades that must be avoided by tilting the 3DS, after which the chase will resume, with a spider web covering the portal he had fallen into. Jumping over a portal will reveal what kind of portal it is, thus making it easier to avoid the red portals and find the rainbow portal.

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|[[Death's Scythe]] Equipped

|Anna's Emporium; <br>

|[[Robin]] (♂)

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'''Rule:''' Item: [[Food]]<br>'''Hazard:''' Slumber Floor

|[[Peach's Castle (Super Smash Bros.)|Peach's Castle]] (Battlefield)

|The Grand Finale

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|Jap=アックーム

|JapR=Akkūmu  

|JapM=Corruption of the word 悪夢 (''akumu''), meaning "nightmare". It may also be a play off the word "''akuma''" (悪魔), meaning "devil" or "demon".

|SpaEM=From "''conde''" (count) and "''pesadilla''" (nightmare).

|FreAM=Word play on ''phobie'', meaning fear

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|RusM=From ''mrak'' (gloom) and {{wp|Count Dracula|Dracula}}, a fictional vampire count.

|Ita=Inkubak

|ItaM=From ''incubo'' (nightmare).

|KorM=Corruption of 악몽 (''Akmong''), meaning "nightmare". It may also be a play on or the contraction of the word "Archdemon".

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