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{{about|the artifact from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''|the move in [[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]|[[Dark Star (move)]]|the dark purple [[Star (Mario Party series)|Star]]s referred to as Dark Stars | {{about|the artifact from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''|the move in [[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]|[[Dark Star (move)]]|the dark purple [[Star (Mario Party series)|Star]]s at one point referred to as Dark Stars|[[Ztar]]}} | ||
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|image=[[File:Dark Star MaLBIS.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of the Dark Star from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' | |image=[[File:Dark Star MaLBIS.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of the Dark Star from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' | ||
|first_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' ([[List of games by date#2009|2009]]) | |first_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' ([[List of games by date#2009|2009]]) | ||
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{{quote|Long, long ago, a star sleeping deep below the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] was dug up. It was not benevolent. It was a frightful star that hid a great evil. The '''Dark Star'''. It was said that if an evil entity found the Dark Star, the world would plunge into darkness. That [[Dark Bowser|evil-hearted entity]] would rule the world. Fearing that, the [[Star (species)|Star Sprites]] that watch over us sacrificed much over many years. They sealed up the Dark Star deep under the earth in [[Toad Town]].|Princess Peach|Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story}} | {{quote|Long, long ago, a star sleeping deep below the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] was dug up. It was not benevolent. It was a frightful star that hid a great evil. The '''Dark Star'''. It was said that if an evil entity found the Dark Star, the world would plunge into darkness. That [[Dark Bowser|evil-hearted entity]] would rule the world. Fearing that, the [[Star (species)|Star Sprites]] that watch over us sacrificed much over many years. They sealed up the Dark Star deep under the earth in [[Toad Town]].|Princess Peach|Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story}} | ||
The '''Dark Star''' is a sentient artifact of incredible dark power featured prominently in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and its remake, ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''. The Dark Star is the ultimate antagonist of the game, with the second half of the game focusing on [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], and [[Bowser]]'s attempts to stop the evil artifact from attaining its full might. | |||
The '''Dark Star''' is | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''=== | ===''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''=== | ||
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Long before the events of ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'', the Dark Star was discovered by [[Toad (species)|Toad]] archaeologists in the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]. Shortly after it was discovered, the Dark Star viciously attacked the kingdom | Long before the events of ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'', the Dark Star was discovered by [[Toad (species)|Toad]] archaeologists in the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]. Shortly after it was discovered, the Dark Star viciously attacked the kingdom. It was later sealed away by the [[Star (species)|Star Sprites]], and was kept beneath the depths of the world in [[Toad Town]]. It was said that if any great evil being broke the seal on the Dark Star and allowed it to attack the kingdom once again, the evil entity would receive enormous power and will rule the world, plunging it into darkness. | ||
[[File:Fawful2.png|thumb|left|200px|Fawful taking the Dark Star from Toad Town Caves.]] | [[File:Fawful2.png|thumb|left|200px|Fawful taking the Dark Star from Toad Town Caves.]] | ||
After kidnapping [[Princess Peach]] from Bowser's body, with the sole purpose of using her to break the seal and awaken the Dark Star, the artifact was stolen by [[Fawful]] from [[Toad Town Caves]] in order to fulfill his plans for global domination. Fawful first uses its power to barricade the front door to [[Peach's Castle]] allowing him to use it as a stronghold during the remainder of the game. The Bros. eventually used the [[Miracle Cure]] after gathering all three [[Star Cure]]s from the [[Star Sages]] to break said barricade and rid all the Toads from the [[blorbs]], allowing them (and later Bowser) to infiltrate the castle in order to stop Fawful from using the malevolent artifact for his plans. | |||
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When [[Bowser]] finally confronts Fawful and [[Midbus]] near the end of the game, the Dark Star finally awakens and tries to escape from the machine that Fawful has been using to drain its power. While Bowser is fighting [[Blizzard Midbus]], Fawful absorbs some of the Dark Star's power and is converted to [[Dark Fawful]]; however, Bowser punches Fawful away before he can absorb all of the star's dark powers, and the Dark Star flies into Bowser's body while he is celebrating this exploit. Bowser, suffering from severe heartburn from the star's entrance, inhales some of the frigid air emanating from Blizzard Midbus's frozen body, thus opening the way for Mario, Luigi, and [[Starlow]] to enter the previously inaccessible [[Airway (Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story)|Airway]] in pursuit of the Dark Star. | |||
[[File:Dark Bowser Pieces.PNG|thumb|left|The Dark Star turning into the pieces of Dark Bowser.]] | [[File:Dark Bowser Pieces.PNG|thumb|left|The Dark Star turning into the pieces of Dark Bowser.]] | ||
At first, all attempts to defeat it failed, with the Dark Star continually slipping out of the intended traps using abilities Bowser would use. Starlow quickly suspects that the Dark Star was somehow copying Bowser's DNA in order to enhance its own powers, an idea confirmed when on several occasions it is seen absorbing some of Bowser's DNA in the Airway (a task which it seems to have disliked). Eventually, the Mario Bros. confront Dark Star at the very back of the Airway. They attempt to destroy it, but it simply escapes from Bowser's body after taking heavy damage. Outside, it transforms into an apparition of [[Dark Bowser]] due to some of its power being taken by Fawful earlier and escapes in pursuit of him, freeing Bowser from the room he was trapped in. | |||
[[File:Dark Star Core fleeing.png|thumb|right|The Dark Fawful Bug fleeing]] | |||
Later, when Bowser defeats Dark Fawful, he becomes a small blob of dark power, the [[Dark Star Core|Dark Fawful Bug]], and flees the room in which he had fought Bowser. The still incomplete Dark Bowser absorbs Fawful and uses the power he took to complete his body. | |||
The Dark Star's final appearance is during the final battle. After Bowser deals critical damage to Dark Bowser, what remains of Fawful heals him fully and causes him to double in size. At this point, Bowser attacks Dark Bowser's belly, causing him to expel Dark Fawful. Bowser absorbs Dark Fawful for the Mario Bros. to handle. Here, he transforms into a giant insectoid mass of dark power, still with his manic grin and now crimson eyes. His only weakness is the Dark Star Core, which sits on an antenna high above his head. As with the final bosses in the previous two games, Mario and Luigi must progressively disable the different parts of Dark Fawful before attacking this weakness. It is not clear whether it still has a distinct intelligence from Fawful's, since when Fawful's eyes close, so do the Dark Star's: on the other hand, Fawful appears visibly displeased when the Dark Star flees Bowser's body. It seems that, being fused, the two villains now both have limited control over the Dark Star Core's body. | |||
After the Dark Star Core takes enough damage, it explodes inside Bowser's body, which causes Dark Bowser to become unstable and allows Bowser to finish him off. Dark Bowser then | [[File:Dark Star Core Explosion.PNG|thumb|left|The Dark Star Core defeated.]] | ||
After the Dark Star Core takes enough damage, it explodes inside Bowser's body, which causes Dark Bowser to become unstable and allows Bowser to finish him off. Dark Bowser then turns into a small black star before flying above Peach's Castle, exploding and reverting everything back to normal. However, the Dark Fawful Bug managed to survive, and explodes inside Bowser in a last ditch effort to destroy Mario and Luigi. However, all the explosion does is expel the brothers and everyone else from Bowser's body. | |||
[[File:MLBISBJJDarkStar.png|frame|right]] | [[File:MLBISBJJDarkStar.png|frame|right]] | ||
The Dark Star reappears in the game's [[Nintendo 3DS]] remake, ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'', with the same role as it had in the original game. It is indirectly referenced in the remake's side-story campaign, ''Bowser Jr.'s Journey'', with Dark Bowser's spreading of darkness occurring around the time Bowser Jr., the Koopalings, and Kamek arrived to stop the [[Best Fitness Friends]] at Bowser's Castle, and also witnessing from afar the Dark Star's ultimate destruction at Bowser's hands shortly after the Best Fitness Friends were defeated. | |||
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==Battle== | |||
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[[File:Dark Star battle.png|thumb|240px|right|Mario & Luigi battling the Dark Star]] | |||
In battle, the Dark Star cannot usually be damaged. To expose its vulnerability, the Mario Bros. must destroy the [[Dark Satellmite]]s that surround it. With sufficient damage, the Dark Satellmites will use a Kamikaze attack that consists of throwing a [[bomb]] at one Mario brother, and throwing their own body at the other. Ordinarily, both will miss, but either brother can attack the projectile launched at him. If the bomb is attacked, it will explode, doing damage to either Mario or Luigi. If the Satellmite is attacked, it will be knocked flying into the Dark Star, which in the original game pierces its' invulnerability and damages it. After being hit in such a way twice, the Star will become vulnerable and immobile for a turn. | |||
The bomb is replaced by an orb of energy in the remake. | |||
One of the Dark Star's attacks consists of it splitting into five (or seven, with sufficient damage) as a thick fog fills the battlefield. Each Dark Star | ===Attacks=== | ||
One of the Dark Star's attacks consists of it splitting into five (or seven, with sufficient damage) as a thick fog fills the battlefield. Each Dark Star then flies slowly at Mario or Luigi, vanishing into the fog as it draws near. [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] must then counter this attack by using their [[hammer]]s on the hidden fake Dark Stars exactly 2 seconds after they disappear. | |||
In another attack, the Dark Star will shine a bright light at Mario and Luigi, causing their shadows to come to life. The shadows will then move in a circle around the Dark Star, which will attack them with beams of electricity. The Mario Bros. must jump to avoid the electricity that the Dark Star shoots, as any damage done to the shadows will hurt the real Mario Bros. as well. | In another attack, the Dark Star will shine a bright light at Mario and Luigi, causing their shadows to come to life. The shadows will then move in a circle around the Dark Star, which will attack them with beams of electricity. The Mario Bros. must jump to avoid the electricity that the Dark Star shoots, as any damage done to the shadows will hurt the real Mario Bros. as well. | ||
The Dark Star may also send red and green energy balls into the air. It will then fly through these balls in order, sending them at the correspondingly colored | The Dark Star may also send red and green energy balls into the air. It will then fly through these balls in order, sending them at the correspondingly colored Mario Bro. They may be avoided by jumping. | ||
When the Dark Star is immobilized, it will shoot out a simple laser at Mario or Luigi, depending on who attacked it last. | When the Dark Star is immobilized, it will shoot out a simple laser at Mario or Luigi, depending on who attacked it last. | ||
After receiving sufficient damage, the Dark Star will use a laser attack that fills up the entire touch screen. [[Starlow]] will appear just before this attack activates, suggesting that Mario and Luigi grab on to her. When they do so, Starlow will fly | After receiving sufficient damage, the Dark Star will use a laser attack that fills up the entire touch screen. [[Starlow]] will appear just before this attack activates, suggesting that Mario and Luigi grab on to her. When they do so, Starlow will fly up in the air (top screen) therefore avoiding the attack. After the attack is through, the Dark Star will look up and attempt to ram into Starlow. The Bros. must release their hold on Starlow to avoid making contact with the Dark Star. This attack deals massive damage and can inflict the [[Poison (status effect)|Poison]] status. | ||
Just before it is defeated, the Dark Star will use | Just before it is defeated, the Dark Star will use a vacuum attack on both Mario and Luigi. This must be countered by pressing {{button|ds|A}} and {{button|ds|B}} repeatedly or the brothers will take massive damage. After it uses this attack, the Dark Star is defeated. After its defeat, Mario and Luigi can battle the [[Dark Star X]] in [[The Gauntlet]]. | ||
===Appearance=== | ===Appearance=== | ||
The Dark Star is initially that of a medium-sized violet orb with a black star displayed on the front. When conscious, the orb grows large spikes that rotate around it, giving it a sun-like appearance. It also has red eyes in the center of the star emblem. When it leeches off of Bowser's DNA, it becomes [[Dark Bowser| a shadowy entity that heavily resembles Bowser]]. After being defeated, it absorbs the Dark Fawful Bug, fully transforming into Dark Bowser. The star itself merged with what remained of Fawful's body, becoming the [[Dark Star Core]]. The core itself is a spiky black orb, with a now violet star bearing white eyes and small spikes. After Dark Bowser is defeated and dissolves, the Dark Star appears one last time before it is destroyed. It appears as a blackish-purple star with tired black eyes, surrounded by a weak, purple aura. | |||
==Profiles and statistics== | |||
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{{:Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey bestiary|transcludesection=Dark Star|align=horizontal|image=[[File:Dark Star Animated.gif|60px]]}} | {{:Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey bestiary|transcludesection=Dark Star|align=horizontal|image=[[File:Dark Star Animated.gif|60px]]}} | ||
==Names in other languages== | ==Names in other languages== | ||
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|Ita=Stella Oscura | |Ita=Stella Oscura | ||
|ItaM=Dark Star | |ItaM=Dark Star | ||
| | |FraE=Astre Noir | ||
| | |FraEM=Black Star | ||
| | |FraA=Étoile Obscure | ||
| | |FraAM=Dark Star | ||
|Ger=Finsterstern | |Ger=Finsterstern | ||
|GerM=Dark Star | |GerM=Dark Star | ||
|Kor=다크스타 | |Kor=다크스타 | ||
|KorR=Dakeu Seuta | |KorR=Dakeu Seuta | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The player can | *This is the only non-final boss in the ''Mario'' RPG series to have complete invincibility, making it only possible with a relatively complex strategy. | ||
*In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'', [[King Boo]] has an attack similar to the Dark Star's cloning attack | *The player can glitch the Dark Star's beam attack so they can drop right when the attack ends and the Dark Star doesn't ram the top screen. | ||
*The Dark Star's appearance is slightly modeled after a virus, infecting Bowser in a similar fashion. | |||
*The Dark Star gives out the most Experience Points out of any enemy in ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' when defeated. | |||
*In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'', [[King Boo]] has an attack similar to the Dark Star's cloning attack to where he vanishes in the fog. | |||
*In the [[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey|3DS remake]], the Dark Star, along with Dark Fawful, have been given their own boss battle themes, as opposed to the normal boss theme. This is the only time (apart from the final Fawful battle in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''{{'}}s [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions|3DS remake]]) for certain bosses to be given a different battle theme than the original games. It is also the case with completely new music being composed for the game that differs from the originals. | |||
**Despite this, the [[Dark Star X]] uses the standard boss theme in both versions. | |||
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[[Category:Stars]] | [[Category:Stars]] | ||
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[[Category:Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story | [[Category:Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story Characters]] | ||
[[Category:Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey | [[Category:Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey Characters]] | ||
[[de:Finsterstern]] | [[de:Finsterstern]] | ||
[[it:Stella Oscura]] | [[it:Stella Oscura]] |