Editing Great Conductor

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{{character infobox
|image=[[File:M&L Great Conductor.png|200px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|species=Winged [[Concordia|Concordian]] creature
}}
The '''Great Conductor''' is the guardian of [[Concordia]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]'', as well as [[Snoutlet]]'s mentor. He is a giant pig-like creature with a yellow face on his head holding his eyes (resembling an outlet), stubby limbs, and a green extension cable around him. When Concordia breaks apart, the Great Conductor calls upon [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] to help bring it back together, and opens a portal in the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] that brings them to Concordia, inadvertently also bringing in [[Princess Peach]], [[Bowser]] and their respective subjects. The Great Conductor remains hidden in [[Conductor Island]] to avoid being targeted by [[Zokket]].

While Mario and Luigi escape [[Fortress Zokket]] after defeating [[Glohm Bowser]], the Great Conductor speaks to them telepathically and encourages them to jump off a high ledge into the sea. Mario and Luigi wash up on Conductor Island where Snoutlet leads them to the Great Conductor's location. The Great Conductor reveals that Zokket is [[Cozette]], [[Connie]]'s mentor, and that he bestowed Luigi with the [[Luigi Logic]] ability. The Great Conductor decides to test the Bros.' bonds in a battle.

Once the Great Conductor is satisfied, he allows Mario and Luigi to connect the island's lighthouse to [[Shipshape Island]]. Later on, while Mario and Luigi are gathering different people's bonds to reach the [[Soli-Tree]] and are one short, they visit the Great Conductor for advice on the last one. He advises them that even their foes have bonds with each other, hinting the [[Extension Corps]]. He then gives Mario the [[Conductor Connector]] Bros. Attack, where he is summoned to connect his extension cord belt to satellites and fires a powerful laser from his rear.

After Mario and Luigi defeat [[Reclusa]] and restore Concordia, the Great Conductor uses the last of his power to send everyone back to the Mushroom Kingdom.

==Battle==
During the battle, all [[Battle Plug]]s are banned and the Great Conductor's health bar is hidden. The Great Conductor traps one of the Bros. in a giant cup and creates several duplicates also under cups. While the cups are lifted, the captured Bro. and the fakes perform a battle animation such as jumping or thinking of an action to use. The player must memorize which one matches the exact animation they normally use and break the correct cup; breaking a wrong cup damages the non-captured Bro. Once this is done several times, he will begin charging an attack and request the Bros. to get an Excellent rating on several different [[Bros. Attack]]s; any lower rating or using the same Bros. Attack more than once heals the Great Conductor. If the Bros. do not defeat him within 3 turns once he has started charging, the Great Conductor instantly defeats both Bros with a thunderbolt.

The Great Conductor has four techniques that he can perform. For his first technique, the Great Conductor captures a Bro. This cannot be avoided by the target, but only one Bro. can be captured. The Great Conductor's next two attacks happen only with a Bro. captured: one attack is to have the cups charge, which the victim must jump over, followed by the Great Conductor himself; the other has the Great Conductor perform a slam attack, with the target having to repel him with a hammer strike. The last attack is the aforementioned thunderbolt attack.

==Gallery==
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MLB Great Conductor Not Excellent.jpg|The Great Conductor disappointed by a [[Bros. Attack]]
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==Names in other languages==
{{Foreign names
|Jap=オムスビ
|JapR=Omusubi
|JapM=From「結び」(''musubi'', "connection") with honorific prefix「お」(''o-''); also a possible pun on「お結び」(''{{wp|Onigiri|omusubi}}'') due to his appearance
|Chi=连捷
|ChiR=Liánjié
|ChiM=Pun on「连接」(''liánjiē'', "connection")
|Por=Grão-condutor
|PorM=Great Conductor
|PorC=<ref>''Mario & Luigi: Brothership'' in-game name (Brazilian Portuguese localization)</ref>
|Spa=Gran Conductor
|SpaM=Great Conductor
|SpaC=<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33CJtnOV960</ref>
}}

==References==
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