Hoohooros

This article is about the boss in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga that uses Pillars. For the Pillars in Super Mario World, see Pillar.

Hoohooros
Sprite of Hoohooros in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions.
First appearance	Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003)
Latest appearance	Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (2017)

“...Now for your next challenge. You must defeat me!”

—Hoohooros, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Hoohooros's sprites between games.

Hoohooros is the ancient stone guardian of Hoohoo Mountain that appears in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and its 3DS remake, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions. It was built by the ancient Hoohoo civilization. Hoohooros resembles the top half of a man, albeit more angular and grey (gold in its normal form), and without any visible hands or fingers at the ends of its arms. Its name is a pun on "hoohoo."

When Mario and Luigi meet Hoohooros, the stone idol tests the brothers' ability to use the Spin Jump technique through a timed minigame: the Mario Bros. must get 10 Hoohoo Spirits within a time limit of 30 seconds (35 seconds in the remake) using their Spin Jump, without falling on the ground once. After completing the minigame, it gives the Bros. their next test: fight the stone guardian itself. It then takes on a darker and more shadowy form before starting the battle. Upon defeat, Hoohooros congratulates them and allows Mario and Luigi to proceed with their next "test" of reaching the mountain's summit. The surrounding Hooroglyphs glow as a platform extends out for the Bros. to High Jump onto and resume their climb.

Battle

At the start of the battle, Hoohooros hides within one of two Hooroglyph-covered pillars. Each of the pillars attack by drawing energy from the ground or the other pillar, and fire a laser at Mario or Luigi which must be dodged by jumping. Destroying the pillar Hoohooros is hiding under causes it to move to the other pillar and summon another to replace it (Hoohooros will have an ellipsis appear above its head a few seconds before it moves). This requires the Bros. to break the other pillar first; destroying Hoohooros's pillar after will cause him to move out into the open, where it can be damaged. While exposed, Hoohooros attacks by firing a laser beam that sweeps across the ground; the Mario Bros. must jump over it one at a time. After a couple of turns, the stone guardian attempts to move to the other pillar as usual, but remains exposed if it is not present.

In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, Hoohooros gains the Fury status upon losing half its HP or more, and begins attacking faster and more often each turn like most other bosses.

Statistics

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga enemy
Hoohooros
	HP	45	POW	28	Defense	30
	Speed	32	Experience	30	Coins	20
	Location	Hoohoo Mountain	Jump	Normal	Hammer	Normal
	Hand	Normal	Fire	Normal	Thunder	Normal
	Stat down?	30%	Stun?	30%	Burn?	30%
	Level	6	Role	Boss	Item drop	1-Up Mushroom – 100% None – 0%
Notice Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese version (if they differ from the original American and European stats). Stats in gray are only found in the game's coding and are not available during "normal" gameplay.

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga enemy
Pillar
	HP	2	POW	18	Defense	999
	Speed	22	Experience	0	Coins	2 (0)
	Location	Hoohoo Mountain	Jump	Normal	Hammer	Normal
	Hand	Normal	Fire	Normal	Thunder	Normal
	Stat down?	0%	Stun?	0%	Burn?	0%
	Level	99	Role	Support	Item drop	None – 0% None – 0%
Notice Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese version (if they differ from the original American and European stats). Stats in gray are only found in the game's coding and are not available during "normal" gameplay.

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions enemy
Hoohooros
	HP	56	POW	36	DEF	18	SPEED	15	Experience	36
	Fire	gray	Thunder	gray	Jump	Normal	Hammer	gray	Coins	20
	Stat down	30%	Dizzy	30%	Burn	30%	Speed down	30%	Item drop	None (0%) Hoohooros Slacks (100%) Hoohooros Slacks (100%)
Level           6	Location(s)	Hoohoo Mountain

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions enemy
Pillar
	HP	3	POW	20	DEF	24	SPEED	18	Experience	0
	Fire	gray	Thunder	gray	Jump	Normal	Hammer	gray	Coins	0
	Stat down	0%	Dizzy	0%	Burn	0%	Speed down	0%	Item drop	None (0%) None (0%) None (0%)
Level           6	Location(s)	Hoohoo Mountain

Names in other languages

Hoohooros

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ウフロス[?] Ufurosu	From「ウフッ」(ufu, an onomatopoeia for chuckling) and suffix "-ros"
Chinese	呵呵罗斯[?] Hēhēluósī	Hoohooros
French	Ufross[?]	-
German	Felsstrahler[?]	Rock Beamer
Italian	Totem Tiritera[?]	Hoohoo Totem (Tiritera being the Italian name of Hoohoo Village and Mountain)
Korean	후훗로스[?] Huhut-roseu	From the Japanese name
Spanish	Ufros[?]	-

Pillar

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	はしら[?] Hashira	Pillar
German	Pfeiler[?]	Pillar
Italian	Colonna Tiritera[?]	Hoohoo Pillar (Tiritera being the Italian name of Hoohoo Village and Mountain)
Korean	기둥[?] Gidung	Pillar
Spanish	Pilar[?]	Pillar

Trivia

• In the E3 2003 demo of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Hoohooros is given the rough translation of "Ufross". Additionally, the boss dialog is given a rough translation.
• There is a glitch that can trigger if Mario and Luigi destroy the pillar that Hoohooros is hiding under with one of their Bros. Attacks and learn that Bros. Attack's Advanced Command. If that happens when the opposite pillar is still out of commission, instead of attacking, it will watch the Bros. forever. To fix this glitch, the player must turn off the Game Boy Advance.
• There is another glitch that can trigger if Mario and Luigi destroy both pillars with Advanced Splash Bros. Both pillars will remain even though the pillar break effect shows; the pillar Hoohooros is under will be invisible while the one it is not under looks normal. To fix this glitch, the player must simply destroy the pillars normally and the fight will resume as normal.