Magic Window

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Magic Window
The Magic Window Special Attack from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. Sprite of the Magic Window from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
BP/SP/CP needed 18
BP/SP/CP needed (remake) 26/28 (Normal/Easy)
Location Bowser's Castle
First appearance Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009)
Latest appearance Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2018)
Bowser's Inside Story description Mario stomps with A Button; Luigi with B Button. Both stomp together with A Button and B Button!
Target: All (random)
Bonus effect: Dizzy
Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey description Mario and Luigi take turns jumping out of a magic window to stomp foes. Press the corresponding button for whoever jumps out. If Mario jumps out, press A Button. If it's Luigi, press B Button. If they jump out together, press A Button and B Button at the same time.
A demonstration of the Magic Window attack.
A demonstration of the Magic Window attack.
A demonstration of the Magic Window attack.

Magic Window is a secret Bros. Attack that appears in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey. It costs 18 SP to use in the original game, and 26 BP (28 BP on Easy) to use in the remake.

When using this attack, Mario or Luigi will take out a mushroom-shaped window and throw it into the air, which opens and they jump into. The windows then appear close to an enemy, which Mario, Luigi, or both at the same time, will jump out of to stomp on the enemy. These windows will appear at different locations depending on which enemy is the target. As Mario or Luigi jump out of the window, the player has to press either A Button (for Mario), B Button (for Luigi), or both of those buttons (for both Mario and Luigi) depending on which brother jumps out to land on the enemy to keep the attack going. If the player fails a button press, the attack will end.

This is unlocked by defeating the optional Shroob bosses. The shape of the window itself seems to be modeled after the Shroob empire symbol used in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, in which the Shroobs were the main antagonists. This attack also somewhat mimics the Copy Flower Bros. Item from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.

If a brother is poisoned and uses the Magic Window, the affected brother will, for some reason, lose the poison, but only for the attack.

In the remake, Magic Window can no longer be executed indefinitely, does not end prematurely if the player messes up on a button input, and now finishes after enough button inputs. The attack also ends differently, with six windows opening two by two and both bros jumping out of them to stomp on a single enemy. However, the Cholesteroad challenge using this move reverts back to the original infinite execution gameplay.

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese あちこちウィンドウ[?]
Achi-Kochi Windō
Here-There Window
French (NOA) Fenêtre céleste[?] Celestial Window
French (NOE) Fenêtre magique[?] Magic Window
German Teleporter-Tür[?] Teleporter Door
Italian Oltremondo[?] Over World
Korean 아무데나창문[?]
Amudena Changmun
Anywhere Window
Spanish (NOA) Ventana Mágica[?] Magic Window
Spanish (NOE) Ventanazos[?] Window Hits