Battle Ring (Mario & Luigi: Dream Team)

The Battle Ring is an area in Pi'illo Castle that Mario and Luigi can access in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. The area serves the same purpose as The Gauntlet in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, in that Mario and Luigi face tougher versions of bosses already battled.

The Battle Ring is divided into Battle and Giant Battle, each with their own parameters. It is further divided into classes. Each class, except for the last one, is for fighting a single boss encounter. The base rules of the Ring are the same between Battle and Giant Battle: Beat the boss before the specified number of turns elapse. A turn is defined by all involved characters getting a chance to attack. If all turns are used, the battle immediately ends in a loss for the player, via menu text. The game tracks the lowest number of turns used per class.

Each class is only unlocked after the corresponding boss has been defeated in the main game. Additionally, if the player has not cleared the class yet, they have to pay a varying number of Coins in order to participate. These costs get higher for each later class. Winning a class for the first time earns the player a trophy based on the defeated boss, which displayed as part of the menu. That first clear also rewards a sizable sum of coins, dependent on the class.

The final class in both Battle and Giant Battle is a Medley of every boss in that menu of the Battle Ring. Unlocking it requires winning in every prior class of the menu. Each battle proceeds one after the other, with no break except for the animations. The Bros.'s HP carries over between fights, as well as BP for the Battle Medley in Battle. The turn counter is for the entire class. If the player defeats a boss before they get a chance to attack, that still counts as one turn.

This mode saves automatically after every win and record update. This only saves Battle Ring data, so data for the main game must be saved separately.

Battle

In this mode, the player fights the game's bosses, both of the real world and Dream World variety. Mario and Luigi start each class with full HP and BP, regardless of their main game status. Similarly, the Badge Meter's progress is reset to 0 and the stock is cleared, though both are restored after leaving the Battle Ring. Each class has a specified inventory; only those items are available during the battle.

Before each battle, the player can view the rules and change Badges. However, changing Badges here does reset the main game's Badge Meter.

In the Battle Medley, if one brother ends a battle while KO'd, they recover 1 HP between battles. The final battle is against an exclusive boss.

Normal X Bosses

Class	Image	Name	Recommended Level (Normal/Hard Mode)	One-Time Fee	Turn Limit	Reward
Battle Class 1		Grobot X	17/22	100 Coins	6	600 Coins, Zeekeeper's Feathers (only available during the Ultibed part hunt)
Battle Class 2		Bowser X & Antasma X	19/24	150 Coins	8	900 Coins
Battle Class 3		Torkscrew X	23/28	200 Coins	8	1200 Coins
Battle Class 4		Big Massif X Hooraw X	26/31	250 Coins	12	1500 Coins
Battle Class 5		Mammoshka X Block Monolift X	30/35	300 Coins	16	1800 Coins
Battle Class 6		Elite Trio X	33/38	350 Coins	12	2100 Coins
Battle Class 7		Pi'illodium X Mini Pi'illoid X	40/45	400 Coins	26	2400 Coins
Battle Class 8		Antasma X Antasmunchie X	45/50	500 Coins	14	3000 Coins
Battle Medley		All previous classes and Bowser Jr. with Monty Mole	50/55	1000 Coins	45	10000 Coins

Giant Battle

In this mode, the player fights the game's giant bosses. Before each battle, the player can view the rules. As these are Giant Battles, after selecting a class, the player is prompted to rotate their 3DS, then confirm starting the battle. After that battle concludes, the player rotates the 3DS to normal and then confirms before seeing the results.

In Hard Mode, some of the classes have reduced turn limits compared to the same class outside of Hard Mode.

Giant Luigi is unable to use Rhythm Mushroom in these battles. In addition, the Robo-Drilldigger X battle does not allow the player to use Drill Stomp and Hammer Uppercut, even if these abilities have been gained through the Mount Pajamaja boss battle.

Some of the tutorial dialogue is removed from these battles. The introductory and concluding cutscenes for each battle can be skipped using a "Skip Demo" button. Some other cutscenes can be skipped, such as the intro animation for Star Driver.

Giant X Bosses

Class	Image	Name	One-Time Fee	Turn Limit (Normal/Hard Mode)	Reward
Giant Class 1		Robo-Drilldigger X	200 Coins	10/7	1200 Coins
Giant Class 2		Mount Pajamaja X	250 Coins	13/11	1500 Coins
Giant Class 3		Earthwake X	300 Coins	10 (Both Modes)	1800 Coins
Giant Class 4		Zeekeeper X	350 Coins	6/4	2100 Coins
Giant Class 5		Bowser X	400 Coins	6 (Both Modes)	2400 Coins
Giant Medley		All previous bosses.	800 Coins	41/42	8000 Coins

Trophies

Normal Bosses

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  Grobot X Trophy

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  Bowser X & Antasma X Trophy

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  Torkscrew X Trophy

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  Big Massif X Trophy

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  Mammoshka X Trophy

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  Elite Trio X Trophy

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  Pi'illodium X Trophy

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  Antasma X Trophy

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  Battle Medley Trophy

Giant Bosses

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  Robo-Drilldigger X Trophy

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  Mount Pajamaja X Trophy

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  Earthwake X Trophy

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  Zeekeeper X Trophy

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  Bowser X Trophy

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  Giant Battle Medley Trophy

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	バトルリング[?] Batoru Ringu	Battle Ring
French (NOA)	Arène de Combat[?]	Battle area
French (NOE)	Ring de combat[?]	Battle ring
German	Kampfarena[?]	Battle arena
Italian	Ring[?]	-
Russian	Ринг[?] Ring	Ring
Spanish (NOA)	Pabellón de combate[?]	Combat pavilion
Spanish (NOE)	Cuadrilátero[?]	Ring

Trivia

• Strangely, despite this area being a Dreampoint, Prince Dreambert has his full body during the explanation of the Battle Ring.
• It is possible to have the trophy for an inaccessible boss. To do so, the player must defeat the normal version of the boss (unlocking the Battle Ring version), then defeat the X boss without saving. After the battle results are saved, the player must reset the game and go back to the Battle Ring. The trophy for the boss is viewable, but the boss is not unlocked yet.

See also

• The Gauntlet
• Battle Ring (Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam)