Starkiss

Sprite from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions

First appearance

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003)

Latest appearance

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (2017)

Notable members
Spangle

Starkisses are a type of starfish which are fought during Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. They are orange and are capable of standing upright. Starkisses are found in the Seabed. They attack by blowing a kiss at Mario and Luigi, which takes the form of a small heart. If a Starkiss folds its arms and head inward before performing this attack, it is targeting Luigi; if it instead tilts its body back and forth, the target is Mario. The heart travels slowly toward either brother, its path curving along the way. Mario and Luigi must Jump on it to counter the attack. If hit, the brother takes minimal damage, but there is a small chance the kiss will poison the target or affect his attack power, defense, or speed.

In Gwarhar Lagoon, after Mario and Luigi defeat Hermie III and take the Beanstar, they encounter a friendly pink (red in the remake) Starkiss named Spangle. Spangle requests them to find him a stage to perform on. Mario and Luigi give Spangle to Hermie III in place of the Beanstar they have taken, and Hermie III, grateful, rewards them with a Soulful Bros. badge.

In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, Starkisses appear as enemies in Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser. They are ranged troopers, and they attack by spitting hearts at the minions. Their special skill, Spitfire Fury, allows them to spit multiple hearts at an enemy. They are light enemies, causing them to have high speed. Two Starkisses appear as part of the Star Angels group during Wendy's cutie battle contest, along with Spangle and Starlow.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga enemy
Starkiss
	HP	30	POW	76	Defense	70 (50)
	Speed	100	Experience	58 (50)	Coins	1 (6)
	Location	Seabed, Gwarhar Lagoon	Jump	Normal	Hammer	Normal
	Hand	Normal	Fire	Normal	Thunder	Heal
	Stat down?	100%	Stun?	0%	Burn?	30%
	Level	26 (23)	Role	Common	Item drop	None – 0% Hand Aura – 25.81% (32.26%)
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[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions enemy
Starkiss
	HP	58	POW	85	DEF	72	SPEED	90	Experience	60
	Fire	Critical	Thunder	Heal	Jump	Normal	Hammer	Weak	Coins	15
	Stat down	0%	Dizzy	0%	Burn	30%	Speed down	0%	Item drop	Super Syrup (18%) Hand Aura (11%) Hand Aura (20%)
Level 23	Location(s)	Seabed, Gwarhar Lagoon

Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser profile: Love hurts, and so do those hearts they spit out! Their bodies are among the lightest in the kingdom.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	スタちゅー^[?] Sutachū	From "star" and「ちゅう」(chū, onomatopoeia for kissing)
Chinese	星之吻^[?] Xīng zhī Wěn	Star's Kiss
French	Bisestar^[?]	Portmanteau of "bise" (kiss) and "star"
German	Bussi^[?]	A dialectal word meaning "kiss"
Italian	Cuorstella^[?]	Portmanteau of "cuore" (heart) and "stella" (star)
Korean	스타쪽쪽^[?] Seutajjokjjok	From "star" and "쪽쪽" (jjok-jjok, onomatopoeia for kissing)
Spanish	Estrellita Amó^[?]	From "estrella" (star) and the diminutive suffix "-ita" + corruption of "amor" (love)

[Edit] Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga / Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions / Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser
Characters (Superstar Saga)	Protagonists	Mario^1,2 • Luigi^1,2 • Princess Peach^1,2 • Prince Peasley • Bowser^1,2
	Antagonists	Cackletta (Bowletta) • Fawful • Popple • Bowser (Rookie)^1,2
	Supporting characters	Beanbean troops^1,2 • Bink^1,2 • Blablanadon^1,2 • Bloat^1,2 • Boddle^1,2 • Border Bros^1,2 • Bubbles • Chuckleroot^1,2 • Chuckleroot's granddaughter^1,2 • Cork and Cask • Doctor^1,2 • Dr. Toadley² • Fava^1,2 • Firebrand and Thunderhand^1,2 • Hammerhead Bros.^1,2 • Harhall^1,2 • Hermie III • Hoohoo civilization^1,2 • Jellyfish Sisters^1,2 • Lady Lima^1,2 • Miles Tones^1,2 • Moai^1,2 • Mole^1,2 • Pea^1,2 • Peach-bot^1,2 • Photographer^1,2 • Pipeman^1,2 • Professor E. Gadd • Prospector^1,2 • Psycho Kamek¹ • Queen Bean^1,2 • Soybean civilization^1,2 • Spangle • Starshade Bros.^1,2 • Toadsworth^1,2 • Tolstar^1,2 • Tuki^1,2 • Yoshi Fan Club^1,2
	Species	Ankoopa¹ • Beanish^1,2 • Beanlet^1,2 • Big Koopa Troopa² • Designbomb^1,2 • Ghost^1,2 • Hoohooligan^1,2 • Kurako^1,2 • Lagoon-dweller^1,2 • Oho Jee • Sailor^1,2 • Thwomp • Toad^1,2 • Winkle^1,2 • Yoshi^1,2
Characters (The Search for Bowser)	Protagonists	Captain Goomba³ (Gold³) • Captain Shy Guy³ • Captain Boo³ (Gold³) • Captain Koopa Troopa³ (Gold³) • Koopalings (Iggy · Morton · Lemmy · Ludwig · Roy · Wendy · Larry)
	Antagonists	Cackletta (Bowletta) • Fawful • Popple
	Supporting characters	Bowser³ • Corporal Paraplonk³ • Private Goomp³ • Sergeant Guy³ • Prince Peasley • Bubbles • Cork and Cask • Hermie III • Professor E. Gadd • Spangle • Starlow³
Special moves	Overworld/solo attacks	Emergency Block² • Counterattack^1,2 • Dash^1,2 • Dunk Hammer^1,2 • Firebrand^1,2 • Flee^1,2 • Hammer^1,2 • High Jump^1,2 • Jump^1,2 • Mini-Mario^1,2 • Pump Mario^1,2 • Spin Jump^1,2 • Surfboard^1,2 • Tickle^1,2 • Thunderhand^1,2
	Bros. Attacks^1,2	Bounce Bros. • Chopper Bros. • Cyclone Bros. • Fire Bros. • Knockback Bros. • Splash Bros. • Swing Bros. • Thunder Bros.
	Captain Commands³	Deny • Rally • Chance • Play Dead • Lightning • Parry • Pass the Bob-omb • Thwomp Thump • Clash of Captains • Call for Backup • Sneak Attack • Shell Shock
Bosses	Superstar Saga	Birdo • Bowletta^1,2 • Bowser^1,2 • Cackletta^1,2 • Chuckolator^1,2 • Dragohoho^1,2 • Fawful • Flaret^1,2 • Hermie III^1,2 • Hoohooros^1,2 • Jojora^1,2 • Jojora's friends^1,2 • Koopalings (Iggy · Morton · Lemmy · Ludwig · Roy · Wendy · Larry) • Mom Piranha^1,2 • Popple • Queen Bean^1,2 • Rookie^1,2 • Tolstar^1,2 • Trunkle^1,2 • Wiggler^1,2
Bosses	The Search for Bowser	Birdo • Corporal Paraplonk³ • Fawful • Koopalings (Iggy · Morton · Lemmy · Ludwig · Roy · Wendy · Larry) • Popple • Private Goomp³ • Sergeant Guy³
Locations		Beanbean Airport^1,2 • Beanbean Borderland^1,2 • Beanbean Castle^1,2 • Beanbean Castle Sewers/Beanbean Castle Sewer^1,2 • Beanbean Castle Town^1,2 • Beanbean Outskirts/Beanbean Fields • Beanbean Kingdom • Bowser's Castle • Castle Town Item Shop^1,2 • Chateau de Chucklehuck^1,2 • Chucklehuck Woods • Fire Palace^1,2 • Guffawha Ruins^1,2 • Gwarhar Lagoon • Harhall's Studio^1,2 • Hoohoo Mountain • Hoohoo Village^1,2 • Information Booth^1,2 • Joke's End • Koopa Cruiser • Little Fungitown^1,2 • Little Fungitown Item Shop^1,2 • Mario and Luigi's house^1,2 • Mushroom Kingdom^1,2 • Oho Oasis^1,2 • Oho Ocean^1,2 • Pipe House^1,2 • Princess Peach's Castle^1,2 • Relaxation Room^1,2 • S.S. Chuckola^1,2 • Seabed^1,2 • Starbeans Cafe^1,2 • Stardust Fields^1,2 • Teehee Valley • Thunder Palace^1,2 • Toadtown Square/Peach's Castle^1,2 • Winkle Colosseum^1,2 • Woohoo Hooniversity^1,2 • Yoshi Theater^1,2
Enemies	Superstar Saga	Anuboo^1,2 • Beanerang Bro • Beanie • Belly Blech^1,2 • Bill Blaster^1,2 • Blooper^1,2 • Bob-omb • Boo • Cheep Cheep¹ • Chomp Bro^1,2 • Chuck Guy • Chuckorok^1,2 • Clumph • Dry Bones⁴ • Eeker^1,2 • Elite Chuck Guy • Elite Dry Bones^1,2 • Elite Gritty Goomba^1,2 • Elite Limbo Bro • Elite Pestnut • Elite Troopea • Fighter Fly^1,2 • Fuzzbush • Fuzzy^1,2 • Glurp^1,2 • Gold Beanie • Goomba • Goomdiver^1,2 • Gritty Goomba • Gunner Guy^1,2 • Hammer Bro • Ice Snifit • Lakipea • Laser Snifit^1,2 • Limbo Bro • Magikoopa • Malibut^1,2 • Mecha-Blooper^1,2 • Mecha-Chomp¹ • Mechakoopa • Oucher Glass^1,2 • Parabeanie • Paratroopea • Pestnut • Piranha Bean • Piranha Plant^1,2 • Puffer-Cheep¹ • Rex • Roto-Disc^1,2 • Sand Cheep^1,2 • Scaratroopea • Sharkbone^1,2 • Sharpea • Sniper Bill^1,2 • Spiky Snifit^1,2 • Spiny⁴ • Spiny Cheep Cheep² • Starkiss • Super Fly^1,2 • Sworm^1,2 • Tanoomba • Time Bob-omb^1,2 • Troopea • Virus^1,2 • Yo Bro^1,2
Enemies	The Search for Bowser	Bandit³ • Beanerang Bro • Beanie • Big Boo³ • Big Tail Goomba³ • Bob-omb • Bomb Boo³ • Boo • Boomerang Bro³ • Broozer³ • Buzzy Beetle³ • Chain Chomp³ • Chargin' Chuck³ • Chuck Guy • Clumph • Dry Bones⁴ • Elite Captain Quartet³ • Elite Chuck Guy • Elite Limbo Bro • Elite Pestnut • Elite Troopea • Fire Bro³ • Fire Stalking Piranha Plant³ • Fly Guy³ • Fuzzbush • Gold Beanie • Goomba • Goomba Tower³ • Green Magikoopa³ • Gritty Goomba • Hammer Bro • Ice Bro³ • Ice Snifit • Koopa Paratroopa³ • Koopa Troopa³ • Lakipea • Lakitu³ • Limbo Bro • Magikoopa • Mechakoopa • Mechawful³ • Para-Beetle³ • Parabeanie • Paragoomba³ • Paratroopea • Pestnut • Piranha Bean • Pokey³ • Red Magikoopa³ • Rex • Scaratroopea • Sharpea • Shy Guy³ • Spear Guy³ • Spike³ • Spiny⁴ • Spiny Cheep Cheep² • Starkiss • Tail Boo³ • Tanoomba • Troopea • White Magikoopa³
Items	Consumables	1-Up Mushroom^1,2 • 1-Up Super^1,2 • 100 Coin² • 10 Coin² • 50-Coin² • Beanbean coin^1,2 • Boo Biscuit² • Coin^1,2 • Five Coin^1,2 • Golden Mushroom^1,2 • Green Pepper^1,2 • Max Mushroom^1,2 • Max Nut^1,2 • Max Syrup^1,2 • Mushroom^1,2 • Nut^1,2 • Red Pepper^1,2 • Refreshing Herb^1,2 • Super Mushroom^1,2 • Super Nut^1,2 • Super Syrup^1,2 • Syrup^1,2 • Ultra Mushroom^1,2 • Ultra Nut^1,2 • Ultra Syrup^1,2
	Key items	Bean Fruit^1,2 • Beanbean Brooch^1,2 • Beanbean Map^1,2 • Beanstar^1,2 • Beanstar piece^1,2 • Beanstone^1,2 • Chuckola Fruit^1,2 • Chuckola Reserve^1,2 • Crabbie Grass^1,2 • Face^1,2 • Fake Beanstar^1,2 • Flaming statue^1,2 • Hoohoo Spirit^1,2 • Invincishroom • Membership Card^1,2 • Neon Egg^1,2 • Peach's Extra Dress^1,2 • Pearl Bean^1,2 • Peasley's Rose^1,2 • Precious belonging^1,2 • Red and Green Goblets^1,2 • Secret Scroll 1^1,2 • Secret Scroll 2^1,2 • Suitcase^1,2 • Winkle Card^1,2
	Bean Juice^1,2	Chuckle Blend • Chuckoccino • Hoohoo Blend • Hoolumbian • Teehee Blend • Teeheespresso • Woohoo Blend
	Special items	Bonus Ring^1,2 • Cobalt Necktie^1,2 • Excite Spring^1,2 • Game Boy Horror SP^1,2 • Great Force^1,2 • Greed Wallet^1,2 • Power Grip¹ • Secret Specs²
	Blocks^1,2	! Block • ? Block • Bros. Block • Command Block • Hidden Block • Hoohoo Block • L Block • M Block • Rally Block • Random Block • Recovery block • Save Album • Simu-Block • Spin Block
	Other	Axe^1,2 • Badge^1,2 • Bean^1,2 • Bike Pads^1,2 • Black Rock^1,2 • Boo Statue^1,2 • Brown Rock^1,2 • Button^1,2 • Cart^1,2 • Gold ring • Chuckola Cola^1,2 • Clothing^1,2 • Conductor^1,2 • Gown^1,2 • Gray Rock^1,2 • Headgear^1,2 • Invincibility Mushroom³ • Koopa Clown Car^1,2 • Lift^1,2 • Poison Mushroom^1,2 • Poltergust 3000^1,2 • Pressure Plate^1,2 • Region map¹ • Rolling Bar Defense System^1,2 • Spiky Stardust Defense System^1,2 • Spring Pad^1,2 • Super Poltergust 3001^1,2 • Surfing Spot^1,2 • Toad Express^1,2 • Torch^1,2 • Wall Face^1,2 • Warp Pipe^1,2 • Watering hole^1,2 • Waterspout^1,2
Minigames^1,2		Border Jump • Mysterious Mine Carts • Star 'Stache Smash • Barrel • Chuckola Bounce • Surfing Game • Splart
Stats		Bros. Point^1,2 • Defense • Experience Point • Heart Point • Level up • Power • Speed^1,2 • Spirit³ • Stache^1,2
Status		Burn^1,2 • Charred^1,2 • DEF-Down • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Fury² • Heavy G^1,2 • Invisible² • Light G^1,2 • Poison^1,2 • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command^1,2 • SPD-Down^1,2 • SPD-Up^1,2 • Trip^1,2
Other		Bean Fever^1,2 • Beanbean Air • Beanhole locations¹ (Bowser's Minions²) • Block locations¹ (Bowser's Minions²) • Bestiary¹ (Bowser's Minions²) • Enemy formations^1,2 • Gallery¹ (Bowser's Minions²) • Gear¹ (Bowser's Minions²) • Glitches¹ (Bowser's Minions²) • Hidden Block locations¹ • Hooroglyphs^1,2 • Kingdom Courier^1,2 • Level up progressions^1,2 • Mario & Luigi RPG: Sound Selection¹ • Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Joke Spinner • Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Moves Guide • Mario Bros.¹ • Pre-release and unused content¹ • Quotes¹ (Bowser's Minions²) • Shops² • Special Skill³ • Sound test² • Staff¹ (Bowser's Minions²) • Story summaries² • Super Attack^1,2
¹ Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga ² Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions ³ Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser ⁴ Enemy variants differ in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions

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-[[Image:starkiss.gif|right|thumb|100px|A '''Starkiss''']]'''Starkisses''' are a type of [[starfish]] fought in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''. They are orange and are capable of standing upright. Starkisses are found in the [[Oho Ocean Seabed]], and attack by blowing a kiss at [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]]. The kiss takes the form of a small heart. The heart will travel slowly toward either brother, its path curving along the way. Mario and Luigi must [[Jump]] on it to counter. If hit, the brother will take minimal damage, but there is a small chance the kiss will affect the target's [[ATK-Down|attack power]], [[DEF-Down|defense]], or [[SPD-Down|speed]].
+{{species infobox
+|image=[[File:MLSSBMStarkiss.png]]<br>Sprite from ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''
+|first_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]])
+|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
+|notable=[[Spangle]]
+}}
+'''Starkisses''' are a type of [[starfish]] which are fought during ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''. They are orange and are capable of standing upright. Starkisses are found in the [[Seabed]]. They attack by blowing a kiss at [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]], which takes the form of a small heart. If a Starkiss folds its arms and head inward before performing this attack, it is targeting Luigi; if it instead tilts its body back and forth, the target is Mario. The heart travels slowly toward either brother, its path curving along the way. Mario and Luigi must [[Jump]] on it to counter the attack. If hit, the brother takes minimal damage, but there is a small chance the kiss will poison the target or affect his [[POW-Down|attack power]], [[DEF-Down|defense]], or [[SPD-Down|speed]].
-== Trivia ==
+In [[Gwarhar Lagoon]], after Mario and Luigi defeat [[Hermie III]] and take the [[Beanstar]], they encounter a friendly pink (red in the remake) Starkiss named [[Spangle]]. Spangle requests them to find him a stage to perform on. Mario and Luigi give Spangle to Hermie III in place of the Beanstar they have taken, and Hermie III, grateful, rewards them with a Soulful Bros. [[badge]].
-*Littered among other remnants of sea creatures (such as the bones of fish and empty shells), the Mario Bros. can find what would appear to be [[star]]-shaped skulls lying on the ground of [[Teehee Valley]]. As Teehee Valley was once a part of Oho Ocean, it is possible that these are the strange skeletons of Starkisses.
-*In [[Gwarhar Lagoon]], a purple Starkiss named [[Spangle]] requested the Mario Bros. to find him a stage to  perform on. The ornately-decorated shell of [[Hermie III]] served this purpose, and the latter rewarded them with a Soulful Bros. [[Badge]].
-*For some reason, it is healed by [[Thunderhand|thunder]].
-== Foreign Names ==
+In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'', Starkisses appear as enemies in ''Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser''. They are ranged troopers, and they attack by spitting hearts at the minions. Their special skill, Spitfire Fury, allows them to spit multiple hearts at an enemy. They are light enemies, causing them to have high speed. Two Starkisses appear as part of the Star Angels group during [[Wendy]]'s cutie battle contest, along with Spangle and [[Starlow]].
-{{Foreignname|
+{{br}}
-|Fra=Bisestar
+==Profiles and statistics==
-|FraM= Portmanteau of "bise" (kiss) and "star"
+===''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''===
-|Spa=Estrellita Amo
+{{:Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga bestiary|transcludesection=Starkiss|align=horizontal|image=[[File:MLSSStarkiss.gif]]}}
-|SpaM= "Li'l Love Star"}}
+===''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''===
+{{:Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions bestiary|transcludesection=Starkiss|align=horizontal}}
+*'''''Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser'' profile:''' ''Love hurts, and so do those hearts they spit out! Their bodies are among the lightest in the kingdom.''
+{{br}}
-[[Category: Enemies]]
+==Names in other languages==
-[[Category: Species]]
+{{foreign names
-[[Category: Underwater Creatures]]
+|Jpn=スタちゅー
-[[Category: Stars]]
+|JpnR=Sutachū
-[[Category: Mario & Luigi Series Enemies]]
+|JpnM=From "star" and「ちゅう」(''chū'', onomatopoeia for kissing)
+|Fre=Bisestar
+|FreM=Portmanteau of "bise" (kiss) and "star"
+|Spa=Estrellita Amó
+|SpaM=From "estrella" (star) and the diminutive suffix "-ita" + corruption of "amor" (love)
+|Ger=Bussi
+|GerM=A dialectal word meaning "kiss"
+|Ita=Cuorstella
+|ItaM=Portmanteau of "cuore" (heart) and "stella" (star)
+|Chi=星之吻
+|ChiR=Xīng zhī Wěn
+|ChiM=Star's Kiss
+|Kor=스타쪽쪽
+|KorR=Seutajjokjjok
+|KorM=From "star" and "쪽쪽" (''jjok-jjok'', onomatopoeia for kissing)
+}}
+{{M&LSS}}
+[[Category:Echinoderms]]
+[[Category:Poisonous creatures]]
+[[Category:Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga enemies]]
+[[Category:Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser enemies]]
+[[de:Bussi]]
+[[it:Cuorstella]]

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