Pi'illodium

Pi'illodium is a boss from Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. Making its appearance in Somnom Woods, Pi'illodium acts as a defence system for the Pi'illo Temple and is an obstacle the Mario Bros. must unexpectedly face to proceed to Dreamy Somnom Woods and meet the Zeekeeper.

Appearance

Pi'illodium looks like a floating statue with wings and angry eyes in its normal form.

History

Pi'illodium first appears when Mario and Luigi attempt to place the Ultibed in the middle of the Pi'illo Temple, hammering down a strange screw like object to do so. This sets off the alarm and causes the boss to attack. After the battle, Pi'illodium self destructs and isn't seen for the rest of the game.

Battle

In battle, Pi'illodium has a wide variety of attacks, as well as two different forms it uses based on whether its wings have been disabled.

In his first form, Pi'illodium floats in mid air and is immune to Mario and Luigi's hammer attack. Here, he can either attack by turning into a hammer, going off screen and coming down on Mario or Luigi, charging after them while firing missiles or going into the background and shooting a ball of energy that they must deflect with their hammers. These attacks are more difficult to dodge than those used by his alternate form.

If his wings are destroyed, he enters a second form. This one causes his expression to turn into a frown, his power and defence to be lowered and him to become vulnerable to hammers or ground based Bros Attacks.

In both forms, he can shoot lasers at Mario or Luigi. The Mario bros have to look at where the laser pointers are aiming beforehand, then memorise the pattern and dodge the shots when he fires.

When at low health, Pi'illodium will set off a 30 second self destruct timer. If Mario and Luigi can get rid of the last of his health by then the battle will end like usual, but if they can't he'll explode and cause huge damage to anyone left standing on screen.

Pi'illodium is also battled in the Battle Ring, in the form of Pi'illodium X. This version is red in colour instead of gold and has higher stats than the one fought in the main story.

Quotes

• "Analysing foe potential... Chance of my victory: 120%."
• "Boot: Self destruct."
• "Close call."
• "Uncertainly rising."
• "Cue beg mode."
• "Activate: regret."
• "Query: self-worth."
• "Return in: 1,000 years!"
• "Query?"
• "Foe still active: Why?"