Tolstar
Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions enemy | |||||||||||||||||||
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Tolstar | |||||||||||||||||||
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Location(s) | Stardust Fields | ||||||||||||||||||
Level | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
HP | 50 | ||||||||||||||||||
POW | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||
DEF | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
SPEED | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Experience | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||
Coins | 100 | ||||||||||||||||||
Item drop | None (0%) Cosmic Pants (100%) Cosmic Pants (100%) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Superstar Saga enemy | |||||||||||||||||||
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Location(s) | Stardust Fields | ||||||||||||||||||
Level | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Role | Boss | ||||||||||||||||||
HP | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||
POW | 19-22 | ||||||||||||||||||
Defense | 36 (28) | ||||||||||||||||||
Speed | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
Experience | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||
Coins | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Item drop | 1-Up Mushroom – 100% None – 0% | ||||||||||||||||||
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- “Nyeck nyeck! You're not in the Mushroom Kingdom anymore! Outsiders begone!”
- —Tolstar, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Tolstar, the king of Stardust Fields, is a large, greedy Spike who appears in the game Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. His name likely derives from "toll star", as he forces people (such as Mario and Luigi) to pay a toll to get across the border in Stardust Fields, or a play on the Russian word толстый (tólstyj), meaning "fat." He is the first true major boss in the game.
History
Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga
When Bowser is stuck in his cannon in Stardust Fields, Tolstar charges the brothers all their Coins to get Bowser out the cannon and keep the incident a secret. Mario offers the coins, but they are all Mushroom Kingdom coins, and they are worth much less in the Beanbean Kingdom. The total amount of Mushroom Kingdom coins will always total 10 Beanbean Coins, regardless of how many the player has. Tolstar then demands an additional 100 Beanbean Coins, and the brothers must search Stardust Fields for them, either by defeating enemies or from ? Blocks. Upon collecting them, however, Tolstar still refuses to set Bowser free and attacks Mario and Luigi and their battle begins.
After defeating him, the Bros. are about to free Bowser, but Sergeant Starshade, annoyed with the Koopa King's complaints, shoots him out of the cannon (causing him to crash through the unconscious Tolstar) into parts unknown. The brothers advance to Hoohoo Village, where they are accused of kidnapping Prince Peasley by the Beanbean Knights. However, a beat-up Tolstar flies over (using the miniature wings on his shoulders) to inform the guards that the two are Mario and Luigi, that they are tough, and that they did not kidnap the Prince. He is never seen again after that.
He also reappears in the remake with the exact same role as the original game but with different statistics.
Battle
In battle, he attacks by throwing spiked balls at Mario or Luigi, and he even gives a hint by saying that remembering which hand he throws it. Tolstar sometimes laughs before tossing a spiked ball; this means that the ball bounces over the brother. If said brother jumps while the ball is thrown, they will take damage. Unlike Spikes, the spike balls Tolstar throws just appear in his hands.
General Information
Appearance
Tolstar is a large light green Spike with a yellow belly, orange lips, pink hair, and small bat-like wings that are capable of helping him fly. He also had a big pink star on his belly and a small yellow one on his forehead. Also when he get angry, he get a hot pink blush on his cheeks which is only shown in the original game.
Personality
Tolstar is a bully, which can be shown when he was taunting Bowser for being stuck in his cannon causing the Koopa King to cry in embarrassment. He is also very greedy when he told Mario and Luigi that he will only help Bowser out for 100 coins and when he declined their Mushroom Kingdom coins. He is also a swindler when he still refused to help Bowser out and still ended up keeping Mario and Luigi's 100 coins. He seems to dislike anyone who lives outside the Beanbean kingdom when he told the Bros. "outsiders begone" and started to attack them. However after Mario and Luigi defeated the greedy spike, he seemed to respect them when he told the Beanbean Knights that they are innocent (and really tough).
Tolstar also has his own laugh, much like Cackletta, Fawful, Prince Peasley and Queen Bean.
Gallery
Tolstar's sprite from the remake, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions.
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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German | Stella[?] | Latin for star. | |
Italian | Magastro[?] | Pun on mago (Italian for wizard) and astro (Italian for star). | |
Spanish (NOA) | Malastro[?] | From malvado (Spanish for evil) and astro (Spanish for star). | |
Spanish (NOE) | Hossy[?] | Japanese name. |
Trivia
- In the original game, Tolstar's talking voice changes to a more gruff voice during the battle, while in the overworld, he has a high-pitched talking voice.
Spikes | |
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Characters | Grubba • Macho Grubba • Paper Macho Spike Outlaw • Tolstar • Tubba Blubba • Tubba's Heart |
Species | Big Spike • Clubba • Dark Clubba • Fire Spike • Glohm Spike • Mad Spike • Mega Stone Spike • Paper Macho Stone Spike • Paper Spike • Snow Spike • Spike • Stone Spike • White Clubba |