Blizzard Midbus
- “Now you face hot wrath. The hot wrath of my freezing blizzard attack! Here your long journey ends!”
- —Blizzard Midbus, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Blizzard Midbus is a more powerful form of Midbus that appears in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and its remake, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey. In this form, Midbus is completely blue, with a brown-furred back and a crown on his head. He also gains icy powers that serve as a parallel to Bowser and his fiery breath.
When Bowser finally catches up with Midbus and Fawful in Peach's Castle, the pair are watching a machine transfer Princess Peach's power into the Dark Star to awaken it. Midbus then alerts Fawful to Bowser's arrival, and as the latter complains about the Koopa King's bad timing, Midbus demands Fawful allow him to take Bowser on. Fawful contemplates assisting Midbus this time around, but notes that he is prideful, and instead elects to use his ray gun and power him up, transforming him into Blizzard Midbus. The new Midbus then turns to face Bowser, planning to end his long journey.
Blizzard Midbus possesses the highest HP of any required boss in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey, exceeding the individual HP stat of each half of the final boss.
Battle
Blizzard Midbus has a few different moves, most of which can render Bowser sick. He can run off screen and return on a colossal snowball with a Bob-omb lodged in it. Midbus then rolls the snowball in front of Bowser, rolling it in place; Bowser must punch the Bob-omb to knock them both back and set it off, with the explosion destroying the snowball and damaging Blizzard Midbus. Once around of half of Blizzard Midbus's HP remains, he starts rolling the snowball in place and moving the Bob-omb before approaching Bowser; as his HP lowers, he occasionally steps on the Bob-omb and pushes it into the snowball, forcing the player to memorize its position and making it more difficult to counter.
Blizzard Midbus can also leap towards the ceiling and throw anywhere between four and thirteen snowballs at Bowser; the snowballs only actually hit him if Midbus looks at Bowser while throwing them, while the ones thrown as Midbus looks away miss him. This attack is countered by ducking; if Bowser can defend three snowballs or more, Blizzard Midbus becomes angry and drop from the ceiling to attempt a sliding punch on him, and Bowser can counter it and damage him with a punch of his own. The timing of the Snawfuls' ice balls can make properly countering this attack difficult.
Blizzard Midbus can also create a quartet of Snawfuls from his crown. On his turn, they can breathe icy mist at Blizzard Midbus; his power and defense increases for each Snawful, in addition to recovering 30 HP per Snawful. Midbus's attacks deal far more damage in this state, and he can use an additional Ground Pound attack: he leaps towards the wall towards his end as the Snawfuls lob ice balls at Bowser, who must duck to avoid them. Midbus momentarily slips a few times while eventually making it to the top; from there, he watches Bowser for a few moments before rolling towards his wall, bouncing off it and then Ground Pounding Bowser, who can counter and damage him by ducking so that he lands on his spiky shell.
Bowser must inhale the Snawfuls, allowing Mario and Luigi to battle them; if they defeat at least five of them, Bowser exhales the icy mist they release upon defeat. The mist freezes into an ice chunk that lands on top of Blizzard Midbus' crown, preventing him from creating any more Snawfuls.
Post-Battle
After Blizzard Midbus is defeated, he is frozen in a gigantic block of ice, pumping out an infinite stream of frosty gas from his snout. Fawful then attempts to absorb the Dark Star's power, but is interrupted by Bowser and seemingly disappears. While Bowser laughs at how good "finally punching out that weirdo felt", the Dark Star awakens and begins circling Bowser before forcing its way down his throat and into his chest. This causes heartburn-like pains that Bowser can only relieve with the cold air from Midbus's snout. The Mario Bros. must make their way through his body and to the Airway, where they must use the freezing air to pursue the Dark Star as it steals his DNA. They eventually corner and defeat the Dark Star in a battle, but it still manages to take the ghostly incomplete form of Dark Bowser, who then escapes from the Koopa King's body.
It is unknown what happened to Midbus after the events of the game.
Official statistics & profile
| Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story enemy | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blizzard Midbus | ||||||||
|
HP | 2,041 (3,062) | POW | 312 (780) | DEF | 165 (248) | SPEED | 32 (48) |
| Coins | 1,200 (1,800) | Level | 32 | Fire | Normal | Burn? | Immune | |
| Role | Boss | Battled by | Bowser | Location(s) | Peach's Castle | Dizzy? | Immune | |
| Stat down? | Normal | KO? | Immune | Experience | 6,500 | Item drop | Star Candy - 90.0% Power Fangs X - 10.0% | |
| Notice: The second set of numbers next to the enemy's HP, POW, DEF, SPEED and Coins are stat increases from the Challenge Medal accessory; a 50% increase for HP, DEF, SPEED and Coins earned, and a 150% increase for POW. | ||||||||
| Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey enemy | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blizzard Midbus | ||||||||||
|
HP | 2580 | POW | 336 | DEF | 330 | SPEED | 31 | Experience | 6500 |
| Fire | Normal | Jump | Normal | Hammer | Normal | Battled by | Bowser | Coins | 1200 | |
| Burn | Immune | Dizzy | Immune | Stat down | 1x | Speed down | 1x | Item drop | None - 0% Divine Shell - 100% | |
| Level 30 | Location(s) | Peach's Castle | ||||||||
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| German | Eis-Metaboss[?] | Ice Midbus | |
| Italian | Grugnosauro delle Nevi[?] | Snowy Midbus | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Cervil de las Nieves[?] | Snowy Midbus | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Metajefe Gélido[?] | Gelid Midbus |
