Dreamy Bowser

This article is about the final boss in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. For Bowser in the Dream World, also referred to as "Dreamy Bowser", see History of Bowser § Mario & Luigi: Dream Team or Giant Bowser § Mario & Luigi: Dream Team.

Dreamy Bowser
Applies to	Bowser
Item needed	Fragments of the Dream Stone
First appearance	Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2013)

“Check out my flame! Yeah! I am ROCKING this new look! Oh man, I have so much power... I can do whatever I want! Peach... This island... This world... All of it... MINE! And you guys are... COOKED!”

—Dreamy Bowser, Mario & Luigi: Dream Team

Dreamy Bowser is an enhanced form of Bowser and the final boss in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. He is created when Bowser inhales the shattered remains of the Dream Stone. While in this form, Bowser is much larger, glows with bright colors reminiscent of those of the Dream Stone, and has purple, pupilless eyes and objects resembling the Dream Stone on his head and stomach. "Dreamy Bowser" is also the name for Bowser in the dream world, like Dreamy Mario, who Dreamy Luigi and Mario fought previously. Like all the other final bosses in the Mario & Luigi series, he is an enhanced or possessed version of Bowser (with the exception of Dark Bowser, who is actually the Dark Star taking the form of Bowser).

History

Dreamy Bowser about to fight Mario and Luigi.

On the balcony of Neo Bowser Castle, Bowser appears in front of a caged Peach and reveals to the Mario Bros., Starlow and Dreambert his intentions with the Dream Stone. He begins to use it to erase the Mario Bros. from existence. Right before he is able to go further with his plan, Starlow and Peach use "the power of good thoughts" to interrupt his attack and destroy the Dream Stone upon Dreambert's insistence, but Bowser inhales the Dream Stone shards, still intending to get rid of Mario and Luigi. Although he regrets inhaling it (mentioning that the taste of the Dream Stone is "gross") and starts to cough and splutter, the Dream Stone's remains possess Bowser, turning him into Dreamy Bowser. With his new unlimited power and extra strength from the Dream Stone, Dreamy Bowser reveals his true intentions to kidnap Peach for himself, take over Pi'illo Island and eventually the entire world. The empowered Koopa King engages Mario and Luigi in combat.

Upon defeat, Dreamy Bowser explosively expels the remains of the Dream Stone from his body and reverts to his normal form, albeit dazed from his power and weakened. The Mario Bros. then immediately take him out with their hammers, sending him flying and freeing Peach from her prison.

Battle

Dreamy Bowser using his gigantic hammer.

Dreamy Bowser in battle has 3 targets that can be attacked; his body, and both his left hand and right hand. The body includes his entire stomach and head region, with it taking critical damage from aerial attacks. Dreamy Bowser can only perform certain attacks and actions with his arms present. His right arm will block any attacks to his head, completely negating any damage and preventing aerial attacks. His left arm will periodically be used to grab a brother; the remaining brother cannot use Bros. Attacks as long as a brother is being held, and Dreamy Bowser will throw the brother either that turn or within a few turns if the left arm is still intact, forcing the remaining brother to catch the thrown brother by rapidly pressing their jump button to dash: the thrown brother will take damage every time he bounces off the ground. Dreamy Bowser will simply drop the bro if one bro is KO'd, his left arm is disabled, or if he uses his giant attack or summoning attack.

Dreamy Bowser's main attacks are as follows:

• Dreamy Bowser can shoot giant, rainbow-colored fireballs, which the Bros. need to jump at the same time to avoid. He clones himself part-way during this attack to shoot double the fireballs, where the fireballs shot now alternate between each Bro.

• Dreamy Bowser can summon a giant hammer, which he subsequently tries to hit the brothers with; Dreamy Bowser will flip a coin with the Bros'. initials on each side to reveal which brother will be attacked first, and the moment the coin lands on the initial, the selected Bro. must counter Dreamy Bowser's hammer strike with their own hammer. If the Bros. successfully counter the initial strike, then Dreamy Bowser will go for the other Bro., who must also hit him with their hammer to fend off the attack.

• Dreamy Bowser can become giant sized, forcing the Bros. to flee into the foreground. Dreamy Bowser will soon start chasing them while spewing three massive streams of moving fire that must be jumped over as he strafes left and right, or the Bros. take massive damage. If the Bros. dodge the fire, Dreamy Bowser will jump and create a shockwave that also must be jumped over. He will then repeat the fire stream attack, but his second jump will end in his landing on a sharp spire, deflating him back to normal size.

Dreamy Bowser can also create an Airship with Dreamy Shy Guys (called the Shy Guy Airtub DX) that will chase Luigi as the Bowser head of the ship fires flames at Luigi. While on said airship, Mario must repeatedly attack the Dreamy Shy Guys with his hammer to reach the bow where he can damage the Bowser head, while Luigi jumps over the fireballs it generates. If Mario takes too long to destroy the Airtub with the hammer, he will eventually be dropped off the ship and the Airtub will go into the background of the fight. Here, it will shoot cannonballs every turn; the left cannon on the ship will shoot cannonballs at Mario, the right one fires at Luigi, and the middle one will simply not hit anyone. These cannonballs will damage the Shy Guy Airtub DX if successfully deflected with a hammer. It can be hit with a Taunt Ball to initiate the chasing attack against Luigi, allowing the player another chance to destroy it. The Airtub will chase Mario instead if Luigi is KO'd or held captive by Dreamy Bowser.

Dreamy Bowser about to heal himself with meat after just having summoned Dreamy Goombas, Dreamy Shy Guys, Dreamy Bob-ombs, and Dreamy Paratroopas.

Dreamy Bowser's last attack involves summoning an assortment of dreamy minions and moving to the background. Here, he will heal his arms 200 HP and his body 150 HP every turn by eating endless piles of meat until the minions are destroyed. His attack while in the background involves sending all the minions to charge at the Bros. two at a time, which include Dreamy Goombas that can jumped over or on, Dreamy Paratroopas that can be sent back at minions behind them, Dreamy Shy Guys that will jump over the Bros, and Dreamy Bob-ombs that will explode on contact. If the Bros. manage to avoid a sufficient number of his minions during this attack, Dreamy Bowser will also slam his fists into the ground to create a shockwave that must be jumped over, and eliminates any of the minions it hits. Throwing a Taunt Ball at Dreamy Bowser will cause him to jump into the foreground and chase the brothers through the minion crowd repeatedly; The Bros. must jump over or on the minions to avoid getting stepped on by Dreamy Bowser, who will also instantly KO minions upon contact. Dreamy Bowser will return to the main area if either all the minions are defeated, or after a few turns with less than 5 minions left.

Dreamy Bowser has the second highest stats of any mandatory boss in the Mario & Luigi games.

Stats

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team enemy
Dreamy Bowser
	HP	2417	Role	Boss	Level	37	Location(s)	Neo Bowser Castle
	Power	523	Position	Normal	No Hitter	—
	Defense	343	World	Real	Weakness	Jump, Bye-Bye Cannon, Dropchopper, Star Rocket	Item drop	None (0%) None (0%)
	Speed	87	Experience	0 (0)	Coins	0 (0%)

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team enemy
Left Arm
	HP	350	Role	Support	Level	37	Location(s)	Neo Bowser Castle
	Power	523	Position	Normal	No Hitter	—
	Defense	343	World	Real	Weakness	None	Item drop	None (0%) None (0%)
	Speed	87	Experience	0 (0)	Coins	0 (0%)

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team enemy
Right Arm
	HP	464	Role	Support	Level	37	Location(s)	Neo Bowser Castle
	Power	523	Position	Normal	No Hitter	—
	Defense	343	World	Real	Weakness	None	Item drop	None (0%) None (0%)
	Speed	87	Experience	0 (0)	Coins	0 (0%)

Names in other languages

Dreamy Bowser

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ドリームクッパ[?] Dorīmu Kuppa	Dream Bowser
Dutch	Droom-Bowser[?]	Dream Bowser
French	Onibowser[?]	From onirique ("oneiric") and "Bowser"
German	Traum-Bowser[?]	Dream Bowser
Italian	Oniribowser[?]	From onirico ("oneiric") and "Bowser"
Korean	드림쿠파[?] Deurim Kupa	Dream Bowser
Portuguese	Bowser Onírico[?]	Oneiric Bowser
Russian	Боузер-баюн[?] Bouzer-bayun	From баюшки баю (bayushki bayu, an expression to lull a baby to sleep in Russian) and "Bowser"
Spanish (NOA)	Bowser onírico[?]	Oneiric Bowser
Spanish (NOE)	Bowser Soñador[?]	Dreamy Bowser

Left Arm

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ひだりうで[?] Hidariude	Left arm
Dutch	Linkerarm[?]	Left arm
Italian	Braccio sinistro[?]	Left arm
Portuguese	Braço esquerdo[?]	Left arm
Russian	Левая рука[?] Levaya ruka	Left arm
Spanish	Brazo izquierdo[?]	Left arm

Right arm

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	みぎうで[?] Migiude	Right arm
Dutch	Rechterarm[?]	Right arm
Italian	Braccio destro[?]	Right arm
Portuguese	Braço direito[?]	Right arm
Russian	Правая рука[?] Pravaya ruka	Right arm
Spanish	Brazo derecho[?]	Right arm

Trivia

Early design of Dreamy Bowser

• The way Dreamy Bowser's arms are destroyed is similar to the battle with Queen Bean and Cackletta's spirit in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Shadow Queen from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and the final boss battle with Giant Bowser in Paper Mario: Sticker Star.
• An early design of Dreamy Bowser depicted him having a spiral on his belly instead of the Dream Stone-like object.