Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
Also known as: Mario & Luigi RPG3 DX (JP), Mario & Luigi: Voyage au centre de Bowser + L'épopée de Bowser Jr. (FR), Mario & Luigi: Abenteuer Bowser + Bowser Jrs Reise (DE), Mario & Luigi: Viaje al centro de Bowser + Las peripecias de Bowsy (ES), Mario & Luigi: Viaggio al centro di Bowser + Le avventure di Bowser Junior (IT) Developers: AlphaDream, Arzest Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Nintendo 3DS Released in JP: December 27, 2018 Released in US: January 11, 2019 Released in EU: January 25, 2019 Released in AU: January 26, 2019 This game has unused areas. This game has unused text. This game has revisional differences.

The much-needed(?) remake of the DS game Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story on the 3DS. While more faithful than its predecessor, it still sadly ended up being one of the worst-selling Mario games in nearly 24 years (being on a dying platform that could already play the original game certainly didn't help matters), and was AlphaDream's last main title before entering bankruptcy later in 2019.

And yes, they actually skipped over remaking the second Mario & Luigi title.

To do: Debug Menu strings? In RO/HugeBattle.cro. There are various unused sprites: Ludwig in a Clown Car. Unused sprites of Iggy on the ground in battle. Bloopers Golden Eggs Toads with colors other than red. Differently-colored Magikoopas on broomsticks. Developer interview

Unused Rooms

There are currently five known test rooms, each one of them being set in a specific part of Plack Beach. Every room lacks loading zones, and has a bright red background.

First Test Map

Room ID: 260

A room filled with Toads which was used to test NPC behaviors. Speaking with any of the Toads will cause something to happen to another, like disappearing, running back and forth on a set path, or temporarily increase in size.

Second Test Map

Room ID: 264

An empty room, purpose unknown.

Third Test Map

Room ID: 265

Similar to room 260, with the difference being that there are additional Toad colors as well as animated Goombas.

Fourth Test Map

Room ID: 268

A room filled with Goombas which may have been used to test some enemy behaviors. In the top-left corner of the screen is a group of motionless Goombas, one simply being by itself and the others set in a "V" position with colored squares attached to the lower half, which may have been signs of a layering test.

Around the center of the room is a Goomba different from the others, not only is it animated but it can also be interacted with, making it jump when doing so.

Fifth Test Map

Room ID: 269

A room which was used to test overworld mechanics, namely Bowser's shell smash platforms and the air/water pipes. The large central platform burns the Bros.

(Source: Toad's Depot Discord (test map info))

Deleted Music Tracks

To do: Add the info about duplicate tracks in the original game, to the original games page

There's some skipped music tracks according to Snd/stream (23, 24, 47, 52, 53, 56, 57, 58, and 59). Comparing to how the tracks are sorted from this and the original game, 23 and 24 were another version of dark_area1_a and dark_area1_b (21 and 22). In the original game, however, those track slots (MUS_DARK_AREA_A2 and MUS_DARK_AREA_B2 in the original game) were just using a duplicate of the same songs (MUS_DARK_AREA_A1 and MUS_DARK_AREA_B1), so this is most likely why these track slots are skipped. Track 47 is likely MUS_MINI_GAME2 from the original game, according to how the tracks are sorted. This one didn't get carried one for some reason, even though they have some differences.

The other skipped tracks are likely related to Bowser Jr.'s Journey, so those are unknown. It's likely these skipped track slots are just kept for sorting reasons.

Early Character Name

To do: Check the other localization languages, as well as other instances of Kaley's name in the Japanese version.

During the first encounter with the Best Fitness Friends in Bowser Path, Dieter refers to Kaley as "Leana", which comes out of left field as she is never referred to as such anywhere else in the game. This discrepancy does not exist in the Japanese version, which implies that "Leana" was an early English name that got left in by accident.

Japanese	Translation	English
キュットがお世話せわに なったそうだね。	It seems Kaley is lending her assistance.	So, you meet the real Leana. She's not so friendly, this one.
フン・・・ キミ達たちには　ここで・・・	Well then... I'll just get her...	In fact, you might say...
消きえてもらう。	To expurgate you!	She's not friendly at all!

(Source: Gaming Reinvented)

Oddities

In the bcsar (the game's sound archive), the Mario and Luigi Battle theme and Bowser's Battle theme each have two sound streams, which uses the same bcstm file. Mario and Luigi's are both named MUS_ML_BTL and MUS_ML_BATTLE, and Bowser's are both named MUS_KP_BTL and MUS_KP_BATTLE. It's unknown which one is actually used or if the game uses both at certain points in the game. This isn't the case with the original DS versions.

Revisional Differences

v1.1

Nintendo eShop Update Content Description:

• Depending on the event, sometimes the player got stuck on a certain map when controlling Luigi solo and trying to save the game progress by using the Save Block. The issue has been fixed.
• By downloading the update data, this issue will no longer occur.
• Also, if the issue has already occurred, it will be fixed so that the player can continue playing.

v1.2

Nintendo eShop Update Content Description:

Addressed an issue where sound wouldn’t play for music from the Nintendo DS version of Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story in the Music Menu, under Records.

Unused Text

...But does it make sense? The translations on this page need to be proofread. If you are fluent enough in this language, please make any corrections necessary!

To do: Restore the formatting when text viewing is more stable. Create table for files in BMsg/FMsg.dat.

Present in b_sys:

Name	Text	Translation
KJ_Msg_quest_debug	デバッグ用テストクエスト	Test quest for debugging

Localized text for an error message (anti-out of bounds?) is present in fcommon:

Name	Text
MES_sys_fukki_00	=== Notice === An error has occurred. To avoid corrupting your data, your character has been moved to a safe place.

Present in i_air_21:

Name	Text	Translation
MES_work_omit_13	=== 仮・未実装 === ダークスター戦と 前後のイベントが未実装です。 ダークスターが外に 出るところまでスキップします。	=== Temporary/Unimplemented === The events before and after the Dark Star battle have not been implemented yet. The game will now skip to the part where it escapes.

Present in i_energy_32, i_tainai_01, o_chika_01, o_peach_1f_01, o_town_34,:

Name	Text	Translation
MES_work_omit_05	=== １月末版 終了 === １月末版は ここまでとなります。 ご確認ありがとうございました。	=== January Version End === This concludes the January version. Thank you very much for your verification.

Present in i_power_arm_01 and i_pump_16, i_tainai_01, o_chika_09_before, o_ekubon_02_after, o_ekubon_07_2, o_koopa_24, o_mushiba_05_before, o_peach_2f_04, o_test_ay_01, o_test_hk_01, o_test_mk_01, o_town_14, o_zutsada_04_after:

Name	Text	Translation
MES_work_omit_00	=== 仮・未実装 === イベントが仮または未実装の じょうたい状態です。	=== Temporary/Unimplemented === This event is in a temporary or unimplemented state.

Present in i_pump_02 and i_test_mo_02:

Name	Text
MES_KPump_02_Kpump_02_hemo_mes_test	This is a test.

Present in i_pump_04:

Name	Text	Translation
MES_work_omit_02	=== 仮・未実装 === 本来はパイプ器官がせり出てきますが、未実装です。 パイプ器官が埋まっている床に立って スライドパッドを下に倒すと、マップジャンプします。	===Temporary/Unimplemented=== An organ pipe was originally intended to appear here, but it has not been implemented yet. The game will now warp to where the the buried organ pipe rises from the floor and knocks the Slide Pad down.

Present in i_pump_16:

Name	Text	Translation
MES_work_omit_03	=== α版 終了 === α版は ここまでとなります。 ご確認ありがとうございました。 キノじいの運命や いかに！？	=== Alpha Version End === This concludes the alpha version. Thank you very much for your verification. Just what will become of Toadsworth!?

Present in o_ekubon_15, o_koopa_19:

Name	Text	Translation
MES_work_omit_06	ミニゲーム失敗 ミニゲーム成功	Minigame failure Minigame success

To do: This uses encoded text.

Present in o_evselect_U, sounds like text for a debug menu:

Name	Text	Translation
MES_work_omit_01	ケタの移動 数値の変更 決定	Degree of movement:  Value of change:  Decision: 

Present in o_ibiki_03, sounds like text for a debug menu:

Name	Text	Translation
MES_work_omit_10	=== 仮・未実装 === イビッキと遭遇するイベントが未実装です。 イベント終了時点までスキップします。	=== Temporary/Unimplemented === The Yikk encounter event has not been implemented yet. The game will now skip to its endpoint.

Present in o_mushiba_24:

Name	Text	Translation
MES_work_omit_11	=== 仮・未実装 === エクボンのもり森（２ かいめ回目）で あら新たなアタックをおぼ覚えるまでのなが流れが みじっそう未実装です。 アタックをおぼ覚えて ふたた再びチャクランのもと元へ もど戻ってきたところからさいかい再開します。	=== Temporary/Unimplemented === The sequence of events that leads to learning a new attack in Dimble Wood (2nd time around) has not been implemented yet. The game will continue from the point where the player learns the attack and returns to Chakron once more.

Present in o_test_ay_01, o_test_hk_01, o_test_jk_01, o_test_mk_01, o_test_mo_01, o_test_mo_02, o_test_mo_03, o_test_mo_04, o_test_mo_05, i_test_dnh_01, i_test_hk_01, i_test_ik_01, i_test_mo_01:

Name	Japanese	Translation
MES_work_omit_04	テスト	Test

Present in o_peach_3f_13:

Name	Japanese	Translation
MES_work_omit_12	=== 仮・未実装 === カタパルトの加速ローラーが未実装です。 カタパルトで飛び出すところまでスキップします。	=== Temporary/Unimplemented === The catapult's speedup roller has not been implemented yet. The game will now skip to the part where it launches.

Present in o_test_fh_01 and o_test_fh_02:

Name	Japanese	Translation
MES_work_fh_01	てんめつするよ！！	It will blink!!
MES_work_fh_02	Yボタンをおすと とじるよ	Press the Y button to close

Present in o_test_ho_01:

Name	Japanese	Translation
MES_work_ho_01	けんしゅう１	Do Training 1
MES_work_ho_02	けんしゅう２	Training 2

Present in o_test_mk_01:

Name	Japanese	Translation
MES_work_ho_01	テストテキスト	Test text

Present in o_zutsada_04_after:

Name	Text	Translation
MES_work_omit_08	=== 仮・未実装 === イカダによる地形攻略の一部が未実装です。 地形攻略の終了地点までスキップします。	===Temporary/Unimplemented=== This portion of the raft-caused terrain capture has not been implemented yet. The game will now skip to the end of the capture sequence.

Present in o_zutsuda_10_before:

Name	Text	Translation
MES_work_omit_07	=== 仮・未実装 === イカダによる地形攻略と くしゃみイベントが未実装です。\ くしゃみイベントの終了地点までスキップします。	===Temporary/Unimplemented=== The sneeze event and raft-caused terrain capture have not been implemented yet. \ The game will now skip to the end of the sneeze event.

Present in o_zutsuda_16_before:

Name	Text	Translation
MES_work_omit_09	=== 仮・未実装 === イビッキタワーが出現するイベントが未実装です。 巨大化バトルの終了時点までスキップします。	=== Temporary/Unimplemented == The Tower of Yikk appearance event has not been implemented yet. The game will now skip to the end of the giant battle.