The Boss Sumo Bro is a minor antagonist in New Super Mario Bros. U. He guards the second fort of Rock-Candy Mines, where he is fought as a boss.
Description[]
The Boss Sumo Bro wears two tsuna around his shoulders. His enlarged form gives him slanted lines for eyes. Both his small and enlarged forms have a spike on his head; therefore, if stomped, he will damage Mario instead of taking damage.
In New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[]
Boss Sumo Bro in New Super Mario Bros. U
Boss Sumo Bro is a sub boss appearing in all three games. When faced, he starts out as an ordinary Sumo Bro, but after being exposed to Kamek's magic, he grows three times the normal size of a Sumo Bro, and begins to attack the player by jumping from platform to platform creating electric shockwaves to damage the player. Every time the Boss Sumo Bro performs his stomp attack, a tremor will rock the room, stunning Mario, but this can be avoided by jumping just before the stomp. Additionally, the Boss Sumo Bro's electric shockwaves have to hit the sides of the arena to fizzle out, rather than doing so automatically after a short distance. The player can attack Boss Sumo Bro by jumping from below the platforms he stands on to throw off his balance, from which then the player must jump on top of him to damage him. Due to the central platform being higher than the other two platforms, players have to use those platforms to reach that platform if the Boss Sumo Bro is on top of it. There are also Note Blocks in the centre of his room beneath that platform. After repeating this process three times, Boss Sumo Bro is defeated. Boss Sumo Bro takes 1/6 the damage he would take from a stomp attack if hit by a Fireball used via the Fire suit.
Unlike Boom Boom and Kamek, and like the Koopalings and Bowser himself in the castles and Bowser Jr. in the Airship levels, the Boss Sumo Bro is absent from the map for the most part. However, if Mario loses in Screwtop Tower and it is not yet completed, the Boss Sumo Bro will be seen standing on top of the tower, only to retreat into his fortress a few seconds later. After the player completes the level, the Boss Sumo Bro is shown getting sent flying by the flag appearing on top of his tower.
In Paper Mario: The Origami King[]
A paper version of the Boss Sumo Bro appears in this game, serving as a boss in Shangri Spa that guards the entrance to Paper Bowser Castle. Like many other members of the Koopa Troop, he has been folded into origami by King Olly.
The Boss Sumo Bro first appears blocking the path to Bowser Castle, attacking Paper Mario with thunderbolts from his cloud. Paper Bowser Jr. attempts to attack the Boss Sumo Bro, but his attack is intercepted by the Scissors and he gets sliced to pieces by the Dual-Bladed Duelist. Attempting to get past the Boss Sumo Bro will only lead to Paper Mario taking 36 damage. After the gang restores Paper Bowser Jr., they try to board the cloud via the Koopa Clown Car, leading to a fight.
At the start of the fight, the Boss Sumo Bro has moved to a smaller thunder cloud, with six regular Origami Sumo Bros. that serve as his minions. Four of them drop down to the ground to steal certain panels from the board, with the remaining two using Thunder Guard, which affects the spaces in front of them. Paper Mario has to avoid these spaces, lest his only possible action is to take six damage. He can attack the Sumo Bros. by ending up in front of them and get the pilfered panels back; this can be done by using the Jump attack with the Iron Boots; using any other Boots with Jumping will backfire. If Paper Mario is not in front of a regular Sumo Bro, he will go after the Boss Sumo Bro, with Hammer attacks missing; the same rules apply with attacking him.
On their turn, the Boss Sumo Bro will use his Thunder attack, with any Sumo Bros still in the air doing the same; the Boss Sumo Bro deals more damage than his minions do. This can be avoided if Olivia takes on the Earth Vellumental's form (Earth Vellumental panel required) and raises the ground that Paper Mario is standing on; if this happens, the Sumo Bros will be unable to hit Paper Mario with the attack.
Defeating all four on-foot Sumo Bros. will lead to the two Sumo Bros. who did NOT dismount at the start of the battle to dismount and steal the both Vellumental panels, which can be retrieved by defeating the Sumo Bros., while the Boss Sumo Bro. charges up his Heavy Thunder attack; again, he will miss if the player uses the Earth Vellumental's power.
Trivia[]
- Boss Sumo Bro makes a cameo appearance in Minecraft in the Super Mario Mash-up texture pack, where non-zombie Piglin Brutes take on his design with the texture pack applied.
