Trunkle

Trunkle is a boss that appears in the game, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. He was first seen at the end of Teehee Valley about to attack Princess Peach.

Appearance

Trunkle appears to be an odd, tree-like creature that is actually made of rock. His eyes are black, and his mouth is full of square teeth. Shrinking him causes a berry to be found in his mouth.

Battle

In battle, Trunkle attacks mainly by rolling his fists around and sending rocks at either Mario or Luigi. He can also use a suckion attack that brings up Gritty Goombas, Mushrooms, and Poison Mushrooms to attack Mario and Luigi. After that attack, Trunkle will heal himself. After taking some damage, Trunkle will split into four little Trunkles that will attack by rolling into Mario and Luigi.

Strategy

This battle is simple as Mario and Luigi should solely focus on attacking the body. Attacking the head of Trunkle will barely do anything to the boss at all. Once Trunkle splits into four smaller ones, the real Trunkle can be spotted as his mouth will open revealing a shining light (a berry) before they shuffle. It should also be noted that Trunkle's defense drastically drops once he is in his smaller form, so, when one the real one is spotted, introduce the strongest Bros. Moves to it.

Statistics

Trunkle
	LVL	99	HP	60 (140)	POW	63-72 (63-75)	DEF	130 (90)	SPEED	{{{spd}}}
	EXP	150 (0)	COINS	12 (0)	Fire	Normal	Thunder	Normal	Jump	Weak
	Hammer?	Normal	Hand?	Normal	Stun?	0%	Burn?	0%	Stat Down?	0%
Item drop					Location(s)
•None - 0% •None - 0%					Teehee Valley
Notes Parentheses indicates statistics in Japanese version. Numbers and words in gray indicate coding unavailable in normal gameplay.

Trunkle
	LVL	22	HP	110 (180)	POW	63-72 (63-75)	DEF	130 (80)	SPEED	{{{spd}}}
	EXP	440 (500)	COINS	88 (150)	Fire	Normal	Thunder	Normal	Jump	Normal
	Hammer?	Normal	Hand?	Normal	Stun?	0%	Burn?	0%	Stat Down?	0%
Item drop					Location(s)
•None - 0% •None - 0%					Teehee Valley
Notes Parentheses indicates statistics in Japanese version. Numbers and words in gray indicate coding unavailable in normal gameplay.

Trunkle
	LVL	22	HP	0	POW	61-68 (62-66)	DEF	130 (90)	SPEED	{{{spd}}}
	EXP	110 (0)	COINS	22 (0)	Fire	Normal	Thunder	Normal	Jump	Normal
	Hammer?	Normal	Hand?	Normal	Stun?	0%	Burn?	0%	Stat Down?	0%
Item drop					Location(s)
•None - 0% •None - 0%					Teehee Valley
Notes Parentheses indicates statistics in Japanese version. Numbers and words in gray indicate coding unavailable in normal gameplay.

Trivia

• If the Bros. visit the Little Fungitown entrance before Peach arrives in the Beanbean Kingdom, Trunkle will be seen sleeping (with two Toads freaking out behind him) thus preventing the bros. from advancing to Little Fungitown earlier than they should. In the remake, he can't be seen sleeping as you don't get the Super Hammer until after Peach arrives in the kingdom. The area can still be visited while Peach is being held hostage by the Gritty Goombas but there will be nothing there as well as no elevator either.

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