Bullionfish
An Bullionfish in Mario & Luigi: Brothership
Icon from Mario & Luigi: Brothership.
Description
"A fish found in every sea. Fetches a pretty high price."
First appearance Mario & Luigi: Brothership (2024)

Bullionfish are fish in Mario & Luigi: Brothership that are found in the seas of Concordia. They can be caught by fishing for them as either Mario or Luigi from the fishing spot on Shipshape Island; when hooked, two exclamation points display on the screen (!!). When caught, they are treated as items and can be sold for 300 coins. According to Dr. Vulko's Fun Fish Encyclopedia, they are adult Coinfish.

Fishing probabilitiesEdit

It has been requested that this section be rewritten. Reason: Replace probabilities from Reddit with datamined values

The following tables list the probabilities of catching Bullionfish.[1]

Mario
Lushgreen Sea Color-Full Sea Brrrning Sea Gulchrock Sea Stormstar Sea
Standard Bait 3% 9% 11% 15% 31%
Handcrafted Bait 0% 0% 0% 0% 18%
Rarest Bait 16% 8% 42% 28% 41%
Luigi
Lushgreen Sea Color-Full Sea Brrrning Sea Gulchrock Sea Stormstar Sea
Standard Bait 4% 3% 11% 25% 34%
Handcrafted Bait 0% 0% 0% 0% 15%
Rarest Bait 18% 14% 39% 21% 36%

Names in other languagesEdit

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese チューキンギョ[?]
Chūkin Gyo
Portmanteau of「中金」(chūkin, "gold-filled") and「金魚」(kingyo, "goldfish")
Chinese 中金鱼[?]
Zhōngjīn Yú
Portmanteau of「中金」(zhōngjīn, "gold-filled") and「金鱼」(jīnyú, "goldfish")
Dutch Kostbaars[?] Portmanteau of kostbaar ("valuable") and baars ("perch")
French (NOA) Saumondor[2] Agglutination of saumon d'or ("gold salmon")
French (NOE) Magothon[3] Portmanteau of magot ("pile of money") and thon ("tuna")
German Ordinärfisch[?] Boorish Fish
Italian Lingottide[4] Portmanteau of lingotto ("ingot") and gobide ("goby")
Spanish (NOA) Lingobino[?] Portmanteau of lingote ("ingot") and gobio ("goby"), with the diminutive suffix -ino
Spanish (NOE) Pez billete[?] Banknote fish

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Fishing probabilities on r/marioandluigi Reddit.
  2. ^ Jdtendo (January 20, 2025). Matériaux – Mario & Luigi: Brothership (fr-CA). YouTube (Canadian French). Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  3. ^ Jdtendo (January 20, 2025). Matériaux – Mario & Luigi : L'épopée fraternelle. YouTube (European French). Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  4. ^ Italian localization of Mario & Luigi: Brothership