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Connie
Artwork of Connie for Mario & Luigi: Brothership
Artwork from Mario & Luigi: Brothership.
Species Concordian humanoid
First appearance Mario & Luigi: Brothership (2024)
Latest appearance Super Mario Run (version 3.2.3, cameo) (2024)
“Come now, light. Find your shine!”
Connie, Mario & Luigi: Brothership

Connie is a major supporting character from Mario & Luigi: Brothership. She is a Wattanist in Concordia who is Snoutlet’s good friend and helps out Mario and Luigi on their adventure. Before the events of the game, Cozette served as Connie's mentor and taught her about a Wattanist's duties before she was brainwashed into becoming Zokket; despite this, Connie is certain of Cozette's return. Connie is shown to be the Uni-Tree’s caretaker for the main purpose of growing and producing Connectar, a key element needed for accomplishing the big reunion of Concordia’s islands, all from her watering can. She wears a sleeveless blue dress shirt with an orange circle on it and dark blue trousers that seem to go all the way to her ankles, and her hat resembles a Type A plug.[1] While her name is a real name, it is also a reference to the word "connector".[2]

Connie also makes a cameo appearance as a statue alongside Mario that can be placed in Kingdom Builder in Super Mario Run, added in a Mario & Luigi: Brothership-themed event. Her statue is unlocked upon completing three missions during said event.

History

Connie is first seen when the Mario Bros., after their arrival in Concordia, reach Shipshape Island. After an introduction, she explains that she is re-growing the Uni-Tree after the original's destruction. Connie's friend Snoutlet reveals himself and becomes the duo's guide.

Throughout the game, Connie can be spoken to for more hints. During his first visit to Shipshape Island, Connie demands that Zokket stays away from the Uni-Tree. Zokket obliges, but only to advance his plans, while Connie starts to worry.

Connie also appears in the cutscene before the Mario and Luigi battle Sharpcask. She hangs behind the Bros. as the monster appears. However, she has no lines. She also appears before the Bros. fight the Pipegunk, where she asks Shun what Zokket plans to do with Glohm, a toxic substance used as a weapon by his forces, after which Shun reveals Zokket's plan to not just keep Concordia's lands scattered, but also to destroy everything, much to the heroes' horror.

Later in the game, when the group reaches the Gulchrock Sea, it is revealed that Zokket has been watching nearby. Connie and Snoutlet catch his eye, prompting him to change his plans to destroying everything in his path. Meanwhile, on Shipshape Island's deck, Connie displays curiosity for the Gulchrock Sea. However, she and the Bros. are shocked to see Zokket's forces at war with Bowser's Minions. She is not seen after the Bros. enter Bowser's fortress to get help from him against Zokket's army (unless the player heads back to Shipshape Island before storming Zokket's fortress), but appears in a cutscene after their failed invasion, where Zokket taunts her about their demise during their escape from his fortress in an attempt to break her, but she resists his attempts to do so, proclaiming that she knows that her mentor Cozette will return.

Mario and Luigi turn out to have gotten away from the Glohm wave that Zokket unleashed despite his claim that they died. When they return to Shipshape Island, Connie is ecstatic that they survived, but is shocked when she hears that they washed up on Conductor Island and met the Great Conductor, a being who is worshipped by Wattanists as a god. However, Arc detects activity at Zokket's fortress, whereupon the group witnesses a barrier being placed around the fortress. Connie suggests that Technikki might have some ideas. Technikki proposes that there must be some way to enhance Shipshape Island to bypass the barrier when she is spoken to, after which Dr. Vulko suggests that Adaphne might have ideas and is somewhere ritzy. Arc identifies the place to be the Jellyfish Dance Hall.[3]

After Zokket is defeated, Reclusa reawakens from his egg, and Cozette is rescued and brought back to Shipshape Island, Connie and her mentor reunite. Cozette apologizes for destroying Concordia (despite being under Reclusa's control), after which Arc reveals that something is wrong. Before Mario, Luigi, Connie, and Snoutlet can investigate, Arc is captured by a flower-like monster, his mind being trapped in a dream as a result. Reclusa returns and reveals that he trapped the Concordians' minds in dreams, and that in this state, the Concordians will eventually rot away. He then creates the Soli-Tree, which he uses as a fortress and base. Connie asks her mentor what to do since Reclusa has a barrier around his fortress, and Cozette reveals that Bonds can break the base with their energy. Mario and Luigi get energy from the Bonds, and Connie fills her watering can with the energy, which she uses to break the barrier. While Mario and Luigi storm the Soli-Tree, Connie waits back at the entrance to the fortress[4] with her mentor. She is later seen during the final battle when Mario and Luigi have beaten Reclusa up enough, although they get put to sleep, putting an end to their onslaught. Connie uses her watering can to revive them, allowing the Bros. to go after Reclusa and eventually confront him inside the Soli-Tree's heart.[5]

Connie makes another appearance after Reclusa's defeat, where he complains about his failure to do anything solo and quash all connection. She tells him that while one can do certain things alone, there are some things that require teamwork, and connecting with others can help out. Connie's words only enrage Reclusa, who rants about how "it was not supposed to go this way", to which she responds by telling him that he lost as he dies. After Reclusa and the Soli-Tree disintegrate, Mario, Luigi, Cozette, and Connie escape from the collapsing fortress, their Bond allowing them to head back safely. After the heroes reach Shipshape Island, Connie, Snoutlet, and their people bid Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Starlow goodbye as the latter four head back to the Mushroom Kingdom.[6]

Connie can be seen as the staff roll draws to a close, where she can be seen taking care of the Uni-Tree.[7]

Profiles

  • Website description:
    • English (American):
      A Wattanist whose job is to care for the Uni-Tree.[8]
    • English (British):
      A young girl who found herself aboard Shipshape Island after Concordia was broken. She's intent on growing a new Uni-Tree to bring everything back together, one island at a time.[9]
    • Other languages:
      • Japanese:
        キノコ王国からやってきたマリオとルイージに、コネクタルランドのことを教えてくれた心優しき少女。とある出来事がきっかけで、船島で暮らすようになった。コネクタルツリーを大事に育てている。[10]
        (Translation: A kind-hearted girl who taught Mario and Luigi, who came from the Mushroom Kingdom, about Concordia. An incident led her to live on Shipshape Island. She carefully nurtures the "Connectar Tree".)
      • French (Canada):
        Un personnage aimable qui s’occupe de l’Unicéa.[11]
        (Translation: A kind character who take care of the Uni-Tree.)
      • French (Europe):
        Cette jeune habitante de Connexia accueille Mario et Luigi à bord du Navisthme. Elle s'est donné pour but de faire pousser un nouvel Unicéa afin de réunifier Connexia.[12]
        (Translation: This young resident of Concordia welcome Mario and Luigi on board the Shipshape Island. She has set herself the goal of growing a new Uni-Tree to reunite Concordia.)
      • Italian:
        Una ragazza che Mario e Luigi incontrano a bordo dell’Isola Solcamari. È decisa a coltivare un nuovo Centralbero per riunire l’Elettria, un’isola alla volta.[13]
        (Translation: A girl met by Mario and Luigi aboard Shipshape Island. She is dedicated to growing a new Uni-Tree so she can reunite Concordia one island at a time.)
      • Spanish (Europe):
        Una joven que Mario y Luigi conocen a bordo de la isla Nao. Está decidida a cultivar un nuevo Conectárbol para reunificar Concordia isla a isla.[14]
        (Translation: A young girl that Mario and Luigi meet aboard Shipshape Island. She is determined to grow a new Uni-Tree in order to bring Concordia back together one island at a time.)
  • Super Mario Run description
    • Mario & Connie Statue: A girl from Shipshape Island and the kingdom's hero. An adventure to save a scattered world begins.

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese コネッタ[15]
Konetta
From「コネクター」(konekutā, "connector") combined with Italian feminine diminutive "-etta"
Chinese (traditional) 柯連塔[16]
Kēliántǎ
Transliteration from the Japanese name
Dutch Connie[?] -
French Ampéria[12][11] Femininized form of ampère ("ampere")
German Connetta[20] Similar to Japanese name
Italian Condina[13] Possibly from conduttore ("conductor") and the diminutive suffix -ina
Korean 코네트[21]
Koneteu
From "connect" combined with feminine diminutive "-ette"
Portuguese Tetê[17] Pun on Brazilian female nickname "Tetê" and (a common way to call a "plug adapter" in Brazil)
Spanish Conetta[18][19] From conector ("connector") combined with Italian feminine diminutive "-etta", equal to the Japanese name

References

  1. ^ Nintendo of America (June 18, 2024). Mario & Luigi: Brothership – Announcement Trailer – Nintendo Switch. YouTube (English). Retrieved June 18, 2024. (Archived June 18, 2024, 23:29:10 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
  2. ^ https://youtu.be/mjTA-wYIE18?si=I-D5RbfpJrAiqz_V
  3. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz6pnXaMZvM
  4. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyYabpIA84w&t=6896s
  5. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE_OnMUcUOw
  6. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE_OnMUcUOw
  7. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE_OnMUcUOw
  8. ^ https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/mario-and-luigi-brothership-switch/?srsltid=AfmBOoqRJ44HjTp_16I1EQyUuHKg9UXYWjrYgr9loe2N1zHVFd5BufVg
  9. ^ https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-Switch-games/Mario-Luigi-Brothership-2590264.html
  10. ^ 冒険の拠点や新しいブラザーアタックなど、『マリオ&ルイージRPG ブラザーシップ!』の新情報を公開。. nintendo.co.jp (Japanese).
  11. ^ a b Apprenez à connaître les personnages énergiques de Mario & Luigi: Brothership!. Nintendo Canada
  12. ^ a b Nintendo France (June 18, 2024). Mario & Luigi : L'épopée fraternelle – Sortie le 7 novembre (Nintendo Switch). YouTube (French).
  13. ^ a b Mario & Luigi: Fraternauti alla carica. Nintendo.com (Italian). Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  14. ^ Mario & Luigi: Conexión fraternal. Nintendo.com (European Spanish). Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  15. ^ Nintendo 公式チャンネル (June 18, 2024). マリオ&ルイージRPG ブラザーシップ! (Nintendo Direct 2024.6.18). YouTube (Japanese). Retrieved June 23, 2024. (Archived June 18, 2024, 14:47:53 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
  16. ^ Nintendo HK (September 10, 2024). 公開冒險的據點以及全新的兄弟攻擊等《瑪利歐&路易吉RPG 兄弟齊航!》的最新資訊。. nintendo.com.hk. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  17. ^ https://www.nintendo.com/pt-br/store/products/mario-and-luigi-brothership-switch/
  18. ^ Nintendo España (June 18, 2024). Mario & Luigi: Conexión fraternal llegará el 7 de noviembre (Nintendo Switch). YouTube (European Spanish).
  19. ^ Nintendo Latam (October 11, 2024). ¡Conoce al electrificante elenco de Mario & Luigi: Brothership!. October 11, 2024.
  20. ^ https://www.nintendo.com/de-ch/Spiele/Nintendo-Switch-Spiele/Mario-Luigi-Brothership-2590264.html
  21. ^ https://www.nintendo.co.kr/news/article/7jvvN7hBDtCfxERO64I47O