Shipshape Island

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Shipshape Island
Artwork of Shipshape Island for Mario & Luigi: Brothership.
Appears in Mario & Luigi: Brothership (2024)
Greater location Concordia

Shipshape Island, also referred to as Shipshape, is a structure described as "part ship, part island", used by Mario and Luigi in Mario & Luigi: Brothership and serves as the hub for the player in the game. As its name implies, it is an island shaped like a ship, with a tall tree, the Uni-Tree, serving as a mast and sail. The island is covered in lush grass and lined with pathways, featuring numerous smaller trees, as well as several waterfalls and lakes. On its stern stands a monument featuring an outlet and a plug, covered in moss. The ship has a yellow cannon with a mounted telescope used to launch Mario and Luigi towards the islands of Concordia.

In Super Mario Run , Shipshape Island is mentioned in the description for the Mario & Connie Statue.

Gameplay[edit ]

Shipshape Island serves as the main hub for Mario and Luigi, and is the place from which they travel to various islands in the game from the cannon on its bow. Three Toads found on Raynforst Island each open a shop on Shipshape Island: an item shop, a gear shop, and a relaxation spot where Mario and Luigi can fully restore their HP and BP. Maykit also sets up her workshop here after she is rescued from Twistee Island.

The island travels automatically on currents on the sea and the player may find more islands on a given current's pathway. The player can alter the currents on which Shipshape Island travels on via the Ocean Map by pressing Minus Button and selecting it. Two Toads found on Florall Island give the ship the ability to speed up drastically by pressing X Button. Right before entering Fortress Zokket for the second time, the creation of a certain engine by either Technikki or Adaphne depending on the player's choices allows them to fast travel to any point on a revealed current, even isolated ones, by pressing Y Button while the cursor is on the desired destination.

When the player clears an island by connecting its Lighthouse to Shipshape Island, the player can fast-travel to it via a blue Warp Pipe on Shipshape Island.

When a rare reef is discovered, Mario and Luigi can inform Issa Rock who builds replicas of discovered reefs on Shipshape Island.

Music[edit ]

The music that plays here is written in the key of A, and is a relaxing tune. This is the main theme of Shipshape Island.

After Mario and Luigi connect Offandon Island, the song that plays becomes a sinister tune in E minor that played on Rumbla Island after Gorumbla and his Guardarm swarm launched their attack. This lasts until the relinking of Heatfreeze Island and Twistee Island, which had gotten disconnected when Bowser blasted Shipshape during his attack on Fortress Zokket.

After the death of Reclusa, the calm music box-style music that plays quotes the original theme near the end.

Profile[edit ]

  • In-game description: An island shaped like a boat that acts as home base for Mario and friends.

Gallery[edit ]

Naming[edit ]

Etymology[edit ]

"Shipshape" is a term used to describe something neat and tidy, while also serving as a literal description of the island, which is indeed shaped like a ship.

Names in other languages[edit ]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese 船島
Funajima		 Ship Island [1]
Chinese (Simplified) 船岛
Chuándǎo		 Ship Island [?]
Chinese (Traditional) 船島
Chuándǎo		 Ship Island [2]
Dutch Zeiland Portmanteau of zeil ("sail") and eiland ("island") [3]
French Navisthme Portmanteau of navire ("ship") and isthme ("isthmus") [4] [5]
German Kapitarbora Portmanteau of Kapitän ("captain") and arbor ("tree" in Latin) [6]
Italian Isola Solcamari From isola ("island") and contraction of solca i mari ("sail the seas") [7]
Korean 보트섬
Boteu-seom		 Boat Island [8]
Portuguese Ilha Nauta Navigator Island [9]
Spanish (Latin American) Isla Naviovío Portmanteau of navio ("ship") and vio ("perceive") + isla ("island") [10]
Spanish (European) Isla Nao Carrack Island [11]

Notes[edit ]

  • According to composer Hideki Sakamoto in an interview, the main background theme of Shipshape Island was his overall first composition for the game, as he thought that it would be the theme players would hear the most and therefore be symbolic of the game.[12]

References[edit ]

  1. ^ https://www.nintendo.com/jp/topics/article/a4000ce6-792e-49cb-8a9e-75497a691f4f
  2. ^ https://www.nintendo.com.hk/topics/article/6oK8110hso7xbS12trmwoP
  3. ^ https://www.nintendo.com/nl-be/Games/Nintendo-Switch-games/Mario-Luigi-Brothership-2590264.html
  4. ^ https://www.nintendo.com/fr-fr/Games/Nintendo-Switch-games/Mario-Luigi-Brothership-2590264.html
  5. ^ https://www.nintendo.com/fr-ca/store/products/mario-and-luigi-brothership-switch/
  6. ^ https://www.nintendo.com/de-ch/Spiele/Nintendo-Switch-Spiele/Mario-Luigi-Brothership-2590264.html
  7. ^ https://www.nintendo.com/it-it/Games/Nintendo-Switch-games/Mario-Luigi-Brothership-2590264.html
  8. ^ https://www.nintendo.co.kr/news/article/7jvvN7hBDtCfxERO64I47O
  9. ^ https://www.nintendo.com/pt-br/store/products/mario-and-luigi-brothership-switch/
  10. ^ https://www.nintendo.com/es-mx/store/products/mario-and-luigi-brothership-switch/
  11. ^ https://www.nintendo.com/es-es/Games/Nintendo-Switch-games/Mario-Luigi-Brothership-2590264.html
  12. ^ February 28, 2025. 『マリオ&ルイージRPGブラザーシップ!』音楽インタビュー ノイジークローク坂本英城さんに聞く制作秘話. Nintendo Dream Web. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
Mario & Luigi: Brothership
Characters Playable characters Mario • Luigi
Non-playable characters Adaphne • Arc • Billdit • Birdo • Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Buddy • Burnadette • Burnadette's dad • Chilliam • Chilliam's dad • Connie • Cozette • Dewey Fightem • Dorrie • Dr. Vulko • Dyode • Emmit • Gossips • Grampy Turnip (Golden Grampy Turnip) • Great Conductor • IDLE (Ireen · Dulles · Loog · Ellow) • Ireen's mom • Issa Rock • Kamek • Knocken Slyde • Leyden • Leyden's assistant • Maykit • Monster Maniacs • Patriarc • Princess Peach • Ryder O'Reilly • Secret snatcher • Snoutlet • Spiralia • Starlow • Technikki • Toads • Willma
Locations Lushgreen Sea Florall Island • Great Lighthouse Island • Raynforst Island • Rumbla Island • Twistee Island • Dropplet Islet • Morsel Islet • Smahl Islet
Color-Full Sea Allsand Island • Desolatt Island • Great Lighthouse Island • Lottacoins Island • Merrygo Island • Dinkee Islet • Liil Islet • Minmin Islet • Shroonken Islet • Teenytiny Islet
Brrrning Sea Bulbfish Island • Great Lighthouse Island • Heatfreeze Island • Skorcheen Island • Slippenglide Island • Bitsi Islet • Compac Islet • Inphant Islet • Itsi Islet • Petit Islet
Gulchrock Sea Fortress Zokket • Great Lighthouse Island • Offandon Island • Wayaway Island (Bowser's Castle) • Cozee Islet • Daintye Islet • Meeger Islet • Mynor Islet • Nanoh Islet • Paquette Islet • Teensi Islet
Stormstar Sea Conductor Island • Jellyfish Island • Soli-Tree • Mykroh Islet • Shrimpee Islet
Other Concordia • Mushroom Kingdom • Shipshape Island (Workshop)
Bros. Attacks Mario Red Shell • Hatch Me if You Can • Bomb Derby • Clockout Blow • Conductor Connector
Luigi Green Shell • Zapperator • Jump Helmet • Yoo Who Cannon • Max-Mix Vortex
Moves Bro Ball (Ball Blitz) • Carry • Fire & Ice (Bro Bomb) • Hammer • Jump • UFO Spin (UFO Vacuum)
Enemies Normal Big Spikely (Glohm) • Big Soreboar (Glohm) • Bumbleshoot (Glohm) • Capnap (Capnap R · Glohm · Glohm R) • Curlup (R · Glohm) • Doom Bloom • Drillby (R · Glohm · Glohm R) • Foopfly (R · Glohm · Glohm R) • Golden Seedle • Guardarm (Glohm) • Hydro Seedle (Glohm) • Icead (Glohm) • Invizilizard (R · Glohm · Glohm R) • Krode (R · Glohm) • Magmad (Glohm) • Millton (Glohm) • Palooka (R · Glohm · Glohm R) • Parashoot (Glohm) • Reclusiff • Seedle (R · Glohm · Glohm R) • Seedlusa • Sharkbone (Glohm) • Shower Fish (Glohm) • Snaptor (Glohm) • Soreboar (Glohm) • Spikely (Glohm) • Weeping Trooper
Zok Troops Helmet Zok Trooper (Glohm) • Jet Zok Trooper (Glohm) • Ring Zok Trooper (Glohm) • Spike Zok Trooper (Glohm) • Zokkarang Trooper (Glohm)
Bowser's Army Bob-omb • Boo (Glohm) • Dry Bones • Fire Bro (Glohm) • Goomba (Glohm) • Hammer Bro (Glohm) • Ice Bro (Glohm) • Koopa Paratroopa (Glohm) • Koopa Troopa (Glohm) • Lakitu • Magikoopa (Glohm) • Piranha Plant (Glohm) • Shy Guy (Glohm) • Spike (Glohm) • Spiny
Bosses Bowser (Glohm Bowser) • Extension Corps (Ecks · Ten · Shun) • Gobblick (Glohm Gobblick) • Gorumbla (Glohm Gorumbla) • Great Conductor • Mega Snaptor • Pipegunk (Glohm Pipegunk) • Reclusa (Weeping Reclusa · Weeping Core) • Sharpcask (Glohm Sharpcask) • Zokket
Objects ? Block • ! Block • Balloon Elevator • Barrel • Bomb Bud • Boulder • Bouncy Bloom • Cannon • Command Block • Connectar Flower • Connectar Plug • Conveyor Belt • Crate • Fire Flower • Golden Plug Radish • Heatfreeze Potato • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Ice Flower • Lantern • Lift • L Block • L Coin • M Block • M Coin • Note • Plug Radish • P Switch • Puzzle Panel • Recovery Block • Return Pipe • Rocket • Save Block • Seesaw • Sign • Spike Trap • Spite Bulb • Sprite Bulb • Squashmoshy • Transmitter Block • Warp Block • Warp Pipe • Water spout
Items Consumables 1-Up Mushroom • 1-Up DX • Ampberry • Bean • Boo Biscuit • Candy • Handcrafted Bait • Max Candy • Max Mushroom • Max Nut • Max Syrup Jar • Mushroom • Nut • Rarest Bait • Refreshing Herb • Standard Bait • Super Candy • Super Mushroom • Super Nut • Super Syrup Jar • Syrup Jar • Ultra Candy • Ultra Mushroom • Ultra Nut • Ultra Syrup Jar
Materials Apple Core • Bulbfish Lantern • Bullionfish • Coinfish • Desolatt Scrap • Egoby • Glohm Crystal • Glohm Dust • Glohm Fragment • Heatfreeze Ore • Lottacoins Lever • Merrygo Bolt • Offandon Brick • Offin • Raynforst Vine • Rumbla Stone • Seedle Seed • Sharkbone Bone • Single Sock • Skorcheen Lava • Slippenglide Snow • Treasurefish • Twistee Leaf • Wayaway Chain • Zokket Alloy
Key items Adaphne Scope • Arc's Spyglass • Blue Rafflesia • Bonding Can • Chill-Out Fruit • Club Dyode Ticket • Disguise Kit • Fishing Rod • Floaty Ring • Hottato Stew • Incident Report • Jail Cell Key • MaxGlam Wax • Notebook • Ocean Map • Old Brooch • Oversized Screw • Part of Bowser's Airship • Patriarc's Notes • Pep-Up Fruit • Pile of Ampberries • Potato Gelato • Spare Underground Key • Stickem Oil • Sugared Powder • Suspicious Package • Technikki Scope Deluxe • Technikki's Certification • Ultra-sweet, super-rich cake • Willma's Letter
Game mechanics Stats Bros. Point • Defense • Experience Point • Heart Point • Level up • Power • Rank • Speed • Stache
Status Burn • DEF-Down • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Downed • Glohm • Ice • POW-Down • POW-Up • SPD-Down • SPD-Up • STACHE-Up • Trip
Battle mechanics Action Command • Battle Plug (Power Tap) • Counterattack • Emergency Guard • First Strike • Flee • LUCKY
Minigames Brother Groove • Concordia Hammer-Rally • Jellyfish Pizza
Miscellaneous Ask the Developer • Bean locations • Bestiary • Block locations • Bond • Bulbfish • Challenges • Connectar • Fishing • Gallery • Gear • Get to know Mario & Luigi: Brothership • Glitches • Glohm • Great Lighthouse • Hidden blocks • Level up progressions • Lighthouse • Luigi Logic • Mario & Luigi: Brothership Friend Group Personality Quiz • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Rare reef • Series intro: Mario & Luigi • Shops • Side Quests • Seagull • Staff • Story summaries • Snoutlet School • Twisten Sprout • Uni-Tree • Wattanist • Which Mario Game Is Perfect for You? • "Yo-Ho, Bro!"