Booster, personnage massif en armure rouge et grise, la denture métallique en avant

Booster: Princess Peach's eccentric suitor

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Booster is one of the most outlandish characters in Super Mario RPG: an immature boss who, convinced he has found love, forcibly decides to marry Princess Peach. Amusingly, his name remains the same in both French and English, Booster.

Between his tower transformed into a giant playground, his three hooded henchmen, and a wedding that devolves into utter chaos, Booster has established himself as a cult and comical character in the adventure.

Summary

Who is Booster?

Booster is an eccentric and immature character who rules from the top of Booster Tower, a building he has designed as a huge playground, complete with childish attractions and a rideable miniature train.

He is never alone: three Snifsters — hooded Snifits dressed in black — constantly accompany him. They are the ones who explain the world to him, perform chores, and serve as his daily playmates.

Booster acts like a big, capricious child: he has a doll collection with which he reenacts and repeats his whims, and is incapable of grasping the simplest emotions of those around him.

A Boss Appearing in the Middle of the Adventure

When a gigantic sword strikes Bowser's castle, Princess Peach is launched into the air and lands... right on Booster Tower.

Convinced that he must marry this stranger who fell from the sky, Booster locks the princess on his balcony and remains completely deaf to her cries for help.

Mario and his allies — including Bowser himself — then climb the tower to rescue her, navigating through traps, a mini-game of hide-and-seek behind curtains, and successive confrontations.

In combat, Booster remains invulnerable as long as his three Snifsters surround him: they must first be neutralized before he can even be touched.

He retaliates with bombs, one of which inflicts doubled damage, and follows up with a signature attack capable of inflicting quadrupled damage. In the Nintendo Switch remake, he even gains a reinforced form as a true living locomotive, boasting a colossal total of 3,800 hit points.

The Failed Wedding in Marrymore

With his "fiancée" in tow, Booster flees his tower and heads to Marrymore, the wedding resort, to finalize his union.

Upon arrival, he does not hesitate to expel the couple who were supposed to get married there in order to seize the chapel and force Peach to say yes.

The scene descends into utter chaos: while Mario struggles to recover the princess's jewelry, Booster confuses everything, and a now-cult classic misunderstanding sees Booster and Bowser mistakenly kiss each other instead of the bride and groom.

The comedy primarily stems from his complete lack of comprehension: faced with Peach's tears, he does not react to her distress but calmly concludes that "it tastes salty."

The grand finale? His servants bring a giant, living wedding cake — a boss in its own right — which Booster, once the fight is over, calmly devours before leaving, convinced that his marriage is indeed complete.

A Personality as Absurd as it is Endearing

Booster never truly seeks love: he treats marriage as a game and a ritual to check off, without any real romantic interest in Peach.

His naivety borders on the absurd: he initially mistakes the princess's cries of distress for joy, and needs his Snifsters to translate what is happening around him.

The remake adds a delightful touch to his portrait: Booster is said to be constantly in debt due to the exorbitant costs of maintaining his tower transformed into an amusement park.

This candid selfishness, which prioritizes his own pleasure above all else, makes him less of a true villain and more of a chaotic big kid — which explains why he remains one of the game's most beloved characters.

Booster from 1996 to Today

Booster makes his debut in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, released in 1996 (Japan: March 9, 1996; North America: May 13, 1996).

The game was truly (re)discovered in Europe only with the Super Mario RPG remake, released on Nintendo Switch on November 17, 2023, which brought the character back into the spotlight.

Notably for a character of Japanese origin: his name remains "Booster" in both French and English, whereas other languages have renamed him (Borsto in German, Costarugo in Spanish).

A final nod awaits him after the adventure: a suitor named Valentina appears on his balcony, and the end parade shows him... frantically fleeing his own wedding, true to himself to the very end.

Booster in brief

Name (FR) Booster
Name (EN) Booster
Category Enemy / Boss
First Appearance Super Mario RPG (1996)
Remake Super Mario RPG – Switch (Nov. 17, 2023)
Lair Booster Tower
Henchmen Three Snifsters
Distinguishing Feature Wants to marry Princess Peach

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FAQ

  • In which game does Booster appear?
    Booster is a boss in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, released in 1996, and its remake Super Mario RPG released on Nintendo Switch in 2023.
  • Why does Booster want to marry Peach?
    Because Princess Peach falls from the sky right onto his tower. Convinced it's a sign, he decides he must marry her, not out of true love but as a game to see through to the end.
  • Who are Booster's Snifsters?
    They are three hooded Snifits who accompany him everywhere. They serve as his henchmen, playmates, and explain situations he doesn't understand on his own.
  • Where does the wedding scene take place?
    In Marrymore, a wedding resort, where Booster expels the real couple to try and force his union with Peach.
  • Does Booster's name change in French?
    No, he keeps the name Booster in French as in English, unlike other languages such as German (Borsto) or Spanish (Costarugo).
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