'''Metal Mawful Moles''' are a stronger, metallic variantsvariant of the [[Mawful Mole]] species infrom ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and its [[Nintendo 3DS]] remake, where''[[Mario they& Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''. Metal Mawful Moles can be found exclusively in [[Peach's Castle Garden]]. Like their normal counterparts, Metal Mawful Moles will be crushed by [[Bowser]] if he walks on them in the overworld, but [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] are able to fight them.
Metal Mawful Moles have the exact same attack patterns as their normal counterparts, with the only major differences being their higher stats. Interestingly enough,Although Metal Mawful Moles have lessmost healthof thantheir normalstats Mawfulmuch Moleshigher despitethan beingtheir strongernormal variantscounterparts, ofthey themstrangely (thoughenough theirhave otherless stats[[health|Health arePoint]]s higher)than regular Mawful Moles. InExclusively in the original [[Nintendo DS]] version, it is possible to battle a Metal Mawful MolesMole as Bowser via battling a specific [[Mechawful]]. Despite this, the Metal Mawful Mole will not attack, and will retreat in one or two turns, this however has been removed from the remake.
In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'', Metal Mawful Moles were redesigned to be slightly more purplish instead of being dark gray like in the original. Additionally, theyMetal Mawful Moles now take critical damage from hammer attacks. Metal Mawful Molesalsoand had their [[HP]]health slightly decreased.
