Mario and Luigi Partners in Time FAQ/Walkthrough
Nintendo DS
Version 0.8
2/01/06
Copyright Matthew Culkin
Contact me at bobeta5@gmail.com
This guide is allowed to be posted on Gamefaq.com, and Gamespot.com
Hello and welcome to my second FAQ, the Mario and Luigi, Partners in Time FAQ!
This guide should cover all major and minor aspects of the game including item
lists, and many other things that absolutely no one ever reads...ever. I enjoy
writing what happens during cut scenes and such as it entertains me, so be wary
of some hardcore spoilers. Finally, I never like to take these guides too
seriously, and thus they are everything but strait to the point. While I tend
to scatter my dark humor throughout the guide, I have tried very hard to only
use it when dissecting the story. These paragraphs can be identified by a (S)
in front of them. If you aren’t into that, then feel free to skip those and
jump to where the next (G) is. And with that, thank you for choosing me over
the other available guides and I hope you enjoy yourself...and I am terrible at
using commas, you should get used to that.
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Table of Contents
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Non walkthrough, guide stuff
Basics
Characters
Walkthrough
Closing
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Characters
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In this section, I will discuss all the main characters in the game.
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/Mario\
The Italian Plummer who has become the trademark character for Nintendo. Mario
has done everything from playing golf, to throwing parties. In this game, Mario
is the obvious leader of the group. Although he pretty much has inferior stats
to Luigi. He is the default leader, and can’t be changed like SSS which is kind
of a bummer (Luigi leader FTW). This adventure finds him searching for princess
Peach (again). And defeat the baddies that captured her (Again).
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/Baby Mario\
From whining co star in Yoshi’s Island...to whining co star in a Mario RPG,
Baby Mario inherits many characteristics from himself. Like his adult self Baby
Mario is fearless, and never shy to attack bad enemies. His actions get the
bros a bit more then they should throughout the game.
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/Luigi\
In a word, freaking awesome. Once a true equal to his brother Mario, Luigi
quickly fell hard to second fiddle, and wasn’t even included in the very
popular Mario 64. But thanks to the excellent sails of the demy terrible
Gamecube launch title Luigi’s Mansion, Luigi is quickly roaring back into the
spotlight.
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/Baby Luigi\
The obvious former self of Luigi, and along with Birdo, my favorite character
for Mario Kart. Like Luigi, Baby Luigi is very shy, and is scared easily. While
not as brave as baby Mario, he is much more cunning...and is just soooo
adorable.
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/Bowser\
Not seen until moderately late in the game. He’s a spoiler warning so I won’t
go further. You actually shouldn’t have read this actually.
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/Baby Bowser\
The reacurring villian in the game and not even half as cool as adult Bowser.
Instead of being a true threat like his adult self, Bowser instead relies on
his friend Kammy Koopa, and his many henchmen to defeat the heroes instead.
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/Kammy Koopa\
Baby Bowser’s partner in crime if you will. Mainly appears in the Yoshi’s
island area, but is present throughout the entire game. Not a whole lot smarter
then Baby Bowser, but is very loyal. Therefore it makes sense why Bowser still
has her employed once he is much older.
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/Queen Shroob\
A silent and mysterious villian who is the weakest final boss of all time.
Besides that, Queen Shroob has the lucky ability of rupping off the guy from T2
and therefore can shape to look like anyone she pleases. In this game Princess
Peach. The only problem is that she is still looks like an alien and looks
nothing like the person who she is copying. Oops. Guess the shadow queen is
only person who can do it right...or Boo’s...or evil versions of the people who
are people being copied.
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/Bootler\
Princess Peaches servant, first appearing in Super Mario Sunshine. Bootler
loves to worry about the princess, but instead of growing a pair and going with
her on all her adventures, he instead just lets her go and get taken by Bowser,
or the guy from T2.
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/Suitcase\
A constant form of “help” throughout the game. Always seems to take it upon him
self to pop out and make me write a boring and lame paragraph about what he
says to you. At least he doesn’t say HEY! LISTEN!
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/Princess Peach\
The lovely captive in this story and one of my favorite people you have to save
ever. Zelda may be a tranny, and the sleeping time princess you have to awaken
in every RPG may be super hot. But I’ll take Peach any day.
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/Baby Princess\
Really doesn’t hold an intense role in the game. She can usually be found in
the Kingdome garden trying to be cheered up by the two Bootlers. That’s about
it.
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/Kylie Koopa\
While she is pretty much a minor character in this game, for some reason I
really like her so she gets in. First met in chapter three, Kylie makes
constant appearances throughout the entire game. She often reminds you of what
you should do. I guess you could consider her a mini strategy guide...except
her guide isn’t half as good as this one.
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Battle Basic
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When starting attack, there are five different things you can choose. I will go
through all of them.
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/Jump Attack\
(Adult only) The most basic attack move, and one I highly recommend over hammer
attacks. The bro you choose this option with will hop upwards, and come down on
the enemy you chose. Just before you hit the enemies’ head (The timing will
become second nature eventually.) you will crouch up upon impact, and deal a
much higher amount of damage. When not using a bros item, this should be your
attack option of choice.
(Baby only) Almost identical to when using the adult. The only difference is
that the baby you choose will do significantly less damage then their adult
counterpart. If you are using a babies attack however, you would probably be
better off using their turn to use a 1-Up Shroom.
(Both bros) This attack should become your bread and butter when attacking. To
start it, press the babies’ respected button. This will cause the babies to
deal a moderate amount of damage, and then the adult will bounce back up. Now
hit the adult’s button to deal even more damage. By doing this, a pretty good
amount of damage can be done.
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/Hammer Attack\
(Adults only) Considering the adults don’t get hammers, this isn’t possible.
(Babies only) I highly advise against using the hammer, unless your enemy has
spikes and it is required. The trick to dealing the most damage with your
hammer is to wait a bit longer then you think you have to, and let the hammers
go all the way back. If you are too early or late, then the hammer will break
on you and you will do very little damage. This happens even after you have
played three run through the game which sucks.
(Adults and Babies) I actually kind of recommend just pressing the babies
button here, and dealing a set amount of damage. The second step of this attack
is moderately hard to do, and can be missed easily. To do the attack here, wait
for the babies to put back their hammers, and then press the adult’s button to
raise the baby up. Now wait for them to pull back again and press the babies’
button to deal the damage.
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/Bros. Items\
These items are all very powerful, and should be used in excess against all
boss battles. For a list of all the items, and their use in battle, look below.
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/Flee\
Cause the bros to run from battle. It is almost impossible to escape without
falling down, so expect to lose 100 coins or so every time you attempt to run.
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/Item\
Use one of several available items. Healing shroom items will likely be your
most used.
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Bro Items
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These items replace the bro moves of the last game. I liked the last games
moves more, but these are way more overpowered so that’s good. All of them are
very powerful, but some are better then others. Here they are with my personal
super awesome ranking. (Note, rankings are based on several different technical
factors, none of which I plan to share. This is of course because there so
super technical and hard to comprehend...yup.
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/Green Shell\
6/10
These are the first items you will receive, and thus you will have about 70 of
them near then end. This item is very simple, but becomes way harder and pretty
much not worth your time when adding in the babies. The basics are like this.
Whoever you pick the item with will kick the item off first. The item will deal
a moderate amount of damage, and head to the other bro for them to hit again.
After every successful hit, the shell will speed up. This continues until a
bros misses an attack, or the maximum number of hits are completed. By only
using the adults, this is very easy and a very efficient way of dealing damage.
If you feel like making things a bit more difficult, you can also include using
one of the babies. When the shell is just about to hit the enemy, press the
corresponding baby button (Y if you started with Luigi, X if you started with
Mario). If done correctly, a moderate more damage will be dealt. This requires
you to use three buttons instead of two, thus making all this much more
difficult. I don’t recommend it.
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/Bro Flowers\
4/10
This is probably the easiest to use bro item. But knowing me, I’m sure I’ll
spend 200 words making this sound much more complex then it is. While using
this item, I recommend you turn your sound volume all the way up. Once
selected, jam the button of who chose the item with until you hear a “Bwoop”
sound. Quickly switch buttons to the other bros and begin wailing on that. By
doing this, you should deal a constant flurry of fire balls at your enemies,
dealing a moderate amount of damage to all of them. If you are looking to deal
damage an Ariel enemy(s) then do the same thing, but with the babies instead.
The babies aren’t quite as fast as the adults, but they will hit all enemies,
flying or not. At the end, these things probably won’t get a ton of use out of
you because they just don’t deal that much damage. 164 words, pretty close.
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/Ice Flowers\
5/10
Almost exactly the same as Bro Flowers. Only difference is that these deal
slightly more damage, and have a chance of dealing power down. That’s why it
gets one more point.
Your best bet for this item, is to deal damage to Ariel ememies.
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Walkthrough
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(Scene) The game starts with a silly rendition of a story of evil aliens coming
to Earth. You are told about the beings that are without a doubt creepy. The
scene ends with the aliens finding their new home, the Mushroom Kingdome. BUM
BUM BUMMMMMM!!!!
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Mushroom Kingdome (past)
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(S) Next scene shows Baby Mario and Baby Luigi talking to Princess Peach’s
assistant (Sporting the old school mustache) he tells you (From now on you
applies to whoever your controlling) that the Princess has been throwing a fit
waiting for you to arrive. He tells you to press up on the D pad to enter her
room
(Game-play) There isn’t a ton you can do here. Press Y to make Baby Luigi jump,
and X to make Baby Mario Jump. When your ready head into the room at the top of
the screen, once there, keep moving up to start the next scene.
(S) Mario and Luigi find three toads passed out on the floor (This scene WAS
set in the 70’s...) Princess Peach however can not be found! Instead a evil
cackle is heard off stage and Baby Bowser appears, holding her Mother Princess
Peach. (Anyone who can tell me how Baby Bowser is already alive while the
Princess is like 5, when he claims to be her son in Sunshine, please E-Mail
me). Bowser tells everyone that he is taking the Princess, and that they should
scram. Bootler says that enough and charges Baby Bowser. He was 23. Baby Bowser
then turns to Mario and tells him that he is next.
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/Baby Bowser\
12 HP
Nothing more then a quick training session here, start by pressing X once to
land a jump attack. This will prompt Bootler (I know that’s not his name, but
I’m spacing hard) to offer to teach you about action commands. If you have
played Mario and Luigi one, or have even played the Paper Mario games you
should already know about action commands. Still, if your new or need a freshen
upper, press yes to learn about them. Likewise, check further up the guide for
my own handy dandy action command tips. As you are shown, press X right before
contact to crush Baby Bowser’s scull. Likewise Press X immediately after the
fireball comes out of Bowser’s mouth to dodge it.
(S) After the fight, Bowser claims he is a prince, and couldn’t have lost to AN
INFERIOR BEING! Mario and Luigi celebrate as flashing light comes from the
windows. The castle is under attack! A couple UFO are shown attacking the
building, this few become thousands as the clouds lift.
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The Mushroom Kingdome (present)
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(S) The next scene shows the awesome E. Gadd waving in front of his newest
invention. It seems Gadd has developed a time machine. The star is powered by
the Cobalt Star, which seemingly allows you to break the speed of light while
keeping your DNA from exploding, awesome! Mario and Luigi are then shown
outside the castle. Princess Peach is said to be so exited about the machine
that she chose to be its first vict... err voyager.
(S) Bootler is now shown obviously worried about the princess. (Why didn’t you
go with her champ?). E. Gadd tries to assure Bootler that the princess will be
safe. In fact he says there is a 99.999999999% chance of her safety! This
really doesn’t calm Bootler off as he passes out. A toad notes that he KO’d
himself (LOL Newb). The same toad tells you that there is refreshment in
Bootler’s room, and that you should go get it. Suddenly, camera Lakitu shows up
with a map for you. The map shows the current room you are in and all the saves
around you, pretty darn nifty I think.  After you are told a map the Toad asks
Mario to see how is jump’s coming. (Bootler passed out on the floor obviously
isn’t that important to this guy.) Press A to show him your mad Italian Plummer
hops. You are then finally released to walk around.
(G) While you are free to explore the castle, there is little or nothing to do
so I don’t really recommend it. First go south and save your game. You should
also see a red heart box here. Normally this will completely refill your
health, but since you don’t really have health yet it’s useless. Continue
walking towards the room with the green mushroom on it. Jump onto the wooden
thing, then jump again to hit the yellow block. After you get the shroom, head
back to where you originally where, or one room above the middle save point.
(S) Toads worth is shown on his death bed as you re enter the room. The same
toad who was asking you to jump just minutes ago is now begging Bootler for his
stuff. (It all makes sense now). The doctor says that Bootler’s chances are
slim. He has developed shroomshock (Also a name for a hallucinogenic overdose).
Without a mushroom it seems he’s doomed for. Luckily you give him one and he is
fine. And with that the time machine has returned! It is however really banged
up. The door opens. But the princess does not exit. Instead it’s a generic
early game green monster!
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/Junior Shrooboid\
13HP
0 Coins
(B) Pretty much just as difficult if not a tad bit harder then Baby Bowser. Use
the action moves you learned earlier to dodge the monsters spin attack (Jump
when he first touches the blue mushroom on the carpet.) After the first round
of attack, Bootler will ask you if you want to learn about action commands
again. Since you have already learned these feel free to skip them, or learn
them again if you want. Keep the jump attacks coming and you should have him in
no time. Mario will level up after this match. You will auto get a set amount
for each stat. You can however, choose one stat to get even more in. Choose HP
this time and hope for a 3. From now make a note to mainly upgrade Attack and
HP, with something else now and then if you want.
(S) After the match, E. Gadd pulls out his time radar and sees that Peach is
still in the past. He says that with the machine broken as it is, no one can go
find Peach. Luigi comes running from below and states that a giant hole has
appeared in the garden outside the castle. (Why he was there I have no idea.)
Gadd says that it is possible that the time machine may be making holes in the
world (Why hello there Futurama). Toad asks Luigi to stand guard and protect
the garden but he denies. The toad then asks to see Luigi’s jumps. (This guy
has got to get out more.) Luigi’s hop is pathetic, and he is mocked by the toad
for it. Mario’s jump is then shown which destroys Luigi’s. The toad tells Luigi
to try again, but with some intensity this time. Luigi then jumps just as hi as
Mario. The toad runs off to ask more people how high they can jump, and you are
back on your way.
(G) You can just go strait down to find the hole, but there are a lot of cool
items to get so feel free to go get them if you like. There is also a shop but
it is busy restocking at the time. When you’re done exploring, go to the room
with the professor on it.
(S) Mario and Luigi enter the garden to see a swirly red and yellow hole. E.
Gadd exclaims that it is indeed a time hole. Luigi hope up next to it to take a
better look (I wonder where this is going?) He says the hole will take you
somewhere to the mushroom Kingdome in the past. He also wonders if someone who
jumped in could make it back out. At this, Bootler rides into the hole thingy
with his bed, knocking Luigi in and shredding his DNA...err I mean causes him
to disappear in a flash of light. Mario fearlessly jumps in, going for his
brother. A trippy load screen is now shown with Mario falling. Mario and Luigi
are now shown in some forest area with a suitcase on top of Luigi. The suitcase
says he was told there would be a Luigi here too but he can’t find him (He’s
standing on him.) Luigi throws the suitcase off him and is visibly angry. Mario
calms Luigi down. The suitcase explains he is an assistant sent by E. Gadd in
order to help Mario and Luigi out. He claims he does much more then just holds
stuff. He says to start things by opening him up. (Hot).
(G) This is game play, sort of. The suitcase claims that he can do many things
like holding your items and equipment. You can also check your stats. You can
also see your time, and you coin count, along with your current HP. Press B to
close the suitcase....BACK TO ADVENTURE! With this the hole disappears and
Luigi is sad because of it.
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Outside Hollijolli Village
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(G) There is a save point here that you will probably want to use. There’s
nothing to do in the first area so head right one, the suitcase will jump out
and talk to you again. (Does he ever shut up?) He wishes to teach you some
basic jump technique. You are told to press A to make Mario jump, and B to make
Luigi jump. Practice jumping by hopping around and acquiring all the stuff.
When you are ready, walk to the top right screen until you see a gap, this will
prompt the suitcase to teach you how to double jump. There’s nothing if you
fall through the gaps so don’t worry about it. After this you will see a bunch
of green and red boxes. As you probably can guess, use Mario to hit the red
blocks, and Luigi to hit the green. Hitting all the blocks will cause a series
of steps to come down, allowing you to proceed.
(S) While walking, Luigi will be donked by a Toad. A series of spaceships
unlike the ones seen earlier will pass them by. They will continue up to the
snowy area above you and mass carrier the entire town.  The told is left
mumbling about purple mushrooms. Mario and Luigi make a run for it while the
Toad is sucked up by a UFO.
(G) You should now be on a giant mushroom. Walk forward a bit and you should
see a blue DR. Mario looking thing. The suitcase encourages you to jump on the
shroom to initiate battle. Do so and cue sweet battle music.
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/Shrooblet (2)\
7HP (Each)
3 Coins (Each)
(B)Remember to use action commands in this battle to make it a lot easier. Even
without them this match is very easy and should be no concern. After the match,
jump on the other two shrooms and defeat them both.
(G) Continue making your way up the area, fighting all the monsters you find.
(S) About half way through the area, Luigi gets donked on the head by a
monster. Apparently this monk really hurt as Luigi loses 16 HP because of it!
This prompts the suitcase to teach you how to use items. Press the mushroom
option like prompted and heal Luigi.
(G) Keep moving up, remembering to fight every opponent you see. This should
always be true, as it will keep you at the necessary level for the current boss
fight. Just keep moving and you will reach the village soon enough
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Hollijolli Village
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(S) You enter the city to find those same UFO’s destroying everything. Breaking
buildings, and killing toads. The UFO’s then leave, Allowing Mario and Luigi to
enter.
(G) There really isn’t a whole lot to see here. You are free to walk around and
explore, but you won’t find much. Make sure to enter the first house you see so
you can save. And then enter the second house to continue the story. You should
enter the house to see an elf thing stuck in the chimney. Apparently he is the
mayor and is stuck. Walk underneath him and jump to get him out.
(S) Mario and Luigi hear a scream and rush outside. There they find the same
mayor being taken by the aliens. Meanwhile, three aliens confront the two with
their evil alien language. So begins the battle.
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/Shroob\
15HP
You can’t win this match, so don’t worry about it. You should probably notice a
huge UFO thing floating over you, impending your doom. Just get some more
practice with action commands. To dodge their attacks, jump just as the gun is
fired. After three rounds, a giant flash ball will come down from the UFO, thus
ending the game. OR DOES IT!?!
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Koopa Cruiser
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(S) The game now cuts back to the baby Mario and Luigi, running around with
each on top of the Bowser cruiser. The ship is attacked by those same damn
UFO’s and the boys begin to cry. Toadsorth crawls in and is overjoyed to
Finally find the princess. He wheels her out of the ship, leaving the Bros
alone. Bowser is heard from the speakers, alerting everyone to meet on the
deck. Mario pushes Luigi out to the deck.
(G)You are taught to jump again in this room. Simply follow the koopa’s command
and jump over all the boxes, collecting all the items along the way.
(S)You enter the captain facility to find Baby Bowser ordering the launch of
the Koop Cannon. He is obviously proud of himself as his followers boost his
ego. Adult Mario and Luigi are then spotted, still lying on the ground. Bowser
denies the request of saving the two, this causes baby Peach to throw a
tantrum. Bowser decides to help them, and launches cannon shot to fend off the
attackers. The babies are then told to go get the people they saved.
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Hollijolli Village
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(G)Make sure to save, and then go to where Mario and Luigi are downed. You
should find some shroobs still there, thus initiating a battle.
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/Shroob (2)\
10HP (Each)
5 Coins (Each)
Nothing too hard here as long as you keep the action commands coming. Remember
that Baby Mario is X and Baby Luigi is Y. You will also be taught about Bros
Items here. Follow the example, and defeat the monsters with Koopa shells.
(S) After the battle, Bootler comments that more aliens may come soon. He says
it would be a good idea to take Mario and Luigi back to the ship. Bootler later
comments that the alien’s presence was like a bad dream, there is now a scene
of happy toads walking around, until they are attacked by those same damn dirty
UFO’s. Suddenly, the UFO’s are seen destroying the castle! The babies are told
to flee the area before it is destroyed. A UFO makes it inside and abducts a
toad. Luckily, Bowser is able to call in an attack on the UFO before it can
harm anyone else. Bootler then finishes his story of what happened. I now must
apologize for typing this at 4 A.M. I had no idea this was a story or anything
else...so ya. On with the game. As you approach the Mushroom palace which is
now the Shroom castle. You comment that Princess Peach must be there. Bootler
says that’s impossible because Peach is right there. This cause him to think
Mario and Luigi has lost it. Either way a transmission is received form
princess Shroom who looks very similar to Princess Peach. She sends an
obviously evil message, however it is in alien language and no one can
understand it. Suddenly a report is heard. A shroom missile is heading strait
for the ship! Bowser yells for a counter attack, but the ship is out of ammo.
The missile hits your craft and it slowly crashes into the castle. Mario and
Luigi are now seen alone, when suddenly that suitcase pops out. He says that
there is no one else in the area. He also says that another time portal has
been detected. Thus ends the longest cut scene of all time.
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Shroom Castle (Lava Moat)
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(G) Start out by saving then heading right. Grab the shrooms and shells there
then engage battle with a new enemy.
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/Goomba\
10 HP
3 Coins
A very basic enemy. Goes down pretty easy, and has an easily dodged attack.
It’s one and only attack has it charging either bro simply jump when the time
is right to either jump on, or over it. There are quite a few of these so get
used to them.
(G) Go down at the first fork and grab the mushroom. Then head to the right,
then up and onward to the door. In the next room, first clean the entire floor.
Here you should find a new enemy.
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/Boo\
15HP
4 Coins
Not a whole lot different from Goombas. Will disappear then re appear behind
Mario and Luigi. The hand they put out beforehand is the direction they plan to
go. Jump when they first appear.
(G) Once you have cleaned house hop up the stairs to the walking beam above.
Walk slowly on the beam. If you go to fast you are sure to fall of. If you do
fall head back to the stair and do it again. Also you may notice weird X
markings on the ground. These are unimportant for now so don’t worry about
them.
(S) It is now you see Baby Mario and Baby Luigi on the high beams above. Baby
Mario makes it down safely, but Bably Luigi is much more hesitent. The suitcase
then pops out and recommends you use him as a cushioning device. Luigi hops ON
TOP of the suitcase. The suitcase likely has some sort of metal exterior so the
fact that a small child fell 20 feet onto it can’t be good. Either way, BACK TO
ADVENTURE!
(G) Attempt to leave the area and the babies will begin to cry. Everyones
favorite suitcase will then pop up and offer you advice on walking with a group
of four. Mario and Luigi then do their absolute best to cheer up the babies.
You are then told you can move. This acquisition of movement should be huge for
you so savor it. When you’re done talk to the suitcase. Now press X to switch
to the babies. Now walk to the babies to pick them up like a piggy back. To
open the door, have all four Bros step on the switch.
Next, toss the babies onto the ledge and have them press the blue and green
switch to allow the older Bros up as well.
In the next room, have the babies go alone inside the tiny door, and grab the
items from the blocks. Now walk around and pick up all the items in the area.
Same thing in the next room, throw the babies onto the ledge and have them hit
the blue and green switch. After thatm throw them up onto another ledge and
have them hit the pink switch. This should lower the platform allowing Big
Mario and Luigi to get up. Jump on the switch and proceeed.
(S) In the next room you find a staple of Mario RPG’s, Kammy Koopa. She is
looking for prince Bowser when she spots the four. She claims that she
remembers kidnapping the little Bros. But now they’re much bigger, And hairier
for that matter. She says that if you are bothering her, then she will bother
you up!
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/Boo/Goomba\
This battle is nothing more then a way for you to learn about piggyback moves.
These moves are essential to learn and pull off, as the more damage you can
deal the better. Like the suitcase teaches, press either X for Baby Mario, or Y
for Baby Luigi. And then A for Mario, or B for Luigi. After you defeat the Boo
you will be taught about Bros items for four people. Read the instructions and
try it out. The Koopa shell is pretty hard to do with four people, so it may
take a while for you to get the hang of it. After the battle, continue moving
until you meet a new enemy
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/Boom Guy\
18HP
8 Coins
This thing is really annoying until you get his attacks down and then he isn’t
so hard. His attacks have him walking up to. Now one of two things will happen,
wither he will fire right at you. Or have a shoot out smoke, and then fire. If
he holds his gun loosely with one hand, it will be a miss fire. A two handed
fire however will be immediate. Once he is down to only a few HP, he will lose
his cannon and spend a turn calling in a new one. Because he often gives you a
free turn to attack, these guys give you a lot of opportunities to beat them.
(G) Spend the rest of this area getting a lot of XP and practicing Bros
Attacks. By the time I exited this area I had everyone at level four. And I
killed all the monsters I saw.
The final area is nothing more then a large pipe with a four person mark on it.
Have all the bros jump on it to get to the next level.
Nice save point in the next level (Writing this guide has me at 4:12 at this
point). Head up and out to the next area
In this level, walk to the end of the walkway, now turn upwards and you should
see a ledge, Toss the babies onto it and have them walk into then next room. In
there they should find a purple block for them to press. A bridge will appear.
Reunite the Bros and head across. Jump on the four person switch to get to the
next area.
Another very similar puzzle here, except the babies can go to the right once in
the chamber to find several enemies and goodies for them, defeat all the
goombas, and grab the items before switching back to the older Bros. Have Mario
and Luigi cross the bridge. Once crossed the bridge, the suitcase will pop out
and teach you about the new multicolored block you see. Follow the instructions
to raise the platform and then switch back to the babies. With the babies,
climb the platform that was created, and press the blocks in a similar fashion.
This will lower the platform below. Now have the Bros reunite and destroy all
the enemies on the floor before continuing. Have all four Bros hop up the
platforms. Defeat the Boom Guy above and again throw the babies onto the ledge.
Have them go to the left and press the blocks to make a bridge to cross. Knock
down the door and move on to the next area.
First head to the right and grab the 20 coin block. Next head left and throw
the babies onto the ledge. You should enter a darkened room with white things.
This is actually a platform you must walk on, surrounded by spikes. Falling
will illuminate the room showing you where to go. While you can just guess and
check it by remembering where to turn each time you die. (Which I did). A much
easier way to do it that I learned on my third play through is to have Adult
Mario and Luigi use the Bros bloc to illuminate the room. Have Mario hit the
red block, and Luigi hit the green one. The result should be an illumination
block for the babies to use. If you have the wrong bros hit it however a
fireball will hit the babies, causing them to restart. After making it the
whole way, the babies should reappear inside the cage area. Hit the big
treasure box with them and watch the crystal thing fly out. The suitcase
recommends you keep it so you acquire crystal shard. The gate will now oopen
allowing everyone to make it to the next area.
Hit the pipe switch here and save/heal everyone. Your almost out of the area
and that usually means it’s boss time. Hit the last four man switch and exit
the level.
(S)Bootler asks if you are all OK before the suitcase pops out again. He says
that the thing in front of everyone is the new time hole and that everyone
should jump in. Bootler tries to say it is a bad idea but the suitcase tells
him off. Everyone hops into the warp, thus ending the level.
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The Mushroom Kingdome (present)
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(G) There are tons of things for you to do once you return to the castle. The
suitcase recommends talking to the professor; you can spend this time walking
around looking for items. But there isn’t anything incredibly noteworthy at the
time so just go ahead and walk to the room marked with E. Gadd.
(S) You enter E Gadd’s room to find the generic green monster in a tube. E.
Gadd is astonished with Mario and Luigi bringing back the baby versions of
them. He says he is tickled to see the big and little bros side by side. The
suitcase then pops out and alerts E. Gadd that the castle of the past is under
attack. The suitcase then brings out the crystal you found earlier and shows it
to the professor taking all the credit for it. The piece is identified as a
Cobalt Star Shard which is the time machine’s fuel source. (Complete guess
here, we are going to need to collect 5-7 more). The star piece causes the
monster to get very angry and scream thus making poor baby Luigi cry. The toad
then tells you to collect more shards to rescue Princess Peach (Oh called it!).
Suddenly, a new time portal opens up. You are of course told to go to the time
warp to make find the next shards. Before you go however, E. Gadd keeps you to
learn about badges.
(G) Follow the instuction to learn all about badge use. Choose whoever you like
to get the badge, as it really won’t help anyone most. I gave it to Luigi since
he’s the man. Once everything is set up, Gadd tells you he is going to continue
watching over the monster. He also tells you that the shroom shoom shop has
opened up. Guess where you should go next?
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(You see what I did there? I used money symbols for the header...I’m so clever)
Useable Items
Mushroom 10
1-Up Mushroom 60
Refreshing Herb 15
Bros Items
Cannonballer 40
Bro Shell 20
Green Shell 10
Clothing
Patched Slacks 120
Starchy Jeans 90
Badges
Wallet Badge 200
Salvage Badge 140
Easy Badge 100
Pep Badge 100
Training Badge 80
Buy two pairs of Patched slacks, and two pairs of Starchy Jeans. The extra DEF
should come in handy. This should pretty much bankrupt you, but money is pretty
easy to get in this game so it’s not much of a problem. When you’re all set
head to the new warp hole to the right of the map. Once you jump in, old
Bootler will meet new Bootler and they will fight over the young princess Peach.
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Toad Wood Forest
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Upon arrival, save and head right to the next area
Immediately grab the six fire flowers from the Mario box. These items are very
useful, so always go for them. In this area, toss the babies into all three of
the stumps. Going left to right they should find 11 coins, 10 coins and a
mushroom drop, and a new enemy!
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/Koopeleon\
18 HP
4 Coibs
When the Koopeleon attacks you he will turn invisible. However if you look hard
enough you should still be able to see an outline of where he is. His attack is
an invisible rush attack. To dodge, watch for the white bubbles that signify
him moving. As soon as you see these dots, jump. You should land on their head.
All in all, this is a pretty easy enemy that shouldn’t be too much trouble for
you. After you have gotten those three things, move on to the top.
(S) Upon entering you here a faint voice calling out your name. It is a pink
Toad trapped in a tree. She says her name is Toadiko and that she was on the
time machine with peach. She says that as soon as she arrived that they were
attacked by Shroobs. (A scene is now shown of Peach arriving only to be
attacked by those blue shroomy things, lead by princess shroom.) The Toad says
that the princess was in fact taken by the shroobs. She tells you (With an
incredible amount of insight and detail, more then anyone who was just
kidnapped should know.) All about the tree life sucking system. Apparently
mushroom power is used as fuel, but is very possibly used for something else as
well. (OMG Foreshadowing!?!?!) She tells you to leave her there (No complaints
from me). Suddenly, the aliens attack! Frying that poor toad. Mario and Luigi
have a quick mumbled conversation and where back on our way.
(G) Toss the babies into the tree nearby and collect the mushroom and 10 coins.
Now head right.
Hit the Luigi block, and defeat the enemy. Now going from the bottom left
corner, toss the babies into the stump and find yourselves a new enemy.
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/Elasto-Pirannha\
27HP
5 Coins
The Pirannha is a very easy enemy to defeat, with a very easy to dodge attack.
To kill it simply do jump attacks, or use Bros items on it. It’s one and only
attack consist of it growing very tall onto the second screen, and firing a
fire ball at one of the Bros. To dodge, jump when the fireball is less then a
second away from making contact, although there is a lot of time before and
after that you will be O.K.
Now throw the Bros in the other stumps, and you should find three shells and 10
coins. Also, there are some monsters for you to defeat in the area. One is new!
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/Boo Guy\
17 HP
4 Coins
Now this guy is a pain. He is probably the most difficult enemy to dodge thus
far. His attack goes like this, he will point one hand out. This is the
direction he is heading, jump when he begins to spin like a bullet. Luckily, he
will only do four or so damage to you if he hits so it isn’t that bad.
Once that is all taken care of, head to the bottom right corner to exit.
The Vim factory should be up ahead, but the entrance is blocked (OH NOES!)
Instead defeat all the enemies in the area. Also grab the 1-Up shroom from the
Luigi Block. Now head left to exit the area.
Several empty boxes are seen now. (I wonder if this is a puzzle?) Head to the
bottom right corner, and throw the babies with them. Now switch to them and
begin navigating the area. You should soon see a box with a fire thing in it.
Jump up to knock it up and out. Go straight at the fork, and defeat the enemy.
Continue along with the Bros, defeating all then enemies and defeating all the
baddies until all the blocks are filled. Now run back to the launch bad and
reunite the Bros. Now as a group, jump and knock each filled block, so its
contents fly into the big block. When the middle block is filled. Hit that one
and watch as a completely unstable ball of fire, somehow hits a target
perfectly.
Head back up and through the now open passage.
There is nothing here to do, head up the stairs.
Throw the babies in the trees here for a 100 coin, a pain of unarmed jeans,
(Give them to whichever baby has lower power), and a fight against an enemy.
Defeat the additional monster (I got six chameleons!). And the other additional
monster (I got two ghosts and a pipe thing!) Then exit the area to the top
right.
You should see some flying saucers fly ahead of you. Now note that you can’t
get into the space ship (You didn’t think it would be that easy did
you?)Instead head right to begin the puzzle.
Start this area by defeating then enemy and grabbing the three coins. Now throw
the babies inside the tree and have the big guys walk on to the magic carpet
thing. As the babies, hit the switch as it faces to the right. The carpet
should begin moving in that direction. Now let it go until it is aligned with a
ledge. Now jump with the babies again to stop it. Hop onto the land with the
big guys. Head up to the top and grab the wallet badge with Luigi. (Just give
it to one of the babies for now.) Walk the bros back onto the platform, then
restart it still going right with the babies. Have them stop it again at the
next platform, where you should again move the big bros off. Defeat the enemies
and move across the bridge.
Hit the Blue block here to have the little guys pop back up next to you. (So
that’s what it does!) Now toss the babies into the tree to the left of you for
a 100 coin, and two green shells. Now throw them onto the ledge for three fire
flowers. Finally, jump and then toss the babies so they hit the multicolored
block in the middle. This will begin a sequence in which you will have to jump
in the order of Baby Luigi, Baby Mario, Luigi, and then Mario. This will (for
no apparent reason) cause one of the statues to light up and shock one of the
ships claws. Therefore obviously getting the other claw will open the door...
Exit to the top left area.
Start the area by defeating both groups of enemies. All four bros leveled up to
level 7 after the second group, in case you’re keeping score at home. Throw
your babies into the tree and walk the big bros down to another carpet (Yes I
know it’s a platform...stop E-Mailing me.) Have the little bros hit the switch
when the arrow is pointed to the right. Switch back to the big bros, and hop
over the yellow baracade when it comes. Hit the purple switch and then jump
into the spikes to get back. Rejoin big and small and hop up the newly formed
stairs.
In the top right corner here, jump to collect a few coins and a 1-Up Shroom.
Then toss the babies in to collect another 100 coin, and a mushroom. Now jump
throw the babies into the colored block in the middle, just like you did a few
areas ago. The same puzzle will go. (How bout some originality Alpha.) Another
bolt will sound, thus opening the space craft. Now head out of the area, and
through the bottom right corner and prepare for a not so fun last challenge.
By this time I hope you know to throw the babies into the tree stump. Now walk
onto the platform. Start by going strait down until you crash into a platform.
From here, navigate to the right so you make it to the island with the boxes on
it. Collect the coin and green shell and hop back on. From here go strait left,
or a little down and then left so you miss the island. Go until you hit the
wall and then head down. Go for a little bit until you hit another island with
a box on it. Inside is another coin (AWESOME!). Keep heading down and very soon
you should spot a green Luigi box on top of a yellow platform. Inside are some
wild trousers (kinky much?) These pants raise attack, while obliterating
defense. Give them to whichever Bro has a lower attack (likely Luigi). Move to
the other three yellow masses as well to collect a 10 coin, two coins, and
three bro flowers. After all this, head left until the wall, and then down to
reach the end. Also note that you will likely have fallen 5-10 times by now,
making this area a whole lot less fun.
Now head up to the space craft area and hit the blue block to reunite the bros.
Now head back to the landing site to save. Make a note to heal Baby Mario, and
Luigi to the max as they will have a tough fight coming up. Now head to the Air
Craft’s door which should open up for you. Step inside to find...
A PIPE SWITCH!...erm I mean
A SAVE POINT!...erm I mean
THE KOOPA BROS! Ahh, there we go.
The Koopa’s will talk about there 1337  |-|40^ $k1||$!!!!!111eleven11!! In a
scene that I can only imagine how it sounded in the Japanese version. Long
story short, they pwn teh n00bs which is the Mario bros. And nothing says 1337
like a giant mechanical nose M I RITE?!?! Either way the big bros are sucked
away, leaving only the little guys to pwn teh tru noobs.
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/Hammer Bros\
100HP (Each)
70 Coins
80 XP
I promise never to type like that again “i swer” Either way the Koopa’s despite
their pompus attitude, are much more bark then they are bite considering they
are the first true bosses. (With a game time of over eight hours it’s about
time.) Your main concern should be defeating one Koopa as quickly as possible
as the Koopa’s team attack is much more powerful and difficult to dodge then
there solo attack. The Bros have two team attacks. Both involve one launching
the other as a projectile and dealing huge damage. There is actually an easy
way to counter this however. Watch the Koopa as his mallet swing backward. If a
normal contact is made, then the hit Koopa will bounce normally. In this case,
time your jump so you land on in. The other attack happens when the Koopa’s
hammer head goes flying to the side. This will result in the Koopa going air
born, and missing you completely. Just stay still here and let him launch over
you. The Koopa’s solo attack is much less impressive. The lone Koopa will
launch hammers into the air. Jump with the necessary baby just as the hammers
hit the ground. Also note that all items, regular and Bro can be used by the
babies as well. And by this time you should have at least 6-10 life shrooms, so
there is no need to worry if a baby goes down. Also by this time you should
have hopefully become more skilled with the bro items. I was dealing 64 damage
a turn using two shells which made this fight way easier. Either way, no scope
these noobs move on.
(S) After the battle, the Koopa’s antennas are found to be broken. Thus there
mind control powers are defeated. Also gone are the mad hax Koopa’s that we
will all miss. As a thank you (For beating them up.) You are given hammers! Now
smile as infant children are given incredibly powerful tools of damage and
destruction. But before you can use them it’s intro time.
(G) Follow the super fun examples told you by the Koop’s. Follow the guide just
like you are taught, hammering all the boxes in your way. At the next test,
double press Y to burrow into the ground. Now head under the gate like
prompted. Pop back up and keep moving while destroying the boxes. Hit the pink
Switch to end the training. You will now be told about X Marks and beans. I
swear I will do my best to tell you all of these I can find. But my tendency to
do these guides at 4 A.M. While loaded up on caffeine always makes things like
that difficult. And with that, head back to save, and welcome to
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Vim Factory
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(G) Well actually you’ve been here for like twenty minutes now. But I didn’t
want to ruin my joke so I say you only just arrived. Start by having the babies
jump on the yellow, two dot switch to open the first door.
Next, use Baby Luigi’s tornado moves to walk under the gate before popping out.
Now destroy all the crates with the hammer. After a bit of that you will reach