Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time -- Part 12: Behind Castle Walls

Now that the Cobalt Star is nearly complete, talk to Gadd. He says only one piece remains. Gadd's a little stunned when Stuffwell says that the spirit of the Cobalt Star told them that they can break the barrier surrounding Peach's Castle. The time hole to Peach's Castle is on the third floor, surrounded by Peach Statues.

Approach the castle and the Cobalt Star reacts, dissolving the barrier. Past the castle gate, you'll find Shroob-enhanced enemies, like Tashroobas, which look like Tanoombas. Go north to find a statue of Princess Shroob. Throw the babies on the ledge and have them go into a dark area. Once they make their way through the maze, hit the switch to make a ! Block accessible. Hitting it forms a bridge to the east. You'll come across Snoozorbs, round, sleeping enemies. Have the babies hit the switch on the other side of the gate to open the gate. The pipe to the north takes you into the castle.

As in Gritzy Desert, the bros will have to split up to activate switches. The lasers in the castle will allow you to reach some ! Blocks. Activate lasers that are facing each other at the same time to create a beam. In the castle, you'll encounter Soul Bubbles and Shroob Rexes. You'll want to go around the castle to clear out the enemies in your way with all four bros first. After activating the first four lasers, hit the ! Block to open the door ahead. Take the pipe to the second floor.

On the second floor, you'll encounter Shroobsworths, elderly Shroobs with an Intern Shroob riding piggyback. Once you defeat the Shroobsworth, the Intern Shroob takes over. You can't go across the bridge as it's guarded by two saucers. The path across the bridge is accessible from inside the library. You'll have to roll up the stairs in under 23 seconds. There are a few obstacles in the way. At the top of the stairs, reunite the bros and save. The Shroob mother ship is docked here. Hit the switch on the floor to go inside.

When the bros go inside, the mother ship takes off. Luigi suggests controlling the ship to get rid of the other flying saucers. Four blocks will appear. The meters behind each block will stop when you hit the block, controlling the ship's altitude. Mario's block fires a beam, which also drops the ship's altitude once fired. You can fire the beam from any altitude. Saucers appear and it's time to shoot them out of the sky. Some of the saucers will move. The ship will land when you defeat all the saucers. The saucers guarding the bridge are gone, so you can keep exploring.

There are a couple of pipes in the northwest corner. The one on the right leads outside the castle so you can reach the time hole quickly. The one on the left leads to the third floor. Go south and Baby Spin to the ledge and hit the switch. This will allow the bros to Spin Jump to a ! Block, enabling the babies to hit another switch on the wall. Go back north and hit the colorful blocks. This opens a door in the Princess Shroob statue. Inside, the bros find a control room and see Peach on one of the monitors. She calls for Mario when she hears his voice. She says she's locked in a room at the top of the statue. The communication gets cut off fairly quickly. Grab the items in the room, then go through the pipe on the left. Unfortunately, a Chomp swimming in the sewers knocks the pipeline out of alignment and the bros head to the sewers.

The pipe to the west leads out of the castle. To the east, you'll find Ghoul Guys. Send the Baby Cakes through the low window in the back wall and have the bros spin the gear. The fan affected by the gear is to the far left. Go right when high up to reach a spring. It will take the babies to a switch so the four can continue to the door. Baby Spin into the tornado and follow the coins. Hit the ! Block in the room to the south to lower the draw bridge. Use the bridge to reunite the bros. Toss the babies into the trunk and load the Bros. Ball into the cannon. Fire when ready. The bros will end up on the far left. The pipe block to reunite the bros is in the upper left corner. Baby Spin to the right and activate the blocks to lower two bridges. Go north. The pipe takes you deeper into the sewers.

Go east and send the babies into the pipes. They'll run into Lethal Bob-ombs. The path will take them to the south, so they can lower the bridge for the bros. Go east twice. The first ! Block will lower the bridge and the second one will be eaten by a Chomp. It will make four blocks with stars (like in the Star Shrine) appear. The Chomp will appear from one of five pipes. Use the blocks to target the Chomp. To aim for the middle, hit the south block, then the north block. To aim for the second to the right pipe, hit the north, then left block. Hit the south and right block for the second to left block. To hit the blocks on the ends, hit the south block and the left or right block to hit the left or right pipe, respectively. After hitting the Chomp three times, all five pipes will have Chomps. The correct Chomp is chomping faster than the others. It will return the ! Block, which lowers the spikes. The pipe leads to the first floor.

Go east and hit the ! Block. This lowers the gate and exposes a grate. The bros will have to be split up. The grate will allow the babies to walk along the top of the walls. There are Ghoul Guys up here, so be careful. Send both sets of bros to the northwest corner. The babies will lower the gate with the switch and the bros can line up under the laser. The babies will return to the top of the wall and loop around the castle to the northeast corner to the other laser. This means you can take a short path through the middle of the castle or a long path along the south of the castle, which has more items. The room with the second laser to the northeast has the passageway on the wall to the northeast laser. Activate the lasers and reunite the bros. The pipe you just opened leads to the second floor on the east side.

You can access the other side of the library now. There are some items on the bookshelves. Go north to what would be Peach's room and take the pipe to the third floor, on the other side of the statue. Go east and hit the switch to lower the gate, so returning here will be easier. Go inside the statue at the top. The pipe to the left leads outside the castle. Go north, up the stairs. Stuffwell reports that the Cobalt Star is reacting very strongly now. It thanks the bros for everything they've done, but they must part ways now. It also says to look for Peach, while it looks for Princess Shroob. The Cobalt Star flies off. At the top of the stairs, Stuffwell strongly encourages the bros to save. He doesn't think the bros will be able to return after passing through the door. Hit the heal block, the Save Book. Make any preparations you want to make now.

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