Showing posts with label Shroob Mother Ship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shroob Mother Ship. Show all posts

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time -- Part 13: An Unexpected Battle

After you've made your preparations, stocked up on items, optimized gear, saved, and fully healed, proceed through the door in the statue. Peach is ahead, surrounded by an energy field. She's glad the bros reached her safely. Mario explains that they recovered the Cobalt Star shards. This upsets Peach greatly. As Peach is about to explain, the Shroob mother ship appears and fires at the statue. Princess Shroob is on board, directing the attack. Peach directs the bros to a saucer port upstairs. Go to the left to find the doorway.

There's a Save Book ahead. Stuffwell can send you back in time to the previous Save Book if you'd like. When you're ready, go on ahead. The top of Princess Shroob's statue's head is a flying saucer as well. Control it the same way as the mother ship. Hit the smaller flying saucers to knock them into the mother ship. Four hits will shoot it down for good. The smaller flying saucers will move towards you and you'll take damage if they hit you. Four hits will sink your ship. Once you defeat the mother ship, it crashes into the side of the statue.

Go back downstairs and the energy field around Peach is gone. The impact from the crash knocked it out. The bros and Peach check out the crash site and a door from the mother ship opens. The babies push the bros to check it out. Princess Shroob descends from the ship on a throne. She's fuming. We can understand what she's saying. Peach is useless, so Princess Shroob will finish her off. The kingdom is hers and there is no escape.

At the start of the battle, Princess Shroob will be surrounded by a barrier. It will take multiple hits to break, so use an attack like Copy Flowers or Trampolines. When the barrier starts turning red, it will break soon. She'll land on the ground and throw energy balls at the bros. She'll also aim stars at the bros. After a while, she'll put up the barrier again, and attack from a robot. Jump through the rings, then knock her back with a hammer. She will also aim lasers above and below the bros. After she takes enough damage, she'll start glowing. She'll get more attacks per turn. She's almost out of health.

Once you defeat her, Peach suggests getting out of there. The Cobalt Star floats in. Peach shows off the center shard she's been holding onto. She won't allow it to reform. At the most inopportune time, Baby Bowser drops in and grabs the shard. He's been hiding to get back his "treasure". He lets the Cobalt Star reform, despite Peach's protests. Princess Shroob crawls in, saying it's her sister's turn. The Cobalt Star shoots lightning everywhere, turning Baby Bowser into a mushroom. Peach explains that the Cobalt Star contains another Shroob Princess, the twin sister of Princess Shroob. She was attacked when the time machine arrived in the past. Peach trapped Princess Shroob in the Cobalt Star and shattered it. The younger Princess Shroob (the one the bros just defeated) attacked Peach. Reforming the Cobalt Star gave the elder Princess Shroob all her power back. Elder Princess Shroob frees herself from the Cobalt Star and speaks clearly to the bros. She taunts them for gathering the shards and not knowing the truth. She was also the Star Sprite that spoke to the bros on Star Hill. She's going to avenge her sister. The platform they are all standing on rises high into the sky.

Some flying saucers appear. Peach, who's hiding behind the throne, will help by throwing a star to knock away the flying saucers. The elder Princess Shroob will charge the bros. If any saucers remain in the sky, they'll give Elder Princess Shroob a large rock to hit the bros with. Counter with a hammer, repeatedly. The saucers can also bring her a drink to heal herself and can lead a Chomp around to attack the bros. After a while, it will seem like she's been defeated. She'll touch her crown, releasing purple gas. She'll transform into a creature with tentacles. She'll send an energy ball at the bros and try to trip them with her tentacles. She'll also spit poison gas. Peach is unconscious, so she can't help. Her crown is too pointy to jump on, so use other attacks. You'll have to get rid of her arms and damage her legs. Mix Flowers are great for this. Once her arm and legs are gone, take care of the crown. Once it is dull, you can use jump attacks. She'll summon flying saucers and hit them with an energy ball. Some will crackle with electricity and other burn. The burning ones are aimed at Mario and the electrified ones are aimed at Luigi. Once she regrows her arms, she'll try to stab the bros with them. As you battle, her arms and legs will periodically regenerate, and her crown will become active. Use Mix Flowers to deal damage to her head and all other parts. She'll use more and more flying saucers to attack as the battle wears on. Keep using Bros. Items and heal when you need to. Eventually, you'll do enough damage to her, and she'll be defeated. She says she may have been defeated, but the Shroobs will live on and one day, dance on the remains of the Mushroom Kingdom. She'll explode into a plain old mushroom, which Baby Luigi picks up.

The platform lands back in the statue and Peach thanks the bros. The babies are having fun bouncing on the mushroom that is Baby Bowser. Peach wonders how to get rid of the mushrooms. Baby Mario jumps on Baby Luigi, making him cry. The mushroom turns back into Baby Bowser. Peach thinks that baby tears will turn things back to normal. Gadd gets the message and fires up the Hydrogush and sends babies tears into all of the time holes. Toadiko, Kylie, and Toadbert return to normal and the mushrooms disappear. Gadd can't believe the cure is baby tears. Kamek's got Baby Bowser in tow, who's still upset about his "treasure". Kamek tells him to let it go. Gadd goes to Peach's castle of the past in a restored time machine. It's running off the energy of the time holes, since the elder Princess Shroob destroyed the Cobalt Star. Everyone returns to the present in the time machine.

In the present's castle, Gadd mentions that he found something interesting, but will talk to the bros later. Toadsworth is relieved that Peach is safe. She says they owe Mario and the babies a great debt, leaving Luigi out of the equation. The Toads cheer Mario's victory. One lone Toad cheers Luigi, saying it was nice of him to go into the past to greet Mario, but tells him he can't shirk his house-sitting duties. He's only kidding. The other Toads cheer Luigi. One Toad tells the bros to follow him. You can't wander around the castle anymore, as Toads block your path. Go north to the throne room.

The Toadsworths thank the bros. Toadsworth the Elder must bid farewell to his younger self. Before that happens, the bros must deal with the fact that Bowser has collapsed in the throne room. He fell from high up into a time hole and landed in the back yard of the castle. Baby Mario tries to wake him up by jumping on him. The mushroom Baby Luigi was holding onto appears, speaks, and feeds itself to Bowser. He wakes up, spewing purple gas. Peach and the Toadsworths evacuate. Bowser feels reborn with a power burning in his belly. The bros are ready to team up one last time against Bowser. He promises to show no mercy. Bowser spews purple gas into the air, reforming the spirit of the elder Princess Shroob. 10 Shroob heads form the health meter. Bowser says the bros won't get a chance to attack, as he'll barrage the bros with attacks. He'll shoot energy balls and fireballs. Dodging or deflecting the attacks will make them hit and damage Princess Shroob, reducing her health meter. Watch which bro she points at to know who will receive the attack. After all of her health has been depleted, they both explode. Victory at last!

The Toadsworths bid each other farewell, and entertain Baby Peach with a Toadsworth Twist. Peach thanks the babies, telling them to look after her younger self and Toadsworth. Baby Mario gives Mario his hammer. Baby Luigi doesn't want to leave and tries to ride piggyback. Luigi give Baby Luigi a Yoshi cookie and he gives Luigi his hammer. The time machine takes off as everyone waves goodbye. We're done here! Roll Credits!

I had fun playing this game again. The controls took a little getting used to, but once I got into the rhythm, everything was fine. I highly recommend getting Ulti-Free Badges as early on as possible, one for Mario and Luigi. The babies will be alright with the stash of Bros. Items you pick up from item blocks. With that chapter out of the way, I think you can figure out what I'm going to play next. Stay tuned!

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.

Monday, June 10, 2013

Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time -- Part 10: A Fungus Among Us

The bros get to explore the Shroob mother ship. Oddly enough, it has quite a few bean spots. The room to the south is split by a wall. Go east to a narrow hallway. You'll encounter Guardian Shroobs. They're faster than normal Shroobs and like to team up for attacks. Ice Flowers do critical damage. In the background, you'll see Shroobs soaking in green liquid. Keep going to the right. You'll see a large purple ! Block. Hit it and it flies away. Send the babies up on the spring. There will be switches to hit,  illuminating the area ahead. You can only hit the ! Block when the area around it is lit up. Go to the right and hit the ! Block to form a bridge between the split rooms. When you're ready, go up the elevator.

Go north and you'll see the princess. Rather, it's a hologram. An army of Shroobs appears and the princess walks in with them. She rips off the fungus covering her face and reveals herself to be Princess Shroob. This time, her speech is translated. The bros are to be consumed. One Shroob doesn't seem to be celebrating and breaks out a camera. After snapping a few pictures and taking out the army with a ray gun, the Shroob reveals herself to be Kylie. The five escape into the elevator ahead. She's calling it even for saving her from Petey Piranha. Kylie thinks it may have been Princess Shroob's plan for the bros to take her to the present Mushroom Kingdom to take it over, as well. For once, Bowser's useful for something, as he foiled her plans. Get off the elevator and save.

Ahead, Kylie's found the keyhole for the key she found. It opens a trapdoor out of the mother ship. Baby Bowser, who's still on the roof, hears the noise and breaks through the roof. He hides on the ship.

In Yoshi Village, Toadbert's helping repair the village. The image he drew keeps bothering him, but he won't think about it anymore. Kylie lands on his head. This jogs his memory.

The bros land in a devastated area. Stuffwell says it's Toad Town. Explore the houses. Check out the glow gaps and send the Baby Cakes in for extra items. There are Shroids in this town, robotic Shroobs. If you counter their spike ball attack, they'll malfunction. Another attack is their flag attack. If the flag of the same color as the bro is raised, the bro should jump. This changes if the Shroid malfunctions. On your way, you'll pick up Red Shells. They're like Green Shells, but will hit other enemies after your target has been defeated. There's a house to the east that has a bridge connecting it to a house on the other side of the wall. Send the babies over and have the bros go south. The babies should go south to hit the blocks to open the gates ahead. They'll run into Skellokeys, skeleton Pokeys. They'll also encounter Love Bubbles, which attack from the air.

Throughout Toad Town, the bros will be separated from the babies. Stuffwell reports that the Cobalt Star is reacting strangely. Stuffwell says the activity is related to a place called Star Hill. There is a path there in Toad Town. The bros should go west, then east twice to the next set of blocks. The babies should go southeast, then south to reach their next set of blocks. Have all four bros go south to be reunited. Hit the ! Block to open the gate to the Time Hole. The pipe will take you to Star Hill.

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time -- Part 9: Grinding Beans

Inside the volcano, go east from where Mr. Thwomp is. Baby Spin into the tornado and follow the trail of coins. Reunite the bros in the next area. You'll find Gold Koopaleons here. They'll give you lots of coins if you defeat them. In the hollow Thwomps to the north, you'll encounter Thwack Totems, Thwacks stacked on top of each other. To the east is a hole in the wall. It leads to a slot machine and a Thwomp. Roll the bros into the cannon and hit the switch. This sends the bros into something like a pinball machine. The bros must roll around and collect gems. When they're done, hit the switch to stop the slot machine. You can get coins or a bean for matching the symbols. A bean requires three stars. You can get some beans this way. When you're done, the bridge to the south will form. If you return, you can play Extra-burly Mode, where you can get 5 beans with three stars. I got enough for another Ulti-Free Badge. You'll find Blazing Shroobs to the south. Ice Flowers work really well here.

To the west, Stuffwell advises standing on top of the Thwomp. Before we do that, go west to the pipe. It will take you to the pipes to the north, preventing you from backtracking the long way. The Thwomp acts as an elevator, but will stop when it hits a block. To the east are enemies and items. To the west of the Thwomp is a platform the babies control from inside the hollow Thwomp. Have the bros go west after you collect the items. Take the platform to the south, then go east. Baby Spin into the tornado and grab some coins and items. Go west and into the pipe to make a bridge with a ! Block. Go east to reunite the bros. Go west twice for items. Hit the green ! Block so the Thwomp can reach you. The Thwomp descends until another block stops it.

Go west, through the pipes, to make bridges. To the east is another Thwomp who wants to play a game. Baby Spin into the tornado and collect gems. If you go to the east while playing the game, you'll reach an area with good items. He'll let you pass if you collect 30 gems. If you return and collect all 50, you'll get a bean. Hit the red ! Block to let the elevator Thwomp descend further, until he's blocked by a blue block. Go west to the pipes to build a bridge, then return to the elevator and hit the blue ! Block. Heal and save before you descend.

The elevator Thwomp lands in the middle of where Bowser is holding Peach. A small shell appears and knocks the babies back. It's Baby Bowser, planning on revenge. Bowser appears and knocks back the bros. He says Baby Bowser reminds him of himself when he was young. Apparently, they haven't figured it out, but that's not important. They're teaming up to beat the bros.

Baby Bowser rides piggyback in this battle. Ice Flowers do critical damage. The new Bros. Item, Copy Flowers, is like the Trampoline, but the bros move from left to right infinitely. Hit the bro's button for the action command. Bowser will jump and land, creating shockwaves. Baby Bowser will hit Bowser's shell with a hammer at the bros. If you keep up the volley, the shell will hit Baby Bowser, sending him away. Baby Bowser will hit a fireball at the bros. He can also heal himself with mushrooms that restore 100 HP. After a while, Bowser will return. When his health drops enough, his shockwaves will cause Thwacks to fall and roll at the bros. Baby Bowser will also jump on him to spew fireballs. He'll also breathe fire at the bros. Once you defeat one of them, the battle will continue until you defeat the other.

After you defeat the Bowser team, the volcano erupts again. It pushes the elevator Thwomp, with them on it, out of the volcano. A Shroob flying saucer knocks Bowser off, so he tells Baby Bowser to get stronger and more evil. Baby Bowser says he'll be even better than Bowser was. Bowser lands in the time hole and Baby Bowser and the Thwomp land on the Shroob mother ship. The mother ship blasts a hole in the side of the mountain and sends a hose in to pick up Peach. The bros try to stop it and get picked up as well.

Aboard the mother ship, Peach is nowhere to be found. Stuffwell thinks she's been taken farther into the ship.