Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga -- Part 10: A Wild Goose Chase

To find the first Beanstar piece, return to Teehee Valley. Go immediately east and you'll come across a large ship stuck in the rock. The Beanstar piece is on the deck. As soon as you board, members of the ship's skeleton crew appear and take it to the hold of the ship. Apparently, when it landed, it broke the ship's hatch. Follow them inside the ship. A member of the crew will tell you that this ship is the S.S. Chuckola that carries Chuckola Cola.

Take the stairs all the way to the bottom to see the Beanstar Piece taken into the hold. The bros can't go into the hold without a Membership Card, and to get one, they'll have to do something to help the ship. On the starboard side of the ship is the captain's quarters. He says the boat used to float, but it sank, and the ocean dried up into a desert, and they've been stuck there ever since. Behind his quarters is a room with a few item blocks. In the center of the ship is a room with lots of lights on the doorway. A Hoohoo villager will run out of there. A crew member will stand in the doorway and ask if the bros are ready to do some work. Say "Yes" and he'll let you into the room.

You'll meet Bink, who wants a sidekick. We need 10 Barrel points to become his sidekick. The game is called Barrel and it's a tedious game. The bros must cooperate to line up barrels horizontally or vertically. You have 180 seconds to line up barrels in rows or columns of 6. After a while, he'll throw in yellow barrels to make things a little more difficult. Completing the game with 10 or more points will get you a Membership Card. Return to the hold.

The crew member with the Beanstar piece is in the hold. He won't give it away for free, so the bros must find a way to get Bloat, a crew member that drank too much Chuckola Cola, out of the wall. Another crew member says Bloat forgot what he did with the bombs that can break walls. Talk to Bloat, then go upstairs on the starboard side, in front of the captain's quarters. The floor's a little different in one area. Hit it with a hammer and some dynamite will drop down near Bloat. Make sure you've gotten everything you want from the ship before you return to the hold.

When you're ready, have Mario light the fuse. The explosion frees Bloat, but also allows a lot of sand to rush in. The S.S. Chuckola dislodges from the wall and moves towards the ocean. The S.S. Chuckola is afloat once more, until it hits a rock and sinks again into Oho Ocean. The Beanstar piece floats away and the sand pushes the bros out of the ship. You can never enter it again.

Follow the Beanstar piece. At first, you'll need to open a passageway to the south. Your Bros. Moves work underwater, so use them. In the area next to where the S.S. Chuckola sank, you'll need to light a torch to open the path to the south. You'll find some new enemies, like Malibut, Starkiss, and Cheep-Cheep. Go southeast. Send Mini Mario through the gap in the wall and have him exit on the other side. Light the torch to the southwest. Then have Luigi electrify the jellyfish. This will lead you to the yellow pipe to the surface.

The awesome music is back again, but you're not on Oho Oasis. This is Gwarhar Lagoon. To the east are a couple of women talking about Prince Peasley's latest secret mission. Go north to find the lagoon's green pipe. Go east from where the women are and another woman will run into the bros. Apparently, a guy named Hermie found the Beanstar piece that "fell out of the sky". He's using it to decorate his shell and he looks like a holiday tree. Follow them east. From there, go north, into a cave.

This is the Relaxation Room. The bros have to pay 200 coins for a massage from Gigi and Merri. Gigi and Merri start massaging the bros' hands, activating the Thunderhand and Firebrand. This startles them. Gigi and Merri have also mastered the Hand Powers and will teach the bros special hand techniques. The Thunderhand can electrify the person in front so the pair will move on the same path. This means the bros can push things with their backs or walk from side to side. The Firebrand can allow the pair to run super quickly and knock stuff over. To stop dashing, either press (A) or turn in a different direction. The challenge is to get the Red and Green Pearl Beans. The path on the right uses the Firebrand to knock over giant Koopas and run past giant rollers. The path on the left uses the Thunderhand to move Boo statues on their tracks and walk sideways between rollers. You can now access all paths that aren't blocked by black rocks.

Go east, making use of your new hand techniques. There are new enemies in the area, such as Elite Troopea, which can revive fallen allies. You have new Bros. Attacks to utilize. Thunder Bros. is particularly useful in boss battles because you can lower attack or defense with it. Keep going east and you'll find a yellow pipe that takes you underwater.

To the south is a room with item blocks. Use the tornado to reach higher ledges. This will allow you to reach the yellow pipe to another part of the lagoon. Go south past two sets of rollers. Gritty Goombas and Boomerang Bros will battle you. Further south is a platform floating in the air. Use a Spin Jump to move it where you want it. To reset it, leave the area. You can High Jump to stand on it. Go east, then north. To the east, move a floating platform in a gap between grassy ledges so you can reach the ledge with the Boo statue. There's an invisible block in the southeast corner. Go west twice, then south to reach a yellow pipe. While underwater, use the tornado to Spin Jump to the east to reach an area with an invisible block. Go north, then south to reach a pipe to a Boo statue.

Go south and go onto the grassy ledge. There is a series of time trials ahead. Hit the ! Block to make a large ball appear. You have 10 seconds to reach the ! Block on the other side of it. Completing the challenge will make the path to the next challenge appear. Go east, then west. This time, you'll have 20 seconds to move a large ball, hit a ! Block, Spin Jump to the next block, then move another large ball and hit the ! Block at the end. Luigi should be in the lead at all times. To the west is another Boo statue that completes the bridge.

Past the bridge is Hermie with the Beanstar piece. The women we met earlier are helping to decorate his shell. Hermie thinks Mario might be Santa Claus. The women recognize the bros and Hermie feels ignored. He attacks. Attack the claws first. Once they're out of commission, attack Hermie. To lower his defense with Thunder Bros., execute the first command properly, miss the second command, and hit (B) when Luigi lands. Once you do enough damage, Hermie will retreat into his shell, which is very flammable due to the decorations. He'll heal while in his shell, which has high defense. He'll reappear so you can hurt him again. Once you defeat him, the bros will explain the situation and Hermie gives them the Beanstar piece. 1 down, three to go! Relax, the other three aren't as involved. The women will show you a shortcut to the green pipe.

Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga -- Part 8: What We have here is a Failure to Communicate

There are orbs at the entrance to the Beanbean Airport. Go south and go past the attendants. Lady Lima has summoned the bros to the runway. Piranha Plants started growing on the runway, preventing Peach's plane from landing. Repairing them wasn't a priority with Cackletta running around.The bros must do something about it or her plane will keep circling or just return to the Mushroom Kingdom. The Piranha Plants are healed by fire, but weak to electricity, but this is not the proper way to defeat them. Have Mario drink water from one of the many waterspouts and spit it up on the Piranha Plants. Next, have Luigi zap the Piranha Plants, which will destroy them and a root attached to a giant egg on the runway. When all five are destroyed, the egg will crack completely and reveal Mom Piranha.

Destroy the two Piranha Plants first. Blue ones may appear, which are weak to fire and heal from electricity. When both are gone, hit Mom Piranha. She'll swing her vines, trying to trip the bros. She'll also shoot an energy ball at them, which they can hit back at her. She'll drop the Spiny Badge A, which allows a bro to jump on spiked enemies to deal damage.

Talk to Lady Lima once you've defeated Mom Piranha. The runway has been prepared and Peach's plane has a smooth landing. Back at the Beanbean Castle Gardens, Peach appears and can talk normally. She thanks the bros for everything they've done. Toadsworth says the bros shouldn't be startled by her ability to speak normally. Her voice was never stolen. Prince Peasley knew of Cackletta's plot and warned Peach in advance. Apparently, there was a decoy Peach that had her voice stolen while the Princess was safely in hiding. This decoy is none other than Birdo, whose voice made the Beanstar react strangely. So, everyone was in on the plot and had planned everything in advance, but didn't bother to tell Mario and Luigi, who thought the world was in grave danger. If they had let Mario and Luigi in on the scam, they could've just let Bowser go to the Beanbean Kingdom without the bros, let him duke it out with Cackletta, while strengthening the castle's defenses in preparation of the arrival of the victor, who would be after Peach. Peach apologizes for causing the bros such trouble. She was going to tell them, but Bowser beat them there.

In the meanwhile, Prince Peasley will search for the Beanstar pieces while Peach and the bros do some sightseeing. Go into the throne room where Peach will mention a town inhabited by Toads in the Beanbean Kingdom called Little Fungitown. She wants to pay a royal visit. To reach it, one must go through Teehee Valley, which is filled with dangerous monsters and is too dangerous for her. Only if Mario and Luigi escort her will Toadsworth allow Peach to go there. Mario agrees to take her. The bros are to meet her at the entrance to Teehee Valley in the northeast.

Exit Beanbean Castle Town to the east, then go directly north. There's a rock blocking the entrance. Go inside and Peach and Toadsworth will appear. Peach apologized earlier about causing the bros so much trouble, but she's about to cause much more. Peach will walk on a set path around the area. If she reaches the end of her path or the bros talk to her, she'll go the opposite direction. If she wanders out of site, she'll be kidnapped by Gritty Goombas. Go through the yellow pipe in the area to reach her. There are Gritty Goombas guarding her, but you can just walk past them. Talk to Peach and they'll return to the same area. She'll also be kidnapped if she runs into a Gritty Goomba while walking, so kill those off early on. While she's walking around, you will have to solve puzzles in some areas to open up the path ahead. Talk to Peach to make her change her path to buy you some time. If she makes it to the area's exit, she'll say, "That wasn't so bad!" Don't try to be slick or sneaky by letting Peach get kidnapped, going forward, and solving the puzzles ahead of time, then trying to find her in the pipe in the last area. It doesn't work. She must be present at all times. Soon, you'll come to an area with a Save Book. You're almost there. Peach walks ahead.

The bros follow her and hear her scream. A giant tree has her cornered. Two Toads try to get the other to save her, but don't. The bros rush in to battle with Trunkle. He'll wind up his arms and roll his fists at the bros. Block the attack with hammers. Hammer-based Bros. Attacks work best. Once you do enough damage, he'll split into four Trunkles. The one with the orange in its mouth is the one you need to hit. The little Trunkles will shuffle around, so try to keep track of them. Once you defeat it, the Toads will come out of hiding. They welcome Peach and the bros to Little Fungitown.

The Toads of Little Fungitown are surprised that Peach made it here so soon and that the bros are here. Peach goes on ahead to the embassy, so the bros can sightsee. I recommend going northeast, south, then west to find the green pipe.