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Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (DS)
Developer: AlphaDream
Developer: AlphaDream
Developer: AlphaDream
Publisher: Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo
Genre: RPG
Release Date: November 28, 2005 (US)
Release Date: November 28, 2005 (US)
Release Date: November 28, 2005 (US)
E for Everyone: Crude Humor, Mild Cartoon Violence
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (DS)

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Developer: AlphaDream
Developer: AlphaDream
Developer: AlphaDream
Publisher: Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo
Genre: RPG
Release Date: November 28, 2005 (US)
Release Date: November 28, 2005 (US)
Release Date: November 28, 2005 (US)
E for Everyone: Crude Humor, Mild Cartoon Violence

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time Walkthrough & Strategy Guide

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Published: Jan 19, 2006

Items

Your one stop reference for everything usable and findable in Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time.

Healing Items
Healing items will help keep you alive against the onslaught of Shroobs and other enemies. If you ever see you HP getting low or find an enemy too strong for you, reach for one of these bad boys.

Mushrooms
Mushrooms are your standard healing item. Using one will restore Heart Points to an individual character. There are several varieties of Mushrooms.
  • Regular Mushroom: Restore 20 HP.
  • Super Mushroom: Restore 40 HP
  • Ultra Mushroom: Restore 80 HP
  • Max Mushroom: Restore all HP

1-Up Mushrooms
If one of your party members loses all of their Heart Points, they will get KO'd. To bring them back, use a 1-Up Mushroom. There are two types of 1-Up Mushrooms.
  • Regular 1-Up Mushroom: Revive with half HP.
  • Super 1-Up Mushroom: Revive with full HP.

Mushroom Drops
Mushroom Drops work much the same way as normal Mushrooms. The difference is that they heal everyone in your party instead of just a single person. Mushroom drops come in three varieties.
  • Regular Mushroom Drop: 15 HP to All
  • Super Mushroom Drops: 20 HP to All
  • Ultra Drops: 60 HP to All

Refreshing Herbs
Refreshing Herbs will cure all status effects on the Bros. Make sure you carry several of these around with you at all time so that you won't get stuck with a debilitating affliction. Herbs cost 15 Coins at the Shroom Shop.

Peppers
Ok, so they aren't really healing items. But they will help keep you alive. Peppers can be used to boost your stats for a brief amount of time. Save these for when you are in a pinch (i.e. almost dead) or for when you are battling the big bosses.
  • Red Pepper: Boosts Power briefly
  • Blue Pepper: Boosts Speed briefly
  • Green Pepper: Boosts Defense briefly

Attack Items
These items are used in battles to help take down your enemies. Read below for a description and some tips on how to get the most out of each attack item.

Green Shells
Green Shells are the first attack item you will find in the game. Once the shell is fired, it will bounce off of the enemy and go back towards the bro who didn't fire it. If Luigi used the Green Shell, then you have to press the A Button when the shell bounces back towards Mario to kick the shell back. If you don't kick the shell back, the attack will end. Each time you kick the shell, it will move faster until it moves too fast for you to react in time.

If you have the babies with you, the one with the initial attacker will ride along on top of the shell. If Luigi fires the Green Shell, Baby Luigi will ride on top of it. Press the baby's corresponding button when the shell strikes the enemy for an added attack. You should always use them if you find your regular attack is too weak. This way, you can wind up getting a ton of smaller attacks in which will deal more damage.

Remember, Green Shells only work on land enemies. If the enemy you targeted dies, then the attack will end. Green Shells cost 10 Coins at the Shroom Shop.

Bro Flowers
Bro Flowers are easy to use and work great against a number of enemies. When you use them, a large flame will go into one of the Bros. hands and a smaller in the other. These will occasionally switch to the other Bro. Tap the button of whoever is holding the large flame as fast as you can. When the flame switches, switch with it. The more times you send a large fireball out, the more damage you will deal.

Red Shells
Red Shells work exactly like Green Shells with one important difference. Rather than ending the attack when one foe dies, the Red Shell will target a new enemy and allow you to continue attacking. Make sure you don't miss a kick with a Red Shell and you can wipe out a large group of baddies.

Ice Flowers
Ice Flowers work exactly like Bro Flowers. However, they will generally cause more damage towards heat-type enemies. If an enemy is from the desert or has a natural color of red, they will be more likely to take damage from an Ice Flower.

Smash Eggs
Smash Eggs must be bicycle kicked at the enemy. After the first kick, watch to see where the egg is headed. Hold down the attack button of the Bro. that it is flying towards and release it to kick just before the egg gets to you. This item can't target a single enemy, so use it when you want to do widespread, general damage. After a while, this item will crack and sometimes reward you with another item for making it through the attack sequence.

Pocket Chomps
When you use a Pocket Chomp, the babies will ride by on the Chomp chasing an adult. As they go by, press the adult's attack button to do a stomp attack. As the babies ride by, hit the attack button of whichever baby is in the back to swing the hammer for an extra hit.

Cannonballers
Cannonballers will only target a single enemy and are extremely powerful. We recommend you reserve these for boss battles. By using them, all four teammates will hop into a cannon and get fired into the air. Press the correct button as they fall in order to do four strong stomp attacks.

Trampolines
This attack item works just like a Cannonballer, but it keeps repeating as long as you don't make a mistake. The Bros. will continually stomp attack and then jump into the air using the trampoline. Watch the top screen and hit the right button as they fall to get an attack in. If you make a mistake, the Trampoline will be knocked out of the way and you'll only get three more stomps with the Bros. who are still in the air. You can't direct this attack, so use it on large parties that you'd like to weaken.

Copy Flowers
When you use a Copy Flower, all of the Bros. will be cloned into a near infinite number. They'll begin rushing the enemy and you need to press the attack button of the correct Bro as they land. If you don't hit the right button, the attack will end. Each successful attack will cause the time between attacks to speed up, meaning you'll have to be fast with your finger to keep the attack going. These items are extremely useful for the bosses at the end of the game. Make sure you carry these around in large numbers as soon as you find them and can purchase them.

Mix Flowers
These flowers work just like Bro Flowers. However, the babies will take part in the attack. Keep hitting the button of the character with the large flame and you'll build up a giant fireball above the enemies. If you get a large enough ball of fire, the results can be devastating on your opponent.

Equpment
These tables will give you every item in the game that you can equip, except for those that you must acquire at Fawful's Shop. This includes Badges, which can do wonders for improving your abilities, and Clothes, which will improve your defense. Note that all quoted costs are if you have 0 for a Stache rating.

ItemEquipped ByLocationDescription
Silky PantsBaby BrosWorn from the start of the game.+6 Defense
Wafer SlacksAdult BrosWorn from the start of the game.+10 Defense
Starchy JeansBaby BrosShroom Shop, after finding the first Cobalt Star Shard+12 Defense/Cost 90 Coins
Patched SlacksAdult BrosShroom Shop, after finding the first Cobalt Star Shard+20 Defense/Cost 120 Coins
Unarmed JeansBaby BrosToadwood Forest in a stump+5 Attack
Wild TrousersAdult BrosToadwood Forest during the last spike platform ride+5 Attack
Branded SlacksAdult BrosShroom Shop, after finding the second Cobalt Star Shard+35 Defense/Cost 350 Coins
Puffy TrousersAdult BrosYoob's Stomach+10 HP/+40 Defense
Shell SlacksAdult BrosShroom Shop, after recollecting the two Cobalt Star Shards+60 Defense/Cost 560 Coins
Egg PantsBaby BrosShroom Shop, after recollecting the two Cobalt Star Shards+38 Defense/Cost 450 Coins
Secret JeansBaby BrosGritzy Desert, down the tube in the section with the northernmost statue.+34 Defense/+10 Speed/+5 Stache
Adult TrousersAdult BrosKoopaseum during the light puzzle.+50 Defense/+10 Speed/+5 Stache
Muscle SlacksAdult BrosMonty Mart in the Gritzy Caves+20 Attack/Cost 470 Coins
Svelte SlacksAdult BrosMonty Mart in the Gritzy Caves+10 HP/+20 Speed/+10 Stache/Cost 420 Coins
Thrilling PantsBaby BrosMonty Mart in the Gritzy Caves+15 Attack/Cost 420 Coins
Tissue PantsBaby BrosMonty Mart in the Gritzy Caves+15 HP/+15 Speed/+5 Stache/Cost 370 Coins
Golden PantsBaby BrosThwomp Caverns while Baby Spinning down a shaft.+48 Defense
Block TrousersAdult BrosThwomp Volcano+70 Defense
Star TrousersAdult BrosGramma's Shop in Toad Town+95 Defense/+15 Power/Cost 700 Coins
Stardust PantsBaby BrosGramma's Shop in Toad Town+65 Defense/+10 Power/Cost 610 Coins
Shroom SlacksAdult BrosGramma's Shop in Toad Town+90 Defense/+20 HP/Cost 650 Coins
Mushroom JeansBaby BrosGramma's Shop in Toad Town+55 Defense/+15 HP/Cost 560 Coins
Para SlacksAdult BrosToad Town on a purple column+110 Defense/+80 Speed
Royal TrousersAdult BrosShroom Shop, after you complete the Toad Town area+130 Defense/Cost 950 Coins
Royal PantsBaby BrosShroom Shop, after you complete the Toad Town area+75 Defense/Cost 800 Coins
Stache JeansBaby BrosStar Shrine+40 Stache/+65 Defense
Space TrousersAdult BrosPeach's Castle (Past)+20 Stache/+30 Power/+140 Defense
Supreme SlacksAdult BrosPeach's Castle (Past - from fallen enemy)+20 HP/+30 Power/+160 Defense/+30 Stache
Rocket JeansBaby BrosPeach's Castle (Past)+80 Defense/+20 Power/+10 Stache

ItemEquipped ByLocationDescription
Salvage BadgeAllGiven to you by Toadsworth after finding the first Cobalt Star Shard.Very slight chance of collecting items after a battle/Cost 140 Coins
Wallet BadgeAllShroom Shop, after finding the first Cobalt Star ShardDrop almost no coins when fleeing from battle/Cost 200 Coins
Easy BadgeAllShroom Shop, after finding the first Cobalt Star ShardSimplify attack-item commands/Cost 100 Coins
Pep BadgeAllShroom Shop, after finding the first Cobalt Star ShardBecome impervious to all status effects/Cost 100 Coins
Training BadgeAllShroom Shop, after finding the first Cobalt Star ShardUse as many attack items as you like, but lose a lot of power/Cost 80 Coins
Shroom BadgeAllShroom Shop, after finding the second Cobalt Star ShardIncrease effectiveness of Mushrooms/Cost 400 Coins
EXP BadgeAllShroom Shop, after finding the second Cobalt Star ShardIncrease EXP received when you defeat an enemy using a Bros. Item/Cost 350 Coins
Coin BadgeAllShroom Shop, after finding the second Cobalt Star ShardIncrease Coins received when you defeat an enemy using a Bros. Item/Cost 300 Coins
Drain BadgeAllYoob's Stomach (talk to the Yoshis at the end)Recover HP when you attack.
Cure BadgeAllShroom Shop, after recollecting the two Cobalt Star ShardsRecover a few HP each turn/Cost 500 Coins
Big-POW BadgeAllShroom Shop, after recollecting the two Cobalt Star ShardsTemporarily power up when using an attack item and get a Great/Cost 450 Coins
Big-DEF BadgeAllShroom Shop, after recollecting the two Cobalt Star ShardsTemporarily boost defense when using an attack item and get a Great/Cost 400 Coins
Hit-POW BadgeAllKoopaseum in the treasure room at the topMaintain a charged up state until you take damage
POW-Peak BadgeAllMonty Mart in the Gritzy CavesTemporarily increases attack but you faint when it expires/Cost 800 Coins
DEF-Peak BadgeAllMonty Mart in the Gritzy CavesTemporarily decreases damage taken but you faint when it expires/Cost 700 Coins
Dire-POW BadgeAllMonty Mart in the Gritzy CavesDo tremendous damage when you have less than 1/4 life/Cost 600 Coins
Dire-Free BadgeAllMonty Mart in the Gritzy CavesUse as many attack items as you want when you have less than 1/4 life/Cost 500 Coins
Cash-Back Badge AllShroom Shop, after collecting the third Cobalt Star ShardReceive half the cost of items used in battle after the battle/Cost 800 Coins
Lucky Badge AllShroom Shop, after collecting the third Cobalt Star ShardLand more lucky hits/Cost 700 Coins
Counter Badge AllShroom Shop, after collecting the third Cobalt Star ShardIncrease damage of counterattacks/Cost 680 Coins
Drain Badge AllShroom Shop, after collecting the third Cobalt Star ShardRecover HP when you hit a foe/Cost 600 Coins
Simple BadgeAllThwomp Caverns, obtained by collecting 50 Gems in the mini-gameAttack items damage more if you have less in stock.
Dynamic BadgeAllThwomp Caverns, obtained by staying to the right during the gem collection mini-gameAttack item power boosts, but you use up two per attack.
Item Fan BadgeAllDefeat Bowser and Baby BowserIncrease item power, but decrease jump and hammer power
Drain Badge AAllShroob Mother ShipRecover a lot of HP when you attack enemies/Cost 800 Coins
Safety Badge AAllGramma's Shop in Toad TownDecrease all damage given and received/Cost 600 Coins
Risk BadgeAllGramma's Shop in Toad TownDeal more damage when you carry less mushrooms/Cost 700 Coins
Salvage Badge AAllGramma's Shop in Toad TownHigh chance of collecting items after a battle/Cost 800 Coins
Cure Badge AAllShroom Shop, after you complete the Toad Town areaRecover lots of HP each turn/Cost 700 Coins
Shroom Badge AAllShroom Shop, after you complete the Toad Town areaGreatly increase HP recovered by using Mushrooms in battle/Cost 600 Coins
Hit-Free BadgeAllStar Shrine in the large wall that has pink stairs leading up itUse as many items as you want as long as you don't get hit.
Lucky Badge AAllPeach's Castle (Past) south of the Chomp laser puzzleMake lucky hits much easier to land.

Special Items

Beans
Beans can be found throughout the Mushroom Kingdom, but can't be used directly by the Mario Bros. They can be used as cash in the Badge Shop.

Cobalt Star Shards
The Cobalt Star powers Professor E. Gadd's time machine. When the Shroob army laid the smackdown on the Mushroom Kingdom, the Cobalt Star broke into six pieces. Your primary goal in the game is to collect them so that you can once again use the Time Machine to save Princess Peach.

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