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PAPER MARIO 2
For the Nintendo GameCube
An FAQ/Walkthrough
Copyright 2004 Richard Beast
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1. Version History
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| v. 0.95 | 10/31/04 || Eh... sorry for the inconveniece yesterday. For some |
/---------\----------/| reason, I lost part of what I did in the guide, and I |
| had to put it back in the guide... anyway, Pit of 100 |
| Trials was a bit delayed, but lots of enemy work done.|
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| v. 0.90 | 10/30/04 || Now we can call this a complete guide! Chapter 8 has |
/---------\----------/| come to a close, although sorry, I didn't manage to |
| get the Pit of 100 Trials in there yet. =( Eh, I will |
| soon enough. Expect major list work in short time. |
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| v. 0.75 | 10/29/04 || Told you that you could trust me. Chapter 7 close to |
/---------\----------/| being wrapped up, and Chapter 8 and the Pit of 100 |
| Trials shall be done tomorrow, so that's good. After |
| walkthrough, I'll finally finish the stupid lists. :\ |
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| v. 0.50 | 10/28/04 || A lot more done this time around. Chapter 5 is nearly |
/---------\----------/| done, and next time I update the guide, you can quite |
| nearly expect Chapter 7 to be done, and from there, |
| the guide will be finished very quickly. Don't worry. |
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| v. 0.20 | 10/24/04 || See, I told you I'd do some work on it! Chapter 2 is |
/---------\----------/| complete, and tomorrow, all of Chapter 3 shall be |
| done. Expect a lot more work in the following days, |
| unless the ball games get me going. |
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| v. 0.05 | 10/21/04 || Chapter 1 is almost complete, and I did do a bit of |
/---------\----------/| lists, just like I promised. I've been having a few |
| computer problems, and I've been caught up watching a |
| lot of baseball, but I'll get this junker worked on. |
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| v. 0.03 | 10/20/04 || Hello. Well, the guide is extremely incomplete now so |
/---------\----------/| obviously, it'll be a while. The guide's just out of |
| Rougeport now, but it's going to grow as rapidly as I |
| can make it, so stay tuned for some updates. |
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2. Table of Contents
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CHAPTER ONE: Typical Guide Stuff
1. Version History
2. Table of Contents
3. Introduction
4. Legal Disclaimer
CHAPTER TWO: Characters
CHAPTER THREE: Basics: Read Before Playing
CHAPTER FOUR: Walkthrough
a. Prologue: The Magical Map
b. Chapter 1: Castle and Dragon
c. Chapter 2: The Great Boggly Tree
d. Chapter 3: Of Glitz and Glory
e. Chapter 4: For Pigs the Bell Tolls
f. Chapter 5: Key to Pirates
g. Chapter 6: 3 Days of Excess
h. Chapter 7: Mario Shoots the Moon
i. Chapter 8: The Thousand-Year Door
j. Chapter 9: Pit of 100 Trials
CHAPTER FIVE: Abilities
CHAPTER SIX: Lists
1. Stars
2. Badges
3. Shine Sprites
4. Recipes
CHAPTER SEVEN: Shops
CHAPTER EIGHT: Bestiary
1. Enemies
2. Bosses
CHAPTER NINE: Secrets
CHAPTER TEN: Outro / Credits
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3. Introduction
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Yes, I DID put the header in front of two sections inside. Really, do indeed
sue me. Anyway, as for the game. I got it just a day or two ago, and already
love it. A lot. Well, it's only natural I'll throw out the very best guide I
can. Plus, I've written for very few Nintendo-made games (well, actually, none,
but I've written for TimeSplitters 2 and Crash Nitro Kart on GameCube, even if
neither are made by Nintendo), although I'm writing for Legend of Zelda:
Majora's Mask at the same time with this guide. So... well, I'm spare you my
usual rambling. Just enjoy the guide.
-- Richard "Gbness" Beast
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4. Legal Disclaimer
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You are NOT permitted to put this FAQ on your site without my permission first.
All you have to do is email me or IM me saying you want this FAQ on your site,
then you can tell me your site and the chance is high that I'll let you. But if
you put this FAQ on your site without my permission I swear you will regret it.
If I let you, not ONE word should be changed from this FAQ! NOT ONE! Got it?
Good. Also, make sure that no money is involved. If you want this FAQ to be
sold on eBay, then just forget about it, man. And don't sell this guide either,
or pay people to use it, or you'll be in such big trouble you don't want to
think.
Another little note is that I will not have this guide hosted on many other web
sites besides GameNotOver, GameFAQs, IGN, and Neoseeker. You need full-on
permission if it's not one of the four above sites. I am sick of people ripping
me off (I have been ripped off three times in the past), so if I don't like
your site, I won't let my guide be posted on it. I am sorry, but this is how it
has to be. If you ask politely and I like your site, you will definitely have
the luck of getting it up there. Thank you very much.
E-mails are to be sent to richard_power1000@yahoo.com. Add "Paper Mario" or
similar to the subject, and I'll read it. If you want to be on my closed AIM
list, e-mail me and ask. The closed AIM name is rbeast288, however. If you do
get on my list, however, do not stalk me and don't always IM me. I have so many
people IMing me as soon as I sign on, I don't need anymore. So, just keep all
that in mind, okay?
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*** WARNING: There may be spoilers within this section. I'm not to be held
responsible if it gets spoiled for you, so... read this section with risk, my
friend.
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1. Mario
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If you don't know this guy, I think you've been living under a rock for a very
long time, and I'm serious. Mario is the main hero, the guy who's always got to
save Peach, the damsel in distress, from the evil Bowser... well, I won't go
further. ;) Anyway, Mario is the guy of damage. His hammer and jump attacks
will hurt quite a bit, and the abilities he'll get with badges are really
awesome. Overall, the real best character.
Attacks:
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Jump: Of course, Mario would have to come with the ability to jump, of course?
You can jump twice by going over to the enemy and hitting A at the right time,
and there are plenty of other jump attacks you can use with the proper badges
equipped.
Hammer: Mario's Hammer attacks usually tend to be slightly more powerful than
his jump attacks, although only very, _very_ slightly. To use this, hold Left
until a red star flashes up, and Mario will bring it down. You'll want to use
badges to get more attacks, though.
Sweet Treat: Requires 1 SP. You can use this move to shoot hearts (1 HP for
Mario and his partner), flowers (1 FP for Mario and his partner) and poison
mushrooms (stuns Mario while he tries to shoot!) as soon as you see the
Thousand-Year Door for the first time. You'll use this skill a lot!
Earth Tremor: Requires 2 SP. For 2 SP, this move is quite a steal! A bar will
fill, with marks along the way that will light up when you need to hit them.
The more you hit, the more damage it will do to all enemies. 5-6 damage is very
easy, making this a great skill to the very end.
Clock Out: Requires 2 SP. Nah, it's really not all that Earth Tremor was. It
will freeze enemies, allowing you to do all the pounding. You'll have to push
the button over an enemy to use this skill, and NOT the ones over Mario and his
partner. Still, I almost never used this skill, except for one boss fight.
Power Lift: Requires 3 SP. A similar skill to use to the previous one, this one
increasing your attack and defense power. This skill is indeed useful, but the
problem is that it costs 3 SP, whereas good old Earth Tremor, which is usually
much better to use, is 2 SP.
Art Attack: Requires 4 SP. This is just a plain AWESOME move, even if it is a
bit high on the SP price. You can circle around enemies, using the Ruby Crystal
Star. The more you draw around the enemies, the more damage you'll do. Which
means, doing 9-10 damage to all enemies is not hard.
Sweet Feast: Requires 5 SP. Nah... this move is sweeter (OMG I LIKE PUNS) than
Sweet Treat in terms of healing, but it costs five times as much SP to use, and
the healing (about 15 HP/FP back for everyone) compared to Sweet Treat's 7
HP/FP healing. Still, it's a bit faster and more fun to use...
Showstopper: Requires 2 SP. A real steal for 2 SP, but it's pretty hard to use.
What it does is instantly kill the enemies, but for that kind of result, you
have to do the timing just right. You'll have to press random buttoms that
appear on the screen REALLY fast to do this, so make sure you're ready.
Supernova: Requires 6 SP. Oh. My. God. This attack can do perhaps 15-20 damage
to all enemies; it's that powerful! All you have to do is tap A... really,
really fast. Still, it's by far the strongest attack in the game, even if it
pushes 6 SP out of you.
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2. Peach
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As usual, Peach gets kidnapped a little bit into the game, and spends most of
the game in a certain... somewhere, captured by X-Nauts. That makes her the
center of a lot of attention, when everyone at her castle and Mario want to
rescue her and the X-Nauts and Bowser's Koopa clan want to capture her.
However, while she's captured, she makes friends with a traitorous (to the
X-Nauts) computer named TEC, who wants to be taught the meaning of love.
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3. Bowser
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The very... SLOW leader of many Koopas, Bowser is another person who cannot
stand the X-Nauts and wants to kidnap Peach and find the Crystal Stars. He has
a bit of a sense of humor, although he has a badass attitude and is very
obviously evil. Mario will encounter him a few times during the course of the
game, each time needing to fight him. Trust me, his servants call him names
such as "Your Grumpiness" for a reason.
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4. Goombella
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Mario beats Goombella in Rogueport, looking for the treasure there (and the
Thousand Year Door). She's a cute little creature who is always able to tell
you about anything that's going on, in and out of battle. She's not an
excellent fighter, but Goombella is mostly good for her ability to scan
enemies. Using that, you can see enemy HP and strategies for defeating them, as
well as some Nintendo humor.
Attacks:
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Headbonk: Just like good old Goombario from the original Paper Mario, eh? This
is just like Mario's Jump attack, if only slightly weaker. You can do this
twice by hitting A before stomping the enemy, but the attack gets much better
once Merlon powers Goombella up.
Tattle: Now this is why you'd ever want to use Goombella in the early parts of
the game, more so than any other character! You'll get enemy stats, such as HP,
attack, and defense. And you'll get detailed information and some Nintendo
humor, just like I mentioned earlier.
Multibonk: Requires 3 FP. Pretty much the same ability as Power Bounce, except
maybe slightly, slightly easier to do. Do this over and over, and you'll do up
to about 10 damage a hit, so long as you get the hard timing right. Probably
her best ability, Tattle excluded.
Rally Wink: Requires 4 FP. Well... this move has its uses here and there. It's
great if you're very low on HP and desperately need to heal, and the timing you
need is a complete laugh, but you'll only get one extra turn, so it's kinda
overpriced. Still, it's good in a few cases.
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5. Koops
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Koops joins the group at Petalburg, wanting to defeat Hooktail so that he can
avenge his dad, although he actually joins you after that because he sort of
wants to go with you, I suppose. Koops attacks from within his shell, and can
give Mario a bit of defense. His attacks come from his shell most of the time,
however. He's good for damaging all enemies and will be used in nearly every
battle... until you get Yoshi.
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6. Flurrie
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Flurrie is a spirit living within the Boggly Woods, and although she has next
to no clothes on whatsoever, she won't even let herself be shown without a
necklace on. She's probably my least-used character though, since her physical
power simply cannot contend with Yoshi's, or even Koops's or Goombella's. She
can, however, blow enemies away with her breath, but that's not easy to time
and costs 4 FP, which isn't exactly a plus.
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7. Yoshi
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Yoshi gets hatched from Glitzville while Mario is being dubbed "Gonzales", so
he calls Mario that for the rest of the game. Except, he isn't the Yoshi we all
know. Yoshi's a great character for hitting enemies multiple times, and his
Ground Pound attack, while being an extremely easy attack to do with no FP,
will do 5 damage to an enemy, that's really nice! And on the field, you can
ride him around, making him very frequently in my party.
Ground Pound: An excellent first ability, being that Yoshi doesn't need any FP
to use it. Although the damage is very weak, you can hit an enemy four to six
times with this ability, depending on how much Merlon has powered Yoshi up.
Overall, one of Yoshi's best abilities.
Gulp: Requires 4 FP. One more extremely good ability, this one allowing Yoshi
to eat anything that isn't too big, and then spit it out at another enemy. This
will usually do about 4-6 damage to the enemies it'll hit, making this a steal
for 4 FP, if you're built up enough.
Mini-Egg: Requires 3 FP. Nah... really not the kind of attack I like to use.
It'll deal out three eggs -- four once you get Stampede. Each one does 1 damage
at the very most, and might shrink the enemies. Not really that great; I'd pass
until Stampede.
Stampede: Requires 6 FP. Slightly overpriced, and really hard to time at first,
but it can do about 6 damage to all enemies on the ground; you simply have
immense difficulty beating such a thing. The timing is very hard to get used
to, but it's possible. Definitely Yoshi's strongest ability.
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8. Vivian
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Spoilers, spoilers, spoilers! Good. Vivian is a member of the Shadow Sirens who
work under the X-Nauts, and the Shadow Sirens are sisters. She betrays her
sisters Marilyn and Beldam about 4/10 into the game, because they both treat
her like dirt and just push her around. She makes a great character, though.
She can set fires on enemies, gradually damaging them. Her Fiery Jinx attack is
really good, and she can avoid damage and fool people by hiding in the shadows.
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9. Ms. Mowz
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Ms. Mowz is INDEED a rodent... but a rather cute one, at that. She's actually a
mouse thief, traveling the world looking for badges. She has a crush on Mario,
which is really why she can join in the first place. However, she isn't exactly
an amazing character. She CAN steal from enemies and has a few good abilities,
but she has naturally low HP, which can definitely turn you down. And you NEVER
need to use her field ability, and that's final.
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10. Bobbery
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Bobbery's the seventh and final party member to join Mario, and he's definitely
the party member built for pure aggression. He's basically just a pirate who
lives in Rogueport. However, he never wants to go out to sea because once when
he did, his wife succumbed to an illness because of it, and he finds it his
fault. So I suppose you could say that he joins your group to atone. And he
seems to have a fondness for blowing bombs up from behind him.
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Paper Mario 2 is a pretty simple game, but might want to learn a bit from the
boss before you get started, right? ;)
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Field Controls:
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Main Stick: Make Mario move
Start/Pause: Go to menu
Control Pad: Menu shortcut
A: Make Mario jump/talk/examine
B: Use Mario's hammer
L: No use
R: Use Mario's abilities
X: Use partner's abilities
Y: Use Mario's abilities
Z: View Mario's stats
More coming next update...
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Battle Controls:
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Main Stick: Move cursor
Start/Pause: No use
Control Pad: No use
A: Take an action
B: Previous/cancel
L: No use
R: No use
X: Attack audience member
Y: Switch attack order
Z: No use
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** NOTE: This walkthrough is VERY incomplete at the moment. Repeat: it's very,
very incomplete. I'll be updating it almost every day, however. So, just be
patient and I'll get to it.
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1. Prologue
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The game opens as Luigi exits the house, opens the mailbox, and finds a letter
addressed to Mario. Going back into the house, he'll read it to him, finding it
was written by Princess Peach. He'll read Peach's story, saying that she left
to go to Rogueport. She'll ask that Mario go over to Rogueport, and Luigi will
pick up a TREASURE MAP from the letter. Press A at the title screen, and the
boat will sail over to Rogueport.
Once you arrive, the driver will allow you to stop. Head over to the left, and
jump to the block marked "S" to save your game. I know we haven't done much,
but it's annoying if someone knocks the power cord out of the wall, y'know?
Head up the street, and you'll find some purple dude harrassing a little
creature (or, shall we say, a Goomba) named Goombella. So... we might as well
fight injustice when we find it, shouldn't we? Begin!
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This fight is so easy it really doesn't deserve to be called a boss fight, but
anyway. All that Crump will do is jump to you and attack; that's certainly not
something you should be worried about. Although Goombella is on screen, you can
not control her, so stick with Mario. Use his Jump attack and RIGHT before he
lands on Crump's head, press A. While it normally does 1 damage, it'll hit for
2 damage if you do it like this! Crump's attacks will do one point of damage
per hit. Just continue jumping, and Crump will go down instantly.
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After that battle... Crump gets angry and calls a bunch of men just like the
one behind him. After that... GEEZ! Mario and Goombella will escape the huge
group of creatures that surround you, though. Head to the right, and go up the
stairs and to the left. Laugh at those hundred of guys who missed you, and
well, there you go. Once you've done that, watch a quick cutscene where
Goombella gets all excited about Mario having the Treasure Map, and she'll join
you. Now you can control her!
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2. Rogueport
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After the chit-chat, head to the upper-left side. Goombella was right. This
place is indeed full of idiots. This rat here will get all angry and yell at
you not to move, because he's looking for his contact lens. He'll never find
it, so just move and Mario will automatically break it, no matter where you
move. And he won't let you pass unless you buy a replacement. Man, what a
stingy guy. Let's not bother with that, though.
Enter the store just to the right, and speak to the guy there. You can't buy a
contact lens here, yet. Proceed to buy some Mushrooms, and you'll get a little
explanation of how the shopping system works. Buy some mushrooms here, as well
as a few other helpful things here and there. After that, leave the shop and
head to the far right. Go through the gate on the right, and then suddenly...
some creep just takes off with half of your coins! What nerve!
Well, let's get those back, shall we? Head between the shop and the bar, and
enter the house on the left there. This utter idiot gets really scared and
hands back your coins. Well, that's good. Now head back to the last area, and
go to the far right. Speak to the guard there, who won't let you pass unless
you pay. If you don't pay, you have to fight. Who wants to pay? Fight! It'll
give you 22 star points if you win!
This is a more difficult fight than the last one, but still shouldn't be tough
if you bought Mushrooms. Gus here has 20 HP, and you'll need to attack with
Mario's Hammer skill. If you Jump, you'll fall on top of Gus's heavy spear.
Goombella does not have any other skills except jumping, defending, and
scanning Gus, so just have her defend and use a Mushroom on Mario now and then
to replenish his health.
Make sure to hold the main stick to the left and let it go when the red mark
comes on screen, so you'll do 2 damage instead of 1. Each of Gus's attacks will
do 3 damage. Use a Mushroom every now and then, and you won't have a problem.
Now enter the house on the upper-right, and talk to Professor Frankly inside.
After another pretty silly scene, he'll go outside and invite you to jump
inside a pipe leading to Rogueport Sewers, where the Thousand Year Door is.
Just hop in...
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3. Rogueport Sewers
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Alright, now we're in here... head over to the right, and you'll be attacked by
a group of Goombas. There are three types of Goomba in this fight (and isn't it
a pity we can't control Frankly for this battle, or at all through this
place?), the Goomba, Paragoomba, and Spiked Goomba. Mario can jump, or he can
hammer, and Goombella can only jump. Goombas, you can jump or hammer.
Paragoombas fly, so you have to jump them. However, jump a Spiked Goomba and
you get damaged yourself! So hammer those.
Follow the path once you beat those, defeating enemies along the way. Once you
can, head up and to the left, upstairs. Jump to the platform when it moves
toward you, and continue further to the left. Hop down the pipe there, like you
usually would, and continue down the stairs. Go to the right and destroy the ?
boxes to find a MUSHROOM and a FIRE FLOWER. Enter the next pipe at the far
right, and marvel. I can understand Goombella, but HOW THE HELL CAN MARIO FIT
THROUGH THOSE TINY THINGS?
Sorry, I rambled. Anyway, next screen. You'll see a little rat crawl through a
hole, but bah, just leave it alone. Step on the blue switch, and what do you
know? A wall becomes stairs! Go over to the right, and head upstairs. Speak to
the creature in the treasure chest, who will beg you to find a key and release
it from the box. Right. Anyway, head down from there and head left beyond that
staircase, and when you can, fall through the top end.
Collect the BLACK KEY here, and drop to the floor, returning to the creature in
the box. When you open it... it inflicts a curse on Mario, being something
evil? Actually, no. It'll actually give you a new ability, to turn into a paper
airplane when you reach a platform, by pressing Y. Shall we try out this new
ability, right here and now? Go down the large flight of stairs, and press Y.
Hold down and right... and we're a sailin'.
Walk over to the large Thousand Year Door, and it'll explain where the first
Crystal Star is, on the map. Also, light will engulf Mario and he'll learn the
ability SWEET TREAT. Gather Star power, and you can use this to restore some
health to Mario and his comrade. You will then automatically leave this place,
and Professor Frankly will explain that the first Crystal Star is in Petal
Meadows. My, that's a nice sounding place. However, Princess Peach might have
already gone there... perhaps.
However, to get to Pearl Meadows, you'll have to find a pipe somewhere in this
place. Leave the house, and Frankly will give you a POWER SMASH BADGE. This
will allow Mario to use 2 FP for a stronger hammer smash attack. Anyway, to
proceed. Go back to the Rogueport Sewers, but don't worry, we won't spend much
time in here! Head to the far right side, and you'll find a plane icon. Use Y,
and sail to the very far end, fighting the Goomba on the way. Once at the end,
hammer the tentacle there. Really. It will get angry, and you'll have to fight
it.
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Hah, it's really not all that. The Blooper is comprised of two tentacles, and
one squishy enemy. The tentacles have 3 HP, but do yourself a favor and start
by throwing a Fire Flower. This will kill the tentacles, AND will damage the
Blooper. This makes it even easier. Just use Mario's Power Smash attack; the
Blooper's attacks aren't very powerful. Continue attacking; you likely won't
have to use a Mushroom to cure yourself.
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Once that battle's over (and you get Star Points, hehe), jump across the
platforms along the way. Just hop into that pipe there, and we're on our way to
Petal Meadows.
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4. Petal Meadows
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Oooh, nice looking place. And lots of stuff to get, for the time being. First
of all, move up and smash the two trees to collect a MUSHROOM and a STAR PIECE.
The more items the better! Move onward, and OMG WHAT IS THAT SCARY SHADOW?!
Well, we don't know yet, but it's past. Continue and fight every battle on the
way. I leveled up my FP first, and then my HP a little later, personally.
There's a ? box just further; open it collect a MUSHROOM.
And continue fighting Goombas. Really; they're not hard at all. Go out through
the path on the right, and beat the Goomba groups there. Look off the edge of
the pier and you'll get a CLOSE CALL badge! Equip that on Mario right away! Now
go over to the bushes right to the upper-left of this point, and hammer them
out of the way to find a pipe. Don't bother with the pipe just back; it's
useless. Continue along these bushes, until you reach a blue switch...
Have Mario stand on this, and a bridge will appear where we found the Close
Call! But don't stop there; continue across the bushes. At the end of the path
is a STAR PIECE. Alright, now it's a long way, but jump back into the pipe.
Once back on normal ground, continue right and hit the ? box for a FIRE FLOWER
and look through the bush on the far side. Collect the MYSTERY there, and exit
through the right.
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5. Petalburg
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A Koopa will stop and talk to you as you enter, speaking of Hooktail, a dragon
that eats anything it finds, just about. Scary. Anyway, head to the right and
enter the shop (with the yellow sign near it) as you pass, and buy some stuff
from that shop. It sells stuff for slightly cheaper prices than the Rogueport
shop, so that's an advantage. Stay at the inn and rest on the way, so that we
are ready to go to the Shhwonk Fortress where necessary. ;)
Go over to the next screen, and enter the pink house there. The Koopa elder
will think that you're a thief, but will quickly realize you aren't. Just
answer to him what you personally think would be nicer. =) He'll tell you that
Hooktail has the Crystal Star, and that you'll need to find Stone Keys inside
Shhwonk Fortress. It's time to get there, ya? Go out through the eastern side
of Petalburg, and enter Petal Meadows again. You'll be stopped by a Koopa who
thens run away, but we'll get to that later.
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6. Petal Meadows
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Let's immediately check the upper bush right at the entrance for a STAR PIECE.
Now that was a good way to start the second part of Petal Meadows! Anyway, this
place will introduce Koopa Troopas, which are altogether new enemies. They have
a bit more HP on them than the non-boss enemies we have yet fought, but they
have hard shells with lots of defense. To get them down so that they're ripe to
attack, first have Goombella or Mario jump them, and then hit them with
anything you wish.
Defeat all of the enemies along the way, and hit the ? box for a POW BLOCK.
That is EXTREMELY important! After that, enter the building on the right, and
examine the creatures on the pillar. OMG IT'S TEH UBER ATTACK OF TEH LARGE BALD
CREATURES! You can't damage them with jumping, hammering, or flaming, so you
have to use a POW Block. Just use the attack from below them, and they both go
to the underworld.
The next part is pretty simple. Just walk forward, while beating the Koopas on
the way. Once in the next building, examine the pillars again, and this time
you'll be attacked by Bristles. Just as easy as the last creatures; just use a
POW Block and they're gone. Go to the next screen, beating the Koopas, and stay
on the southern part of the grass to find an INN COUPON there. This will give
you one free rest at an inn!
Nice; now hit the ? box for a FIRE FLOWER. Also, there's an inn box here that
will replenish all of your HP and FP, but requires coins. In the next building,
save your game just in case, and speak to the stone. It'll change you to some
question answering, so I hope you're ready! You have to answer five times right
before three times wrong, so here are five right answers.
1Q: What's hidden in this places?
1A: Stone Keys
2Q: What does one Mr. Softener and one Fire Flower cost at the store?
2A: 16 Coins
3Q: What is the name of the mayor of Petalburg?
3A: Kroop
4Q: Tell me, now! Where is the Crystal Star?
4A: Hooktail Castle
5Q: How can one get from Petal Meadows to Rogueport?
5A: Go Through a Pipe
Now, the stone will reveal a tube leading into Shhwonk Fortress. We can now
enter!
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7. Shhwonk Fortress
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This is a short, simple place, for the most part. When we start, enter the room
on the left, beating the Fuzzies along the way. They will suck your HP, 1 HP a
turn. Try to stop them by hitting A just a second after they start trying to
get off, and they won't drain but an HP. Beat them like normal, and enter the
room on the far left to find a MOON STONE. A Fuzzy will drop on you after you
take it, though. Just beat it using the combined power of Mario and Goombella,
and there'll be no problem.
After you've gotten that, head right, all the way back to the main room. Now
take the door to the right, beating off the Fuzzies on the way. Find the
MULTIBOUNCE BADGE along the way, however. When you're in the room at the right,
collect the SUN STONE there, and take a left all the way back to the first room
once you've defeated the Fuzzy that drops on you. Annoying things, those
creatures. I especially like Goombella's Tattling them. ;)
Back in the first room, a higher-place Fuzzy will see you, and get angry. And
thus begins a fight, but I'm not going to call this one a boss fight. Pound on
this Gold Fuzzy successively, and quickly. That's Mario's Power Smash, and a
constant attack from Goombella once you Tattle it. After you deal some damage,
a huge band of Fuzzies will appear and attack, doing about 4-5 HP of damage
every turn! Go for those first, with everything you've got.
After the Fuzzies are gone, the Gold Fuzzy should be nothing to your attacks.
Once you've done that battle, it's time to return to Petalburg. Leave from the
door right behind where the Gold Fuzzy attacked, and go to the far left, past
the Petal Meadows.
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8. Petalburg
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Once you're back here, enter the pink house at the side of this place, the
house of the elder. Speak to him about owning the two Stone Keys, and now... we
need to find a way to Hooktail Castle. Easy. Head west to the first Petal
Meadows area, and you'll be stopped by the Koopa who spoke to you before you
left for Shhwonk Fortress. His name is Koops, and he wants his dad back and
wants to defeat Hooktail. So let him come with you!
Koops is a great fighter for ground-based enemies. His skills will go for
enemies on the ground, so when you're faced with more than one enemy, use the
attack that requires FP. Otherwise, his normal move. The timing is all pretty
easy, so no need to worry. Also, Koops can remain in one location, you can let
go of X, and then he'll charge forward. I'd switch him out for Goombella,
personally. After he joins, head west to the first screen of where you first
entered this place.
There are two stones on the left and right, with holes to place something. Put
the Moon Key in the left and the Sun Key in the right, and then they'll become
switches. Hit them... but they don't do anything? Yep, you have to hit them
both at the same time. Simple enough. Go over to the one on the left, leaning
against it but FACING LEFT. That's important. Do that, and hold down X. Move
over to the one on the right, and then let go of X and immediately hit the
switch. And then the middle stone becomes a pipe... jump in, and head right to
the scary...
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9. Hooktail Castle
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Yep, Hooktail's castle. This is by far the longest dungeon so far, so I hope
you are prepared. Once inside, jump on the bouncy spring to go to the path
above. Pay 6 coins to heal your HP and FP completely at the box on the left, if
you wish. Otherwise, just head right to see yourself above great heights. My
my, you wouldn't want to fall off, would you? Press Y at this platform, and fly
over to the ledge on the right, and there we are inside the actual castle.
Go over to the right, gawk at the skeletons, and ambush the Paratroopas along
the way. They are just flying Koopas that become Koopa Troopas after you jump
them, but then you have to jump them again! Argh. Anyway, after you beat them,
collect the POWER BOUNCE BADGE from behind. Equip this on Mario right this
second! This is a badge that allows an amazing new ability for Mario, which
allows him to jump on an enemy over and over until you make a mistake hitting
A. It gets really hard pretty early, though.
Anyway, enter the room on the right, and Koops will find whom he thinks to be
his dead father. However, he reads a note and realizes that he isn't. However,
there is an unusual skeleton to the right. Examine it, and it gets angry and
sics... OH MY FREAKING GOD! Hundreds and hundreds of skeletons! Run? No, fight
them off! Hammer, hammer, hammer your way to the red skeleton, and speak to him
to start a boss fight.
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The Red Bones and not one, not two, not three, but FOUR Dull Bones are a little
stronger than the other two bosses we've fought yet, but it's still not really
too bad. Beat up on the Dull Bones, FIRST. If you have a POW Block, Fire
Flower, or any other item like such, you'll instantly eliminate all except Red
Bones. Take the little guys out as quickly as possible, because their attacks
will add up quickly, and they'll even rebuild their friends! If the Red Bones
does this, immediately take it out. Once he's alone, defeat him very quickly or
you'll regret it.
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Well, that wasn't too bad. Enter the next room, and you'll find it's full of
skeletons as usual. The problem is, these ones move. Fight off the two moving
skeletons in this room, which are really just normal Dull Bones. And very, very
important... get. The. SHINE SPRITE. Along. The. Way. I cannot stress that
enough for you. Anyway, since I've stressed it, head right to the end of this
room.
Here we're faced with a bit of a puzzle. First of all, hit the purple box, and
a purple platform will appear at the upper-right part of the room. Now go to
the right side of the purple box, and face right while using Koops's Hold
ability. Return to the purple box, stand on it, and let go of X to go to the
top of this room. From here, just head onward to the balcony, and collect the
STAR PIECE there. See, aren't you glad you listened to me?
Return to the bottom level, and make sure the purple box is there and at the
bottom level. Hit the yellow box at the bottom, and then jump on top of the
purple box, up to the block, to the left, and use Koops to hit the red switch
and move the stairs over to the left. Drop back to the bottom level, and then
hit the next switch to obtain a CASTLE KEY. Good, good. Hit that red switch
again, and return to normal floor.
Go over to the right, head upstairs, and use the Castle Key at the door there.
There's a save block over here, so you might as well use it! That's what I
always say! Defeat all the Koopas in this room, and then go to the room on the
right, after using Koops's ability to hit the red switch near the door. This is
a rather large room, and rather quiet and suspicious... anyway, open the chest
in the middle, to get the good BLACK KEY... but what's the catch?
Of course! Spikes rise all over the room and a spike trap is now falling down
to the floor! You gotta run, but there's only one path out! Head over to the
far right, and then up. Go left, and then head up, left, and then down to the
bottom and to the left, to the door. Whoo! That was close. Anyway, head
upstairs and enter the room there, and you'll find another treasure chest. Open
it with the Black Key, and of course. It'll curse you with another ability,
this one being the ability to become thin as paper with R.
Well, this helps you out. Go to the left, downstairs, and press R to go through
the cell on the left. Pick up the ATTACK FX R BADGE over there, which is rather
important for the battle against Hooktail. Now head out, another room back, and
to where you fought that Red Bones. Look to the bars, until you find an object
behind one of them. That's what we're looking for. Slide over there, and
collect the CASTLE KEY there. Now return to the final room, with the green
switch and platform.
Rise to the top, and then head upstairs and open the door there. You just GOT
to love keys, man. Now, in this room... head over to the left, hitting the blue
switches along the way to create paths forward. Repeat this once more, until
you reach a gap without a switch. Hmmm... ah yes, very easy. Jump through the
window, head right for a STAR PIECE, then go left, and then jump back out and
continue over to the left. See, was that hard?
In the next room, beat the Dull Bones along the way. Not very varied, are the
things? Now use Koops's Hold ability to get to the upper part, the same way you
always do. And of course, typically, more Dull Bones. Drop off through the
left, and use Mario's paper ability to go through the bars. Collect the LIFE
SHROOM there, and... typically, we have to go all the way back up. Oh well, I
guess that is no real big deal.
Anyway, once you're back up there, head over to the left, and talk to Ms. Mowz
in here, some crackpot female mouse who seems to be hunting for badges. Take
the three treasure chests that for some reason she did not open, those are a
CASTLE KEY, a MUSHROOM, and a HONEY SYRUP. Not bad, any of the stuff. And also
collect the SHINE SPRITE. Now we're cookin'. Just cross the path and unlock the
door on the right with your Castle Key, and that's good. As usual, beat the
Koopas and get to the top of the room.
Now this place is a bit... narrow. Just walk over to the left (man, I feel like
Luke Skywalker) and go to the left side of the bars. Slide through them, and
use the airplane panel to get to the door on the right. First of all, head down
the stairs, give the yellow block a smack, and use Koops to grab the CASTLE
KEY. Be careful doing this, however, or you could end up going all the way back
up here. But anyway, once you've got it, ascend the stairs to the top of the
room.
Unlock this door, and now you'll know that we're near Hooktail! Just go up the
stairs, fighting off the enemies along the way. Continue to the upper-left once
you're at the top of the stairs, and make sure to heal yourself and save, just
in case you lose. Enter the room on the right and then... that's... one...
big... dragon. And it acts just like you'd think it would. However, its name is
Hooktail and it's the one who has the Crystal Star. Which means...
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He's not really that hard, but his attacks can give you a run for your money. I
really, really recommend the Power Bounce Badge (3 BP) and the Attack FX R
Badge (0 BP) to be on Mario; that'll make this a cakewalk of a fight. Mario's
Power Bounce attack will do about 6-7 damage, while the Attack FX R Badge will
make Mario's hammer sound annoy Hooktail, and his attacks will grow much
weaker. He can stomp (really powerful), he can chomp (really powerful), and he
can breathe fire (4 damage to both Koops and Mario), so his attacks aren't
exactly weak.
Keep at it, with Mario jumping on Hooktail's head as much as possible. If you
end up low on HP, Sweet Treat is the best way to go. Koops should just stay
back, heal when necessary, and occasionally use a normal roll attack. Once
Hooktail has lost 20 HP, he'll start begging for mercy. Ignore all of his
orders! Could you really spare a creature like this? Although, after you ignore
his orders he'll eat the entire crowd. Grrr. Well, he's only got 10 HP left.
Pound him like a nut, healing only when necessary, and he'll die no problem.
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After Hooktail passes away, Koops's father will jump out of his mouth, giving
the party that Crystal Star that Hooktail had hidden away inside his belly
(ewww!). Mario was also learn the Special ability Earth Tremor, which has the
potential to be an EXTREMELY powerful attack with the right timing. And it'll
hit everyone, although it requires 2 SP. That ends Chapter 1 for Mario, but for
Peach...?
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10. Unknown Area
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Princess Peach has been kidnapped. AGAIN. Can you believe it? Well, at least it
isn't Bowser that's kidnapped her. It's some freak of nature named Grodus, the
boss of Lord Crump, whom we fought in Rogueport. After a small talk and Grodus
learning about the location of the map, which belongs in Mario's hands, Grodus
makes three female goons caled the Shadow Sirens, those are a thin purple girl
named Vivian, one fat purple one named Marilyn, and one tiny little one named
Beldam, go after Mario.
Anyway, as for Peach, who will be locked away. Enter the room on the left, and
decide to take a shower there. SHOW SHOW SHOW. Nah, it won't. After Peach gets
out "feeling like a new princess", enter the room to the right of the one you
were thrown in, to speak to a "perfect computer". It spied on Peach in the
shower, and when Peach gets angry and thinks the computer is in love with her,
and then this computer wants Peach to teach it true love. And with that, she
sends an e-mail to Peach.
Enter Bowser, now. He's grumpy and storming around being deemed the title of
"Your Grumpiness", as usual. Walk over to the right, and speak to the old hag
there. Thus ensues a very funny scene. She tells him while he's already angry
that the X-Nauts have kidnapped Peach, and then Bowser gets angry because "NO
ONE BUT ME SHALL KIDNAP THE PRINCESS!". And thus, he breaks a hole through the
window and leaves. Gotta love.
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11. Rogueport Sewers
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Here we go; back as Mario, in Petalburg! Anyways, go near Koops's house, except
to the fence near it. Press R to become thin, and slide through it for a MEGA
RUSH P BADGE. Now prepare to leave Petalburg and go back through Petal Meadows,
when you're stopped by getting Peach's e-mail. Well, we know what that says,
anyway. Go all the way back to the beginning of Petal Meadows, and from there,
hop into Rogueport Sewers.
Now go back across the drifting platforms, and back to the main area. In this
room, slide through the bars on the right, and from there, go over to the left,
and into the room there. Merlee, Merlon's sister, is in here! Trust me, buy the
Special. You surely have enough coins, and believe me it's worth it. After
that, go back to the pipe, head left, and instead of the previous business of
using the floating platform, head left and slide through the bars instead.
Once in here, slide the leftmost bars to immediately drop to the floor. Aren't
we cheap? After that, jump into the pipe at the upper side, and once you're
down there, continue to the right and then upstairs and to the left to find an
airplane panel. Use this panel to reach the platform over at the left, where
the Thousand-Year-Door is. However, there's stuff to get! Slide through the
bars, hop up with the trampoline, and collect a SHINE SPRITE. And also, go
under the stairs to find a STAR PIECE.
Now that that's done! Stand at the center and use the Crystal Star there, and
you'll learn of the location of the second Crystal Star: Boggly Woods. Mario
will decide there's nothing better to do than ask Professor Frankly, so that's
where you're taken. He'll tell you that there's a secret pipe leading to the
Boggly Woods, and once again, it's in the Rogueport Sewers. However, first of
all, talk to Luigi. He'll give you a rather... lengthy version of your
adventure, describing his own one.
Bah. Just go back into the sewers, through the bars again, and all the way back
to the room with the giant staircase and yellow block to the left. You'll see
that rat crawl through a hole again, but this time it's important. Slide
through the bars to the right of the hole and go to the left, where you'll trap
it. You would think you'd fight it, but it turns out to be a friendly creature.
Knowing you want to find the next Crystal Star, it'll show you a passage into
the woods.
Just head right, and up the stairs once the creature (it's of the race of Puni,
and it's name is, quite frankly, Punio) opens the secret passage. Head to the
right, past the wall, and then just slide through the pipe that Punio will
offer you. And this marks the end of Chapter 1 and the beginning of miniscule
little Chapter 2.
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12. Boggly Woods
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Picturing the area of the Boggly Tree, can you imagine any different look than
this? I know I couldn't. But anyway, hear what Punio has to say, and then head
east to the next screen. The Shadow Sirens! But hah, they lost the description
of Mario, so they don't know who you are! Apparently, Vivian has found a
necklace, and gave the description of Mario to Beldam, who's lost it. She'll
get angry and take the necklace. And they just let you pass. ;)
Hit the tree right to the left of Vivian, Marilyn, and Beldam, and a SLEEPY
SHEEP will fall. Now proceed over to the right, beating up enemies on the way
and collecting a HONEY SYRUP in the flowers. And on the next screen, you can
see the Great Tree. However, let's do some item collection before that, m'kay?
First of all, go over to the right to collect an INN COUPON, hop in the pipe,
and go behind the small waterfall to find an FP PLUS BADGE.
Now head east to the Great Tree! Inside, though, the door is locked. Climb up
to the top of the tree, and Punio will tell you that there is a secret entrance
somewhere, but it would take too long to find, so you should make Madame
Flurrie, living deep inside the woods, do it instead. Fine; just leave the
screen and then you'll see what she's up to. She's dressing herself up, that's
cool, but when she realizes she's lost her necklace, she shrieks out loud and
locks herself in the back door. Tough.
But anyway, now's the time to take care of that. Head over to the left and jump
into the pipe on the left to return to main ground. Just head all the way over
to the right, but look out for the Pale Pirahna enemies, they're extremely
annoying. Once you're on the next screen, beat the Dark Puffs along the way,
and head to the far right of the screen. See a small opening in that tree?
Maybe not, BUT I SURE DO!
Press R to turn to paper thin mode, and squeeze through that opening. Head up,
and to the path at the top, and go all the way over to the left. Hit the blue
switch, and an airplane panel above will get much, much higher. However, it'll
still be connected to the pipe, so it's all good! Collect the STAR PIECE behind
the blue switch, and then return all the way back to ground. Head to the upper
left, and through that pipe. Now switch to Koops if you don't have him here
already, and aim him to the left for a SHINE SPRITE.
After that, use the airplane panel to get to the side on the right. It really
isn't too hard; just use right and up, just not constantly. Once you're on the
next side, fight even more Dark Puffs, and smash every tree you see; one will
drop a STAR PIECE. Continue to the right, until you find several little trees.
Squeeze between them as paper Mario, heading right but staying against them...
to find a VOLT SHROOM. Very nice! And also, at the bottom-left side is a STAR
PIECE. :)
Now just enter the pipe that leads into her house, and enter it. Is she here?
Yeah, but she locked herself in the bathroom. Talk to her, and she'll explain
the problem with the necklace. Silly, but we have to fix it. Return all the way
back to the entrance; remember that as the place where we found the Shadow
Sirens, who had it? Also, at the time you're talking to Flurrie, they realize
that Mario passed them. Just return all the way, and obviously, it begins the
fight!
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Hah, I began this fight nicely. Start by using Earth Tremor, and with a good
enough timing, you'll do 5 damage to all of them. However, DO NOT do Earth
Tremor perfectly. Otherwise, Vivian will do some attack, 1 damage to everyone.
But that's not all, Marilyn will do an electric attack for 4 damage to
everyone. And it doesn't end there. Beldam will blow a cold wind upon you, for
4 damage. That's correct: once they reach half their HP, they get really angry.
So it's best not to do that.
Do 5 damage to all of them, and you'll be counterattacked with 5 damage to your
two characters, of course. Now just heal your party up with Goombella/Koops,
and wait for them to attack. You'll have to take Vivian out first, but after
that, concentrate all power on Marilyn, and don't stop for anything. She can
increase her fighting strength, and she WILL do so. She'll be doing lots of
damage, so a Sleepy Sheep won't hurt. Continue ganging up on them, especially
Marilyn. They will all go down eventually.
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After that, they'll all call a retreat and they drop Flurrie's necklace. Pick
that up, and now return all the way back to Flurrie's house, and drop it by the
bathroom door. She'll then come out, and... hah, she's completely naked anyway,
even WITH those giant breasts. Alright, shut up now, Rich! She'll flatter Mario
upon getting out of there, calling him the "cutest thing she's ever seen". And
she'll even join your party.
Flurrie's a bit of a "different" character. She can do a body slam attack by
linking up two cursors, much like Goombella's Tattle ability. She can also blow
enemies away with a gust attack, but that costs 4 FP, and it's kind of hard to
get right. But anyway, now that we have Flurrie, return all the way back to the
Great Tree. Now climb up the top of the tree branch, and blow the... invisible
something off the secret passage, and then Punio will jump into it and unlock
it from the inside. Now you can get in!
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13. Great Tree
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Once inside, just move forward, and Punio will point you that everyone is gone.
Just head a bit forward, and two X-Nauts will attack. Just hit them during the
battle; they really couldn't be that much easier. Once they're gone, some Punis
will come out from hiding, but only about a tenth of all the population; the
others were captured by the X-Nauts. And obviously, the Punis don't trust Mario
because he's "mean looking" and "giant".
However, one will help if you can rescue the others. Anyway, heal yourself and
save on the right if necessary, and then enter the green pipe nearby. On the
next floor, ignore the machine there, even if it has a slot to insert
something. There is no need to use that now. Enter the pipe on the right, and
then examine the bush at the lower-right side of the area for a POWER PUNCH.
Now just head onward, battling the X-Naut. Just continue forward from there;
the path is very linear. Just stop when you see captured Punies.
There's the elder in one red cage, and 90 Punies, including Punio's sister,
trapped inside a blue cage on the left. However, to open them, you need keys.
Anyway, just head to the left, and you'll run into Ms. Mowz. Remember her from
Hooktail Castle? She'll speak pretty much the same stuff she did then, and then
just go out, leaving you to get the chests. Fight the guard in here to collect
a RED KEY, and open the chest that Ms. Mowz left for an ULTRA SHROOM. Man, Ms.
Mowz leaves stuff!
But now, just as long as we have the Red Key. Head all the way back to the room
with the captured Punies, and use the Red Key to unlock the elder's cage. Hah!
You thought she (yes, the elder is female) was a trap, right? No, she just
speaks a plethora of nonsense. Ignore the senseless stuff she says, and return
all the way back to the first screen, where the elder will stay and make all
the other Punies go with you. You now have Mario, your partner, Punio, Puniper,
and nine other Punies on screen. Talk about pressure.
The elder will give you a PUNI ORB, which can be used to power stuff up in this
cave, but be warned: will also draw the Punies' attention, not allowing them to
take eyes off of it. So, just keep an eye close to that. Anyway, just go back
up that pipe, and into the room with the strange machine. Put the Puni Orb
there, and what do you know, the Punies won't move! However, a pipe appears.
Take the Puni Orb as you go, and hop into that pipe to go down.
You'll now be faced with a platform (the Punis cannot jump, period), and a
cliff on each side. The one you're on has a switch you can pull. Just grab
that, and you can take a shortcut between here and the entrance. And as we all
know, shortcuts are always good. ;) Anyway, to get the Punis across. Put the
Puni Orb on one side, and then use Flurrie to blow them off the edge. They will
then be returned up as bubbles, only to fall again. But lo and behold, Flurrie
can solve that problem.
Once all 11 Punies are on the other side, go down and examine the bush there
for a THUNDER RAGE, and just head right to find a SHINE SPRITE. Now return
using the pipe, jump across the platforms, and make sure you have your Puni Orb
with you. Allow the Punies to enter the pipe, and let's go on. Head west, and a
Pider will drop down on you. These spiders are ugly as my feet, so the Punies
will not continue until they're gone. So do yourself a favor and rid the Great
Tree of them.
After it's gone, head to the far left and jump in the pipe there. Once on the
ground, just go over to the far right side. Hop in the pipe over there, and
here we have yet another screen, with one path going left and one going right.
Take the one on the right, and make sure Flurrie is in your party. Voila, a
bunch of Jabbies attack from inside. Step in the middle of them and blow them
around with Flurrie while the Punies attack, and that shouldn't be a problem.
Following that, the Punies will enter the Jabbies' nest and destroy it. M'kay,
now we can get past that. Walk across the pillars, and then jump down to the
floor to find a BLUE KEY. You know what that's for! Return all the way to the
place where the elder is. Don't worry if you leave some Punies; the elder can
call them back. Now go over to the room where you freed the elder what seems
like ages ago, and unlock that cage.
Now, believe it or not, you are carrying 101 Punies around on your shoulders.
Use the elder to call them back if you wish, and then go all the way back to
the room where we went into the Jabi nest, and then head west. Be careful to
kill the Piders along the way, because otherwise the Punies will not pass!
Period! Anyway. Making sure all 101 Punies are behind you, and you have the
Puni Orb. Allow them to follow into the next room...
AND HOLY GEEZ, 101 JABBIES! Yes, you are in a room with 101 slug-like
creatures, 101 insect-like creatures, a nest, yourself, a waterfall, and a nude
ghost. Now that's just weird. But these are easy. Have Flurrie blow them over
while the Punies walk all over them, and that's that. Punio will destroy the
nest, just like before. So go on and enter, and then go into the next pipe.
There's nothing to be gained by just standing near this machine.
There is with the next one, though. Slide down the pipe, and look behind it for
a STAR PIECE. Put the Puni Orb into the machine, and then none other than Lord
Crump appears! Remember him? Ah yes, and did I mention that when you put the
Puni Orb in there, a pipe opens and a cage falls on top of you and all 101
Punies? Yep, sorry 'bout that. Lord Crump will now wander off, searching for
the Crystal Star while "you're out of the way". Mario can get out of the cage
by sliding through the bars, but the Punies can't.
So, we have to free them. Start by jumping into the pipe at the upper-right,
and going down to the bottom floor. You'll find four strange pillars there, so
what could those mean? :) Pretty simple. From here, return all the way back to
the room where you got the Blue Key. There are four black switches in here
which will change the figure on the pillars, but you want them in this order:
Sun, Moon, Puni, Star.
The pillars will then disappear into the floor, revealing a hole behind them.
Enter that from for the SUPER BOOTS. Congratulations! You can now stomp, which
is a nice new technique to use for battle. Soon you'll get a new hammer, which
is also devastating. The Super Boots will allow you to stomp down on the floor,
AND they allow for much stronger jump attacks in battle! Alright, enough
senseless praise. Head outside, and break the metal floor there to fall onto a
pillar.
Hop one bit to the left, and use Koops to get a CHARGE BADGE. Also, you can
jump across the pillars and get to the upper part of the screen for a SHINE
SPRITE. We'll have to pay a visit to Merlon next time we get to Rogueport! Now
just use the pipe to return up, and go over to the cage with the Punies. Break
the hole in the floor, and then put the Puni Orb in the machine to make all of
them gather near it. From there, just blow all 101 Punies into that hole. Yeah.
Really.
Once that's done, regroup your party until it says 101/101 at the bottom-left
of the screen, and take the Punies up through the pipe on the left, and gather
them all at the machine there. Now it has a point! Break the hole in the floor
with your stomp attack, and blow all the Punies into the hole like you pretty
normally would, and then follow them into the next pipe. Just continue, killing
some very easy enemies that you'll meet along this path. Proceed along this
path until you reach a giant lake.
Argh. A puzzle. Anyway, use a pipe to go down to the bottom floor, where you'll
find a room similar to the one through the locked door of the one with the
Elder, with platforms to cross! Jump over to the one on the far right, and go
up through the pipe. Now for the puzzle itself. Hop on the switch right ahead,
which lowers another switch in the middle of the water, which we need to hit.
However, this switch is blocking the way, and to lower it you'll lower the
other one! To make things worse, you can't jump to the other one normally.
Guess.
If you said "Koops", you're right. Start by hugging the wall and standing on
the switch, and then shooting Koops to the left and holding X. Now get off the
switch and wait for the smaller one to appear in the water, and THEN guess what
happens? The entire lake is drained right into the lower part with the
platform, to create bubbles! Now go to where the lake was to collect a SHRINK
STOMP BADGE. Nice ability. Now, collect all the Punies together and blow them
across the platforms.
Now that you've done that, go to the next screen, making sure you get the handy
SHINE SPRITE. ;) Now through the pipe, place the Puni Orb on the machine,
and... boom! The floor collapses! Yep, it was a secret passage. Laugh at Lord
Crump, and go to the bush on the left to collect a MUSHROOM, and make sure ya
save. Now head over to the right and put the Puni Orb into the machine, and the
Crystal Star drops. The only problem is, Crump immediately appears and steals
it!
Following that, Crump sets a timer for five-minute detonation of the Great
Tree. You've got to run! Head all the way back to the entrance, fighting the
X-Nauts who get in the way. They're not really that bad, just hit 'em around a
few turns and watch 'em fall. Getting back to the entrance shouldn't be hard.
Once you're there, Crump has no choice but to stop the timer. Following that,
Crump will run off and appear in a super robot, the Magnus. Which triggers a
boss fight here, but too bad Lord Crump's too much of a wuss to fight himself.
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Lord Crump, as you might expect, is always more bark than bite. Magnus's stomp
attacks aren't exactly that dangerous, and neither are the earthquake-like
attacks, although they'll damage both of your characters. Just about the only
thing to worry about is him punching his arms out, which may target you for
quite a bit of damage. Take them out quick with a Multibounce, and then
pulverize Magnus like he can't be pulverized; that's probably the best
strategy. Koops and Mario is probably the best party here, although a Lv. 2
Goombella is even better, if you have her.
If you happen to get 2 SP, use Earth Tremor. Do this right, and you'll do about
5-6 damage to Magnus, which is 1/6 or 1/5 of his HP, depending on how you do
it. ;) Otherwise, just have Koops use his attacks every turn while Mario
invariably uses Power Bounce. This attack will do 7-infinite damage to Magnus,
as long as you do it correctly (although the chances of you doing more than 12
damage with Power Bounce are very slim, let alone infinite). Keep at it a bit
with pure, solid aggression, and this robot will fall.
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Crump then gets scared and calls a retreat, and he also drops the Emerald
Crystal Star along the way! Yay, just take it and Mario will receive the new
ability "Clock Out". Now, besides Peach's and Bowser's parts, Chapter 2 is
complete.
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14. Unknown Area
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Now what's Peach doing? Just take another shower on the left, and then the door
to the right will open. That means TEC spied on her and wants to see her. >_<
Just enter his room like you did in Chapter 1, and what do you know! TEC is
developing a crush for Peach! He even asks her to dance with him! He'll make a
hologram of Peach for her to dance with. Just press all the buttons (based on
A, B, X, and Y) that will appear above Peach's head, and that was a success.
Once you do that, you'll go over to Bowser, who has to get through Petal
Meadows to try and find Peach and the Crystal Stars. By god, he's behind...
we've already got the SECOND Crystal Star and he's searching for the FIRST?
Anyway, you get to play a mini-game as Bowser in which you're playing the first
level of Super Mario Bros. Just destroy all the blocks along the way and get
the meat to grow bigger, just mushrooms would Mario in Super Mario Bros.
And when Bowser finally gets to Petalburg, naturally all the Koopas run. He
then calls out to none another than a poster of Peach. Thinking that Peach is
just playing the silent treatment on him, he watches as a Koopa takes the
poster and runs. Haha, what a hilarious turnout for poor Bowser. After that
laughable scene, we'll return to what Mario is doing, after we leave the Great
Tree.
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15. Rogueport
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Exit from the Great Tree, and make your way all the way back to the Rogueport
Sewers. From there, go to the Thousand-Year Door and put the Emerald Star
there, and you'll find that the next Crystal Star is in a floating town in the
sky. You'll automatically be taken back to Professor Frankly's house, where
he'll tell you that there's a blimp in the west part of town that goes to
Glitzville, but you need to speak to a stingy guy named Don Pianta to get there.
Remember that female toad that blocked our way earlier, and we need to get her
a new contact lens? We need to get past her to go to the west side of town.
Start by going to the shop, and buy the CONTACT LENS there for 10 coins. Good,
now that we have that, give it back to her. This is Zess T., and she'll cook
for you from now on. Not a side quest I really bothered with that much, but
it's worth taking a look into a bit later.
As we come in here, hug the wall near where you enter, and you'll find a STAR
PIECE there. Go near the pipe a little bit down, in the green garden with the
blue flower. Check behind it for a STAR PIECE, and go over to the Pianta
Parlor, but a little down. Start Spin Jumping, until a little piece of the
ground starts coming out. Continue, continue... until it comes out, and a STAR
PIECE falls. Now go behind the trash can on the left for another STAR PIECE.
Now go to the shop, and buy a DRIED SHROOM, and then a DIZZY DIAL. In that
order. And buy those two items. Period. The shopkeeper there will then ask you
what color your mustache is, so reply "black". She then realizes that's the
wrong answer, and asks you your favorite color. Say "yellow" and she'll let you
out through the back, which is a secret passage to Don Pianta! Go through
there, and then up the stairs to find Don inside the house.
Obviously, he won't exactly hand you a blimp ticket and say "bon voyage". He'll
give you one if you can find his daughter Francesca and her boyfriend Frankie,
and bring them back to that place. Sounds simple enough. From here, go out to
the central side of town, and then go south to the harbor. Go to the very
bottom part to find the two there, but no matter what you say, they won't go
back to Don Pianta. Now, go back to Don and tell him the situation, and then
Francesca will appear herself. After an emotional scene, you get a BLIMP TICKET.
Now just head to the northern part of the main western side of Rogueport, and
talk to the person at the upper-right. Now we can go to Glitzville, the city in
the sky.
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16. Glitzville
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Yay, now this chapter is fun, although it spans even less places than Chapter 2
did. Once you arrive in Glitzville, your first thought would be to enter that
collossal building, no? Nah, let's do some item collection. There's a large
star emblem in the middle. Spin Jump a little below it several times, until you
get exactly the middle. That's a STAR PIECE. Now head left, behind the
telephone booth there. There's a STAR PIECE behind it.
Head to the upper-right of this area, to find a STAR PIECE there, in the
bushes. And it's doesn't end. See the shadow under the glowing box above? Hit
it, and a block will appear. Jump on it and then jump to the glowing box for a
SHINE SPRITE. Now head into the bar on the right, and search behind the
counter. There's a STAR PIECE hidden there. Now leave the bar, head to the
lower-right side of it, and hit the switch there. Climb the stairs that will
then appear, to find yourself on top of the juice bar. Use Koops to grab the
STAR PIECE underneath the picture.
Grab the POWER PLUS P BADGE, and then just get down from here; that airplane
panel is useless for now. Now we can enter the main building, which is an area
of battle. Find the picture of the bombs, and Spin Jump. You got a STAR PIECE!
Now enter the door in the center, and you'll find two guys fighting; the yellow
one, Rawk Hawk, who is supposedly the champion, will win. And on his champion
belt is none other than the Crystal Star.
Alright, now Mario and Koops agree to force their way to top place. Talk to the
guard to the door on the left, and he'll allow you to talk to the main boss,
Grubba. He'll then show you all over the place, and ask you to sign a contract.
He won't accept "Mario" as a name, and will make you go under the alias of "The
Great Gonzales". Har, now I like that. He'll take you to a minor league locker
room, and allow the manager, Jolene, to teach you the rules. You're at Rank
#20, and have to make your way up to the champion to go to the final battle
with Rawk Hawk.
This is where I'll guide you. Examine the Game Boy Advance on the left (looks
very funny, doesn't it?) and Gonzales will give you a condition. You have to
follow these if you want to proceed. Period. Hope it's something like "appeal
once" as opposed to "don't use FP" or "don't attack, and just let your partner
do it". Anyway, just reserve a match with the Game Boy Advance, and the first
battle is against the Goomba Bros.
~ #19 ~
Enemy: Goomba Bros.
Reward: 3 coins
Difficulty: *
This battle is so easy that I could puke. Just beat them around with a few
attacks, and you'll win this one without a single problem.
- -
Grubba will give you a bit of an interview, and then you'll be taken back to
the locker room. A guy there, King K. (stands for Koopa) will introduce you to
a fairly rounded bunch. Himself, the brave, strong guy; one particularly
adventurous and mischievious thief; one rude and plain mean guy; and a bomb
with a very bad speech method, but who speaks wisdom. Anyway, just use the Game
Boy Advance to play the next battle.
~ #18 ~
Enemy: KP Koopas
Reward: 4 coins
Difficulty: *
Not really too bad. They're just a different version of regular Koopas, with
different color. Beat 'em up by jumping them down to their shells, and then
have Mario or Koops do the fighting.
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Just use the Game Boy Advance.
~ #17 ~
Enemy: Pokey Triplets
Reward: 4 coins
Difficulty: *
These things can add up the damage if you allow them, but if you don't, they're
all just minor pieces of cake. Hit 'em back and forth a bit with your hammer,
for some fun.
- -
Nothing to do, so just examine the Game Boy Advance.
~ #16 ~
Enemy: Dead Bones
Reward: 5 coins
Difficulty: **
Remember these from Hooktail Castle? They're nothing but easy, what with their
pathetic 1 HP. Hit 'em around with your hammer a bit, and try and finish them
off as quickly as possible.
- -
Next.
~ #15 ~
Enemy: Spike Storm
Reward: 5 coins
Difficulty: *
Do I really need to give a strategy?
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Buy some hot dogs if you want, although they're 10 coins. They restore 5 HP and
5 FP, which is nice. Save just in case, since these next guys can steal your
stuff if you're caught off guard.
~ #14 ~
Enemy: Hand-it-Overs
Reward: 6 coins
Difficulty: **
Try and finish them off IMMEDIATELY. If you weren't given some handicap, then
use Mario's Earth Tremor and Koops's Power Shell as soon as you possibly can.
That will finish them all off, unless you really screwed up on Earth Tremor,
which is really not that hard. They can steal your items and coins, so if they
do, kill them immediately.
- -
Nothing to do, it's up to you, I've got nothing to say but it's okay, good
morning, good morning... next battle, and full credit to the Beatles for that
line.
~ #13 ~
Enemy: Mind-Bogglers
Reward: 6 coins
Difficulty: *
Not exactly difficult, although it would be best to eliminate them quickly.
Beat 'em up and boggle their minds a little bit, and then just go on to the
next fight.
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Read the above sentence.
~ #12 ~
Enemy: Punk Rocks
Reward: 7 coins
Difficulty: **
They've got very high defense, even if they are small. Use Power Hammer right
off the bat and Goombella's Tattle ability, if you wish. Just use Power Hammer
twice, and you'll kill them.
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Alright, it starts getting a little more exciting and entertaining from here
on. Just fight the next battle.
~ #11 ~
Enemy: Bob-Omb Squad
Reward: 7 coins
Difficulty: *
These guys obviously aren't very smart, as two hits to any of them will
detonate them. This can blow you up, but the strategy is simple, if it's
allowed. Make Mario Multibounce them, and then have Koops use Power Shell.
BOOM. All gone, and no damage taken.
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Alright, after that battle, don't immediately go to the next match. Instead,
head outside to the hot dog stand. You'll see Jolene on the way, asking a guard
about what's with all the noises coming from the locked storage room. Anyway,
just ignore that for now and head out, and go to the hot dog stand and buy some
if you want, but the problem is that their rare imported egg just started
jumping around by itself!
We can fix that. Just stand in one place, waiting for the egg to bounce into
you. Then the egg will jump on top of the hot dog stand, where you can't reach
it. To get it, head to the right and unlock the stairs if you haven't already.
Then head up and use the trampoline to reach the airplane panel, and fly over
to the stand. Capture the egg there, and it'll want to go with you. Fine by me.
Just go to the Game Boy Advance and register for another match.
~ #10 ~
Enemy: Armored Harriers
Reward: 1 coin
Difficulty: ******
What's the problem with this match? YOU CANNOT DAMAGE THEM. I repeat: you can't
hurt them in any way, but they can hurt you for 5 damage a hit. Just run away,
because there's no use attempting to fight them.
- -
Well, the Armored Harriers won. But wait, what happened to your egg? It hatched
into a Yoshi! This Yoshi knows what your problem is, and offers to help. Good,
another party member! I'll call him "Yoshi" for the rest of the guide, since
it's the easiest. Now, since you lost that fight, you went down a rank. Fight
another battle, and then return to the Armored Harriers. Now this time, you can
beat them. Just so long as you have Yoshi.
~ #10 ~
Enemy: Armored Harriers Rematch
Reward: 7 coins
Difficulty: *
Yoshi can handle this without a problem. Just use Yoshi's Gulp ability twice,
and you'll do 4 damage to both of them. They'll attack, but try to time their
attacks so you can deflect them, and thus you'll hatch a win. Just make sure
you have 8 FP handy. Mario can be a healer.
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Once you beat them, Jolene will talk you to Mr. Grubba's office, where you'll
be taken to the Major League locker room and given 30 coins. However, the
champion, Rawk Hawk, will barge in and insult you. He and Yoshi will have a
cross-off with each other, and Mario will begin to think the Crystal Star on
his belt is a fake. After that, you'll get an e-mail from a mysterious being
known as "X" who orders you to follow his orders to find the Crystal Star.
Well, that came out of nowhere. Just examine the Game Boy Advance.
~ #9 ~
Enemy: Tiny Spinies
Reward: 11 coins
Difficulty: **
NOT VERY HARD. Just use Mario's strongest attacks, since they have a little bit
of defense on them.
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Nothing will happen, so... just examine the Game Boy Advance to start the next
battle.
~ #8 ~
Enemy: Shell Shockers
Reward: 12 coins
Difficulty: **
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After that fight, you'll get another e-mail from "X". He'll order you to go to
a "watering hole" outside the Glitz Pit. He means the juice bar. Just leave
this coliseum and go the bar on the right, and talk to the bartender. X seems
to have left, but he left something for Mario: the Super Hammer! Now he can
smash large objects. After you get it, Mario gets another e-mail saying to
smash the block in the minor league room. Well, seems like X is our friend.
Go back into the Glitz Pit, and head left and through the door. Head three
doors to the left, including the door to the battle arena. Speak to the guard
there to enter the minor league room, and then smash the yellow block to the
left. Climb up the boxes to the right, and then use Yoshi to fly over to the
left, and collect a paper on the Crystal Stars. Just leave this room, and
Jolene will confiscate the paper and throw Mario out from the minor league
room. Smells of suspicion, doesn't it... now go to the major league locker room
and start the next fight.
~ #7 ~
Enemy: Poker Faces
Reward: 12 coins
Difficulty: **
I recommend using Earth Tremor and/or Koops for this fight, since if you get
close to these buggers, they'll hit you in the face with spikes. And you can't
jump them, obviously. Try and block their attacks, while having Mario and your
partner Appeal over and over, until you can use Earth Tremor.
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The Iron Clefs will come back for another fight! Well, that was rude, but you
can beat 'em just like you did before. Use Gulp twice, and then watch as they
spin their eyes back and forth. Once you return, you'll receive a hate e-mail,
saying that if you continue bothering with the Crystal Stars, you're dead meat.
Hmmm... the plot thickens. Anyway, start the next battle.
~ #6 ~
Enemy: Magikoopa Masters
Reward: 13 coins
Difficulty: ***
This is probably the most difficult battle yet, because the enemy party is such
a variety. The R. Magikoopa will cast attack and defense magic, the W.
Magikoopa will attack and when the party gets critical, cast healing spells and
support spells, and the G. Magikoopa will electrify the Koopas and make them
invisible. AND when they get critical, they'll make clones of themselves. I'd
start by using Power Bounce and Gulp on the R. Magikoopa and wiping it out,
then trying to block the W. Magikoopa's attacks, and repeating. Keep an eye on
your health.
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After that battle, what do you know? Jolene sent you a piece of cake,
apparently as a fan. Just eat it up, and all of your health will be
replenished! Just use the Game Boy Advance again to start another battle.
~ #5 ~
Enemy: Fuzz
Reward: 13 coins
Difficulty: *
Now this is a "cute", but easy battle. You've got a Fuzzy (little HP weakling
creatures), a Green Fuzzy (high HP bloodsucking creature), and a Flower Fuzzy
(high HP, FP sucking creature and one that casts magic). Concentrate on the
Fuzzy first, since it has such tiny HP. Now use Earth Tremor, or ANYTHING that
will take out the Green Fuzzy quickly, since it'll multiply. After that, hammer
the Flower Fuzzy like crazy, since it'll cast strong magic. Not very hard.
- -
What happens after that fight? Bowser suddenly storms on stage and demands to
fight with Mario! Well, anything that allows us to get a battle in with Bowser.
Begin!
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He's really not all that tough, but his attacks are. He'll breath fire, he'll
stomp on you to decrease your abilities, and he'll pack a bit of defense on
himself. Koops or Yoshi are definitely recommended for this fight, and you
should definitely have some Mushrooms or Hot Dogs handy. Beat up on him with
all of your power, and use Mario's Shrink Stomp ability, since Bowser won't be
nearly as tough once shrunk. With low defense like that, even Goombella can
hold her own, although Yoshi will do better, gulping and spitting.
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Well, that was definitely out of nowhere. But anyway, that's all that is
between the fifth and fourth ranked fights.
~ #4 ~
Enemy: Craw-Daddy
Reward: 14 coins
Difficulty: *
He's basically just a slightly stronger version of Gus; that's surely not
something I need to worry myself over. I'd use Mario and Yoshi for this fight,
having Mario use his hammer (4 damage a hit) and Yoshi Gulp (4 damage a hit)
several times, until the fight ends in your favor.
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"X" will send another e-mail, asking you to meet him in front of the telephone
booth outside the Glitz Pit. Remember the telephone booth with a Star Piece
behind it, right when we entered this place? Go all the way back over there,
although you'll be stopped by Rawk Hawk along the way; he'll give you a quick
threat and then leave you be. Once at the booth, look behind it to find a
STORAGE KEY. X will e-mail you again, telling you to unlock the storage room
near Mr. Grubba's office. Just go left of his office, and unlock it.
When you're in here, you'll encounter none other than Ms. Mowz. She was the one
causing noises, if you passed Jolene talking to the guard here, earlier. She'll
then sneak away, allowing you to do whatever you want. Use Mario's hammer to
destroy all the boxes in here, including the ones on the right so that you can
collect a STAR PIECE. Now use Flurrie to blow the boxes on the left away, and
hit the blue switch there to make a set of stairs appear.
Head upstairs, grab the SHINE SPRITE, and jump on the box and use Yoshi to fly
over to the right. Smash the boxes! Really, do it! Use Yoshi to get the HP PLUS
P BADGE there, and then enter the vent on the right. Once you're up here, go to
the right and peek through the hole, to find Jolene and Grubba talking to each
other. Surprise Grubba by making a "squeak" sound so he thinks you're a mouse;
that's the funniest result. Now just use paper Mario to slide through the bars
on the bottom-left, and return to your locker room and start the third battle.
~ #3 ~
Enemy: Hamma, Bamma, and Flare
Reward: 14 coins
Difficulty: ***
This is very likely the toughest battle in the Glitz Pit. Hamma is a plain
strong fighter, and should definitely be taken out first. Bamma will use
boomerangs, which will do 3 damage to everyone, but these attacks are not that
hard to block. Flare will spit fire, which is a definite threat. They all have
7 HP, so they aren't particularly hard to beat. Use Earth Tremor if you have
the SP, and then have Koops or Yoshi damage all of them.
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Remember that mysterious hate mail that you know believe Rawk Hawk sent? You'll
get another piece of hate mail, warning Mario to stop looking for the Crystal
Star, or end up like the other missing fighters. Use the Game Boy Advance again
and Jolene will bring a cake in, but don't eat it yet. Just fight the next
match, and...
~ #2 ~
Enemy: Chomp Country
Reward: 15 coins
Difficulty: **
This is an annoying battle, but just use Earth Tremor, Koops, and Mario's
Hammer to easily damage the bunch of 'em. They're not really that hard, they
can just get annoying.
- -
When you return, you'll find a Koopa lying on his shell on the ground, injured.
Well, not really, but he ate the cake; it was poison. So someone wanted you
out, eh... but anyway, just so long as you can fight, might as well go to the
top seed, aside from Rawk Hawk.
~ #1 ~
Enemy: Koopinator
Reward: 15 coins
Difficulty: **
He's tough, but not in terms of difficulty. While he does have a great attack
power on him and 25 HP, there's just one of him. Use Mario's strongest attack,
that's probably Power Smash. 6 damage; Yoshi's Gulp will do 4 damage. Heal up
if he gets you, since he can charge up his attacks and do a LOT of damage if
you leave him be.
- -
After that battle, X will e-mail you again, telling you to peel the Great
Gonzales posters off of the Glitz Pit walls. If you go back there, you'll find
a hell of a lot of them. Anyway, use Flurrie to blow them off; start with the
ones at the bottom, and scale the wall until they're gone. Then head upstairs
and blow those two away, and the last one will drop a STORAGE KEY. Now take
this down to the locked door we've already opened earlier, and take the
staircase up.
Go through the door on the right, to the second floor. Jump to the boxes on the
left once you reach the next room, and use Yoshi's Float ability to get across
the boxes on the right. Now go over to the far right and use Mario's Power
Smash... and what?! King K. and your thief friend from the Minor League, both
squashed and near dead! How could this have happened? Anyway, there's nothing
you can do with them. Just try to leave this room, and then you'll see Jolene
watching. Plot thickening even more, eh...
Now go to the major league locker room, and reserve the match with Rawk Hawk.
After that, the guard will come, but he won't lead you to the usual spot.
You'll go in through a different entrance because this fight's special,
supposedly. However, he'll take you to a minor league locker room. And
meanwhile, Rawk Hawk steps into the arena and Grubba waits for Mario (or the
Great Gonzales, if you wish to call him that).
But anyway, you have to find a way out of here. Go over to the bottom-right
side of this room, and blow the poster there away to reveal a hidden path. Now,
I like that! Head to the right, past the small room there, and into the other
major league locker room. Once again, head through from the upper-right, and
you'll arrive in a bathroom. Flush yourself down the toilet (EWWW) and the pipe
will take you to the major league locker room we're used to! Yay! From here,
just go to the arena, and the RAWK begins.
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He's not really that difficult, but he's certainly much tougher than all of the
other monsters we've fought during this tournament. I'd recommend Mario and
Yoshi for the first part of this battle, and then Flurrie when Rawk Hawk jumps
to the ceiling. He'll be adding a bit of damage up on you, but remember he'll
only get one turn to one from Mario AND Yoshi. Combine with a Power Bounce and
a Gulp, and you'll be beating him up really bad.
Use Sweet Treat to recover FP if necessary, and watch out when a thick fog
appears, because Rawk Hawk will be quite a bit more accurate than you. Use
mainly jump attacks, until Rawk Hawk jumps to the bars on the ceiling. He'll
get quite a bit stronger here, dropping stuff on top of you. Now switch Yoshi
out for Flurrie, and have her use Body Slam. Eventually, Rawk Hawk will fall
off the bars and fall.
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Well, Rawk Hawk did lock you into that minor league locker room and he did send
you the poison cake, but he did not send the hate e-mail. You'll be taken to
what used to be Rawk Hawk's room, and given the champion belt, but it's a fake
Crystal Star. X will then e-mail you, telling you to find the "ghost" in the
champ's room. First, rest in the bed, and then just jump on top of the boxes to
the left, and switch to Yoshi to fly over to the vent on the right.
Use Mario's Super Smash hammer move to break down the vent, and then enter.
You'll hear none other than Grubba plotting to do evil things! Yep, the manager
was the bad guy all along, not Jolene or Rawk Hawk. He'll leave his room, so
just break down the vent to arrive in his room. Open the bottom drawer to find
a STAR PIECE, and then the upper one to read a top secret paper. Grubba will
then run away immediately.
Head to the plant at the bottom-left side of the room to find a STAR PIECE, and
then enter the arena, where Grubba awaits you. It turns out, he was using a
machine powered by the Crystal Star to suck the energy out of fighters, so
that's what's happened to the fighters, including the first champion of Prince
Mush. Needing to keep his secrets, Grubba will then use the machine to become
Macho Grubba.
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There is one move that is an ABSOLUTE NECESSITY in this battle, and that is
Mario's Special move Clock Out. Start the battle by using this spell, and make
sure you press the button that appears near Grubba instead of the one near
Mario and your partner! Seriously. Once Grubba is paralyzed, beat him like nuts
with Power Bounce and Body Slam or Ground Pound, depending on whether you bring
Flurrie or Yoshi, who are both good choices for this fight. Goombella's
Multibonk is also nice.
Grubba has a whooping 60 HP, which is a real lot. When he does regain his
movement, he'll be pretty tough, I can assure you. He's slow, but really
strong. What he'll do is cast a spell to give him two turns every time you and
Yoshi/Flurrie get finished, and then increase his attack power by 2, and then
do lots of damage by flipflopping all over you. However, you got such a head
start on him, that this won't be a problem. If necessary, just use Sweet Treat
or even Earth Tremor.
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Grubba will then die here, allowing you to take the Gold Crystal Star. After
that, Jolene will come in and tell you everything. She came from a poor family,
and was the sister of Prince Mush. Hearing that Glitzville was opening a battle
arena, Prince Mush became the champion of the Glitz Pit, only to have his fate
with Grubba. Jolene knew this, and was secretly trying to help Mario defeat
him. And she was actually "X", which would explain why a mysterious being like
X gave you all this help and a new weapon.
Anyway, Prince Mush and the other missing fighters will be back, and Jolene
will give you the Gold Crystal Star. That pretty much wraps up Chapter 3, once
Mario gains the new skill "Power Lift".
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17. Unknown Area
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Anyway, Lord Grodus is once again taking out anger of Mario upon his servants,
this time upon Beldam. Although, Vivian, Marilyn, and Beldam are planning some
secret weapon to use again Mario. Now, for Peach. Enter the room, and TEC will
want her to interrogate Grodus, about his plans. To do this, go to the previous
room and enter the elevator, and then head right to the room with a green lamp
above it.
Once you're inside, open the lockers on the left to find a uniform, and then
change in the stalls to the right side of the room, to be dressed like an
X-Naut. Once you regain control, leave this room and enter the door at the far
right side; this is Grodus's throne room. Talk to him; he'll tell you a little
bit about the plan, but he will not tell you why he wants Peach. Return to the
room where you changed, and then to TEC, and that concludes that.
Now for Bowser. He's inside the Great Tree, and once again we get a pretty
amusing scene. He'll ask for the Crystal Star from the Puni elder, whose excuse
is that she "gave it to some mustached fellow named Marty-o who wants to save
someone named Princess Pinch". Believe it or not, Bowser actually knows whom
she's talking about. After that, Kammy Koopa and the Puni Elder will have a
fight with words, and that's that with that slow guy.
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18. Rogueport
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We'll start off where we stopped, Glitzville. Head to the first screen of the
town, and get back on the blimp to head for Rogueport. Once you get here, leave
this screen and go all the way back to the entrance we first used to go into
the Rogueport Sewers, and make your way over to the large yellow block, in
front of the Thousand-Year Door room. Destroy it with Mario's hammer, and then
use the trampoline it was on top of to get to that room.
Inside that room, you'll find that the fourth Crystal Star, the Ruby Crystal
Star, is hidden in Twilight Town. Anyway, you'll automatically be taken to
Professor Frankly's room. He'll tell you that there's a pipe somewhere in
Rogueport leading into Twilight Town, so I guess you just have to look... oh
wait, you have me, so that settles that problem. Go to the western side of
Rogueport, and become paper Mario.
Slide through the sewer bars in the middle, and here'll you be inside the
Rogueport Sewers (duh). Call Yoshi over, and ride him over to the platform on
the left. Enter the room at the left, and enter the pipe... but what the hell?
The pipe rejected you! Man, now that was cheesy. To get forward, though, you
have to speak to Professor Frankly. Return to ground, and use the rightmost
pipe to return to ground.
Go to Frankly's house, and tell him about the situation. He'll tell you that a
citizen named Darkly, living inside Rogueport, knows the secret. Alright, he's
easy enough to find. Head to mid Clock Town, between a screen and Merlon's
house. Speaking of that, you may want to build Yoshi up there. That way, he can
use Mini-Egg and Ground Pound five times instead of four. Oh, and his attacks
and HP are better.
Enter the alley between the two by hugging against the wall, and then talking
to the shady looking guy there. He'll tell you the secret: you have to have
your name written down. So, he'll write "Mario" behind your back. Alright, now
that was strange. Anyway, just return to the sewers through the holes in west
Rogueport, and using Yoshi to get across the gap. Enter through the door, and
go through the pipe to arrive in Twilight Town.
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19. Twilight Town
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The first thing you'll notice is that this is a sullen, gloomy town. And really
dark and depressing. As soon as you arrive, a villager comes in and tells you
to leave, but then a bell rings, and he turns into a pig! Scary. After that,
the mayor Dour will arrive, and invite you into his house. First of all, look
at the grass around the tree next to his house (at the north) for a STAR PIECE,
and just a bit left of it is another STAR PIECE.
Now enter his house, and he'll explain that inside Creepy Steeple is a
mysterious being who is ringing a bell to turn random villagers into pigs.
Ouch, now that is just deadly. However, the Crystal Star is inside Creepy
Steeple, giving you some incentive to go there. Anyway, head to the screen on
the right, and lean against the fence to find a STAR PIECE. Talk to the guy
guarding the path to Twilight Trail, and he'll tell you that you have to have
the mayor's permission.
Fine. Go to the previous screen, but then the bell rings. Who this time? Enter
the northern house to find no mayor... but a pig! Ugh, the mayor was the one
transformed. As you leave the house, the bell rings again. Return to the gate
keeper, to find out he was the new one transformed! Well, kind of convenient,
but I assume you want to put a stop to such evil. Continue into the Twilight
Trail.
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20. Twilight Trail
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When you start, enter the small beat down shack at the top to find a BLACK KEY
inside. You know what that means... head over to the right, to find several new
Goomba enemies. They're much, MUCH tougher than their predecessors from the
Rogueport Sewers, since they'll raise their attack power a lot. Try to deflect
their blows with B, that's really amusing. Anyway, hit all the brick boxes
along the way, because one contains a SUPER SHROOM, and one does 10 coins.
Once you reach the next screen, have Koops get you the STORAGE KEY. Now return
to Twilight Town, and enter their shop. Their back room is locked, but the
shopkeeper will let you take anything there so you can help her husband. Once
you arrive, open all four chests for a DEFEND PLUS BADGE, a JAMMIN' JELLY, a
BOO SHEET, and a LIFE SHROOM. All very nice items! Anyway, open the treasure
chest with the Black Key...
Come on, did you REALLLY think that this was a good chest? This one is the most
evil of all of them, calling you an idiot the most times and speaking with as
much cruelty as possible. Although as usual, you get a new helpful ability.
Anyway, head all the way back to the final screen of Twilight Trail, where
there is a log blocked the way. Press R and then rotate the left analog stick,
and you'll become a small paper ball!
Yep, what a curse. Roll under the log, and switch to Flurrie. Blow this tree
out of the way with her wind blowing, and then look behind the pipe that is
then revealed to find a STAR PIECE. Now enter the pipe that was just opened,
and just head to the left to enter the real woods. This place is pretty linear,
though. Beat the flowers along the way, and break the box beyond it for a nice
10 coins.
Turn into paper Mario and squeeze through the grass, and then open the ? box
for an EARTH QUAKE. Now just head left, and go to the next screen. Hit the ?
box to find a HAMMER THROW BADGE (equip this right away!) and then continue
past the tree by using Flurrie's wind, to go to a part at the back. Just go to
the right, and go to the next screen. Continue along the path from here, and
then use the wind to reveal a delicate spot! Just Spin Jump on the good
delicate spot to reveal a hole.
Enter, and you'll be at the far side. Head over to the right, and once a block
BLOCKS the way, push it, effectively moving the other block at the other side
away from a hole! Now jump back into the previous pipe to return to the real
screen. Go into this next hole to jump out of another hole from the other side
of the block, and... LOL. Now this is just hilarious, this. Good thing it's
over, though. Keep jumping as you go right to find a SHINE SPRITE, and then
you'll find Creepy Steeple.
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21. Creepy Steeple
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As soon as you enter, you'll walk around the road and find the gate closed.
Now, this is getting pretty realistic, eh? Head over to the right, and ignore
the well there for now. We'll have to go down that well pretty soon, anyway.
Once on the right, use Mario's paper roll ability to get under the fence, and
then head to the left side of the gate for a STAR PIECE. Then enter this large,
castle-like building for good. It's pretty quiet and deserted for now, however.
Turn into a small piece of paper, and roll into the hole at the upper-left part
of the room. Now, this room is addicting! Look behind the desk for a STAR
PIECE, and collect a SHINE SPRITE, ICE SMASH BADGE, and COOK BOOK from the
various chests in here. All nice gifts! Now return to the previous room, and
push the star-shaped spangled banner... whoops, I mean... statue out of the
way, and then jump into the hole that is revealed.
From here, enter the hole in the wall. I wonder who broke that? Just head to
the right to find a secret room with a FLOWER SAVER BADGE. Hard on your BP, but
can be worth it. Now return to the previous room, and go through the door on
the left, and open the chest... HOLY CRAP! LOOK AT ALL THESE GHOSTS! Yep, the
whole bunch of 'em will fly off, and then one particularly rude one will
challenge you, asking how many came out. Answer 200, and let him fly away after
he hands you an ULTRA SHROOM. Very good healing item!
Now return to the main room of the Creepy Steeple, and tell the Boos that you
won't hurt 'em (although we will later). Now go through the door at the bottom,
and head up the stairs fighting the enemies on your way. You'll see a red
switch at the top of the stairs, and it's simplest to hit it twice, just in
case. You'll hear big noises, that's for sure. In the room just ahead, it moves
a staircase.
Thing is, in this room, there are three passages. The bottom one leads to a key
to the boss's room, the top one is the boss's room itself, and the middle one
is a stupid passage that cannot be retracted, leading back to the room with the
200 Boos. So try not to take that one. Once inside the room with a staircase,
keep Spin Jumping the middle of the floor for a STAR PIECE. Now take the
staircase up, while having Yoshi ready.
Board Yoshi and continue running until you face the gaps. Jump across them, and
at the far side you'll find a STEEPLE KEY. Now we can go fight the boss soon!
Return to the room with the staircase, and take the northern exit out. You'll
find a red switch in this room; whack it twice so that the staircase will move
to its proper position. Having done that, go back to the previous room and head
upstairs.
Once again, use Yoshi to get to the far side, where you'll find a locked door,
nice! Just go in there, and make sure you save along the way... head to the top
and in to the door there, and heal with the block there if necessary. Once
inside, you'll be greeted by the creature. It turned all the villagers into
pigs for fun, saying "they roll in gloom, it's so sickening, why not make 'em
roll in mud?". How evil. Time to fight this monstrosity!
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Nope, it doesn't give a name for it, and you'll see why soon. Anyway, this
fight is almost as easy as the one with Lord Crump at the beginning of the
game, I'm serious. All he'll do is dive at you, doing a little damage every
hit. Just beat him around with Mario's Power Bounce and Goombella's Multibonk,
and then he'll get an opportunity to test out his copycatting ability! And
thus, he turns into a dark version of Mario.
He'll be a little stronger now because he'll be jumping and hammering at you,
which may do a bit of damage, but he's still effortless with a puny 20 HP left.
Beat him a little more, and watch as he drops to the floor just like normal
Mario would.
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Mario and Goombella (my partner at the time) will then leave, but...? What the
hell? We're playing as Shadow Mario? Yes, the monster took your identity, and
even though he turned into a clone of you, that's what he's made you, so now
you're just a creature walking in darkness. Now that is truly something quite
putrid, and what's worse is that when Mario got the Ruby Star, he became Shadow
Mario and the dark one became Mario, so he still has the Crystal Star! And
you're alone without any partners, since everyone believes the creature.
Well, this sucks. As you leave, you'll find the Shadow Sirens plotting an evil
threat to kill Mario, using some mean old item called the Superbombomb. Too
bad, Vivian lost it! So in general, Marilyn and Beldam treat her like dirt and
leave her behind. Poor Vivian. Oh well, head back on the way to Twilight Town,
avoiding enemies because you don't have any partners. Eventually, at the end of
Twilight Trail, the monster that took your name and body appears.
He'll let you live if you guess his name, but note that the letter "P" is gone
and talk to Vivian in southern Twilight Town normally. Not recognizing you, she
won't do anything. Haha. But anyway, how's about we help her? Head over to the
grass on the left, and shake it. A Superbombomb pops out; give it to Vivian,
and she'll get all happy. She'll understand your problems, and then feel so
sorry for you that she'll join you. But heh heh, she doesn't know that you're
actually Mario, yet...
Anyway, head to the upper-right tree of the second screen of Twilight Town, and
use Vivian's Veil ability with X. The crows on the tree will then speak of a
being living within Creepy Steeple who knows this creature's name, so that's
where you'll need to head. First of all, pass Twilight Town again and Mario
will attack you again. You'll have to run, because he has some spell that's he
using that prevents you from damaging him.
Continue beyond the creature, and head all the way back to Creepy Steeple like
normal, except don't bother with the gate. Instead, enter the well at the
right. You'll immediately see a SHINE SPRITE right near you. Just go right into
the next room, and... HOLY CRAP! LOOK AT THESE THINGS! Too bad you have to beat
them all, since they'll all charge at you quickly. Still, you'll get a nice
chance to try out Vivian, even if she is a bit short of her best ability, Fiery
Jinx...
That will take awhile, but you'll finish it eventually. Collect the TORNADO
JUMP BADGE from the red box, and then go over to the wall on the right. You can
push it, even if it'll come down afterwards and you can't push it through the
door. Can you guess what to do? Since your problem is being stuck on one side
of the wall, push it as far as you can, and then use Vivian's Veil ability!
It'll pass over you and you won't take one bit of hurt whatsoever!
Get the SHINE SPRITE as soon as you come in, and save if you wish. Then turn
into paper rolling Mario (so purple) and roll under the hole, and then smash
the delicate point in the floor to continue. Just head forward from there,
hugging the wall for a STAR PIECE. Now head left, and roll through the hole to
find yourself in a room with a parrot. It won't tell you hardly anything,
however. First of all, there are some chests to get.
Grab the following items: a POWER PLUS BADGE, a MR. SOFTENER, a STEEPLE KEY,
and THE LETTER P. What the BLAZING HECK?! THE LETTER "P"?! Yep, the parrot is
stuck there guarding the letter "P" for Doopliss. Oh, speaking of Doopliss,
hide in the shadows near the parrot, and he'll talk to himself about Doopliss;
that's his boss, the imposter who took your name. Just use the Steeple Key
here, and you can get out to the main path.
Continue back down, and return to the Twilight Woods where Mario attacks you,
and tell him that his name is Doopliss. Now he goes crazy and spins around,
dashing off in a wild fury towards the room you fought him first in Creepy
Steeple. Alright, just go all the way back there, save and heal on the way, and
then you'll find him with Goombella, Koops, Flurrie, and Yoshi, whom all
believe Doopliss. They'll speak of the name "Mario", which perfectly infuriates
Vivian. So you're stuck fighting with only Shadow Mario...
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Doopliss and Goombella! Yup, but don't bother fighting with Goombella, because
Doopliss will just replace her for Koops, and then Flurrie, and then Yoshi...
and Yoshi is a force you don't want to reckon. So focus all your strength upon
just Doopliss. All he'll do is jump and hammer at you, which can be blocked
with A or B. Goombella's a little more dangerous, but she still won't do
anything that's too fatal. While Mario's Power Bounce is just that, fatal...
After two turns, Vivian will jump in and join Mario because, "he's the only one
who's ever been nice to her". Which is quite correct, actually. Anyway, the
fight just gets easier! Doopliss's Mario form is still a bit tougher than the
original Doopliss one, but this still isn't anything too bad. Use Sweet Treat
and Power Bounce invariably, while Vivian just uses her fire attacks. Just try
not to run out of FP, and you'll be fine.
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Once the fake Mario disappears, his light passes on to the real Mario, shocking
your companions. Doopliss will then become the shadow of Mario, but he can just
as easily become his ghost form. And thus he gets away from Creepy Steeple, and
joins those beeps, Marilyn and Beldam, who are looking for Vivian and discover
that she joined Mario, will then see Doopliss running away and decide to help
him. And by "beeps" I mean a word I shouldn't use here. ;)
Vivian will join Mario for real, and hand him the Ruby Crystal Star. Mario will
gain a psycho amazing new ability, Art Attack. Doopliss is still alive, but we
won't deal with him for quite a while. Now it's time to see what Peach and
Bowser are up to.
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22. Unknown Area
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We start with Grodus and his X-Nauts; Lord Grodus hears from a minor X-Naut
soldier that the Thousand-Year Door is weakening, in which Grodus finds quite
favorable. That ends it for Grodus. And once again, Peach needs to go see TEC.
Once she goes inside, TEC will again tell her stuff that she doesn't know.
After a bit of a conversation, he'll change Peach to a quiz. Here are the
answers to TEC's questions:
1Q: What will happen if you collect seven Crystal Stars?
1A: Thousand-Year Door opens.
2Q: What is the goal of Grodus, leader of the X-Nauts?
2A: To conquer the world.
3Q: What is the legendary treasure that waits behind the Thousand-Year Door?
3A: A 1000-year old demon's soul.
4Q: What does Sir Grodus wish to do with this ancient demon's soul?
4A: Bring the demon back to life.
5Q: What is required to seal up the demon again?
5A: Crystal Stars.
TEC will then let Peach go; even if you get one wrong, TEC will just start the
quiz over from the beginning. Now just let Peach use the communicator to tell
Mario about what's going on, and we get to see how Bowser's doing.
He and his old friend Kammy are in Rogueport, wanting to use the blimp to get
to Glitzville (what? weren't they already there?). However, Bowser's rage
destroys Kammy's broom, and then he gets in his ship and soars over to
Glitzville, making Kammy do it the hard way. Of course, he neglects the low
fuel in his ship, and then between Rogueport and Glitzville, his ship sinks
right into the ocean. What a great fate.
Yay, another Super Mario Bros. level, this one underwater! Just continue moving
along, flaming every box along the way and trying to collect meat to become
huge, invincible Bowser. Once you reach the end, he'll get to the surface and
you'll reach the flag; he's in Rogueport. Kammy will arrive and talk about how
much fun she had, and then Bowser will flame her in absolute anger, and tell
her to go out and find Mario. Nice job, Bowser.
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23. Rogueport
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And now we return to the Rogueport Sewers... anyway, once you arrive, head to
the previous room, and ignore the enemies on the floor. Take the pipe up to the
west Rogueport, and then head east, until you find the usual main pipe. Once
inside, just head right, slide through the bars right off the bat, enter the
pipe, slide down, enter the pipe, use the trampoline, head left, go to the
Thousand-Year Door, and you'll find that the Sapphire Crystal Star is at an
island called Keelhaul Key.
Professor Frankly, quite frankly (I LOVE MY PUNS! :)) will freak out when he
hears that behind the Thousand-Year Door is a demon. He'll tell you a little
about Keelhaul Key, but you're stuck on your own trying to find a way over
there. First of all, enter the bar and speak to the pirate in red over at the
table to the right. He'll agree to go if you get the Crystal Star and he gets
everything else, so follow him over to the harbor.
He'll explain that you don't have a navigator, though. So you're stuck trying
to find one. Someone will explain that a grumpy man named Admiral Bobbery will
help, but he hasn't been around much. First of all, head to Professor Frankly's
house and ask for directions, and then head east to find the next door house,
Bobbery's, is locked! Alright, there's a secret way in. Use Yoshi, and then go
south of Bobbery's house.
Jump across the gap, and then get off of Yoshi, and walk up the crates to get
on top of the roof. Spin Jump to collect a STAR PIECE, and then use Yoshi to
fly to the next roof. Collect a SHINE SPRITE to the far right, and then head to
the very top side of the roofs to find another SHINE SPRITE. Just head a bit
right from there, and get between the roofs to find a STAR PIECE, and then go
over to the house with the hole in the chimney, and roll inside.
Well, that was a bang, to say the least. Speak to Admiral Bobbery inside, who
refuses to help you and makes you leave. However, enter the bar and speak to
the bartender at the counter, and he'll explain Bobbery's story. It's not as
sad as he goes on about, but it's still pretty sad. Bobbery used to be madly in
love with a woman named Scarlette, but he also loved to go out to sea, and
Scarlette approved to that. However, once when he was on a long sea trip,
Scarlette suddenly got ill and died. And thus, Bobbery considers it his fault.
The bartender does, however, have a letter for Bobbery in which Scarlette had
written before she died. Give it to Bobbery, and then his spirits will return
to him! As an energetic old dog of the sea again, he'll go over to the harbor.
Speak to Flavio on the boat, and then the group will sail away... as an X-Naut
confirms that an agent named "X-Naut Black" has secretly boarded the vessel.
C'mon, don't tell me you didn't know that fat guy with the glasses and dressed
in blue wasn't an X-Naut...
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24. Keelhaul Key
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Like a journalist, eh? Flavio will be writing in a journal, talking about how
the voyage has been going. Eventually, on the third day, almost up to the point
where they find Keelhaul Key, the ship stops. A Bob-omb goes up to check what's
wrong, and ARGH IT'S A GHOST RAID! A thousand blue spirits will appear all over
the boat, and the way Flavio is shaking in complete and utter fear... SHIVER ME
TIMBERS! Haha! You know you have to laugh. YOU DO!
And anyway, the ship will sink to the bottom of the ocean. The secret X-Naut
agent, some other guy, and Bobbery are missing. However, you landed on Keelhaul
Key, so that's a bonus! Head east to find Flavio and a pirate fighting about
absolute nonsense. Go figure. Following, a group of ghosts will immediately
attack, so that's something you need to take care of. These Embers are easy,
just don't hit them with Vivian's fire attacks, any of Mario's Jump attacks, or
Goombella's Headbonk ability.
Once they're gone, they'll leave you, Captain Mario, to do the investigation
around here. First of all, head along the western path, and a mole will rise
from the ground. C'mon, you know the famous act of whack-a-mole, right? Just
smack it with your hammer, and it'll drop an awesome healing item called the
WHACKA BUMP. This restores a whooping 25 HP AND 25 FP! Now you simply cannot
beat that.
Now that you're done doing that, buy something from the toad shop a little bit
above the beach and where the Embers attacked, and head east along the path. Be
sure to Spin Jump near the rock for a STAR PIECE, though! Now head near the
water, and look around to find another STAR PIECE there. After that, go to the
screen on the right. Look around the path and hug down to find a STAR PIECE
before going to the next screen, though!
Once here, search the first bush you see to find a STAR PIECE. Hit the red box
along the way for a HEAD RATTLE BADGE, and then the one just near it for a
COURAGE SHELL. Haha! The enemies here can be a bit of a nuisance, though. The
Putrid Pirahnas, for an example, are just plain, well... putrid. Eliminate them
as fast as possible, preferably with an Ice Storm. Check the bushes right
beyond to find a MINI MR. MINI.
More Putrid Piranhas! How completely infuriating! Beat them off, being careful
not to fall into the water. And along the way, find a block and then jump into
the air, which will reveal a block. We can't bother with that yet, though.
Continue, hugging the vines to find a STAR PIECE along the path. Now continue
to the very end, beating off the Fuzzies on the way. Enter the opening, and
then head up the hill to the left.
Still going behind the wall, NORMALLY jump across the gaps, while keeping Yoshi
ready. Once you find that block we revealed earlier, fly over there as Yoshi,
and then fly over to the next platform and head up. Now use Yoshi to get over
to the left, and carefully! You don't no wanna go all da way back up here,
doncha a shootin'? Alright, I'll shut up. Fly over there, and jump the box
there to find a SHINE SPRITE.
Continue across the path to the right, after having Yoshi fly you back,
although you may miss. Collect the THUNDER RAGE along the way, and enter the
next screen to find the crew being attacked by a group of Embers. And the
X-Naut is there too! Bobbery will demand that he and the other crew member get
you back while he fights off the Embers, though. And so that's what happens.
The X-Naut carries you back, and then gives you a classic line. "You there, in
front of the TV! Yeah, that means YOU! It's pretty obvious who I am, but no
telling Mario!"
Honestly, how much of a joke does Nintendo wanna pull here? Yoshi's right in
thinking he's lost his marbles. Anyway, follow Bobbery across the path, and
jump down to the platform below to collect another SHINE SPRITE behind the
vines. After that, head to the left side of the bridge, and walk down the
little stairs near the entrance. You'll spot them, if you look closely enough.
Walk down, and then jump into the pipe.
You'll now be on a small, classic, tropical little island esque. Head to the
right, and whack the tree to get a COCONUT. Don't do anything with it yet,
though. Now return to that bridge and let's see Bobbery out! He'll talk about
"this being how an old man of the sea meets his end", but where the hell is he?
Simple. Smack the tree, and then he comes down, followed by two Embers. Better
beat 'em, eh?
Thus follows a pretty sad scene. He mourns about the bad times of his life,
thinking he's about to die. However, his last wish is that you bring him a
Chuckola Cola, the last drink he had with Scarlette. To get it, return all the
way to shore, and speak to Flavio there. Hand him the Coconut you picked up
from the tree, and you'll get the CHUCKOLA COLA in return. Now, return all the
way back... I know, it's annoying, but that's life.
Hey, this isn't as bad as going to Creepy Steeple, fighting boss, going back,
going to the steeple to find boss's name, going back to give the boss his name,
and then going all the way back, making us go through the stupid long woods a
grand total of five times. Anyway, when you find Bobbery, give him the Chuckola
Cola and he dies near the tree... breathing and snoring, if you wanna call that
dead. Hit him with your hammer real quick, and he'll wake up and join you,
thinking he was gonna die.
Another new party member, eh? Bobbery is the "pretty slow, one big hunk o'
guts" type of character. He can blow himself up (WHAT THE FRIGGIN' HELL?!) to
destroy cracks in walls, and he's a pretty useful character in battle. Anyway,
go to the camp where you crashed, and speak to Flavio there. Knowing that
there's a secret beyond where you gave Bobbery a whack, he'll join you... but
not in battle! No! Temporary, and you can't use him! That's final!
Make your party of Mario and Yoshi, and then go beyond where you gave Bobbery
the Chuckola Cola, and then Flavio will wait as you try to figure out the
puzzle. Listen to Flavio, and he'll sing out the answer in full-pitched
melodies, however. =P First of all, examine the large gold skull, which has a
place to put the Skull Gem, in which Flavio has. Ask him for it, and he'll give
it you temporarily. Put it inside the eye of the gold skull.
Ay?! The red and blue skulls come to a bit more life. To finish the rest of the
puzzle, jump on the red mustached skull three times, and hammer the blue
mustached skull four times, and you'll find a barred door on top of a platform,
following that. Throw Bobbery up there, and he explodes himself along with the
door! How Bobbery can live through this, I have no idea, but he can. Anyway,
the gold skull is gone. Just enter, to find a pirate cave...
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25. Pirate's Grotto
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Ugh. I absolutely loathe this place with a passion, but I suppose that's just
me. After a bit of talk with Flavio, look behind the barrels right near the
entrance to find a RUIN POWDER. Then save, and go to the next screen. Once
here, jump to the ship in the water just ahead, and make your way to the top,
where you'll find a SHINE SPRITE. Nice, nice! Now head down the ship, and jump
over to the left and beat off a simple Ember.
After it's gone, jump to the platform on the lower-right to find a STAR PIECE.
They grow on trees, you hear me? Now continue up, to find a spike trap in front
of you! There's one short, easy way (riding Yoshi) and one long, hard way
(using Vivian's Veil ability) to get past them. Use whichever one you want;
doesn't matter to me! On the other side, enter the door and across the long
path, you'll find several Bullet Bills coming out.
These are the easiest enemies in the game besides Goombas, just try to hit them
first, since they blow themselves up to do 4 damage to you. One attack will
finish them, though. Make sure you jump and get a head start on all of them you
don't get a first strike upon you, though. When you finally reach the end of
the path, fight the Bill Blasters there, trying to finish them off with a
couple of strong attacks.
Go beyond the cannons, and some stupid ghost will moan out to you, trying to
scare you to leave. Totally ignore that, and jump down the ledges to the bottom
of the room, and cross the path to the right. Use Yoshi to jump across the gap,
fighting off that big Kirby in here. Wait, that's not Jigglypuff either, that's
an easy Bulky Bob-omb, close enough. Beat it, and head right to yet another
screen on the right, making sure that you collect the SHINE SPRITE along the
way by jumping to it to form a block.
Head up the long path, and head to the top. Jump over to the ledge on the left,
and throw Bobbery to the ledge there, so that he'll bomb the switch there,
opening a door at the bottom. Man, he should be named Bombery, that's close
enough! Once again, the stupid ghost warns you. Nothing but annoying, just
plain ignore it. When you enter, Spin Jump right near the entrance to find a
STAR PIECE. Told you they're everywhere.
Now continue along the left, where you'll find a room with a load of machinery.
There's a machine here which will raise you up, but you have to hit the switch
at the same time you're on it. First of all, hit the red switch at the bottom
until the elevator to the right is down (the one at the right, that's
important, not the one on the left!), and then lean against the switch, facing
Koops in the opposite direction.
Jump over to that elevator, and make Koops finish it off by raising you up.
Once you rise to the top, hop over to the ledge on the right to find a GROTTO
KEY there. Now we can unlock another door; too bad it doesn't lead to the boss.
After you do that, switch to Koops and hit the switch a few times back and
forth, and then jump on the platform when it goes down. It'll go up again,
which is when you strike. Make Koops hit the switch, and then have Yoshi fly
over to the crate which will rise to the left, so that you can collect a SHINE
SPRITE.
That was annoying enough. Now head back to the previous room, and all the way
down the long hill that we used to reach the room where you hit the blue
switch, and open the door there with the Grotto Key. Once you're inside, Spin
Jump the middle of the room for yet ANOTHER STAR PIECE. Nice. Now, follow the
path to the next room, simple as that. Once in the next screen, head right, and
have Koops get ya the SHINE SPRITE.
Now return, and take the path on the left. There's a long line of spikes here,
but you need to use Vivian's Veil ability to get past it; Yoshi's running skill
do