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* In the middle of Partners in Time, after Mario and Luigi rescued "Peach" (actually Princess Shroob in disguise), they all rejoice and such and even say they can relax and everything is back to normal ''even though the past kingdom is still infested with Shroobs''. That would make it even ''worse'', as the past would make the present also ruled by Shroobs. Is Princess Peach that much more important than an entire kingdom? Its like it's a GOOD thing that Bowser kidnapped the fake princess.

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* In the middle of Partners in Time, after Mario and Luigi rescued "Peach" (actually Peach [[spoiler:(actually Princess Shroob in disguise), disguise)]], they all rejoice and such and even say they can relax and everything is back to normal ''even though the past kingdom is still infested with Shroobs''. That would make it even ''worse'', as the past would make the present also ruled by Shroobs. Is Princess Peach that much more important than an entire kingdom? Its like it's a GOOD thing that Bowser kidnapped the fake princess.
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**** Exactly. I mean, for a start, Yoshi's Island's babies had no clothes, just diapers. In Partners in Time, they ''did'' have clothes on. They're older, probably toddlers, but Baby Mario and Baby Luigi 1) sounds better, 2) that name was already established and 3) they still act like babies, besides the whole swinging hammers thing.
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** Because compared to Mario, Luigi has poorer traction and acceleration and is described as being clumsy. Hell, most of the 2D platformers Luigi's in show him as the slower one.
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** Probably the exceptionally long lives thing; there are in reality species of turtle which are [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negligible_senescence negligibly senescent; Koopas are evidently among them.

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** Probably the exceptionally long lives thing; there are in reality species of turtle which are [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negligible_senescence negligibly senescent; senescent]]; Koopas are evidently among them.
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** Probably the exceptionally long lives thing; there are in reality species of turtle which are [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negligible_senescence negligibly senescent; Koopas are evidently among them.
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** It is because it would be hard not to notice a flood of water large enough to stop a volcano eruption, and she doesn't know about the time holes, so she probably figured that the water had to come from a huge pipe and therefore the four of them were a likely suspect because plumbers work with pipes quite a bit not only in real life, but in universe.
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* Why couldn't Mario and Luigi wipe off all of the dirt from Toadbert's drawing Peach using the Cobalt Star [[spoiler:on Elder Princess Shroob and]] Princess Shroob instead of waiting until the very last moment of the game? That part really bugged me the most.
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* Why couldn't Mario and Luigi wipe off all of the dirt from Toadbert's drawing Peach using the Cobalt Star [[spoiler:on Elder Princess Shroob and]] Princess Shroob instead of waiting until the very last moment of the game? That part really bugged me the most.
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******** I figured that the time machine actually screwed up the events of the Shroob Invasion. Think Back to the Future. Originally, the Shroobs attacked the kingdom and they probably succeeded in capturing Baby Peach... who with her tears of doom probably wasted the Shroob Princesses. And thus Baby Peach saved the day. However later on Peach time travels back to a point in time where she then alters history and we get the events seen in the game.
******** Though personally I think there was a better story that could have been told. When I saw the drawing's big reveal I didn't interpret the second Princess Shroob as being a sister... but being Baby Princess Shroob. Following that logic I came to the conclusion that Princess Shroob was from the present and went back in time to help her people conquer the Mushroom Kingdom. I think that kind of twist might have been cooler and it would have explained why no one remembered it because the invasion was actively happening in the past and the Shroobs weren't successful enough to have altered history yet. (Sort of like how Marty's photo didn't change right away, but was slowly changed as the changes approached the point of no return.)
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* In the mainstream games, Luigi is faster than Mario, so why is his speed stat lower?

* In ''Partners in Time'', how can the babies have stache points?

* How did Bowser not recognize himself as a child or at least mistake his past self for Bowser Jr?

* That female Thwomp accuses the Mario Quartet of extinguishing the volcano because they're plumbers. What does being plumbers have to do with stopping an volcano's eruption?
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*******That's not the point - the point is why does nobody who was from that time period remember the invasion? It's not about them remembering traveling through time with their younger selves, it's about them not remembering anything about traveling through time and teaming up with their ''older'' selves.

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** Bowser already beaten up Midbuss, loads of Fawful's minions, and ''his own castle''. Leaving Bowser there, even morbidly obese, would mean leaving him in a castle full of his own former minions. Since Fawful didn't have anything that could get rid of him permanently, a series of temporary setbacks was the best that he could do.

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** Bowser already beaten up Midbuss, Midbus, loads of Fawful's minions, and ''his own castle''. Leaving Bowser there, even morbidly obese, would mean leaving him in a castle full of his own former minions. Since Fawful didn't have anything that could get rid of him permanently, a series of temporary setbacks was the best that he could do.


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* Kylie Koopa hasn't aged a day between her appearances in Partners in Time and Dream Team, despite being from the past in the former. We know a significant amount of time has passed between the past and the present in [=PiT=] because the Mario Bros., Bowser, Peach, Toadsworth, and E. Gadd are all much older in the present. Either Koopas are exceptionally long-lived and age slowly, we have a case of [[IdenticalGrandson identical descendants]], or the writers forgot her backstory.
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... Well, I should have realized that (I wrote the top entry I took out)... I don\'t think that really should be here. If anyone disagrees, just put it back.


* There's a little piece of brilliance here if you look a little further - A time machine appearing would also include a very large amount of energy being released, theoretically, so the Shroobs detected that and worked from there. If Peach hadn't traveled back in tine, the Shroobs would never have found the Mushroom Kingdom.
** Peach arrives at the past castle after the invasion is already well underway, though.
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*** Nope. He can use his vacuum powers in Dream Team.
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** E. Gadd was facing a PottyEmergency and forgot to build a bathroom into the coffehouse he was in at the time. Luigi used the Poultergust to give the professor some privacy and to provide a sight gag.
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* In SuperStar Saga, why does Luigi suck in Professor E.Gadd into the Poltergust 3000 at one point in the game?

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* In SuperStar Saga, SuperStarSaga, why does Luigi suck in Professor E.Gadd into the Poltergust 3000 at one point in the game?
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* In SuperStar Saga, why does Luigi suck in Professor E.Gadd into the Poltergust 3000 at one point in the game?
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***** Who survived to remember it? Toad Town was completely taken out, save two very old women--assuming Toads have a terribly long lifespan to begin with. The Yoshis are distant and carefree, and didn't see the bulk of the invasion. Everyone else... not as many creatures seem to be sentient as in Paper Mario.
Toadsworth has no excuse, though.

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***** Who survived to remember it? Toad Town was completely taken out, save two very old women--assuming Toads have a terribly long lifespan to begin with. The Yoshis are distant and carefree, and didn't see the bulk of the invasion. Everyone else... not as many creatures seem to be sentient as in Paper Mario.
Mario. Toadsworth has no excuse, though.though.
****** Actually, in Bowser's inside story, after you take out the shroobs and Starlow pokes fun of Luigi, Mario mentions [[spoiler: that [[CallBack Luigi saved the day in the end]],]] so maybe they do remember the invasion.
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* With everything in all of the Mario & Luigi games being [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience color-coded red for Mario and green for Luigi]], how does someone who's red-green or entirely color-blind play this game? Any guesses would be welcome, but I would like to hear from someone who has such color-blindedness.

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* With everything in all of the Mario & Luigi games being [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience [[ColorCodedCharacters color-coded red for Mario and green for Luigi]], how does someone who's red-green or entirely color-blind play this game? Any guesses would be welcome, but I would like to hear from someone who has such color-blindedness.
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** His body would shrink, as going through the pipes shirnks people.
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** Lets say you drop a joke that just ''bombs''. No one laughs and there's just an awkward silence. Joke's End is where those jokes go so no one will have to hear them again.

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** Vacations? Somewhere else? It is worth mentioning Bowser owns a LOT of castles, with that one being just his "main" one, they could be in any of those.
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** An ancient prophecy stated that two men worthy of possessing the Beanstar would one day arrive. It disclosed nothing about these men, except that they are capable plumbers.
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* Yo Bros. Giant Koopa... things dressed like gangsters with fezzes and a couple of yo-yos with which they attack. Even by the standards of this series (for those who don't know, one boss is an animate barrel of ''soda''), why?
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*** Baby Mario and Luigi seem to be older in Partners in Time than they were in the Yoshi's Island games (They were being delivered by the stork in Yoshi's Island, and they didn't appear much older in Yoshi's Island DS, wheras they appear to be young toddlers in Partners in Time), so the Yoshi's Island games probably take place before Partners in Time
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** You're not the only one. But as always, [[YourMileageMayVary Everyone's Mileage Will Vary]].

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** You're not the only one. But as always, [[YourMileageMayVary Everyone's Mileage Will Vary]].
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*** He could always roll up like that, he needed to fix his back to be able to roll around on his own. The Shy-Guys help slingshot him at his opponent, something he couldn't do on his own.
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** [[NewSuperMarioBrosWii They were baking a cake!]]
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***** [[SonicTheHedgehog SPIN DASHING]]
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* In Superstar Saga Bowletta refer's to Joke's End as "that crypt for cruddy jokes." What exactly does that mean? In either a literal or metaphorical sense?

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