History YMMV / MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime

* TheScrappy: The Star Gate gets a lot of hate for being an unreasonable {{Jerkass}} to Luigi. Even though he later admits that he was only doing it [[SecretTestOfCharacter to see if Mario would defend him]], his cruelty to [[ButtMonkey Luigi]] ''[[ButtMonkey only]]'' (i.e. honest-to-goodness {{gaslighting}} the poor guy by giving him three options to answer a question, calling them all wrong, declaring the answer an unavailable fourth option, and accusing Luigi of lying when he points out that said fourth option did not exist for him to pick) rubbed fans the wrong way. It doesn’t really help that the game had already poked fun at Luigi more than enough by the time this happens.

* PortingDisaster: The Wii U Virtual Console release. Like all DS games on the Wii U Virtual Console, the default screen setting is an incredibly tiny virtual representation of a DS that you can barely see unless you're staring at the Gamepad, and even then you can barely see it. And the only ways to increase the screen sizes involve separating the screens in some way, either by enlarging one screen and putting the other screen next to it on the side, or by having the top screen of the DS on the TV screen and the bottom screen on the Gamepad. On most DS releases on the Wii U Virtual Console, this isn't really a problem, but in this game, 80% of battles have attacks that go across both screens (from both the Bros. and the enemies and bosses), so if you set it up any other way than the default it becomes impossible to counter or use attacks properly, and if you use the default settings you can barely see any of it anyway. This makes the game almost completely unplayable on the Wii U Virtual Console release. This can be mitigated by zooming in on the tv screen with the default Virtual Console settings however.

** Heck, the [[WoobieSpecies Shroobs themselves could be woobies]], [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds though of the Destroyer of Worlds kind]]. The Shroobs may be doing loads of atrocities throughout the game that would warrant the entire species crossing the MoralEventHorizon, but they're doing this because their own civilization was [[DyingRace implied to be on the brink of extinction at the prologue of the game]] and they needed the Mushroom Kingdom's life energy to save theirs. Not helping is that [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen they're ruled by]] [[spoiler: [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen not one, but two Dictators of Princesses]]]] Whom want to either kill off all life in the Mushroom Kingdom or enslave them to do their bidding and occasionally mistreat their own brethren, [[spoiler: although this is more apparent with Elder Princess Shroob in her Boss fight]].

** Heck, the [[WoobieSpecies Shroobs themselves could be woobies]], [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds though of the Destroyer of Worlds kind]]. The Shroobs may be doing loads of atrocities throughout the game that would warrant the entire species crossing the MoralEventHorizon, but they're doing this because their own civilization was [[DyingRace implied to be on the verge of extinction at the prologue of the game]] and they needed the Mushroom Kingdom's life energy to save theirs. Not helping is that [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen they're ruled by not one, but two Dictators of Princesses]] that want to either kill off all life in the Mushroom Kingdom or enslave them to do their bidding.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The Star Gate again. Apparently, his poor treatment of Luigi was just a SecretTestOfCharacter on Mario to see how he'd defend his brother. However, this reveal can make The Star Gate come off as even ''less'' likable, as his rather harsh bullying towards Luigi comes off as completely unnecessary. [[TheWoobie Luigi]] had already been [[ButtMonkey abused]] throught the game which The Star Gate should know since he was looking into his soul, but goes on to "test" him anyway.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The Star Gate again. Apparently, his poor treatment of Luigi was just a SecretTestOfCharacter on Mario to see how he'd defend his brother. However, this reveal can make The Star Gate come off as even ''less'' likable, since his outright bullying towards Luigi was rather harsh and comes off as completely unnecessary. [[TheWoobie Luigi]] had already been [[ButtMonkey abused]] throught the game which The Star Gate should know since he was looking into his soul, but goes on to "test" him anyway.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The Star Gate again. Apparently, his poor treatment of Luigi was just a SecretTestOfCharacter on Mario to see how he'd defend his brother. However, this reveal can make The Star Gate come off as even ''less'' likable, since his outright bullying towards Luigi felt too harsh and even comes off as completely unnecessary. [[TheWoobie Luigi]] had already been [[ButtMonkey abused]] throught the game which The Star Gate should know since he was looking into his soul, but goes on to "test" him anyway.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The Star Gate again. Apparently, his poor treatment of Luigi was just a SecretTestOfCharacter on Mario to see how he'd defend his brother. However, this reveal can make The Star Gate come off as even ''less'' likable, since his outright bullying towards Luigi felt too harsh and comes off as completely unnecessary. [[TheWoobie Luigi]] had already been [[ButtMonkey abused]] throught the game which The Star Gate should know since he was looking into his soul, but goes on to "test" him anyway.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The Star Gate again. Apparently, his poor treatment of Luigi was just a SecretTestOfCharacter on Mario to see how he'd defend his brother. However, this reveal can make The Star Gate come off as even ''less'' likable, since his outright bullying towards Luigi was rather harsh and comes off as completely unnecessary to begin with. Luigi had already been abused throught the game which The Star Gate should know since he was looking into his soul, but goes on to "test" him anyway.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The Star Gate again. Apparently, his poor treatment of Luigi was just a SecretTestOfCharacter on Mario to see how he'd defend his brother. However, this reveal can make The Star Gate come off as even ''less'' likable, since his outright bullying towards Luigi felt too harsh and can even come off as completely unnecessary. Luigi had already been abused throught the game which The Star Gate should know since he was looking into his soul, but goes on to "test" him anyway.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The Star Gate again. Apparently, his poor treatment of Luigi was just a SecretTestOfCharacter on Mario to see how he'd defend his brother. However, this reveal can make The Star Gate come off as even ''less'' likable, since his outright bullying towards Luigi felt too harsh and comes off as completely unnecessary. Luigi had already been abused throught the game which The Star Gate should know since he was looking into his soul, but goes on to "test" him anyway.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The Star Gate again. Apparently, his poor treatment of Luigi was just a SecretTestOfCharacter on Mario to see how he'd defend his brother. However, this reveal can make The Star Gate come off as even ''less'' likable, since his outright bullying towards Luigi felt too harsh and comes off as completely unnecessary. Luigi had already been abused too many times throught the game which The Star Gate should know since he was looking into his soul, but goes on to "test" him anyway.

* TheScrappy: The Star Gate gets a lot of hate for being an unreasonable {{Jerkass}} to Luigi. Even though he later admits that he was only doing it [[SecretTestOfCharacter to see if Mario would defend him]], his cruelty to [[ButtMonkey Luigi]] ''[[ButtMonkey only]]'' (i.e. honest-to-goodness {{gaslighting}} the poor guy by giving him three options to answer a question, calling them all wrong, declaring the answer an unavailable fourth option, and accusing Luigi of lying when he points out that said fourth option did not exist for him to pick) rubbed fans the wrong way.

* MoralEventHorizon: Princess Shroob crosses it when she feeds Peach to Petey Piranha in front of an entire Shroob audience.

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** EXP Badge A, available at Fawful's Bean 'N' Badge for 70 beans. The bro that it's equipped to gains 40% more EXP from enemies killed by Bros. Items. Farming beans in Thwomp Caverns to obtain 280 beans and buying 4 of these to equip to all 4 bros means the entire party will receive the 40% EXP boost from enemies killed by Bros. Items. If you stock up on beans in Twhomp Caverns before completing the level, go back to Fawful's Bean 'N' Badge and purchase 4 of these, then proceed to Toad Town and stock up on loads of Mix Flowers, every battle becomes an extremely easy EXP grind that will make all the bros overleveled for the remaining boss fights.

* MemeticLoser: The game itself, due to being passed over for a remake in favor of jumping from ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga Superstar Saga]] + [[VideoGame/MinionQuestTheSearchForBowser Bowser's Minions]]'' straight to ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory Bowser's Inside Story]] + [[VideoGame/BowserJrsJourney Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''.

** The battle against [[spoiler:Bowser and his younger self]] is surprisingly difficult compared to the previous bosses, since their attacks are somewhat difficult to dodge, they utilize combination attacks with several fake outs, and they hit hard. Add the fact that they heal each other almost every time, and you hav a true climatic boss of a volcano.

** Luigi spends the entire game accumulating physical and emotional abuse from the enemies, the characters, the setting, ''his main allies'', and especially the Stargate.

* BrokenBase: This game getting skipped over for a [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS 3DS remake]]. The fans who don't like the game are happy that a weak entry in the series isn't getting any further attention, while fans who do like it are upset one of their favorites has been ignored. There's even other fans who don't completely mind the game, but still feel like ''Partners in Time'' should have been next for remakes, with some arguing that while ''Bowser's Inside Story'' was better, ''Partners in Time'' needed a remake due to how imbalanced and clunky it was, especially the final bosses.

* MostAnnoyingSound: Baby Mario and Luigi's crying is so bad it even annoys their adult counterparts and then there's ''Baby Peach's'' crying which even rivals the other two. Baby Bowser himself gets fed up with Baby Peach's crying and decides to do what she wants.

** Fly Guys. They carry bombs with a timer on them. When they attack, they fly to the top of the screen and drop the bomb on the Bros, which must be hammered back. The problem is, there's very little room for error, so if you fail, the bomb will hit you, either doing fairly large damage and possibly making you dizzy, ''or'' exploding and doing VERY large damage and almost ensuring you'll be confused, making you easy target for other enemies. At least their other attack is fairly easy to dodge.

** Shroob Rexes. These guys hit ''hard'', and if you don't reduce their stature with jumping attacks in time, they'll have an unavoidable attack that will deplete a large chunk of your HP. Oh, and they appear along other Shroob Rexes and Yellow Bubbles (see GoddamnedBats below for more information).
* EndingFatigue: No fewer than ''three'' final bosses, and two of them have WAY too many hit points. [[spoiler:And there's still a PostFinalBoss after this.]]

** The Ulti-Free Badge, available at Fawful's Bean 'n' Badge for 90 Beans, gives you unlimited Bros. Items on whoever's wearing it ''with no restrictions whatsoever''. Enjoy never having to use normal attacks again!

** Shroids. They have one attack that is very annoying. It takes two flags, and the bros must jump/do nothing depending on color raised, ''performs this multiple times'' (up to six), and one failure results in an unavoidable attack. Also, it may summon a UFO that drops a spikeball, countering this causes the Shroid to malfunction. This means the "flag" attack from earlier is reversed- the ''other'' brother needs to jump for each flag raise. [[SarcasmMode Fun.]]

* {{Narm}}: The destruction of Hollijolli Village can come across this. Evidently, the developers decided the Shroobs should ''literally destroy Christmas'' to convince us they're evil -- yes, really.

* {{Padding}}: Bosses having far too much HP. This was notably only done in the American version, with the European and Japanese versions (which actually came out after the American version) being more reasonable. For example, Princess Shroob has 1700 HP in the Japanese version, because they knew a boss constantly protecting herself with a barrier did NOT need ''3000 HP''.
* PortingDisaster: The Wii U Virtual Console release. Like all DS games on the Wii U Virtual Console, the default screen setting is an INCREDIBLY tiny virtual representation of a DS that you can barely see unless you're staring at the Gamepad, and even then you can barely see it. And the only ways to increase the screen sizes involve separating the screens in some way, either by enlarging one screen and putting the other screen next to it on the side, or by having the top screen of the DS on the TV screen and the bottom screen on the Gamepad. On most DS releases on the Wii U Virtual Console, this isn't really a problem, but in this game, 80% of battles have attacks that go across both screens (from both the Bros. and the enemies and bosses), so if you set it up any other way than the default it becomes impossible to counter or use attacks properly, and if you use the default settings you can barely see any of it anyway. This makes the game almost completely unplayable on the Wii U Virtual Console release. This can be mitigated by zooming in on the tv screen with the default Virtual Console settings however.
* TheScrappy: The Star Gate gets a lot of hate for being an unreasonable {{Jerkass}} to Luigi. Even though he later admits that he was only doing it [[SecretTestOfCharacter to see if Mario would defend him]], his cruelty to ''[[ButtMonkey just]]'' [[ButtMonkey Luigi]] (i.e. honest-to-goodness {{gaslighting}} the poor guy by giving him three options to answer a question, calling them all wrong, declaring the answer an unavailable fourth option, and accusing Luigi of lying when he points out that said fourth option did not exist for him to pick) rubbed fans the wrong way.

** There's an organic structure leaking water like a fountain inside Yoob's lower gastrointestinal system that you need to make Baby Mario ''drink from''. This doesn't go unnoticed in the official strategy guide, which refers to it as "delicious Yoob water". Blecch.

** The battle against [[spoiler:Bowser and his younger self]] is surprisingly difficult compared to the previous bosses, since their attacks are somewhat difficult to dodge, they utilize combination attacks with several fake outs, and they hit HARD. Add the fact that they heal each other almost every time, and you hav a true climatic boss of a volcano.

** Luigi spends the entire game accumulating physical and emotional abuse from the enemies, the characters, the setting, ''his main allies'', and then there's the jerkass called the Stargate.