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HAY GUIZ. AM I LATE FOR ANYTHING?
Before we get to the bottom of this, let's load a file I saved before fighting Croco. We're gonna level our team to Level 6...
Super Jump! Keep timing your moves and you'll jump forever and ever and ever... and make it to 100. Why yes, this WILL be important later for a sidequest later in the game. More information on that later, let's just say thank god it's optional. But Super Jump isn't what we've been grinding for...
...It's this one. How the heck can someone like Mallow learn an ability called "Psychopath?" Identity issues? Let's see what the menu tells us.
Ohhhh. It's the enemies who are the psychopaths. Makes sense. Roll up the coach, Mallow! Shine the spotlights on the heads of your enemies and read their thoughts!
You only wish, Croco. You only wish.
Mario: Ugh! He IS a-wearing a pimp suit!
What about our resident mooks? We've been fighting them for the past hour...
Mario: Rule Number-a One! Everyone in this quest will-a want to molest you.
Mallow: I wish I never learned this. D:
Oddly enough, Mario CAN do this. It's only when Paper Mario came out that he suffered the consequences on stepping on spiny things. :P
This guy's got the Dry Skin ability! He's Croagunk/Toxicroak! It's not easy being green...
...Or a Goomba, for that matter.
Poor oblivious bastard. I almost feel bad knocking him out, if he didn't feel the need to ram into me first. XD
Back to the
Looks like that Toad did leave his bazooka at home after all. Let's help him out!
Mallow's fists are useless against Shy Guys. Thunderbolt, on the other hand, can kill them in one hit. Usually the Shy Guys come in duos though, so I don't feel the need to use up my Flower Points yet.
Whoo hoo! I bet someone left that in a blind panic. Good with me! 8)
There's the shop! You wouldn't happen to own a mysterious video tape, would you?
Seven days.
Translation: ROB EVERYTHING! :DDD
Hey lady. Any ghosts at the inn?
Oh shucks. What a disappointment. Back to bed...
...Is that the sleeping Toad from earlier?
OH GOD AAAAAAAAAAAAAA. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. Ladies and gents, we found our ghost. D: brb LEAVING.
RUNNING FROM EVERYTHIIIIIIIIIING okay we'll fight. *boosh!* *victory theme*
I'd avoid saving this guy because of what he says next:
There's a waiting game involved with the wallet. You could give it back to him now, but you'd be robbing yourself of a reward that comes when you give him the wallet later. Somewhere after a certain point in the game, not only will you get the Flower Tab you missed out on, but something more, like money and a Flower Box. :o I don't remember. Last time, I did this trick wrong and returned the wallet way too late, so all I got was something measly like an extra coin. XDD;;;
Of course, we could say no and be an ass. But that's bad karma so I don't want to risk it. XD I love how Mario is basically "whatever now stfu."
So the little girl goes in the attic and gets herself locked in a refrigerator. Hurray!
WE NEVER QUITE HAD BOREDOM LIKE THIS.
What's interesting if you don't beat the Shy Guy outside of their house, you can clearly hear him thump against the door. Raz & Raini are perfectly cool with this.
Shy Guys in the kitchen!
Kid: Geez Loiuse, this is the generation that raised me?
Typically, I go upstairs and save the little brother first. Then I go back to the kitchen.
Which is actually the least exciting scenario. You get a little extra oomph if you help the family downstairs first.
So let's try again...
ENJOY THIS WHILE YOU CAN, KIDS. YOU'LL NEVER FIGHT IN ANOTHER PEDESTRIAN'S HOME AGAIN.
Daddy runs upstairs. IT'S NOT LIKE HE'S DEAD OR ANYTHING. I JUST FORGOT DUUUUUURRRRR
...Wow. That's just pitiful. FATHER OF THE YEAR AWARD EVERYONE
The kid doesn't seem bothered by his coward of a dad.
Dad: NOW TO GO DOWNSTAIRS AND BRAG WHAT A TOUGH GUY I AM.
Mario: :/
Dad: Or not.
Meanwhile, Daddy needs a drink. Do as he says, not what he does!
Keep being saner than your parents, little chap.
But the villagers are pricks! DD: Except Toad Guard and the two kids, they're okay.
Take photos of the bodies!
Toad Dude: Sucks to be him. *sips cappuccino while listening to the screams behind him*
"MY PRECIOUSSSSSSSSSS!" Mario turns to leave and the Vault Guard stops him.
Ooh, Wake Up Pin! That might come in handy, I don't remember when. Kero Sewers?
roflcopters. Though technically it's not stealing if you're allowed in the vault anyway.
Vault Guard: It's all my fault! The guy outside told me the monsters would come if I touched myself. ...Oh well. Only one thing left to do! *unzips pants*
Mario: Mallow, we're a-gettin' outta here.
Mallow: Thank you.
Geez, Toad! Can't you hold your own for five minutes? :P
I like how he scoots along the wall going up. I thought it was a funny/adorable touch.
Mario: *shrugs shoulders and sighs*
Mario: Hey wait a minute--OW!
Toad: Now you see how easy it is to get your ass kicked when you're me?
Mario: I think I a-get it now.
Mario: ...You could be my friend again, Toad.
THE BOMB SHELTER.
Mario's supposed to be nodding his head on the last shot.
Toad: Well... not that terrible. But still!
You can say Yes or No. "No" will net you this:
But if you say yes...
Toad: Flower Tab... if you know what I mean. *wink*
Mario: ...Toad? You're amazing. :D
Toad: What are friends for? ;D
No worries. The villagers are more dangerous than the Shy Guys ever were. :P
So she'll make sure, the screen flashes green and she heals your party. :)
"Why are there handcuffs under the bed? They look like they fit both you and Bowser!"
Toad: Sorry Mario! First dibs! I saved the tab for you, but the rest of us get the pr0n!
Mario: D'oh!
Mario finally goes to save the Chancellor.
BOOGIE BOOGIE BOOGIE.
Mario: Not this again. D:
Mallow: Could be worse. You could be... what's your brother's name again? Lugia?
The Shy Guys miss and bump into each other. PHAIL.
Aw, it's Exor's Little Brother!
Mario: Where'd he go?
SECONDS BEFORE IMPACT.
HE JUMPS. HE IS INTIMIDATING.
It's not a party until you've had a franchise of nearly over ten games and rubbed the blisters off your hands with a joystick.
Mario: That doesn't offend me! :D
Mack: lol plumber
Mario: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU--!
COME AT ME BRO
Welcome to our first Boss Fight! Hope you brought the popcorn, 'cause we've got action and trivia comin' atchoo!
Trivia #1: Boss Music! Aside from being badass, it's also somewhat a remix of the "Town in Danger" theme. Compare them. :o
Trivia #2: Mack is literally Mack the Knife, named after a murder ballad, which later became a hit song sung by various stars such as Louis Armstrong, Bobby Darrin, Ella Fitzgerald, and a duet with Frank Sinatra & Jimmy Buffett. Wikipedia entry here.
Trivia #3: The red guy on the knife, not the knife itself, is Mack. Don't ask me why the knife is sentient and has a yellow mustache (or is that just its hilt?) Knife and Pogo Stick built into one!
Right, let's get back to business... read their minds, Mallow!
That's the Shy Guys and Mack for ya. Bummer.
I'm too used to Pokemon. I think of Drain as something that sucks me up, not having a random sphere tossed at me.
Now that's a fireball. Yeeowch!
Mario is not happy with this.
A special thing Mack does is jump into the air and be avoided for a turn, like the Dragoons in Final Fantasy. This leaves you with the Shy Guys until he lands.
It's like Jack & Rose in Titanic. YOU JUMP, I JUMP.
Baaaaaaaaaaaaad idea.
Fuck this, Mallow has a better plan. Thunderbolt kills off the Shy Guys in one hit... and leaves Mack stunned, which leaves him unable to jump. Pile on the damage! When the next fleet of Shy Guys come, simply Thunderbolt 'em again. Rinse, lather, repeat. Admittedly, I was stupid the first several times I fought Mack and only used Mallow to heal. So by the end of it all, Mack and the Shy Guys were more likely to run out of FP than get stunned. :P I remember the battle went on for longer than it should. XD I didn't know why the Shy Guys kept regenerating. Then eventually I started getting "User's FP is gone!" messages and being confused, but it meant the monsters wasted their turns and I was free to kill them off. XD
Man, to think I took the long way to beat Mack. DERP DERP.
Finish 'em, Mallow! Boss isn't beaten until the Shy Guys are dead. XD
Yay! Kinda helps being overleveled, haha. XD
What's that blue thing behind the throne anyway? It's aliiiiiiiiive~!
And it sparkles and spins!
And it's ours!
~I got a shiny~
Mario takes a moment to process this.
"OH SHIT LET'S GET OUT OF HERE"
You take orders from a giant sword. I can't take you seriously.
When I try to leave without the Chancellor. Dangit. You're better off sneaking on him.
DO IT MARIO. STEAL THE THRONE. Oh goddammit, you're no fun.
Chancellor: Those weren't the strippers the Vault Guard ordered, did he?
Fade-out for Plot Recap TM!
You mean you haven't found her body under the rubble after all? Looks like she IS still alive...
Mario: We a-discussed this, didn't we?
Chancellor: I was gonna say. You don't look like a tadpole. Ha. Ha.
Mallow: That joke isn't funny anymore. D:
Chancellor: Great, I'm gonna have the Toads clean up all this confetti the Shy Guys left behind, aren't I?
Toad: Like it's YOUR problem.
You don't have a good memory, Mallow.
Mario: Wh-Whoa! Mallow! Not in public! *flails!*
Stoner!Toad: Holding hands is the new making-out, man!
As opposed to the road. Leave it to Mario to take the hard way.
THERE IS HOPE AFTER ALL. Let's wrap things up and save our game...
Mario: That's a family album.
Daddy: So it is! *hums under his breath* The history of the world, my sweet~
Mommy: *singing* Is who gets eaten and who gets to eat!
Mario: Oh, I almost forgot! *runs out of the house*
Daddy: But fortunately, it's also clear...
Daddy: ...That ev'rybody goes down well with beeeeeeeeeeer!
We bit off more than we could chew. See you next time! ;D
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