Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time is Chugga's 35th LP. It was preceded by The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. The LP is a direct sequel to Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. The Let's Play has 41 videos and has a total length of 15 hours, 15 minutes, and 32 seconds.

Plot[]

Unlike Superstar Saga, Partners in Time is not set in the Beanbean Kingdom, but the traditional Mushroom Kingdom featured in most games of the Mario series. The setting features a mixture of locations, from those that appeared in previous Mario games, such as Bowser's Castle, to original locations such as Koopaseum. Mario and Luigi can travel into the past via "time holes", which is how the concept of baby characters is introduced. Much of this game takes place in the past Mushroom Kingdom, with only Peach's Castle being visited in the present Mushroom Kingdom.

Story[]

The game starts at the Peach's Castle of the past Mushroom Kingdom, when Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Bowser were babies, and Toadsworth was much younger. The game then cuts to Peach's Castle in the present, when Professor E. Gadd completes his newest invention of a time machine powered by a gem called the Cobalt Star, which is presented at Peach's Castle. Peach enters the time machine into the past, but fails to return, only leaving a member of an alien species known only as the Shroobs within the damaged time machine. The Mushroom Kingdom of the past had actually been invaded by the Shroobs, with Peach being kidnapped and held hostage at a Shroob-modified version of her castle, known as Shroob Castle. After defeating the monster, a time hole opens, leaving a passageway into the past. While searching for Peach, Mario and Luigi locate their younger selves, and agree to locate the crystal shards, which are remnants of the Cobalt Star which had been shattered during Peach's journey. Unwittingly, the brothers collect all of the shards, while being pestered by Baby Bowser (Bowser in the past) who wants the Cobalt Star. At the end, they restore the Cobalt Star only to unleash the Elder Princess Shroob, who was trapped inside the Cobalt Star by Peach and serves as the game's final boss character. The story ends when she is defeated, Peach is rescued, and Mario and Luigi say goodbye to their baby counterparts who are sent back to the past, now that the past Mushroom Kingdom is safe and Shroob-free.

Characters[]

Partners in Time features both original characters and those that were introduced before the game. Professor E. Gadd provides the player with advice throughout the game, while Toadsworth teaches the player new moves and skills to progress through the adventure. Although the older Peach is kidnapped, Baby Peach is retrieved from the past into the present by Toadsworth, where she is nurtured by both the old and young renditions of him. Baby Bowser appeared near the beginning of the game in the past to kidnap Baby Peach, although his plans were halted by an encounter with the Mario brothers and a subsequent attack from the Shroobs. Baby Bowser harasses the quartet frequently during their journey by stealing their Cobalt Star shards, and later attacking the group with his older self. Kamek the Magikoopa, Petey Piranha and Fawful, an antagonist from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, appear in the game as well.

The Shroobs, introduced in Partners in Time, are fungal like creatures who are the main antagonists of the game. The name "Shroob" is, of course, a deliberate corruption of the word "shroom", short for "mushroom." The Shroobs derive from the "Shroob planet" and are ruled by Princess Shroob, who is the primary antagonist. After invading the Mushroom Kingdom, both she and her twin sister, Elder Princess Shroob, are defeated. Different species of Shroobs (with designs based on existing Mario franchise characters and enemies) are present throughout the game as both minor enemies and boss characters. AlphaDream also introduced Stuffwell, a talking briefcase created by E. Gadd who gives the player and brothers advice regarding items and accessories, which he stores.

Description[]

A journey through time itself to change history! This often-overlooked entry in the Mario & Luigi series has a lot of things different about it, some good, some bad, but is overall a package I enjoy.

Memorable Moments[]

Just like when he played the first game in the series, Chugga played through the entire game not knowing he could up any stat other than HP.
He first got to play the game when one of his classmates (presumably in high school) brought his DS to school and was playing Yoob's Belly, Chugga showed interest in the game so his classmate let him borrow it for as long as he wanted to.
Emile played through the game twice (including one 100% run) without knowing about Fawful being in the game.^[1]
Emile played through the game without knowing that the shop in Peach's Castle restocks.^[2]
When Chugga got into the battle with Mrs. Thwomp as a teenager, he missed some text and thought she was a man. Thinking she was a man married with Mr. Thwomp, he assumed they were a gay couple. He then showed his mom this and she said it was 'oddly progressive, good on them'. ^[3]
Baby Luigi being referenced as having a glorious mustache because of his high luck stat which ingame is called "Stache".

Episodes[]

Intros[]

With Chugga's intro being "Hey, everybody! It's Chuggaaconroy! Welcome back to more [name of LP]! Last time..." but with having the word "time" in the game's name, Chugga chose a replacement for the word "time" in each episode.

Episode	Replacement word
2	Time
3	Interval
4	Time
5	Period
6	Stretch
7	Occasion
8	Junction
9	Spell
10	Moment
11	Date
12	Episode
13	Occasion
14	Point
15	Stage
16	Age
17	Epoch
18	Hayday
19	Patch
20	Generation
21	Term
22	Semester
23	Pace
24	Insert synonym of time
25	Bout
26	Beat
27	Instance
28	Schedule
29	Venture
30.	Back in the old days...
31	Generation
32	Trip
33	Throughout our history
34	Happening
35	Part
36	Stint
37	5:00 PM Eastern 2:00 Pacific
38	Whatever you wanna call it, because there's no way I'm out doing that last intro
39 [Finale]	Previously
Bonus	Adventure

Trivia[]

Partners in Time and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga both followed an action RPG on the Wii, those being The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and Xenoblade Chronicles, respectively.
Chugga's profile picture is an animated gif and can be seen hypnotically spinning around in certain pages on YouTube.
Episode 11's title is a reference to Kamen Rider. (Episode name: Kamek Rider)
Episode 37's intro replacement is when he usually uploads a new episode of an LP.
Thanks to viewers' input, the bonus episode's production was extended for two weeks. Much longer than Emile expected.
- The episode's length was also increased. From 9 minutes to 32 minutes.

References []

[1] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBgdYpneypA=930s

[2] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfbLpf60rI4=1343s

[3] ttps://youtu.be/uQ4zUYOkWWE?t=7m21s

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Let's Plays
Emile's Let's Plays
1. EarthBound (2008)	2. Mother (2008)	3. Paper Mario (2008)	4. Super Mario RPG (2008)	5. Mother 3 (2008-2009)
6. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2009)	7. Pokémon FireRed (2009)	8. Super Mario Sunshine (2009)	9. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2009-2010)	10. Pokémon Crystal (2010)
11. Super Luigi Galaxy (2010)	12. Pikmin (2010)	13. Ōkami (2010-2011)	14. Luigi's Mansion (2011)	15. Pikmin 2 (2011)
16. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2011)	17. Pokémon Emerald (2012)	18. Super Paper Mario (2012)	19. Ōkamiden (2012)	20. Kirby's Epic Yarn (2012)
21. Pokémon Colosseum (2013)	22. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2013)	23. Super Mario 64 DS (2013)	24. Kid Icarus Uprising (2013)	25. Sonic Colors (2013)
26. Animal Crossing: New Leaf (2013-2014; 2017)	27. Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness (2014)	28. Xenoblade Chronicles (2014-2015)	29. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2015)	30. Pikmin 3 (2015)
31. Pokémon Platinum (2015-2016)	32. Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (2016)	33. Splatoon (2016)	34. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2017)	35. Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2017)
36. Pokémon Black & White (2017-2018)	37. EarthBound (2018) (2018)	38. Yoshi's Woolly World (2018-2019)	39. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (2019)	40. Chrono Trigger (2019)
41. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2019)	42. Kirby: Triple Deluxe (2020)	43. Super Mario Land (2020)	44. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX (2020)	45. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (2020-2021)
46. Splatoon 2 (2021-2022)	47. Paper Mario (2022-2023) (2022-2023)	48. Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 (2023-2024)
Side Series: Pokémon Platinum (original)	April Fools: Mega Man 2