MARIO&LUIGI: Partners in Time (no commentary) Part 17 I SPHERICAL UNION
0Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time is a role-playing video game developed by AlphaDream and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld game console in late 2005.
It is the second game in the Mario & Luigi series, and is the prequel/sequel to the 2003 Game Boy Advance game Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.
The adventure follows Mario, Baby Mario, Luigi, and Baby Luigi while they search for Princess Peach, who has been abducted by an alien species only known as the Shroobs.
The gameplay centers on the co-operation between the quartet, who must use their specific qualities and skills to solve puzzles to progress through and features multiple role-playing game elements, but with a turn-based battle system focused on timing accuracy.
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 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.
Developer: AlphaDream
Publisher: Nintendo