#Mario partners

[furornocturna]

Fellow SPM fans!!

We all love the villains and rightfully so. Team Bleck is found family and we love it. The bro angst is outstanding. The existential dread stakes is great.

But there is something I’ve noticed in SPM content that is both unexplored and slept on.

The Pixls.

Outside of Tippi, sadly, they aren’t really given a lot of depth. Heck, they don’t even speak again after their intros. Which is a damn shame in an rpg platformer. You have 11 of these fellas helping you on this adventure besides Tippi and it’s wasted potential.

Especially considering how WILD the Pixl lore is. Like the Pixl Uprising played a DIRECT PART in leading to the events of the main game.

And the Catch Cards out of left field will also blindside you with shit like this:

…I’m sorry WHAT?!

And Tippi’s tattles on them too:

Like.

It’s not much but it’d be cool if we saw more of this. If they got to develop a bit as the adventure went on like previous partners did.

What kinds of commentary would they make on various situations depending on who you have out in cutscenes? Much like how the dialogue is different when playing as Peach, Bowser or Luigi, and when you had different partners out in 64 and TTYD.

I think they deserve a revamp.

And I’ve already come up with a bunch of ideas for fleshing them out for an au fic project I’m doing.

This post is getting long tho, so if anyone wants a follow-up, let me know and I’ll infodump more on these little guys.

[teegeeteegee]

I'm making my way through the Paper Mario series and just finished the first one. I'm curious to see who is the favorite partner from the series and may do a poll for the other games as I progress through them.

[2129888]

BESTIES-- KILLLLLLL!!!

[qubiqubi]

Even the baddies need some love. Hope ya'll enjoy Brothership

[froggieetmblr]

some mario dump i watched the damn movie once and they won't leave my brain

[smolbtne]

Every Nintendo fan right now

[keno3jkey]

Be quiet! Theyre sleeping💤

[pigdemonart]

Part 2 of 3

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This one took a little longer than usual since I’m moving this week, so there is a lot to pack. Fun pages though, every poor expression on Luigi makes me smile. Wet chihuahua of a man.

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[noir-ish-bee]

weeeehh

[pianokantzart]

I don't think we talk quite enough about these two NPCs:

At the beginning it's clear that they're supposed to be reflections of Mario and Luigi. The younger brother is skinnier, taller, less experienced, and (initially) easily frightened.

The older brother is shorter and chubbier, more experienced and protective of his sibling.

But when they're reunited, it turns out the two are very much different characters from Mario and Luigi.

The first sign is that the younger brother is pretty blasé while the older brother breaks down into tears of relief. A direct opposite to the way things go when Mario and Luigi are reunited.

Furthermore, the younger brother now embraces danger and desperately wants to go on another adventure, while the older brother forgoes treasure hunting completely in favor of focusing on keeping his sibling safe.

These are two behaviors that don't quite fit with Mario and Luigi.

HOWEVER...

Before Mario and Luigi leave, the younger treasure hunter takes Luigi aside and asks if he can sneak off with them. When he's overheard, not only is the older treasure hunter mad at his brother, but Mario is mad at Luigi for considering it.

This teeny tiny moment lead me to the suspect that the "character arc" these NPCs undergo are fuzzy reflections of Mario and Luigi's desires.

Luigi wishes he could just go though the wringer and come out on the other side with permanent bravado, unable to be shaken and as adventurous as his brother. He more than likely wants the younger brother to embrace this change and pursue his dream.

Mario on the other hand?

I think... while he doesn't dislike being a hero... part of him prefers the idea of just hanging out with his sibling in a world where things aren't consistently on the verge of disaster.

He understands the way the older brother feels, so much so that he deeply objects to the idea of helping the younger one sneak off (especially so soon after they were reunited), and gets mad when Luigi merely hears the idea out.

And I think a more selfish part of Mario likes the idea of telling Luigi to stay home, safe and sound where nothing can hurt him.

Heck... we've probably already gotten a peek into a world Mario gave in to this impulse and tried that approach...

[suppermariobroth]

In Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, if the Baby Spin move is performed on top of the giant mushroom near Hollijolli Village and the babies spend enough time spinning down to one of the other mushroom platforms, the babies will assume a glitched state in which they no longer seem to interact with most of the environment.

Note how after landing, the babies are able to walk on air and no longer activate battles when touching enemies. It is no longer possible to retrieve the babies from this state as Adult Mario and Luigi will also pass through them.

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[gooompy]

Satisfied my Paper Mario brainrot by imagining partners from an alternate timeline version of Sticker Star! Tried to keep it within the bounds of what was already in the game as a little challenge

[marioandluigicollab]

Happy Brothership Day!

Thank you everyone for participating in the Mario & Luigi: Art Collab (-Ship)! It's been a wonderful journey for us all, we hope you had a great time and enjoy the canvas with everyone's wonderful work on it!

You can find the full canvas and credits to all of our participants here!

Edit: We've made a few minor changes for version 2! Check out our newest version of the canvas!

[niidsch]

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time ★ 2005

[shapeshiftinterest]

more kid!bowuigi, story bookish coloring

young bowser will now be drawn with the non spiked versions of his arm and neck bands to separate his design from junior’s

anyways here’s them as hanging out cuz either:

kamek kidnapped baby luigi to be prince bowser’s playmate

luigi got lost and prince bowser was like ‘it’s free baby/ friend’

luigi just wandered into koopa kingdom, kamek’s looking for his parents, and prince bowser is watching over him until they’re found

this is either an alternate universe where their kid versions are friends, or it’s from the partners in time game and their younger selves are hanging out for a bit

images:

playing ghost hunter/ luigi ran into a haunted mansion and bowser followed him in because he didn’t want kamek nagging him if luigi got hurt

bowser babysitting luigi, who is drawing

bowser either finding luigi, who was collecting fire flowers, or bowser being a bodyguard and threatening someone off screen in case they tried to mess with luigi

naptime with kamek putting a blanket over the 2

[green199213]

some of e. gadd's most classy looks over the years