Before The Battle Against Midbus In The Fawful Theater In Mario & Luigi: Bowsers Inside Story, A Single

Before the battle against Midbus in the Fawful Theater in Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story, a single Shroob from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time can be found sitting in the audience, replying only with ellipses when interacted with. While later, an optional battle against Shroobs can be discovered, those Shroobs are thawed out from cold storage; this is the only Shroob found outside the storage room in the game.

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In Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story, Choombas are enemies that are only encountered as Bowser, and not as Mario and Luigi. However, hacking one into a battle against Mario and Luigi reveals that it is fully functional, not only correctly attacking the Bros., but also having unique unused sprites for this scenario.

Note the “M” and “L” shaped clouds (near the top of the screen in the left column) that the Choomba produces before charging at Mario and Luigi, respectively. It is unknown why Mario and Luigi can never encounter Choombas despite them being clearly programmed with this option in mind.

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