Elder Princess Shroob (Mario & Luigi Partners In Time)

The Elder Princess Shroob is the hidden true main antagonist, and boss fight of Mario and Luigi Partners In Time. She is the Princess Shroob's older sister who was impression in the Star Crystal by Princess Peach, and is one of the two rulers of the Shroobs. The Elder Princess Shroob is the main boss of Shroob Castle, is the second/final boss (Penultimate if counting Shrowser as the "final boss") of that level and is overall the fourteenth/final boss of the game(Penultimate if counting Shrowser as the "final boss").

Since today, the boss fight agents the Elder Princess Shroob has been praised by many fans of the Mario & Luigi franchise, and is considered one of the best bosses in the Mario & Luigi series.

Why She Rocks

 * 1) For starters, while not appearing until end-game, the Elder Princess Shroob is an excellent antagonist who is not only intimidating, but is also one of the very few villains to show care for her allies.
 * 2) The Elder Princess Shroob has incredible designs, with her second/final forming being amazing.
 * 3) The overall boss is incredible intense, as the Bros. must defeat this monstrous form to put an end to the Shroob invasion.
 * 4) Extent music in both forms.
 * 5) Awesome atmosphere that takes place on a circular platform while flying high above in the sky, with the second phase being the most intense.
 * 6) The Elder Princess Shroob has many variety of attacks to keep Player(s) on their feet, both of which are neat looking, such as firing a barrage of energy lasers in her first form, and later on spewing out mist while in her second form.
 * 7) This fight just shows how Elder Princess Shroob cares about her minions and how she is willing to kill every thing in existence just to avenge them.
 * 8) The Elder Princess Shroob has A LOT of HP, which her first form having 3500 HP and her second form having 3000 HP, making it for a whopping total of 6500 HP. In the European and Japanese versions of the game, her first form has 1800 HP and her second form has 2000 HP for a total of 3800 HP (only 300 more HP than her American first phase, which has almost twice as much HP as the first phase of the international versions).
 * 9) The way that the Princess Shroob attacks and fights are very creative, one of which is charging like a football player.
 * 10) During the first form, Peach will give Mario and/or Luigi a star that they can launch at the Shroob Saucers, doing so will limited the the Elder Princess Shroob's attacks, making this one of the very few moments were Peach actually does something.
 * 11) Their are many neat details though out the fight, one of which is during the second phase when Peach faints.
 * 12) The second phase also include some dark moments, one such example is how the Shroob Saucers act as a form of projectile after The Elder Princess Shroob shoots them down.
 * 13) There are some neat references to Mario and Luigi: Super Star Saga.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) While the battle is challenging and fun, it is somewhat of a harsh difficulty spike, especially if you are underleveled. For example, Charriii5 was at level 23 when he fought this boss, although being underleveled is why he has been struggling throughout this game.
 * 2) Unlike previous bosses and even the phase against the Elder Princess Shroob beforehand, in the second phase, players have to damage Elder Princess Shroob's legs and then attack her crown in order to do a lot of damage to her. As when she has her legs, she can not be attack above, and when her crown is active (indicated by it flashing gold), she only takes 1 point of damage, and considering that she can both regrow her legs and reused this attack, it can be a bit annoying. Each target has its own HP, by the way: each arm has 200 HP for a grand total of 800 HP for all four arms alone, the legs have 400 HP, and the crown has 200 HP. Once each target is deactivated, it regenerates after three turns.
 * 3) While manageable, some of the Elder Princess Shroob's attacks can do insane amounts of damage and they are hard to avoid. If you take any damage and beat her first phase, you don't get to heal until she activates her second form.

Tips & Tricks

 * For an easy way to damage all six parts of the Elder Princess Shroob's second form, use the Mix Flower, not only can it hit both targets, but it can also do just enough damage to take out five to six parts.
 * In the Elder Princess Shroob's second form when she shoots down the Shroob Saucer, the order Shroob Saucer that will land on that Bro. is determine on when its been hit by the Elder Princess Shroob's energy ball and what will hit that Bro. is also determine on the effects it has, when its fire, its aiming at Mario and Baby Mario, and when its electricity, its aiming at Luigi and Baby Luigi