Editing Cobalt Star

{{quote2|The [[E. Gadd's Time Machine|machine's]] energy source? This amazing Cobalt Star!|In-Game Text|''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''}}
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[[File:CobaltStarOpening.png|thumb|250px|The '''Cobalt Star''' in one piece.]]

The '''Cobalt Star''' is the power source for [[Professor Elvin Gadd|Professor E. Gadd]]'s time machine in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''. The Cobalt Star was shattered into multiple '''Cobalt Shards''' by [[Princess Peach]] after she used it to trap [[Elder Princess Shroob]], the leader of the [[Shroob]]s that were invading the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] of the past. However, her sister, the younger [[Princess Shroob]] kidnapped Princess Peach in the castle of the past, which is later turned into the [[Shroob Castle]]. Destroying the star also caused [[Time Hole]]s to appear between the past and present, and with the help of their [[Baby Mario|infant]] [[Baby Luigi|selves]], [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] go about retrieving the shards and reassembling the Cobalt Star to fix the fabric of time and save Peach from the aliens. Later in the game, at [[Star Hill]], the "spirit of the Cobalt Star", which is the Elder Princess Shroob, sends the heroes to the [[Star Shrine]], where there's another Cobalt Shard.
[[File:Cobaltstarspirit.png|frame|left|The "spirit" of the Cobalt Star]]

[[Baby Luigi]] and [[Kylie Koopa]] both realize something is suspicious about the Cobalt Star, but the full truth is not revealed until it is too late: all of the Shards are assembled at the Shroob Castle when [[Baby Bowser]] steals the last one from Princess Peach. Baby Bowser is transformed into a [[Shroob Mushroom]], and the Elder Princess Shroob then uses her regained power to break free of her prison and attack the heroes.

It appears that the Cobalt Star does not exist anymore in the Mario universe, as Elder Princess Shroob states that the star "is no more". Also, the Elder Shroob Princess can create time holes during the final battle, suggesting that she absorbed the Cobalt Star's powers to enhance her own.

==Cobalt Shard locations==
[[File:Cobalt Shard.PNG|thumb|A '''Cobalt Shard'''.]]
Below is a list of where the six Cobalt Shards of the Cobalt Star are located.
*At [[Baby Bowser's Castle]].
*In the possession of [[Swiggler]] in the [[Vim Factory]].
*Inside of [[Petey Piranha]] in the [[Gritzy Caves]].
*At the [[Star Shrine]].
*In the possession of [[Toadbert]] and then [[Elder Shrooboid]] at the Star Shrine. 
*In the possession of [[Princess Peach]] at [[Shroob Castle]].

==Names in other languages==
===Cobalt Star===
{{foreign names
|Jap=コバルトスター
|JapR=Kobaruto sutā
|JapM=Cobalt Star
|Spa=Estrella Cobalto
|SpaM=Cobalt Star
|Fra=Étoile cobalt
|FraM=Cobalt star
|Rus=Кобальтовая Звезда (Fan translation by FinalfanX)
|RusM=Cobalt Star
|Ger=Kobaltstern
|GerM=Cobalt star}}

===Cobalt Shards===
{{foreign names
|Jap=コバルトスターのカケラ
|JapR=Kobaruto sutā no kakera
|JapM=Cobalt Star Piece
|Fra=Fragment stellaire
|FraM=Starry shard
|Spa=Fragmento de la Estrella Cobalto
|SpaM=Cobalt Star's fragment
|Ger=Kobalt-Sternsplitter
|GerM=Cobalt Star Shard
|Rus=Осколок Кобальтовой Звезды (Fan translation by FinalfanX)
|RusM=Cobalt Star Shard
}}

==Trivia==
*When the Cobalt Star Shard goes near the Junior Shrooboid, the sound that a [[Shroob UFO]] makes is heard.
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