Editing Elder Princess Shroob

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|image=[[File:EPShroob.png]]<br>In-game artwork of Elder Princess Shroob's battle with Princess Peach

 

'''Elder Princess Shroob'''<ref>''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]] [[Nintendo Power]]'' Player's Guide, page 94</ref>, referred to as '''Princess Shroob''' in-game, is the final antagonist and the penultimate [[List of bosses|boss]] of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''. She is the leader of the [[Shroob]]s (her younger sister, [[Princess Shroob]], is the second-in-command), an alien race that invaded the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]. When [[Princess Peach]], [[Toadiko]] and [[Toadbert]] time-travelled to [[Peach's Castle]] of the past using [[E. Gadd's Time Machine]] , they met the Shroobs. Elder Princess Shroob attempted to attack Peach; however, Peach used the power source of the Time Machine, the [[Cobalt Star]], to trap the Elder Princess Shroob inside. Peach then shattered the Star into pieces; however, the younger Princess Shroob still was able to capture Peach and trap her in [[Shroob Castle]].

[[File:Elder princess shroob.png|thumb|right|Elder Princess Shroob trapped inside the Cobalt Star.]]

[[File:Cobaltstarspirit.png|frame|left|Elder Princess Shroob as the "spirit" of the Cobalt Star]]

Throughout the game, [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Baby Mario]] and [[Baby Luigi]] collect the various pieces of the Cobalt Star, not knowing that Elder Princess Shroob is actually trapped inside. When the brothers get to the top of [[Star Hill]], the "spirit of the Cobalt Star" - actually Elder Princess Shroob in a disguise - appears and speaks to the brothers. It seemed that only Baby Luigi knew, since he was crying when "the spirit of the Cobalt Star" appeared. Various other characters such as [[Kylie Koopa]] and [[Toadbert]] hinted the fact that she was hiding inside the Cobalt Star, even as early as when the Mario Bros were in [[Yoob's Belly]].

Finally, at the end of the game, after [[Princess Shroob]] is defeated, it is revealed that [[Princess Peach]] kept the center shard of the Cobalt Star. Peach tells the Mario Bros. that she cannot allow them to repair the Cobalt Star, but before she can explain why [[Baby Bowser]] comes in and steals the last shard, combining it with the five that the heroes had already collected; the Shroob Princess, now enraged over the recent death of her younger sister, turns Baby Bowser into a [[Shroob Mushroom]] and resumes her original form as Peach explains to the Mario Bros. what had really happened when she had gone back to that time period. Upon resuming her original form, Elder Princess Shroob promises to kill the Bros. as revenge for her sister's death and then activates the platform they were standing on, engaging them in battle high above Shroob castle. Notably, she says this in the language of the other characters, the only Shroob in the game who does that.

Elder Princess Shroob is much stronger than her sister, and commands a fleet of [[Shroob UFO]]s. Her attacks depend on how many saucers are present; with just one, she can heal herself with a drink that recovers 120 of her [[Heart Point|HP]] (80 in non-American versions), or summon a [[Shroob Chomp]] to attack [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]], who must jump over it to avoid damage. With two saucers she can ride on top of the UFO's and fire large energy blasts at the Bros. from the top screen with her left and right claws respectively; The Princess then fires larger orbs at the Bros. from the background, forcing them to jump if the Princess isn't lined up with the top of her throne before being blown from the UFOs and landing on the platform, causing a shock-wave that must be jumped over. With three UFOs she can summon a Shroob Meteor, with which she attempts to crush the Bros; the targeted bro must whack her with the hammer enough times to make her drop it. Every time more Shroob UFOs are summoned, [[Princess Peach]] throws a star to the Bros., with which they can knock saucers out of the sky and prevent Elder Princess Shroob from using some of her attacks. Occasionally, she might throw a Super Mushroom to one brother.

The Princess's only move that is always available is a headlong football tackle towards one of the brothers, which must be hammered twice before she relents. If she pauses for a longer while before the tackle, she will stall right before she hits the targeted brother, tricking them into swinging their hammer too early. In all non-American versions of the game, every time the player attacks Elder Princess Shroob, an exclamation mark appears above her, and she uses this attack against the Bro. who attacked her previously.

[[File:EPSSF.png|thumb|left|A screenshot of the Mario Bros. fighting Elder Princess Shroob's second form.]]

Once Elder Princess Shroob loses enough health, she activates her crown and morphs into her true form, causing Princess Peach to faint. The Bros. must deplete this monstrous form to put an end to the Shroob invasion. In this second form, Elder Princess Shroob has seven parts: four arm tentacles, a group of leg tentacles, a crown, and her main body. While the crown is activated, the head recieves only 1 damage from all attacks. to defeat her, The Bros. must destroy the legs to reach the crown, and then deactivate the crown to make the head vulnerable. The tentacles, legs, and crown reactivate 3 turns after they are destroyed.

Each body part has different attacks usually going in the order of head, tentacles, then feet. The head has two attacks; one is to summon six Shroob UFO's, and then launching a laser ball that hits all of them in random order. After a few seconds, they will fall one at a time in the order they were hit. The ones on fire will land on Mario, and the electrified ones will land on Luigi, referencing their respective [[Firebrand]] and [[Thunderhand]] abilities in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''. This attack is repelled by hammering the saucers at Princess Shroob. For the second attack, She launches a giant purple energy ball to the top screen, and proceeds to launch smaller red and green blasts into it in random order. The giant ball will then land on whichever color blasts the ball absorbed more of. That bro must hammer the ball, to which it will then land on the other bro. Whacking it one more time counters the attack.

The tentacles have two attacks; one is to stab the Bros. with her tentacle claws, being telegraphed by a sparkle. This is avoided by jumping depending on which tentacle sparkled, and happens 2 to 4 times a turn. The second attack has both right and left tentacles slither towards the Bros. at the same time, and they must both use their hammers at the correct time to counter them. For the legs, Elder Princess Shroob backs up and spits 2 to 5 poison gas clouds at the Bros. that must be jumped over. Her legs also have a passive attack at the end of every turn, which causes her legs to sweep across the floor in a circular motion. The Bros. must jump at the same time over and over until the spinning stops. She can do this attack with just two tentacles, or four later on. A final rare attack used by the head requires the legs to be activated. Similar to the head's first attack, she summons six UFO's, but she backs up and summons a [[Time Hole]] as well. When all of the UFO's are hit, they will be sucked into the time hole and disappear. On a later turn with the legs activated, the Time Hole will reappear and spit out the UFO's in the order they were hit on the other turn. This attack is only used after half her HP is depleted, and is rare.

[[File:Elder Shroom.png|thumb|Elder Princess Shroob's mushroom form.|80px]]

When Elder Princess Shroob is defeated, she becomes a Shroob Mushroom, although not before gloating that even with her defeat, the Shroobs will ultimately best the Mushroom Kingdom regardless. Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi take it to the present [[Peach's Castle]] for it to be analysed by [[Professor E. Gadd]]. However, when they get there, they find [[Bowser]] lying unconscious on the floor. The mushroom that was Elder Princess Shroob comes to life and inserts itself inside Bowser's mouth, fusing with him and creating [[Shrowser]], who instantly regains consciousness and attacks the heroes. Despite being unable to attack Shrowser directly, the heroes prevail and the Shroob threat is eliminated. The characters, after bidding farewell, then return to their own timelines.

[[File:M&L-BIS+BJJ Princess Shroob and Elder Princess Shroob.jpg|thumb|left|Elder Princess Shroob's and her sister's cameos in the game's remake]]

Elder Princess Shroob was one of many Shroobs seen in the cold room of [[Bowser's Castle]] during Mario and Luigi's fight with the [[Shroob#Mario_.26_Luigi:_Bowser.27s_Inside_Story|Shroob]]s in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''. She appears in full view in the background of the battle, as do many other types of Shroobs; outside the battle, Elder Princess Shroob can still be barely seen, mostly cut off by the top of the screen, while there are fewer of the other Shroobs. The room is overall much smaller than in the battle.

In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'', Elder Princess Shroob reappears as a cameo. Princess Shroob is seen next to her, and she is able to be seen more clearly.

[[File:Super Mario Kun Volume 37 Elder Princess Shroob.png|thumb|The Elder Princess Shroob's appearance in the ''[[Super Mario-Kun]]''.]]

Elder Princess Shroob appears too briefly for her personality to be explored in-depth, but her short appearance does give some basic traits of the Shroob monarch. Elder Princess Shroob seems to have cared a lot for her sister and swears her life into avenging Princess Shroob's death: indeed, Elder Princess Shroob never makes any mention of her own ambitions for power in-game. However, she still seems to have had many of the bad traits ''Mario'' villains tend to show. She seems to be deceptive and manipulative, as shown by her convincing the Bros. to repair the Cobalt Star under the guise of it being a 'star sprite': she also does not appear to be particularly appreciative and is highly condescending, as she then responds to this favor by promising to bring death to the Bros and insults them repeatedly in the process, referring to them as "foolish mushroom heads." In addition, in spite of the confidence she shows in her people's abilities during her final speech, she does not visibly show any concern at all for her own people. Whenever a Shroob UFO performs a task for her, she knocks it away, even for simple tasks like bringing her a drink of [[Vim]]; when she turns into a beast, she is even more destructive, shooting down her own UFOs so that they hit the Mario Bros. Nonetheless, she has confidence in the success in the invasion of the Shroobs, as evidenced by her last words to the Mario Bros. where she stated that, even with her defeat, the Shroobs will ultimately be victorious over the Mushroom Kingdom.

===Physical appearance===

Elder Princess Shroob resembles her sister, but is bigger and has a hunched body, crooked jaw, green earrings (although she has no ears), pincer hands, and a different suit. In her true form, her limbs are replaced with tentacles and she's grown into a larger size.

|Jap=ゲドンコ姫（姉）

|JapR=Gedonko-hime (Ane)

|JapM=Princess Shroob (Older Sister)

|Spa=Hermana de la Princesa Shroob

|SpaM=Princess Shroob's sister

|Ita=Principessa Shroob Vecchia

|ItaM=Old Princess Shroob

|Fra=Sœur jumelle Princesse Xhampi

|FraM=Twin Princess Shroob

|Ger=Ältere Prinzessin Shroob

*In the North American version of ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'', the Elder Princess Shroob's crown is given an attack rating, although the crown never actually attacks, as its purpose is to simply protect the princess from damage.<ref>[http://themushroomkingdom.net/mlpit_guide.shtml TMK Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time Enemy Guide]. Some stats were changed from the original American version of the game to the Japanese and European versions.</ref> In other versions, this has been corrected, as the crown has a Power rating of 0.

*Elder Princess Shroob is the only one of her [[Shroob|race]] who talks in a comprehensible language (without the dialogue being put between parentheses and under the alien/Shroob-language dialogue). However, her dialogue is all in capital letters.

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