Editing Elder Princess Shroob

The '''Elder Princess Shroob'''<ref>Hoffman, Chris. ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'' Player's Guide. Pages 94, 95, 96.</ref>, referred to as '''Princess Shroob''' in-game, is the overarching antagonist and the penultimate [[List of bosses|boss]] of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''. She is the leader of the [[Shroob]]s (her younger twin sister, [[Princess Shroob]], is the second-in-command), an alien race that invaded the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]. When [[Princess Peach]], [[Toadiko]] and [[Toadbert]] time-traveled to [[Peach's Castle]] of the past using [[Prof. E. Gadd's time machine]], they met the Shroobs. The 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 was still able to capture Peach and trap her in [[Shroob Castle]].

Throughout the game, [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Baby Mario]] and [[Baby Luigi]] collect the various pieces of the Cobalt Star, not knowing that the Elder Princess Shroob is actually trapped inside. When the brothers get to the top of [[Star Hill]], the "spirit of the Cobalt Star" - actually the 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]]. Professor E. Gadd even correctly guesses that there was a link between the Cobalt Star (unaware that Elder Princess Shroob was actually trapped inside it) and the Shroobs when he saw the Cobalt Star Shard agitating the Junior Shrooboid when it floated near the Shrooboid's tube.

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

The Elder Princess Shroob resembles her sister, as she is a humanoid Shroob wearing a magenta dress, a silver crown with a black gem in the center, and green earrings (although she has no ears). However, she is bigger and has a hunched body, crooked jaw, and pincer hands.

In her true form, the Elder Princess Shroob becomes much larger and the gem on her crown is orange instead of black. Her arms have been replaced with tentacles, and her dress has been tattered, especially at the bottom, revealing her legs, which consist of multiple tentacles.

The Elder Princess Shroob is much stronger than her sister, and commands a fleet of [[Shroob saucer]]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 [[Chain Chomp (Elder Princess Shroob)|Chain Chomp]] to attack [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]], who must jump over it to avoid damage. With two saucers, she can ride on top of the saucers 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 saucers and landing on the platform, causing a shock-wave that must be jumped over. With three saucers, she can summon a meteorite, 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 saucers are summoned, [[Princess Peach]] throws a star to the Bros., with which they can knock saucers out of the sky and prevent the Elder Princess Shroob from using some of her attacks. The Bros. can also earn Bros. Items (such as [[Red Shell]]s and [[Smash Egg]]s) from the fallen saucers. Occasionally, she might throw a Super Mushroom to one brother.

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|Fra=Princesse Xhampi<ref>"''Oui. j'ai enfermé la '''princesse Xhampi''' à l'intérieur, puis j'ai détruit l'étoile.''" - Princess Peach's speech before the first fight against Elder Princess Shroob</ref><ref>"''Donc, le lutin auquel nous avons parlé sur la Colline Étoile... En fait, c'était la '''princesse Xhampi''' qui était enfermée à l'intérieur! C'est fou, ça!''" - Stuffwell speech before the first fight against Elder Princess Shroob</ref><ref>[https://imgur.com/v1Kqgow Screen showing the french name of the Elder Princess Shroob]</ref>

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*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.