Editing Star menu

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|caption1=''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''
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|caption2=''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]''
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|caption3=''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]''
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|caption4=''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''
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{{quote|The {{color|star menu|blue}} lets you track all kinds of useful information.|Starlow|Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story}}
The '''star menu''' is a menu that first appeared in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and its [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] remake, ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'', replacing [[Stuffwell]] from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'' and the [[suitcase]] from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''. Here, the player can select a total of six options aligned by stars (hence the menu's name), view the amount of [[coin]]s they currently have, view the current play time (this is not present in the remake), and, when it becomes available, the [[badge]] meter. In the remake, the player can also check the settings to switch between Normal and [[Easy Mode]].

The star menu is accessed by pressing {{button|ds|start}}. [[Starlow]] explains how to use it once the player frees [[Luigi]] in the [[Trash Pit]] and defeats the two [[Goombule]]s right after freeing him, and runs it afterward throughout the rest of the game.

A similar menu appears in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]''; they are not referred to as the "star menu" in those games, however, only being referred to as "menu".

==Options==
In every game the menu has appeared, it has a total of 6 options, though the layout of them differs between each game.

===''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story +  Bowser Jr.'s Journey''===
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|-style="background-color: #bfd3e3" 
!width="5%"|Number
!width="10%"|Options
!width="60%"|Description
|-
|#1
|[[List of items|Items]]
|Allows the player to check all the consumable items, [[bean]]s and key items they have obtained, and use the former two outside of battle.
|-
|#2
|[[List of clothing in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story|Gear]]
|Allows the player to check and equip/change between any pieces of gear they have obtained.
|-
|rowspan=2|#3
|Info ([[Nintendo DS|DS]])
|rowspan=2|Allows the player to check the current statistics and [[rank]] of [[Mario]], [[Luigi]] and [[Bowser]].
|-
|Status ([[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]])
|-
|#4 ([[Nintendo DS|DS]])
|rowspan=2|[[Badge#Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey|Badges]]
|rowspan=2|Allows the player to check and switch between all the [[badge]]s they have obtained. In the original game, this option is located at the bottom-left row of the menu, while in the remake it is located at the bottom-middle row.
|-
|#5 ([[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]])
|-
|#4
|Records ([[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]])
|Allows the player to see how many [[block]]s they have hit, how many beans they have found, how many [[Attack Piece]]s they have acquired (along with the [[Bros. Attack]]s they have unlocked), their current high score in the Attack Challenge [[minigame]], and how much [[List of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey music|music recordings]] they have unlocked.
|-
|#5
|[[Bros. Attack|Specials]] ([[Nintendo DS|DS]])
|Allows the player to see how many [[Attack Piece]]s they have acquired, and the [[Bros. Attack|Special Attacks]] they have unlocked. They can look at a demo of the attack and practice how to use it.
|-
|rowspan=2|#6
|[[Map]] ([[Nintendo DS|DS]])
|Allows the player to look at a full map of the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] and [[Bowser's body]]. The map can be seen in the top screen of the menu in the remake.
|-
|[[Battle Guide|Guide]] ([[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]])
|Allows the player to look at the Guide.
|}

===''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team''===
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|-style="background-color: #bfd3e3" 
!width="5%"|Number
!width="10%"|Options
!width="60%"|Description
|-
|#1
|[[List of items|Items]]
|''"Use or view items you've obtained."''
|-
|#2
|Status
|''"Check the status of Mario and Luigi."''
|-
|#3
|[[List of clothing in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team|Gear]]
|''"Have a look at your gear, or change the gear you're currently using."''
|-
|#4
|[[Badges#Mario & Luigi: Dream Team|Badges]]
|''"Changes your badges."''
|-
|#5
|Collection
|''"Take a look at what you've collected so far."''
|-
|#6
|[[Battle Guide|Guide]]
|''"Check out a variety of things, like the summary of recent story events. You can also practice some of your attacks here."''
|}

===''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam''===
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|-style="background-color: #bfd3e3" 
!width="5%"|Number
!width="10%"|Options
!width="60%"|Description
|-
|#1
|[[List of clothing in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam|Gear]]
|Allows the player to check and equip/change between any pieces of gear they have obtained.
|-
|#2
|[[List of items|Items]]
|Allows the player to check all the consumable items, [[bean]]s and key items they have obtained, and use the former two outside of battle.
|-
|#3
|[[Battle Guide|Guide]]
|Allows the player to look at the Guide.
|-
|#4
|Status
|Allows the player to check the current statistics and [[rank]] of [[Mario]], [[Luigi]] and [[Paper Mario (character)|Paper Mario]].
|-
|#5
|[[Battle Card (Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam)|Battle Cards]]
|Allows the player to check out the set of Battle Cards they currently have.
|-
|#6
|Collection
|Allows the player to check out the current percentage of [[block]]s hit and [[Paper Toad]]s saved so far.
|}

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=スターメニュー<br/>''Sutā Menyū''
|JapM=Star menu
|SpaE=Menú Estrella
|SpaEM=Star menu
|SpaA=Menú Estelar
|SpaAM=Stellar Menu
}}

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