Glitz Pit

An angle view of the arena.

Mario and Goombella watch the match between Rawk Hawk and The Koopinator.

“Welcome to the Glitz Pit! Here, savage battles go on each and every day!”

—Toad, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

The Glitz Pit is an arena located in Glitzville in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and its Nintendo Switch remake. It is the main attraction of Glitzville, with fighters competing in the Glitz Pit seeking glory, and wealthy individuals betting on the outcome of matches in the arena. Mario and his partners are introduced to the Glitz Pit as they search for the third Crystal Star, the Gold Star, within Glitzville. Realising that it forms part of the Champ's Belt, Mario joins the Glitz Pit as a fighter to win the championship and the belt for himself.

The public-facing areas of the Glitz Pit consist of the main lobby, and the arena itself, which is accessed through either the lower or upper doorways in the center of the lobby. Mario can talk to some of the spectators, but will not be able move through the dense crowd. Random fighters can be seen competing on stage, jumping on or bumping into one another. Occasionally, a huge crowd of red and orange Toads and Lakitu appear in the lobby, but can be cleared away using the hammer.

Backstage, there is a long corridor surrounding the arena, two minor-league and two major-league locker rooms, the champion's room, the promoter's office, and a locked storage room. The locker rooms are divided into red and blue teams, though Mario can typically only access the red locker rooms on the left side of the corridor. The blue locker rooms on the right side are only accessible shortly before Mario's fight with Rawk Hawk.

Synopsis

In Chapter 3, Mario and his partners witness a match between The Koopinator and the arena's reigning champion, Rawk Hawk. During the fight, they discover that the Gold Star forms part of the Champ's Belt. Knowing that they cannot steal the belt from Rawk Hawk, Mario signs up as a fighter to become the Glitz Pit champion and win the belt through legitimate means. At the insistence of the arena's promoter, Grubba, Mario takes on the mantle of "The Great Gonzales" as he fights his way up the ranks of the Glitz Pit. Grubba's assistant Jolene guides Mario through the process of matches in the Glitz Pit, but is otherwise cold towards him and his partners.

During the chapter, Mario faces numerous opponents and learns of several mysteries surrounding the Glitz Pit, including the disappearance of the previous champion Prince Mush. After one match, a friendly rival, King K, suggests to Mario that he visits the Hot Dog Stand outside. There, he discovers a bouncing egg attempting to escape the vendor's proprietor, Mr. Hoggle, who reluctantly agrees to allow the egg to accompany Mario. King K retires from the Glitz Pit, and Mario's progress to the major league is met with a roadblock when facing The Iron Adonis Twins. He is forced to forfeit the match due to their seemingly impenetrable durability. Upon returning to the locker room, the egg is revealed to have hatched into a Yoshi Kid who joins Mario's party and who easily dispatches The Iron Adonis Twins by swallowing one and spitting it at the other.

Following his victory, Mario is promoted to the major league. He is confronted in the locker room by Rawk Hawk, and Mario's partner is able to determine that the Gold Star on his belt is a fake. Mario works to solve the mysteries of the Glitz Pit in between matches with the aid of a mysterious individual known as "X", who contacts Mario exclusively through email. During the course of his investigation, a fighter known as Bandy Andy has gone missing, and is believed to have been spirited away by Rawk Hawk. Mario acquires the Super Hammer and discovers King K and Bandy Andy drained of their vitality, trapped under a large block in the arena's storage room. Bandy Andy advises Mario not to go to the arena when strange lights are showing, before collapsing from exhaustion. As Mario and his partners leave the room, they catch Jolene spying on them and ponder what it happening.

Eventually, Mario reaches the top rank and faces off against the champion, Rawk Hawk, winning the match and the Champ's Belt. While inside the champion's room, Mario and his friends overhear a conversation through an air vent in which Grubba states that he will eliminate Jolene and Mario, as they are getting too close to discovering his plans. Mario confronts Grubba in the arena, discovering that he is using the real Gold Star to charge a machine hidden under the stage in order to drain fighters of their vitality, and use it to keep himself forever young and strong. Grubba uses the power stored within the machine to greatly enhance his abilities, becoming Macho Grubba, the true boss of the chapter. Mario defeats Macho Grubba and claims the Gold Star. Prince Mush reappears, revealing that he was imprisoned by Grubba after learning of his secret. It is revealed that Jolene is Prince Mush's sister, as well as the mysterious "X", who went undercover as Grubba's assistant to solve the mystery of Prince Mush's disappearance.

After the completion of Chapter 3, Jolene takes over from Grubba as the promoter of the Glitz Pit. Mario and his partners can optionally return to the arena and resume fighting from the minor leagues, starting over at Rank 20.

Seven Wonders of the Glitz Pit

According to Bandy Andy, the fighters within the Glitz Pit are said to pass stories of a set of mysteries that surround the arena. Throughout the chapter, all seven wonders are encountered and their true nature is discovered.

• The Sealed Wall — "They say...there's a sealed wall in the minor-league locker room. Some say...the remains of fallen athletes are stored in there..."
  • The wall is actually a large yellow block breakable with the Super Hammer. The room it conceals does not contain the remains of fallen fighters, but research about the Crystal Stars in the form of Dubious Documents. The part about fallen athletes appears to have been conflated with the large block in the storage room.
• The Man-Eating Toilet — "They say...in one of the arena's bathrooms, a man-eating toilet lurks. Some say...the anyone who sees this toilet never sees anything again..."
  • The toilet is in fact a toilet that functions as Warp Pipe, connecting both major-league locker rooms. Mario uses the toilet to escape from Rawk Hawk's trap to prevent Mario from turning up to the Championship Match.
• The Stairs of Mystery — "They say...there's a room in the Glitz Pit with a second floor but no stairs... They say...no one has ever gone upstairs... And some say...that groaning voices sometimes come from that second floor..."
  • The stairs are concealed in the Glitz Pit's storage room, activated with a hidden switch. The groaning voices belong to the fighters that Grubba drained and imprisoned under a large block on the upper floor of the room.
• The Haunted Boudoir — "They say...that the champion's room is haunted... Some say...if you keep still in the room, you'll hear voices whispering from nowhere... Some even say...the voices are athletes who lost to the champion..."
  • The voice are actually the sound of voices coming from the promoter's office, with sound travelling through air vents connecting both rooms.
• The Spooky Ring-Lights — "My friend's friend's friend told me this one... He said...he saw a strange light leaking under the ring doors when no one was there. He couldn't see inside since the doors were locked. I plan to investigate this myself...""
  • The strange light is in fact generated from Grubba's power-draining machine on the arena stage. It is implied that Grubba catches Bandy Andy investigating this secret, and so drains his power and imprisons him alongside the other victims.
• The Missing Ones — "They say...sometimes fighters disappear for no reason, never to return... Some say...that the very first champion, Prince Mush, was spirited away in this way..."
  • The missing fighters disappeared after Grubba drained their power using his machine, and are imprisoned under a large hammer block in the storage room. The known missing fighters are Prince Mush, Bandy Andy, and King K, and all three recover after Macho Grubba is defeated.
• Grubba and Jolene — "Grubba is a strange one... His body is incredibly toned, even though he's past 60. He must have an exceptional training regimen. Then there's the matter of Ms. Jolene. They say...she suddenly vanishes at times. Some say...a fighter saw her go into a bathroom and waited for her to come out. But she never did. Huh? You think it's stranger that someone staked out her bathroom? Good point."
  • Grubba is revealed to be using his power-draining machine to drain others of their vitality, and using it to enhance his own. Jolene's unexplained absences are revealed to be her taking on the pseudonym of "X", who contacts Mario via email from the Fresh Juice Shop.

Ranked Match

Mario is required to compete in Ranked Matches throughout the course of Chapter 3. As The Great Gonzales, Mario begins in the minor-league at Rank 20. Upon reaching Rank 10, Mario will join the major league, receiving a 30 coin bonus and gaining access to the major-league locker room. Upon defeating Rawk Hawk, Mario will become the champion, receive a 100 coin bonus, and gain access to the champion's room.

All matches can be initiated from a computer terminal in either locker room, or in the champion's room. Mario will face each opponent in a fixed order, based on the opponent's own ranking within the Glitz Pit. Mario will also be imposed a condition that must be fulfilled in order to rank up. If Mario fails to meet the battle condition, he will not rank up and he will continue to face the same opponent in until meeting the condition and winning the match. If Mario loses the match, he will go down a rank in the Nintendo GameCube version of the game, but in the Nintendo Switch version Mario will remain at his current rank with no change.

Winning a Ranked Match will award coins, starting at 5 coins for the first ranked opponent defeated, and increasing by 1 coin for each subsequent opponent defeated. If Mario fails to meet the imposed battle condition, he will be paid a flat fee of 4 coins in the minor league, and 10 coins in the major league. If Mario loses or flees the battle, he will only receive 1 coin.

Ranked Match Fighters
Rank	Picture	Team Name	Fighters	Storyline progression
20		The Merciless Executioner4 The Great Gonzales	Mario and his partners	First arriving at the Glitz Pit, Mario and his partners observe Rawk Hawk showing off his belt while battling The Koopinator in the arena. The belt has the Gold Star on it, and Mario and his partners decide to sign up and fight to the top rank to earn it for themselves
19		The Meteorite Hardheads2 The Goomba Bros.	5 Goombas	A Goomba in the team strikes Mario first to initiate the battle. After the battle, King K introduces Mario to the other fighters in the locker room—Master Crash, Bandy Andy, and Cleftor. He talks to Mario often after the next few battles.
18		The Shell Machines of Doom The KP Koopas	2 KP Koopas & 1 KP Paratroopa
17		The Spiked Terror Triplets The Pokey Triplets	3 Pokeys1	Bandy Andy is caught by Jolene and sent back to the room. After a chat with King K, he sneaks out again.
16		The Bone-Banging Rockers The Dead Bones	3 Dull Bones1	King K speaks with Mario, after which they hears someone crying out in pain due to a foot injury while being escorted out of the Glitz Pit.
15		The Midnight Spike-Bombers Spike Storm	2 Spinies1 & 1 Lakitu	King K mentions a new "menu item" at the Hot Dog Stand outside. Mario can go there and check the egg at any time, but the Yoshi Kid from that egg is needed in The Iron Adonis Twins battle.
14		The Grim Death Burglars The Hand-It-Overs	2 Bandits & 2 Big Bandits	King K mentions a "STUNNIN' babe" having a drink at the Fresh Juice Shop, who resembles a casually-dressed Jolene.
13		The Gray Entanglers The Mind-Bogglers	Pale Piranha, Dark Puff, Pider	King K informs Mario that he is going to retire.
12		The Green Torture Squad The Punk Rocks	3 Hyper Bald Clefts	King K is no longer present in the locker room, having evidently retired.
11		The Big Bomb Boomers The Bob-omb Squad	Four Bob-ombs	Master Crash and Cleftor are talking about King K's leave, and Jolene teaches a new fighter, Sir Swoop, how to use the terminal.
10		The Armored Harriers The Iron Adonis Twins	2 Iron Clefts	After losing or forfeiting the match, Mario returns to the locker room to find that the egg has hatched into a Yoshi Kid. Using Yoshi Kid's Gulp ability, Mario is able to defeat the twins and move to the major-league. Rawk Hawk confronts Mario and his partners, but they discover that the Crystal Star on his belt is fake. Mario then receives an email from a mysterious sender called "X".
9		The Thorny Demons The Tiny Spinies	2 Red Spike Tops
8		The Ultimate Weapons The Poker Faces	2 Bristles	Mario is instructed by "X" to go to the Fresh Juice Shop outside the Glitz Pit. Podler gives Mario a package containing the Super Hammer, and Mario is told to smash the blockade in the minor-league locker room. Behind the blockade, he finds the Dubious Documents and reads it, but is interrupted by Jolene who confiscates it.
7		The Bottomless Vacuums The Fuzz3	Fuzzy, Green Fuzzy1, Flower Fuzzy	After the Fuzz are defeated, The Iron Adonis Twins challenges Mario's team again. Mario receives a threatening email after the battles.
6		The Turtles of Hurtle The Shellshockers3	2 Shady Koopas & 1 Shady Paratroopa	Jolene leaves a cake from a fan to Mario. If Mario chooses not to eat it, Shellshock eats it instead while Mario and his partners go for the next battle.
5		The Underworld Servants The Magikoopa Masters	Red Magikoopa, Green Magikoopa, White Magikoopa	Immediately after Mario and his partners win the battle, they are challenged on stage by Bowser.
4		The Dark Gatekeeper Craw-Daddy	Dark Craw	Mario is instructed by "X" to go to a phone booth, where he finds a Storage Key. Proceeding to the storage room near Grubba's office, Mario encounters Ms. Mowz and finds a hidden switch activating stairs to the second floor. After crawling through an air vent, he overhears Jolene and Grubba in the office discussing the disappearance of multiple fighters.
3		The Big Bad Brute Bros. Hamma, Bamma, and Flare	Hammer Bro, Fire Bro, Boomerang Bro	Mario receives a threatening email. After Mario reserves the next match, Jolene brings a cake that was sent as a gift. If Mario chooses to eat it, Mario's partner will quickly eat it first and become poisoned, making them unavailable for the battle. If Mario chooses not to eat it, Shellshock will eat it during the match and become poisoned instead.
2		The Red Ore Fear Orbs Chomp Country	2 Red Chomps
1		The Razor Blade Brigadier The Koopinator	Dark Koopatrol	Mario is instructed by "X" to remove the Gonzales posters in the lobby using Flurrie, and finds another Storage Key which unlocks a door on the upper floor of the storage room. There, he finds Bandy Andy and King K crushed under a large yellow block. As Mario and his partner leave, they catch Jolene spying on them.
⭐		The Feral Nuclear Reactor (GCN) The Golden Grandstander (Switch) Rawk Hawk	Rawk Hawk	Before the battle, Rawk Hawk tricks a security guard into locking Mario in the blue minor league locker room. Mario escapes through a toilet to arrive in time for the match. After Mario defeats Rawk Hawk, he overhears Grubba discussing plans and steals blueprints for a strange machine from his desk. Grubba catches Mario, but flees to the arena stage where Mario confronts him.

¹ - These opponents have the ability to summon reinforcements.
² - In the GameCube version, the initial match mistakenly calls the Goomba Bros. "the Hoppin' Hardheads".
³ - In the Nintendo Switch version, the rankings of the Fuzz and the Shellshockers are swapped.
⁴ - If Mario returns to the Glitz Pit after Chapter 3, his title is changed to "the Superstar Sequel".
After King K's disappearance, The KP Koopas are replaced with Wings of Night, consisting of 4 Swoopers. After the disappearance of Bandy Andy, the Hand-It-Overs are replaced with The Destructors, consisting of two Spinias and two Spanias. In the Nintendo GameCube version, these teams can only be challenged during Chapter 3 by losing matches and ranking down low enough to be matched with them. In the Nintendo Switch version, they can only be faced in an Exhibition Match, as it is not possible for Mario to lose rank.

As Mario rises through the ranks, the rankings between other contenders may shuffle. The only fighters whose positions stay the same are The Goomba Bros., The KP Koopas, The Pokey Triplets, The Dead Bones, The Iron Adonis Twins, The Shellshockers, The Koopinator, and Rawk Hawk.

Battle conditions

To progress in the Glitz Pit, Grubba (or Jolene once Chapter 3 is completed) will impose a special condition on Mario during his battles. The condition must be fulfilled for a victory to be counted and to move up the rankings. There are several possible conditions and usually it is randomly chosen, though some battles in Chapter 3 have fixed conditions:

• For Mario's first battle against The Goomba Bros., the order will always be to appeal to the crowd at least once.
• For the match against the Iron Clefts, the condition will never be something that prevents the usage of Gulp, such as disallowing FP or partner attacks. In the remake, the condition is further restricted to only ever be "Use a partner skill at least once."
• For the championship match against Rawk Hawk in the Nintendo GameCube version, Mario will always be instructed to use a special move, though it is not actually required to be performed and only serves to de-rank Mario if it isn’t and he loses. In the Nintendo Switch version, Mario will instead be told that there is no condition.

Evidently, other fighters are given conditions that Mario will never be instructed to perform, as at one point Grubba instructs Sir Swoop to "do a triple flip and meow."

The condition Mario is given will be displayed briefly at the start of a battle in the Glitz Pit. In the Nintendo Switch version, the condition will also be displayed for the full duration of battle in the lower-left corner of the screen. Additionally, it will be highlighted in green and marked with a green checkmark when it is successfully fulfilled, or a red cross if it is failed.

Nintendo GameCube	Nintendo Switch
Appeal to the crowd at least once.	Appeal to the crowd at least once.
Appeal to the crowd at least three times!	Appeal to the crowd at least three times!
Don't attack in the first three turns!	Don't damage your opponent in the first three turns!
Don't ever let your partner attack!	Don't ever let your partner damage your opponent!
Only let your partner attack!	Only let your partner damage your opponent!
Don't change partners!	Don't swap partners!
Don't use your jump!	Don't use your jump!
Don't use your hammer!	Don't use your hammer!
Don't use your FP!/Don't use any FP!	Don't use your FP!
Don't use items!/Don't use any items!	Don't use items!
Defeat your opponent in five turns or less!	Win in five turns or fewer!
Take damage from your opponent three times!	Take damage at least three times!
Take damage from your opponent at least five times!	Take damage at least five times!
Use a special move at least once.	Use a special move at least once.
Don't use special moves!	Don't use special moves!
-	Use a partner skill at least once.
Win before taking 20 HP of damage!	Win before taking 20 HP of damage!
-	Use a partner skill at least twice.

Exhibition Match

The Nintendo Switch remake introduces Exhibition Matches, which can be partaken at any point after Mario has joined the Glitz Pit. Mario can face previous opponents any time after beating them, while a selection of special opponents can also be challenged once certain prerequisites are met. Exhibition Matches do not have any battle conditions nor have any affect on Mario's rank, but will still award prize money like Ranked Matches do.

Exhibition Match Special Opponents
Picture	Team Name	Fighters	Prerequisite
	The Sleepy Stealth Scythe Wings of Night	4 Swoops	During Chapter 3 only. Available after Mario reaches Rank 11 and witnesses Sir Swoop's induction to the Glitz Pit.
	The Flying Bullets The Destructors	2 Spinias and 2 Spanias	During Chapter 3 only. Available after Mario reaches Rank 3 and Bandy Andy goes missing.
	The Returning Royal Prince Mush	Prince Mush	Available after Chapter 3. After solving Jolene's trouble "Help wanted!", after sometime, Prince Mush will email Mario inviting him to an Exhibition Match.

Battle quotes

Partners

Each of Mario's partners have dialogue that they will say on stage before the battle begins, and after winning the match.

Character	Before Battle	When Mario wins
Goombella	"We aren't gonna lose to scrubs like YOU!" "C'mon, Mario! Let's get this over with!"	"See?!? No biggie!" "What did you expect, huh? We rock!"
Koops	"I'll try not to get in your way, Mario..." "Ummm... OK, we can do this!"	"We...won? Cool!" "We did it, Mario! Wow!"
Flurrie	"Here we go, darling! Time to shine!" "Mario, darling... Are you quite ready?"	"Why, that was no fuss whatsoever!" "Anytime you care for another lesson, we'll be here! ♡ "
Yoshi	"Lemme at 'em! Yeah! Bring it! You ready for a beating?" "You think you can take me and Gonzales? HA!"	"Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! How'd that floor taste?" "That all you got?"
Vivian	"You're about to have a really terrible experience!" "Yeah! Let's do it, Mario! No forgiveness! No mercy!"	"Looks like we overdid it a little bit... Are they OK?" "That was a piece of cake, huh, Mario?"
Admiral Bobbery	"Leave it all to me, old boy! I shan't need help!" "I can't imagine this little dustup will dampen our spirits, eh?"	"I suggest you try a bit harder against the likes of us, hm?" "How embarrassing for you, hmm?"
Ms. Mowz	"You look a bit weak to be fighting us... Mmm hmm hmm!" "Here we go, sweetie!"	"Well, what did you expect?" "It's not so much that you're too weak, but rather that we're just too strong..."

Opponents

Each opponent has dialogue that they will say on stage before the battle begins, and if Mario loses or forfeits the match.

Team	Before Battle	When Mario loses
The Goomba Bros.	"Remember, guys, we're Bros.! If we combine our strength, we'll ruin anybody!"	"Awww, poor little rookie! You didn't really think you could beat us, did you? Pro battling isn't easy! Go wash that mustache and come back sometime! Ha!"
The KP Koopas	"Meet my peeps, Gonzales! I told you we were gonna square off, and now it's ON!"	"You're gonna need about ten years of experience to beat King K and the KP Koopas!"
The Pokey Triplets	"Go ahead... Touch usssssss... It won't hurrrrrrrrrrrrt... too muchhhhh..."	"We warrrrrrrrrned you... It hurrrrrts to touch usssss... Hehhhh hehhhhh hehhhhhhh..."
The Dead Bones	"We're gonna take the skin off YOUR bones!"	"Pbbbbbbbth! You need more calcium in your diets!"
Spike Storm	"We're gonna spike-bomb you into submission, punks!"	"Yeah! How'd you like it? Those spikes feel gooooood? If you want more, just ask!"
The Hand-It-Overs	"Heh heh heh heh heh! We're awful quick, awful agile...and just plain awful!"	"Heh heh heh heh heh! That was too easy! Didn't think you could keep up!"
The Mind-Bogglers	"Prepare to be ensnared, mystified, and devoured!"	"Like helpless bugs in a web... Our latest victims!"
The Punk Rocks	"This no take long. This end in pain for mustache."	"Pathetic mustache."
The Bob-omb Squad	"Here we go, Gonzales BOMB! I have advice! Just give up now BOMB-BOMB!"	"We won BOMB-BOMB-BOMB! Gonzales is not too tough BOMB-BOMB!"
The Iron Adonis Twins	"We're gonna blend you up into a smoothie, pal! And then we're gonna drink ya!" (initial match)	"Bluh huh huh huh huh... How'd you like that? We tried to tell you, but nooooooo..." (Red Iron Cleft) "If you want another piece of pummel pie, have a bath and come on back! Punk!" (Green Iron Cleft)
	"These ultrahard bods just can't lose!" (rematch)
The Tiny Spinies	"Wheeee! It's gonna be fun poking fun at you!"	"We may be tiny, but we just kicked your heinie!"
The Poker Faces	"Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo! You're gonna be coleslaw, kid! And that ain't good!"	"Lemme ask you something: how does it feel to be coleslaw? Icky?"
The Shellshockers	"So-called Great Gonzales! Don't think I'm gonna take it easy on you, baby!"	"Still got it, baby!"
The Fuzz	"Meeeeork! Meeeeeeork! We'll suck up your SOULS! MEEEEEORK!"	"Meeeeork! Meeeeeeork! Mmmmmm! You were tasty! MEEEEEORK!"
The Magikoopa Masters	"You, fool, would do well to fear our dark magic..."	"You are but a poor mortal, blind to the magic world..."
Craw-Daddy	"Foolish mortals... I will drag you through the gate to the netherworld!"	"Your screams echo in the endless void..."
Hammer, Bamma, and Flare	"My grandpappy's hammer is gonna strike you down, man! Here it comes!"	"What did you like the best? The burning? The beating? Or maybe the boomeranging?"
Chomp Country	"ARF! ARF! ARF! ARF! ARF!"	"YIPE! YIPE! YIPE! YIPE!"
The Koopinator	"You. Finally, I get a piece of you. Finally, we'll see who's truly stronger."	"Hmmph... We'll meet in combat again, I'm sure. I suggest you practice."
Wings of Night	"Teach me, O Master!"	"I beat my master! I look forward to the next lesson!"
The Destructors	"You got bad luck, getting matched up against us."	"Hey, sorry, tough luck... No, it wasn't luck! We're just too tough!"
Prince Mush	"OK, Mario! Let's give this match everything we've got!"	"Thank you for the match!"

Enemies

For a detailed listing of enemy formations in the Glitz Pit, see List of enemy formations in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door § Glitzville.

Bolded enemies can only be fought in the Glitz Pit.

• Bandit
• Big Bandit
• Bob-omb
• Boomerang Bro
• Bowser (Boss, fought after defeating the fighters in rank 5)
• Bristle
• Dark Craw
• Dark Puff
• Dark Koopatrol
• Dull Bones
• Fire Bro
• Flower Fuzzy
• Fuzzy
• Goomba
• Green Fuzzy
• Green Magikoopa
• Hammer Bro
• Hyper Bald Cleft
• The Iron Adonis Twins (Mid-Boss)
• KP Koopa
• KP Paratroopa
• Lakitu
• Macho Grubba (Chapter 3 Boss)
• Pale Piranha
• Pider
• Prince Mush (Boss, Nintendo Switch version only)
• Pokey
• Rawk Hawk (Boss, Championship Match)
• Red Chomp
• Red Magikoopa
• Red Spike Top
• Shady Koopa
• Shady Paratroopa
• Spania
• Spinia
• Spiny
• Swooper
• White Magikoopa

Characters

Promoters

• Grubba
• Jolene

Notable individual fighters

• Bandy Andy
• Cleftor
• Craw-Daddy
• Hamma Jamma
• The Iron Adonis Twins
• King K
• The Koopinator
• Master Crash
• Prince Mush
• Rawk Hawk
• Shellshock
• Sir Swoop
• Spiky Joe

Misc.

• A red Toad who works part-time in the lobby
• An orange Toad girl in love with the red Toad worker
• A Lakitu cameraman. Goombella's tattle states, "That's a local cameraman. He seems a little flustered. I think he's new at this and makes lots of mistakes. Just a guess, though."
• A reporter who looks like a carrot. Goombella's tattle states, "That's a local reporter. I'm pretty sure he covers the fight scene. He's such a veteran, he even directs the rookie cameraman next to him."
• A Toad father and son who are fans of Prince Mush
• Toodles
• A Lakitu freelancer who can be found on the second floor in the lobby. Goombella's tattle states, "That's a freelancer. He's always angling for the next big scoop. We'd better make sure this guy doesn't shoot us doing anything... incriminating."
• Glitz Pit Security
• The Great Gonzales Jr.
• Ms. Mowz (during Chapter 3)

Items

Item	Location
Battle Trunks (×20)	All in the storeroom during Jolene's trouble.
Champ's Belt	Won after defeating Rawk Hawk.
Charge P	In the first-floor storeroom, it can be found among the boxes in the northeast corner with Flurrie's help.
Coins	In the blue minor-league locker room, three coins are inside different lockers. Missable if the player does not collect them before warping back to the other major league locker.
Dizzy Dial	In the minor-league locker room, it is in the topmost locker on the left wall. Missable if the player does not get it before ranking up to the major league the second time.
Dubious Documents	In the minor league locker room, it can be found on top of the shelf in the room to the left.
Gold Star	Given to Mario after he helps Jolene defeat Macho Grubba at the end of Chapter 3.
Hot Dog	In the backstage hallway, it is on top of the ladder.
HP Plus P	In the second-floor storeroom, it can be found on top of the big box in the left.
Ice Storm	In the major-league room, it can be found in the northwest corner. . In the major-league room, inside one of the western lockers. Missable if the player doesn’t get it before defeating Rawk Hawk the second time.
Last Stand	In the corridor of the Glitz Pit, it can be found in a blue box near the right entrance.
Life Mushroom	In the blue major-league locker room, it is inside the middle locker on the right wall. Missable if the player does not get it before warping back to the other major league locker.
Power Punch	In the major-league locker room, it is inside the bottommost locker on the left wall. Missable if the player does not get it before defeating Rawk Hawk the second time.
Prince Mush's Belt	Given to the player by Prince Mush in the corridor after winning the Exhibition Match against him at least once.
Shine Sprite	In the second-floor storeroom, it can be found by the north wall between the boxes.
Star Piece (×5)	In the lobby, one is under a panel in the wall corner to the northwest of the entrance.
	In the office, one is in the drawer near the computer.
	In the office, one is behind the plant in the southwest.
	In the first-floor storage room, one is under a panel on the floor.
	To the right of the second-floor storage room, one is among the rightmost boxes.
Storage Key	In the second-floor lobby, it can be found behind the leftmost poster during one of X's missions.
Wrestling Magazine	In the office, it is held by Jolene and given to Mario during Toodles's trouble.

Profiles

• Tattles:
  • "This is the Glitz Pit lobby. It's pretty nice, actually! Sturdily built, nice decor. And what can you say about that luxurious chandelier except... FABULOUS!!!"
  • "This is the Glitz Pit itself! That's the ring in the middle. That's where all the magic happens. And by "magic," I mean brutal beatdowns."
  • "This is a backstage corridor. Compared to the Glitz Pit, this is so... businesslike. There's security all OVER, so you can't just wander around wherever you want."
  • "This is a minor-league locker room. It's kind of, uh... Well, it's pretty disgusting. It's totally different from the first room they showed. The old bait-and-switch... You think they make it totally gross so fighters will try harder to advance?"
  • "This is a major-league locker room. Everybody here dreams of reaching the top... You can almost feel the intensity of their ambition in the air... It's weird... Speaking of weirdness, there's ALWAYS someone in the bathroom. Creepy! Y'know, it's kinda necessary to have access to a bathroom now and then..."
  • "This is a minor-league locker room. It's just as gnarly as the one we were in. If you check the lockers or behind the posters, I bet there are stains and graffiti."
  • "This is another locker room for major-league competitors. It's opposite the other one. Why was there a hidden room behind the lockers, anyway? What would it be used for? Mysteries are totally everywhere in the Glitz Pit!"
  • "This is the champ's room. Yeah... This has to be like, the WORST decorating ever! Like that tiger-print bed... I mean, COME ON! Think Rawk Hawk designed it? Or maybe Grubba? It couldn't be...Jolene?"
  • "This is the Glitz Pit storeroom. They must keep props or something in here. There's a second floor, too. If you see anything odd, don't forget your partners..."
  • "This is the storeroom. There are lots of wooden crates here, that's for sure. But it doesn't seem to be in use now, does it? I mean, it's COVERED in dust!"
  • "This is the promoter's room. It's fitting... It has sort of a relaxed authority, y'know? This is where the pairings for each match get decided. Neat!"
  • "We're in the ventilation duct. It's really cramped in here. And musty. And dank."
  • "I think we're above the ceiling. It's a bit cramped in here...and dark too." (Switch version only)

Gallery

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  Outside of the arena

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  The lobby

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  The ring

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  The hallway

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  Grubba's office

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  The Storage Room

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  The Minor-League locker room

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  Mario meeting the newly hatched Yoshi

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  The Yoshi naming screen

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  Yoshi joining the party

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  Mario and Yoshi

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  The Major-League locker room

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  The Champion's room

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  Mario and Yoshi vs. Bowser

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  Mario and Yoshi vs. Rawk Hawk

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  The ring in the Nintendo Switch remake

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  Grubba and Rawk Hawk in the Nintendo Switch remake

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  Grubba announcing Mario and Koops as the winners of the battle in the Nintendo Switch remake

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  Grubba announcing Mario and Goombella as the champions after defeating Rawk Hawk in the Nintendo Switch remake

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  Jolene announcing one of the matches in the remake

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  Prince Mush and Jolene in the remake

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  Concept art of Glitzville/Glitz Pit characters

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	とうぎ場[?] Tōgijō	Arena
Chinese (simplified)	斗技场[?] Dòujì Chǎng	Arena
Chinese (traditional)	鬥技場[?] Dòujì Chǎng	Arena
Dutch	Knokwijck-Arena[?]	Glitzville Arena
French	Arènes de Yunnanville[?]	Glitzville Arenas
German	Falkenheim-Arena[?]	Glitzville Arena
Hungarian	Glitter Pit	-
Italian	Stadio di Oolong[?]	Glitzville Stadium
Korean	투기장[?] Tugijang	Arena
Spanish	Arena Dojo[?]	Dojo Arena
	El Coliseo[?]	The Coliseum

Trivia

• If the player chooses to return to the Glitz Pit after completing Chapter 3 and makes it to 1st place, during the Championship Match, the crowd chants "GONZALES! GONZALES!". One spectator will say "JUMPMAN!!! Wait, who?". This is a reference to Mario's alternate name for the classic arcade game Donkey Kong. Should the player also win the championship, there will be a crowd that goes after the champion once in the foyer.
• The Mario posters that are seen in the foyer do not reappear should Flurrie blow them out.
• There is a Bob-omb and a Bulky Bob-omb depicted on a poster in the foyer, even though no Bulky Bob-ombs are fought in the Glitz Pit.
• Glitz Blade, one of the Sammer Guys in Super Paper Mario, references the arena.