Bean Fruit

Bean Fruit
Description
"A juicy bean grown in the ground."
First appearance	Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003)
Latest appearance	Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (2017)

The Bean Fruit cycle, as told by Fava

A Bean Fruit is a small purple fruit that grows underground in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. They bear a resemblance to the Apples from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island except for their color. Another fruit that looks like it are the Pink Berries from Super Mario World.

At one point in the game, the Beanstar splits into four pieces that Mario and Luigi must recover. They find one piece in possession of Boddle who runs the Yoshi Theater. Boddle has decorated his sign with the Beanstar piece, and will not give it to Mario and Luigi unless they bring him seven Neon Eggs. Fava tells the Mario brothers that Yoshis produce Neon Eggs when fed Bean Fruit. They set off to find seven Bean Fruits to feed the seven hungry Yoshis inside the theater. Each Bean Fruit grows underneath a circle of flowers in Beanbean Fields. By speaking to Fava in the theater, the general locations of the Bean Fruits are marked on the map. Upon successfully digging up all seven Bean Fruits, and Luigi having even fought a Piranha Bean alone for one, they feed the fruits to the Yoshis and receive the Neon Eggs. Boddle places them on his sign and gives the brothers the Beanstar piece.

The Bean Fruits can be dug up at any point in the game after the Dunk Hammer move is unlocked, even though two of them are obstructed by rocks that can only be broken with the Super Hammer, and the one eaten by the Piranha Bean will not appear until after learning about the Bean Fruits.

Locations

Location	Images
GBA	3DS
In the screen to the northwest of Beanbean Castle Town, it is surrounded by blue flowers in the west.
In the screen to the west of Beanbean Castle Town, it is surrounded by blue flowers in the north, between trees.
In the screen to the southwest of Beanbean Castle Town, it is surrounded by blue flowers on the high platform in the southeast.
In the left screen to the south of Beanbean Castle Town, it is surrounded by blue flowers in the southeast.
In the screen to the southeast of Beanbean Castle Town, it is surrounded by blue flowers in the southwest.
In the first screen to the northeast of Beanbean Castle Town, it is surrounded by blue flowers in the northeast.
In the rightmost screen in the northeast area, it is given by Prince Peasley after rescuing him from the Piranha Bean. (GBA) In the screen of Oho Oasis bordering Beanbean Fields and Teehee Valley. (3DS)

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	フルーツ豆[?] Furūtsu Mame	Fruit Bean
Chinese	水果豆[?] Shuǐguǒ dòu	Fruit Bean
French (NOE)	Pois néon[?]	Neon pea
German	Obstbohne[?]	Beanfruit
Italian	Fagiolfrutto[?]	Beanfruit
Korean	과일콩[?] Gwailkong	Fruit bean
Spanish (NOA)	Frutichuela[?]	Pun on fruti (fruit) and habichuela (bean).
Spanish (NOE)	Frudía[?]	Portmanteau of fruta (fruit) and judía (bean).