Bros. Item

Bros. Items, also known as Bros. Attacks, are items in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. They are special items used by Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi during the course of their journey. Bros. Items are different from regular items in that they are used for attacking one or multiple enemies at once (oftentimes with a specialized jump attack), and depending on the item, they require at least two characters or all four characters to be active in battle when utilized. Bros. Items are introduced by Toadsworth the Younger in Hollijolli Village when Baby Mario and Baby Luigi fight the three Shroobs in the village, with the Green Shell item, and later on the player obtains different kinds of Bros. Items, either from ? Blocks or buying them from item shops.

Bros. Items replace Bros. Attacks from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, though they are replaced by the very same attacks in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (being named "Special Attacks" in that game), and in all subsequent Mario & Luigi games.

List of Bros. Items

The Bros. Items available and the number of characters required to use each of them are listed in the following table.

• One: The player chooses one enemy to attack and the Bros. Item targets that enemy.
• One (successive): The Bros. Item chooses another random enemy should the chosen target die before the attack concludes.
• Random: The attack randomly targets enemies, with the player receiving no hint of the target until the attack begins.
• All: All enemies will be hit.

Bros. Item	Minimal number of bros.	Price	Available	Target
Green Shell	2	10 coins­	Fight with Shroobs in Hollijolli Village	One
Red Shell	2	80­ coins­	After Shroob Mother Ship	One (successive)
Bro Flower	2	20 coins­	After Bowser's Castle	Random
Ice Flower	2	20­ coins­	After Vim Factory	Random
Smash Egg	2	40 coins­	After Vim Factory	Random
Pocket Chomp	2	70­ coins­	After Yoob’s Belly	Random
Cannonballer	4	40 coins­	After Bowser's Castle	One
Trampoline	4	120­ coins­	After Yoob's Belly	Random
Copy Flower	4	160­ coins­	After Gritzy Caves	One (successive)
Mix Flower	4	180­ coins­	After Shroob Mother Ship	All

Gallery

Artwork

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  Artwork of the characters using the Green Shell.

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  Artwork of the characters using the Copy Flower.

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  Artwork of the characters using the Pocket Chomp.

Screenshots

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  Bro Flower

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  Smash Egg

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  Ice Flower

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  Trampoline

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  Mix Flower

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ブラザーアイテム[?] Burazāaitemu	Brother Item
	ブラザーアタック Burazāatakku	Brother Attack
French	Objet frères[?]	Brothers Object
German	Bros.-Item[?]	-
Italian	Strumenti Fratelli[?]	Brothers Tools
Korean	브라더 아이템[?] Beuradeo Aitem	Brother Item
Spanish	Objetos tándem[?]	Tandem Objects