Battle - Prince Mush - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Remake OST

[@drunkclover1233]

rpg players when they take 20 damage: 🥱 paper mario players when they take 20 damage: 💀

[@questionmarkquestionmarkques]

shuckle when they take 20 damage:

[@TheLegendOfSergio]

Only 20? You cheating bro

[@ricardowilliams3765]

haha rally wink + power lift + spring jump go brr (you can do 24 in 1 turn if you add on one of those power drinks)

[@crinklyonion1410]

Oh god... I haven't fought Prince Mush yet. I thought he would be fine.

[@MarxasThomas]

Don't forget fire emblem too

[@EnigmaticMrL]

"How do I win if I can't get the superguard timing down?" Prince Mush: "That's the neat thing; you don't."

[@ShycoWar]

Or, you do what I did: spam Charge, do some damage with your partner while making sure not to trigger his second phase, and then end him with a clean 30-30 jump attack :V

[@Blues2Dark]

​@@ShycoWar I did that with Yoshi, I kept him hidden with Boo Sheets while Mario was using Badges that makes enemy attacks miss every so often, but then I unintentionally super guarded him while Mario was in front.😅 by the time that happened Yoshi could do 28-23 damage with Ground Pound, so I took advantage of that.

[@EthVortexShield]

@@Blues2Dark wow lmao I didnt even think of boo sheet spam

[@Jacotomo2222]

I got so angry the first three tries at fighting him, I turned the game off and took a break to cool off. I came back, practiced my super gaurds with the other toad, and was able to beat him first try. Your only two options with Mush is to either learn to super guard or go maximum cheese mode.

[@dustinbragg1921]

I abused Charge P, Quick Change, Lucky Day, Danger Tanking, Power Lift, and Power/Mega Rush (P) so that when Yoshi gave him the Six Shot Butt Bounce he took 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15. Killed him from full health, and I'm glad I cheesed him because once I looked up the kind of bullshit he pulls I wanted no part of it.

[@genemelendez368]

I love how the Tattle entry implies that Rawk Hawk knew damn well he couldn’t beat Prince Mush in a fair fight, so he used the poison cake trick that he tries on you

[@quintonblackburn3916]

It's actually hinted earlier than that. There's a pair of fans of Rawk Hawk and Prince Mush arguing at the Glitz Pit, and the Mush fan accuses Rawk Hawk of having cheated with a poisoned cake, which foreshadows him trying the same trick on Mario during his climb up the ranks in the pit.

[@genemelendez368]

@@quintonblackburn3916 I didn’t know that. That’s cool

[@retrofan4963]

Rawk Hawk: No one can beat me! If anyone dares try to fight me, that opponent will be RAWWWKED! Prince Mush: Come again? Rawk Hawk: N-N-Nothing sir. You're the champion, not me, never me! Mario: You also lost against a me Mr. Rawk :) Rawk Hawk: Shut up Gonzales!

[@MySnugglePuppy]

@@quintonblackburn3916 The freelance cameraman Lakitu also has a line saying that Rawk Hawk must be a nice guy since he gave Prince Mush a cake one time.

[@unknownmxn7683]

My brothers doesn't believe until I brought up goombella's tattle log

[@yuwu585]

As a kid I always wondered how a Toad could beat all of Glitzville's top fighters and become the champ. Now I know: he wasn't a Toad, he was a Saiyan

[@austinlisenbee8415]

Dude was like the master toad from 64 but in his prime

[@ImFangzBro]

​@austinlisenbee8415 Pretty sure they're related. They practice similar martial arts styles, and the Master uses similar Saiyan abilities.

[@thehevandragon]

Not even Saiyan tbh, he’s just a busted DBZ era earthing. Which is still more than enough to clap a solid chunk of the Mario verse

[@blissfulzane715]

That flick of yellow hair he has wasn't just for show! 😏

[@YMunesanzun]

​@@thehevandragonI mean, Mario verse has a few casual reality warpers, & Bowser canonically survived a black hole collapsing at least once.

[@4eedomNation]

Paper Mario fans: The Superguard makes TTYD way too easy! Paper Mario devs: *and I took that personally*

[@enlongjones2394]

I mean, it’s still super great here. Even lets you Yoshi him for a turn.

[@XD0002]

​@enlongjones2394 more like it's REQUIRED. You're either getting those superguards off or else it's going to be either a long or short fight.

[@lucylu3342]

You guys are pulling off superguards?

[@tyrayentali7041]

But Superguard makes Mush easy too, that's the entire point of the fight.

[@Zsaver3]

@@tyrayentali7041 And it fits the case of a Martial Arts Tournament perfectly as well. You get a perfect parry to knock the opponent off-balance and go for the jugular right afterward. Makes complete sense that his defense drops to 0 after a superguard. (might not actually be 0, this is a hypothetical statement, I haven't played the remake)

[@LuigiStar445Pro]

Remember, Mush got that strong and fought in the Glitz Piz just to support his poor family. If he’s not a pure family man, I don’t know who is.

[@JC_JN4]

Yeah and after he beats you up mercilessly and calmly states "Good Fight!", What a guy.

[@AdamsPersonalAccount]

Guile would be proud

[@kikov69]

Hes a Family Guy

[@ScaredSackless4566]

​@@kikov69 Good old fashion values I tell you.

[@zaneheaston8254]

@@AdamsPersonalAccount Well Guile's Theme Goes with Everything

[@skirdus367]

"aw look, he's doing cute little poses!" -mario, prior to receiving 100 hp worth of damage in one turn

[@marioluigibros.8176]

the prince mush jokes have already started (as they should) can't wait for ones on the ahem OTHER boss once most people get that far.

[@_JewGiOh_]

I really didn't expect him to do 20 damage with one attack and then just keep going.

[@StarwayBunny]

Mario: "MAMA MIA."

[@NicoTheCinderace]

@@StarwayBunny Mush: _"PREPARE THYSELF!"_

[@muhammadmahardhikaadhyaksa2902]

@@NicoTheCinderaceCRUSH!

[@DaSheepKiller]

“Parry this you filthy casual”, the boss fight.

[@13Dragonblade]

Essentially.

[@NeonBlaceplalon]

"And you literally need to parry aka super guard to lower his defense and hit him with whatever you want"

[@NeonBlaceplalon]

"Like how TF how you chipping away at a 96 health enemy with 6 attack and 6 defense even for late game 7 damage is still a lot to hit in one go"

[@IndustrialParrot2816]

I haven't gotten to the post game yet and im already dreading fighting mush since he is clearly stronger than Bonetail

[@NeonBlaceplalon]

Ok after actually watching the full fight it is required to superguard him it is not optional

[@i-am-linja]

Geez, no wonder the Toads took over after _Super._ There wasn't another species who could stand up to them.

[@TheShanicpower]

I love how this implies Prince Mush actively participated in genocide

[@i-am-linja]

@@TheShanicpower Not genocide, _omni_ -cide. Genocide is targeted; the Day of Red Spots was indiscriminate.

[@Penguino_E_Table]

Mush lore?

[@anthonyoliver418]

The remaining koopas and other lesser beings were to weak to rebel, and with the shy guy’s help, they both took over

[@i-am-linja]

@@anthonyoliver418 The ' placement implies the Toads were assisted by a single enigmatic figure, spoken of in whispers as "the Shy Guy"

[@SerHeadwig]

Most bosses: *does maybe 10HP in one hit per attack* Prince Mush, for absolutely no reason:

[@marioluigibros.8176]

Whacka:

[@ricardorunos9782]

Whacka: W(h)ack(a)

[@enlongjones2394]

Prince Mush for every reason. He’s the champ.

[@Dexuz]

@@ricardorunos9782 ha

[@Jdbye]

Whacka was nothing.

[@kenji6492]

The fact that this fight exists and the fact that Intelligent Systems can still create inventive, player-testing fights in this battle system gives me a lot of hope for the future.

[@anthonyoliver418]

Still hope they keep being creative with the gameplay since I liked that about the entire paper Mario series

[@gibrankg656]

@itsmeike Whacka was also cut content from Paper Mario too.

[@sol_and_luna]

​@itsmeikeI can't imagine them actually planning this exact fight for Mush at the time, to be completely honest, it doesn't seem like the kind of thing Nintendo would want to do at the time the game released. So they probably looked over what was previously planned and started brainstorming new ideas for previously cut content to give the really old and loyal fans something that they'd REALLY enjoy - challenging fights featuring characters that people had wanted to fight for ages. Granted, this is just me speculating. Without an interview or something, we'll probably never know.

[@Lorenzo2300]

@itsmeike Source? This is the first time I've ever heard about that

[@emperorweskatine8999]

Fingers crossed our next paper Mario game is like this one. There’s so much potential.

[@infinityheart_tm9270]

This man studied under the Master and you cannot convince me otherwise.

[@HumanOnEarth128]

Love that idea!

[@infinityheart_tm9270]

@@HumanOnEarth128 He is the only other Toad with access to the legendary Super Toad transformation.

[@elicenyne]

UNDER? bro studied over the master

[@bcrossfire1219]

That would be some cool lore.

[@ThePoltergust5000]

Mush is the Goku to The Master's Master Roshi

[@JanitorAntisocial]

Prince Mush: **Sidesteps Mario's jump** what? you think i'm just gonna stand there and take it?

[@ConfettiSpaghetti0]

The first time I saw Mush dodge ingame, I immediately thought "SANS!?!?"

[@MousMoai]

@@ConfettiSpaghetti0same lol

[@TicTacToeCraft]

​@@ConfettiSpaghetti0 I mean, his battle theme sounds kind of similar to "MEGALOVANIA".

[@Kostellar]

@@ConfettiSpaghetti0 lmaooo I thought of Sans as well. I feel it's a universal thing.

[@Dragonking-bj1tg]

@@ConfettiSpaghetti0 Sans Vs Prince Mush who would win the battle of speed?!

[@cb8655]

Nintendo caught on to all of the fans hate for Toads and just casually decided to make one of them JACKED AF

[@MusSupremeJAR03]

To be fair, from the original GC game it was implied that this specific Toad could kick ass when it is said that Rawk Hawk had to poison him with a poisoned cake to have a chance

[@cb8655]

@@MusSupremeJAR03 Indeed. But seeing that these last few Paper Mario games were over-loaded with Toads… Nintendo decided to give us a treat by having us fight one for the first time in the franchise’s history. Prince Mush is a beast in the lore, and the remake solidifies that idea.

[@x-SeKret-x]

@@cb8655In Paper Mario 64 you can fight a Super-Boss Toad (The Master). So it really isn’t the first time you can fight one in Paper Mario, Prince Mush is more so a sequel to that character from 64.

[@cb8655]

@@x-SeKret-x I almost forgot about The Master, and his super Saiyan 99 HP, thank you for the reminder!

[@Door227]

Nintendo said “oh? You’re annoyed by the amount of toads in out games? Fight goku.”

[@MaskedHeroLucky]

As a kid I always wanted to see how strong Prince Mush was since he was hyped up so much. I never thought I’d have so much fun getting thrashed by a toad.

[@TimmyTam]

"Oh cool they added a new fight" "Why does he have his own theme?" "WHY DOES HE HAVE 96 HP AND 6 DEFENCE" "WHY DID THAT COMBO ATTACK DO 110 DAMAGE" anyway this fight is great, 10/10

[@daridon2483]

"He DODGED MY ATTACK?!"

[@aeriussygale]

@@daridon2483 Yeah, that alone is crazy to see, but the mega kill you 5-hit combo move of zipping around at Mario is, uh...Intimidating just to see someone else to deal with. I am currently maybe nearly half way through Chapter 4. About to meet Doopliss for the first time in my first playthrough of the Switch Remake of TTYD, which I kinda consider initially "defeating" him (????? at the time) to be the half-way point, when it gives a Chapter Cleared fake-out. One thing I observed about the absurd Prince Mush boss fight that just...invents new ideas for official, core TTYD, is that when he is hoppy, you actually SHOULD jump, because he dodges grounded direct attacks like Mario's Hammer and a LOT of the Partner attacks, and when he isn't hopping but just has his arms/hands out in front of and behind him, oddly enough, that's when you want to attack straight on, not by air, for the first phase of the fight, it seems.

[@preyingshark4878]

I feel bad for whatever poor soul ends up having to grind to an insane level because they're hopeless at superguarding...

[@GodOfCulture]

110 HP? Well thank God it never came and I superguarded everything

[@aeriussygale]

@@preyingshark4878 Hey, those Piders that some times shoot their projectile at you 3 times? Two of them in a row did that a time, and I Superguarded all 6 of them. I'm not incapable of it...

[@justinchampagne1729]

0:52 When you’re suddenly no longer the protagonist of your own story.

[@CaelanBassett]

The tense string tremolo there is perfect.

[@i-am-linja]

Eat your heart out, Undyne.

[@aminmon]

Best comment

[@WhoTookSaltyCabbage]

"Can't superguard? Hahaha you're fucked" -Prince Mush

[@MountainMemelord]

"You know how to parry, don't you?"

[@ethanhinton4549]

Player: "What if I dont know how/when to superblock?" Prince Mush/Whacka: "Then I guess you better be prepared to die"

[@MsPokemonKO]

​@@MountainMemelord"Uhhh, kinda."

[@Goldsbro]

Me: "Then it is a fair fight."

[@WhirlyBeepBoops]

Maybe this is the exact reason the game is 30FPS now

[@sirz9985]

As rawk hawk once said *Pain.* Seriously though I can understand why he had to poison mush to beat him because wtf

[@mynnchloque1270]

Actually, the poison in the cake wasn't enough to defeat him, and the only way to finish him was to use the powerful power of the Star Stone to banish him to another dimension.

[@mystery8820]

@@mynnchloque1270 Also, The Crystal Star sucking Mush in wasn't Rawk's idea, but Grubba trying to silence him from uncovering a conspiracy in the Glitz Pit.

[@Shadox-yv8ms]

I wouldnt be surprised if Grubba made Rawk Hawk think of poisoning him too, honestly the fact that Mush alone got Grubba and Rawk Hawk so fucking scared speaks wonders If only I realized what Mush was truly capable of at that time... Pain

[@JoanSlugXAkaJerkyBogard]

​@@mynnchloque1270You could tell that Prince Mush was canonically banished to the shadow realm.

[@mariomaster4568]

Ah, so that’s why Rawk Hawk was scared shitless of Mario climbing the ranks. It reminded him of Mush and that actually scared him to no end.

[@taraktaras7327]

I mean they both do have M in their name, are great at jumping, don't rely on cheap tricks and have multiple fighting abilities.

[@Vadenimo]

​@@taraktaras7327 At least in the English version of the game. The German translation calls Prince Mush as Dark Toadster, which is actually a cool name for him to be honest.

[@blendy4907]

holy shit hi ​@@Vadenimo

[@Vadenimo]

@blendy4907 Hey! 👋

[@sylvaret]

One thing I love about Prince Mush and his theme is that the whole thing just feels like an intense duel between two best friends. Mario saved him during the main story, so now Mush is hella inspired and wants to thank Mario by way of a no-holds-barred fight. Even though his moves are totally intense, this theme is super-upbeat and devoid of any malice. It makes sense when you think about it; the difference between a friendly duel between friends and _best_ friends is that best friends take the gloves off and play for keeps every single time. Mutual respect and honor compel both sides to give it their all. Anything less is an affront to their friendship.

[@HumanOnEarth128]

Man now you're making me imagine Mush as a partner character

[@SABlueAngryBlur]

​@@HumanOnEarth128Dude, he'd be cracked. Mush would be the most op partner in the game by a country mile.

[@Mnemoniforma9.00]

You make him sound like ORAS Wally on steroids LOL

[@sylvaret]

@@HumanOnEarth128 Forget Mush as a partner, make him the _star_ of his own game. He can take anyone and anything all by himself lmao. Failing, that, Prince Mush for the next Smash because yes

[@killercroc99]

I hate how accurate this is.

[@jamesonshekmeister]

This dude is basically a Danger Mario Speedrunner but on Steroids. Truly a great adversary to overcome.

[@donovanmahan2901]

with a Peril Yoshi he brings out on low hp.

[@AAZ-yu5ss]

Everybody gangsta ‘til the Toad yells out “Judgement!”

[@corrinflakes9659]

Wait until this Toad yells some Xenoblade arts-type nonsense that goes absolutely hard like “Prometheus” or “Requiem for the Olden Ones”.

[@NicoTheCinderace]

*_PREPARE THYSELF!_*

[@RetroTheStar64]

THY END IS NOW

[@chuyrenteria6252]

RITE OF ILLUMINATION BLOOD MOON ECLIPSE SOUL DARK ERE THE DAWN

[@docweidner]

THE TEN HELLS!

[@AzulStryer]

Prince Mush and Master's very existences imply that Toads have a f!ck ton of hidden potential

[@austinspalding4745]

Every Race seems to have its own fighting style, like all koopas do shell tricks and all goombas do headbonks...so i guess all toads do super martial arts

[@freddcario5586]

In Origami King we have a Toad Partner, and he can also fight, not as impressive as the other two you mentionned, but still

[@moosesues8887]

How does peach even get kidnapped cus like toads should be busting out shit like this to defend her

[@FSAPOJake]

I mean, Toad was keeping up with Mario all the way back in SMB2. It's been that way since almost the beginning.

[@austinspalding4745]

@@moosesues8887 I feel like Toads just dont really do fighting much...but the ones who do get REAL into it

[@RobdeliaYT]

Getting jumpscared by Mush bringing back the modern Paper Mario damage numbers is hilarious.

[@Feastia]

Who needs Mario to protect Princess peach when she could just employ Prince Mush as her guard

[@killercroc99]

Canon is Mario won... So Princess Peach needs Mario

[@lookslikenik6931]

@@killercroc99True but he could be protect her if he wants, he would also stomp Bowser like it was nothing. Prince Mush and the Master are the most powerful Toads for a reason.

[@questionmarkquestionmarkques]

mush has better things to do

[@Feastia]

@@questionmarkquestionmarkques Nah Prince mush's whole story was he only became a Glitz-ville fighter because his family was poor and he wanted to make good money to provide for them & I'm sure princess peach has more money then Glitz-ville

[@tyrayentali7041]

Mario is stronger

[@ethanhinton4549]

Player: "What if I dont know how/when to superblock?" Prince Mush/Whacka: "Then I guess you better be prepared to die"

[@andrawthecantdraw5045]

Well with wacka you can just use veil

[@MatthewWeinberg-lr6kv]

Honestly, at least in my experience with Whacka, he’s not that hard if you go in with the right badges and the right strategy. I had several defensive badges equipped, which, combined with Power Lift, halved the damage I took from each Whacka Bump, so I beat him pretty easily without Superguarding. If you’re not increasing your defense and are taking full damage from each bump…then yeah, you might wanna learn to Superguard.

[@_abaddon_2681]

Koops' Shell Shield also makes a turn of Whacka's attacks completely safe for Mario, no matter how good of a Shell Shield you ended up getting. Can't use the same strategy for Mush to beat him, though.

[@JC_JN4]

I haven't even beaten bonetail yet and im already scared of whacka

[@gizoginjr]

Danger strats with Close Call can keep you alive long enough to stumble into the superguard timing eventually. Ask me how I know.

[@DoodleWill]

This is why TOK was full of generic toads. Because Prince Mush would flatten Olly in a second.

[@AdaTheWatcher]

Mush would straight up tear a hole trough every wall of origami castle and fold Olly into a paper boat if he was allowed to exist there.

[@e.2526]

“They’re all the same to me!” “And I took that personally” - Prince Mush

[@alvaroperez2349]

You want to know something scary? Apparently this is Mush when he was *_Rusty._*

[@BlackdragonTheShadow]

May god have mercy on whatever poor fool(even if they are purely evil) decides to challenge Prince Mush once he’s shaken the Rust off

[@Wobbmin]

"You know how to parry, don't you?" "Maybe." "Ha ha... *Time to learn."*

[@The_EXolatl_is_Thou]

“Hey there everybody, this is Mush, from thousands! Did you know, my favorite things are; jumping into 100 trials, stale life shrooms, new players with no experience, the latest season of Trivia quiz-off, aanndd fear. See ya in TTYD remake everybody.” - Prince Mush (probably)

[@DaneLastname]

This is so good 😭

[@LuznoLindo]

What a cute homage to that one video.

[@keybladeciel3716]

Everyone after getting humbled by a Toad capable of going Beast Mode with 96 HP and 6 Defense: _Pain._

[@ShinyGaara65]

"Man when I romhack TTYD, I'm gonna make Prince Mush this awesome superhard boss fight! It's gonna have phases and he'll change stances and he'll punch the FP out of your face and go Super Saiyan 3 and his theme music's gonna be awesome!" Nintendo: "And you gotta superguard his attacks or you can't win, right?" "Yeah! ...wait what was that?" Nintendo: "I said that'll be 60 bucks please."

[@thatgayguy9365]

This does feel like a romhack battle

[@yoshifan2334]

Literally just the gimmick of the final Master fight from _multiple_ PM64 mods, including the super saiyan 3 part in one of them

[@vyven5908]

Man the breakdown at 1:21 goes crazy, can't lie.

[@JoseViktor4099]

This guy doesn't fuck around guys, be prepared for this fight, arguably one of the hardest Mario fights!

[@NicoTheCinderace]

PREPARE THYSELF!

[@YoGibran]

He *is* the hardest fight, he’s the only boss that pretty much forces you to superguard. The fact he can do like 100 damage in a turn is insane. Also I’m pretty sure he is immune to like every status or atleast they didn’t work for me.

[@Raul_27]

Train your Superguard or Find Out.

[@gleen9843]

This may be the single hardest boss in the Paper Mario series, if you’re bad at super guarding, this fight is literally impossible, and also he deals like 100 damage in a single turn Bonetail was a complete joke in comparison

[@Goomba456]

​@@gleen9843what about the other secret boss? I've not heard anything of his difficulty but his stats look completely ridiculous

[@genericrust7367]

Genuinely was not expecting them to do this, wow this is cool as hell

[@ThePoltergust5000]

The fact that this mf has _six defense_ is honestly maybe my favorite part of the fight. If I'm not mistaken, literally the only other enemy in the first two games with that much defense was _Kent C. Koopa,_ and there it was meant to be this insurmountable hurdle you had to find a trick to get around. Here it's like... yeah, I've got _six defense. Deal with it._ I was actually kind of sad to find out that what I thought was "permanent Dodgy" was actually just me not knowing his stances yet LOL, thinking I just had to _deal with him having a random chance to dodge any attack_ made it that much more intimidating. It finally felt like TTYD was _daring me_ to kick its ass like I've done all these years, stacking every Power Plus and P-Up D-Down to just lay waste to everything, and they literally couldn't have picked a better character to be the face of that challenge than the mythical first champion we've wanted to fight for almost _twenty years._ What a _moment,_ experiencing this fight for the first time. the _second_ time, i superguarded him twice early on and took him out before he even got to ENTER his second phase. that was a little sad lmao

[@Goomba456]

when I fought him it was like this nightmare of dodging every strategy I had in the best way possible, when he started dodging crystal star moves and trolls you if you try veil i was appalled lmao

[@timmaia5082]

In all fairness, his superguard timings on first phase are quite a bit more tricky to learn than the second phase ones, so even if you're actively trying to superguard you'll often just reach second phase anyway

[@tcn0117]

I now understand why Rawk Hawk tried to poison him

[@prismaticstars7587]

Holy shit, Monsoon in Paper Mario! "Don't know how to superguard? *Too bad.* "

[@MadWeegee]

Memes, the DNA of the soul! I literally thought the same thing though lol

[@WeMustDestroyBlackRock]

Now thats a pretty meme! *Exquisite!*

[@SeriousStriker]

AND IT WILL COME LIKE A FLOOD OF PAIN POURING DOWN ON ME

[@cq_the_kid]

I've begun to theorize that Prince Mush wasn't this strong before he was drained, but his revival through the Gold Star, responsible for Power Lift, which can boost your attack and defense, granted him power upon his rebirth. Basically, Prince Mush's body with the Gold Star's power.

[@almondjoy4938]

He stated himself that he trained to get to this point so I can believe this theory.

[@toricon8070]

counterproposal: the Gold Star has Power Lift _because_ it managed to siphon off part of Prince Mush's power. He was actually much stronger before.

[@zeospark9715]

I'm pretty sure he was always powerful. Otherwise, Rawk Hawk wouldn't go through the trouble to poison him with cake before their battle

[@gamegenerationyt]

@@toricon8070which seems more logical tbf

[@Healer0079a]

I like the theory that this isn't still quite his full potential before power slurpy. Power Lift being a fraction that we possess of it.

[@mariokujo384]

During the scene in the final boss where everyone comes together to cheer Mario and the gang on, I was half-expecting Prince Mush to fucking instant transmission into the Shadow Palace and oneshot the Shadow Queen. "Hey, it looks like this Shadow Queen's giving you a lot of trouble, huh, Mario? That must mean she's really strong! Let me fight her!"

[@itred12]

“Hey! Its me! Go- uh, I mean, Prince Mush!”

[@fionordequester6748]

I would love that to be a secret ending or something 😂

[@Callumbuddy]

I am so fucking glad they did this! Definitely will make going through the Glitz Pit again worth it.

[@questionmarkquestionmarkques]

you dont need to go through it again to fight mush

[@CompositeCreativity]

You don’t need to go through it again. You just choose him as an opponent through the “Exhibition Match” option.

[@solidneptune6423]

But it's more epic to regain your Champion status before fighting him.

[@Gamblegork]

once you get the gold star, you have to restart the Glitz Pit and become champion again since you retired

[@lewis9s]

“Wouldn’t it be soo funny if he had like 100 health or something” **tattles** “OH FU-“ _(my exact reaction the first time I fought him)_

[@joshcoy6748]

But his hp is slightly lower than 100, isn't it?

[@HelperSmith]

​@@joshcoy6748true but 6 defence and 6 attack... that is the WTF part

[@joshcoy6748]

@@HelperSmith true.

[@LeoYoshi54321]

People seem to forget that the only Toad boss in the series prior to this was The Master. Toads in the Paper Mario series are built different, since every single one we've seen fight, with the sole exception of Professor Toad (and probably another modern paper mario toad) has been one of the most powerful entities in their game. I went into the fight knowing that I was gonna get absolutely destroyed, and I've still yet to beat Prince Mush.

[@BeanbonVG]

the true champion of the glitz pit. a fighter who, despite his incredible power, is respectful and kind. he deserves a theme this good

[@TheSlideCell]

Before I found out about this boss, I thought Scissors was the most dangerous Paper Mario character. Prince Mush can probably tear Scissors to shreds.

[@dnpjj]

Holepunch honestly might just dance with Mush instead of doing anything else

[@aaronTGP_3756]

The way I see it, Scissors is just a much cockier and more psychopathic version of Mush, with the addition of his un-guardable slice attack.

[@TheSlideCell]

​​@@aaronTGP_3756Let's not forget that Prince Mush can deal 110 damage in one attack, which would probably be scaled up in TOK, in his second phase he is invincible against absolutely EVERY attack except superguarding, and the only enemy in all of Paper Mario other than Black Shy Guys who can just straight up dodge your attacks.

[@BlackdragonTheShadow]

@TheSlideCell Let’s not forget the scariest part about Prince Mush… this is how powerful he is when he was “Rusty”… I can only imagine how deadly he will be once the rust falls off

[@wesleydamaschino8047]

I love how they managed to make something so challenging and so heartwarming at the same time. No need for drama, just two superstars duking it out for fun.

[@BlueTyphoon7]

cant wait for Jonny Atma (GaMetal) to cover this. You know he's going to

[@risinghopper1213]

Oh God that would be amazing!!!!!!

[@Ironipad6464]

OH boyyy you know it!!! i made sure to put it as my #1 requested song for patreon!!

[@grackleking6413]

@@Ironipad6464god bless you good sir. Here’s a Star! 🌟

[@Ironipad6464]

@@grackleking6413 thank you my boi😭 I dont deserve such honor

[@JonnyAtma]

👀

[@Maslenain]

This beast could be the Master's grandson and that wouldn't even surprise me.

[@UltimaRedFireEskimo]

This is seriously some mid 2000s gameFAQs theory shit come true. This game man…I wouldn’t be a game dev if it weren’t for TTYD and to see it given so much love fills my heart up.

[@clickycal]

Prince Mush and Whacka super boss fights are fan service to the absolute best degree

[@GabeV12]

As soon as he brought out his final phase and hit an attack that dealt a whopping *24 FRICKIN’ DAMAGE,* my jaw _dropped._ …And then he continued hitting for an additional 5 extra times, probably well over 100 damage in total. This guy is out to KILL. What an insane superboss.

[@atelierbagur3831]

Ok can we start acknowledging how FREAKING GOOD THIS SONG SLAPS LIKE HOLY COW

[@spiritualviolation]

I KNOW, WHY DOES IT GO SERIOUSLY HARD

[@CryWindy]

This is a FREAKING FANTASTIC final secret boss. When playing the original I always thought how cool it would be if we could challenge Prince Mush to a battle. NOW HERE WE ARE!

[@Armydillo62o]

I waited 20 years to fight this guy and somehow I still wasn’t prepared. My hats off to the devs here. What a boss fight.

[@ElectricCueball]

One _better_ be well-prepared before fighting this guy. He is no joke. Rawk Hawk? Dude may as well be a bucket of fried chicken in comparison.

[@Dg-lp1vt]

The only way Rawk Hawk was able to beat this guy in the first place was because Mush fell for the ol' poisoned cake trick

[@CrebbiFR]

@@Dg-lp1vtpretty sure his tattle says he has cake related trauma so yeah probably

[@GodOfCulture]

​@@CrebbiFR I KNEW THAT MEANS SOMETHING WHEN I FOUGHT HIM! Man how on Earth didn't I get that

[@XellosNi]

@@Dg-lp1vt Rawk Hawk: Okay, he's groggy from the poiosn. It should be easier to superg---" **Is still one hit KO'd** Grubba: I need a monster to clobba dat dair Prince Mush... I mean, time to use the Crystal Star.

[@ElectricCueball]

@@Dg-lp1vt Oh yeah, that's right -- he doesn't even like cake any more lol.

[@eeveemaster5794]

Paper toads in the new games: Need Mario to save them. Paper roads in the old games: Need someone to save Mario from them.

[@WhoTookSaltyCabbage]

I mean Prince Mush did also need Mario to save him. That was a pretty significant thing that happened. Like I understand where you’re coming from here but Mush very much did need Mario to save him.

[@stonexl]

The only guy in all of Mario smart enough to just get out of the way when Mario junps.

[@EvolvedDinosaur]

“What? You think I’ll just stand there and take it?”

[@keptrepublic]

There actually are other enemies in other Paper Mario games that dodge like that.

[@joshcoy6748]

Like origami ninji?

[@RaceBandit]

​@@EvolvedDinosaur| So basically, Undertale should've brought a hammer and a good pair of boots when he went to fight the skelefail.

[@Gogo-zv4hy]

“Oh it’s okay, it doesn’t seem that complicated” Mush *Going into Super sayain and proceed to one shot me* Succeeding in this fight before chapter 7 is potentially the coolest thing I've done and incidentally the stupidest

[@Jdbye]

What was your level when you did that? I tried it after chapter 5. I was not ready.

[@Kyle_116]

Super guarding completely dropping his defense and stopping the current attack makes it make more sense why Mush is fightable so early.

[@ThatBusyBoi]

The amount of fear I felt the moment i saw this toad power up like a super saiyan

[@rainsenpai7241]

IT WAS BAD ENOUGH SEEING HIS STATS LIKE.. 😭CHARGING UP?! HOW CAN IT GET WORSE!?!?

[@yoshifan3077]

​​@rainsenpai7241 he can do combos and basically one hit KO

[@rainsenpai7241]

@@yoshifan3077 also his duplicating into three.. and then all three of them charge and attack in the same turn.. using all your life shrooms in one go... 😍

[@SuperSavajin]

1:20 I was not ready for that part

[@Ironipad6464]

they want Hella Hard on that verse, Peak Paper Mario!!!!!!!!

[@Healer0079a]

Cultured I see.

[@pier-alex4120]

'Finally, Shadow queen has been defeated, peace has returned, I can now finally search all the star pieces and relax' Prince Mush : Well yes but actually no.

[@retrofan4963]

I can imagine Prince Mush telling Mario directly that after Mario making the relaxing speech to himself lol

[@joshcoy6748]

He was my very last fight!

[@wolfzend5964]

Imagine a fight between Prince Mush and the Master from the original Paper Mario, both in their Prime.

[@ZombiesAteMyChannel]

I like to think Prince Mush is one of The Master's students.

[@mlpfanboy1701]

Im convinced mush is his son or learned from him

[@wolfzend5964]

​@mlpfanboy1701 Or the descendant of the Heroic Toad who helped defeat the Shadow Queen. Considering Prince Mush could probably hold his own against her if he had the Crystal Stars

[@TheBanishedWind]

lol Prince Mush is the new Chuck Norris!

[@sparktwochristopher7240]

​@@TheBanishedWind More like Goku

[@drunkenskunkproductionsdsp8094]

Bowser if all of the Mushroom Kingdom's royal guards decided to train like The Master and Prince Mush: ⚰

[@kildaver]

"How many pushups?! How many sit-ups?! WHAT KIND OF JUICE DID HE DRINK?!?!"

[@XellosNi]

The idea of VEGETA (even tfs) pissing his pants at the sight of Prince Mush entertains me immensely.

[@mbpr7170]

"For you see, Prince Vegeta. You are not dealing with the average Toad anymore!"

[@XellosNi]

@@mbpr7170 "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~"

[@ErinDromeda]

I love when a boss theme just has that *post-game* sound that makes you immediately realise that curiously stumbling into the fight after beating chapter 4 is an absolute mistake

[@Travisgaminglol]

imagine how cruel would be If you could defeat him by eating a cake in front of him making him get ptsd and dropping his stats to 1

[@rebirthphoenix5646]

When I saw that in Goombella’s tattle, I remembered that Rawk Hawk did in fact poison Prince Mush and wondered if there was a way to cheese the fight with a cake although I’m thankful there wasn’t such thing. It’s much more satisfying to beat him as it’s intended!

[@dey2x313]

Not only is this guy super hard and cool he comes with an awesome theme to boot

[@youzettasonsofdigits1639]

Man such a DBZ story with Mush. Strongest mf ever. Super Saiyan. I guarantee you Mush only got absorbed because he pulled a Gohan and just wasn't paying attention

[@ziqi92]

The tempo change catches you off guard, much like Mush’s Super Saiyan mode.

[@JacobKrone-y5p]

Apparently this is my top song of 2024. I can see how it got to that spot.

[@aaronTGP_3756]

For some reason I had Atomic Boo as my number one; maybe it's because I had divided my Prince Mush listens between three channels.

[@JacobKrone-y5p]

Honestly I'm surprised Atomic Boo didn't make it into my recap because I could've sworn i listened to it as much as Prince Mush and Whacka for that matter

[@vladi3862]

it's bonetail for me

[@risinghopper1213]

This battle is the definition of “STOOOOOP! He’s already deeeeead!!!!!”

[@MewFan15165]

0:52 probably my favorite part

[@gubbington2242]

“Bonetail was easy and Whacka was manageable, how bad can one more superboss be?” Prince Mush, having mastered super saiyan 4:

[@RaceBandit]

Funny you should say that, beating Prince Mush after 3 tries encouraged me to go past B50F in the pit and take on Bonetail.

[@Crxy_Crafter]

The literal example of “I haven’t stubbed my toe all day today. I was then shot 53 times.”

[@almondjoy4938]

So Mush is finally gonna be fought, eh? I wonder what tricks he has up his shelves. On another note, his theme is absolutely epic! Among the best in the game already!

[@DuskusCB]

Oh, you know… 96 HP, stance changes, attack boosts, immunity to all statuses, a defense of 6, a OHKO attack, REQUIRED SUPERGUARDS…

[@NicoTheCinderace]

@@DuskusCB Minos Prime as a Toad.

[@muhammadmahardhikaadhyaksa2902]

@@NicoTheCinderaceJUDGEMENT

[@NicoTheCinderace]

@@muhammadmahardhikaadhyaksa2902 THY END IS NOW!

[@Ale-dd3ek]

He breaks your bones

[@WowItsBow]

They cooked so hard, not only one of the best mario boss fights ever but the music is absolutely phenomenal. Amazing remake

[@TheHumbleFellow]

Theme of realising how bad I am at superguarding and equipping both Simplifier badges.

[@KillerDitto77]

You're telling me THIS guy lost to Grubba?

[@CeHee123]

After being poisoned and fighting Rawk Hawk most likely. He was probably already weakened.

[@joshcoy6748]

​@@CeHee123probably from the poisoned cake mainly, at a certain point I doubt rawk hawk would be able to do much damage.

[@christopherchasteen4990]

@@joshcoy6748, To this day, Prince Mush really does not like cake anymore...

[@retrofan4963]

@@christopherchasteen4990 The blue shell-shocked koopa also starts hating cake as a whole after eating the poison cake by Rawk Hawk.

[@christopherchasteen4990]

@@retrofan4963, That DOES happen if you choose to ignore the second cake.

[@PossessedScholar]

"You know how to superguard, don't you?" "Uh... Maybe?" "Hahaha! Time to learn."

[@DoublemanFM]

Holy fuck, this song makes it feel like the 20 year wait was worth it. One of the greatest emotional climaxes I've ever seen.

[@SABlueAngryBlur]

Do not make fun of him. He will WRECK. YOUR. SHIT. if you're not ready or careful.

[@Workman743]

I feel like most people's first crack at this fight goes the same way... "Okay, he's definitely going to pull out some weird tricks on me." "Oh, okay, he can dodge my attacks, but only certain attacks based on his stance. I get it." "His defense is really high but I'm definitely whittling him down, there's *no way* I'm first trying this, he *has* to have something else up his sleeve." "Oh, he's not taking damage anymore." "Oh, he's not taking *any* damage anymore." "Oh, that's 125 hit points of damage *aaand that's Mario kissing the mat."* "Yeah, I knew that was coming. Good match, now lemme pick my teeth up off the floor and I'll be back for round 2."

[@PerfectDarkly]

Shoutout to this battle for being possibly the first and only thing in 20 years to make the Simplifier badges meta

[@june9914]

I mean, it’s not that unclear of a window two superguard. It’s just insanely punishing if you do mess up XD

[@RaceBandit]

Wait, Simplifier makes *SUPERGUARDS* easier? I thought it was limited to regular attacks.

[@HolyHolyHandGrenade]

Okay, but like, can we talk about how this song has a _completely_ different vibe from basically everything else on the soundtrack? Almost nothing is immune to the "goofy-heroic" vibe of Paper Mario, _except this song._ If you're like me and you notice that sort of thing subconsciously, that makes stuff like this hit so much harder. I'm still of the opinion that Champion Lance's Theme from Pokemon is one of the best examples; you get there, and suddenly a completely different type of song starts up, and you're like "Oh, shit just got real, didn't it?" (And then if you're like little kid me, you get your ass kicked by his three freakin Dragonites.) This song is like that, except by merit of being the most unapologetically stereotypical "badass 90's AMV" song I've ever heard, which is very out of place in this game.

[@superjamoose]

Good Lord on a bucket, my days of not taking this guy seriously came to an end real fast when I saw that 96 Health and 6 Atk/Def. Also, getting some serious Golden Sun vibes from this track.

[@rainsenpai7241]

He took years off my lifespan 😭when I went to use Goombella's tattle, I kept telling myself "it cant be that bad, it cant be that bad.." AND WHEN I SAW 96 HP.. ☠initally i smirked because, heh, im in for a good battle.. and then my eyes wander down to 6atk.. AND THEN SIX DEFENSE.. i had to do a double take on the defense because like. WHAT? THATS MORE THAN ALL ALLIES BASE ATTACK? it's a million times worse that he's immune to all items, partner elements, some attacks depending on stance, etc. Also the fact that he can do 100DMG every turn whenever he feels like it. Nintendo is INSANE for letting him charge and attack in the same turn. I haven't seen anyone else experience it, but Prince Mush duplicated himself into three separate enemies, and they all did the 100+dmg attack. LIKE WHAT? ☠ edit: i had three life shrooms on me and my partner used all three up in one turn.. I immediately closed the game out 😭

[@Yng_Roshi]

It's giving me Star Ocean til the end of time vibes.

[@aedaniammx7559]

This was honestly THE most fun fight in the game for me. I really felt like I was fighting an equal for once, we were both using such bizarre tricks against each other, and the other always had some kind of counter to make it bearable. It wasn’t a fight against a monstrous beast or ancient demon, but it was a close fight, and that’s the best kind of fight in my eyes

[@MadWeegee]

The master in 64 was a joke, and I was expecting a fight similar to that here. When this is what I got I've never been happier

[@mooshthemighty5733]

*Before the fight starts* "He's only a toad? Okay this is gonna be easy." *Two turns later* "I'm absolutely cooked af"

[@zombies5100]

Danger Mario: Finally...a worthy opponent, our battle will be LEGENDARY!

[@gjr7873]

The perfect theme to have in the background while Prince Mush Raging Demons your party member to death

[@DofKirby]

"its just a toad..how bad can it be" music starts: "oh shit" he powers up: "Oh Shit" he deals over 100 dmg in one Turn: "HOLY FUCK" ..... NEVER have i EVER received such a insane ass beating before in ANY mario game

[@DhundupTseringOfficial]

0:50 is where the magic happens

[@theluckyloser17]

The feeling of charging with Mario and delivering a whopping 54 damage with BASE jump to avoid Mush’s superguard bull was amazing!!!

[@NightStormFox]

Koops is a Hell of a support for this fight fr.

[@Door227]

Cant believe nintendo really said “oh? Your tired if all the toads in our games? Fight goku”

[@Antonio-is2cn]

Giving Prince Mush a King of Fighters-esque theme is rather fitting considering that in the Spanish version the title for Chapter 3 is "el rey de los luchadores" which translates to "The King of Fighters"

[@DAOC88]

Wait. So what is the title of the chapter in English?

[@Antonio-is2cn]

@@DAOC88 Of Glitz and Glory

[@DAOC88]

@@Antonio-is2cn Thanks

[@joeramirez6729]

1:23 - 1:36 is my fav part. Suuuuper badass and sounds like something straight out of DBZ. Definitely not something you’d expect to hear in a Paper Mario game! I love it.

[@aaronTGP_3756]

It's been happening since TOK, with The Dual-Bladed Duelist being a big example.

[@joeramirez6729]

@@aaronTGP_3756Eh I didn’t really like Orgami King… I prefer turn based RPGs. I mean realistically it wasn’t a bad game, but for my personal tastes it was a bad game.. the only scratch I got for my RPG itch in TOK was increasing HP…

[@RacingSnails64]

I love how wacky the Whacka boss theme is, but this is badass.

[@DoctorTex]

Intelligent Systems: Whats that? You want actually challenging bosses again?! FINE!

[@GreatSpaceToaster]

It took 23 years, but we finally got a Toad more badass than The Master.

[@lucomc32607]

"He's a clean fighter, so he won't pull any dirty tricks." *Dodges my attack 5 seconds later*