The NEW Hardest Boss in Thousand Year Door

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

When Prince mush jumps, he dodges grounded attacks, and when he goes side to side, he dodges aerial attacks. When he goes super Saiyan, you have to superguard to tire him out before you can hurt him. But after you superguard him, his defense drops to 0.

[@thomtom3070]

I’ve never even played this game but I assumed the aerial vs ground thing was was frustrated watching 😭

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

@@thomtom3070 the fact that he only even tried aerial attacks was a little frustrating.

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

@@thomtom3070 also I'm surprised you're following a TTYD channel without having played the game. Did Bringle ever play any other games that drew you in, otherwise I have no idea why you're here. But welcome anyway.

[@thomtom3070]

@@phictionofgrandeur2387 I just like watching paper Mario gameplay. I also like Bringle’s commentary

[@Beeg_Boy]

I got really lucky he started invulnerable to jumps and then switched to being vulnerable and I power lift power bounced him to death and got the superguard during the Saiyan bit lol I should rematch him and avoid power lift

[@emmeraldyne]

31:00 "It’s insane that this guy canonically lost to Grubbba." Goombella did say "Also, I’ve heard he’s not a fan of cake. What’s the story there, hm? Some cake-based trauma in his past?" Prince Mush should have gone cakeless

[@Warriorcat_Youtube]

Cakeless Mush has boundless power fr

[@WhatupitsTetra]

Not a reference I expected to see here, but one that I appreciate

[@Wizzkidwas]

I get that reference, haha!

[@TheZeroed_]

Oh my God, a RAY NEVAREZ JR REFERENCE?

[@d4rksonic474]

Funnily enough I had a Shell Cake in my pocket and tossed it at him right away - didn't do anything though.

[@linkmastr001]

I am quite happy this fight exists. Also, I take that cake comment as a subtle hint as to how he was beaten originally. Remember how Rawk Hawk tried giving us the poisoned cake? He probably did that to Prince Mush to beat him, and Grubba ended up capitalizing on that.

[@baconlabs]

Honestly that fits pretty dang well with the Glitz Pit's wrestling theme; it's so perfect that the golden boy got taken down by a low blow like that from a heel rival

[@HelloHamburger]

​Rawk Hawk did it to Mario. After he got beat he promises to never cheat again and never does.​ He was known for being a dirty cheater. @@baconlabs

[@HelloHamburger]

​@itsmeike It's possible Grubba sent that first poisoned cake but Rawk did to us. I think Grubba may have said: "I want to do a match with you because I'm proud of ya son and want to show you what I got!" And then when he won the battle, he took the opportunity to put him into the Crystal Star. It seems to be implied by dialogue that Grubba didn't know Prince Mush was still alive inside the star. The other two fighters who went missing during chapter 3 were squished under blocks and discarded away after he took their power. Because they aren't that much of a threat as weak, minor-league fighters. I wonder where the other missing fighters were put besides those 3? I assume he would've put Mario and his partners in the Crystal Star if they lost to him. The team of bats that are available to fight by exhibition during the first bout of the Glitz Pit during chapter 3 aren't there anymore after the chapter ends. I wonder if they went missing and never found or more likely, the developers made an oversight to include them on the post chapter 3 roster. Bringle keeps calling the rematch Glitz Pit "post-game" but you can do it anytime post chapter 3. If you go out the building after the Bowser scene and then go back in, and resign up with Jolene, you can rematch then. Which I did that on my current and first plagthrough of the remake.

[@Insune50]

During the original capaign in the chapter there is dialogue from the koopa upstairs in the lobby saying he was definitely poisoned by cake

[@michaelr3077]

A lakitu on the second floor actually mentions rawk hawk giving prince mush a cake. This was seen as a kind gesture but as the tattle confirms it was also poisoned.

[@mDelto]

I think in terms of lore, Prince Mush, Jolene, and The Master are all descendants of the Toad hero that sealed away the Shadow Queen.

[@dracos0024]

If the Master is descended from the Toad hero, then Tayce T. and Zess T. are as well since they're The Master's sisters.

[@JoseLobo75]

Never thought about it, I love this so much!

[@purplenerdsplushie]

@@Noeyk200 isnt the juice bar girl just jolene's casual fit??

[@jobot0114]

Fun fact: You don't actually need to do the Glitz Pit re-climb in order to fight the new boss. All you have to do is queue up an Exhibition Match after you've gotten the email. I ended up getting it as I was playing the rest of the game, I'm not sure what triggered it.

[@hiimarandomweebwithanezuko1317]

I’m pretty sure he saved it for this video to not make others too long and not make this one too short

[@Petsinwinter2]

Best guess is the Jolene Trouble rn

[@b3ast57]

@@Petsinwinter2I can confirm it’s the Jolene trouble because when I went for 100% I saved the troubles for last and I didn’t get the email until i did the Jolene trouble well after post game

[@assaaddandashi7396]

Once you do the jolene trouble you have to wait for some time or if you haven’t, you have to get to chapter 5

[@houndoomdude2]

I think you might need to re register in the pit? I got the email like halfway through the game and i’d both re-registered in the pit and done the trouble.

[@LunaAlice]

My theory is that prince mush fell for the rawk hawk cake trick and was poisoned. But being the standout fighter he was he went to the ring anyway but the poison made his head a little foggy and he went to the ring earlier than scheduled and accidentally ran into grubba. Normally grubba would be a cakewalk but thanks to the poison grubba was able to beat mush. This is why mush doesnt like cake. After losing to grubba he was obviously unable to show up to his match against #1 contender rawk hawk and lost by default. Making rawk hawk the second champion of the glitz pit.

[@lloydchristian936]

Fun fact. One of the camera Lakitu says he got a picture of Rawk Hawk giving Mush some cake.

[@prof.laytonfan764]

These new super bosses feel like they came straight out of a mod. I love it.

[@jwalkin660]

I lost the first time against him. What a lot of people have missed is you can superguard at any point in the match to take away his defence, not just phase 2. I HOPE this means the next paper mario game will have fun bosses like this

[@KeithGD]

I brought like 4 different cakes thinking it would be his weakness 😅

[@zaneheaston8254]

Adorable

[@superduperdrew12345]

What a weird thing to add and do nothing with

[@Onavi1]

@@superduperdrew12345 It´s just a little curiosity implying he ate one of the poisoned cakes Rawk Hawk gives to his opponents

[@denryuu3]

I used a cake the turn right before he goes all super saiyan on my first try, I thought that was what triggered it (it was actually his HP). I failed that superguard and got tripled, I was like wow he really does hate cake. On my second try I realized what was actually going on lol

[@solidzack]

Rawk Hawk poisoned Prince Mush with Cake, which is how he won the title match. Grubba then did to the defeated Mush the same thing he did to every other fighter that lost. Rawk Hawk also tried to poison you too with cake. And yet you're not the first one that thought eating cake would somehow do something in the battle

[@spectrekp5888]

Fairly certain that the tattle Dialogue about the cake means that Grubba did *not* play fair and had seriously poisoned Mush before the fight. And in Mario games, story based poison/illness is treated as being incredibly bad. Sure for mario it's "Take 1HP of damage every second", But for Prince Mush it would've likely been "Reduce Attack to 1, Defense to 0, take 5hp every turn & 1HP for every action" (So his multi-hit combo moves would chip off a lot of HP). Grubba may also have been draining Mush's dwindling strength during the fight via the cheat machine, so even if the poison wasn't as severe as above, Mush probably would've been dealing with a stacking debuff every turn, as for why Grubba didn't become as powerful as Mush, well, Mush was likely poisoned and didn't have that much strength to steal at the time.

[@Namingway248]

I believe it implies it was the same trick grubba attempted on mario, where letting your partner eat the cake during the major league causes them to be unable to move at all. Even in the case of mario and his friends, it was incredibly detrimental

[@GamingEelektross]

Rawk Hawk was the one who sent the poison cake; that had nothing to do with Grubba.

[@phantom-ri2tg]

@@Namingway248 That makes more sense. as I think this guy would probably beat Grubba even with those nerfs. His combo attack is redicous.

[@MySnugglePuppy]

Grubba never sent the poisoned cake to Mush or Gonzales, it was Rawk Hawk who did that, as confirmed by the freelance cameraman Lakitu on the second floor of the Glitz Pit lobby.

[@justaregulardude3195]

Fun fact, you can ONLY battle wings of night during chapter 3 by dropping rank or doing an exhibition match, it's 3 swoopers and they gave me about 30 xp I was pretty overleveled so at chapter 3 I'm sure It would be an excellent grinding spot for early game

[@Saltience]

Same goes for The Destructors, who aren’t even shown to you. They’re a group of two spinias and two spanias. Not as good for XP though obviously.

[@WhirlyBeepBoops]

I did that exhibition for the sake of getting that tattle early lol

[@KyleDavis328]

I did the chapter 3 grind by using an exhibition against the fuzzies, the green one will keep duplicating if you wait him out long enough, so as long as you keep one alive it will keep multiplying, and at the level I was at during the match green fuzzies gave 5 XP each, by the time I had decided that enough was enough that one battle gave me a full 100 XP

[@AnimaLepton]

He actually mentioned that during his playthrough, if you check his Chapter 3 vid! He did a fight and got like 7 star points from each of the 4 of them. Depending on how many fights you're skipping early, you can exhibition match refight them multiple times and still be in the 20-30 XP range per fight.

[@infinity-vm4ul]

Im pleasantly surprised Nintendo but a boss like this in the game. Something that’s a challenge for even some of the best players in game is a really cool easter egg for long term fans of the game.

[@CptObvious]

You can easily make Prince Mush a joke if you want to. With Danger Mario you can take him out in a single turn (just like with most other bosses).

[@squiddu]

​@@CptObvious you really are captain obvious, huh? but yeah, see above comment, one or two niche OHKO builds does not mean the fight is a joke

[@0ceanking]

​@itsmeike I was honestly a little disappointed with the difficulty myself, and I don't use danger mario strats. I think him losing all his defense when you superguard is a overkill. With how much damage mario/goombella can do just with power lift+multibonk, or yoshi with ground pound all it takes is one superguard in phase two and he's toast. But I guess since you can fight him as early as ch. 5 they didn't want to make him too much of a monster. Still an epic first time experience though. Never thought I'd get my ass kicked by a super saiyan toad.

[@themustardman219]

@@0ceanking I'd say he's perfectly difficult enough for a game like this's hardest boss

[@starpower1598]

@@0ceankingI disagree, personally. Superguarding is only a 2-frame window, you either have to practice lots or just get close/lucky a few times in phase 2. For my part, I wasn’t very good at superguarding, and so he was REALLY tough, took me something like 10 or 15 tries. I could guard normally and get through phase 1, and had to work hard all through phase 2.

[@rambo1350]

grubba risked the whole world by killing mush. as you can see he would had killed the shadow queen easy

[@seaturtle7389]

knowing you purposefully leave the yellow blocks un-smashed has definitely gotten me to pay attention to them now 😭

[@togeluga_the_cat]

never cared until now ill go back to not caring in 15 mins when i forget about this

[@LazyGardenGamer]

I did this on purpose this playthrough, and only just noticed that Bringle has done the same!

[@superguy9834]

What?

[@DuskoftheTwilight]

Jolene has time to do Grubba's job as well as her old job because previously she was *also* investigating Grubba's shady behavior, so that time has been freed up to handle Grubba's job

[@glassbirdfeather]

Also, if you ask any secretary, their bosses aren't usually doing anything anyway. It's 99% the secretary running the company. So probably not much changed for her.

[@scrapbotcommander]

"Let's save the game in case he mugs me or something. You never know, he could be salty." 🤣

[@MatthewGhirardi]

No wonder why Grubba sucked up Mush’s power

[@NunyaBizniz-om6xf]

Bro sincerely popped up out of nowhere and became my favorite paper mario ttyd youtuber.

[@endernightblade1958]

i love that he just walks up then shatters your ribs with a single punch. love mush.

[@wilson_owen]

Prince mush was such a cool fight and man im so happy they made a fight with him reality i rememeber seeing a oooold gamefaqs of someone claiming they fought him back in 08 and me and my bro fell for it lol

[@2bluedragons492]

They were just ahead of their time.

[@yukiyuhi1993]

It’s crazy how I had no idea who this guy was before this remake. TTYD is one of my fav games ever, and this content is AMAZING. You’re quickly becoming one of my favorite creators. ❤

[@vsptylore3639]

Just so you know, you can interact with the door after you reserve a match the get the bodyguard to come in early

[@DaBaseBallZ]

Prince Mush made a mistake challenging Mario,A fat Italian plumber who literally eats mushrooms all the time

[@Warriorcat_Youtube]

SSJ Mush tank everything up to the literal *POWER OF THE SHADOW QUEEN* (Crystal Stars), is crazy. No wonder they had to poison him, he's a beast. He is now a valid candidate for the Prowler Meme

[@Foubeljacob]

The slowly growing desperation in his voice when he got to the second phase the first time was pretty entertaining. Just slowly realizing that Mush is unlike anything a base Paper Mario enemy could throw at him

[@NicoTheBear64]

“He’s known for being a clean fighter, so he’ll come straight at you without relying on dirty tricks.” Right after he powers up and does an attack that does 100 damage.

[@carnage0685]

yeah. some of the dumbest dialogue in the entire game right there. then there's the fact that he also clones himself later on in the battle, lol.

[@WhoTookSaltyCabbage]

all just natural talent

[@Victini415]

You have a partner, access to items that can render you invulnerable, a weapon, an attack-negating guard, and the boons of a demon on your side. He has fuckloads of damage, an attack-negating guard as well, the ability to dodge, and afterimages that any number of things in your possession can trivialize. And even then, those are clearly innate and/or learned. Then again, that description could have been worded a little differently.

[@aaronTGP_3756]

When Mush slides, he's vulnerable to grounded attacks.

[@UltimateBurstLP]

I’m so glad I’m not the only one who lost on my first attempt to fight Mush lol. I was using danger Mario strats and this guy just totally wrecked me the first time he entered the invincible stance. Going into the fight blind really makes it tricky to figure out what to do, which honestly was way more fun.

[@kidsmitty94]

He canonically lost to Grubba because he fell for the fake cake hoax. that's the cake based trauma in the tattle log.

[@hiimarandomweebwithanezuko1317]

If you are wondering in phase one the stance changes mean you can only hit him with jumps for one or hammers for the other and in phase 2 you need to superguard him to hit him

[@eclipse9727]

Another thing of note: the way he moves equals the main attack move that will harm him in that moment: Up & Down Stance- Jump Left & Right Stance- Hammer. Guard Stance- Nothing.

[@hiimarandomweebwithanezuko1317]

I didn’t notice that good on you

[@rushledog]

I felt cool when I beated him pre chapter 6, he has such a cool battle theme I'll fight him again in post game this time without peril strats

[@Ars-Nova258]

Prince Mush is the coolest Paper Mario character. Hope we see more of him in a future installment.

[@briarbarfield5809]

I like that Prince mush punishes you for only relying on one type of attack

[@nickk3077]

I wished that they changed up the rematches in the gitzpit to make everyone you fight so much harder. It could be a fun challenge for veteran players right after beating chapter 3! Like, in the story, they tease how certain characters enter and leave the glitzpit sorta routinely, but we never interreact with this! It didn't make sense why they introduced this if they never paid it off. The remake was their opportunity to make your return much more interesting, but they just kept it the same and I think that is a shame! Like, whatever happened to Sir Swoop?

[@Warriorcat_Youtube]

3:18 Missed opportunity to put a spin on all the battles, giving the Glitz rematch a new flavor. For example, with the Goomba Bros, make them a GOOMBA STACK!!

[@rolox3334]

a funny thing i learned in this fight is that Koops shell shield is powerfull. When prince mush goes all up and does the many attacks after one another the shell takes them all and only breaks after he is done so mario doesnt take any damadge from the attack :3

[@Luke-pt2qf]

Fun fact: Prince Mush is actually insanely easy, his superguard phase only triggers at about half, so all you need to do is knock him down close to half, charge Mario's attack a lot and power bounce.

[@thembigstonks7016]

Fun fact: that works for literally every boss and isn’t fun

[@Luke-pt2qf]

@@thembigstonks7016 Yeah, well it still works so

[@thembigstonks7016]

@@Luke-pt2qf I mean, you play the game the way you want. I just personally think it’s better and more fun to challenge Mush without nuking him with damage.

[@Viovel]

Fun fact: charge a crap ton before every boss and the game is literally free. Not how I personally enjoy playing the game but sure

[@Luke-pt2qf]

@@Viovel I was talking mainly about Mush cause everything else is already pretty free. The game feels a lot easier especially with the Crystal Star Special being way easier now.

[@connorburris4846]

So fun fact about the adonis twins, the super hammer works on them, Notably, you get it after their fight, as a way to speed it up/do it without yoshi.

[@sophieamandaleitontoomey9343]

He definitely kicked my ass the first time. I was doing pretty well, got him down to 25. And then he did his triple attack and I was done. I was very VERY bitter.

[@phantom-ri2tg]

It is not a triple attack. Bringle in this video got hit 5 times the second use I think but superguarded the fifth hit. It maybe is an attack until you faint or he gets superguarded move?

[@aeriussygale]

@@phantom-ri2tg Yeah, that zooming around with kicks at the target, if not Superguarded, or at least not until the last hit (when the character would already be D-E-A-D M-E-A-T three times over), it lasts 5 hits of as much as 24, 23, 22, 21, then 20 damage. An absurd Quintuple hitting attack.

[@phantom-ri2tg]

@@aeriussygale You could survive that with normal guards. I wonder does he become vulnerable if you survive the whole attack or is super guarding mandatory?

[@aeriussygale]

@@phantom-ri2tg Once that "fiery spirit" burns within him or what ever that phase shift dialogue is, he completely blocks ALL damage until you break his concentration by Superguarding an attack from him directly (not one of his duplicates he some times creates with what I like to call Triple Team). Just reducing damage from his hits by regular guarding the hits doesn't create an opening to attack for the last stretch of the battle.

[@phantom-ri2tg]

@@aeriussygale And Nintendo has destroyed no super guard challenges unless one can skip the last phase with enough damage.

[@Bloody_FOXY47040]

When he sways back and forth, he dodges aerial attacks like jump attacks. When he's jumping, he dodges grounded attacks like certain hammer attacks. When he goes super saiyan, you have to superguard to tire him out. Once you do, his defense drops to 0! He is an AMAZING boss and even made you struggle, XD!

[@jmaster2930]

ahhhh interesting! i need to work on my superguarding😭

[@asunalockeheart5873]

14:44 I like to think the bouncers are more intimidated by stronger fighters and I’m glad you pointed that out 😂

[@fawfulthegreat64]

28:16 you could have ended his career that turn if you'd noticed he was vulnerable.

[@sauceman007]

Literally!! 😭😭 I was like oh, that’s gg, but when he started his strat prep I was like NOOO U COULDVE ENDED IT

[@TheBonehead1997]

Another fun fact. With the set-up I ran for the Prince Mush fight, it was actually easier for me than the Whacka fight was. I used Ms. Mowz the whole fight for Prince Mush just because of his ungodly defense, in tandem with Piercing Blow and Hammerman. It worked surprisingly well with superguards.

[@deserttoad4449]

I don’t know if it’s the zap tap or the return postage, but whenever mush does the combo attack, one of them stops him from hitting you multiple times, so you only get hit once. It makes those otherwise useless badges have a use.

[@zooms7889]

Zap Tap doesn't work, idk about Return Postage though

[@Local_Hitman]

Yeah Goombella's tattle tells you to rely on superguards if you don't think you can win. When you get to the point where he's concentrated, you literally can't win unless you superguard. That's the hint.

[@dakotajones321]

Ive been following your vids since a month or so before the remake released, been loving them so far! Im glad Im not the only one that got shit on by the prince in the first bout, because his saiyan barrage is absolutely savage

[@banditimaclubyou8388]

Ah yes. 69 star points, 96 health, 9 attack, and 6 defense.

[@Nako3]

Love these Mario videos! Well done!

[@starpower1598]

The remake was my first time playing the game, and with determination and careful strategy, I actually managed to beat Prince Mush right after Keelhaul Key. I noticed that his jumping stance means he dodges hammer and side attacks, and sliding means he dodges jump attacks, and then there’s defense mode that you need to super guard. Ms Mowz was a godsend fighting him, because I could buff her with Power Lift, preserve the buffs while he was in hop stance, and then slam Mush with Ms Mowz’ attack and piercing blow hammer attacks while in his sliding stance. I managed to get through his first phase every time, all that was left was practicing my super guard timing until I beat him.

[@Attyrocker]

This fight was so much fun, I beat it with Piercing blow + Ms mowz one time, and the other time I was doing no hammer, no jump challenge so I pretty much did it with only Ms Mowz, I love fighting this boss

[@TheBonehead1997]

So to explain the Mush fight a bit more: - The side to side motion means he only takes damage from Hammer attacks. - The up and down motion means he only takes damage from Jump attacks. - When he gets fired up, he no longer takes damage, period. - Superguarding successfully will leave Prince Mush weakened and tired, and any and all attacks will then work for your next turn. - Superguarding his fakes will not do damage to Prince Mush, nor leave him weakened and tired.

[@UnhingedPikachu]

“Hes known to be a clean fighter, so he’ll come at you without relying on any dirty tricks” Prince mush: Dodges attacks, creates clones of himself, is immune to literally everything. Yeah, REAL clean fight, mush.

[@codydevries8394]

For the KP Koopas the first time,You could have used multibounce, finished off the flying one, and left them turned over while you appealed and they couldn't "take a turn"

[@DelphanGruss]

"How did this guy lose to Grubba?" Prince Mush seems like an inherently cool, straightforward, down to Earth guy. I am 100% sure that Grubba just tricked him with the machine; sucked his power dry before he had a chance to throw a single punch.

[@Staticblox]

I love how his refusal to use the hammer at all made him think that one of mushes stances is just "his dodge stance"

[@notavailable2374]

maybe someone already told u this but when your waiting for the security guard to take you to the match, if you try to exit the door he immediately appears 👍

[@alex_exe3477]

What I very like about this secret boss is that you dont even need to reach post game to do it. You can fight him as early as you can do the Jolene boxer trunks side quest. I fought him right after chapter 4. (you really need to land those superguards when you fight him at that point XD)

[@ub-06austin40]

Prince Mush is one of only two opponents I lost to. The other being… Gus, at the beginning of the game (I’d never played TTYD before, so I didn’t know how Superguarding worked yet). The simple fact that Superguarding is required to defeat Prince Mush, combined with his fast attacks makes him easily the hardest opponent in the entire game.

[@idkidk4334]

Wish they had exhibition matches for all the chapter bosses and other 1 time encounters

[@tomjackal5708]

i enjoy "two-ton bag of five-ton hammers" a bit too much

[@DeletedDenizen]

12:50 wouldn't a successful showstopper work for fulfilling the condition and beating them within a single turn?

[@jeradna]

gale force also works for this I believe

[@russellhumphries7830]

it's not 100% dodge chance it is that in sideing form you can only attack hammer useing hammer attacks in jumping form you can only attack useing jump attacks

[@TotalMK]

I beat it last night, had no idea it was a secret boss... was hard AF... I don't really use Power Lift much but I should more often. I had to Superguard to win, I also used Show Stopper which does 15 Damage.

[@jg1404]

I wound up spamming Flurrie’s Dodgy Fog and his multi-hit move can miss in his final phase which gave me better timing to super block his moves

[@MrManslayerX]

For some reason when you said "A squadron of Yoshis" I felt the need to "Uhm ackshully" so here we are: While you may have been correct in a historical sense, by modern terms that would be a Platoon of Yoshis. :) That goes kinda hard tho, the "Yoshi Platoon". Anyways, love the content as always, I think I've watched literally almost every one of your videos!

[@spicy_ctrlo7132]

My take about the cake comment is Grubba gave him the poison cake like what we got during the story and that’s how grubba was able to defeat prince mush . That’s my game theory

[@CinnaSwirls]

I can imagine Jolene calmly walking out the door and SPRINTING FAST AS ALL FUCK as soon as the door is closed, just so she can answer the next call in 3 seconds. She must be the fastest character in this game.

[@OriginalElysian]

In heels? Nah, she's taking those calls on her phone lol

[@CinnaSwirls]

@OriginalElysian Makes even more sense for a portable screen device to be used now than it would have in 2004. But consider: my idea is funny

[@legobeylov7470]

You have no idea how much i screamed when you first superguarded him and DIDNT attack him

[@TheBonehead1997]

Also, this is pretty neat that you combined a 100% let's play with a challenge video.

[@malaiseneo]

i just beat him yesterday and i had so much fun fighting him! i actually had to strategize for it instead of just killing him with ease but not a strategy.

[@UltimatViolet]

Watching this made me realise that I actually got lucky with this fight and somehow managed to figure out the Superguard trick right when it matterws. I did not realise he did that much damage with his attacks and that he was invincible LMAO.

[@MB-bl4nl]

I unlocked this fight in chapter 4 and literally gave up after like a dozen attempts because I was bad a super guarding and Mario had 10 hp, so he'd die in one hit. Had to come back after getting the up arrow in chapter 5 to get rally wink to beat him. Would love to see you do early prince mush in future challenge runs.

[@Rodocter2023]

31:11 Gruba never uses healing moves, so probably Gruba used to have waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more hp.

[@sparrowflyaway]

I’m terrible at superguards, so I’m terrified to try fighting Mush. Hell, I can’t even manage a dang Power Bounce chain 😓 I think I’m gonna have to try Power Rush strats against him, it’s probably the only chance I have. Max out my BP and make myself a set of chainmail out of those badges 😅

[@briceandrieux]

It's for sure the only fight that require to use a superguard, but I think it's also the only tattle that speak about superguard. Like gombella doesn't speak ever about superguard except here

[@MLmaster135]

the wack part bout Prince Mush is that he completely beats the Paper mario 64's "The Master 3" Damage-wise, cuz he'll just keep on using his strongest attacks. I absolutely love how Mush gets a massive Power/Mega rush boost at low hp and the clones will all attack at once if any are still on the field. and him becoming completely invincible to everything in the last half of his hp is very cool, a true superboss. the fact he uses the Quintuple kick just like the Master 4 in Paper mario 64 Dark Star Edition/Master Quest mod's beautiful The most valid logical reason why Mush beats the Master in terms of challenge is cuz, mush goes all out in ttyd, alongside ttyd having a bigger Mario hp total(200 max). paper mario 64 Master 3's AI very strangely, completely Prevents him from using his Triple Combo if, and only if, Mario's hp is at or less than 18hp(total damage of Triple Combo) in that game. This is a strangely pretty obscure fact bout the Master 3, its not even listed in the Paper Mario wiki or anywhere else for some reason. The Master says he's going all out in PM64, but in reality he's actually holding back on purpose (most deff for balancing reasons is why Triple Combo only happens at high hp and never low hp.) I really love Prince Mush's fight in da ttyd remake, its a 20 year dream come true and his battle theme+fight itself is perfection 🤲🤲

[@JoboVT]

I got carried this fight by rally wink goombella, because thx to that I could easily power lift and then hit mush with either a hammer or jump attack depending on the stance, piercing blow was very useful when he was in the stance that made him immune to jumps.

[@Mono_Nerd_Production]

In the tattlelog it saids Mush is afraid of cake So it’s strongly implied the only reason Rawk Hawk is champ is because he poisons Mush for the fight and Grubba probably did to lol

[@prinzdersee]

I didn't want to do the Glitz Pit in the Post Game, because there wouldn't be any challenge, so I did it before Chapter 4, that way there would be at least some challenge. And then after Chapter 4 I got the email from Mush, I didn't even knew he was a secret boss. So naive little me fought him before Chapter 5... He destroyed me without mercy

[@seanh4876]

For the Tiny Spinies fight, could you have used Flurry to Gale them away to not damage to fulfill both her condition and your condition? Does that work in the Glitz Pit? -side note, very much love your content! This was a fun challenge to watch

[@milesdoblosky1619]

After you set up a match if you open the door the security guy comes faster.

[@skirch6094]

Prince Mush lost to Grubba because Grubba gave him a poisoned cake like he did to Mario, that's what Goombella's line about having some "Cake based trauma in the past" is about

[@arcadiawhimsies]

Just 100%d the game and... its weird how neither this fight nor Whacka are necessary for the gold medal. at least Bonetail guards a badge which is required, but both of those only give you "Useful Items" which do not affect anything at all

[@DarkFrozenDepths]

A lot say Mush is harder, but I'd honestly say Whacka is... assuming you don't destroy their HP with danger strats and such. While Mush is more consistent on damage dealt and you have to pay attention to what he does, Whacka could just bum rush you with more attacks per turn (up to 14) and if it's Red bumps, better superguard or you'll regret it. For reference, Prince mush at most would take out up to around 140 of your HP in a single turn.... but Whacka with 14 red bumps would take out close to 400 HP. And given you have to redo the pit of 100 trials every time you want to refight Whacka, he was clearly intended to be harder.

[@MG_SW]

If it makes you feel better, I lost horrendously the first time against this boss AND closed my switch after I forgot to save, losing over an hour of in-game level grinding progress. I came back today though and beat this boss after grinding my levels back and it felt so righteously good. It's crazy the devs really did just say git gud at superguards for this boss lol

[@DakotaFiles]

first time i fought him, he did his plus +3 attack buff so I hid with vivian, which he responded with a second attack buff and killed me in one hit lmao. i'm curious if that was a programmed response to using vivian, or if i was just unlucky. second time i made sure to come back with boo sheets he's a super tough boss before you get his secret, but two superguards and a mega-rush'd yoshi ate through his health pretty quickly

[@solidpat221]

New challenge run, mush percentage. pretty sure he can be fought as early as chapter 4 or 5. Chapter 4 mush would probably be hideous.

[@ziqi92]

To get the Mush fight, complete Jolene’s request at the Trouble Center and reclaim the Championship the second time. You can unlock the Mush fight as early as the end of Chapter 5. Mush will email you.

[@JohnNovakovich]

Watching Bringle lose to Mush was way more fun than a busted power bounce where we can’t even see the new moves! I’m glad they put something this tough in the game!

[@devinwarrick3660]

Agreed. Like, when he missed Whacka's crazy wackabump attack, he missed the true danger of the Pit boss

[@randomnpc445]

@@devinwarrick3660 Thankfully I'm sure we'll see it in challenge runs in the future (hopefully Bringle can emulate switch games or something just to find a way to speed up the second run of 50 floors with a mod that makes bump attack work or something).

[@MrMusic6336]

You can challenge him after Chapter 3 once you complete Joenne's trouble and wait 30 mins. Definitely something to look forward to for challenge runs

[@GamingEelektross]

I like how he could have won the first try but then threw

[@healthyminds9279]

This is awesome! Glad to see the devs caring about the veteran players with some difficulty here.

[@coopinatormusic6214]

You don't need to do the Glitz Pit again to get this battle! You automatically get Mush's email after returning to Rogueport after clearing Chapter 5.

[@CptObvious]

It has nothing to do with what chapter you're in. You can even do his fight before Chapter 4. You have to complete Jolene's trouble, wait for her email, and then wait for Prince Mush's email.

[@tea-chugger8137]

My way of beating him was just using Charge and Charge P until I get to 6+ for both and then trying to get him into his weakened phase and then just lay into him.

[@keybladeduelist]

Was gonna do this legit until I found out of the needed super guards. Then I spammed coins to Piantas at the gambling hall, bought a crap ton power rushes. And peril Mario starts to kill in a three hit power bounce. Using Veil to hide from the first attack

[@smurgledwerf]

The conditions for the email are unclear, I did all the troubles between chapters and got it sometime after chapter 4. I was...not strong enough to defeat him at that point. Also boo sheets actually make the 2nd phase harder because you have to superguard to break his concentration.

[@cheese183]

Theres a badge the same as power smash:power stomp it deal about 8 or so damage for your boots like a power bounce but only one but deals alot

[@mastergamer1236]

I only beat this first try because my life shrooms werent important in chapter 8 so i had quite a few for the fight. And because i thought i had to keep dodging his sayian attacks, i used vivian a lot and prince mush went for her a lot due to where i unintentionally placed Mario. Thats how i won

[@OrbitalFrog_]

If you have return postage on, he hits you and instantly counters, so it stops the multihit danger.

[@meatballmaster5281]

Yeah I thought Jolene pushing up her glasses twice was a glitch too. It happened to me and I thought I was going crazy.