34 Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros - The Very Hungry Wiggler & The Zippy Zappy Gate, Retrieving Bomb Derby From Nabbit

Dear Readers,

Today I'll talk about using bomb buds to blast open the way and about Bomb Derby, which is different to the way it works Dream Team Bros.

Got 8050 points in the Trio Racquet Attackathon in the Lakitu Arcade. Nice tasty S rank! Just an A rank in the Petey Piranha Battle Ring though. They're nice quick challenges to do.

Picked up a Silver Statue on the next screen but I don't equip it on anyone. We meet Wiggler before an electrified gate. He can't get past it because it's all "zippy zappy". Cute :)

We explore a path to the left, where we find Origami Boots for Paper Mario. I don't think I've equipped any other boots on him yet, so it's a big jump in attack power.

There's a bomb bud nearby. I guess they're like the Goron bomb flowers from Zelda, only they have Bob-omb faces on them. There's also a sign here that warns minions about the generator. Just need to reach the bud so we can blow up the generator then! We can't reach it though, so we use the Trio Hammer to knock one of the bridges down to make a crossing over the river.

Just then, we meet Nabbit! We give chase, but he hops on a rock in the water. The rock looks kinda cracked, so we pluck the bomb bud and throw it over there. The blast shatters the rock and Nabbit falls into the water. He then jumps out and runs off, dropping the Bomb Derby Bros. Attack. Luigi finds it!

After this, we walk across the newly created stepping stones, pluck another bomb bud and throw it at the generator. "You unzappified the gate! Yay!", Wiggler chirps before dashing off to clean up the rest of the forest. I guess those berries paid off after all. He turned out to be a lot more grateful in the end!

Now for Bomb Derby. This is similar to the move in Dream Team Bros., but the rhythm is completely different. It's not asynchronous anymore, so it works out much easier. It's just getting used to it after doing it the other way for so long!

Mario levels up to Flower Rank! I give him an extra gear slot.

I also tried to pass the Paper Spear Guy dodge challenge, but they kept surprising me with their attacks! Gah! I'll pass it at some stage!