Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005)

sequel time travel time machine anthropomorphism turtle time limit snow boss fight protagonist's name in the title human collectibles plot twist male protagonist ghosts darkness single-player only minigames non-player character female antagonist turn-based world map shopping party system scripted events status effects dark second act undead exploration unskippable cutscene leveling up aliens robots countdown timer breaking the fourth wall self-referential humor violent plants tentacles boss assistance white noise subtitled silence scientist internet culture reference multiple protagonists invisible enemy save point spaceship inconvenient malfunction moving platforms ufo planet unbeatable enemies crash landing italian accent royalty in-game anti-piracy effects easy journalist high score time-manipulation punctuation mark above head multi-phase boss vore princess virtual console hammer bros. wii u virtual console battle screen interactive battle system conga line party mario luigi princess peach nintendo ds rumble pak alien attack humor