Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, party members are referred to as "partners." Recruited at various points throughout the story, these partners directly aid Mario in battle. They're distinguished from one another not only by their story significance, but also by their movesets.
And even after she joins, it's not worth it. Ms. Mowz is probably the least effective party member in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Her overall attack power and HP are some of the lowest in the game. Her regular attack, Love Slap, is interesting in that it can ignore enemy defense. But it's so weak and so annoying to perform, requiring repeated back-and-forth flicking of the thumbstick, that it's barely even worth it.
Some partners are useful when they first join the party, but are later replaced by other partners who can do the same things better. Unfortunately, that's not the case with Bobbery. By the time he joins, the player has a better option for almost every task he can accomplish. He has an important role in the story and is a fun character, but he's not the best party member.
Related Nintendo Switch 2's Impressive Features Hinted At In Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door Code Code discovered within Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door could suggest that the Nintendo Switch 2 will support a long-rumored feature. 3 TTYD's Goombella Is Useful In & Out Of Battle Recruited During The Prologue Close Goombella is the first partner to join the party in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, as she's available automatically beginning in the prologue. A Goomba archaeologist, she joins the adventure simply because she's a good friend to Mario; there's no personal task or tragic backstory that ropes her in, other than her never-ending quest for knowledge.
2 Vivian Is One Of TTYD's Strongest Attackers Recruited In Chapter 4 Close Vivian initially appears as an antagonist, attempting to hypnotize Mario along with her sisters and fellow Shadow Sirens Marilyn and Beldam. However, she later recognizes Mario's kindness when she meets him in Twilight Town, and joins his party. This later causes a rift between them, however, when Vivian discovers that Mario was once her enemy.