probably the biggest downside of Ms. Mowz in the overworld is that she sniffs *every* item. This means that she can really mess with you by sniffing things like one regular coin or the big chest that happens to be located in the very area you recruit her in
I just noticed that the barkeeper in rogueport is also a bean bean. The old story writers came up with a heart wrenching tale like Bobbery's yet the new writers can't figure out why we can't stand current ones.
I think your theory of the crystal star's powers have merit as it depends on the user, like the Glitz Pit star it could steal power/energy if used by someone Evil like Grubba but could give it back if it was used by someone good like Mario as it gave Prince Mush back. As for Bobbery I was too young to understand his pain but now I get it I know feeling of losing someone you cared about for so long.
Hee hee, onward to Keelhaul Key. Hooray Zorin, you got the OPTIONAL seventh partner in Ms Mowz and you learned the story of why Admiral Bobbery was never to set to sea again. But thanks to delivering a LONG OVERDUE message from beyond the grave, Scarlette gave him closure. It has always bugged me that we never get to see her model, although her presence is more than felt thanks to Podley and her letter.
The beginning of one of my favorite chapters, hope you have fun with it, too. Ms. Mowz has slightly less attack power than the other party members, but she makes up for it by her basic attack piercing armor, letting her deal full damage to enemies. Against low HP but high Defense foes like Clefts and enemies/bosses that can increase Defense she excels. Her ability to steal items and badges from enemies is also extremely helpful, and nabbing an attack item to use it in the same fight is hilariously ironic.
great to see you understand the true feelings and passions of the old bob-omb i have seen many others just gloss over or not fully get that level of sadness
Noice i got some screentime But yeah its completely possible to do this game without having Ms . Mouz so its handy to grab her as soon as possible also just because she otherwise stops appearing in the story after chapter 3, and i also figured you'd be moved by the Admiral Bobbery he's a great character with a fantastic design