Gritzy Desert

Gritzy Desert
Greater Location	Mushroom World
Inhabitants	Pokeys, Bob-ombs, Shrooba Divers
First Appearance	Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

The Gritzy Desert is a large, barren desert in the northeastern-most part of the Mushroom Kingdom appearing in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.

In the game, the Mario Bros. came here during their quest to find the Cobalt Star pieces. The Koopaseum is located in the middle of the desert and Gritzy Caves is found below the desert. There are four Dry Bones statues around the desert, that Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi must activate. When this happens, the Dry Bones Statues will open the entrance to the Koopaseum.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the stage Mushroomy Kingdom features Gritzy Desert's background music from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time among other tracks.

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Enemies

• Bob-omb
• Pokey
• Shrooba Diver

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ザラザラ砂漠 Zarazara sabaku	Zarazara Desert

Trivia

• A train that resembles to the Barrel Train from Mario Kart: Double Dash!! can be found buried in the desert.
• Gritzy Desert bears a storyline of the novel The Time Machine. Despite the Koopaseum being a colosseum, the time traveler visits a place via his time machine, in a desert, and the building is also dome-shaped. He then later has to enter an underground set of caves later on in the same place. This is possibly a mere coincidence, however the plot line in the game is similar, as the heroes visit a desert via time travel, enter a dome like building, and visit a underground set of caves.

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Playable Characters	Mario • Luigi • Baby Mario • Baby Luigi
Non-Playable Characters	Fawful • Gramma Red and Gramma Green • Kylie Koopa • Princess Peach & Baby Peach • Professor Elvin Gadd & Young Professor Elvin Gadd • Toad • Toadbert • Toadiko • Toadsworth & Toadsworth the Younger • Yoob • Yoshi
Bosses	Baby Bowser • Bowser • Commander Shroob • Elder Princess Shroob • Elder Shrooboid • Junior Shrooboid • Kamek • L33t Hamm3r Broz. • Mrs. Thwomp • Petey Piranha • Princess Shroob • Shrooboid Brat • Shrowser • Sunnycide • Swiggler
Locations	Baby Bowser's Castle • Gritzy Caves • Gritzy Desert • Hollijolli Village • Koopaseum • Princess Peach's Castle • Shroob Castle • Shroob Mother Ship • Star Hill • Star Shrine • Thwomp Caverns • Thwomp Volcano • Toad Town • Toadwood Forest • Vim Factory • Yoob's Belly • Yoshi's Island
Enemies	Blazing Shroob • Bob-omb • Boo • Boo Guy • Boom Guy • Bully • Coconutter • Dark Boo • Dr. Shroob • Dry Bones • Elasto-Piranha • Elite Boom Guy • Fly Guy • Ghoul Guy • Gnarantula • Gold Koopeleon • Goomba • Guardian Shroob • Handfake • Intern Shroob • Koopeleon • Lakitufo • Lethal Bob-omb • Love Bubble • Micro-Goomba • Pidgit • Piranha Planet • Pokey • RC Shroober • Red Coconutter • Shroob • Shroid • Shroob Chomp • Shrooba Diver • Shrooblet • Shroob-omb • Shroob Rex • Shroob UFO • Shroobsworth • Skellokey • Snifaro • Snoozorb • Soul Bubble • Spiny Shroopa • Support Shroob • Tanoomba • Tashrooba • Thwack • Thwack Totem • Wonder Thwack