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{{more images|Ripped sprites of each badge icon in ''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'' and ''Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''}}

{{about|the badges found in the Mario role-playing games|the badges in [[Mario Kart Tour]]|[[List of badges in Mario Kart Tour]]}}

:''For a list of the names for each badge in other languages, see [[List of badge names in other languages|here]].''

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|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'' ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])

|effect=Varies; usually increases stats, unlock new moves for a character, etc.

 

'''Badges''' are items used in several ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' [[Genre#Role-playing|role-playing]] games ever since their first appearance in ''[[Paper Mario]]'', and have appeared in every ''Mario'' RPG since, with the exception of ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'', ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'', and ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]''. They are equipped onto the player and they have a variety of uses depending on the game. They may increase stats, provide unusual abilities, or give characters access to new moves.

{{Main|List of badges in Paper Mario}}

In ''[[Paper Mario]]'' badges can be found scattered in all the Mushroom Kingdom, but some particular badges can be only bought from [[Rowf and Rhuff|Rowf]] in [[Toad Town]] and from [[Merlow]] in exchange for [[Star Piece (Paper Mario series)|Star Pieces]]. In the prologue, [[Goompa]] gives [[Mario]] the [[Power Jump]] badge and teaches him how to use badges. Later in the game, [[Merluvlee]] in the [[Shooting Star Summit]] can predict the locations of badges. There are 80 badges in total, and aside from the pause menu, Mario can also read from the board in [[Mario Bros.' House|his house]] how many badges he has collected.

In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', as well as being scattered over the world, badges can also be dropped by enemies, bought from the [[Lovely Howz of Badges]] and [[Charlieton]] in [[Rogueport]] with coins, from [[Pianta Parlor]] in Rogueport with [[pianta token]]s, and exchanged from [[Dazzle]] in [[Rogueport Sewers]] with [[Star Piece (Paper Mario series)|Star Piece]]s. [[Ms. Mowz]] can steal badges from enemies and enemies also occasionally drop badges when defeated. In this game, some badges have a "P" at the end of their names, they are identical to their non-"P" counterparts but affect Mario's partner instead. Equipping more than one of the same badge doubles the FP cost of the move for each extra badge equipped. Equipping more than one of the same attack badge increases the attack's power by 1 and/or increases the duration of the applied status effect by 1. Equipping multiple Charge badges gives Mario (or his partner) 1 extra power when charging. When both the [[W Emblem]] and [[L Emblem]] are equipped, Mario's clothes will change into Waluigi's clothes. There are 85 kinds of badges in total. Interestingly, enemies cannot drop Badges until after [[Professor Frankly]] has given Mario the [[Power Smash]] Badge.

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{{Main|List of badges in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga}}

{{Main|List of badges in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time}}

Items known as "Bros. Badges" appear in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'', in which they are used in battle by only Mario and Luigi. The first two badges are given to the player by [[Princess Lipid]] in the [[Flab Zone]]. When a gauge fills up, touching the two linked badges with the stylus activates the badge, yielding a variety of results, such as restoring health. The gauge is filled up by performing an attack in either a "GOOD", "GREAT" or "EXCELLENT" way (the requirements vary from badge to badge), though switching a badge to a different one will reset the gauge to zero. Some badges can be purchased at a shop in [[Toad Town]] and others can be found throughout the game. Luigi's badge (the left side of the gauge) determines how good the action command must be to fill the bar, and how big the effect will be. Mario's badge (the right side of the gauge) decides what the effect will be.

 

In the game's remake, ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'', the Badges return and are received at the same place as the original game and function how they did in ''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'', except the badge meter will not fill up if there are two badge effects stored.

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|Mario or Luigi must achieve at least an "excellent" rating to fill the meter. If the attacker gets lower than that, his side of the bar empties. If an excellent is not possible at the time, the meter will not break.

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[[File:M&LDTBadges1.png|thumb|The Badge Meter in ''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team''.]]

Badges reappear in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'', and are received much earlier than the previous installment. The first two badges, the Starter and Mush Badge, are both found in the depths of [[Pi'illo Castle]], where the petrified [[Prince Dreambert]] is also found. Both Mario and Luigi can equip one badge out of the 12 badges making 36 combinations. During battle, a Badge Meter on the bottom screen will fill up as the Mario Bros. attack successfully. In the [[Earth|Real World]], the badges are filled up the same way as in ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''. In the [[Dream World]], regular attacks fill up Mario's side, and [[Luiginary Attack]]s fill up Luigi's side. When the two badges meet at any point on the meter, one of the two (three/four if the [[Rank#Mario & Luigi: Dream Team|Badge Stock +1]] Rank-Up Bonus is selected for one of/both the bros) circles on the bottom screen will show an icon. Touching the icon will do an action depending on what two badges are combined. If all circles on the bottom screen show an icon, and two badges meet, the last icon shown will be replaced.

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!width="16%"|Starter Badge{{anchor|Starter Badge}}

!width="16%"|Master Badge{{anchor|Master Badge}}

!width="16%"|Expert Badge{{anchor|Expert Badge}}

!width="16%"|Bronze Badge{{anchor|Bronze Badge}}

!width="16%"|Silver Badge{{anchor|Silver Badge}}

!width="16%"|Gold Badge{{anchor|Gold Badge}}

|style="background: #ABC;"|'''Mush Badge'''{{anchor|Mush Badge}}

|style="background: #ABC;"|'''Strike Badge'''{{anchor|Strike Badge}}

|style="background: #ABC;"|'''Guard Badge'''{{anchor|Guard Badge}}

|style="background: #ABC;"|'''Virus Badge'''{{anchor|Virus Badge}}

|style="background: #ABC;"|'''Risk Badge'''{{anchor|Risk Badge}}

|style="background: #ABC;"|'''Miracle Badge'''{{anchor|Miracle Badge}}

{{footnote|note|*|The in-game description is incorrect — the user's status is actually reset to how it was at the start of the battle.}}

*[[List of badges in Paper Mario|List of badges in ''Paper Mario'']]

*[[List of badges in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga|List of badges in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'']]

*[[List of badges in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time|List of badges in ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'']]

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|Ita=Spilla (''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'')<br>Tessera (other RPGs)

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