Lovely Howz of Badges

Mario and Goombella in the Lovely Howz of Badges

The Lovely Howz of Badges is a badge shop found in Rogueport in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. This shop is located in the town's main square, accessible from the western door on the second floor of the inn. Once Mario has visited The Thousand-Year Door for the first time, he can enter the shop to buy and sell various badges.

Two shopkeepers work at the Howz of Badges: an unnamed, overly-enthusiastic pale yellow Squeek and Ms. Mowz, the thief that Mario and his allies encounter periodically throughout their adventure. Besides serving as a store manager, Ms. Mowz's other duty at the store may be to search the world for rare badges to sell later. This explains why she appears to be looking for a rare badge at Hooktail Castle. If and when Ms. Mowz joins Mario's party, she will leave her position at the shop. If Mario defeats the Shadow Queen with Ms. Mowz in his party, she will return to work at the Lovely Howz of Badges (at least until Mario returns to Rogueport, as she will rejoin him for any further adventures in the region).

The shop has five badges visible on the counter at any given time. The Squeek can be talked to to peruse the full list, although the displayed Badges will be at their cheapest, 30% off their regular price. Leaving Rogueport and reentering changes the selection of Badges on sale. If the player decides to solve Garf's trouble at the Trouble Center, his house key will be right in front of the store entrance.

ShopEdit

The Lovely Howz of Badges adds new badges to its stock after every chapter. Mario can sell badges here, at which point, they will be added to the shop's stock and can be bought back later for twice the price (i.e. if Mario sells a Damage Dodge badge for 75 coins, he can buy it back at 150 coins). If the Lucky Start badge is lost in the hole in Creepy Steeple, it can be bought for 70 coins. Badges that drop from ordinary enemies that are not collected by Mario before he exits the area are also sold here.[1] Not including the five badges on sale, up to three of each individual badge can be kept in stock if they are sold back to the shop.

In the Nintendo Switch remake, badges not on display in the Lovely Howz of Badges will be stored in a box at the end of the counter from which Mario may purchase them. The prices for badges in the box are inflated compared to when they are on display on the counter.

Item Price Box price Availability
  Nostalgic Tunes 1 Coin   From Prologue
Nintendo Switch version only
  FP Drain 100 Coins 150 Coins From Prologue
  Happy Flower 150 Coins  
140 Coins  
200 Coins From Prologue
  Last Stand 50 Coins  
55 Coins  
80 Coins From Prologue
  Last Stand P 50 Coins  
55 Coins  
80 Coins From Prologue
  Piercing Blow 75 Coins  
80 Coins  
100 Coins From Prologue
  Power Jump 50 Coins  
55 Coins  
80 Coins From Prologue
  Simplifier 50 Coins  
70 Coins  
100 Coins From Prologue
  Super Appeal 50 Coins  
55 Coins  
80 Coins From Prologue
  Unsimplifier 50 Coins  
70 Coins  
100 Coins From Prologue
  Close Call 100 Coins 150 Coins After Chapter 1
  Close Call P 100 Coins 150 Coins After Chapter 1
  Sleepy Stomp 75 Coins  
70 Coins  
100 Coins After Chapter 1
  First Attack 100 Coins After Chapter 2
  Power Rush 50 Coins 150 Coins After Chapter 2
  Pretty Lucky P 150 Coins  
140 Coins  
200 Coins After Chapter 2
  Ice Smash 75 Coins  
80 Coins  
After Chapter 3
  Power Rush P 50 Coins 150 Coins After Chapter 3
  Shrink Stomp 75 Coins  
70 Coins  
100 Coins After Chapter 3
  Damage Dodge 150 Coins  
140 Coins  
200 Coins After Chapter 4
  Head Rattle 100 Coins 150 Coins After Chapter 4
  Soft Stomp 75 Coins  
70 Coins  
100 Coins After Chapter 4
  Damage Dodge P 150 Coins  
140 Coins  
200 Coins After Chapter 5
  Fire Drive 100 Coins 150 Coins After Chapter 5
  Super Appeal P 50 Coins  
55 Coins  
80 Coins After Chapter 5
  Attack FX P  
  Attack FX R  
100 Coins  
80 Coins  
120 Coins After Chapter 6
  Lucky Start 70 Coins Only if badge falls down hole in the floor in Creepy Steeple

Sell pricesEdit

Badge    
   
All or Nothing
50 60
   
Attack FX B
50 50
   
Attack FX G
50 50
   
Attack FX P
50 50
   
Attack FX R
50 50
   
Attack FX Y
50 50
   
Bump Attack
150 150
   
Charge
25 30
   
Charge P
37 40
   
Chill Out
37 50
   
Close Call
50 60
   
Close Call P
50 60
   
Damage Dodge
75 80
   
Damage Dodge P
75 80
   
Defend Plus
150 140
   
Defend Plus P
150 140
   
Double Dip
50 60
   
Double Dip P
50 60
   
Double Pain
15 20
   
Feeling Fine
150 160
   
Feeling Fine P
150 160
   
Fire Drive
50 60
   
First Attack
50 60
   
Flower Finder
50 60
   
Flower Saver
125 120
   
Flower Saver P
125 120
   
FP Drain
50 60
   
FP Plus
75 100
 
Gold Medal
N/A 1
   
Hammer Throw
37 50
   
Hammerman
75 80
   
Happy Flower
75 80
   
Happy Heart
75 80
   
Happy Heart P
75 80
   
Head Rattle
50 60
   
Heart Finder
50 60
   
HP Drain
50 60
   
HP Drain P
50 60
   
HP Plus
75 100
   
HP Plus P
150 100
   
Ice Power
37 50
   
Ice Smash
37 40
   
Item Hog
50 60
   
Jumpman
75 80
   
L Emblem
150 150
   
Last Stand
25 30
   
Last Stand P
25 30
   
Lucky Day
250 240
   
Lucky Start
50 60
   
Mega Rush
25 30
   
Mega Rush P
25 30
   
Money Money
175 160
   
Multibounce
37 40
 
Nostalgic Tunes
N/A 1
   
P-Down, D-Up
75 80
   
P-Down, D-Up P
100 120
   
P-Up, D-Down
100 80
   
P-Up, D-Down P
125 120
   
Peekaboo
50 60
   
Piercing Blow
37 40
   
Pity Flower
100 100
   
Power Bounce
50 60
   
Power Jump
25 25
   
Power Plus
200 200
   
Power Plus P
200 200
   
Power Rush
25 30
   
Power Rush P
25 30
   
Power Smash
25 30
   
Pretty Lucky
75 80
   
Pretty Lucky P
75 80
   
Quake Hammer
50 60
   
Quick Change
250 240
   
Refund
25 40
   
Return Postage
500 400
   
Shrink Stomp
37 40
   
Simplifier
25 40
   
Sleepy Stomp
37 40
   
Slow Go
5 20
   
Soft Stomp
37 40
   
Spike Shield
75 80
   
Super Appeal
25 30
   
Super Appeal P
25 30
   
Timing Tutor
50 60
   
Tornado Jump
50 60
   
Unsimplifier
25 40
   
W Emblem
150 150
   
Zap Tap
100 120

Names in other languagesEdit

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ラブリーチューチュー
Raburī Chūchū
Lovely Chuchu, where chuchu is onomatopoeia for mice.

Dutch De Schatkist
The Treasure Chest
French Boutique de Badges Écarlate
Scarlet Badge Shop
German Nagerines Orden-Shop
Mowz's Badge Shop
Italian Bottega delle Tessere di Squitty
Mowz's Badge Shop
Spanish Tienda de medallas La Cariñosa
The Loving badges shop

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