Star menu

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“The star menu lets you track all kinds of useful information.”
Starlow, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

The star menu is a menu that appeared in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and its 3DS remake, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey, replacing Stuffwell from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time and the suitcase from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. Here, the player can select a total of six options aligned by stars (hence the menu's name), view the amount of coins they currently have, view the current play time (this is not present in the remake), and, when it becomes available, the badge meter. In the remake, the player can also check the settings to switch between Normal and Easy Mode. The star menu is accessed by pressing Start Button. Starlow explains how to use it once the player frees Luigi in the Trash Pit and defeats the two Goombules right after freeing him, and runs it afterward throughout the rest of the game.

The star menu returns in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, but now is simply called the "menu".

Options

The star menu has six options in total, though the layout of them differs between the original game and its remake.

Number Options Description
#1 Items Allows the player to check all the consumable items, beans (in the original game) and key items they have obtained, and use the former two outside of battle.
#2 Gear Allows the player to check and equip/change between any pieces of gear they have obtained.
#3 Info (DS) Allows the player to check the current statistics and rank of Mario, Luigi and Bowser.
Status (3DS)
#4 (DS) Badges Allows the player to check and switch between all the badges they have obtained. In the original game, this option is located at the bottom-left row of the menu, while in the remake it is located at the bottom-middle row.
#5 (3DS)
#4 Records (3DS) Allows the player to see how many blocks they have hit, how many beans they have found, how many Attack Pieces they have acquired (along with the Bros. Attacks they have unlocked), their current high score in the Attack Challenge minigame, and how much music recordings they have unlocked.
#5 Specials (DS) Allows the player to see how many Attack Pieces they have acquired, and the Special Attacks they have unlocked. They can look at a demo of the attack and practice how to use it.
#6 Map (DS) Allows the player to look at a full map of the Mushroom Kingdom and Bowser's body. The map can be seen in the top screen of the menu in the remake.
Guide (3DS) Allows the player to look at the Guide.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese スターメニュー
Sutā Menyū

Star menu

Spanish (NOA) Menú Estelar
Stellar Menu
Spanish (NOE) Menú Estrella
Star menu