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Mario & Luigi: Brothershiphas dozens of islands for you toexplore and reconnectas you progress through the main story. While no one island is massive, there are a few collectibles and bonus things to do outside of the main story that can easily be missed on your first time around.
Even when on an island for the first time, you may want to backtrack to a nearby town to purchase new gear or simply just heal, and all of that is made much easier thanks to fast travel. The iconic pipes make their return inMario & Luigi: Brothership, and here’s how they work.
How To Fast Travel In Mario & Luigi: Brothership
Fast Traveling is done through green and blue pipes, withgreen pipes taking from one location to another within an island, andblue pipes leading to and from other islands. Blue pipes are found toward the beginning of where you spawn on an island and on Shipshape Island, and blue pipes can only take you to other starting areas of other islands. Green Pipes have set locations they lead to, which are usually just further into the island you’re already on. Green Pipes initially are in a block that needs to be jumped into in order to unlock that location as a fast travel point.
Having Mariojump on top of a green pipe and interacting with it willtake you to the predetermined location on that islandwhile interacting with a blue pipe will open up a map with all available islands you can travel back to.
There is no way to fast travel to another island from a green pipe or anywhere when deep into an island, meaning you’ll have to make your way back to the beginning of the island to leave, but Green Pipes make that trip easier. When you first travel to an Island, there is no way to fast travel off that island until it has been reconnected. While you will be able to discover green pipes within that island to fast travel, you will be stuck until you’re able to finish the story of that island.
After you progress through the first few islands, you’ll get the Return Pipe, which acts as a mobile blue pipe wherever you want to use it.
Should You Return To Previous Islands In Mario & Luigi: Brothership
While you can attempt to complete all the content on an island on your first trip, more content will open up after you leave, giving even more reasons to double back whenever you can.
On top of those options,going back and leveling upbefore taking on a new island is always a good idea since you never want to get stuck on an island that is too difficult for your current level.
