

The star menu allows the player to see how many beans they have collected as well as the total number of beans in each area.

An Emoglobin in the Energy Hold, a Toad in Toad Town, and Toadsworth in the Toad Square provide information about beans. These beans are called Heart Beans (which adds a point to the player's HP), Special Beans (which adds a point to the player's SP), and Power Beans (which add a point to the player's attack power). In Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, beans are optional and can boost stats. Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time Main article: List of beanholes in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time They can also be obtained by playing certain minigames, and can be blended to make Hoohoo Blend and Hoolumbian. Additional invisible ? Blocks containing five or seven Hoo Beans can be found in Joke's End and the Koopa Cruiser after it is repaired. In the remake, these blocks shine for a brief moment upon entering the area and every once in a while if the Secret Specs are equipped, these invisible ? Blocks appear as outlines, making Hoo Beans slightly easier to collect. By jumping around, one might uncover one of these blocks, always containing one Hoo Bean. They are found in invisible ? Blocks in seemingly dead end areas. Hoo Beans are brown and the rarest type.They can also be obtained by playing certain minigames, and can be blended to make Chuckle Blend and Chuckoccino. If Mario is turned into Mini-Mario, a "!" sign will be over his head if there is an invisible Chuckle Bean under him. By popping out of the ground at the spot of the "X", Luigi will uncover a Chuckle Bean. When Mario and Luigi come across an "X" or some other distinguishing feature on the ground, Mario can perform the Dunk Hammer to pound Luigi underground. Chuckle Beans are red and are the most common type.They can be blended to make Teehee Blend and Teeheespresso. Chuckola ( Barrel), Little Fungitown ( Star 'Stache Smash) and Chucklehuck Woods ( Chuckola Bounce). Hee Beans are yellow and are awarded as prizes in minigames in Stardust Fields ( Border Jump), Hoohoo Mountain ( Mysterious Mine Carts), the S.S.They can also be obtained by playing certain minigames or completing certain tasks, and can be blended to make Woohoo Blend, Hoolumbian, Chuckoccino and Teeheespresso. move will guarantee a Woo Bean after fighting these enemies. Woo Beans are green and are usually found after fighting enemies like Beanies, Sharpeas and Troopeas equipping the Game Boy Horror SP or using the Advanced Swing Bros.

There are four kinds of beans in the game each one is acquired in a different way, used to make certain Bean Juices, and, like the locations of the Beanbean Kingdom, named after words pertaining to laughter:

Only 99 beans of each type can be carried at once, and their only use is be taken to the Starbeans Cafe, where they can be blended into stat-boosting Bean Juice for Mario and Luigi. In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, beans are plentiful in the Beanbean Kingdom, though collecting them is entirely optional. A Woo Bean, Hoo Bean, Chuckle Bean and Hee Bean in both versions.
