About Stars & SP
    Magic!  Lots of your enemies use magic on San Mario.  Mario, though, doesn't have any magic.  Not on his own!  He is physically strong, but even he runs out of stamina.  It's always handy to have a healing power on your side!  How do you get any magic at all when Mario doesn't know spells?  Call upon the 7 Star Spirits!
     You must rescue the Star Spirits.  You help them, so they will help you in return!  Every time you rescue one, you gain a new spell to use in Battle!  Here is a list of the Stars, the Chapter they are in, and their power;

Chap. 1 Eldstar pow. Focus
Chap. 1 Eldstar pow. Refresh SP 1
Chap. 2 Mamar pow. Lullaby SP 1
Chap. 3 Skolar pow. Star Storm SP 2
Chap. 4 Muskular pow. Chill Out SP 2
Chap. 5 Misstar pow. Smooch SP 3
Chap. 6 Klevar pow. Time Out SP 2
Chap. 7 Kalamar pow. Up & Away SP 2
Chap. 8 (no more) pow. Star Beam
Chap. 8 Twink (not a Spirit) pow. Peach Beam

     These are all the powers you get from the Star Spirits, and Twink, of course.  You may notice that in the first Chap. you get 2 powers; Focus allows you to increase your SP, and Refresh revives 5 HP and 5 FP.  You also get 2 powers in Chap. 8.  You get Star Beam to fight against Bowser when you rescue the 7 Spirits and go to Star Haven.  Later, during your fight with Bowser, the Star Beam isn't powerful enough.  Twink joins the Star Spirits, and makes the Star Beam become the Peach Beam.
     Along with each Star, your SP (Star Points) go up.  The SPs are the limit of power used for each spell.  There are 7 SPs in all!  Each spell needs a number of SPs.  As said, the power Focus makes Mario's SP go up, but it takes a turn.  If you want to attack, then the SP still goes up, but not very much.  It will keep going  up every turn.
     There are Badges to help out with this lack of SP.  The Deep Focus Badges make your Focus power more effective.  There are more than one of these Badges, so if they are Equipted at once, the Focus is even more effective.  Another Badge is called Group Focus.  (You buy this Badge from Rowf's Shop.)  This allows your partner to also use Focus.  It takes their turn, too.  The last Badge is called Run Away Gain.  You most likely know that you can run away from Battle only on Mario's turn.  Most of the time if you run away, your SP doesn't increase even though it was Mario's turn.  But, with this Badge, your SP still increases even if you run away.  This can really help you out if you're no where near a Toad House!
    That's all about the Star Spirits and the Star Points.  Hope that was helpful to you!  Click on the names for more info.!
Explination of Star Spirits' Powers
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