Negotiate

Negotiate
BP/SP/CP needed	6
Appears in	Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2018)

“Leave this to me, Lord Junior...”

—Ludwig, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey

Negotiate is a first officer command used by Ludwig in the Bowser Jr.'s Journey mode of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey. It is Ludwig's first command, the second being Stop and Drop. It costs 6 CP to use. Once activated, Ludwig will run up to a random enemy and attempt to deceive and condescend them into leaving the battle. If successful, the enemy will leave the battle; if the enemy can join the player's squad, then after completing the quest the enemy will be recruited. If this is not effective, the enemy will remain in the battle and Ludwig will receive temporary increases to his ACCURACY and POW instead. Negotiate will always fail against units poisoned with Malatone Formula:X, enemy First Officers, or enemy Captains. This is one of the two Captain Commands not known by any enemies in the game, the other being Coddle.

In the quest The Best Beast, Nabbit is part of the enemy squad. The only way to get Nabbit to join the player's squad is by having Ludwig use Negotiate on Nabbit.

Quotes

During the move, Ludwig has unique dialogue that can be hard to read because of the short amount of time each text box is displayed, as well as the text boxes overlapping and covering each other. Here are all quotes. The game has separate groups of dialogue to use if the enemy can or cannot join the player's squad. During Negotiate, eight lines of dialog are used by Ludwig. A random line is picked from the appropriate list to start, then the next seven lines are picked by moving down the list, looping from the last entry to the first entry of the list if needed. This means that if Negotiate is used against a non-recruitable unit and Ludwig opens with "Think this through.", then he will always say "What are your terms?" next, then "If you won't join us, leave now!", and so on until finishing with "Fine, do your own thing." as the eighth line. The lists of dialogue below are in the order the game uses for determining what to use next.

Non-recruitable Negotiate quotes

These 10 quotes are only used for units that can never join the player's squad, like Treevils and Shroobs.

• "If you won't join us, leave now!"
• "You have five seconds to decide."
• "Resistance is useless."
• "This is for your own good."
• "It shouldn't have come to this."
• "Fine, do your own thing."
• "Would you do it for 20,000 coins?"
• "I'll make an example of you."
• "Think this through."
• "What are your terms?"

Recruitable Negotiate quotes

These 20 quotes are only used for units that can join the player's squad, like Goombas and Koopa Troopas.

• "Join us! The benefits are solid."
• "Welcome to our journey."
• "You'll get three meals and a snack."
• "I can really help you network."
• "Let's do this together!"
• "I'd love your help."
• "You're making a wise decision."
• "Are you happy with your career path?"
• "We're a friendly army."
• "Do you want to be a leader?"
• "Join us and you can really shine!"
• "You won't regret it."
• "What kind of hourly rate are you looking for?"
• "You won't have to work weekends."
• "You've got a good eye."
• "Let's shift some paradigms."
• "Is this where you belong?"
• "OK. You're qualified."
• "How much do you want?"
• "You could be a star!"

Failed Negotiate quotes

• "I won't forget this."
• "No deal. Not now, not ever!"
• "The deal is off. Good day!"

Successful Negotiate quotes

• "I'm glad we could make a deal."
• "You're smart, you know that?"
• "This is a win-win."
• "It's a done deal."

Profiles

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey

• Commands entry for Negotiate: "A command that Ludwig can use. He will attempt to negotiate with a single foe. If successful, the enemy will leave the battle. Additionally, some enemies will actually join your side if the negotiation is successful. The weaker the enemy, the more likely Ludwig is to succeed."