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The Armored Harriers (a.k.a. The Iron Adonis Twins) are the only two Iron Clefts that appear in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
The Armored Harriers are ranked 10th in Glitzville's Glitz Pit. They hold a grudge against Mario after Grubba tells them some trash talk that he accredits to Mario (namely the reference to outies running in the family, since their mother apparently had an outie). The Armored Harriers are made of iron that Mario cannot break through. He is only able to defeat these two Iron Clefts with the help of Yoshi Kid, who is able to take an enemy into his mouth with his tongue and spit them back at the other enemy with his Gulp attack. One of the Iron Harriers wears red shoes, while the other wears green shoes. This combination of red and green appears often in the Mario series in between brothers and sisters.
After Mario and his allies beat the Armored Harriers, they are downgraded to the Minor League. They form a grudge against Mario and attempt revenge by ambushing him after he reaches 7th rank.
When Mario has to visit the Minor League locker room while searching for the Dubious Paper, the Armored Harriers threaten to fight outside the ring. When Mario fights the Armored Harriers again after his return to the Glitz Pit, they merely boast about their armor being indestructible.
Despite the twins' grudge against Mario, they, along with Jolene, KP Pete, Rawk Hawk, and a few others cheer him on in his battle against the Shadow Queen. It seems though that they let the grudge go, realizing Grubba lied, but still see Mario as a rival.
Strategy[]
1st Fight[]
In the 1st fight against the Armored Harriers, you CANNOT win. There is absolutely no possible way to defeat them. Don't try. Just run away. After you run away, your Yoshi Kid will be hatched. Go back into the battle and use 2 Gulps (4 FP for one gulp) and you will defeat them.
For a challenging but fun experience on the GCN version, you can try superguarding them to death during the first fight. Yoshi will still still join you, but the dialog will be slightly different. This does not work on the switch version.
2nd Fight[]
After you defeat the Shellshockers (or whoever was in Rank 7 at the time you reached it), you will have to fight these guys again. Just use the same strategy. Win or lose, the outcome will be the same.
Field Tattles[]
- That's the older of the Iron Adonis Twins. You can tell he's older by his red shoes. I don't think they took their loss to you too well, Mario. I'd be careful around them...
- That's the younger of the Iron Adonis Twins. He and his brother totally hate you. Is it a rule that older brothers wear red shoes and younger brothers wear green?
External links[]
- Armored Harriers at Super Mario Wiki, the Super Mario wiki
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