Glitzville
| Glitzville | |
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| First appearance | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004) |
| Latest appearance | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024) |
| Greater location | Rogueport's surrounding areas |
| Inhabitants | Lakitus, Bob-ombs, Toads, Doogans etc. |
- “Today's weather in Glitzville is sunny with a chance of more sun. It's above the clouds, stupid.”
- —Telephone Booth, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Glitzville is a Chinese-style city built on an artificial floating island. It is the setting of Chapter 3 of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and its Nintendo Switch remake. The city has a Hot Dog Stand and souvenir shop on its left and a juice bar on the right, but the main attraction is the Glitz Pit in the middle. Glitzville is popular and gets visitors from all around the world, according to Goombella's Tattle. There is also a pay phone in the left of the foreground. There is also a Hot Dog cut-out next to the Hot Dog Stand.
To reach Glitzville, Mario must take the Cheep Blimp. However, Mario needs a ticket to access the blimp, which can be received from Don Pianta for finding his daughter, Francesca.
Inhabitants[edit]
Glitzville attracts a number of different visitors, including many Toads, Lakitus, Doogans, and Bob-ombs.
Main story[edit]
- Jolene
- Mr. Hoggle
- Podler
- Glitz Pit Security
- The Ratooey businessman (after Chapter 6)
- Stewart
- A reporter of an unknown species, potentially the same species as Glitz Pit Security
- A Lakitu cameraman
- An orange female Toad who loves traveling
- A green Toad who runs the souvenir shop
- Battle Master (Nintendo Switch remake only)
Glitz Pit fighters[edit]
These are the fighters that appear in the Glitz Pit.
- Rawk Hawk
- Prince Mush
- The Goomba Bros.
- The KP Koopas, including King K
- The Pokey Triplets
- Spike Storm
- The Hand-It-Overs, including Bandy Andy
- The Mind-Bogglers
- The Punk Rocks
- The Bob-omb Squad
- The Iron Adonis Twins
- The Tiny Spinies
- The Poker Faces
- The Fuzz
- The Shellshockers
- The Magikoopa Masters
- Craw-Daddy
- Hamma, Bamma, and Flare
- Chomp Country
- The Koopinator
- Wings of Night, including Sir Swoop
- The Destructors
During Chapter 3[edit]
Items[edit]
Additional items are on sale at the souvenir shop, which is located in the western part of Glitzville.
| Item | Location |
|---|---|
 Hot Dog
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Purchasable from the Hot Dog Stand from Mr. Hoggle for 10 coins each. |
 Hot Sauce
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Given and purchasable from the businessman after finishing his trouble. |
 Inn Coupon
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Behind the red poster to the front of the juice bar. |
 Power Plus P
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In the chest box on the roof of the juice bar. |
 Shine Sprite
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In the right of the area near the Glitz Pit. There is a hidden block below to reach it, or it can be reached later with a Spring Jump. |
 Star Piece (×5)
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Behind the telephone booth in the southwest. |
| In the far-left corner inside the juicy shop. | |
| Behind the east plants in front of the entrance to Glitz Pit. | |
| Under a panel in the middle-south. | |
| Under the Rawk Hawk poster on top of the juice shop. Requires Tube Mario or Koops. | |
 Storage Key
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Behind the telephone booth during one of X's missions. |
 Super Hammer
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Given by Podler in the juice shop during Chapter 3. |
Hidden ? Block[edit]
| Item | Description | Image | Image (block revealed) |
|---|---|---|---|
1  Coin
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Outside, near the front-right pillar of the Glitz Pit's entrance is a Shine Sprite. There's a hidden ? Block underneath it that Mario can reveal by hitting it with his Hammer. | 
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Profiles[edit]
- Tattles
- "Yup, this is Glitzville. It's so exotic; it feels like we're in another country! This is like an entertainment hub that attracts visitors from all over the world. The Glitz Pit is, obviously, the main attraction. That's where fighters duke it out. To the right: the Fresh Juice Shop. The Hot Dog Stand is to the left. Where to first?" (GCN)
- "Yup, this is Glitzville. It's so exotic; it feels like we're in another country! This is like an entertainment hub that attracts visitors from all over the world. The Glitz Pit is, obviously, the main attraction. That's where fighters duke it out. There's also the fresh-juice shop. And the souvenir shop. And the hot-dog stand too! Let's visit 'em all!" (Switch)
- Map description: A floating city in the sky known for its exotic atmosphere. Warriors fight daily here in thrilling bouts that take place in the city's arena. It's rumored that the rich and famous bet on the fights here.
Gallery[edit]
Overview
The outside of the Glitz Pit
The Glitz Pit
The souvenir shop
Mr. Hoggle's Hot Dog Stand with Yoshi Kid's egg on its awning
The inside of the Fresh Juice Shop
Goombella tattling Stewart in the remake
Mario and Goombella posing at the Hot Dog cut-out in the remake
Mario and Yoshi Kid posing at the Hot Dog cut-out in the remake
The residents of Glitzville supporting Mario in the final battle against the Shadow Queen in the remake
Concept art of Glitzville/Glitz Pit characters
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ウーロンがい[?] Ūron-gai |
Oolong Town | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 乌龙街[?] Wūlóng Jiē |
Oolong Street | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 烏龍街[?] Wūlóng Jiē |
Oolong Street | |
| Dutch | Knokwijck[?] | Brawlwich; -wijk ("district") is often used as a suffix for Dutch toponyms, equivalent to the Engish -wich; Wijck is a Dutch surname derived from wijk and resembles Old Dutch spelling, possibly to evoke the Oriental style of Glitzville) | |
| French | Yunnanville[?] | From "Yunnan" and ville ("city") | |
| German | Falkenheim[?] | Hawk's Home | |
| Italian | Oolong[?] | - | |
| Korean | 우롱 거리[?] Urong Geori |
Oolong Street | |
| Spanish | Ciudad Dojo[?] | Dojo City |
Trivia[edit]
- The Japanese "Oolongtown" moniker appeared on the Glitz Pit building's label on the official Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door website,[citation needed] although it was referred to as "Glitzville" everywhere else.
- When the camera pans across Glitzville at the start of Chapter 3, a poster of a Moon Cleft can be seen behind the Hot Dog Stand, while no normal Clefts appear anywhere in Glitzville.
- In the model of Glitzville that appears when Mario is being lowered into city, the sign that reads "Glitzville" instead reads "Urontown", a partial romanization of its Japanese name.[1][2]
References[edit]
- ^ BeardBear (September 22, 2023). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door HD - Full Game 100% Walkthrough (5:15:18). YouTube (English). Retrieved May 12, 2024.
- ^ boroboro (August 19, 2021). ペーパーマリオRPG 飛行船のチケット (12:38). YouTube (Japanese). Retrieved February 4, 2024.
