Editing Koopa Bros. Fortress

|image=[[File:PM Koopa Bros Fortress Exterior.png|256px]]

|greater_location=[[Mushroom Kingdom]], at the east end of [[Pleasant Path]]

'''Koopa Bros. Fortress''' is a [[fortress]] that was once home to [[Bob-omb]]s but was taken over by the [[Koopa Bros.]] prior to the events of ''[[Paper Mario]]''. The Koopa Bros. first traveled here in search of excitement, finding their native home of [[Koopa Village]] too boring. They were apparently well-received by the fortress's Bob-omb inhabitants at first, although [[Kammy Koopa]]'s admiration of them corrupted them into the vain and evil characters players are familiar with and even made them turn against the Bob-ombs, enslaving them. In Chapter 1, [[Mario]], [[Goombario]], and [[Kooper]] travel here from [[Pleasant Path]] to find the first [[Star Spirits|Star Spirit]], solving several puzzles and fighting enemies such as [[Koopa Troopa]]s, [[Koopa Paratroopa|Paratroopa]]s, and Bob-ombs. On the way, [[Koopa Bros.#Yellow Ninjakoopa|one of the Koopa Bros.]] traps them in a cell, where they meet [[Bombette]] (as well as several other imprisoned Bob-ombs who had previously risen up against the Koopa Bros.), who makes an escape route by exploding. They reach the Koopa Bros., defeat them, and rescue [[Eldstar]], the first Star Spirit.

Very little is known about the origin or purpose of the Fortress, as little history is given in [[Tattle]]s and other sources. According to Goombario, Koopa Bros. Fortress was first erected by an unknown group around the same time that Bob-ombs began inhabiting Pleasant Path (which was said earlier in ''Paper Mario'' to have been not long before the game's setting), and that the Bob-ombs soon took over the fortress from its creators and became its caretakers. The fortress was in ruins, which Goombario suggested was a consequence of frequent Bob-omb detonations, and was restored to a functioning state by the Koopa Bros.

==Characters==

{{main|List of unnamed NPCs in Paper Mario by location (A–S)#Koopa Bros. Fortress}}

During Chapter 1, [[Bombette]], [[Bruce]] and three other [[Bob-ombs]] can be found jailed in the basement of Koopa Bros. Fortress. Bombette joins Mario during the chapter, and the other four flee to [[Koopa Village]] after the Koopa Bros. are defeated.

==Enemies==

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|[[File:PMBulletBill.png]]<br>[[Bullet Bill]]||2||2||0   

|[[File:PMBobombNormal.png]]<br>[[Bob-omb]]||3||1||0

|[[File:BillBlasterPM.png]]<br>[[Bill Blaster]]||4||0||1

|[[File:KoopaRed PM.png]]<br>[[Koopa Troopa]]||4||2||1  

|[[File:PMRParatroopa.png]]<br>[[Koopa Paratroopa]]||4||2||1

{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

==Items==

{{RPG item locations

|item1=[[Fortress Key]] (x4)

|image1=[[File:FortressKey PM.png]]

|location1=<nowiki/>

*Held by the [[Koopa Troopa]] in the first room.

*On the west end of the basement, which can be accessed by lowering the stairs in the east.

*Locked behind bars on the first floor. Mario can get it by blasting the wall with [[Bombette]].

*Locked behind bars on the first floor. Mario can get it by lowering the stairs on the second floor.

|item2=[[Power Bounce]]

|image2=[[File:Power Bounce Badge.png]]

|location2=Locked behind bars on the first floor. Mario can get it by blasting the wall or enter from the back side.

|item3=[[Refund]]

|image3=[[File:Refund Badge.png]]

|location3=In a small area outside the fortress that can be accessed by blasting the wall on the east end.

|item4=[[Smash Charge]]

|image4=[[File:Smash Charge Badge.png]]

|location4=Guarded by a [[Bob-omb]] at the end of the slope stair on the third floor.

|item5=[[Maple Syrup]]

|image5=[[File:PaperMario Items MapleSyrup.png]]

|location5=At the [[Bullet Bill]] dodging scene, in a question block at the southwestern corner.

}}

{{PM map}}

*'''In-game map descriptions'''

**''This is the fortress where the [[Koopa Bros.]] are holing up.''

**After Chapter 1

***''[[Eldstar|One of the]] [[Star Spirits]] was held here by the Koopa Bros. This fortress was originally the home of the [[Bob-omb]]s.''

PM Power Bounce obtained.png|Mario finds the [[Power Bounce]] badge.

PM Fortress Staircase 1.png|Mario activating the first staircase down to the basement.

PM Fire Bar.png|Mario jumping over a [[Fire Bar]].

Paper Mario Koopa Bros. Item Box Trap.png|Yellow Ninjakoopa setting up an item box trap.

Koopa Fortress.png|Mario and Bombette continue to explore the fortress.

PM Smash Charge.png|Mario finds the [[Smash Charge]] badge.

|Fre=Forteresse des frères Koopa

|FreM=Koopa Bros. Fortress