Editing Riverside Station

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'''Riverside Station''' is an old, deserted train station in the game ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', and the only known stop the [[Excess Express]] makes between [[Rogueport]] and [[Poshley Heights]]; the train typically stops at this station so it can be refueled before its commute continues. There was once a river that flowed beneath the bridge here (hence the name "Riverside Station"), but it dried up at an undisclosed time before Mario's arrival and the area has since become a pasture. The station's decommission was quite possibly a result of the [[Smorg]] infestation or other enemies that invaded. Despite its dilapidated state, there are two workers at the station.

The Excess Express always arrives at this location during sunset, however the time displayed on the station's clock tower

matches that of the [[Nintendo GameCube]]'s internal clock. This is changed in the remake where the train arrives at 5 PM. The station proper contains a hub area, an elevator, a machinery room, a deck, a garbage dump, and an old office and records room in the station's basement. Some train pictures can be seen on the walls in various places inside the station building. In the [[Nintendo Switch]] [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|remake]], the train depicted in the pictures more closely resembles the [[K64]] train from the original ''[[Paper Mario]]'', which suggests that an engine of its design operated on the railway before being replaced with the current Excess Express.

 

[[File:Boarding Dock.png|thumb|200px|The train pulling into the station]]

Before the Excess Express reaches Riverside Station, members of the [[Three Shadows]] enter the building and flip the switch to lift the drawbridge. When the train arrives, a Riverside Station worker informs Mario of the dilemma and gives him a [[Station Key|key]], granting him access to the otherwise locked station. From there, Mario goes to the station's office to obtain the [[Ultra Boots]]. Using his newly acquired boots, Mario obtains the [[Elevator Key (Riverside Station)|Elevator Key]] and uses it to reach the station's control room. When Mario and his [[party member|partner]] reach the bottom, they find numerous [[Smorg]]s surrounding the switch to the drawbridge. They knock away the Smorgs and flip the switch to lower the drawbridge, allowing it to fall back into place so the Excess Express can continue its commute. Before the train leaves, the Smorg horde stow away on the train.

''For [[List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy formations|enemy formations]] in Riverside Station, see [[List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy formations#Riverside Station|here]].''

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|In the Sublevel, it is in the garbage can below the maze, near the door to the office. [[File:Nintendo GameCube symbol.svg|15px|link=Nintendo GameCube]]<br>In the Sublevel, inside a garbage can on the lowest ground near the jump pad. [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]

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|{{PMTTYD item|link=Elevator Key (Riverside Station)|Elevator Key|game=NS}}

|{{PMTTYD item|link=HP Plus (badge)|HP Plus|game=NS}}

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|{{PMTTYD item|Maple Syrup|game=NS}} [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]

|In a ? Block in the lower part of the Deck.

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|In the Sublevel, it is in a small alcove inside the big maze.

|rowspan=2|{{PMTTYD item|Shine Sprite|game=NS}} (×2)

|Near the wall corner on the right side of the Deck.

|On top of the stairs above the records shelf in the Records Room.

|{{PMTTYD item|Spite Pouch|game=NS}} [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]

|Behind one of the blowable posters in the lower part of the Deck.

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|In the Machinery Room, it is behind the last gear.

|{{PMTTYD item|Station Key|game=NS}}

|In the Machinery Room, it is on the last platform.

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|Behind one of the blowable posters in the lower part of the Deck.

|In the Sublevel, it is in the larger garbage bin in the area before the door to the office.

|In the Records Room, inside a Hidden Block the end of the middle ledge on the right.

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|On the Deck, it is in an invisible block above the block in the higher area.

|Behind one of the blowable posters in the lower part of the Deck. [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]

|{{PMTTYD item|Ultra Boots|game=NS}}

|In the Office, it is in a chest in the ceiling and is accessed through the higher door in the records room.

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|On the Deck, in the area with [[Poison Pokey]]s, is a lone ? Block. Jumping up from it reveals the hidden ? Block.

*"''We're on the outer stairs. A door at the bottom leads to an underground office. But listen, Mario... Don't spend time worrying about posters that blow away in the wind. Let's just take in this killer sunset for a while before our next bad-guy appointment.''" (GCN)

**"''We're on the outer stairs. It's nice to step outside the station and get some fresh air! Hey, Mario...can we just take in this killer sunset for a while before our next bad-guy appointment?''" (Switch)

*"''This is the Riverside Station garbage dump. Talk about an annoying place to navigate! And it smells like rotting [[Goomnut]]s... It's amazing how much people throw away. There should be a door to the underground office somewhere down here.''"

*''A station the [[Excess Express]] must stop at in order to refuel. Long ago, a river flowed beneath the suspension bridge'' (GCN) / ''drawbridge'' (Switch)'', but it has since dried up. The view of the setting sun from here is unrivaled, according to locals.''

 

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*The ordinary Goombas in the records room have several oddities that may indicate they were added very late in development: they are an early-game enemy and much weaker than other enemies encountered in the station, they do not thematically fit in with the area like the other enemies do, and despite being located in the records room, they use a battle background depicting the hallway upstairs. No enemies are found in the hallway, so the background may possibly have been [[List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door pre-release and unused content#Dialogue|leftover from a cut battle]] with [[Doopliss]], [[Beldam]] and [[Marilyn]] in this chapter and repurposed for the Goombas.

*In the Japanese version of Riverside Station, the block below the hidden block that contains a Thunder Rage is a breakable [[Brick Block]]. Breaking the block causes it to stay broken until the player leaves Riverside Station. The international versions made this into an [[Empty Block]]. In the Nintendo Switch remake, it is changed to a Brick Block containing a coin.

**The unbreakable block in international versions does not bounce upon being hit like other Empty Blocks do.