Editing Super Paper Mario

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|image=[[File:SuperPaperMarioBoxart.jpg|250px]]<br>North American and Oceanian box art<br>[[File:Super Paper Mario EUR cover.jpg|250px]]<br>European and Japanese box art

|released='''Original release'''<br>{{released|USA|April 9, 2007|Japan|April 19, 2007|Europe|September 14, 2007|Australia|September 20, 2007|HK|July 12, 2008|ROC|July 12, 2008|South Korea|February 26, 2009}} '''[[Nintendo Selects|Nintendo Selects release]]'''<br>{{released|USA|August 28, 2011|Europe|June 22, 2012}} '''[[Wii U]] (digital download)'''<br>{{released|USA|June 16, 2016|Japan|August 3, 2016<ref>[http://nintendoeverything.com/10-wii-games-coming-to-japanese-wii-u-eshop-over-coming-weeks-with-my-nintendo-discount/ 10 Wii games coming to Japanese Wii U eShop over coming weeks, with My Nintendo discount]. ''NintendoEverything''. Retrieved July 21, 2016.</ref>|Europe|August 11, 2016|Australia|August 12, 2016}}

|genre=[[Platformer]], [[RPG]],

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'''''Super Paper Mario''''' is a platformer role-playing game for the [[Wii]]. Unlike other ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' games, ''Super Paper Mario'' is a platformer and doesn't use a turn-based battle system, but rather incorporates RPG elements with platforming. The game fuses elements of 2D and 3D gameplay together, shifting back and forth between dimensions, once being described as a "2.5D" sidescroller by ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' magazine. In addition to the regular ''Paper Mario'' aesthetics, the game also uses many novel character, enemy, and background designs, including a fully pixelated world and the use of sprites from the classic ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' for certain techniques.

The story focuses on [[Mario]], [[Princess Peach]], [[Bowser]] and [[Luigi]] journeying across various dimensions to stop a villain named [[Count Bleck]] from destroying all of existence. In addition to the four playable characters are fairy-like [[Pixl]]s that grant the main party members various extra abilities, such as [[Cudge|hammering objects]] or calling up a [[Barry|temporary shield]]. As the players defeat enemies, they accumulate points and level up, making their own attacks stronger. While the plot is considered dark by ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' standards, as in earlier ''Paper Mario'' titles, humorous dialogue and references to other games, [[Francis|nerd culture]], popular culture, and [[The Overthere|even]] [[The Underwhere|mythology]] [[Bonechill|abound]].

The game was originally planned for a 2006 release on the [[Nintendo GameCube]], but was moved to the newer Wii console. Motion controls were added to certain gameplay features, pushing the release date back to April 2007 for North America and Japan, and September of that year for the PAL region.

The story opens with Mario and Luigi being informed by [[Toad]] about Princess Peach's latest kidnapping. Believing Bowser to be the culprit once again, the brothers immediately head off to [[Bowser's Castle|his castle]], only to find him ''preparing'' to attack. A villain named [[Count Bleck]] then appears with his assistant, [[Nastasia]] and Princess Peach, who is his prisoner. He announces his plans to use Peach [[The Void|"to destroy all worlds"]], renders Mario unconscious with his dark powers, and kidnaps Bowser as well, with Luigi and the [[Koopa Troop]] being sucked away too.

Elsewhere, Peach regains consciousness to find that she and Bowser are dressed in wedding outfits and standing at an altar, with [[Count Bleck]] officiating. Nastasia uses mind control powers to force Peach to say "I do", and the marriage between her and Bowser calls forth the [[Chaos Heart]]. Luigi awakens in the Koopa crowd watching the ceremony and attempts to intervene, but he is too late as Bleck uses the Chaos Heart to open a dimensional rift known as [[The Void]], fulfilling a prophecy he read in an ancient book known as the [[Dark Prognosticus]], in which all worlds are destroyed.

Back at Bowser's Castle, Mario is awakened by a [[Pixl]] named [[Tippi]], who brings him to the town of [[Flipside]] and introduces him to [[Merlon]]. He owns the benevolent counterpart of Bleck's book, the [[Light Prognosticus]], which indicates that a hero fitting Mario's description can stop the Void, which is visible in the sky above Flipside and slowly growing. Merlon gives Mario the first of eight [[Pure Heart]]s that he will need to counteract the [[Chaos Heart]]. If Mario refuses, he'll get a [[Game Over]]. Upon receiving the first Pure Heart, Mario has to place it into the first [[Heart Pillar]] to cause a door to appear on the top of [[Flipside Tower]] leading straight to [[Lineland]], where the next Pure Heart is. Merlon also tells Mario that he must also learn the "dimensional technique" from his friend [[Bestovius]] there in order to find the rest of the Pure Hearts.

In Lineland, Mario first seeks out Bestovius and gains the ability to flip into the third dimension, allowing him to progress through the world. After climbing [[Mount Lineland]], Mario and Tippi reach [[Yold Town]], where they find another Pixl named [[Thoreau]], who assists them as they cross the puzzle-filled [[Yold Desert]] and are forced to fight O'Chunks before reaching [[Yold Ruins]]. The next Pure Heart is guarded by the robotic dragon, [[Fracktail]], but while he recognizes Mario as the legendary hero, before he can let the plumber pass, [[Dimentio]] appears and corrupts the dragon's mind, causing him to attack. Mario is forced to defeat him before proceeding inside the sanctum of the ruins, where he is given a Pure Heart by [[Merlumina]], one of the ancients who wrote the Light Prognosticus and lingered after death to await the hero.

 

Meanwhile, O'Chunks reports back to Castle Bleck in shame, so the Count sends [[Mimi]] to deal with the hero, while [[Nastasia]] goes to look for any "goons" in the castle who still aren't under the Bleck's control.

Soon after, Peach (now in her usual pink dress) wakes up in Castle Bleck and joins two Koopas in search of an exit, but they are soon cornered by Nastasia, who brainwashes Bowser's minions. Peach, however, is teleported away before she can be hypnotized.

Far away, Mario returns to Flipside to bring the Pure Heart to Merlon, and the group learns from a panicking citizen that a girl has fallen from the sky. They then go to investigate, and discover that the girl is Peach, whom they revive with [[Spicy Soup]]. Feeling responsible for the opening of the Void, Peach insists on joining Mario in his quest and helps him reach the next Heart Pillar, and Merlon sends them through the new orange door to the next world; [[Gloam Valley]].

Mario and Peach cross Gloam Valley to reach [[Merlee's Mansion]], meeting an explosive Pixl named [[Boomer (Pixl)|Boomer]] on the way. At the mansion, Mimi is waiting in disguise as [[Merlee]]'s maid and uses various tricks and traps to try and stop Mario and Peach from getting deeper into the building, including forcing them to work in the mansion's power plant to work off a phony debt she levied on them for the apparent breaking of a vase. With help from another new Pixl, [[Slim (Pixl)|Slim]], the heroes outwit Mimi and enter the mansion's basement, where a spectral Merlee appears and warns them to be careful as they search for her. Mimi shape-shifts into Merlee to try and trick Mario and Peach once more but when the truth is discovered she reverts to her true spider-like form and chases them around the basement as they seek out the real Merlee, who had hidden in a bathroom. After more attempted trickery, Mimi fights the heroes, but Merlee weakens her with magical chanting and she is defeated and forced to flee. Merlee then gives the third Pure Heart to Mario and Peach and informs them that there are a total of four heroes needed to stop the Void.

 

Meanwhile, Luigi wakes up and is manipulated by two [[Goomba]]s into helping them find a way out, but they run into Nastasia. One of the Goombas is hypnotized and the other Goomba joins Nastasia's side, and they restrain Luigi so that Nastasia can [[Mr. L|brainwash him]] as well.

Upon the heroes' arrival in the pixelated Bitlands, [[Tippi]] is kidnapped by the geeky, butterfly-collecting chameleon, [[Francis]]. Another Pixl named [[Barry]] witnessed the scene from behind a bush and tells the heroes how to reach [[Fort Francis]]. After passing through an underground area just like [[World 1-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 1-2]] in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', Mario and Peach come across some castles occupied by Koopas, Hammer Bros., Bullet Bills and Bowser himself, who proceeds to lose a one-on-one fight with Mario. Bowser explains that he was locked up in Bleck's Castle and doesn't know how he appeared in the Bitlands, and with some persuasion, agrees to join Peach and Mario on their journey. The three swim across [[The Tile Pool]], where they meet a new Pixl, [[Thudley]], and use him to defeat a monstrous [[Big Blooper]]. Beyond the pool, the heroes climb [[The Dotwood Tree]] in order to use the winds at the top to float over a gorge and reach Fort Francis. Along the way, they battle Dimentio, who brushes off his defeat as a mere amusement, and was in fact using it to gauge the heroes' strength in order to ensure they can defeat Count Bleck when the time comes. Unaware of Dimentio's plotting, Mario, Peach and Bowser continue on to Fort Francis, where they find another trapped Pixl named [[Carrie]] and navigate their way through a sea of puzzles, [[Meowmaid]] robots and nerdy memorabilia to get to Francis, who immediately develops a crush on Peach and attempts to flirt with her using an electronic chat interface [[Swoon.exe]]. She rebuffs him and he is defeated in battle, and the surge of trust and happiness from the newly-freed Tippi calls forth the next Pure Heart from the castle itself, which Merlon later explains used to belong to the Tribe of Ancients.

 

Back at Castle Bleck, Dimentio muses that the heroes might be able to defy the prophecy, but Bleck is confident in his plan and calls for an unnamed new minion to take care of his foes. Nastasia lingers after the other minions leave and tries to get Bleck to reconsider, but while he won't give up after coming as far as he has, he kindly gives her a chance to leave with his blessing, which she declines out of loyalty and love for Bleck. Unbeknownst to both of them, Dimentio eavesdropped on the entire exchange, but decides not to worry about it, since he has his own "projects" to attend to.

When the heroes return to Flipside, Merlon explains about the castle and decides that Bowser is the third hero of the prophecy. After returning to the Bitlands to collect Barry, who's impressed that they managed to save Tippi, the heroes open a new green door and continue on their quest. Barry is the first optional Pixl.

The realm beyond the green door turns out to be Outer Space, and the heroes are forced to return immediately to Flipside and procure a [[Goldfish Bowl]] to use as a helmet in order to breathe in space. They soon meet an alien named [[Squirps]] who serves them as both a guide and a living ray gun for attacking enemies. They made a pit stop on [[Planet Blobule]] so that Squirps could go to the bathroom, but the outhouse is occupied by the Pixl [[Fleep]], who doesn't exit until the heroes find him some makeshift toilet paper. He then joins them and they all proceed through the [[Outer Limits]] to the warped, maze-like [[Whoa Zone]]. Here they are confronted by another one of Bleck's minions, [[Mr. L]], who they think they know. They defeat him, and defeat him again in space using Squirps' lasers when he summons his massive [[Brobot]] robot for a rematch. Squirps then brings the gang to the Pure Heart and a statue of his mother, where he remains behind as they return to Flipside.

 

Back at Castle Bleck, Nastasia introduces Mr. L to the other minions and after he leaves, Bleck identifies him as the "man in green" that is destined to bring destruction to all, although the other minions are unenthusiastic about the newcomer. After they leave too, Nastasia voices her concerns that the heroes will come for Bleck and once again appeals to him to call off the plan. She reasons that he used to cherish the world and muses that if she had been "that girl", things would be different, but Bleck says the girl couldn't be replaced, especially by Nastasia, and leaves.

The heroes drop into [[Downtown of Crag]] and are tasked with saving [[Cragnon]] citizens who had been kidnapped by [[Floro Sapien]]s. They fight O'Chunks again, but even with Dimentio's help, he is defeated. The heroes then collect another Pixl, [[Cudge]], and enter the [[Floro Caverns]], where they meet up with the famous Cragnon journalist, [[Flint Cragley]] and his crew, and discover that the Floro Sapiens had been using [[Floro Sprout]]s to brainwash their captured Cragnons into doing manual labour for them. They meet yet another Pixl, [[Dottie]], and fight O'Chunks once again, although this time he has been dumbed-down and powered-up by Dimentio through the use of a Floro Sprout. Upon O'Chunks' defeat, the Floro Sprout falls off dead, and the heroes use it to trick the Floro Sapiens into letting them gain access to their leader, [[King Croacus IV]]. They battle and defeat him too, and only then learn that pollution caused by the Cragnons had driven him mad and led to the kidnappings. Flint Cragley vows to spread the word and make his fellow Cragnons curtail their pollution in a first step towards peace between the two nations, and the three heroes are given the Pure Heart that had been in King Croacus's possession.

 

Meanwhile, the heroes uses their two new Pixls to unlock the next door to the next world, [[Sammer's Kingdom]], and are informed by Nolrem that the Void will destroy all soon.

[[File:Sammer's Kingdom.png|200px|thumb|The [[Sammer's Kingdom]].]]

In the Sammer's Kingdom, the Void is almost at full size. After defeating the first [[Sammer Guy]], [[King Sammer]] arrives with 99 more combatants and explains that the heroes have to defeat all of them to get the next Pure Heart, as per the laws of the land. After the heroes defeat twenty Sammer Guys, Count Bleck himself appears to inform them that Sammer's Kingdom is about to be destroyed, but when Tippi confronts him, he beats a hasty withdrawal. The next five Sammer Guys recognize the direness of the situation and let the heroes pass for free, at which point the King returns and appears to present them with the Pure Heart, but it is just a bomb in a treasure chest, and the King turns out to be Mimi in disguise. She fights them with a barrage of rubees and is defeated, but she had only intended to stall the heroes. They hurry, but are unable to get farther than the 30th gate before the world is demolished and they are forced to flee back to Flipside. The door to the Sammer Kingdom remains so they go through, but all they find is [[World of Nothing|an endless expanse of whiteness]], and a deadened Pure Heart, now turned to stone. Mr. L appears with [[Brobot L-type]] to try to stop the heroes from getting the dead Pure Heart, but loses the fight and the Heart.

Back at Flipside, the heroes are despondent over the now-useless Pure Heart, when Dimentio shows up at Merlon's house and before anyone can stop him, he appears to destroy Mario, Peach and Bowser just as he had dispatched Mr. L. Mario wakes up to find himself alone in [[The Underwhere]], the video-game Underworld. He wanders around the area, breezily meeting [[Luvbi]] before finding his way to her mother, [[Queen Jaydes]], the queen of the underworld. She tasks him with collecting Luvbi for her, and in return, she agrees to revive the Pure Heart. Along the way back to Luvbi, Mario tracks down Luigi, who can't remember how he was sent to The Underwhere at all. After Luvbi is back with her mom and the Pure Heart is restored, Jaydes revives Mario and Luigi, sending them back to Flipside, where they meet up with Tippi again and open the next door.

Back at Castle Bleck, Dimentio lets the others know that the heroes are alive and the other minions scramble to get ready to fight them when they come to the castle. Before Dimentio leaves, he then asks Bleck if the name "Blumiere" rings a bell, saying Mario's Pixl mentioned the name. Nastasia once more tries to get Bleck to call off the prophecy, calling him Blumiere, but he denies his old name and identity and refuses to back down.

After the heroes insert the final Pure Heart into the final Heart Pillar, the final door to Castle Bleck appears on [[Flopside Tower]] and Merlon and Nolrem see them off. The castle is large and filled with enemies, and the heroes are soon confronted by O'Chunks, whom Bowser battles and defeats on his own. After the fight, the roof collapses, but O'Chunks catches it and holds it aloft to let his worthy opponents pass. Bowser also stays behind, and after Mario, Luigi and Peach exit the room, they hear a crash and find that the door won't open up again. Now one hero short, they carry on and are confronted by Mimi in the disguises of Merlon and Merlee, trying in vain to pry information on their weaknesses from them. She and Peach get in an argument and fight, with Mimi once more taking her "true" spider form, but still being defeated. The heroes turn to go, but Peach lingers to try and talk Mimi into leaving too; the floor then crumbles beneath the girl but Peach dives forward and tries to save her, only to fall in herself.

Mario, Luigi and Tippi carry on, coming up against Dimentio, who forces them to chase him through portals to the various other worlds, before ending up back in the castle. Dimentio then tells them that he had actually been helping them all along, such as by saving Peach from Nastasia and by sending everyone to The Underwhere to undo Luigi's brainwashing and get the Pure Heart fixed. He explains that he wanted the four heroes to unite and defeat Bleck, claiming that the Count had no intention of creating a new world once the old one was destroyed, but that he didn't have enough strength to stop him on his own. Tippi warns Mario and Luigi not to accept Dimentio's offer of an alliance, and when rejected, he proceeds to goad Luigi into a one-on-one fight. (If the player chooses to ally, then Dimentio plants Floro Sprouts on Mario and Luigi's heads, causing a [[Game Over]].) Mario, Tippi and the Pixls go on ahead while Luigi remains behind and defeats Dimentio, who responds by trapping them both in a force field in order to destroy himself and Luigi, rather than letting Bleck get his hands on the "man in green" from the prophecy.

Mario and Tippi hear the blast and fear the worst, but know they have no choice but to continue to the castle's inner sanctum, where they are greeted by Bleck and Nastasia. Tippi and Bleck acknowledge each other as the star-crossed lovers Timpani and Blumiere, but Bleck still holds fast to his plan to destroy all the worlds and Tippi knows she and Mario have no choice but to defeat him. Bleck sends Nastasia away and Mario tries to fight him, but Bleck is completely shielded by the Chaos Heart. Fortunately, Bowser (who fell through the floor before the ceiling collapsed), Peach (who landed on Bowser), and Luigi (who was simply found unconscious by Peach and can't remember what happened) arrive to help Mario, with the uniting of the four heroes shattering Bleck's shield and leading to his defeat in the subsequent battle. As Bleck pleads for death and Tippi pleads for Bleck to live, Dimentio emerges and tries to finish off the Count, but Nastasia dives in front of the blast to shield him.

Knowing it doesn't really matter if the Count's alive or dead, Dimentio simply takes control of the Chaos Heart himself, thanking the heroes for using their Pure Hearts to defeat Bleck and pave the way for his own evil plan. He activates a Floro Sprout he had implanted in Luigi's head earlier and turns him back into Mr. L, before fusing him and the Chaos Heart together into the monstrous [[Super Dimentio]]. After sending Bleck, Tippi and Nastasia away to deal with later, he adds himself to Super Dimentio and attacks the remaining heroes, who are unable to damage their new foe. All hope seems lost until O'Chunks and Mimi rejoin Bleck and help Tippi convince him to not give up, with the love and hope shared between them all conjuring up a new set of Pure Hearts, which Tippi brings to the heroes. Breaking through Super Dimentio's defenses, they defeat the enemy, but while Luigi is released unharmed, Dimentio leaves a portion of his power behind to continue controlling the Chaos Heart fuelling the Void. Bleck quickly brings the group to the altar from the start of the story and he and Tippi renew their vows of love and commitment to each other, creating another set of Pure Hearts which cancel out the Chaos Heart, make the Void disappear and restore all the destruction it had caused.

The player controls the four '''Heroes of Light''' in-game. They can be switched to at any time via the {{button|wii|1}} + {{button|wii|2}} menu. The player begins with only Mario, recruiting the other heroes as the game progresses and even losing the other characters at one point.

 

{| border=1 style="text-align:center; border-collapse:collapse;background:white; margin:0 auto;"

! width=100px | [[Mario]]

| width=100px |[[File:MarioSprite.png|75x75px]]

|Available from the start and remains so throughout the game

! width=100px | [[Princess Peach|Peach]]

| width=100px | [[File:PeachSprite.png|75x75px]]

|Peach can float across gaps with her parasol using {{button|wii|2}}. She can also shield herself with her parasol by pressing {{button|wii|Paddown}}.

|Joins during the interlude after [[Lineland|Chapter 1]]; lost after [[Sammer's Kingdom|Chapter 6]]; rejoins in [[Overthere Stair|Chapter 7-3]]; lost in [[Castle Bleck Foyer|Chapter 8-2]] and rejoins in [[Castle Bleck Inner Sanctum|8-4]]

|-  

! width=100px | [[Bowser]]

| width=100px | [[File:BowserSprite.png|75x75px]]

|Joins after being defeated in [[The Bitlands|Chapter 3-1]]; lost after [[Sammer's Kingdom|Chapter 6]]; rejoins after being defeated [[Underwhere Road|Chapter 7-2]]; lost in [[Castle Bleck Entry|Chapter 8-1]] and rejoins in [[Castle Bleck Inner Sanctum|8-4]]

| width=100px | [[File:LuigiSprite.png|75x75px]]

|Found in [[The Underwhere|Chapter 7-1]] ([[Sammer's Kingdom|Chapter 6]] Interlude); lost in [[Castle Bleck Interior|Chapter 8-3]] and rejoins in [[Castle Bleck Inner Sanctum|8-4]]

===Pixls===

[[Pixl]]s are new creatures in the game that give Mario and crew new abilities. There are thirteen in total, four are optional. However, only twelve can be carried, since [[Tiptron]] is only available after [[Tippi]] disappears. They replace the partners from the previous Paper Mario games, and set the record for the most allies in the series. Tippi (Tiptron after completion of the game) is always active and thus the player will always have two active Pixls (except at certain points). All Pixl abilities except Tippi's are activated using the {{button|wii|1}} button.

{| border=1 style="text-align:center; border-collapse:collapse;background:white; margin:0 auto;"

!Name

!Image

!Location

! width=100px | [[Tippi]]

| width=100px | [[File:SPM Tippi.png|75x75px]]

|Tippi can use her [[tattle]] ability find secrets and areas previously inaccessible without her. She will also give information on characters and enemies and give the crew hints. Tiptron may fill Tippi's role at the end of the game when Tippi permanently leaves the player.

|Available from start

! [[Thoreau]]

| [[File:SPM Thoreau.png|75x75px]]

|Thoreau is able to pick up non-spiky enemies and objects and throw them, as well as activate switches from a distance. He resembles a hand.

|[[Mount Lineland]]

! [[Boomer (Pixl)|Boomer]]

| [[File:BoomerPixl.PNG|75x75px]]

|Boomer can turn into a bomb and detonate to destroy blocks or cracks in walls. The blast deals double-damage to enemies.

|[[Gloam Valley]]

! [[Slim (Pixl)|Slim]]

| [[File:Slim.PNG|75x75px]]

| Slim will allow Mario and crew to turn sideways, and squeeze through tight spaces such as rails. Also, the player will become invisible and untouchable if they stand still in 2-D.

|[[Merlee's Mansion]]

! [[Thudley]]

| [[File:Thudley.PNG|75x75px]]

|Thudley will give Mario and friends the ability to [[Ground Pound]] in order to destroy blocks and activate large switches. It deals double damage with Mario, Peach and Luigi, and four times the regular damage with Bowser. He resembles a weight.

|[[The Tile Pool]]

! [[Carrie]]

| [[File:Carrie.PNG|75x75px]]

|Carrie is able to turn into a platform that can carry Mario and Co. across dangerous places (such as spikes) to safety. She can also jump on spiked enemies without sustaining damage.

|[[Fort Francis]]

! [[Fleep]]

| [[File:Fleep.PNG|75x75px]]

|Fleep can flip objects caught in a different dimension back to its original one. His ability is most often used on shining spots that resemble tears in paper. He can also make enemies dizzy so the player can pass them by. Fleep is also the only Pixl that cannot be used in 3D.

|[[Planet Blobule]]

! [[Cudge]]

| [[File:Cudge.PNG|75x75px]]

|Cudge lets Mario and co. use a hammer like in previous ''[[Paper Mario]]'' titles. It can destroy large [[Yellow Block]]s and does double damage. He looks like a mallet.

|[[Gap of Crag]]

! [[Dottie]]

| [[File:Dottie.PNG|75x75px]]

| Dottie has the ability to shrink the main character, allowing them to enter small spaces and tiny doors, as well as [[Itty Bits]] shops. Enemies will not notice the player, but if Mario and co. touch them they will still take damage.

|[[Floro Caverns]]

! [[Barry]]

| [[File:Barry.PNG|75x75px]]

|Barry can surround the character with a strong barrier that can harm enemies in its way abd counterattack projectiles that enemies such as [[Squig]]s shoot at the player. He is obtained by visiting [[The Bitlands]] after rescuing Tippi and talking to him.

|[[The Bitlands]] (optional)

! [[Dashell]]

| [[File:SPM Dashell.png|75x75px]]

|Dashell provides a speed boost for the party, useful when traveling from place to place. He is obtained by defeating [[Wracktail]] the [[Flipside Pit of 100 Trials]].

|[[Flipside Pit of 100 Trials]] (Room 100) (optional)

! [[Piccolo]]

| [[File:Piccolo.png|75x75px]]

| Piccolo plays music (different styles with each character) that can cure Mario and his team from any status problems, excluding poison. Using music, she can break blocks with her outline carved in it and can also put the [[Underchomp]] to sleep. She is obtained by completing a side quest from [[Merlee]] after Chapter 5 and unlocking the door in the alleyway of the first floor of [[Flopside]].

|[[Flopside]] (optional)

! [[Tiptron]]

| [[File:SPM Tiptron.png|75x75px]]

|Tiptron is a robotic replica of Tippi that can be bought off of Francis for 999 coins as an additional partner. It replaces [[Tippi]] at the end of the game and has all of the same powers as her, as well as her consciousness.

|[[Fort Francis]] (optional)

*[[Ghost Shroom]] - Summons a Ghost Shroom to damage enemies.

*[[Hot Sauce]] - Temporarily doubles the player's Attack.

*[[Ice Storm]] - Pelts enemies with frigid shards of ice and freezes them.

*[[Mighty Tonic]] - Briefly doubles the player's attack.

*[[POW Block]] - Rattles enemies on the ground and ceiling.

*[[Shell Shock (item)|Shell Shock]] - Rams into enemies when the player kicks the shell.

*[[Shooting Star (item)|Shooting Star]] - Showers enemies with a flurry of shooting stars.

*[[Volt Shroom]] - Briefly paralyzes enemies the player touches.

'''Damaging Items

*[[Poison Mushroom#Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|Poison Shroom]] - Poisons the player and makes them lose HP, so the item should be sold rather than used.

*[[Dangerous Delight]] - Blocks the player's abilities, including jumping, reverses the controls and makes the characters move slowly.

*[[Block Block]] - Makes the player invincible temporarily.

*[[Courage Shell]] - Temporarily reduces the damage the player takes by half.

*[[Turtley Leaf]] - Reduces all damage by half.

*[[Ancient Clue]] - Serves as toilet paper for [[Fleep]] in Chapter 4-2.

*[[Autograph]] - In the [[Piccolo]] side quest, [[Paper]] transforms into this item once [[Merlumina]] signs it.

*[[Card Key]] - Opens the door to the [[Floro Caverns|Processing Center]] in Chapter 5-4.

*[[Cooking Disk]] - Unlocks a page of the [[Dining Specializer]]. (There are seven Cooking Disks in all.)

*[[Crystal Ball]] - The player needs to deliver this item to [[Merlee]] in the [[Piccolo]] side quest.

*[[Diet Book]] - The player would return this to Hagra in Chapter 7-2.

*[[Floro Sprout]] - A disguise the player will get from [[O'Chunks]] in Chapter 5-4.

*[[Elemental Tablets]] - Needed to obtain [[Cudge]] in Chapter 5-2; there are three Tablets-Stone, Fire, and Water.

*[[Golden Card]] - Unlocks the Hammer Whacker arcade game.

*[[Goldfish Bowl]] - The player can get this from [[Pook]] in [[Flipside]]; it becomes the [[Helmet]].

*[[Helmet]] - A breathing apparatus the player needs in Chapter 4-1; the Goldfish Bowl becomes this item.

*[[Key]]s - Opens doors in various areas; keys come in several varieties.

*[[Orb (Super Paper Mario)|Orb]]s - Needed to create a bridge in Chapter 7-4; there are three Orbs-Yellow, Red, and Blue.

*[[Paper]] - The player receive this item from [[Old Man Watchitt]] in the [[Piccolo]] side quest.

*[[Return Pipe]] - Returns the player to [[Flipside]] from most chapters.

*[[Training Machine]] - An exercise machine that the player must deliver to [[Merluvlee]] in the [[Piccolo]] side quest.

*[[You-Know-What]] - A mysterious item that the player must deliver to [[Bestovius]] in the [[Piccolo]] side quest.

*[[Cooking Disk]]s - Six items that add info to the [[Dining Specializer]].

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*[[Big Egg]] - Restores 12 HP and cures poison.

*[[Black Apple]] - Restores 1 HP and cures poison.

*[[Blue Apple]] - Restores 5 HP and cures poison.

*[[Cake Mix]] - Restores 5 HP and cures poison.

*[[Dayzee Tear]] - Restores 3 HP and cures poison.

*[[Dried Shroom]] - Restores 1 HP and cures poison.

*[[Fresh Pasta Bunch]] - Restores 5 HP and cures poison.

*[[Fresh Veggie]] - Restores 10 HP and cures poison.

*[[Golden Leaf]] - Restores 1 HP and cures poison.

*[[Honey Jar]] - Restores 10 HP and cures poison.

*[[Horsetail]] - Restores 7 HP and cures poison.

*[[Inky Sauce]] - Restores 3 HP and cures poison.

*[[Keel Mango]] - Restores 7 HP and cures poison.

*[[Life Shroom]] - Automatically restores 5 HP if the player falls in battle.

*[[Long-Last Shake]] - Regenerates the player's HP over time.

*[[Mild Cocoa Bean]] - Restores 5 HP and cures poison.

*[[Mistake]] - Restores 1 HP and cures poison.

*[[Mushroom]] - Restores 10 HP when touched.

*[[Peachy Peach]] - Restores 10 HP and cures poison.

*[[Pink Apple]] - Restores 5 HP and cures poison.

*[[Power Steak]] - Restores 15 HP and cures poison.

*[[Primordial Fruit]] - Restores 10 HP and cures poison.

*[[Red Apple]] - Restores 5 HP and cures poison. Give to [[Cyrrus]] to get to Door O.

*[[Sap Soup]] - Restores 3 HP and cures poison.

*[[Shroom Shake]] - Restores 10 HP and cures poison.

*[[Slimy Shroom]] - Restores 10 HP and cures poison.

*[[Smelly Herb]] - Restores 5 HP and cures poison.

*[[Super Shroom]] - Restores 20 HP when touched.

*[[Super Shroom Shake]] - Restores 20 HP and cures poison.

*[[Ultra Shroom]] - Restores 50 HP when touched.

*[[Ultra Shroom Shake]] - Restores 50 HP and cures poison.

*[[Whacka Bump]] - Restores 30 HP and cures poison.

*[[Yellow Apple]] - Restores 5 HP and cures poison.

'''Miscellaneous Items

*[[Catch Card]] - Catches an enemy's soul (if it works).

*[[Catch Card SP]] - Catches an enemy's soul (almost always works).

*[[Gold Bar]] - A bar worth around 100 coins.

*[[Gold Bar x3]] - A trio of gold bars; worth around 300 coins.

*[[Gold Medal (Super Paper Mario)|Gold Medal]] - A medal worth 10,000 points.

*[[Happy Flower (Super Paper Mario)|Happy Flower]] - Flowers with coins attached to them will slowly rain from the sky for a limited time.

*[[HP Plus (Super Paper Mario)|HP Plus]] - Raises HP by 5 permanently.

*[[Mega Star]] - Makes the player huge and invincible for a short time.

*[[Mystery Box (item)|Mystery Box]] - Becomes a random item when used.

*[[Pal Pill]] - Summons little buddies to surround and defend the player.

*[[Power Plus (Super Paper Mario)|Power Plus]] - Raises Attack by 1 permanently.

*[[Sleepy Sheep]] - Briefly puts enemies to sleep.

*[[Slow Flower]] - Temporarily slows down time; triples value of coins and points.

*[[Speed Flower]] - Temporarily speeds up time; triples value of coins and points.

*[[Star Medal (Super Paper Mario)|Star Medal]] - A medal worth 1,000 points.

*[[Stop Watch]] - Stop enemies in their tracks.

===[[Audience]]===

[[File:SPM Blobule Stylish.png|thumb|250px|''Super Paper Mario''{{'}}s audience.]]

The Audience is a group of generic creatures who will appear whenever Mario, Peach, Bowser or Luigi attacks an enemy and does a stylish move, which is done by shaking the [[Wii#Wii Remote|Wii Remote]] when stomping on an enemy. The audience in this game consists of [[Toad]]s, [[Goomba]]s, [[Koopa Troopa]]s, and [[Shy Guy]]s, only a handful of species from the previous game. They appear on the sides of the screen and say "Nice", "Good", "Great", "Wonderful", and "Excellent". This approval of the Crowd gives the player a higher score than if they had just jumped on the enemy. By doing this, the player can get more points faster.

==Boss Battles==

Bold indicates Chapter Boss.

{| border=1 style="width: 100%; text-align:center; border-collapse:collapse;background:white; margin:0 auto;"

!width=15%|Chapter

!width=30%|Name

!width=10%|HP

!width=10%|Attack

!width=10%|Defense

!width=25%|Location

|[[File:OChucksCard.png|60px]]

[[O'Chunks]] (1)

|[[File:FracktailCard.png|60px]]

'''[[Fracktail]]'''

|??

|[[File:SuperPaperMario monster-artwork.png|150px]]

'''[[Mimi]]''' (1)

|??

|[[File:BowserCard.png|60px]]

[[Bowser]] (1)

|[[File:BigBlooperCard.png|60px]]

[[Big Blooper]]

|??

|[[File:DimentioCard.png|60px]]

[[Dimentio]] (1)

|[[File:FrancisCard.png|60px]]

'''[[Francis]]'''

|[[File:MrLCard.png|60px]]

[[Mr. L]]

|[[File:BrobotCard.png|60px]]

'''[[Brobot]]'''

|3

|rowspan=2|[[File:OChucksCard.png|60px]]

[[O'Chunks]] (2 & 3)

|[[File:KingCroacusCard.png|60px]]

'''[[King Croacus IV|King Croacus]]'''

|[[File:MimiCard.png|60px]]

[[Mimi]] (2)

|[[File:BrobotLCard.png|60px]]

'''[[Brobot L-type]]'''

|4 (8 against fire)

|[[File:BowserCard.png|60px]]

[[Bowser]] (2)

|[[File:UnderchompCard.png|60px]]

[[Underchomp]]

|48 (16 each)

|[[File:BonechillCard.png|60px]]

'''[[Bonechill]]'''

|rowspan=5|[[Castle Bleck|Chapter 8]]

|[[File:OChucksCard.png|60px]]

[[O'Chunks]] (4)

|[[File:MimiCard.png|60px]]

[[Mimi]] (3)

|??

|[[Castle Bleck Foyer]]

|[[File:DimentioCard.png|60px]]

[[Dimentio]] (2)

|[[File:CountBleckCard.png|60px]]

'''[[Count Bleck]]'''

|[[File:S.DimentioCard.png|60px]]

'''[[Super Dimentio]]'''

|0 (head)

4 (body)

|[[File:WracktailCard.png|60px]]

[[Wracktail]]

|??

|[[File:DarkLuigiCard.png|60px]][[File:DarkBowserCard.png|60px]][[File:DarkPeachCard.png|60px]][[File:DarkMarioCard.png|60px]]

[[Shadoo]]

|400 (100 each)

|10 (20 for Dark Bowser)

|0 (4 for Dark Bowser)

|[[File:SPM Sammer Guy 100.png|80px]]

[[Big Sammer Guy|End Boss]]

After completion of the game, the player may return to [[Sammer's Kingdom]] to fully complete the Duel of 100 by defeating all 100 [[Sammer Guy]]s. After the duel, [[King Sammer]] will award the player with [[Catch Card]]s of the [[partner]]s from ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.

The pits of 100 Trials are found in the outskirts of [[Flipside]] and [[Flopside]], respectively. The pits each contain 100 rooms, each containing several enemies with one holding the key to the next room. The 100th room of the Flipside Pit contains [[Wracktail]]. The Flopside Pit is similar to the first, but with more powerful dark versions of enemies. It can only be accessed after the Flipside Pit is cleared and must be completed twice to battle teh boss, [[Shadoo]]. The prize for completing the Flipside Pit is the [[Pixl]] [[Dashell]], while the Flopside Pit awards cards of the playable characters and their dark versions.

*[[Mansion Patrol]] - A shooting game that involves the character shooting [[Boo]]s to get points. This game marks one of the only appearances of [[Toads]] in the entire game, other than at the start of the game, where [[Toad]] himself appears.

==Development==

After wrapping up development of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', director [[Ryota Kawade]] wanted to make "other type of games" using the ''Paper Mario'' series<ref name="Nintendo Power">Williams, Drew (May 2007). "Super Paper Mario: The Interview". ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' Issue 215: p 76–78.</ref>. Kawade brainstormed many ideas for a new ''Paper Mario'' game that would retain the series' humor, puzzles and leveling system while featuring a new twist, eventually settling on the concept of switching between 2D and 3D (an idea which came to him during a train ride, where Kawade was thinking about the [[Bowser]] platforming segments in ''The Thousand Year Door'' while looking at the other end of the train<ref name="Nintendo Power"></ref>). The idea was presented to [[Nintendo]], which suggested that an action-adventure game would best demonstrate the concept<ref name="Nintendo Power"></ref>.

 

The developers and Nintendo considered that retaining the leveling system was important, as it would allow less dedicated players to still enjoy the game and make it stand out from traditional ''Mario'' games<ref name="Nintendo Power"></ref>. The graphics and character design were deliberately designed to be surreal and unusual to invoke the idea of "a Mario world that's not really a Mario world" and because the idea "to show something that the player has never seen before" was considered a pillar of ''Paper Mario''<ref name="Nintendo Power"></ref>.

 

==Similarities to previous ''Paper Mario'' games==

As with ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', this game contained many similarities and reused elements from the previous two games:

*All three intros began at the Mario brothers' house.

*All three games featured interludes where the player had to maneuver Peach through the enemy base.

*All four games had a small, peaceful town within Chapter 1, as well as a fortress/dungeon-like area as the final area of the chapter. And just like in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', a large dragon was a boss that was fought at the end.

*A red palm tree was seen in the desert, just as it was in the first ''Paper Mario''. As with that one, something had to be done near it in order to trigger something.

*As with ''Paper Mario'' and ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', ''Super Paper Mario'' also featured a partner that was used to blow up cracks in walls and reveal hidden areas.

*This game also contained a partner with the power to evade enemy attacks, as well as getting past floors with rising spikes.

*''Super Paper Mario'' also contained a partner that could get Mario over spikes and other dangerous terrain.

*In both ''Paper Mario'' and ''Super Paper Mario'', the boss of Chapter 2 is chased by a creature with dog-like qualities. In ''Paper Mario'', [[Tutankoopa]] is chased by a [[Chain Chomp]]. In ''Super Paper Mario'', [[Mimi]] is chased by a [[Gnaw]].

*In all three, the second and fourth chapter bosses work for the main villain (although [[Doopliss]] does not join Grodus until after he is defeated in Chapter 4). If [[Smorg]] was working for Grodus, then this applies to the sixth boss as well.

*Also, all three games have a chapter boss that is invincible until the end of the chapter. ''Paper Mario'' being [[Tubba Blubba]], ''Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door'' being [[Doopliss]], and ''Super Paper Mario'' being [[Mimi]]. However, unlike Tubba Blubba and Mimi, Doopliss never actually chases the player, although they must run away from him in battle if they guess his name wrong when he asks them.

*This game featured a plant boss at the end of Chapter 5, just as the first ''Paper Mario'' did.

*[[Lady Bow]] and [[Parakarry]] made cameos in this game, just as they did in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''.

*As with ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', this game, too, contained a main villain that was being used as a pawn the entire time by one of his minions, and an ally to get possessed by the game's final boss.

*In all three games, a character says "Still your tongue" to another character whose name starts with B.

*''Super Paper Mario'', just like the first game, featured a cutscene where an enemy asked questions about Mario and company's weakpoints, and the kinds of things they hate.

*All three ''Paper Mario'' games had at least one party member that had to be fought first before they become playable.

*In Chapter 8-2, Mario and company are lured into a trap by Mimi, where she tricks them into hitting a blue [[! Block]], similar to how [[Koopa Bros.#Yellow Ninjakoopa|Yellow Ninjakoopa]] set a trap for Mario, where he would hit a fake [[? Block]] that caused him to fall through a trap door, as well as the trap that [[Lord Crump]] set in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', which was activated by placing the [[Puni Orb]] in a fake pedestal.

*The final battles of all three ''Paper Mario'' games involve a villain becoming invincible, where the items that were collected throughout the game have to be used against them to remove their invincibility barriers.

*The final bosses of both ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' and ''Super Paper Mario'' offered Mario and his allies a chance to join them, and if "yes" is chosen, then the player's [[Game Over|game will be over]].

*In addition, the final bosses in both of these games had the goal of ending the world, and before both of the final battles, some of the previous worlds are shown about to end.

*In both ''Super Paper Mario'' and ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', there is a new character that is the main antagonist for most of the game, but ends up getting betrayed/injured by the true final boss. Also, the final bosses of each of these games were Mario's friends who were forced to fuse with the main villain.

*Although Chapter 7 didn't take place in a snowy region like it did in the first two ''Paper Mario'' games, it did contain a boss with power over the ice element, just like the first ''Paper Mario''.

*''Super Paper Mario'' and ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' both have legends involving four heroes.

*All of Mario's partners in this game were a final boss in at least one of each of the 3 released Paper Mario titles, Bowser in Paper Mario, Peach in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (possessed by the Shadow Queen), and Luigi in Super Paper Mario (hypnotized and combined with Dimentio).

*In this and the previous game, there is a segment where the floor is flooded with a swarm of enemies. In ''Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door'', this happens with Dull Bones in [[Hooktail's Castle]] and the Dry Bones in the [[Palace of Shadow]] while in Super Paper Mario, this happens with copies of Dimentio in Count Bleck's castle.

*Also, in both games, there is a major battle between armies of the enemies, one side being the good guys and one side being the bad. The two sides fight each other and the good side wins. In ''Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door'', it is Grodus' army vs. the capsized civilians. In this game, it is the Skellobit army vs. the Nimbis.

*In this and the second game, there is a segment where the player has to help Peach in some way using an item. In ''Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door'', Peach herself creates a potion, and if it is made incorrectly, she can turn either big or small. In this game, she is asleep and the player has to bring her a fruit that can wake her up. If the player brings her the wrong fruit, she will turn either big or small as well. The smoke effect when Peach is given said item is similar as well. Also, while bringing her the wrong item won't do anything, the player must bring Peach a [[Spicy Soup]] (made by bringing a [[Fire Burst]] to Saffron) after Chapter 1 to wake her up. It is mandatory to do so, because Peach is needed numerous times throughout the game.

*All three titles required Mario to go through a fortress to progress though the game. Koopa Bros. Fortress in the first, X-Naut Fortress in the second, and Francis's Fort in ''Super Paper Mario''.

==Differences from other ''Paper Mario'' games==

* This game is a side-scroller, unlike the other ''Paper Mario'' games.

** As such, this is the first RPG to lack turn-based battles (aside from the [[Underchomp]] battle).

* A score system is used for leveling up, rather than [[Star Point]]s.

* For the first time in the series, Peach's design uses her current main dress.

* This is the first game in the ''Paper Mario'' series to not feature [[Kammy Koopa]].

* For the first time in the series, damage cannot be inflicted on Bowser with a standard jump attack.