Editing Wish

[[File:BowserStarRodPowerUp.png|thumb|320px|Bowser using the wish power of the [[Star Rod (Paper Mario)|Star Rod]] to make himself invulnerable in ''Paper Mario'']]
{{quote|You've heard of wishing upon a shooting star? At the "Star Road", your wish is transformed into a star. When it's granted, it then turns into a shooting star and falls down to earth.|[[Geno]]|[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]}}
A '''wish''' is a strong hope or desire. In the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise, granting wishes is tied to stars, with ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' revealing that wishes turn into physical [[Wish Star]]s when they reach the [[Star Road (Super Mario RPG)|Star Road]], which then fall back to the earth as shooting stars after they are granted. [[Geno]] also speculates that without the power of wishes and the Star Road, [[Mario]] might be unable to rescue [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] from [[Bowser]]. ''[[Paper Mario]]'' reveals that the [[Star Spirit]]s choose which wishes to grant based on the integrity of the wisher, with selfish wishes never being granted. Wishes have also been shown to have a direct effect on the world, such as counteracting and weakening the powers of the [[Shadow Queen]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.
==History==
===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
During the events of ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', the [[Star Road (Super Mario RPG)|Star Road]] is shattered into seven [[Star Piece (Super Mario RPG)|Star Pieces]] by the giant sword [[Exor]] as part of the invasion by the [[Smithy Gang]] from another dimension. As a result, no wishes can be granted: no new wishes are made into Wish Stars, and existing Wish Stars fall down to [[Star Hill]] despite not being granted. The situation was so dire, the stars sent one of their own, Geno, to assist Mario in collecting the pieces of the Star Road. As explained by Geno, without the Star Road granting wishes, peace could not return to [[Mario World|the world]] so long as theirs was "a world where wishes can't come true anymore."

Along with Toadstool, Bowser, and [[Mallow]], Mario and Geno collect six of the Star Pieces and confront [[Smithy]], who has the last piece. Upon learning of the power of the Star Road, Smithy resolves to keep the piece for himself, and replace wishes with weapons as the dominant force in the world. In the end, however, Smithy was destroyed in battle and the Star Road was repaired, and the power of wishes was restored to the world.

===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario''====
''[[Paper Mario]]'' reveals that the power of wishes has existed in some form since the beginning of time, with the Star Spirits in [[Star Haven]] watching over the world below and granting wishes to deserving people, thus allowing the world to prosper peacefully. Because Bowser's wishes were always selfish, they were never granted, and in the outset of the game, he attacks Star Haven and steals the powerful [[Star Rod (Paper Mario)|Star Rod]] in order to grant them himself. Using the power of the Star Rod, he traps the Star Spirits in playing cards, kidnaps Princess Peach and her entire castle, renders himself invincible and even defeats Mario initially. Mario is able to free the Star Spirits and face Bowser once more, and once Peach wishes for the Star Spirits' power to increase, Mario is able to defeat Bowser using the [[Peach Beam]], and the authority to grant wishes via the Star Rod is returned to the Star Spirits.

====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
Wishes play a much smaller yet still vital role in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. During the final battle, the [[Crystal Star]]s fly across the land and begin transmitting the wishes and positive energies of the people he met on his journey, which then weaken the Shadow Queen enough for Mario and his partners to be able to deal damage. Before the wish powers intervene, like Bowser in the last game, the Shadow Queen is invulnerable to attacks.

====''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''====
In ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'', the [[Sticker Comet]] holds the wishes of all the citizens of the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]. At the start of the game, Bowser attempts to steal the comet to grant his own wishes, causing it to shatter into [[Royal Sticker|Royal Stickers]]. Several bosses, such as [[Mizzter Blizzard]], use the Royal Stickers to grant their wishes and gain power. At the end of the game, once the comet is restored, Mario wishes for [[Kersti]] to be brought back to life, while Princess Peach comments on how disastrous the power to grant wishes without wisdom can be.

====''Paper Mario: Color Splash''====
Wishes play a small role in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''. After riding the [[Sunset Express]], Mario and [[Huey]] reach [[Starlight Cape]]. Mario wishes on a shooting star for Princess Peach to be safe, while Huey wishes to recover every [[Big Paint Star]]. After they make their wishes, the Orange Big Paint Star appears, allowing Mario to reclaim it and end the level.

====''Paper Mario: The Origami King''====
Wishes play a major role in [[King Olly]]'s plan in ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]''. One of his goals includes folding a thousand origami cranes to make a wish using the Thousand-Fold Technique to turn all Toads into blank pieces of scrap paper as a means of revenge on his creator apparently scribbling on him. Upon his defeat, Olly learns the truth and feels remorse for his actions, and [[Olivia]] folds his body into the thousandth crane to undo all of his origami-folding, including herself.

===''Mario & Luigi'' series===
====''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''====
The [[Beanstar]] from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and its remake ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'' has the power to grant wishes to the one awakening it with a pure, sweet voice. [[Cackletta]] plans to use Peach's voice to awaken it and grant her wish of ruling the kingdom, but due to her plans being foiled beforehand the Beanstar shatters into pieces instead. Its power is never demonstrated in-game.

====''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''====
Wishes play a very minor role in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and its remake, ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''. At the start of the game, Princess Peach uses Wish Power, combined with Starlow’s Star Power to decrease Bowser’s power, then levitate and toss him out of the castle.

====''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team''====
Wishes play a larger role in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]''. The [[Dream Stone]] can grant wishes, as could its destroyed counterpart, the [[Dark Stone]]. Bowser and [[Antasma]] steal the Dream Stone and use its power to create [[Neo Bowser Castle]]. The [[Dream World]] of the castle has minor wish-granting properties, as Bowser becomes gigantic and summons obstacles for the Mario Bros. to combat. 

At the end of the game, Bowser attempts to use the Dream Stone to erase Mario and Luigi from existence, but Peach and Starlow use their combined Wish Power, described as the power of good thoughts, to shatter the Dream Stone. Bowser then inhales the pieces and becomes [[Dreamy Bowser]], granting him a large power boost and the ability to perform normally-impossible feats, such as cloning himself or creating minions out of nothing.

===''Yoshi's Crafted World''===
The [[Sundream Stone]] that the [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s guard in ''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]'' is able to grant wishes as long as it is equipped with all the [[Dream Gem]]s. [[Baby Bowser]] and [[Kamek]] plot to steal it, causing the Dream Gems to scatter across the world in the struggle.

==Names in other languages==
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