Yoshi Sphinx

Level
Yoshi Sphinx
Mario going to the Yoshi Sphinx entrance.
Level code	W2-2
World	World 2
Game	Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Boss	Kamek
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Yoshi Sphinx is World 2-2 featured in Paper Mario: Sticker Star. It is located in a desert area that features a sphinx shaped like Yoshi with many doors and secret passages.

Layout

Yoshi Sphinx is located in a mysterious desert area. Mario starts in a remote platform with a pipe and some Spinies. This pipe will take Mario to the main quadrant of the sphinx. To the left is a door, and to the right is two blocks guarded by a Spiny. Mario must enter the door to progress. It takes him to a room with a Dry Bones and two torches on the wall; Mario can hit the torches from below to light them. On the right of the room is a door that takes Mario to another room somewhat alike the first one, except on the middle of the wall there is a different pattern. Mario has to hit the shape in the center with his hammer to discover a slot on the wall. He must then enter it to reveal another room with four doors, a Pokey and a Spiny. One door is hidden behind a beam that leads to a dark room with a passage to the piece of the Sticker Comet.

When Mario reaches the door, he will be attacked by three Paratroopas. After defeating the three Paratroopas, Mario gains access to the piece of the Sticker Comet, completing the level. If Mario goes into the archway, there is another bright area, one of which has the Lightbulb Thing. After Mario reaches the top of the sphinx and slips off onto the tongue, Kamek will be fought, but this time, he will transform all of Mario's stickers into sandals. After defeating him, Mario's Stickers are returned to normal and a tablet piece neccesary to enter Drybake Stadium is obtained, then the tongue retracts, while hearing a very deep, "Yooooshiiiiiiiiii!" swallowing Mario with it.

Secret Door

The Secret Door location is on the ground level of the Sphinx. The player needs to go around to the other side (right side) of the base where the outline for the sticker will be along the wall guarded by a Spiny. The door leads to the Paper Fan Thing.

Sticker upgrade spots

1. Above the pink flower in the first map.
2. In the dark room below the ? Block.

Area Tattle

Beginning Area

• There's something really big over there. Is that some kind of animal?

Outside the Sphinx

• Now that I see it up close, it IS big. It looks a lot like a dinosaur. Or maybe a dragon.

Inside the Sphinx

• I feel like I'm being digested by an animal or something. What part would this be? The gizzard?

On top of the Head

• Wow, we are SERIOUSLY high up! Hey, is this what it means to have your nose in the air...?

Advice

• If it's a sphinx, it's got to have at least ONE treasure, right? Something flashy. It's, like, a law or something.

Enemies

• Spiny
• Hammer Bro
• Dry Bones
• Sombrero Guy
• Maraca Guy
• Accordion Guy
• Pokey (yellow)
• Pokey (green)
• Paratroopa
• Swoop
• Kamek (mini-boss)

Things

• Lightbulb
• Paper Fan (Secret Door)

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ヨッシースフィンクス[?] Yosshī Sufinkusu	Yoshi Sphinx
Chinese	耀西斯芬克斯[?] Yàoxī Sīfēnkèsī	Yoshi Sphinx
French	Sphinx Yoshi[?]	Yoshi Sphinx
German	Yoshi-Sphinx[?]	Yoshi Sphinx
Italian	Sfinge di Yoshi[?]	Sphinx of Yoshi
Spanish (NOA)	Esfinge Yoshi[?]	Yoshi Sphinx
Spanish (NOE)	Esfinge de Yoshi[?]	Sphinx of Yoshi

Trivia

• A picture of Yoshi Sphinx can be seen in Dark Bloo Inn in Paper Mario: Color Splash.
• Yoshi sphinxes previously appeared as background elements in Yoshi Desert and Battle Course 4 in Mario Kart: Super Circuit, and in Dry Dry Ruins in Mario Kart Wii. They also flank the touch screen in the Puzzle Panel and Puzzle Panic minigames in Super Mario 64 DS.