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|image=Riverside_Office.png
|image=[[File:TTYDNS Riverside Station.png|250px]]
|width=250px
|greater_location=[[Rogueport]]'s surrounding areas
|greaterloc=[[Rogueport]]'s surrounding areas
|inhabitants=[[Poison Pokey]]s, [[Ruff Puff]]s, [[Spiky Parabuzzy|Spiky Parabuzzies]], [[Smorg]]s
|inhabitants=[[Poison Pokey]]s, [[Ruff Puff]]s, [[Spiked Parabuzzy|Spiked Parabuzzies]], [[Smorg (species)|Smorg]]s
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|latest_appearance=
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
}}
}}
[[File:Boarding dock.PNG|thumb|200px|left|The train pulling into the station.]]


'''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]]. Following its abandonment, a large swarm of [[Smorg (species)|Smorgs]] have taken up residence amid the station's dilapidated interior. During the events of ''The Thousand-Year Door'', an unknown person (possibly the Smorgs) lifts the station's drawbridge, which the Excess Express needs to cross; a Riverside worker informs [[Mario]] of the dilemma and gives him a key, granting him access to the otherwise locked station. Using his newly acquired [[Ultra Boots]], Mario must hit the switch inside the station to reactivate the drawbridge, allowing it to fall back into place so the Excess Express can continue its commute.
{{quote|I saw some [[Three Shadows|suspicious-looking shadowy people wearing hats]] go into the station... They must've gone down to the bridge-control room to flip the switch there.|[[Toad (species)|Riverside Station worker]]|''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]])}}
'''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.


As aforementioned, the station seems all but abandoned (sans the many [[list of enemies|enemies]] inhabiting it) and without any signs of upkeep, despite having two known workers. 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.
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.
 
==History==
[[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.


==Enemies==
==Enemies==
*[[Goomba]]
*[[Goomba]]
*[[Poison Pokey]]
*[[Poison Pokey]]
*[[Spiked Parabuzzy]]
*[[Spiky Parabuzzy]]
*[[Spike Top]]
*[[Spike Top]]
*[[Ruff Puff]]
*[[Ruff Puff]]
===Formations===
===Formations===
''For [[List of enemy formations in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|enemy formations]] in Riverside Station, see [[List of enemy formations in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door#Riverside Station|here]].''
''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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==Items==
==Items==
{| style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0 auto; border-collapse: collapse; font-family:Arial;" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
In the remake, the grass in the first scene can be hammered to spawn one Coin at random. Also, there are 22 Coins in the Tube Mode maze.
|-style="background: #ABC;"
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!width="5%"|Item
!Item
!width="1%"|Icon
!Location
!width="20%"|Found In
!Location Image
!Location Image (Remake)
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Close Call P|game=NS}}
|In the first room, it is on the ledge on the left side of the room and is accessed by [[Spring Jump]]ing underneath the ledge.
|[[File:Riverside Station (Close Call P).png|250px]]
|[[File:Riverside Station (Close Call P) (Switch).png|250px]]
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Coin|game=NS}} [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]
|On the Deck, in the middle of the upper part.
|N/A
|[[File:Riverside Station Block 2.png|250px]]
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Dried Mushroom|game=NS}}
|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]]
|[[File:Riverside Station (Dried Shroom).png|250px]]
|[[File:Riverside Station (Dried Mushroom).png|250px]]
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|link=Station Key|Entrance Key|game=NS}}
|Outside Riverside Station, it is given by the Toad worker near the drawbridge.
|[[File:Riverside Station (Station Key 1).png|250px]]
|[[File:Riverside Station (Entrance Key).png|250px]]
|-
|-
|[[Close Call P]]
|{{PMTTYD item|link=Elevator Key (Riverside Station)|Elevator Key|game=NS}}
|[[File:Closecallp.gif|25x25px]]
|In the Office, it is on top of a ledge inside some fencing and is accessed by Spring Jumping underneath the ledge.
|In the first room, it's on the ledge on the northwest walls.
|[[File:Riverside Station (Elevator Key).png|250px]]
|[[File:Riverside Station (Elevator Key) (Switch).png|250px]]
|-
|-
|[[Dried Shroom]]
|{{PMTTYD item|link=HP Plus (badge)|HP Plus|game=NS}}
|[[File:DriedShroom_PM2.png|25x25px]]
|On the Deck, it is on a ledge in the northwest wall accessed by using [[Tube Mode]] at the base of the highest set of stairs.
|In the maze area in the deep place, it's in the garbage can down the maze.
|[[File:Riverside Station (HP Plus).png|250px]]
|[[File:Riverside Station (HP Plus) (Switch).png|250px]]
|-
|-
|[[Elevator Key]]
|rowspan=3|{{PMTTYD item|Ice Storm|game=NS}} (×3) [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]
|[[File:Elevatorkey.gif|25x25px]]
|Behind a blowable poster in the second room.
|In the storeroom area in the deep place, it's on top of a ledge inside a cage in the storeroom.
|N/A
|[[File:Riverside Station (Ice Storm Hidden 1).png|250px]][[File:Riverside Station (Ice Storm 1).png|250px]]
|-
|-
|[[HP Plus]]
|In a ? Block above a gear in the Machinery Room.
|[[File:PMTTYD Badge HPplus.png|25x25px]]
|N/A
|In the sunset area, it's on a ledge on the northwest wall.
|[[File:Riverside Station Block 1.png|250px]]
|-
|-
|[[P-Up, D-Down]]
|Behind one of the blowable posters in the lower part of the Deck.
|[[File:Pupddown.gif|25x25px]]
|N/A
|In the maze area in the deep place, it's in a small cave inside the big maze.
|[[File:Riverside Station (Ice Storm Hidden 2).png|250px]][[File:Riverside Station (Ice Storm 2).png|250px]]
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Shine Sprite]]
|{{PMTTYD item|Maple Syrup|game=NS}} [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]
|rowspan=2|[[File:PMTTYDShinespritesprite.png|25x25px]]
|In a ? Block in the lower part of the Deck.
|Near the wall corner in the right of the sunset area in Riverside Station.
|N/A
|[[File:Riverside Station Block 3.png|250px]]
|-
|-
|On top of the stairs above the records shelf in the low-west room of Riverside Station.
|{{PMTTYD item|P-Up, D-Down|game=NS}}
|In the Sublevel, it is in a small alcove inside the big maze.
|[[File:Riverside Station (P-Up, D-Down).png|250px]]
|[[File:Riverside Station (P-Up, D-Down) (Switch).png|250px]]
|-
|-
|[[Star Piece (Paper Mario)|Star Piece]]
|rowspan=2|{{PMTTYD item|Shine Sprite|game=NS}} (×2)
|[[File:Star_Piece.GIF|25x25px]]
|Near the wall corner on the right side of the Deck.
|To the north of the second room, it's behind the last gear.
|[[File:PMTTYD Shine Sprite RiversideStationOutside.png|250px]]
|[[File:PMTTYD Shine Sprite RiversideStationOutside (Switch).png|250px]]
|-
|-
|[[Station Key]]
|On top of the stairs above the records shelf in the Records Room.
|[[File:StationKey.gif|25x25px]]
|[[File:PMTTYD Shine Sprite RiversideStationStair.png|250px]]
|Outside Riverside Station, it's got from the Toad worker near the bridge.
|[[File:PMTTYD Shine Sprite RiversideStationStair (Switch).png|250px]]
|-
|-
|[[Station Key]]
|{{PMTTYD item|Spite Pouch|game=NS}} [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]
|[[File:Station Key.png|25x25px]]
|Behind one of the blowable posters in the lower part of the Deck.
|To the north of the second room, it's on the last platform in the gear room.
|N/A
|[[File:Riverside Station (Spite Pouch Hidden).png|250px]][[File:Riverside Station (Spite Pouch).png|250px]]
|-
|-
|[[Thunder Rage]]
|{{PMTTYD item|link=Star Piece (Paper Mario series)|Star Piece|game=NS}}
|[[File:ThundahRageTTYD.PNG|25x25px]]
|In the Machinery Room, it is behind the last gear.
|In the sunset area, it's in an invisible block on top of the question block on the north side.
|[[File:PMTTYD Star Piece RiversideStation.png|250px]]
|[[File:PMTTYD Star Piece RiversideStation (Switch).png|250px]]
|-
|-
|[[Ultra Boots]]
|{{PMTTYD item|Station Key|game=NS}}
|[[File:UltraBoots PMTTYD.png|25x25px]]
|In the Machinery Room, it is on the last platform.
|In the storeroom area in the deep place, it's in a chest in the rooftop above the storeroom.
|[[File:Riverside Station (Station Key 2).png|250px]]
|[[File:Riverside Station (Station Key) (Switch).png|250px]]
|-
|rowspan=2|{{PMTTYD item|Super Mushroom|game=NS}} (×2) [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]
|Behind one of the blowable posters in the lower part of the Deck.
|N/A
|[[File:Riverside Station (Super Mushroom Hidden).png|250px]][[File:Riverside Station (Super Mushroom Poster).png|250px]]
|-
|In the Sublevel, it is in the larger garbage bin in the area before the door to the office.
|N/A
|[[File:Riverside Station (Super Mushroom Bin).png|250px]]
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Thunder Rage|game=NS}} [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]
|Behind one of the blowable posters in the lower part of the Deck.
|N/A
|[[File:Riverside Station (Thunder Rage Hidden).png|250px]][[File:Riverside Station (Thunder Rage).png|250px]]
|-
|{{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.
|[[File:Riverside Station Treasure Chest.png|250px]]
|[[File:Riverside Station Treasure Chest (Switch).png|250px]]
|}
 
===Hidden ? Block===
{{main|List of hidden blocks in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!Item
!Description
!Block un/revealed ([[File:Nintendo GameCube symbol.svg|15px|link=Nintendo GameCube]])
!Block un/revealed ([[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]])
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Thunder Rage|game=NS}}
|On the Deck, in the area with [[Poison Pokey]]s, is a lone ? Block. Jumping up from it reveals the hidden ? Block.
|[[File:PMTTYDHiddenBlocks12.png|250px]][[File:PMTTYDHiddenBlocks12R.png|250px]]
|[[File:PMTTYDHiddenBlocks12 (Switch).png|250px]][[File:PMTTYDHiddenBlocks12R (Switch).png|250px]]
|}
 
;Nintendo Switch version-exclusive
{| class="wikitable"
!Item
!Description
!Image
!Image (block revealed)
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Super Mushroom|game=NS}}
|In the Records Room, a Hidden Block can be found at the end of the middle ledge on the right.
|[[File:PMTTYDHiddenBlocksRiverside.jpg|250px]]
|[[File:PMTTYDHiddenBlocksRiversideR.jpg|250px]]
|}
|}


==Area Tattles==
==Area Tattles==
*"This is Riverside Station. It's one of the places where the Excess Express stops. This place is famous for its scenic beauty... It's the sunsets, you know. Just one more of the many pleasures Excess Express passengers get to enjoy."
*"''This is Riverside Station. It's one of the places where the Excess Express stops. This place is famous for its scenic beauty... It's the sunsets, you know. Just one more of the many pleasures Excess Express passengers get to enjoy.''"
*"We're inside Riverside Station. It's an old brick building with natural warmth. Its antique elevator is totally charming, too. I am in LOVE with that thing! You think it works, though? I'm not that fond of getting trapped in elevators..."
*"''We're inside Riverside Station. It's an old brick building with natural warmth. Its antique elevator is totally charming, too. I am in LOVE with that thing! You think it works, though? I'm not that fond of getting trapped in elevators...''"
*"We're inside Riverside Station. This place has been out of use for a while, I think. I love those solitary lightbulbs hanging from the ceiling. It's so shabby chic."
*"''We're inside Riverside Station. This place has been out of use for a while, I think. I love those solitary lightbulbs hanging from the ceiling. It's so shabby chic.''"
*"This is the other side of the big clock. Lots of endlessly moving gears... A lonely clock, counting out the endless progression of hours, heard by no one..."
*"''This is the other side of the big clock. Lots of endlessly moving gears... A lonely clock, counting out the endless progression of hours, heard by no one...''"
*"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."
*"''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)
*"This is the Riverside Station garbage dump. Talk about an annoying place to navigate! And it smells like rotting [[Goomnut|Goomnuts]]... It's amazing how much people throw away. There should be a door to the underground office somewhere down here."
**"''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 office...but there doesn't seem to be anyone here. Hey, and now that I think of it, why would they put an office down here anyway? ...Or was I not supposed to bring that up?"
*"''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.''"
*"This is the Riverside Station records room. They file all station business here. ...Or at least I think they do. Yup, these are probably files. Not to change the subject... But did you know you have to hit some switches a certain number of times? Yeah, that kind of came out of left field, but I was just wondering if you knew that..."
*"''This is the Riverside Station office...but there doesn't seem to be anyone here. Hey, and now that I think of it, why would they put an office down here anyway? ...Or was I not supposed to bring that up?''"
*"''This is the Riverside Station records room. They file all station business here. ...Or at least I think they do. Yup, these are probably files. Not to change the subject... But did you know you have to hit some switches a certain number of times? Yeah, that kind of came out of left field, but I was just wondering if you knew that...''"
**In the Switch version, because of the Partner Hints feature, everything after "Yup, these are probably files." is removed.
 
{{PMTTYD map}}
 
==In-game map description==
*''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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==Gallery==
<gallery>
Riverside Office.png|Mario grabbing pipes to cross.
Riverside Station Treasure Chest.png
PMTTYDNS Riverside Station.jpg|The deck in the remake
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
;Riverside Station
|Jap=リバーサイド駅
{{foreign names
|JapR=Ribāsaido Eki
|Jpn=リバーサイド{{ruby|駅|えき}}
|JapM=Riverside Station
|JpnR=Ribāsaido Eki
|Spa=Estación de Riverside
|JpnM=Riverside Station
|SpaM=Riverside's Station
|ChiS=河畔车站
|ChiSR=Hépàn Chēzhàn
|ChiSM=Riverside Station
|ChiT=河畔車站
|ChiTR=Hépàn Chēzhàn
|ChiTM=Riverside Station
|Dut=Station Tulpenbeek
|DutM=Tulip Brook Station
|Ger=Tulpenbach
|Ger=Tulpenbach
|GerM=Tulip Creek
|GerM=Tulip Creek
|Ita=St. Rocca Fluviale
|Ita=St. Rocca Fluviale
|ItaM=Saint Rock River}}
|ItaM=Rock River Station
|Fre=Gare de Riverside
|FreM=Riverside Station
|Kor=리버사이드 역
|KorR=Ribeosaideu Yeok
|KorM=Riverside Station
|Spa=Estación de Riverside
|SpaM=Riverside Station
}}
 
===Sub-locations===
The following names are present only in the Nintendo Switch remake.
 
;Machinery Room
{{foreign names
|Jpn=きかい室
|JpnR=Kikai Shitsu
|JpnM=Machine Room
|SpaE=Sala de los engranajes
|SpaEM=Gear room
}}
 
;Deck
{{foreign names
|Jpn=デッキ
|JpnR=Dekki
|JpnM=Deck
|SpaE=Terraza
|SpaEM=Terrace
}}
 
;Basement
{{Foreign names
|SpaE=Sótano
|SpaEM=Basement
}}
 
;Office
{{foreign names
|Jpn=じむ室
|JpnR=Jimu Shitsu
|JpnM=Office
|SpaE=Oficina
|SpaEM=Office
}}
 
;Records Room
{{foreign names
|Jpn=しりょう室
|JpnR=Shiryō Shitsu
|JpnM=Reference Room
|SpaE=Archivo
|SpaEM=Archive
}}
 
;Control Room
{{foreign names
|Jpn=スイッチ室
|JpnR=Suitchi Shitsu
|JpnM=Switch Room
|SpaE=Sala de control
|SpaEM=Control room
}}
 
==Notes==
*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.


==Trivia==
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*The face of the station's clock tower is only visible during cutscenes, and displays the time based on that of the [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube's]] internal clock.
**The Excess Express only arrives at sunset regardless of what time the player visits the station.
*The battles with Goombas may have been added as an afterthought, as the background used for these fights depicts a room upstairs where no battles occur in the final game; this background may have been a leftover [[list of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door pre-release and unused content|pre-release and unused content]] from Beldam and Doopliss' battle that was originally going to take place here.
*Even after the player lowers the drawbridge, the train will always stop at Riverside Station en route to Poshley Heights.
*Unused background music intended for Riverside Station can be found within the game's files.
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[[Category:Railways]]
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Latest revision as of 05:50, February 25, 2025

Riverside Station
A view of Riverside Station shown when visiting for the first time.
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
Greater location Rogueport's surrounding areas
Inhabitants Poison Pokeys, Ruff Puffs, Spiky Parabuzzies, Smorgs
“I saw some suspicious-looking shadowy people wearing hats go into the station... They must've gone down to the bridge-control room to flip the switch there.”
—Riverside Station worker, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)

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 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 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.

History[edit]

The Excess Express at Riverside Station in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
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 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 and uses it to reach the station's control room. When Mario and his partner reach the bottom, they find numerous Smorgs 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.

Enemies[edit]

Formations[edit]

For enemy formations in Riverside Station, see here.

Items[edit]

In the remake, the grass in the first scene can be hammered to spawn one Coin at random. Also, there are 22 Coins in the Tube Mode maze.

Item Location Location Image Location Image (Remake)
Close Call P Close Call P In the first room, it is on the ledge on the left side of the room and is accessed by Spring Jumping underneath the ledge. Mario near the Close Call P badge in Riverside Station of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario near the Close Call P badge in Riverside Station of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.
Coin Coin Nintendo Switch On the Deck, in the middle of the upper part. N/A Second block in the Riverside Station in the remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for the Nintendo Switch.
Dried Mushroom Dried Mushroom In the Sublevel, it is in the garbage can below the maze, near the door to the office. Nintendo GameCube
In the Sublevel, inside a garbage can on the lowest ground near the jump pad. Nintendo Switch 		Mario near a Dried Shroom in Riverside Station of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario near a Dried Mushroom in Riverside Station of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.
Station Key Entrance Key Outside Riverside Station, it is given by the Toad worker near the drawbridge. Mario near a Station Key from a station worker in Riverside Station of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario getting the Entrance Key from a station worker in Riverside Station of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.
Elevator Key (Riverside Station) Elevator Key In the Office, it is on top of a ledge inside some fencing and is accessed by Spring Jumping underneath the ledge. Mario near the Elevator Key in Riverside Station of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario near the Elevator Key in Riverside Station of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.
HP Plus (badge) HP Plus On the Deck, it is on a ledge in the northwest wall accessed by using Tube Mode at the base of the highest set of stairs. Mario near the HP Plus badge in Riverside Station of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario near the HP Plus badge in Riverside Station of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.
Ice Storm Ice Storm (×3) Nintendo Switch Behind a blowable poster in the second room. N/A Mario near the poster containing an Ice Storm in Riverside Station of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.Mario after blowing away the poster containing an Ice Storm in Riverside Station of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.
In a ? Block above a gear in the Machinery Room. N/A First block in the Riverside Station in the remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for the Nintendo Switch.
Behind one of the blowable posters in the lower part of the Deck. N/A Mario near the poster containing an Ice Storm in Riverside Station of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.Mario after blowing away the poster containing an Ice Storm in Riverside Station of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.
Maple Syrup Maple Syrup Nintendo Switch In a ? Block in the lower part of the Deck. N/A Last block in the Riverside Station in the remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for the Nintendo Switch.
P-Up, D-Down P-Up, D-Down In the Sublevel, it is in a small alcove inside the big maze. Mario near the P-Up, D-Down badge in Riverside Station of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario near the P-Up, D-Down badge in Riverside Station of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.
Shine Sprite Shine Sprite (×2) Near the wall corner on the right side of the Deck. Mario next to the Shine Sprite in the sunset area of Riverside Station in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario next to the Shine Sprite in the sunset area of Riverside Station in the remake of the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for the Nintendo Switch.
On top of the stairs above the records shelf in the Records Room. Mario next to the Shine Sprite over the stairs in Riverside Station in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario next to the Shine Sprite over the stairs in Riverside Station in the remake of the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for the Nintendo Switch.
Spite Pouch Spite Pouch Nintendo Switch Behind one of the blowable posters in the lower part of the Deck. N/A Mario near the poster containing a Spite Pouch in Riverside Station of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.Mario after blowing away the poster containing a Spite Pouch in Riverside Station of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.
Star Piece (Paper Mario series) Star Piece In the Machinery Room, it is behind the last gear. Mario getting the Star Piece in the gear/rear room of Riverside Station in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario getting the Star Piece in the gear/rear room of Riverside Station in the remake of the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for the Nintendo Switch.
Station Key Station Key In the Machinery Room, it is on the last platform. Mario near the second Station Key in Riverside Station of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario near the Station Key in Riverside Station of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.
Super Mushroom Super Mushroom (×2) Nintendo Switch Behind one of the blowable posters in the lower part of the Deck. N/A Mario near the poster containing a Super Mushroom in Riverside Station of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.Mario after blowing away the poster containing a Super Mushroom in Riverside Station of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.
In the Sublevel, it is in the larger garbage bin in the area before the door to the office. N/A Mario near a Super Mushroom in the garbage bin in Riverside Station of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.
Thunder Rage Thunder Rage Nintendo Switch Behind one of the blowable posters in the lower part of the Deck. N/A Mario near the poster containing a Thunder Rage in Riverside Station of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.Mario after blowing away the poster containing a Thunder Rage in Riverside Station of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch.
Ultra Boots Ultra Boots In the Office, it is in a chest in the ceiling and is accessed through the higher door in the records room. Only treasure chest in Riverside Station of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Only treasure chest in the Riverside Station in the remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for the Nintendo Switch.

Hidden ? Block[edit]

Main article: List of hidden blocks in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Item Description Block un/revealed (Nintendo GameCube) Block un/revealed (Nintendo Switch)
Thunder Rage Thunder Rage On the Deck, in the area with Poison Pokeys, is a lone ? Block. Jumping up from it reveals the hidden ? Block. Screenshot of Mario at a hidden ? Block location in Riverside Station, in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.Screenshot of Mario revealing a hidden ? Block (containing a Thunder Rage) in Riverside Station, in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario at a hidden ? Block location in Riverside Station, in the remake of the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for the Nintendo Switch.Mario revealing a hidden ? Block (containing a Thunder Rage) in Riverside Station, in the remake of the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for the Nintendo Switch.
Nintendo Switch version-exclusive
Item Description Image Image (block revealed)
Super Mushroom Super Mushroom In the Records Room, a Hidden Block can be found at the end of the middle ledge on the right. Riverside Hidden Block hidden Riverside Hidden Block

Area Tattles[edit]

  • "This is Riverside Station. It's one of the places where the Excess Express stops. This place is famous for its scenic beauty... It's the sunsets, you know. Just one more of the many pleasures Excess Express passengers get to enjoy."
  • "We're inside Riverside Station. It's an old brick building with natural warmth. Its antique elevator is totally charming, too. I am in LOVE with that thing! You think it works, though? I'm not that fond of getting trapped in elevators..."
  • "We're inside Riverside Station. This place has been out of use for a while, I think. I love those solitary lightbulbs hanging from the ceiling. It's so shabby chic."
  • "This is the other side of the big clock. Lots of endlessly moving gears... A lonely clock, counting out the endless progression of hours, heard by no one..."
  • "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 Goomnuts... It's amazing how much people throw away. There should be a door to the underground office somewhere down here."
  • "This is the Riverside Station office...but there doesn't seem to be anyone here. Hey, and now that I think of it, why would they put an office down here anyway? ...Or was I not supposed to bring that up?"
  • "This is the Riverside Station records room. They file all station business here. ...Or at least I think they do. Yup, these are probably files. Not to change the subject... But did you know you have to hit some switches a certain number of times? Yeah, that kind of came out of left field, but I was just wondering if you knew that..."
    • In the Switch version, because of the Partner Hints feature, everything after "Yup, these are probably files." is removed.
RogueportPetalburgPetal MeadowsHooktail CastleThe Great TreeBoggly WoodsPirate's GrottoKeelhaul KeyTwilight TownTwilight TrailFahr OutpostCreepy SteepleMoonX-Naut FortressGlitzvillePoshley SanctumRiverside StationPoshley HeightsA map of Rogueport and the surrounding areas visited during Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
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In-game map description[edit]

  • 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.

Gallery[edit]

  • Mario grabbing pipes to cross.

    Mario grabbing pipes to cross.

  • Riverside Station Treasure Chest.png
  • The deck in the remake

    The deck in the remake

Names in other languages[edit]

Riverside Station
Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese リバーサイド駅えき[?]
Ribāsaido Eki 		Riverside Station
Chinese (simplified) 河畔车站[?]
Hépàn Chēzhàn 		Riverside Station
Chinese (traditional) 河畔車站[?]
Hépàn Chēzhàn 		Riverside Station
Dutch Station Tulpenbeek[?] Tulip Brook Station
French Gare de Riverside[?] Riverside Station
German Tulpenbach[?] Tulip Creek
Italian St. Rocca Fluviale[?] Rock River Station
Korean 리버사이드 역[?]
Ribeosaideu Yeok 		Riverside Station
Spanish Estación de Riverside[?] Riverside Station

Sub-locations[edit]

The following names are present only in the Nintendo Switch remake.

Machinery Room
Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese きかい室[?]
Kikai Shitsu 		Machine Room
Spanish (NOE) Sala de los engranajes[?] Gear room
Deck
Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese デッキ[?]
Dekki 		Deck
Spanish (NOE) Terraza[?] Terrace
Basement
Language Name Meaning Notes
Spanish (NOE) Sótano[?] Basement
Office
Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese じむ室[?]
Jimu Shitsu 		Office
Spanish (NOE) Oficina[?] Office
Records Room
Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese しりょう室[?]
Shiryō Shitsu 		Reference Room
Spanish (NOE) Archivo[?] Archive
Control Room
Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese スイッチ室[?]
Suitchi Shitsu 		Switch Room
Spanish (NOE) Sala de control[?] Control room

Notes[edit]

  • 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 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.
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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo GameCube) / Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Main characters Bobbery • Flurrie • Goombella • Koops • Mario • Ms. Mowz • Princess Peach • Vivian • X-Nauts • Yoshi Kid
Species Bub-ulb • Craw • Crow • Doogan • Duplighost • Glitz Pit Security • Jabbi • Little Mouser • Nibbles • Para-bomb • Penguin • Pianta • Pig • Puni • Ratooey • Smorg • Toad • Twilighter • Yoshi
Chapters Prologue • Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8
Crystal Stars Diamond Star • Emerald Star • Gold Star • Ruby Star • Sapphire Star • Garnet Star • Crystal Star
Bosses Regular Blooper • Bowser • Gloomtail • Gold Fuzzy • Grodus • Kammy Koopa • Lord Crump • Rawk Hawk • The Iron Adonis Twins • Three Shadows (Beldam • Marilyn • Vivian/Doopliss)
Chapter Hooktail • Magnus von Grapple • Macho Grubba • Doopliss • Cortez • Smorg • Magnus von Grapple 2.0 • Shadow Queen
Optional Atomic Boo • Bonetail • Gus • Prince Musha • Whackaa
Non-playable characters Rogueport Arfur • Bomberto • Chet Rippo • Darkly • Dazzle • Eddy the Mask • Goomez • Goomfrey • Goomther • Grifty • Herb T. • Ian Foomusa • Lahla • Laki • Larson • Lucky • Luigi and his party (Blooey · Hayzee · Jerry · Screamy · Torque) • Lumpy • McGoomba • Merlee • Merlon • Merluvlee • Mousimilian • Peeka • Pianta syndicate (Don Pianta · Francesca · Frankie · Rocko · Tony · Vinny) • Plenn T. • Podley • Professor Frankly • Robbo Thieves (Garf · Goose · Gus · Ishnail · Pierre) • Swindell • Toadsworth • Wonky • Zess T.
Glitz Pit teams The Bob-omb Squad (Master Crash) • Chomp Country • Craw-Daddy • The Dead Bones • The Destructors • The Fuzz • The Goomba Bros. • Hamma, Bamma, and Flare (Hamma Jamma) • The Hand-It-Overs (Bandy Andy) • The Iron Adonis Twins • The Koopinator • The KP Koopas (King K) • The Magikoopa Masters • The Mind-Bogglers • The Poker Faces • The Pokey Triplets • The Punk Rocks (Cleftor) • Rawk Hawk • The Shellshockers (Shellshock) • Spike Storm • The Tiny Spinies (Spiky Joe) • Wings of Night (Sir Swoop)
Other / wandering Battle Mastera • Bootler • Bub • Bub-ulber • Businessman • Charlieton • Chef Shimi • Chestnut King • Creepy Steeple Boo • Doe T. • Doopliss's parrot • Dupree • Eve • Excess Express conductor • Excess Express engineer • Excess Express waitress • Fahr Outpost mayor • Flavio • Flo • Francesca • Frankie • Fred • General White • Ghost T. • Glitzville reporter • Gloomer • Gob • Goldbob • Goom Goom • Grubba • Heff T. • Jabble • Johnson • Jolene • Koopie Koo • Koopley • Koopook • Korvallis • Kroop • Lady Bow • Mayor Dour • Maude • Mover • Mr. Hoggle • Niff T. • Nob • Pa-Patch • Parakarry • Pennington • Petuni • Pine T. Jr. • Pine T. Sr. • Podler • Porter • Prince Mush • Pungent • Pungry • Punio • Puniper • Puni elder • Rob • Scarlette • Stewart • Swob • Sylvia • TEC • Thriff T. • Toad sailor • Toad sailor's brother • Toad salesmana • Toadette • Toadia • Toce T. • Toodles • Traveling Sisters Three • Twilight Shop manager • Twilight Shop manager's wife • Whacka • Zip Toad
Enemies

Bandit (Badge · Big) • Bill Blaster (Bombshell) • Blooper • Bob-omb (Bob-ulk · Bulky) • Boo (Atomic · Dark) • Bristle (Dark) • Bullet Bill (Bombshell) • Buzzy Beetle (Parabuzzy (Spiky) · Spike Top (Red)) • Chain-Chomp (Red) • Cleft (Bald (Hyper) · Hyper · Iron · Moon) • Crazee Dayzee (Amazy) • Dark Craw • Dry Bones (Dark · Dull · Red) • Ember (Lava Bubble · Phantom) • Fire Bar • Fuzzy (Green · Flower · Horde) • Goomba (Gloomba (Para- · Spiky) · Hyper (Para- · Spiky) · Para- · Spiky) • Goomboarda • Hammer Bro (Boomerang · Fire) • Koopa Troopa (Dark (Para-) · Koopatrol (Dark) · KP (Para-) · Para- · Shady (Para-)) • Lakitu (Dark) • Magikoopa (Green · Red · White) • Pale Piranha (Frost · Piranha Plant · Putrid) • Pider (Arantula) • Pokey (Poison) • Ruff Puff (Dark · Ice · Poison) • Spinia (Spania · Spunia) • Spiny (Sky-Blue) • Swooper (Swampire · Swoopula) • Wizzerd (Dark · Elite) • X-Naut (Elite · PhD · platoon) • Yux (Grodus X · Mini · X-Yux (Mini) · Z-Yux (Mini))

Locations Rogueport Lovely Howz of Badges • Niff T.'s shop • Pianta Parlor • Podley's Place • Rogueport Underground (Deepdown Depot · Herb T.'s place · Pit of 100 Trials) • Trouble Center • Toad Bros. Bazaar • Westside Goods
Chapter 1 Petal Meadows • Petalburg • (Path to) Shhwonk Fortress • Hooktail Castle
Chapter 2 Boggly Woods (Flurrie's House) • Great Tree (Pungent's Great Tree Shop)
Chapter 3 Glitzville (Fresh Juice Shop · Hot Dog Stand · Souvenir shop) • Glitz Pit
Chapter 4 Twilight Town (Twilight Shop) • Twilight Trail • Creepy Steeple
Chapter 5 Keelhaul Key (Keelhaul Galleria) • Pirate's Grotto
Chapter 6 Excess Express (Sales Stall) • Riverside Station • Poshley Heights (Poshley Sanctum)
Chapter 7 (Path to) Fahr Outpost (Northwinds Mart) • Moon (X-Naut Fortress)
Chapter 8 Palace of Shadow (Palace of Shadow Tower)
Bowser World 1 • World 2 • World 3
Miscellaneous Bowser's Castle • Inn • Item Shop • Mario Bros.' House
Items and objects Items Badge • Coin • Flower • Heart • Meat • Pianta token • Shine Sprite • Star Piece • Stone keys
Objects Big Bob • Black chest • Black Skull • Boat panel • Brick block • Candy Pop • Cheep Blimp • Chomp Rock • Cog • Coin block • Coral • Crystal Ball • Elevator • Flagpole • Hidden block • Koopa Clown Car • Metal Block • Plane panel • Power-draining machine • Recovery block • S.S. Flavion • Save Block • Shine Block • Stone Block • Switch • Teleporter • The Thousand-Year Door • Treasure chest • Warp Pipe • X-Naut ship • Yellow Block
Moves General Action Command • Appeal • Charge • First Strike • Flee • Guard • Stylish move • Superguard
Mario Jump (Spin · Spring) • Hammer (Super · Ultra) • Plane Mode • Paper Mode • Tube Mode • Boat Mode
Special Sweet Treat • Earth Tremor • Clock Out • Power Lift • Art Attack • Sweet Feast • Showstopper • Supernova
Goombella Headbonk • Tattle • Multibonk • Rally Wink
Koops Shell Toss • Power Shell • Shell Shield • Shell Slam
Flurrie Body Slam • Gale Force • Lip Lock • Dodgy Fog
Yoshi Kid Ground Pound • Gulp • Mini-Egg • Stampede
Vivian Shade Fist • Veil • Fiery Jinx • Infatuate
Bobbery Bomb • Bomb Squad • Hold Fast • Bob-ombast
Ms. Mowz Love Slap • Kiss Thief • Tease • Smooch
Game mechanics Stats Badge Point • Defense • Flower Point • Heart Point • Power • Star Point • Star Power
Status effects Allergic • Burn • Charged • Confused • Danger • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Dodgy • Electrified • Fast • Frozen • Huge • Immobilized • Invisible • Payback • Peril • Poison • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • Regeneration • Sleep • Slow • Soft • Tiny
Battle Audience • Bingo! • Level up • Stage
Minigames 65th Trivia Quiz-Off • 66th Trivia Quiz-Off • Happy Lucky Lottery • Pianta Parlor games • Stump Petuni
Lists and sub-articles

Art Gallerya • Badges • Bestiary (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Block locations (Hidden) • Enemy formations • Gallery (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Glitches (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Partner Hintsa • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes (By character: A–F · G–K · L–R · S–Z) • Recipes • Selling prices • Shine Sprites • Shops • Sound Gallerya • Staff (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Star Pieces • Star Point amounts • Story predictions • Tattles (Nintendo Switch) • Treasure chest locations • Unnamed NPCs

Miscellaneous Flash game • Parade • Rogueport Direct Mail Service
a Exclusive to the Nintendo Switch remake
Related Play Nintendo activities
On the paper trail!
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