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O' Chunks Reports back to Castle Bleck in shame, after his crushing defeat by Mario. Count Bleck then attempts to defeat Mario by sending [[Mimi]] to deal with the problem. Count Bleck is confident of this act as he has given Mimi powers to hopefully defeat Mario. Natasia then goes in the search of some of the "goons" who still aren't under the Count's control. Peach then wakes up in Castle Bleck where she meets a Koopa Troopa and a Hammer Bro. The Hammer Bro. goes in search for Bowser while Peach and the Koopa Troopa go in search for an exit. The Hammer Bro. is seen getting hypnotised by Natasia and is now under the Count's control. The duo continue their search for an exit and are then trapped by a dead-end. Natasia then hypnotises the Koopa Troopa and right before Peach gets hypnotised, she gets teleported out of Castle Bleck...
O' Chunks Reports back to Castle Bleck in shame, after his crushing defeat by Mario. Count Bleck then attempts to defeat Mario by sending [[Mimi]] to deal with the problem. Count Bleck is confident of this act as he has given Mimi powers to hopefully defeat Mario. Nastasia then goes in the search of some of the "goons" who still aren't under the Count's control. Peach then wakes up in Castle Bleck where she meets a Koopa Troopa and a Hammer Bro. The Hammer Bro. goes in search for Bowser while Peach and the Koopa Troopa go in search for an exit. The Hammer Bro. is seen getting hypnotised by Natasia and is now under the Count's control. The duo continue their search for an exit and are then trapped by a dead-end. Natasia then hypnotises the Koopa Troopa and right before Peach gets hypnotised, she gets teleported out of Castle Bleck...


Mario returns to Flipside where he goes to Merlon's place with the second Pure Heart he got from Merlumina. A citizen of Flipside enters Merlon's place in panic and then guides Merlon to the Third Floor of Flipside. Mario follows them both only to notice Peach lying on the ground unconscious. Merlon requests Mario to go to Saffron's for a dish that can help Peach recover. Saffron cooks some [[Spicy Soup]] using a [[Fire Burst]] and she then recovers fully. Mario and Peach go to Merlon's Place where he says that the next Pure Heart is most likely held by Merlee, the charmer. Princess Peach who just joined the group, helps Mario find the next Heart Pillar, where they put the Pure Heart they just got and an orange door appears on Flipside Tower leading to Gloam Valley. The heroes then set off for the third Pure Heart.
Mario returns to Flipside where he goes to Merlon's place with the second Pure Heart he got from Merlumina. A citizen of Flipside enters Merlon's place in panic and then guides Merlon to the Third Floor of Flipside. Mario follows them both only to notice Peach lying on the ground unconscious. Merlon requests Mario to go to Saffron's for a dish that can help Peach recover. Saffron cooks some [[Spicy Soup]] using a [[Fire Burst]] and she then recovers fully. Mario and Peach go to Merlon's Place where he says that the next Pure Heart is most likely held by Merlee, the charmer. Princess Peach who just joined the group, helps Mario find the next Heart Pillar, where they put the Pure Heart they just got and an orange door appears on Flipside Tower leading to Gloam Valley. The heroes then set off for the third Pure Heart.

Revision as of 09:34, July 24, 2008

Template:Infobox For more uses, see Paper Mario (disambiguation).

Super Paper Mario is an RPG-type platformer for the Wii, in the vein of the classic Mario titles, but with the aesthetic qualities of the Paper Mario series. The game takes place in a strange 2D dimension. However, it's not just a 2D side-scroller. The game fuses elements of 2D and 3D gameplay together, shifting back and forth between dimensions. As Nintendo Power magazine describes it, the game is the first "5D" sidescrolling video game.

The player must start out with Mario, as time moves on Princess Peach, Luigi, and even Bowser will be playable and switched at anytime via the + menu. The game also uses a lot of references from Super Mario Bros. For example, a certain power-up allows characters to turn into a huge pixelated 8-bit sprites of themselves to destroy virtually everything in their path. They look like they did in Super Mario Bros. when this happens.

The game was originally planned for the Nintendo GameCube, but Nintendo changed it to the Wii to accomidate the motion-sensing to control Tippi and the mini-games. Additionally, the game was originally going to be released in 2006, but the year has been changed to 2007. All of the graphics in the game also seem to have pixelated effects, including small squares to make up colors of objects and backgrounds; however, they are visible and share a style with Mario's Super Picross. Super Paper Mario was released in North America on April 9, 2007 and in Europe on September 14, 2007.

Story

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The interdimensional wedding, where the Chaos Heart is being created. This particular part is slightly different in the final game.

As so many stories start, Princess Peach has been kidnapped and, upon hearing this news, Mario and Luigi set off to Bowser's Castle to save her from Bowser, whom they suspect to be the kidnapper. However, it is not true. Once they arrive and confront the Koopa King, he says that he was just about to do that. That's when the evil Count Bleck, a mastermind who refers to himself and others in third person, appears, along with Peach. He uses his control of black holes to render Mario unconscious, then takes Bowser, the Koopa Troop, Luigi, and Peach to Castle Bleck, which is in another dimension. Mario is the only one left in the keep, still out-cold. Bleck has possession of a book named Dark Prognosticus which tells of a marriage of a powerful king, and a pure-hearted princess, that will open a dimensional rift ("The Void") that will swallow the whole universe.

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Mario in Chapter 1-1 beta, flipped to the 3-D dimension.

Later on, Peach regains her own consciousness to find herself and Bowser in wedding outfits. It's a wedding that's been arranged by Count Bleck, where Peach is about to get married to Bowser! Bleck, acting as the priest, asks both of them if they will "take each other as their lawfully wedded husband/wife until their games are over". Bowser joyfully says yes, but Peach refuses. She is then put into hypnosis by Bleck's assistant, Nastasia and by forced her to say "I do". Luigi, also in the area, wakes and tries to stop Bleck. But it's too late-because of the the bonding of Bowser and Peach, the Chaos Heart has appeared. Bleck begins laughing evilly and flees the scene with the Heart.

Meanwhile, Mario is awakened by a Pixl named Tippi, who brings him to the town of Flipside (where a small hole, The Void, is found in the sky). Here Mario meets Merlon. Merlon has the opposite of Bleck's book called the Light Prognosticus, and he explains to Mario that the book tells of a hero to stop Bleck, which exactly describes Mario. But before he can do anything, he must find the eight Pure Hearts, one of which Merlon has and gladly offers to Mario. Tippi then guides Mario to the first Heart Pillar where Mario puts the Pure Heart he got fom Merlon and a red door appears on top of Flipside Tower leading straight to Lineland. Before Mario starts his journey for the seven other Pure Hearts, Merlon tells him that the hero will meet a flip wizzerd that will teach him the "dimensional technique" which is a cruicial ability to finding the rest of the pure hearts and saving the world. Merlon, being sure this refers to his friend Bestovius, leads Mario to Lineland to seek-out the flip wizzerd and this technique.

Meanwhile, in Castle Bleck, Natasia reports to Count Bleck that there has been some "inter-dimensional activaties" lately and suspects it's the hero of prophecy that's causing it. Count Bleck then sends O' Chunks to take care of the hero. Dimentio then decides to join O' Chunks in his plans to defeat the hero.

Chapter 1: Lineland

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Mario proceeding in Lineland.

by going trhough the red door, Mario starts of his adventure in Lineland, the first world. He manages to find the Flip wizard, Bestovius, and gains the ability to flip between dimensions. He uses this ability quite often, for it helped him proceed through Lineland. After the green lush, Mario and Tippi then go to Mount Lineland where, after a lot of mountain climbing, they eventually reach Yold Town, where he finds another Pixl named Thoreau. This Pixl proves to be very handy later on when Mario goes to Yold Desert and solves many puzzles using his new friend. Here, Mario was greeted by O' Chunks, a minion of Count Bleck with a Scottish accent who attacks him. Mario used Thoreau to beat the thug easily, and proceeded onward to the Yold Ruins. There, Mario went through some tricky traps and puzzles, until he made it to the top of the ruins, where he was greeted by Fracktail. Fracktail checked his databases, (to which there was the familiar look of the Wii Shop Channel loading symbol, complete with the jingling chimes) and recognized Mario as the legendary hero. The robotic dragon was about to let Mario pass, until Dimentio comes and corrupts him. He fights Mario, but was soon defeated. Mario then enters the sanctum Fracktail was guarding, and was given a Pure Heart by Merlumina, one of the ancients who wrote the Light Prognosticus.

Note: In part 1-1 of this world, the background music has a remix of the classic Super Mario Bros and Super Mario World themes, as well as the famous six blocks from the beginning of world 1-1 in Super Mario Bros.

Interlude

O' Chunks Reports back to Castle Bleck in shame, after his crushing defeat by Mario. Count Bleck then attempts to defeat Mario by sending Mimi to deal with the problem. Count Bleck is confident of this act as he has given Mimi powers to hopefully defeat Mario. Nastasia then goes in the search of some of the "goons" who still aren't under the Count's control. Peach then wakes up in Castle Bleck where she meets a Koopa Troopa and a Hammer Bro. The Hammer Bro. goes in search for Bowser while Peach and the Koopa Troopa go in search for an exit. The Hammer Bro. is seen getting hypnotised by Natasia and is now under the Count's control. The duo continue their search for an exit and are then trapped by a dead-end. Natasia then hypnotises the Koopa Troopa and right before Peach gets hypnotised, she gets teleported out of Castle Bleck...

Mario returns to Flipside where he goes to Merlon's place with the second Pure Heart he got from Merlumina. A citizen of Flipside enters Merlon's place in panic and then guides Merlon to the Third Floor of Flipside. Mario follows them both only to notice Peach lying on the ground unconscious. Merlon requests Mario to go to Saffron's for a dish that can help Peach recover. Saffron cooks some Spicy Soup using a Fire Burst and she then recovers fully. Mario and Peach go to Merlon's Place where he says that the next Pure Heart is most likely held by Merlee, the charmer. Princess Peach who just joined the group, helps Mario find the next Heart Pillar, where they put the Pure Heart they just got and an orange door appears on Flipside Tower leading to Gloam Valley. The heroes then set off for the third Pure Heart.

Chapter 2: Gloam Valley

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Peach traveling in Gloam Valley.

They enter Gloam Valley and cross multiple water gaps in the hopes to find Merlee's Mansion. On the way, they find an explosive Pixl named Boomer who helped them defeat Shlurps and clear puzzles. They find Merlee's Mansion where Mimi is disguised as a maid for Merlee. Mimi has set some traps to stall the heros, but they eventually find a key leading to the locked door guarded by a Gnaw. They enter another room where they break a vase worth one million rubees. The heroes find themselves in a huge dept and are forced to pay it in full, in order to continue the adventure. On the way, they meet a new Pixl called Slim giving them the ability to turn paper thin. After accessing some secret rooms with the help of a couple of emprisonned men, they managed to collect one million rubees and repay the loan, where Mimi then explodes of rage because the heros decursed the mansion and the emprisonned men in it. Tippi guides the heros to the basement of the mansion only to find Merlee trying to comunicate with them, however the distance is too vast so she shortly loses connection with them. Merlee was able to tell the heros that she was indeed in the basement of the mansion, but also that they should be careful... Tippi wonders what she could have meant by "be careful", but alas, the heros continue through the mazelike basemnet. They reach a room where it appears to have Merlee in it. But the heros remembering Merlee's words, soon discovered it was actually Mimi using her clone ability on Merlee. Mimi, angry at her failure, transforms into her true from, a spider-like creature. The heros continue their search for Merlee while still having Mimi on their trail, and eventually end-up in the girl's washroom where Merlee hid. Mimi chooses do turn back into Merlee again to try to fool the heros into thinking she was realy Merlee. The heros are forced to take on a quiz show determing who is the real Merlee. When Mario an Peach figure-out who the real Merlee is, Mimi attacks them, but the battle shortly ended with the help of Merlee's cheers. Merlee then offers the Third Pure Heart to the duo, however, she mentions that the two will find two more heros in their quest.

Interlude

With Mimi defeated by the hero, Count Bleck decides to send his third minion, Dimentio, to go after the hero of prophecy. Natasia goes back at trying to find the rest of the "goons" who still aren't under the Count's control. Meanwhile, Luigi wakes-up at Castle Bleck and is shortly greeted by two Goombas who tricked him into finding them an exit out of the castle. They're eventually meeted by a dead-end where one of the Goombas is seen getting hypnotised by Natasia. The other Goomba simply joins the winning team and Luigi is then held by the other brain-washed goons (and a traitor Goomba) where he then gets hypnotised by Natasia himself...

With the heros having three Pure Hearts in hand, they go in search for the third Heart Pillar by themselves and with the help of their new pixls, Boomer and Slim. They managed to find the Heart Pillar and put the third Pure Heart in it making a yellow door appear on Flipside Tower leading to the Bitlands. With Merlee's words of "the other two heros" in their heads, they cary on their jounrey in the hopes of eventually finding them.

Chapter 3: The Bitlands

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The Bitlands.

Meanwhile, Luigi attempts to escape from Castle Bleck, but is captured by Goombas and Koopas under Nastasia's control, and receives a terrible fate offscreen. Mario and Peach use the next Pure Heart to enter the Bitlands, where Tippi is kidnapped by Francis, the nerdy chameleon. They meet the Pixl Barry, who gives them advice for on their way to Francis' home, then returns to his hiding place in a bush. While they are going through the Bitlands, Mario and Peach come across Bowser, and after getting a good beating, and some talking into, enlists his help to find the Pure Hearts with them. The three manage to get to the next area, the Tile Pool. Here, they meet the Pixl Thudley, who helps them escape the 8-bit waters (but not until after they beat up the gargantuan squid, Big Blooper, that is). Afterwards, they scale the giant Dot Wood Tree, and confront Dimentio (again in Mario's case). They defeat him, and ride the pixlated red wind to the end of that area. At last, they reached Fort Francis, where they freed yet another Pixl, Carrie. With her help, Mario and Co. managed to get around the fort to get the secret passwords to Francis' room. Unfortunately, the cat-like door shot lasers at Mario and Bowser, so only Peach could enter. Alone, she faced Francis, who got a bad case of infatuation, and used a dating simulator to win her over. He failed miserably, resulting in his program going up in smoke. But when he finds out that she's after Tippi (whom he called Francine), he quickly retaliates. Mario and Bowser come in to aid her, and the trio toppled the geeky chameleon, and rescued Tippi. Tippi was so grateful that a Pure Heart came out of nowhere! At a point in 3-1, a warp pipe will take the player to an area that is a replica of world 1-2 from the oringinal Super Mario Bros.

Chapter 4: Outer Space

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Mario, Tippi, Squirps, and Barry check out something unusual.

They used the next Pure Heart to enter Outer Space, but found out they could not breathe here (even though they could in the last game) So they went back and got a helmet from one of the citizens back at Flipside, then went back to Outer Space. Here, they met Squirps, who served as their guide and ray gun to attack the space creatures. They made a pit stop on Planet Blobule so that Squirps could go to the bathroom. They found an outhouse, but had to irradicate the Pixl Fleep out of there first by giving some "toilet" paper first. Fleep thanked the gang by joining their party. After Squirps was done with his business, they went back onward into the Outer Limits. After that, they made their arrival to the Whoa Zone, where the Pure Heart was said to be here (or so said Squirps). After going through all the weirdness of the zone, they found the final path to the Pure Heart being blocked by another one of Bleck's flunkies, Mr. L. He seemed to more fore familiar to the others, as his attacks were of that of someone else they knew very well. The trio triumphed over Mr. L, but that just made him call for backup - his weird space machine, Brobot. Using Squirps, Brobot toppled, and Mr. L ran off. Squirps then led the gang to a statue of his mother, where the Pure Heart lied.

Upon returning to Flipside, Tippi faints, leaving her at Merlon's and the gang finding the way into the next world themselves. Luckily, Fleep revealed a way into the alter-ego of Flipside, Flopside. Here, they manage to reveal the next door. They go back to Flipside, get Tippi, and enter the next world.

Chapter 5: Land of the Cragnons

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Mario flees from a raging Muth.

They drop in (literally) to Downtown of Crag, where they are given the job of finding the missing citizens who are being taken away by Floro Sapiens. As the gang tracks down some Floro Sapiens with Cragnons, they end up fighting O'Chunks again (with the assistance of Dimentio's Dimension D). They beat him, and then find another Pixl, Cudge, who helps them enter the Floro Caverns. There, they helped Flint Cragley find his cameramen, and use the key he had to enter into the deeper parts of the Floro Caverns. Eventually, they found out that the Floros have been brainwashing Cragnons with Floro Sprouts to do their bidding. Mario and Co. wandered around the area, until they found another Pixl, Dottie. She used her powers to shrink the gang when needed, and this led to everyone fighting O'Chunks again. This time though, Dimentio put a Floro Sprout on the Scotsman's head, making him look, feel, and sound dumber than he already was. They beat him in Dimension D again, and got the Sprout he dropped off. The Sprout helped Mario get inside the main hall of the Floro Sapien ruler, King Croacus. They met the king himself, then gave him a good beating. Only afterwards did they find out that it was the Cragnons who were doing the wrong-doing by polluting the waters with their garbage, which had driven Croacus mad. After the apologies, Mario and Co. were awarded the next Pure Heart that Croacus had.

Chapter 6: Sammer's Kingdom

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Sammer's Kingdom.

They used the next Pure Heart to open a doorway leading to the Sammer's Kingdom, where the Void is almost at full size. They were "welcomed" by one of the Sammer Guys, Jade Blooper. They fight, and beat him. That's when King Sammer comes with his 99 other Sammer Guys, and explians the rules of his land. Beating all 100 of his men will earn them his treasure: another Pure Heart. So, the gang starts fighting their way though the gates of Sammer Guys. Unfortunatley, when they reach the 20th gate and defeat Rolling Thwomp, Count Bleck appears announcing the imminent destruction of the Sammer Kingdom. After Tippi has a brief chat with him, Bleck leaves. Mario and Co. go past the next five Sammer Guys, who are too weak to fight, until they meet up with the king again. he decides that they should have the Pure Heart now instead of later, and shows that it's in the chest on the 26th gate. The gang opens it up to reveal not a Pure Heart, but a bomb that blows up in their face, but nobody is harmed. The king is upset at this, and reveals himself to be Mimi. She fights the crew in her normal form, but gets trashed again. She doesn't care, because she was only trying to stall them. Mimi leaves, and the gang continues to rush to the 100th gate. But by the 30th, they are too late. The Void devours the entire kngdom, and everything in it.

Thankfully, the gang manages to get back Flipside, unharmed. They see the door to the Sammer Kingdom still there, and decide to go back in. What they find is nothing but a large, white land mass. The Void left the Sammer Kingdom totally blank, leaving only small outlines of the palace, and a really long line for the gang to walk on. Mario and Co. continue to go through the dead world, until they come across the Pure Heart, or what was left of it, as it looked to be nothing more than a dull, heart-shaped rock. But before they could claim it, Mr. L appears and takes it for himself. The gang battles him, and his new Brobot L-Type, and emerge victorious again. They get the Pure Heart from L, who later on gets "destroyed" by Dimentio. Afterwards, Mario and Co. go back to Merlon's to discuss what to do about the Pure Heart rock. Dimentio appears with the answer, and "destroys" Mario, Peach, and Bowser.

Chapter 7: The Underwhere

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Mario hanging around in some type of fountain.

Mario wakes up to find himself in The Underwhere- the video game Underworld. Mario looks around trying to find a way out of the place. He comes across a strange fairy-like girl who doesn't seem to like him, then makes his way to Queen Jaydes' palace. Here, he meets Jaydes, who finds herself in a predicament. King Grambi of The Overthere wishes to have his daughter Luvbi back immediately. Jaydes asks Mario to find Luvbi for her, and for doing so, will revive the stone Pure Heart. Mario's search for Luvbi ends up in him finding his own brother Luigi. With Luigi's special jump ability, the Mario Bros. find Luvbi, who goes back to Jaydes after being found again. The brothers return to Jaydes, who is happy to have Luvbi back. She gives back at restored Pure Heart, and sends them back to Flipside.

The brothers head back to Merlon's to get the Pixls, then head to Flopside to activate the next door. The door ironically takes them back to the Underwhere, where Jaydes gives them a new task of escorting Luvbi to the Overthere. They make their way past Underwhere Road, where they find Bowser and get past three Dorguys, including fighting a ravenous Underchomp. Then they make their way through Overthere Stair where they manage to get Peach back by waking her up from a deep sleep with a repulsive fruit. Finally, when they reach The Overthere, they end up freeing Nimbis, fighting all sorts of skeletons, and beating up the frozen cannon creature, Bonechill, who was attacking the Overthere. It was later revealed that Luvbi was a Pure Heart, and after a fierce argument with her parents, Luvbi decided to transform back to her Pure Heart form, and was given to Mario and the gang.

Chapter 8: Castle Bleck

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The entrance to the castle.

They went back to Flopside to use the last Pure Heart to enter Castle Bleck. Here, the gang faces many foes, including strong, white versions of past enemies, and more of Bowser's brainwashed lackies. Eventually, the gang meets up with Count Bleck's most loyal minions once more. Bowser fights O'Chunks, Peach fights Mimi, and Luigi fights Dimentio. These battles all lead to the same results of them being lost to the castle, leaving only Mario left to fight Count Bleck. Before Luigi engages Dimentio, Dimentio reveals his true intentions. He has been plotting against Bleck the whole time, feigning loyalty to him and manipulating events for his own sinister purposes. He was the one who released Peach and Bowser from Castle Bleck so they would join Mario. He released Luigi from Nastasia's mind control and sent him to the Underwhere to meet up with Mario who he sent to the Underwhere to repair the powerless Pure Heart. He has been testing and helping them the whole time in order for them to collect the Pure Hearts and use them to defeat Bleck. Mario finally makes it to the castle's inner sanctum, where he is greeted by Bleck himself, and Nastasia. After his assistant leaves, Bleck attacks Mario with the power of the Chaos Heart, while Mario continuously jumps on him, having no effects. Eventually, Bleck gets bored with Mario and prepares a major attack that will end him. At that moment, Bowser, Peach, and Luigi come in to help. It looks like they survived whatever happened to them, and used the Pure Hearts to break Bleck's barrier. The foursome manages to topple the vulnerable Count, revealing the Chaos Heart.

As Bleck pleads for death, Dimentio emerges, seemingly murders Nastasia, and takes control of the Chaos Heart, and Luigi! He fuses them together to create Super Dimentio. Dimentio then sends Bleck, Nastasia, and Tippi to Dimention D, and combines his power with his jester abomination to make the beast invincible. Super Dimentio reveals that he's invincible to the heroes and begins to destroy all worlds. As all hope seems lost along with existence itself, Bleck and Tippi argue about the heroes' predicament, until Mimi and O'Chunks come with their support. It is revealed that before Tippi was turned into a Pixl, she was really Timpani, the love of Count Bleck, and that when Timpani vanished, Count Bleck thought the world was meaningless without her and used the Chaos Heart to try to destroy it. Now reunited, their hope makes the Pure Hearts reactivate. Tippi brings them to Mario and the gang, and uses them to render Super Dimentio vulnerable(as well as fully healing Mario and Co.). After an intense battle, Super Dimentio's body explodes leaving only his head. Barely clinging to life, Dimentio has one last trick up his sleeve. He leaves a portion of his power to stay behind even after death to continue controlling the Chaos Heart and wipe out all existence. Uttering his final "Ciao", Dimentio explodes and sinks into the ground and obliteration. Luigi is released unharmed, but the Chaos Heart's power continues and the worlds continue to decay. As the worlds begin to deform under the humongous Void, the reformed Bleck and his minions lead Mario and other three heroes to a door that Bleck summons. It's the chapel where Bleck married Bowser and Peach. Bleck and Tippi come to the podium, where they marry themselves. This was enough to get rid of the Chaos Heart and the Void.

Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, Nastasia, O'Chunks, Mimi, and the Pixls return to Flipside, where they are greeted once more by Merlon. They are all curious to what happened to Bleck and Tippi, now known to be Blumiere and Timpani. Until then, they all participate in a victory dinner that Saffron made for them. Mario and the others were sent back to their own dimension after that.

Between chapters, an all-dialogue narrative takes place, concerning the story of two lovers named Blumiere and Timpani, which becomes increasingly relevant to the main story of the game. Template:Endspoiler

Gameplay

Playable Characters

Playable characters are

  • Mario – He has the ability to view the two dimensional world from the side, making a three-dimensional path that would normally be impassible. However, this uses up power from his ability meter, then his health, and at the same time restoring the power gauge.
  • Princess Peach – She can use her parasol to float long distances and deflect damage. Playable after Chapter 1, she at first starts out in Castle Bleck, then ends up at Flipside. After this, she joins Mario in his adventure. She becomes unplayable in two points however; from after Chapter 6 to the middle of Chapter 7-3, and from the end of Chapter 8-2 to the middle of the fight with Count Bleck.
  • Bowser – He is able to breathe fire, a far more powerful attack than other attacks, and his jumps deal double the damage. however, his heavy weight makes him the slowest of the group. Playable from Chapter 3 onwards except from two points; from after Chapter 6 to the middle of Chapter 7-2, and from the end of Chapter 8-1 to the middle of the fight with Count Bleck.
  • Luigi – He has a higher jump than the others, allowing him to reach places otherwise inaccessible. First playable after Chapter 2, he begins in Castle Bleck. Afterwards, Luigi gets brainwashed and turned into Mr. L until the end of Chapter 6. He does not become playable again until Chapter 7 onwards, when he joins Mario's party. There are two more instances where he is not playable: from the end of Chapter 8-3 to the middle of the fight with Count Bleck, and the entire fight with Super Dimentio (because during that fight, Dimentio and Luigi both transform into Super Dimentio).

Audience

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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 Remote when stomping on an enemy. 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. The audience in this game only has a handful of species from the previous game. By doing this, the player can get more points way faster.

Items

Attack Items

  • Bone-In Cut – Temporarily doubles the player's Attack.
  • Fire Burst – Broils enemies with searing flames.
  • Ghost Shroom – Summons a Ghost Shroom to damage enemies.
  • Ice Storm – Pelts enemies with frigid shards of ice.
  • Mighty Tonic – Briefly doubles the player's attack.
  • Pow Block – Rattles enemies on the ground and ceiling.
  • Shell Shock – Rams into enemies when the player kicks the shell.
  • Shooting Star – Showers enemies with a flurry of shooting stars.
  • Thunder Rage – Strikes enemies with lightning.
  • Volt Shroom – Briefly paralyzes enemies the player touches.

Defense Items

Recovery Items

Miscellaneous Items

  • Catch Card – Catches an enemy's soul (rarely 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 – A medal worth 10,000 points.
  • HP Plus – Raises HP by 5 permanently.
  • Mega Star – Makes the player huge and invincible for a short time.
  • Mystery Box – Becomes a random item when used.
  • Pal Pill – Summons little buddies to surround and defend the player.
  • Poison Shroom – Poisons and damages the player.
  • 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 – A medal worth 1,000 points.
  • Stop Watch – Stop enemies in their tracks.

Important Items

Bosses

Big Blooper in Chapter 3-2. Note that this is actualy taken from the beta verson, as the unused Ladder Pixl is seen here.
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Super Dimentio vs Bowser.

Pixls

Pixls 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. Also, an odd ladder pixl was seen in beta versions of the game, but was cut out from the final version for unknown reasons.

Pixl Information
Tippi Tippi is the first Pixl that Mario will find. She resembles a butterfly, and can find secrets and areas previously inaccessible without her. She will also give information on characters and give the crew hints. Tippi is unique because she is always active, so Mario will always have two Pixls out at once (one of which is always Tippi). Tiptron will get this power at the end of the game when Tippi permanently leaves the player.
Thoreau Thoreau resembles a hand. He grants the characters the ability to pick up enemies, and then throw them. Nintendo Power noted that this ability is probably a reference to the move that the characters could perform in Super Mario Bros. 2 or Doki Doki Panic.
Boomer Boomer possesses the ability to turn into a bomb, and blow up. This will uncover secret areas, and can defeat certain enemies. He is usally the key in many boss battles as well.
Slim Slim will allow Mario and crew to turn sideways, and squeeze through tight spaces such as rails. Also, if the player stands still she'll become invisible.
Thudley Thudley will give Mario and friends the ability to Ground Pound. It gives double damage.
Carrie Carrie is able to turn into a platform that can carry Mario and Co. through dangerous places, to safety. She can travel over spikes and take no damage. She can also jump over spiked enemies.
Fleep Fleep can flip objects caught in a different dimension back to its original one. Mario and co. should look for shining objects that resemble a lightning bolt. 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, and is the least used of all the required Pixls in the game.
Cudge Cudge lets Mario use a hammer like in previous Paper Mario titles. It can slam down posts, break open areas, and does double damage.
Dottie Dottie has the ability to shrink the main character. The player can then go into little red doors. (They are shops with hard to find items) Enemies will not notice the player, but if Mario and co. touch them they will still take damage.
Barry Barry can surround the main character with a strong barrier that can destroy enemies in its way. He can also shoot sound waves that can hurt enemies when he turns into a barrier. (optional)
Dashell Dashell provides a speed boost for the party. It's useful when walking around. (optional)
Piccolo Piccolo plays music that can cure Mario and team from any status problems (such as poison or burned). She can also break blocks with a Piccolo carved in it.(optional)
Tiptron Although not a Pixl, Tiptron 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, even her consciousness. (optional)

Character Artwork

Extra Mini Games and Options

The Flipside Arcade

  • Forget Me Not-A card matching game with familiar characters from the game. Missing a few times in one round is a game over.
  • Mansion Patrol-A shooting game that involves the character shooting boos to get points. Interestingly, this game marks one of the only appearances of Toads in the entire game.
  • Tilt Island-The player uses the Wii Remote to tilt a small "island" of sorts while collecting food items and dodging enemies.
  • Hammer Whacker (Unlockable with Golden Card)-The player holds a large hammer and whacks giant shells back at the Koopa Striker that hit the shells towards the player.

The Pits of 100 Trials

The Sammer Guy Tournament

  • After the player beats the game, they can also do the Sammer Guy Tournament, this time being able to do the entire 100 gates, without the kingdom being destroyed again.

Trivia

  • The Light Prognosticus confirms the possibility of a sequel to Super Paper Mario: according to Merlon and Nolrem, the last page says that, even if Count Bleck (or Dimentio, as Super Dimentio) is beaten, the Dark Prognosticus and The Void is just pushed into the future at an unknown and uncertain point and time.
  • In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, a certain videogame-obsessed Toad found in Petalburg mentions constantly playing "the new Paper Mario game," apparently Super Paper Mario, if talked to after the game is beaten. Notably, he mentions that this new Paper Mario game will be pleasing to fans of Luigi, indicating that Luigi's playability or the inclusion of Mr. L in Super Paper Mario may have been in planning stages even during the development of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
    • Luigi also may have been a late addition to the game. Though playable, the game manual doesn't mention him. Luigi is nowhere to be found in the character pages, and the boxart give him small, discreet appearances, especially in comparison to those of the other playable characters. Luigi was also not present in any of Super Paper Mario's early forms of promotional material. However, Nintendo may have wanted to keep Luigi's playability secretive, given that he becomes playable long after the other three characters in the game.
  • The game has a noticeably darker theme to it than most previous Mario games, with scenes like Mimi cracking her neck and transforming, King Sammer's Kingdom being obliterated into a white void, Bowser, Peach, and Luigi seemingly dying, and quite a few others. The very plot is much more darker, revolving around the impending destruction of all worlds, dimensions, and living things.
  • This is the first Paper Mario game that Kammy Koopa does not appear in.
  • Bowser hits on Peach a lot more than the other Paper Mario games since he thinks they're married.
  • Many puzzles in Super Paper Mario are carry-ons from earlier games in the Paper Mario series, notably the torch-secret-sequence puzzles that is found in the original Paper Mario
  • There was one change in the games script in the PAL English version of Super Paper Mario, in which Dimentio insults Luigi by calling him a "Pushover", as opposed to his original insult, in which was to call Luigi's Mustache a "shag".
  • Despite Nastasia's plans, Peach was not brainwashed, due to Dimentio teleporting her to Flipside. However, she was brainwashed in the last installment, as the final boss, the Shadow Queen, making it possible that she was to become a similar villain.

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Super Mario Bros. / Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels / Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
Characters Playable Mario • Luigi
Unplayable Mushroom King • Mushroom retainer • Princess Toadstool • Boo2 • Yoshi2
Worlds Super Mario Bros. World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8 • Hard Mode
The Lost Levels World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8 • World 9 • World A • World B • World C • World D
Misc. Coin Heaven • Minus World • Sub-area • Warp Zone
Items 1 up Mushroom • Coin • Fire Flower • Magic Mushroom • Poisonous Mushroom1,2 • Red Coin2 • Starman • Yoshi Egg2
Objects ? Block • 3-2-1 Block2 • Ax • Balance Scale • Beanstalk • Brick Block • Bridge • Buzzy shell • Cloud • Coral • Door1 • Dotted-Line Block2 • Face Block2 • Fireworks • Flagpole • Flimsy Lift • Hidden Block • Horsehair plant • Jumping board • Koopa shell • Lift • Pipe • POW Block3 • Small cloud • Staircase • Super Mushroom • Super Spring1,2 • Water • Wind1
Forms Fiery Mario • Invincible Mario • Regular Mario • Super Mario
Enemies and obstacles Bloober • Bottomless pit • Bowser's Brother1,2 • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Cheep-cheep • Enemy clone3 • Fire-Bar • Hammer Brother • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Koopa's fire • Lakitu • Lava • Little Goomba • Piranha Plant • Podoboo • Sky Blooper1,2 • Spike Trap2 • Spiny • Spiny's egg • Turtle Cannon
Bosses Bowser • Fake Bowser
Miscellaneous Gallery (The Lost Levels · Deluxe) • Glitches (The Lost Levels) • Media • Pre-release and unused content • References in later media • Staff (Deluxe) • Super Mario Bros.: Mario Syndrome
Related games All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. • BS Super Mario Collection • Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario All-Stars (+ Super Mario World · Limited Edition) • Super Mario Bros. 35 • Super Mario Bros. Special • VS. Super Mario Bros.
1 Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
2 Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
3 Super Mario Bros. 35
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