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| ''Paper Mario'' was originally intended to be a sequel to ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', aptly titled '''''[[Super Mario RPG 2]]'''''. However, [[Square Enix]] split from Nintendo while the game was being produced, and the project was cancelled.
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| In 2004, ''Paper Mario'' was followed by a sequel for the [[Nintendo GameCube]], entitled ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''. One day, Mario received a letter from the Princess, telling him about her discovery of an ancient Treasure Map. She wrote that she was in the town of [[Rogueport]], and that she wanted Mario to come help her find the treasure that it led to. She even included the map within the letter.
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| | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (known as Paper Mario RPG in Japan), is the second installment in the Paper Mario series; it was released for the Nintendo GameCube in 2004. Peach writes Mario a letter telling Mario of a map she found in [[Rougeport]] and asking if he can help with her. The map reveals that one must collect [[Crystal Stars] to open [[The Thousand-Year Door] After hearing that Princess Peach has gone missing, Mario must also set out on a mission to rescue her from the fiends that have kidnapped her. [[Grodus]] is the main antagonist and is commander of the [[X-Nauts]] as he sets out to collect the Stars as well as destroy any barricade in his way. |
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| | The game is very similar to its predecessor, however the battle sequences has been improved on, with advanced techniques, stage effects with an audience, and a stackable-badge system. Mario also gains new paper abilites such as turning into an airplane or a boat when the situation calls for it. |
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| Not long after Mario arrived in the port by boat, he saw a strange man named [[Lord Crump]] hassling a young Goomba girl about items known as [[Crystal Stars]]. The Goomba spotted the hero and begged him to help her, and so Mario quickly pummeled the strange evil-doer. Lord Crump was impressed, but soon he called on a squad of alien creatures called [[X-Naut]]s. The X-Nauts pummeled left and right, but they were too oblivious to notice that Mario and the Goomba had already gotten away from them. The Goomba introduced herself as [[Goombella]], and she soon took notice of Mario's Treasure Map. Immediately after, [[Toadsworth]] ran into Mario, and told him that the Princess had gone missing. Keeping this in mind, Mario and Goombella had to find the young Goomba girl's professor.
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| The two explored Rogueport until they found [[Professor Frankly]]'s house. Frankly found that the map lead to all seven Crystal Stars, the objects needed to open the [[Thousand-Year Door]]. Behind the famed door was a marvelous treasure - or so rumors told. Frankly took them underground, where the Thousand-Year Door was. Once Mario stood on a pedestal that lied before the door, the specific location of the first Crystal Star was found.
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| As Mario went through this journey, he collected one Crystal Star after another, and made many allies. Some even went anywhere Mario took them, for one reason or another. He was joined by a cowardly Koopa Troopa named [[Koops]]; a kindly, ex-actress wind spirit named [[Flurrie]]; a fierce baby [[Yoshi (kid)|Yoshi]] who Mario took care of and named; a once evil-doing [[Shadow Siren]] named [[Vivian]]; an old Bob-Omb sailor named [[Admiral Bobbery]]; and a petty thief who Mario meets several times, [[Ms. Mowz]].
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| While Mario collected the Crystal Stars, Princess Peach tried to find out where she was being held. She met up with the leader of the evil organization that kidnapped her, [[Sir Grodus]]. Lord Crump told Grodus about a man in a red cap, overalls, and a mustache that beat him up. Princess Peach instantly knew it was Mario, but she unfortunately spoke about him out loud in front of the X-Nauts. Grodus kept the bit of information memorized, as the X-Nauts took Princess Peach back to her room. The Princess took a brief shower, and soon saw the door in front of her automatically open. More and more doors did this, until she found herself face-to-face with the X-Nauts' computer, [[TEC-XX]]. He claimed to have gotten a glitch when he saw the Princess, and she realized that somehow, the computer may have fallen in love with her. As Peach interacted with TEC, he asked that she do some sort of favor for him, and in return, Peach could send an E-Mail about any information she may have learned. Eventually, however, Grodus and the X-Nauts became aware of TEC's irresponsible doings, and shut him down.
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| [[Image:Staring_Mario.jpg|thumb|left|The new look for ''Paper Mario''.]]
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| Mario and Peach weren't the only ones taking part in the adventure. When Kammy Koopa informed Bowser of Mario hunting for treasure and Peach being kidnapped by somebody else, he had an outrageous fit. He immediately took off to find Crystal Stars, AND the Princess. Bowser visited many places that Mario had been two chapters before-hand, only to find that Mario swiped the Crystal Stars there before he could. In the final Bowser event, a [[Paragoomba]] informed Bowser of Mario's heading for the [[Palace of Shadow]], the place that was behind the Thousand-Year Door. Bowser raced there to catch up with Mario.
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| Eventually, Mario had to get to the moon for the final Crystal Star, and found that it was being held in the [[X-Naut Fortress]]. He took on Lord Crump for the fourth time in his journey, though this time he used one of his [[Magnus Von Grapple Robots]]. Once Mario defeated him, he could open the door. Mario's party met Professor Frankly to open the door. Frankly insisted on staying behind, but wished the gang good luck.
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| Mario bested the various creatures that stood in his way, and soon encountered the Shadow Sirens, allies of the X-Naut Legion. They revealed that the Professor Frankly who accompanied them while opening the door was actually [[Doopliss]], one of Mario's foes who replaced Vivian when she betrayed them. Mario immediately took care of them, and continued on.
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| Soon, he met Grodus for the first time, and they battled head-to-head. Grodus was defeated, but not for good: he revealed that he had Princess Peach right behind him, and that if Mario even dared to attack him, she would be a goner. However, Grodus could not do anything after Mario's answer, as he was crushed by Bowser, who fell from the ceiling. Kammy Koopa came with him, and they battled Mario in order to get both the Crystal Stars ''and'' Princess Peach. Mario also crushed the two Koopas, and found that Grodus was running off with the Princess through a secret entrance. Mario followed him, and saw that Grodus was opening the coffin of the "treasure": a thousand-year-old demon known as the [[Shadow Queen]]. As the queen awoke, darkness spread across the entire world.
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| The Shadow Queen possessed the Princess, and destroyed Grodus for trying to command her. The Shadow Sirens appeared and revealed that they were planning on betraying Grodus anyway - they were acquaintances of the Queen. She offered Mario to become her eternal slave, and in return, she would not harm him. Mario immediately refused and went to battle with the Queen. She realized that she wasn't used to Peach's body, and she reverted back to her original form, which made her completely invincible. Mario pondered what to do, when the Crystal Stars suddenly appeared. They scattered across the land, and when Mario's friends saw them, they gave their best wishes to Mario. The wishes could be heard in the Shadow Queen's room, and they restored Mario back to full health. Princess Peach was also able to temporarily wish good luck to Mario, even despite the fact that she had been possessed. Mario was now able to hurt the Queen, and soon, she was vanquished. Princess Peach was absolutely fine, and the adventure was over.
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| The third, and most recent installment of the ''Paper Mario'' series is ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. This installment, unlike it's predecessors, is an Action/Adventure genre, similar to ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''.
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| The story begins with a peaceful day in the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]. Just to get out of the rut, Mario and Luigi decide to pay a visit to Princess Peach. However, a Toad comes by and tells you that Princess Peach has been kidnapped. | | The third, and most recent installment of the ''Paper Mario'' series is ''Super Paper Mario'', released on April 9, 2007 in USA and April 19, 2007 in Japan. The story takes place in the 2-D world of Flipside, where Mario, Peach, Bowser, and Luigi have been warped to by Count Bleck. This time, the 4 must collect the [[Pure Hearts]] to stop Bleck's plan of destroying all the worlds. |
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| Mario then embark on his greatest adventure yet. To stop Count Bleck and save the world, Mario travels to different dimensions, collecting [[Pure Hearts]], the entitys of love and purity, and the only thing to counteract the [[Chaos Heart]]. He meets many different characters and fights many different fights.
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| | *Paper Mario for the N64 was originally intended as a sequel for [[Super Mario RPG]]. As such, many elements from the predecessor are noticeable. |
| *In all the ''Paper Mario'' games, Mario can transform into an 8-Bit version of himself, along with some type of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' music accompanied with it. | | *In all the ''Paper Mario'' games, Mario can transform into an 8-Bit version of himself, along with some type of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' music accompanied with it. |
| * For the USA and Europe, the Paper Mario games gave been released every 3 years, 2001, 2004 and 2007, which may indicate that a 'fourth' Paper Mario will be released in 2010. | | * For the USA and Europe, the Paper Mario games gave been released every 3 years, 2001, 2004 and 2007, which may indicate that a 'fourth' Paper Mario will be released in 2010. |
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The Paper Mario series is a Mario sub-series that has spanned over Nintendo's latest three consoles. It began in 2001, and has continued up to the present.
The series began with the aptly-named Paper Mario, a Role Playing Game for the Nintendo 64. It is named Paper Mario because of the characters' two-dimensional appearance.
The story of the game was that Bowser had kidnapped Princess Peach by lifting her castle into the sky (specifically, his castle was buried underneath the Princess's and flew into the air to lift it up). Mario could not defeat him, because the evil king used a weapon known as the Star Rod to become invincible. However, with the power of Princess Peach's wishes and great Star beings known as the Star Spirits, Mario was able to make the Star Rod ineffective, and promptly defeated Bowser.
While Mario progressed through the quest, short missions featuring Princess Peach were featured at the end of each chapter. In these missions, she is helped by a Star Kid named Twink to sneak around her castle in any way possible and find information that could help Mario. Twink would then fly down to Mario and inform him of the news.
The game also introduces partners, eight of which are available in this game. Each partner has four attacks, and they have all of the same tactics as Mario except for running away and using Items. The partners (in order) are Goombario, Kooper, Bombette, Parakarry, Bow, Watt, Sushie, and Lakilester.
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Main article: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (known as Paper Mario RPG in Japan), is the second installment in the Paper Mario series; it was released for the Nintendo GameCube in 2004. Peach writes Mario a letter telling Mario of a map she found in Rougeport and asking if he can help with her. The map reveals that one must collect [[Crystal Stars] to open [[The Thousand-Year Door] After hearing that Princess Peach has gone missing, Mario must also set out on a mission to rescue her from the fiends that have kidnapped her. Grodus is the main antagonist and is commander of the X-Nauts as he sets out to collect the Stars as well as destroy any barricade in his way.
The game is very similar to its predecessor, however the battle sequences has been improved on, with advanced techniques, stage effects with an audience, and a stackable-badge system. Mario also gains new paper abilites such as turning into an airplane or a boat when the situation calls for it.
Peach cutscenes return, with Peach trying to handle her situation of where she is and interacts with the main computer of her prison, TEC-XX. Along with Peach events, Bowser also has playable intermissions, in which he is also traveling to find the Crystal Stars, including side-scrolling stages very similar to Super Mario Bros.
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Main article: Super Paper Mario
The third, and most recent installment of the Paper Mario series is Super Paper Mario, released on April 9, 2007 in USA and April 19, 2007 in Japan. The story takes place in the 2-D world of Flipside, where Mario, Peach, Bowser, and Luigi have been warped to by Count Bleck. This time, the 4 must collect the Pure Hearts to stop Bleck's plan of destroying all the worlds.
This installment, unlike it's predecessors, is an Action/Adventure genre, similar to Super Mario Bros.. However, it does retain some of Paper Mario's RPG elements, such as leveling up and using partners. The game also fuses elements of 2D and 3D gameplay together, shifting back and forth between dimensions.
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Trivia
- Paper Mario for the N64 was originally intended as a sequel for Super Mario RPG. As such, many elements from the predecessor are noticeable.
- In all the Paper Mario games, Mario can transform into an 8-Bit version of himself, along with some type of Super Mario Bros. music accompanied with it.
- For the USA and Europe, the Paper Mario games gave been released every 3 years, 2001, 2004 and 2007, which may indicate that a 'fourth' Paper Mario will be released in 2010.
