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|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]])
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[[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]]; the train typically stops at this station so it can be refueled before its commute continues. Following its abandonment, a large swarm of [[Smorg]]s have taken up residence amid the station's dilapidated interior. The station proper contains a hub area, an elevator, a clock room, and an old office and archives in the station's basement. While [[Mario]] and his team were travelling to Poshley Heights to find the [[Garnet Star]] in Chapter 6, an unknown entity lifted 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. From there, Mario must access the station's basement to obtain the [[Ultra Boots]]. Using his newly acquired 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. The Smorg horde stowed away on the train shortly after the dilemma was resolved and attacked the train the next morning, but was eventually defeated by Mario and his team.
{{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 The Thousand-Year Door]]</i> ([[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 station's decommission was quite possibly a result of the [[Smorg]] infestation or other enemies that invaded. Despite its dilapidated state, there are two workers at the station.


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 archives 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==
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===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==
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!width="20%"|Location
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|[[Close Call P]]
|[[Close Call P]]
|[[File:Close Call P.png|25x25px]]
|[[File:Close Call P.png|25x25px]]
|In the first room, it's on the ledge on the northwest walls.
|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.
|-
|-
|[[Dried Mushroom]]
|[[Dried Mushroom]]
|[[File:Dried Shroom TTYD.png|25x25px]]
|[[File:Dried Shroom TTYD.png|25x25px]]
|In the maze area in the deep place, it's in the garbage can down the maze.
|In the garbage dump, it is in the garbage can below the maze.
|-
|-
|[[Elevator Key (Riverside Station)|Elevator Key]]
|[[Elevator Key (Riverside Station)|Elevator Key]]
|[[File:Elevator Key RS TTYD.png|25x25px]]
|[[File:Elevator Key RS TTYD.png|25x25px]]
|In the storeroom area in the deep place, it's on top of a ledge inside a cage in the storeroom.
|In the office, it is on top of a ledge inside some fencing and is accessed by Spring Jumping underneath the ledge.
|-
|-
|[[HP Plus (badge)|HP Plus]]
|[[HP Plus (badge)|HP Plus]]
|[[File:HP Plus TTYD.png|25x25px]]
|[[File:HP Plus TTYD.png|25x25px]]
|In the sunset area, it's on a ledge on the northwest wall.
|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.
|-
|-
|[[P-Up, D-Down]]
|[[P-Up, D-Down]]
|[[File:PUp DDown.png|25x25px]]
|[[File:PUp DDown.png|25x25px]]
|In the maze area in the deep place, it's in a small cave inside the big maze.
|In the garbage dump, it is in a small alcove inside the big maze.
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Shine Sprite]]
|rowspan=2|[[Shine Sprite]]
|rowspan=2|[[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|25x25px]]
|rowspan=2|[[File:Shine Sprite TTYD.png|25x25px]]
|Near the wall corner in the right of the sunset area in Riverside Station.
|Near the wall corner on the right side of the deck.
|-
|-
|On top of the stairs above the records shelf in the low-west room of Riverside Station.
|On top of the stairs above the records shelf in the records room.
|-
|-
|[[Star Piece (Paper Mario series)|Star Piece]]
|[[Star Piece (Paper Mario series)|Star Piece]]
|[[File:Star Piece TTYD.gif|25x25px]]
|[[File:Star Piece TTYD.gif|25x25px]]
|To the north of the second room, it's behind the last gear.
|In the machinery room, it is behind the last gear.
|-
|-
|[[Station Key]]
|[[Station Key]]
|[[File:Station Key alt.png|25x25px]]
|[[File:Station Key alt.png|25x25px]]
|Outside Riverside Station, it's got from the Toad worker near the bridge.
|Outside Riverside Station, it is given by the Toad worker near the drawbridge.
|-
|-
|[[Station Key]]
|[[Station Key]]
|[[File:Station Key.png|25x25px]]
|[[File:Station Key.png|25x25px]]
|To the north of the second room, it's on the last platform in the gear room.
|In the machinery room, it is on the last platform.
|-
|[[Super Mushroom]] [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]
|[[File:Super Mushroom PMTTYDNS icon.png|25px]]
|In the garbage dump, it is in the larger garbage bin in the area before the door to the office.
|-
|-
|[[Thunder Rage]]
|[[Thunder Rage]]
|[[File:Thunder Rage TTYD.png|25x25px]]
|[[File:Thunder Rage TTYD.png|25x25px]]
|In the sunset area, it's in an invisible block on top of the question block on the north side.
|On the deck, it is in an invisible block above the block in the higher area.
|-
|-
|[[Ultra Boots]]
|[[Ultra Boots]]
|[[File:Ultra Boots TTYD.png|25x25px]]
|[[File:Ultra Boots TTYD.png|25x25px]]
|In the storeroom area in the deep place, it's in a chest in the rooftop above the storeroom.
|In the office, it is in a chest in the ceiling and is accessed through the higher door in the records room.
|}
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|[[File:Thunder Rage TTYD.png]]<br>[[Thunder Rage]]
|[[File:Thunder Rage TTYD.png]]<br>[[Thunder Rage]]
|Outside, in the area with [[Poison Pokey]]s, is a lone ? Block. Jumping up from it will reveal the hidden ? Block.
|Outside, in the area with [[Poison Pokey]]s, is a lone ? Block. Jumping up from it reveals the hidden ? Block.
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==In-game map description==
==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.''
*''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==
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PMTTYDNS Riverside Station.jpg|The deck in the remake
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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*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 remake always has set times instead of using the Nintendo Switch’s clock.
*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 [[Beldam]] and [[Marilyn]] in this chapter and repurposed for the Goombas.
*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 [[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 block. Breaking the block will cause it to stay broken until the player leaves Riverside Station. The international versions made this block unbreakable.
*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.
**The unbreakable block in international versions does not bounce upon being hit like other Empty Blocks do.
*Some train pictures can be seen on the walls in various places inside the station building.  In the [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|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.


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Revision as of 19:31, June 5, 2024

Riverside Station
Riverside Office.png
Mario grabbing pipes to cross.
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 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 station's decommission was quite possibly a result of the Smorg infestation or other enemies that invaded. Despite its dilapidated state, there are two workers at the station.

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 archives 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

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

Formations

For enemy formations in Riverside Station, see here.

Items

Item Icon Location
Close Call P Sprite of the Close Call P badge in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. 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.
Dried Mushroom Dried Shroom TTYD.png In the garbage dump, it is in the garbage can below the maze.
Elevator Key Sprite of the Elevator Key of Riverside Station in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. In the office, it is on top of a ledge inside some fencing and is accessed by Spring Jumping underneath the ledge.
HP Plus Sprite of the HP Plus badge in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. 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.
P-Up, D-Down Sprite of the P-Up, D-Down badge in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. In the garbage dump, it is in a small alcove inside the big maze.
Shine Sprite A Shine Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Near the wall corner on the right side of the deck.
On top of the stairs above the records shelf in the records room.
Star Piece A sprite of a Star Piece. In the machinery room, it is behind the last gear.
Station Key Sprite of a three-holed Station Key in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Outside Riverside Station, it is given by the Toad worker near the drawbridge.
Station Key Station Key.png In the machinery room, it is on the last platform.
Super Mushroom Nintendo Switch Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) In the garbage dump, it is in the larger garbage bin in the area before the door to the office.
Thunder Rage The Thunder Rage from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door On the deck, it is in an invisible block above the block in the higher area.
Ultra Boots The Ultra Boots from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door In the office, it is in a chest in the ceiling and is accessed through the higher door in the records room.

Hidden ? Block

Main article: List of hidden blocks in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Item Description Image Image (block revealed)
The Thunder Rage from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Thunder Rage
Outside, 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.

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."
  • "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..."
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.
Click an area to open the relevant article.

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.

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
French Gare de Riverside[?] Riverside Station
German Tulpenbach[?] Tulip Creek
Italian St. Rocca Fluviale[?] Rock River Station
Spanish Estación de Riverside[?] Riverside's Station

Trivia

  • 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 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.