Flipside
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- “Of course, our fair Flipside is in no dimension at all! No! it is BETWEEN dimensions!”
- —Merlon, Super Paper Mario
Flipside is an interdimensional town in Super Paper Mario, created by the Ancients. Flipside is odd and irregular compared to most places in the Super Mario franchise, introducing a whole new style of its own. There is a mirrored version of Flipside called Flopside. The people of Flipside are pixel-like and have bodies made of separate layers. Flipside is the home of some very important characters, including Merlon, Howzit the item shop owner, Saffron the chef, Merluvlee the fortune teller and many more.
Flipside has three different "floors" and two basement ones which can be accessed by elevators interconnected with each other. They are numbered sequentially in the north American version, but in the PAL version, the first floor is known as the "Ground Floor", the second floor becomes the "first floor", and the third floor becomes the "second floor". Almost every structure in Flipside, except a few places and roofs, is whitish or gray with a hint of yellow, and the sky of Flipside is also whitish-yellow, with many geometric cubes and symbols hovering about. There is an area outside of the town of Flipside, simply called the Flipside Outskirts, which seems to be a strange, interdimensional wasteland filled with monsters. Flipside also houses a Pit of 100 Trials, and both Flipside and Flopside are depicted on the walls of the first 25 rooms, paired with Mario's first Pure Heart.
Within Flipside, there exist several structures called Heart Pillars. Mario must place the Pure Hearts that he finds throughout his adventure into these structures to open up a path to the next world and the next Pure Heart. Flipside Tower, located in the middle of the town, controls the flow of dimensional energy to teleport people to other worlds. Heart Pillars and a different Tower are also found in Flopside.
A city hall of Flipside is referenced by the broken-down elevators in the early stages of the game, as well as by the sign warning players of the Pit of 100 Trials. Tippi's tattle of Merlon implies that he may be considered the leader of the town, as she claims that many people living there put their faith in him.
Features
Flipside Tower
- All Dimensional Doors excluding the one leading to Castle Bleck, which is on Flopside Tower
Third Floor (Second Floor in PAL edition)
- First Heart Pillar
- Pook
- Skeet
- O'Chunks (after Super Dimentio is defeated)
Second Floor (First Floor in PAL edition)
- Howzit's Shop
- Merlon's House
- Tinga's Inn
- Merluvlee's House
- Chap
- Fret
- Minnie
- Muffy
- Nora
- Welderberg (in 3D, sometimes)
Outskirts
- Fourth Heart Pillar
First Floor (Ground Floor in PAL edition)
(After using Boomer to explode the wall)
- Heronicus's House
- Catch a Dream
- A walkway accessible using Fleep which leads to the Mirror Hall
- Betsy
- Helvetica
- Patch
- Pearl
Outskirts
- Second Heart Pillar
B1
- The Underwhere
- Chap
- Garson
- The InterNed (after beating the game)
- Flipside Arcade (accessible by flipping inside The Underwhere)
- Bizzy
- The water where Captain Gills is placed
- Flimm
- Itty Bits
Outskirts
- Third Heart Pillar
B2
- Flipside Pit of 100 Trials
- Welderberg (in 3D, sometimes)
Menu description
- "This ancient town lies stuck between dimensions. It was built eons ago by an ancient civilization. On the other side of Flipside lies a town called Flopside. The pillars in town were built to hold Pure Hearts. When placed in a pillar, they open doors to other worlds. The town may also hold other mysteries..."
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Japanese | ハザマタウン[?] Hazama Taun |
In-Between Town | |
French | Recto[?] | Connotation to the recto side of a leaf of paper | |
German | Flipstadt[?] | Fliptown | |
Italian | Svoltadilà[?] | Turn that way | |
Korean | 틈새타운[?] Teumsae Taun |
Gap Town | |
Spanish | Villacara[?] | Pun on "cara" (head) from "cara o cruz" (heads or tails) |
- Flipside Tower
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Japanese | ハザマタワー[?] Hazama Tawā |
Flipside Tower | |
French | Tour Recto[?] | Flipside Tower | |
German | Flipstadt-Turm[?] | Flipside Tower | |
Italian | Torre di Svoltadilà[?] | Flipside Tower | |
Korean | 틈새타워[?] Teumsae Tawo |
Flipside Tower | |
Spanish | Torre de Villacara[?] | Flipside Tower |
- Third Floor
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Japanese | ハザマタウン 3階[?] Hazama Taun Sankai |
Flipside 3F | |
French | Recto - 3e étage[?] | Flipside - 3rd floor | |
German | Flipstadt Ebene 3[?] | Flipside Floor 3 | |
Italian | Svoltadilà, 3e piano[?] | Flipside, 3rd Floor | |
Korean | 틈새타운 3층[?] Teumsae Taun 3-cheung |
Flipside 3F | |
Spanish | Villacara, nivel 2[?] | Flipside, level 2 |
- Second Floor
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Japanese | ハザマタウン 2階[?] Hazama Taun Nikai |
Flipside 2F | |
French | Recto - 2e étage[?] | Flipside - 2nd floor | |
German | Flipstadt Ebene 2[?] | Flipside Floor 2 | |
Italian | Svoltadilà, 2e piano[?] | Flipside, 2nd Floor | |
Korean | 틈새타운 2층[?] Teumsae Taun 2-cheung |
Flipside 2F | |
Spanish | Villacara, nivel 1[?] | Flipside, level 1 |
- Second Floor Outskirts
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Japanese | ハザマタウン 2階 外部[?] Hazama Taun Nikai Gaibu |
Flipside 2F Outside | |
French | Abords de Recto / Abords de Recto - 2e étage[?] | Outskirts of Flipside / Outskirts of Flipside - 2nd floor | |
German | Flipstadt Rand / Flipstadt E 2 Außenbezirk[?] | Flipside Edge / Flipside F 2 Outskirts | |
Italian | Periferia di Svoltadilà / Svoltadilà, 2e piano: periferia[?] | Outskirts of Flipside / Flipside, 2nd Floor: outskirts | |
Korean | 틈새타운 2층 외부[?] Teumsae Taun 2-cheung Oebu |
Flipside 2F Outside | |
Spanish | Afueras de Villacara / Afueras de Villacara, nivel 1[?] | Outskirts of Flipside / Outskirts of Flipside, level 1 |
- First Floor
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Japanese | ハザマタウン 1階[?] Hazama Taun Ikkai |
Flipside 1F | |
French | Recto - 1er étage[?] | Flipside - 1st floor | |
German | Flipstadt Ebene 1[?] | Flipside Floor 1 | |
Italian | Svoltadilà, 1e piano[?] | Flipside, 1st floor | |
Korean | 틈새타운 1층[?] Teumsae Taun 1-cheung |
Flipside 1F | |
Spanish | Villacara, nivel 0[?] | Flipside, level 0 |
- First Floor Outskirts
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Japanese | ハザマタウン 1階 外部[?] Hazama Taun Ikkai Gaibu |
Flipside 1F Outside | |
French | Abords de Recto - 1er étage[?] | Outskirts of Flipside - 1st floor | |
German | Flipstadt E 1 Außenbezirk[?] | Flipside F 1 Outskirts | |
Italian | Svoltadilà, 1e piano: periferia[?] | Flipside, 1st Floor: outskirts | |
Korean | 틈새타운 1층 외부[?] Teumsae Taun 1-cheung Oebu |
Flipside 1F Outside | |
Spanish | Afueras de Villacara, nivel 0[?] | Outskirts of Flipside, level 0 |
- B1
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Japanese | ハザマタウン 地下1階[?] Hazama Taun Chika Ikkai |
Flipside B1 | |
French | Recto - RDC[?] | Flipside - Ground Floor | |
German | Flipstadt UG 1[?] | Flipside B1 | |
Italian | Svoltadilà, S1[?] | Flipside B1 | |
Korean | 틈새타운 지하 1층[?] Teumsae Taun Jiha 1-cheung |
Flipside B1 | |
Spanish | Villacara, nivel -1[?] | Flipside, level -1 |
- B1 Outskirts
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Japanese | ハザマタウン 地下1階 外部[?] Hazama Taun Chika Ikkai Gaibu |
Flipside B1 Outside | |
French | Abords de Recto - RDC[?] | Outskirts of Flipside - Ground Floor | |
German | Flipstadt UG 1 Außenbezirk[?] | Flipside B1 Outskirts | |
Italian | Svoltadilà, S1: periferia[?] | Flipside, B1: outskirts | |
Korean | 틈새타운 지하 1층 외부[?] Teumsae Taun Jiha 1-cheung Oebu |
Flipside B1 Outside | |
Spanish | Afueras de Villacara, nivel -1[?] | Outskirts of Flipside, level -1 |
- B2
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Japanese | ハザマタウン 地下2階[?] Hazama Taun Chika Nikai |
Flipside B2 | |
French | Recto - Sous-sol[?] | Flipside - Basement | |
German | Flipstadt UG 2[?] | Flipside B2 | |
Italian | Svoltadilà, S2[?] | Flipside B2 | |
Korean | 틈새타운 지하 2층[?] Teumsae Taun Jiha 2-cheung |
Flipside B2 | |
Spanish | Villacara, nivel -2[?] | Flipside, level -2 |
- B2 Outskirts
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Japanese | ハザマタウン 地下2階 外部[?] Hazama Taun Chika Nikai Gaibu |
Flipside B2 Outside | |
French | Abords de Recto - Sous-sol[?] | Outskirts of Flipside - Basement | |
German | Flipstadt UG 2 Außenbezirk[?] | Flipside B2 Outskirts | |
Italian | Svoltadilà, S2: periferia[?] | Flipside, B2: outskirts | |
Korean | 틈새타운 지하 2층 외부[?] Teumsae Taun Jiha 2-cheung Oebu |
Flipside B2 Outside | |
Spanish | Afueras de Villacara, nivel -2[?] | Outskirts of Flipside, level -2 |