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Paper Mario, known in Japan as Mario Story (マリオストーリー, Mario Sutōrī?), (originally known as Super Mario RPG 2) is a role-playing video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 game console. It was first released in Japan on August 11, 2000, in North America on February 5, 2001, and in Europe and Australia on October 5, 2001. Paper Mario was re-released for Nintendo's Virtual Console in 2007.
Paper Mario is set in the Mushroom Kingdom as the protagonist Mario tries to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser. To do so, he must locate seven "Star Spirits" to negate the effects of the captured Star Rod, which grants invincibility to Bowser. The player controls Mario and a number of partners to solve puzzles in the game's overworld and defeat enemies in a turn-based battle system. The battles are unique in that the player can influence the effectiveness of attacks by performing required controller inputs known as "action commands".
Paper Mario is the first installment for the Paper Mario series and is the predecessor to the GameCube game Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the Wii game Super Paper Mario, and the upcoming 3DS game Paper Mario. The game received a positive reaction from the media, attaining an aggregate score of 88% from Game Rankings and 93% from Metacritic. It was rated the 63rd best game made on a Nintendo system in Nintendo Power's "Top 200 Games" list in 2006.
Mario (マリオ, Mario?) is a fictional character in the Mario video game franchise by Nintendo, created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Serving as Nintendo's mascot and the eponymous protagonist of the series, Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation. Though originally only appearing in platform games, starting with Donkey Kong, Mario currently appears in varied video game genres such as racing, puzzle, party, role-playing, fighting, and sports.
Mario is depicted as a short, pudgy, Italian plumber who lives in the Mushroom Kingdom. He repeatedly rescues Princess Peach from the turtle-like villain Bowser and stops his numerous plans to destroy him and take over the kingdom. Mario also has other enemies and rivals, including Donkey Kong and Wario. Since 1995, he has been voiced by Charles Martinet.
As Nintendo's mascot, Mario is said to be the most famous character in video game history.Mario games, as a whole, have sold more than 210 million units, making the Mario franchise the best-selling video game franchise of all time. Outside of the Super Mario platform series, he has appeared in video games of other genres, including the Mario Kart racing series, sports games, such as the Mario Tennis and Mario Golf series, role-playing video games such as Paper Mario and Super Mario RPG, and educational games, such as Mario is Missing! and Mario's Time Machine. He has inspired television shows, film, comics, and a line of licensed merchandise.
The Star Road is a magical place where wishes are granted. A sacred object called the Star Rod powers the wish-granting process, and it is protected by the seven Star Spirits. Well, it was, until the evil Koopa King, Bowser, and his henchwoman Kammy Koopa show up and scatter the Star Spirits all across the land. Bowser steals the Star Rod, and with it, gains the power to grant his own cruel desires, including defeating his longtime nemesis: the famous mustachioed plumber, Mario. Meanwhile, Mario and his brother Luigi have just been invited to a party at Princess Peach's castle. While Luigi stands around in the lobby, Mario wanders upstairs to find Princess Peach herself. They decide to have a little chat, but just then, the castle is ripped out of the ground and carried high into the sky by Bowser's own fortress. Bowser shows up to confront Mario, but Bowser harnesses the power of the Star Rod, making him invincible. After finally defeating Mario, he shoots our hero right out the window! Fortunately, Mario is made of paper in this story, and lands unharmed but unconscious in the woods. Toad nurses our hero back to health, and Mario soon finds himself having to rescue the Star Spirits, while gaining new companions and special powers along the way...
Keywords: bomb, bowser, brother-brother-relationship, character-name-in-title, ghost, invulnerability, plumber, princess, role-playing, sequel
Twink: Princess Peach! Make a wish! A wish for everyone... you, me, Mario... and everybody in the Mushroom Kingdom!
[Mario has been hit by the door on Merlon's house. He is on the ground, unconcious]::Merlon: Why is someone sleeping outside of my door?
[after being defeated by Twink, the Star Kid]::Kammy Koopa: Ugh... now I remember... the Stars get their powers from the wishes of ordinary people!
Boo: I know a ghost who's AMAZING at scaring people. Every time I see him work, he takes my breath away!... Well, if we're splitting hairs, ghosts don't actually breathe... but you get the idea.
Bowser: Mario defeated me... again... he always defeats me! This time I became invincible! And I STILL couldn't beat him!
Merlee: Hello, welcome! How are you? Feeling jolly? Feeling blue? I'm Merlee, you see, that's me! A prettier gal you'll never see. I do magic, but not for free. Well, do you dare to take a chance? Want to watch my cards dance?
Goompapa: [after kammy koopa destroys the gate] I just fixed that gate. Nobody say "gate" to me.
Bow: [when Mario is accused of murder] I swear on my own grave! Mario's innocent!
Kooper: Oh, no, Mario! The Star Beam isn't working!
Fake Bowser: It's time for me to beat these foolish ideas out of you! Saving Peach? Please! Watch this and weep!