Toad Town
From the Super Mario Wiki
| Toad Town | |
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| Greater Location | Mushroom Kingdom |
| Capital | Princess Peach's Castle |
| Current Ruler | Princess Peach |
| Inhabitants | Toads |
| First Appearance | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars |
| Latest Appearance | Mario Kart Wii |
Toad Town is the capital of the Mushroom Kingdom, as set in Paper Mario for the Nintendo 64 console, and one of its largest cities. It is populated by various races, the vast majority being people called Toads. Toad Town is just located just south of Peach's Castle.
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[edit] Appearances
[edit] Paper Mario
In Paper Mario, Mario and his group of friends travel through Toad Town quite often, as it is the hub area for the game and most areas can only be reached by passing through Toad Town (Forever Forest, Lavalava Island, Pleasant Path, etc.). At Toad Town's train station, the K64 train frequently departs to Mt. Rugged, and its dock is home to arriving and departing boats.
A massive sewer system called Toad Town Tunnels is under the town and has warp pipes to all areas in the game. Badges, Super Blocks, and enemies lurk in the damp darkness.
Toad Town's main entrance square contains an item shop, the Toad Town Dojo on the second floor of a two-story building (the first floor of which is inaccessible) and multiple houses, including Russ T.'s library-like home.
Rowf and Rhuff's badge stand, a Toad House, the home of Merlon the fortune-teller and the Post Office are near the gate to Peach's Castle at the north end of town. South of here you can find Tayce T.'s house, the entrance to Toad Town Tunnels and the path leading to Forever Forest.
In an otherwise abandoned house in the southwest part of town is the Shy Guy's Toy Box, where Muskular, one of the Star Spirits, was being held. Also here is a second item shop. The southern-most area is where the train station is located, as well as the Li'l Oink farm. Finally, the western-most area of Toad Town has the docks and a single building in which a lively bar is housed.
The flower garden, just south of the Toad House, is tended to by Minh T., and serves as the portal to Flower Fields. The path to Flower Fields can be opened if Mario and co. give Minh T. all four Magical Seeds which are received from Bub-ulbs spread out all over the Mushroom Kingdom.
The main entrance to Toad Town also has a Warp Pipe that leads toMario and Luigi's house.
[edit] Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Mario walks around Toad Town plaza in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga to learn the basic skills of the game. If Mario assists certain citizens, he'll get extra Mushrooms for his journey. Mario only visits Toad Town at the very beginning of this game.
[edit] Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
In Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, the Mario Bros. and their baby selves travel to a Toad Town of the past, which was completely destroyed by the Shroobs. The only survivors left in the town are two old lady Toads who run the shop there. Everywhere else in Toad Town at that time was overrun with enemies.
[edit] Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy begins in Toad Town on the night of the Star Festival celebrations. During the festivities, however, Bowser attacks with his Airships, as well as a giant UFO, and abducts Peach's Castle, bringing it to outer space. This is also Toad Town's first appearance outside of a Mario RPG. It is called "Castle Gardens" in this game.
Toad Town reappears in the final galaxy, Grand Finale Galaxy. Mario must collect all of the purple coins scattered around Toad Town to make the final Power Star appear. This level is different from the beginning in that Penguins, Gearmos and Bees can be seen around the town, as well as the regular Toads. The Toad Brigade and their spaceship, the Starshroom also appear here.
[edit] Mario Kart Wii
Mario Circuit in Mario Kart Wii, the first course of the Flower Cup, has many houses and lampposts that can be seen along a straightway of the course, as well as Peach's Castle in the background. The course may have been inspired by a part of Toad Town, but not much is known about the course's location.
[edit] Trivia
- Toad Town has also been mentioned to in other games, such as the GameCube game Animal Crossing. The character Gulliver talks about his pet goldfish in Toad Town, implying that he lives there. However, he also talks about his goldfish in Hyrule. Toad Town has even been given mere references in other Mario games, such as Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, where it was apparently quickly visited by Lumpy in his quest for oil at Dry Dry Desert and was mentioned by Zip Toad as the future filming area for On Golden Toad 2.
- There's a secret area where Mario can play games and wager coins. Mario can only play if he has the special Credits from Koopa Koot. This is basically the Pianta Parlor from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
- The town known as "Mushroom Kingdom" featured in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars may have been a sort of predecessor to Toad Town. As a matter of fact, a certain beta screenshot of Paper Mario shows Toad Town's west gate labeled "Mushroom Kingdom" rather than "Toad Town" or its Japanese name, indicating that Toad Town was once considered to share names with this aforementioned Super Mario RPG town.
[edit] Enemies Found in Paper Mario
- Jr. Troopa (Mini-boss; encountered after the player recruits Sushie or accomplishes Chapter 5)
[edit] Enemies Found in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
[edit] Area Tattles
- This is the west entrance to Toad Town. In case you couldn't tell, it's the main gate. The fancy gate and the star emblem on the ground are symbols of this fair town. Goomba Village, where my house is, is a brief journey west from here. You'll find a very smart Toad named Russ T. living in this town. He knows lots of useful information for adventurers. You'll also find shops that sell various items. Oh yeah! There's also a Dojo.
- It's your house! Cool! Nice landscaping! I like my house, but yours is even nicer. Did you do the decorating yourself?
- This is the central area of Toad Town, a plaza in front of Princess Peach's Castle. Pleasant Path begins to the east of here. This used to be a bustling area before Bowser's attack. Guests at the castle were always in and out. And tourists came from all over to see the castle. The wizard Merlon also lives around here. If you get stuck, his fortune telling might just help you out! There's also a Toad House where you can take a short rest and a post office where you can pick up mail for your party members. Also, over by the flower garden, there's a guy named Rowf who's opening his own specialty shop.
- Peach's Castle... used to be here. There's not even a trace of it now. How awful!
- Miss. Tayce T., a famous local cook, lives around here. I'm pretty sure my mom wants to learn cooking from her. Tayce T. will cook for you if you take ingredients to her. Oh yeah!Forever Forest lies to the east, so a Toad watchman stands guard there and prevents people from wandering in.
- This is the residential area of Toad Town. It's mostly homes. But there's also a shop. For Toad Town, this area is pretty quiet.
- This is Toad Town's port. It's home to the only restaurant in town. I like to stand at the end of the pier and gaze at the sea.
- There's Toad Town Station. It's a station for the Dry Dry Railroad. From there, you can take the train to scenic Mt. Rugged. And there's also Oink Oink Farm, where they raise Li'l Oinks. Raising Li'l Oinks costs coins. My dad said there's a Playroom here, but I don't see it...
- This is the reception area for the Playroom. You should ask what kind of games they have, Mario.
- It's called Jump Attack. If you win the game, you'll collect lots of coins. If you lose, you won't get a thing. Too bad!
- They said this is called Smash Attack. The idea is to whack the blocks placed on the floor. Let's get in there and smash all of 'em! But... Actually, it may not be a good idea to hit them all.
- If we go east, we'll get to the entrance of Forever Forest. If we go west, we'll hit Toad Town. Remember?
- This whale tongue is squishy. It makes it hard to walk. It's also kind of dark...
- It's completely dark. I can't see a thing. Mario! What's up ahead? You know, being inside a whale belly is gross... Damp... Squishy... Let's never do this again.
- It's a room beneath the Toad Town pond. I don't think anyone's been here for a long time.
| Regions of the Mushroom Kingdom (Paper Mario) |
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| Goomba Road | Pleasant Path | Mt. Rugged | Dry Dry Desert | Forever Forest | Gusty Gulch | Toad Town | Lavalava Island | Flower Fields | Shiver Region | Shooting Star Summit | Star Haven |
| Paper Mario Locations |
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| Mario's House | Toad Town | Goomba Village | Koopa Village | Koopa Bros. Fortress | Dry Dry Outpost | Dry Dry Ruins | Boo's Mansion | Tubba Blubba's Castle | Shy Guy's Toy Box | Shiver City | Crystal Palace | Bowser's Castle |
