Pleasant Path

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Mario and Goombario walking in Pleasant Path.

Pleasant Path is the name of the east-northeast region of the Mushroom Kingdom and home to some Koopa Troopas. It is the setting of Chapter 1 during the events of Paper Mario.

Pleasant Path is characterized by the peaceful pleasant brook running down it, along with the many trees and Candy Canes. Russ T. speaks of these special candy canes, telling Mario that if he does something for them, they will do something for him in return. Mario first encounters both Koopa Troopas and Paratroopas on the lane. A fork-like mountain holds the high path to the Koopa Bros. Fortress, and the low path to Koopa Village. The exit to the west leads to Toad Town. Locations in Pleasant Path include:

• Pleasant Path itself
• Koopa Village
• Koopa Bros. Fortress

After the completion of Chapter 5, Kent C. Koopa blocks the west exit of Pleasant Path. If the player wishes to go through Pleasant Path in this way, the player must defeat Kent C. Koopa before proceeding or they could alternately pay him 100 coins to pass.

If you walk around the pillar that has the eyes following you it will play the star theme and give you 1 heart each time you circle it.

Enemies Found

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  Koopa Troopa

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  Goomba

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  Paragoomba

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  Spiked Goomba

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  Paratroopa

• Jr. Troop 2.png

  Jr. Troopa (Boss; encountered after clearing Chapter 1)

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  Kent C. Koopa (Optional Boss; encountered after clearing Chapter 5)

Formations

For enemy formations in Pleasant Path, see here.

Items Found

Note: The scenes are numbered from west to east.

Name of Item	Icon	Found In
Dizzy Attack	File:Dizzy attack badge.PNG	In the Badge Block at the first scene.
Fright Jar		In the rightmost block at the first scene.
POW Block	File:POWBlock PM.png	In the ? Block at the second scene.
Sleepy Sheep		Behind a fence in the second scene.
Honey Syrup		Behind the rightmost Candy Cane in the third scene.
Attack FX B	File:Attack fx B badge.PNG	Smashing the blocks near the entrance of Koopa Village in the order "left, right, middle" will reveal a red ? Badge block with this badge inside.
Thunder Bolt	File:PaperMario Items Thunderbolt.png	On the first block in the fourth scene (requires Kooper or Tornado Jump)
Fire Flower		In a hidden ? Block between two Brick Blocks at the east of the fourth scene.
Star Piece		On the southern small island in the second scene (requires Kooper)
		Under a hidden panel between the three Candy Canes in the third scene.
		Under a hidden panel at the coin trap in the fourth scene.
		In the tree at the fifth scene.
FP Plus	File:FP plus badge.PNG	On a high platform near Koopa Bros. Fortress, accessed through a pipe by blasting the wall near the Heart Block first.

Hidden ? block

Item	Description	Image
Fire Flower	In the area two screens west of the Koopa Bros. Fortress, the hidden ? Block is between the two Brick Blocks.

Area Tattles

• To the west of here is Toad Town, and to the east is Koopa Village. If we go even farther east, we'll eventually reach Koopa Bros. Fortress.
• It's always pleasant around here. That's why we call this place Pleasant Path. It's nice and warm today, too. Incidentally, lots of Koopas live around here.
• Koopas like to live around Pleasant Path because there's plenty of water for them to lounge in. Koopa Village is down this way. If you want to go to Koopa Bros. Fortress, we should take the upper path and just keep going straight.
• If we continue along the pass, we should reach Koopa Bros. Fortress. Many Koopas and Paratroopas live around here. If they're loyal to Bowser, they'll definetely attack us.
• Just east of here, we can see Koopa Bros. Fortress. Actually, we're probably already on fortress grounds. That arch certainly looks like a part of it. And there are lots of bad guys, too.