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[[File:EiffelTower MIM.png|thumb|left|The Eiffel Tower as photographed by [[Luigi]] in ''[[Mario is Missing!]]'']] | [[File:EiffelTower MIM.png|thumb|left|The Eiffel Tower as photographed by [[Luigi]] in ''[[Mario is Missing!]]'']] | ||
{{quote2|The tower that has come to symbolize Paris was designed by Gustave Eiffel, an engineer. The tower was built for the World's Fair of 1889. It is 1050 feet high and built entirely of steel. 2.5 million rivets hold it together. The Eiffel Tower has its own post office, and letters posted there will bear its impressive postmark. Once the tallest building in the world, it is now dwarfed by the Empire State Building and Chicago's Sears Tower.|Pamphlet|[[Mario is Missing!]]}} | {{quote2|The tower that has come to symbolize Paris was designed by Gustave Eiffel, an engineer. The tower was built for the World's Fair of 1889. It is 1050 feet high and built entirely of steel. 2.5 million rivets hold it together. The Eiffel Tower has its own post office, and letters posted there will bear its impressive postmark. Once the tallest building in the world, it is now dwarfed by the Empire State Building and Chicago's Sears Tower.|Pamphlet|[[Mario is Missing!]]}} | ||
The Eiffel Tower appears in all versions of ''[[Mario is Missing!]]'', marking its first appearance in a '' | The Eiffel Tower appears in all versions of ''[[Mario is Missing!]]'', marking its first appearance in a ''Mario'' game. Alongside the [[Cathedral of Notre Dame]], the [[Arc de Triomphe]], and (in the PC versions) the [[Louvre]], the Eiffel Tower was one of the landmarks visited by [[Luigi]] when he came to save Paris from invading [[Koopa Troopa]]s. | ||
Unlike in real life, there was a French flag at the top of the tower, the [[Tricolor]], which was stolen by Koopas. Luigi had to find and return it, for which he was rewarded a regular prize of 1,400 [[bill|dollar]]s, plus a 2,000 dollar bonus if he returns it first. | Unlike in real life, there was a French flag at the top of the tower, the [[Tricolor]], which was stolen by Koopas. Luigi had to find and return it, for which he was rewarded a regular prize of 1,400 [[bill|dollar]]s, plus a 2,000 dollar bonus if he returns it first. |