Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
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Developers	AlphaDream; Switch Entertainment Inc.; Digital Works Entertainment; Will Co., Ltd.; Sound Racer Ltd.
Publisher	Nintendo
Platform	Nintendo 3DS
Release dates	December 3, 2015; December 3, 2015; December 3, 2015; December 4, 2015; December 10, 2015; January 22, 2016; May 26, 2016;
Languages	English (United States); English (United Kingdom); Japanese; Dutch; French (Canada); French (Europe); German; Italian; Korean; Portuguese (Europe); Russian; Spanish (Latin America); Spanish (Europe);
Genre	Role-playing
ESRB:	- Everyone[?]
CERO:	- All ages[?]
PEGI:	- Three years and older[?]
USK:	- All ages[?]
ClassInd:	- General audience[?]
GRAC:	- All ages[?]
GSRR:	- Six years and older
ACB:	- General[?]
Mode	Single player
Format	Nintendo 3DS: Game Card Digital download
Input	Nintendo 3DS: Gamepad
Serial codes	CTR-AYNJ-JPN; CTR-AYNE-USA;

This article is about the Nintendo 3DS game. For the level in Super Mario Maker, see Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (level).

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (known as Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros. in European languages) is an RPG for the Nintendo 3DS. It is the fifth game in the Mario & Luigi series, succeeding Mario & Luigi: Dream Team in 2013 and succeeded by Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions in 2017, with the following original game being Mario & Luigi: Brothership in 2024. It is also the first game in the series not to have a number in Japan, Korea, and China in the title Mario & Luigi RPG, instead using a subtitle. This game features a crossover with the Paper Mario series. As such, the game uses the same engine and some of the same graphics as its predecessor and contains elements from Paper Mario: Sticker Star. The plot revolves around Mario, Luigi, and Paper Mario trying to stop Bowser and Paper Bowser from taking over the Mushroom Kingdom using their combined armies. This is the second Mario & Luigi game for the Nintendo 3DS, as well as the final original game in the series to be developed by AlphaDream. The game required 3,444 blocks (440.8 MB) if downloaded from the Nintendo eShop; however, the game was removed from the service after its discontinuation on March 27, 2023, making it no longer possible for players to purchase the game, although players who purchased the title before this date can still play it as long as it is on their Nintendo 3DS system.

Story[edit]

The story begins with Luigi and a Toad entering the attic of Peach's Castle, looking for the source of a draft. Luigi is spooked by a Scaredy Rat and ends up bumping a bookshelf when he sneezes, opening a mysterious book that contains the Paper Mario world. The Paper characters are released into the Mario & Luigi world, spreading across the Mushroom Kingdom. Paper Toads are seen landing near Toad Villages, while Bowser's minions begin to meet with their paper counterparts. Paper Peach remains at Peach's Castle with Princess Peach, while Paper Bowser, Paper Bowser Jr. and Paper Kamek meet and decide to team up with Bowser, Bowser Jr. and Kamek. Mario, Luigi and Starlow decide to help Paper Peach to find the Paper Toads spread across the Kingdom, as well as Paper Mario. They also meet up with Nabbit, who steals most of the Bros. Attacks that the Toads had prepared, and Toadette, who has taken interest in papercrafting and is inspired to make giant papercrafts with the help of the Paper Toads.

Mario and Luigi head to Sunbeam Plains, where they come across two Paper Goombas, whom they defeat and leave one with a crease. This Goomba returns with reinforcements, and form a Goomba Wheel that defeats the Bros. Shortly afterwards, Paper Mario arrives, defeats the Paper Goombas and saves Mario and Luigi, who team up with Paper Mario to rescue the Paper Toads. However, the Bowser duo arrive at Peach's Castle and kidnap Princess Peach and Paper Peach, leaving behind Petey Piranha to stop them. After his defeat, the Mario trio head to Bowser's Castle to rescue the Princesses, but the way to Doop Doop Dunes is blocked by a Papercraft Goomba. Toadette arrives with Papercraft Mario, which she built with the Paper Toads the Mario Trio rescued, to destroy the Papercraft Megacrinkle Goomba blockade, allowing the trio to access Doop Doop Dunes. As they approach Bowser's Castle beyond the dunes, the Big Pokey Duo knock them off a bridge into the Doop Doop Dunes Grotto. After rescuing some more Paper Toads, they build a trampoline to reach the Pokeys and fight them to escape the grotto. The trio are blocked yet again by the Kamek duo and their Papercraft Kamek, at which point the trio are given Papercraft Luigi to destroy it with. However, right as they are about to reach the castle, they are knocked out by cannonballs that also take down the bridge to the castle. Wendy, Roy, Larry, and Ludwig arrive and order the Chargin' Chuck Corps to take them away to the Twinsy Tropics Dungeon, and the Bowser Jr. duo arrive to collect the book that contained Paper Mario's world, which Luigi dropped after being hauled away.

The trio escape their cell, and battle their Hammer Bro wardens to retrieve their items and Command Blocks. The creased Goomba from earlier returns locked in a cell, and he gives the trio Battle Cards in exchange for freeing him. The trio find out the arrested Toads are being forced to mine Fire Ore by Bowser and Paper Bowser in order to make an "ultimate papercraft," and soon run into a gate with a round-shaped indent in the center, before proceeding to fight against Roy and Wendy to escape the dungeon. Meanwhile, the Bowser Jr. duo annoy the Kameks into giving them a vacation to Bowser's Villa on Mount Brrr and take the Princesses with them. They also try to tell the Bowser duo about the book containing the Paper Mario universe, but are ignored.

The Mario trio, alongside the freed Toads find themselves stranded at Twinsy Tropics. The Paper Toads build a boat for everyone to return to Sunbeam Plains, and the trio returns to Peach's Castle, where a Toad tells them the Princesses were taken to Mount Brrr, which can be accessed through Gloomy Woods. Getting to the woods, the trio find new papercraft terrain that covers and changes the landscape, and even fight a paper version of Petey Piranha. Arriving at the woods, they meet a starving Wiggler who claims to be the guardian of the forest. Paper Kamek soon appears to block the path with junk, which Wiggler considers littering. Feeding the Wiggler eleven berries and a Melon they win from a Yellow Yoshi in a race, the Mario trio use him to break the blockades. The Kamek duo tries to hinder them, with Paper Kamek cursing Wiggler and forcing him to battle the team. After he is defeated and Wiggler is freed, Wiggler turns into a Flutter and flies them to Mount Brrr. At Mount Brrr, the source of paper terrain is revealed to be a summit base, where King Bob-omb, Iggy, Lemmy, and Morton use the cannons to blast the land with papercraft. With the help of Toadette, the Mario trio make it to a Toad Village, where they prepare to build Papercraft Peach to combat Papercraft Bowser Jr. and save the princesses. However, after destroying Papercraft Bowser Jr., the Bowser Jr duo manage to escape with the Princesses and the book unharmed. They accidentally leave behind a red medallion, which opens the gate in Twinsy Tropics Dungeon. In order to go there, they cross Doop Doop Dunes again.

While crossing Doop Doop Dunes, they meet up with the Creased Goomba again and travel to the dungeon with him. Along the way, the Mario Trio are ambushed by the Chargin' Chuck Corps and defeat them. Upon reaching the dungeon, the Goomba betrays Mario and Co. to the Fire Bros, who have taken over as wardens; taking the red medallion with him. After getting the medallion back, they open the gate which leads to Bowser's Castle, and fight Larry and Ludwig, who try to stop them. Inside Bowser's Castle, the trio encounter the Kamek Duo and their new Papercraft King Boo, which Morton and Lemmy pilot. Luckily, Toadette arrives on time with Papercraft Yoshi. After the trio's Papercraft is victorious, Kamek kidnaps Toadette to prevent the production of more Papercrafts, and prepares to build his own ultimate Papercraft Bowser with the help of his paper form. The group begin searching for Toadette and rescue her shortly afterward. Meanwhile, the Princesses escape and greet the team, but are shortly caught by the Bowser Jr. duo. They initially mean to fight, but after showing the book to them, they realize that the trio had no idea they had the book, so they flee instead. The Mario trio chases them down, but are fooled with a fake book the Bowser Jr. duo uses to escape. After deciding to fight the trio, they are promptly beaten. The Bowser duo come in and, enraged by this, lift the castle into the sky, turning the castle into Neo Bowser Castle. Mario and co. escape the castle, leaving the book behind. As they head back to Peach's Castle the Bowser duo take their revenge by destroying Peach's Castle with cannonballs. Toadette realizes she can build a staircase with the Paper Toads from the summit of Mount Brrr to reach Neo Bowser Castle.

The team begins to make their way through Gloomy Woods to get to Mount Brrr, but due to paper terrain blocking certain paths, end up on the haunted west side. Both Mario and Paper Mario are promptly kidnapped by King Boo and his minions, leaving Luigi alone to find them. Luigi manages to find them, but he and Mario soon realize that "Paper Mario" is King Boo in disguise. Paper Mario is rescued and King Boo is defeated, and the trio meet up with Flutter once again, who flies the trio back to Mount Brrr. At Mount Brrr, the group rescues all the remaining Paper Toads to build the staircase, and proceed to venture to the summit of the mountain. At the Papercraft Base, King Bob-omb appears and proceeds to start a self destruction sequence, whom the trio defeat before the timer runs out. Lakitus then arrive at the summit with a large delivery of Paper Toads to build a staircase to Neo Bowser Castle.

At the castle, they find Toadette, who is defending Papercraft Mario, Luigi, Peach and Yoshi. However, the Kameks release their new Papercraft Bowser, which burns them all to a crisp. Toadette mourns the loss of her work, but then realizes that she could build a Papercraft out of the same material, Fire Ore, which she asks the trio to collect around the castle. The collected ore is used to assemble Papercraft Fire Mario, which then defeats Papercraft Bowser. The Bowsers and Kameks try to stall the Mario trio by dissassembling the bridge to the rest of the castle. As the Mario trio reassembles it, Lemmy, Iggy, and Morton activate a timer that charges up the castle's main cannon for a final blow to destroy any remains of Peach's Castle. The Mario trio manages to break the cannon before proceeding to the final area.

Before they can face the Bowsers, the Kamek Duo fights them, but are defeated. In the final corridor, the Bowser duo sends multiple waves of troops, including Goombas, Koopa Troopas, Spinies, Ninjis, Hammer Bros., Spikes, Shy Guys, Broozers, and finally the Koopalings to finish off the trio. They defeat them all and proceed to challenge Bowser and Paper Bowser themselves, who reveal they plan to trap the Bros. in the now empty book and burn it, both of them subtly hinting that they each wish to trap the other one in as well. After the Bowsers take enough damage, Paper Bowser merges with his entire paper army to create a suit of armor for Bowser; creating Shiny RoboBowser. However, this is not enough, and the trio successfully defeat them. Bowser is sent flying off of Neo Bowser Castle, and plummets to the ground. Paper Bowser makes one last attempt to grab the book, but Paper Mario makes it there first, and the trio seal him in it once more.

Back at Peach's Castle, with the Princesses and Toads gathered at the entrance, the group reunites with their friends. Toadette orchestrates a Papercraft parade, where they tour the lands bringing the terrain and enemies back to the paper world. Afterward, Peach, Mario and Luigi say goodbye to Paper Mario, Paper Peach and the Paper Toads who return to their world. The game ends with Mario and Luigi going off to stop Bowser's plans once again.

Gameplay[edit]

The overall gameplay is mostly similar to the previous Mario & Luigi games, though with the addition of a new party member alongside Mario and Luigi: Paper Mario. Players control Mario, Luigi, and Paper Mario simultaneously (Paper Mario using ). Because the player now has two characters following after Mario, all three characters can be made to jump simultaneously with the button, which also causes the three to flutter in the air briefly when held. By continuing to hold the button after jumping simultaneously, players can charge up a dash. All three characters also possess hammers. By using all three hammers in quick succession (, , and then ), the trio unleashes a Trio Hammer, or powerful shockwave, that can destroy large blocks. Other moves include the Trio Drill, a reworked version of the Drill Bros.; the Trio Glider, that acts like Mario's Plane Mode from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and the Trio Grab, which can reach far distanced things and throw them.

In battle, players control all three members of the group. Paper Mario, in a first for the series, fights alongside but independently from Mario and Luigi, unlike the Baby Bros. in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, the only other installment to feature characters fighting alongside the Mario Bros. This allows the trio to take three actions in one turn. While Mario and Luigi control similarly to the way they did in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, Paper Mario's abilities set him apart from the other two. Paper Mario is able to create copies of himself as a battle command, which increase the damage he can do in his attacks: He can land as many jumps as he has copies, and when he uses his hammer, the copies split and target all enemies on the field. Paper Mario loses a copy for each hit he takes, but can replenish them on his turn before using another battle command. His jump dodge allows him to flutter, letting him briefly stay in the air longer than Mario and Luigi can.

Players are able to use Bros. Attacks with Mario and Luigi, working like they did in the previous games. In addition, a new variation of special attacks called Trio Attacks can be performed with Paper Mario. These attacks have all three members attack enemies with the Trio Attack Hammer to paperize them before executing the attacks.

At certain points, the trio take part in Papercraft battles, which are the equivalent to the giant battles from the previous two games. Each time, they control different Papercraft characters, each with their own unique abilities, and each of the five battles end with a Papercraft Boss.

Another new addition are Battle Cards, replacing the badge system, also from the previous two games. The player creates a deck of 10 Battle Cards, one of which is played each turn. These range from boosting stats, dealing damage, or lowering an enemies stats or level. Each one needs a different amount of Star Points to use. amiibo are compatible with the game, each giving the player a special set of support cards to use in battle. The cards reset once they all have been played.

Locations[edit]

The game is set in an iteration of the Mushroom Kingdom. In the original Japanese version, as well as in the Dutch, Korean and Portuguese localizations, all locations other than Peach's and Bowser's castles have names reflecting the theme of doubleness. This is mostly ignored in the English versions.

Special attacks[edit]

Bros. Attacks[edit]

Mario

Luigi

Trio Attacks[edit]

Ranks[edit]

Mushroom Rank - Levels 1 to 5
Shell Rank - Levels 6 to 11
Boomerang Rank - Levels 12 to 18
Flower Rank - Levels 19 to 26
Leaf Rank - Levels 27 to 35
Star Rank - Levels 36 to 45
Rainbow Rank - Levels 46 to 100

Characters[edit]

Playable[edit]

Papercrafts[edit]

Papercraft Mario - Normal Papercraft with no advantages and middle range.
- Papercraft Fire Mario - Allows the player to shoot fireballs.
Papercraft Luigi - Allows the player to use a Flying Hammer Attack, that can damage spiky enemies, such as Papercraft Pokeys.
Papercraft Peach - Allows for a long hover in the air, and ground pound on other papercraft, with a long range of attack. Dashing blocks enemy projectiles.
Papercraft Yoshi - Allows the player to use its tongue to grab poles, coins, and floating enemies. The ground pound made by Papercraft Yoshi can stun enemies nearby and push buttons, but has a short range of attacking.

Supporting[edit]

Antagonists[edit]

Cameos on Battle Cards[edit]

Enemies[edit]

Main article: Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam bestiary

Mario & Luigi series[edit]

Name	Level	HP	EXP	Coins	Item Drop(s)	Location
Goomba	2	8	3	3	Mushroom, 1-Up Mushroom	Sunbeam Plains, Paper Toad Rescue, Final Smash, Neo Bowser Castle
Biddybud (1)	3	7	2	1	1-Up Mushroom, So-so Boots	Sunbeam Plains, Paper Toad Rescue
Spiny	5	18	9	6	Nut	Doop Doop Dunes, Doop Doop Dunes Grotto, Neo Bowser Castle
Sandmaargh	6	39	20	11	Candy, Stache Gloves	Doop Doop Dunes, Doop Doop Dunes Grotto, Desert Rescue Party
Fly Guy (1)	7	23	8	5	Mushroom, 1-Up Mushroom	Desert Rescue Party
Hammer Bro (1)	8	32	16	13	Super Mushroom, Steady Boots	Twinsy Tropics Dungeon, Stuff Retrieval, Neo Bowser Castle
Cheep Cheep (1)	11	49	27	20	1-Up Mushroom, POW Gloves	Twinsy Tropics, Tropical Paper Toad Hunt
Urchin (1)	12	25	85	165	Candy, LV 1 Character Card	Twinsy Tropics, Tropical Paper Toad Hunt
Koopa Troopa	10	49	26	18	Super Mushroom	Twinsy Tropics, Tropical Paper Toad Hunt, Neo Bowser Castle
Monty Mole (1)	12	55	37	26	Super Nut, LV 1 Character Card	Sunbeam Plains
Ninji	13	70	44	30	Refreshing Herb, 1-Up Mushroom	Gloomy Woods, Neo Bowser Castle
Fire Piranha Plant	15	104	60	40	Super Mushroom, Flame Hammer	Gloomy Woods
Bully	17	131	80	50	Super Mushroom, POW Scarf	Mount Brrr
Buzzy Beetle	16	53	72	38	Supersyrup Jar, Shiny Battle Card	Mount Brrr
Spike	18	119	76	42	1-Up Mushroom, SPEED Scarf	Doop Doop Dunes, Neo Bowser Castle
Pokey	19	99	88	50	Super Candy, LV 1 Character Card	Doop Doop Dunes
Cheep Cheep (2)	20	131	86	50	Ultra Mushroom, Shocking Hammer	Twinsy Tropics
Urchin (2)	21	57	320	275	Super Candy, LV 2 Character Card	Twinsy Tropics
Fire Bro	21	152	92	40	Ultra Mushroom, Shiny Battle Card	Twinsy Tropics Dungeon, Hunt for the Medallion
Horned Ant Trooper	22	88	46	20	Ultra Nut, 1-Up DX	Twinsy Tropics Dungeon, Final Smash
Boomerang Bro	24	180	116	55	Ultra Nut, LV 2 Character Card	Bowser's Castle, Neo Bowser Castle
Big Tail Goomba	26	277	300	77	Ultra Candy, Filler Brooch DX	Bowser's Castle, Neo Bowser Castle
Fly Guy (2)	31	158	175	40	Ultra Mushroom, 1-Up Mushroom	Toadette in Trouble, Fly Guy Flyby, Paper Toad Shuffle
Hammer Bro (2)	27	169	122	60	Refreshing Herb, Double 1-Up Mushroom	Sunbeam Plains
Monty Mole (2)	28	195	140	62	Max Syrup Jar, Shiny Battle Card	Gloomy Woods, Fly Guy Flyby
Shy Guy (1)	30	200	96	45	Ultra Candy, Mushroom Amutlet	Mount Brrr, Neo Bowser Castle
Biddybud (2)	31	79	38	15	Max Mushroom, LV 2 Character Card	Mount Brrr
Broozer	33	280	280	100	Max Nut, Crystal Boots	Neo Bowser Castle, Bad Nabbit
Mechakoopa (1)	34	176	190	70	Max Mushroom, Dark Hammer	Neo Bowser Castle
Shy Guy (2)	35	327	550	120	Ultra Candy, Shiny Battle Card	Neo Bowser Castle, Bad Nabbit, Final Smash
Chain Chomp	35	484	600	150	Max Syrup Jar, 1-Up Gloves DX	Neo Bowser Castle, Bad Nabbit, Final Smash
Nabbit	36	9999	0	0	None	Bad Nabbit
Mechakoopa (2)	35	182	0	0	None	Bad Nabbit
Fly Guy (3)	34	187	200	50	Max Candy, 1-Up DX	Final Smash

Paper Mario series[edit]

^S Indicates enemies which appear in stacks.

Regular[edit]

Name	Level	HP	EXP	Coins	Item Drop(s)	Location
Paper Goomba	2	8	3	3	Syrup Jar, 1-Up Mushroom	Sunbeam Plains, Paper Toad Rescue, Neo Bowser Castle
Paper Paratroopa^S	3	2	4	5	Nut, 1-Up Mushroom	Sunbeam Plains, Paper Toad Rescue
Paper Spiny	5	18	10	6	Syrup Jar, LV 1 Character Card	Doop Doop Dunes, Doop Doop Dunes Grotto, Neo Bowser Castle
Paper Bob-omb (1)^S	7	7	15	9	Mushroom, Double 1-Up Mushroom	Doop Doop Dunes, Desert Rescue Party
Paper Hammer Bro (1)	8	29	16	13	Supersyrup Jar, LV 1 Character Card	Twinsy Tropics Dungeon, Stuff Retrieval, Neo Bowser Castle
Paper Scaredy Rat^S	9	10	17	20	Refreshing Herb, Double 1-Up Mushroom	Twinsy Tropics Dungeon
Paper Koopa Troopa	10	49	29	18	Super Mushroom, Shiny Battle Card	Twinsy Tropics, Neo Bowser Castle
Paper Bob-omb (2)^S	12	14	32	25	Super Mushroom, Shiny Battle Card	Sunbeam Plains, Final Smash
Paper Ninji	13	70	49	30	Candy, LV 1 Character Card	Gloomy Woods, Neo Bowser Castle
Paper Spear Guy^S	14	25	48	40	Super Nut, Shiny Character Card	Gloomy Woods, Fly Guy Flyby
Paper Sombrero Guy (1)^S	17	35	68	46	Super Candy, LV 1 Character Card	Mount Brrr
Paper Spike	18	119	82	42	Boo Biscuit, LV 2 Character Card	Doop Doop Dunes, Neo Bowser Castle
Paper Fire Piranha Plant^S	21	46	96	55	Ultra Mushroom, Shiny Battle Card	Twinsy Tropics
Paper Fire Bro	21	89	94	40	Super Candy, LV 2 Character Card	Twinsy Tropics Dungeon, Hunt for the Medallion
Paper Swoop^S	23	29	85	60	Ultrasyrup Jar, POW Scarf	Twinsy Tropics Dungeon
Paper Boomerang Bro	24	120	120	55	Ultrasyrup Jar, Shocking Boots	Bowser's Castle, Neo Bowser Castle
Paper Dry Bones^S	25	57	105	68	Ultra Mushroom, Shiny Battle Card	Bowser's Castle, Neo Bowser Castle
Paper Paragoomba (1)	27	196	110	60	Ultrasyrup Jar, Shiny Battle Card	Sunbeam Plains
Paper Hammer Bro (2)	27	169	126	60	Refreshing Herb, Double 1-Up Mushroom	Sunbeam Plains
Paper Boo (1)^S	28	68	150	80	Boo Biscuit, LV 2 Character Card	Gloomy Woods, Fly Guy Flyby
Paper Fuzzy (1)	18	194	150	80	Supersyrup Jar, 1-Up Mushroom	Paper Toad Freeze-Out
Paper Shy Guy	30	158	102	45	1-Up Mushroom, Shiny Battle Card	Mount Brrr, Neo Bowser Castle
Paper Broozer	33	258	290	100	Ultra Candy, Shiny Battle Card	Neo Bowser Castle, Bad Nabbit
Paper Sombrero Guy (2)^S	33	78	175	90	Max Mushroom, Shiny Battle Card	Neo Bowser Castle, Bad Nabbit
Paper Chain Chomp	35	557	600	150	Max Syrup Jar, Counter Wear DX	Neo Bowser Castle, Bad Nabbit, Final Smash
Paper Boo (2)^S	33	78	0	0	None	Bad Nabbit
Paper Paragoomba (2)	34	257	0	0	None	Bad Nabbit
Paper Fuzzy (2)	35	436	155	100	Max Nut, Double 1-Up Mushroom	Final Smash

Shiny[edit]

Name	Level	HP	EXP	Coins	Item Drop(s)	Location

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