Ninja Attraction
| Ninja Attraction | |
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| Toads | 4 |
| Not-Bottomless Holes | 2 |
| Collectible Treasures | 3 |
| ? Blocks | 7 |
| Enemies | Ninjis Scaredy Rats |
- “A ninja residence full of tricks and traps... That's right, folks! It's the HOUSE OF TRICKY NINJAS! Will you escape unscathed? Or will you trip and inja yourself? Enter...IF YOU DARE!”
- —Announcer, Paper Mario: The Origami King
The Ninja Attraction, also called the House of Tricky Ninjas, is a location in Paper Mario: The Origami King. It is a pretend ninja training facility at the Shogun Studios amusement park. There are 25 cutouts of ninja Toads hidden in the area, and finding them all earns Mario a prize. Luigi is encountered here, giving Mario the Shogun Studios Master Key.
Layout[edit]
The Ninja Attraction is visited during Mario, Bob-omb, and Olivia's first trip to Shogun Studios. Olivia encourages Mario to go in, while Bob-omb is scared and refuses to enter, claiming that he is "too mature" for it.
At the start of the Ninja Attraction, attendants are given an introduction speech and instructed to find the hidden ninja Toads. The doors then open, and to progress further, Mario must hammer the block of wood on the right to open up a narrow hallway with a sliding door. Entering this door leads to the first real area: a living quarters containing two closets, a chest, a table, and a lamp. To progress, Mario must pull up the poster in the back of the room, revealing a hidden exit.
The next room of the attraction has white tiles on the floor, which flip over and reveal Ninjis when Mario walks near them. To exit this area, Mario has to go to the far right of the room and hammer the wooden panel in the back, causing it to flip around. He can then walk left to pass through a garden area.
Inside the garden is a small hut that leads to the operation room behind the attraction. Two Toads are hidden here, and going downstairs leads Mario to Luigi, who is stuck in some gears. To get him down, Mario has to fill in a Not-Bottomless Hole, climb down a ladder to a smaller gear, and begin hammering it to move the other gears. Luigi falls out, but is still crumpled, so Mario must hammer him. He gives Mario the Shogun Studios Master Key, believing it to be the key to Peach's Castle. Once Olivia tells him he has found the wrong key, Luigi runs off to find the real key.
Going back to the garden and exiting left leads Mario to a room with hidden spikes popping up from the ground. The entrance to this room is also blocked off. To find the spikes, Mario can use his hammer, and he must navigate to the left of the room to hammer a wall panel open, then pull on a rope to reveal a staircase. Climbing up this staircase, Mario has to navigate to the south end of the room and then drop down to the exit, which is surrounded by spikes.
Next, Mario enters a room with a wall of cabinets. He has to destroy a wooden floor panel to cause the cabinets to descend in a staircase formation, and can climb it to be ambushed by Ninjis. This reveals a Magic Circle, and Mario can peel off a Thwomp's calm face to reveal an angry one. As the walls begin closing in, Mario has to run from a wave of Thwomps, landing on a slide that takes him to the exit of the attraction. If he has found all 25 Toad cutouts, he is rewarded with a Collectible Treasure. Repeat runs give a Fire Hammer weapon instead, or coins if Mario's inventory is full.
Collectibles[edit]
Ninja Toads[edit]
| Number | Room | Location | Image |
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| 1 | Entrance room | On the plank of wood on the right side of the room | 
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| 2 | Living quarters | Inside the lamp | 
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| 3 | In the sand pit | ||
| 4 | In the chest, must be pulled out after being revealed | ||
| 5 | In the closet on the left | ||
| 6 | Near the ceiling after pulling a rope in the back closet | ||
| 7 | On the left side of the back closet | ||
| 8 | Upside down after pulling the rope in the back of the room | ||
| 9 | Flipping floor room | Beneath a white tile on the floor | 
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| 14 | Hanging upside down after pulling a rope hidden behind the wall | 
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| 15 | Spike floor room | On a group of spikes | 
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| 20 | Hanging upside down after pulling on a rope | ||
| 21 | Above the spike floor room | On the far left, on a broken piece of wood | 
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| 22 | Hidden behind a wall panel on the far right | 
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| 23 | In a treasure chest, after revealing four hidden ? Blocks at the south end of the room | 
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| 24 | Cabinet room | Hidden behind the entrance door | 
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| 25 | In a cabinet, the Toad moves across the row each time a cabinet is hit |
Hidden Toads[edit]
| Form | Description | Image |
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| 4 Hidden Toads | ||
.png) # 1 |
An origami beetle Toad can be found under a breakable rock near the entrance. | 
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 # 2 |
A staff Toad is taped to the roof, next to the attraction's sign. | 
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# 3 and 4 |
In the maintenance room, one staff Toad is trapped under some boxes and must be pulled out, while another is taped to the inside of the middle locker. | 
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Not-Bottomless Holes[edit]
| Ninja Attraction | |
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| Found in the maintenance room, below Luigi when he is stuck in the gears. | 
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| In the back wall above the spike floor room. | 
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Collectible Treasures[edit]
| Ninja Attraction | |
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| Found by hammering a cabinet in the cabinet room. | 
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| Finding all 25 ninjas rewards Mario with another treasure. | 
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| Outside the house, navigating the roofs and sign takes Mario to a chest in the northeastern corner of the area. | 
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? Blocks[edit]
| Hidden | Item | Description | Image |
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| 7 blocks | |||
 Coin Bag |
In the left corner of the courtyard there is a block. | 
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 Tail |
After entering the attraction, a block is tucked away on the left side. | 
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 Shiny Hurlhammer |
Hidden above a yellow-colored patch near the backwall of the spike maze room is another block. | 
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 4 Coins |
Four Hidden Blocks must be uncovered to reach the ninja hidden in the treasure chest above the spike maze room. | 
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Gallery[edit]
Musée Champignon Art Gallery No. 37: Ninja Attraction Exterior
Musée Champignon Art Gallery No. 38: Ninja Attraction Interior
Musée Champignon Art Gallery No. 39: Maintenance Room
Musée Champignon Art Gallery No. 41: Kabuki Thwomp
Names in other languages[edit]
- Ninja Attraction
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 忍者やしき Ninja Yashiki |
Ninja Mansion |
| Chinese | 忍者宅邸 Rěnzhě Zháidǐ |
Ninja Mansion |
| Dutch | Huis der Valstrikken | House of the Traps |
| French | Manoir ninja | Ninja Manor |
| German | Haus der Heimtücke | House of Insidiousness |
| Italian | Labirinto dei ninja | Labyrinth of Ninjas |
| Korean | 닌자 저택 Ninja Jeotaek |
Ninja Mansion |
| Spanish | Laberinto ninja | Ninja Labyrinth |
- House of Tricky Ninjas
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | KA RA KU RI KA RA KU RI |
From「からくり」(karakuri, mechanism) |
| Italian | Casa dei tranelli | House of tricks |
Trivia[edit]
- Prior to version 1.0.1, the Ninji battle at the end can be unwinnable if the player does not have enough coins, weapons, or health. A patch fixed this by adding a sack of coins in the Save Block room and a heart right as the player enters the room with the battle.
