Toad Town

Toad Town is the capital city of the Mushroom Kingdom. Located at the doorstep of Princess Peach's Castle, the town first appeared in Paper Mario. Since then, Toad Town has become a recurrent location in the Mario franchise, especially the RPG games. However, much like Princess Peach's Castle, the appearance, design, and layout of the town has varied greatly each time it has reappeared, though it has almost always been depicted as a flourishing and cheery place.

Paper Mario
In Paper Mario, Toad Town serves as the central hub through which all outlying areas can be accessed (in fact, most areas can only be reached by passing through Toad Town). The city is also the setting for the beginning and ending cut-scenes.

Layout
Toad Town's main entrance square contains the item shop Shroom Grocery, 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. There is a Warp Pipe that goes to Mario's House. The Goomba Road is also accessible from here.

Rowf and Rhuff's badge stand (only open after the Calculator has been retrieved), 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. This area also branches off to the Pleasant Path. Minh T.'s flower garden is also here, and serves as gateway to Flower Fields. The area Peach's Castle was located at has a path to the east that leads to the Shooting Star Summit.

The central area has Tayce T.'s house, the entrance to Toad Town Tunnels and the path leading to Forever Forest. In the south-west part of town is Harry's Shop and an otherwise abandoned house which contains Shy Guy's Toy Box, where Muskular, one of the Star Spirits, is being held.

The southern-most area is where the train station is located, from here, the K64 train frequently departs to Mt. Rugged. The Li'l Oink farm is also found in this area, as well as the Playroom.

Finally, the western-most area of Toad Town has a harbor and a single building in which Club 64, a lively bar, is housed. A Whale, inside which Fuzzipede is fought, is found here, and may be boarded to access Lavalava Island. Another fight taking place in the harbor is the fourth fight against Jr. Troopa.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Toad Town is mentioned in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door by Zip Toad, he stated that he was going to be in a film and that he was heading to Toad Town. A postcard of him can be seen on the Excess Express also showing Jr. Troopa in the background, indicating he was either flying around or he happened to hear that Mario was on the Excess Express and he was looking for revenge. It is unknown about this. It is also mentioned by Lumpy if you want to read his Journal.

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, the town is known as Toadtown Square. Mario walks around Toadtown Square at the beginning of the game to learn the basic skills of the game. Mario visits it only at the beginning of the game in order to get on the Koopa Cruiser. Toadsworth comes to give Mario the Suitcase and 100 coins when he is about to set off to Beanbean Kingdom. Luigi originally comes to say goodbye to Mario, but is taken along with Mario by Bowser when he gathers the Bowser Baddies.

Map
Bordering or connecting locations to the Toad Town Square include:
 * Koopa Cruiser

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 after being dropped out of the Shroob Mother Ship. Toad Town is almost completely destroyed by the Shroobs. Only Gramma Red and Gramma Green remained there, and they sold their wares to Mario and Luigi. A Time Hole leading back to Princess Peach's Castle Dungeon and a path to Star Hill are at the south end of the town. The town is filled with enemies as well. Most of the buildings contain items and coins.

Enemies
 * Love Bubble
 * Skellokey
 * Shroid

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Toad Town once again reappears in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. It is where all the Toads reside in the game. It can be found just south of Peach's Castle. The citizens live in the northern part of the town, where they reside happily. At least, until the Blorbs epidemic broke out and many of the citizens became infected and swelled like a balloon. The main part of the living area holds a fountain, with blocks that can only be reached using Shell Mario, which can be learned on the outskirts of town.

In the southern part of town is Toad Town Mall, which has been newly opened when Mario & Luigi arrive back from Bowser's Body. It holds all the shops in the town, as well as the Clinic used to find the Star Cures to unite as the Miracle Cure and heal all the Blorb-infected toads.

Beneath the town is the Toad Town Caves, which is where the Dark Star was sequestered in ancient times. That is until Fawful invades Toad Town and steals the dark entity for himself. There are also many pipes in the underground section of Toad Town that will lead into different sections of Toad Town and Toad Town Mall.

Super Mario Galaxy
The opening area Castle Gardens is called Toad Town in the Prima Guide. It is mostly situated to the right of Peach's Castle.

Super Mario Galaxy 2
An unnamed town area in the beginning is called Toad Town in the Prima Guide. This time, it is mostly situated to the left of Peach's Castle.

Warp Pipes (Paper Mario)

 * Mario and Luigi's House
 * Toad Town Tunnels - "Private" entrance
 * Toad Town Tunnels - Rip Cheato's Shop access
 * Playroom Warp Pipe

Paper Mario

 * Fuzzipede (Inside the Whale at the harbor)
 * Jr. Troopa (Mini-boss; encountered after the player recruits Sushie or accomplishes Chapter 5)
 * Chan (Optional Boss)
 * Lee (Optional Boss)
 * The Master (Optional Boss)

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

 * Love Bubble
 * Shroid
 * Skellokey

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

 * Bowser (boss)
 * Fawflant
 * Nooz

Paper Mario
In addition to the items listed above, Rowf and Rhuff has 16 badges to sell. Other items can be obtained from Shroom Grocery, Harry T., Tayce T., and Li'l Oinks. Star Pieces can be obtained from Kolorado and Chuck Quizmo who have a chance to appear here.

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
The scenes are numbered as follows, according to this map. 1  2  3   4   5  6   7  8      10 9

Beans
There are 29 Beans in total.
 * Mushroom Ball sidequest in the left screen of the shopping area: 
 * NW and SE corners of south scene of the Squid Fit area in the east: 
 * NW and SW corners of fountain scene before Peach's Castle: 
 * Behind the fountain and in the SE corner of Toad residence area: 
 * Western grass scene with the pipe Mario and Luigi first come out in storyline: 
 * NE corner of the exit scene to Blubble Lake (blocked by a blorb-infected Toad): 
 * SW corner and top of surrounding wall in the Toad residence area: 
 * Behind the Toad house in the NW of Toad residence area (needs water spitting): 

Area Tattles (from Paper Mario)

 * '' 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 Li'l 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.

Notice Board
In Paper Mario, there is a notice board near Merlon's house in the center hub of Toad Town. The contents change as the game's storyline proceeds.

On the front side are usually Toad Town News, and on the back side are usually scribbles by various characters in the game.

During Chapter 2, the Public Works Department of Mushroom Kingdom posted a warning on the back side, "Don't scribble here", although scribbling hasn't ceased since then. Russ T. offers knowledge about the messaging board. One of Koopa Koot's favors involves reading the notice board.

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.
 * 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: Legend of the Seven Stars town.
 * The area in the town leading to Peach's Castle in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2 is identical to Super Mario 64.