Super Paper Mario

For more uses, see Paper Mario (disambiguation).

Super Paper Mario is a yet-to-be-released side-scrolling platformer for the Wii, in the vein of the classic Mario titles, but with the aesthetic qualities of the Paper Mario series. However, it's not just a 2D side-scroller. The game fuses elements of 2D and 3D gameplay together, shifting back and forth between dimensions.



Both Princess Peach (who has an umbrella like Perry with her) and Bowser appear to be playable characters in addition to Mario. The characters in the game are able to transform into humongous 8-bit sprite versions of themselves, and plow through enemies and bricks with reckless abandon. Interesting to note is that the giant characters are actually versions of the original Super Mario Bros. sprites, blown up to epic proportions.

The game was originally planned for the Nintendo Gamecube, but Nintendo changed it to the Wii. Additionally, the game was originally going to be released in 2006, but the year has been changed to 2007.

All of the graphics in the game also seem to have pixelated effects, including small squares to make up colors of objects and backgrounds; however, they are visible and share a style with Super Mario Picross.

Super Paper Mario has recently been confirmed to be released in North America on April 9, 2007.

Story
Princess Peach has been kidnapped and, upon hearing this news, Mario and Luigi set-off to save her from Bowser, whom they suspect to be the kidnapper.

All is not as it seems though, Bowser is just a pawn in the scheme of a more dangerous villain, Count Bleck, a being of untold power. Warping everyone present in Bowser's Castle to a strange world called Flipside. Forcibly marrying Bowser and Princess Peach, Count Bleck sets-off a chain of events that could tear the universe apart....

Items

 * Starman - Unlike in regular Super Mario Bros. games the Starman will turn Mario into a giant Super Mario Bros. sprite like the Mega Mushroom.


 * Red and Blue Flower - The red one will boost Mario's speed while the blue one will make him slower.