Retro Soundbox

The Retro Soundbox is an accessory in Paper Mario: The Origami King. It takes on the appearance of a Famicom Disc System controller, and is not available until Mario gets to Shangri-Spa, where it is sold by a resident Snifit. When equipped, this accessory provides no gameplay alterations, but it does revert some of Mario's sound effects, to their counterparts from old-school Super Mario games, most notably Super Mario Bros.

The sound effects that are changed include:


 * Walking
 * Jumping
 * Collecting coins (the pitch is altered depending on the value of each coin)
 * Using his hammer (replaces the impact sound with the noise heard when a Koopa shell hits a wall in Super Mario Bros. 3)
 * Stomping on an enemy
 * Entering a pipe
 * Hitting a block
 * Taking damage without blocking

In addition, collecting a Super Star with the Retro Soundbox equipped plays the Starman theme from Super Mario Bros.