Paper Mario (series)

The Paper Mario series is one of the many sub-series of the Mario series. Only three games have been released in this series: Paper Mario, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and Super Paper Mario, with an upcoming fourth game. All of the games in the series are RPGs with platforming elements, except for Super Paper Mario, which was a sidescroller that did not have RPG battles, but retained similar elements. The three games have been released on separate consoles, The Nintendo 64, the GameCube, and the Wii, with the fourth game to be released on the Nintendo 3DS.

Chronological Overview
Paper Mario: Revisited

The fifth installment of the Paper Mario series. The system has not yet been confirmed. It still has the turn-based system and partners. Partners are confirmed to have been in other Mario games, e.g. Vivian, Parakarry, Fawful (optional) etc. The main antagonist is called Lexi and he is trying to reawaken the Shadow Queen. But when he gets his wish, he realises that evil is pointless and becomes a protagonist. The Shroobs then take over as antagonists.

Trivia

 * Paper Mario is directly referenced by name in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga; one of the four blocks in the examination rooms of Woohoo Hooniversity is that of Paper Mario, and is identified as such when struck.
 * An odd part in the first two installments is when Mario's partner falls in water, they won't get damaged. However, when Mario falls into water, he loses one HP.
 * All three games include a Giant Blooper of some sorts, with Super Paper Mario having the biggest.
 * Oddly enough, all three games include a big tree of some type. Paper Mario, Wisterwood; Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the Great Tree; Super Paper Mario, a giant tree in the Bitlands.
 * It is interesting to note that in all three games, a character says "Still your tongue" to another character whose name starts with B. Lady Bow says "Still your tongue, Bootler" when he is against the idea of her going to Tubba Blubba's Castle. Grodus says "Still your tongue, Beldam" when reminding her of how she was unable to capture Peach before she sent the map to Mario. And Blumiere's father says "Still your tongue, Blumiere" after trapping Timpani in the gap between dimensions.
 * In all three games, the player is accompanied by an explorer during Chapter 5, Kolorado in Paper Mario, Flavio in Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, and Flint Cragley in Super Paper Mario in hopes of gaining something from the adventure. For Kolorado and Flavio they hoped to find treasure while Flint Cragley seeked ratings for his show Flint Cragley's Cragtrotter and to rescue the kidnapped Cragons.
 * With the exception of Paper Mario, all three games in the series so far have the most recurring villain become Mario's friend.
 * Also with the exception of Paper Mario, Chapter 1 of the series includes a dragon as a boss.
 * All three Paper Mario games have a spirit as a boss. In Paper Mario, the Ghost is the Big Lanturn Ghost. In Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, the Ghost is Cortez. And in Super Paper Mario, the Ghost is Bonechill.
 * Also, all three Paper Mario games have a Chapter boss that is a bigger version of it's species. In Paper Mario, it is Huff N. Puff. In Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, it is the Smorg monster. And in Super Paper Mario, it is King Croacus.
 * All three games have the final boss being invincible at first and the stars (or hearts) Mario has collected making them vulnerable.
 * So far, in all all three Paper Mario games, the final boss is not in fact the strongest boss in the game. Instead, for Paper Mario, the strongest boss is The Master (final form), for Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, the strongest boss is Bonetail, and in Super Paper Mario, the strongest boss is Shadoo.