Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door: Difference between revisions

Another element introduced in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' is the background scenery, which is actually accessible for Mario through certain pipes. Several places which only appear in the background can be visited this way, some of which include Hooktail Castle, the Great Tree, the X-Naut Fortress, and [[Merlee]]'s house in the Rogueport Sewers. This feature was carried over to the next game in the series, ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. Certain abilities are disabled here, however. Mario's partners cannot be used in the background, Mario cannot move to a different screen/area, and he also cannot walk past any houses or locations.

After each chapter is completed, two intermission scenes precede the beginning of the next chapter. The player can save their progress before and after each intermission.

|rowspan=4|A timid Koopa Troopa who lives in [[Petalburg]]. To prove to Petalburg that he is not a coward, and to avenge the death of his father, [[Koopley]], he joins Mario's team. He has the same ability [[Kooper]] has outside of battle: using his shell toss move to activate switches, grab items and attack enemies, but with a slight upgrade — he can hold his shell in place and then launch it back in the opposite direction.

|[[Shell Toss]]<br>0 FP||Attacks one ground-bound or low-hovering enemy. Does not take contact damage from spikes, fire, or electrification.

|[[Shell Shield]]<br>4 FP||Summons a [[Green Shell|Koopa Shell]] to protect Mario until it breaks.

|[[Gale Force]]<br>4 FP||Blows enemies away from battle, earning Star Points in the process. This move is particularly effective against aerial foes, and those who have a level lower than Mario's.

|[[Gulp]]<br>4 FP||Swallows the frontmost ground-bound enemy and spits it at the ground-bound foe right behind it, damaging both of them. This move ignores Defense Power. Does not work on certain bosses.

|[[Shade Fist]]<br>0 FP||Punches an enemy and leaves it magically [[burn]]ed. Does not work on fire enemies, and those with lateral spikes.

|[[Veil]]<br>1 FP||[[Invisible|Hides Mario and herself in the shadows to negate all damage for one turn]]. Next turn, Vivian will not be able to act. If Mario acts before Vivian, he will also be unable to act the following turn.

|[[Fiery Jinx]]<br>6 FP||Attacks all enemies with fire, penetrating their Defense Power and leaving them burned. This move is particularly effective against ice enemies, heals fire foes, and has no effect on certain enemies.

|rowspan=4|A retired [[Bob-omb]] admiral who at first refuses to help Mario reach [[Keelhaul Key]], but changes his mind when Mario delivers his late wife's letter to him. After Mario saves him from Cortez's underlings and gives him [[Chuckola Cola (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Chuckola Cola]], he joins Mario's team. He possesses the same ability [[Bombette]] has outside of battle: with his bomb attack, he can destroy cracked walls, activate switches and attack enemies. However, he can be tossed upwards to walk on elevated ledges.

|[[Bomb (Paper Mario series)|Bomb]]<br>0 FP||Attacks one ground-bound enemy. This move is particularly effective against fire and undead enemies, can flip [[Cleft]]s, and sets off bomb-type foes, but has no effect on foes like [[Buzzy Beetle]]s.

|[[Bob-ombast]]<br>9 FP||Powerfully bombs all enemies. This move will ground all foes.

Battles take place on a stage. In addition to the traditional turn-based combat, the characters on-stage interact with the scenery: sometimes the background falls, damaging all characters on stage and possibly making them [[dizzy]], the audience helps Mario gain Star Power and also may throw items on stage or attack Mario and his partners, and lastly, some bosses even use the audience to their advantage. For example, [[Hooktail]] eats some of the audience to regain 10 HP, also causing all other audience members to flee, making it impossible to gain any Star Power. In addition, the battle shifts off-stage.

|style="text-align:left;"|Loses 1 HP each turn. Is removed by randomly-occurring stage props involving water, and by the Frozen status ailment. Fiery foes are immune to this ailment.

|style="text-align:left;"|The victim has an approximately 50% chance each turn to do something random and unexpected, including attacking allies.

|style="text-align:left;"|The affected character will deal 1 HP of damage to attackers who make contact, and will often interrupt their attack.

|style="text-align:left;"|The affected character is unable to do anything, and will take 1 HP of damage when the status expires. This ailment is negated if the Burn status is inflicted. Ice-based foes are immune to this ailment.

|style="text-align:left;"|Attack Power is lowered by 2.

|Creates an earthquake that damages enemies. If at least one gauge of the Action Command is completed, the tremor damages all grounded and low-hovering enemies. If done perfectly (all gauges completed), this move deals 6 HP of damage to all enemies, regardless of their positions at the battle stage. This special move pierces Defense Power and ignores enemies' invisibility.

Items are objects that, if used, help Mario and his partners on their journey. They can restore their stats (for example, [[Mushroom]]s being capable of recovering their [[Heart Point]]s, and [[Honey Syrup]]s of recovering their [[Flower Point]]s), temporarily boost stats (e.g., [[Power Punch]]es [[Huge|raise Attack Power]], and [[Courage Shell]]s [[DEF-Up|raise Defense Power]]), give the player status effects (like [[Repel Cape]]s granting [[Dodgy]], and [[Volt Shroom]]s bestowing [[Electrified|electrification]]), damage enemies instead (for instance, with [[Fire Flower]]s and [[Ice Storm]]s) or give them negative status effects (such as with [[Dizzy Dial]]s and [[Sleepy Sheep]]). Mario can hold up to 10 items in his inventory, but he can store a maximum of 31 items at any [[Item Shop]] and withdraw them at any time he wishes to. The amount of items Mario can hold is doubled once he collects the [[Strange Sack]].

Badges are objects that Mario and his partners can equip, and therefore benefit from, throughout the course of the game. They can be purchased at the Lovely Howz or by [[Charlieton]], traded for [[Star Piece (Paper Mario series)|Star Pieces]] by [[Dazzle]], won at the [[Pianta Parlor]] or found in one of the places Mario and company visit. The blocks in which badges are found in the field are red in color, unlike normal item blocks which are yellow.

When leveling up, Mario can gain Badge Points (BP) which allow him to use badges he has already found. Some of the badges add new [[Jump]] or [[Hammer]] moves to Mario's commands during battle and other new abilities.

Badges can also affect Mario and his partners outside of battles. After the battle certain badges can increase the amount of coins, flowers, hearts, or Items enemies drop. Enemies might also carry badges in battle, which only [[Ms. Mowz]] can steal right away, and there is a likelihood that they might leave them when they are defeated.

Two special badges, the W Emblem and the L Emblem, can change Mario's clothing. With the W Emblem, Mario gets [[Wario]]'s clothing, with the L Emblem, he gets [[Luigi]]'s clothing, and with both Emblems combined, he gets [[Waluigi]]'s clothing.

If multiple copies of the same jump or hammer badge are worn at once, the FP requirements increases exponentially, whereas the attack power increases linearly.

|Chain-Chomp-like fish that inhabit the waters. If Mario jumps in the water, he will lose 1 HP, forcing him to jump out of the water.

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|A bar of fire that will force Mario back to the start if touched. In Bowser's third platform level, it can be destroyed by Bowser's fire breath.

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|Pointy obstacles that causes Mario to lose 1 HP. Some are retractable and stationary.

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|A common obstacle that Mario can jump in, also inhabited by [[Nibbles]].

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In ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', Mario can discover hidden [[? Block]]s throughout the game. [[Ms. Mowz]] is helpful in discovering them. There are 15 invisible ? Blocks in the game.

[[File:PMTTYD Star Piece RogueportZessTRoofTop.png|thumb|300px|[[Mario]] and [[Goombella]] getting the [[Star Piece (Paper Mario series)|Star Piece]] above [[Zess T.]]'s house in [[Rogueport]].]]

[[Mario]] first breaks her contact lens in the Prologue. After Chapter 2, Mario bought her a [[Contact Lens|new one]], and she returned home. Mario can ask her to cook something. After completing her [[Trouble Center]] trouble, she is able to cook two items at once.

[[File:MeetBonetail.png|thumb|upright=0.85|Mario confronting Bonetail]]

The [[Pit of 100 Trials (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Pit of 100 Trials]] is an optional challenge. Before or after saving the world, Mario can take on the enemies found in the 100-basement floor area known as the Pit of 100 Trials. The enemies located on levels 51-99 are especially strong. Upon reaching floor 100, Mario discovers [[Bonetail]], the long-lost relative of Hooktail and Gloomtail. After defeating Bonetail, Mario receives the [[Return Postage]] Badge.

*The first partner of both games is a Goomba that gives Mario hints on both enemies and the area. They both have headbonk, tattle, and multi-bonk as attacks.

*The second partner of both games is a Koopa Troopa. Both are able to be shot out to hit switches, etc. Both of them are also able to use Shell Toss and Power Shell in battle.

*Both games have partners obtained in [[#Chapter 3: Of Glitz and Glory|Chapter 3]] that have first and last attacks that deal multiple low power hits. Bow with her Fan attacks and Yoshi Kid with his ground pound and Stampede attacks.

*The fourth partner of each game allows the player to travel across gaps, Parakarry and Yoshi, respectively.

*Both games have a Bob-omb as a partner, both are able to destroy cracked surfaces, Bombette and Bobbery, respectively.

*The fifth partner of both games allows Mario to become invisible to enemies, Bow and Vivian, respectively.

*Both games have a partner who is able to uncover hidden items, and whose basic attack pierces through defense, Watt and Ms. Mowz, respectively.

*Both games have a partner who has betrayed an enemy to join Mario's party, Lakilester and Vivian, respectively.  

*Both games have a partner who lets Mario to ride them to move faster, Lakilester and Yoshi, respectively.

*Both games have some way to let Mario traverse through water, the partner Sushie and Boat Mode, respectively. Additionally, both are only available when stepped on a specific panel.

*In both games the player is able to play as Peach between chapters. The player is required to dress Peach up as an enemy to learn secrets. Also, the player can cook something in both games. In ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', Bowser's side-quest is separated from Peach's, as he is not the one who kidnapped her.

*As with the first ''Paper Mario'' game, a main antagonist sees Peach disguised as a minion, and remarks on how she smells "too nice".

*Mario and Peach contact each other using friendly characters in both games. [[Twink]] helped in ''Paper Mario'' and TEC-XX in ''The Thousand-Year Door''. In the end, both Twink and TEC develop feelings for Peach (despite of the latter is actually an AI).

*At one point in the games, Mario falls for a ploy created by the boss of the level which led him to be confined in a cage alongside several other prisoners. A ? block in ''Paper Mario'', and a fake puni pedestal in ''The Thousand-Year Door''.

*[[#Chapter 1: Castle and Dragon|Chapter 1]] in both games features a castle/fortress as the location of the boss, with both being located in peaceful, green plains. Additionally, both bosses are revered by denizens of the local town ([[Koopa Village]] and [[Petalburg]], respectively, which are both largely inhabited by [[Koopa Troopa|Koopa]]s). Both towns feature a distinctive, elderly Koopa ([[Kroop]] and [[Koopa Koot]], respectively).

*The partner acquired in [[#Chapter 2: The Great Boggly Tree|Chapter 2]] in both games required Mario to bring them an item.

*An oversized [[Clubba]] is the boss of Chapter 3 in both games, and both have a secret that involves making themselves powerful. Both are sought after by persistent female characters interested in finding lost persons (Bow and Jolene, respectively). Additionally, both Clubba characters have positioned security units to guard certain areas ([[Sentinel]]s and [[Glitz Pit Security]] respectively).

*In both games, at one point, Mario has to chase the Chapter 3 bosses (Grubba and Tubba's Heart).

*Chapter 4 in both games involves Mario accessing the storage room of a certain shop to make progress. It also involves widespread (and comical) mischief in a town; for ''Paper Mario'', it is the [[Shy Guy]] frenzy that takes place. For ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', the denizens of Twilight Town are being turned into pigs at the toll of a bell.

*[[Moustafa]] and [[Flavio]] both give the player stones needed to reach an ancient, rumored to be haunted, place. Also both of the ghost bosses (Tutankoopa and Cortez) try to intimidate Mario by uttering threats as he progresses through the level.

*Buying a [[Dried Shroom]] and another certain item along with it was a secret sign in both games that was required to reach Moustafa and Don Pianta, respectively.

*[[#Chapter 5: The Key to Pirates|Chapter 5]] takes place on a tropical island with coconuts in both games and both involve an expedition. Also, in both games this is when Mario's oldest partner joins him, and they both have to be rescued from being stuck in a tree before they do so.

*The Chapter 5 bosses, [[Lava Piranha]] and [[Cortez]], are similar as Cortez's spine in his first form and Lava Piranha's stem are in the exact same position, and both of them have multiple forms, each with the same amount of HP. They are also accompanied by multiple entities, each with their own mechanics, attacks, and HP.

*In both games, Princess Peach must make something. Also, in both games, if she makes a mistake in the directions of making it, it comes out wrong (making a cake for [[Gourmet Guy]] and making the invisibility potion)

*After the battle against Cortez is over, one of the [[Toad (species)|Toad]] sailors tells everyone that he feels a "slight wind" coming from the cracked wall, just as [[Misstar]] did in the first one. The Bob-omb partner of both games is needed to blow that up. Also, the most frequently fought boss of both games (Jr. Troopa and Crump, respectively) conveniently show up after Chapter 5 is completed.

*Chapter 6 takes place in a beautiful area and has a boss that can do a very high amount of damage when charged up: 16 for [[Huff N. Puff]], 10 for [[Smorg]]. Also, both are blob-shaped and made up of a smaller species. Additionally, [[Ruff Puff]]s appear in the sixth chapter of both games.

*Chapter 8 includes a battle against Bowser before the final battle. Also, Kammy Koopa is fought in both chapters.

*Both games contain puzzles in some places that are solved identically or similarly.  

**The [[Riddle Tower]] has many puzzles from [[Crystal Palace]], including walking through or blowing up seemingly solid walls.

**The [[Palace of Shadow]] has puzzles and traps from [[Bowser's Castle]], including an area wherein Mario only makes progress by following a pattern (though this is actually taken from the final castle level in ''Super Mario Bros.'')  

**Both dungeons in the final chapters have rooms with stairs where Mario has to defeat [[B. Bill Blaster]]s to reach the next level.

*The main villain of both games (which have kidnapped Peach) had to be chased through long stairways in the eighth chapter of both games.

*Peach conveniently gets taken away in both games right before Mario and company reach the hideaways of the games' main antagonists.

*In both games, there is a scene where Mario can turn into 8-bit Mario with ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' level 1-1 music playing.

*Both games have [[Merlon]] standing outside his house, waiting for Mario and his partners to show up, where he tells them about a dream that he had, and tells them to let him know if they find out the meaning of it. Afterwards, an item that is placed at the top of Merlon's house is revealed.

*Both games have a spike room where Bow's Outta Sight or Vivian's Veil must be used, and the position of the paths across the spikes are identical.

*Both games feature a boss who poses a threat by eating people (Tubba Blubba and Hooktail), and both of these bosses have a secret weakness.

*Both games include a test during the Chapter 5 interlude that Princess Peach has to take and has information that helps Mario in the future.

*Both games end with a [[victory parade|parade]] led by Luigi (though in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' it is not a traditional parade, and is mainly a line of all the character's silhouettes used as a way to show everyone).