List of Paper Mario glitches: Difference between revisions

[[File:PM Odd Key Early.png|thumb|right|Mario obtains the Odd Key from the outside of the house.]]

This glitch bypasses wall collisions and abuses Mario's hitbox when the [[hammer]] is used to obtain items. The player should go near the northeast corner of the house outside where the [[Odd Key]] is positioned, next to [[Tayce T.]]'s house. Mario should face east next to the east wall of the house in between Tayce T.'s house, [[Spin Dash]] without changing position, face west, and then use hammer, all before the spin finishes. If timed correctly, the hammer will ignore wall collision and extend into the house, obtaining the key. This glitch does not allow the player to [[List of Paper Mario glitches#Odd House early|enter the house early]], since the door can only be unlocked from the inside.<ref>Stryder7x. (September 23, 2018). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzprctIdCdg&t=4m6s Top 10 Mistakes in Paper Mario]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved December 5, 2021.</ref>

After defeating Jr. Troopa, his post-defeat cutscene will play and the story progress will be [[List of Paper Mario glitches#Retrigger prologue|reverted back to the prologue]].

[[File:PM Sushie Swim on Land.png|thumb|left|Sushie swimming on land]]

To swim on land, the player must go to the very end of the snow in Shiver City, then jump and hold or repeatedly tap C Down. If done correctly, Sushie will land under the dock. Mario and Sushie can then swim anywhere, but can not enter pipes. The glitch ends when Mario goes back to the dock.

If Mario tries to go to Shiver Mountain, they will land in ice and cannot hit the switch, this can be remedied by swimming below the back wall and going around the switch. If Mario goes to the Frost Piranha-populated part of Shiver Snowfield, the slopes will not be easy to pass, requiring diving below the "water" in different places to try to get past. Going down the slope in this area makes it difficult to get out. Encountering an enemy, but finishing with Sushie still as the active party member will temporarily cancel the glitch, but it will reactivate after going through a loading zone. However, encountering three enemies in one room without changing screens will softlock the game, as the game underflows the number of cut scenes that Mario is in. This glitch can be used to skip the [[Scarf]] and the [[Bucket]] by swimming under the wall in which they are needed to get past. While it is not possible to get all the way to [[Crystal Palace]] using this glitch, multiple sequences can be skipped on the way. The glitch can then be deactivated by encountering an enemy, and switching [[Sushie]] for another partner.

{{br}}

[[File:PM Shiver Snowfield Letter Crash.png|thumb|right|TLB Exception On Store]]

==Softlocks==

===Peach warp softlock===

By performing the [[List of Paper Mario glitches#Peach warp|Peach warp]] glitch in Chapter 8, Mario will trigger a Peach cutscene that does not exist. Bowser's Castle will simply float forever like at the beginning of each cutscene.

To perform this glitch, the player must go to the area in [[Mt. Lavalava]] with the Fire Shield badge. The player must use the trampolines to reach the area with the [[Save Block]]. Then, the player must fall off the left edge of the platform, bounce off the second trampoline only, jump under the Save Block and select the "Don't save" option. Mario becomes stuck until the game is reset.

This happens because the springs use a cutscene to prevent Mario from falling off while jumping up them. When Mario hits the bottom spring, he enters a cutscene, increasing the cutscene counter by 1. When he hits the top spring, he leaves the cutscene, lowering it by 1. If only the top spring is hit, the count drops to -1 (underflowing to 255) cutscenes. Once the Save Block is hit, the cutscene counter glitches out and becomes confused, assuming the player is in a cutscene that will never end, meaning Mario cannot move and the game is softlocked.

===Save Block storage===

Text storage is useful for various glitches. The player should perform the [[List of Paper Mario glitches#Trampoline softlock|trampoline softlock]] up until hitting the Save Block. Instead of merely jumping into the block, Mario should jump towards the block from nearby, and perform a well-timed spin jump as Mario brushes underneath the block. This will allow Mario to move while the Save Block is still active, allowing the player to save anywhere. Text storage can also be used from this by opening the partner menu, and then selecting "Don't save" on the save menu, for other glitches.

Skipping ahead of chapters and returning to their locations will have them in a "completed" state, so puzzles will already be solved, bosses are considered defeated, and characters in the area will have their post-chapter dialogue when spoken to. For example, if [[Dry Dry Desert]] is visited for the first time in a post-Chapter 2 state, [[Kolorado]]'s camp will be gone, [[Dry Dry Ruins]] will already be revealed, and [[Tutankoopa]] will not be present in his boss room. However, Tutankoopa's warnings will still occur, since they are determined by flags rather than story progression. Locked doors and treasure chests are also typically controlled by flags, even if opening the chest itself is a storyline trigger. This allows certain key item chests such as the [[Super Hammer]] chest in Dry Dry Ruins and the [[Frying Pan]] chest in [[Shy Guy's Toy Box]] to function as once-per-save file methods of manipulating story progression.

Though the planting of the [[Magical Seed]]s is controlled by flags, the presence of the door that leads to [[Flower Fields]] is dependent on story progress. Therefore, if all four seeds are planted to make the door appear, then story progress is reverted to a pre-Chapter 6 state, the door will be gone even though all four sets of flowers are present. This makes it impossible to reenter Chapter 6, since the only way to set the story progress to a point where the door will be present is to use the [[List of Paper Mario glitches#Peach warp|Peach warp]] glitch, which skips the chapter entirely.<ref name=top10crash>Stryder7x. (May 18, 2015). [https://youtu.be/V2phlJaOSe8?list=PL1B_rbTOEyI9N9U1v5-CTmeTvXTF7pCft Top 10 Game-Crashing Glitches in Paper Mario 64]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved January 14, 2023.</ref>

Hitting a Super Block with only Goompa in the party results in unpredictable glitches whose effects depend on the game's dynamic allocated memory. The game may crash when attempting to open the party menu. Otherwise, it will open a glitched party menu with an invisible cursor and two glitched options. The game may display random text from the game, and the player may be unable to select anything. If the player is able to select something, choosing the first option softlocks the game. If the second option is chosen, the game will attempt to swap in a party member, reading an uninitialized byte of the game's dynamic memory as who the game should switch to. Only 11 out of 255 possible values correspond to valid party members, so the game is far more likely to crash than successfully switch a party member in. Theoretically, it would be possible to glitch [[Twink]] and [[Goombaria]] (who are normally only active alongside Peach and unused, respectively) into Mario's party this way, but the unpredictability of dynamic memory and inability to monitor it without hacking make this unfeasible. <ref>Stryder7x. (September 25, 2016). [https://youtu.be/_xGHFLwkQnc?list=PL1B_rbTOEyI8PM2XnKnw3NvbFdP7IpYM7 Potential "Obtain Any Partner" Glitch Explanation]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved January 14, 2023.</ref>

By jumping at a precise spot on the wall of the Odd House next to where [[Tayce T.]] lives, then making a frame-perfect jump off that spot into the roof of the house (which has no collision), Mario can enter the Odd House early. Mario can then enter the pipe leading to [[Rip Cheato]]'s room in [[Toad Town Tunnels]]. Since the breakable wall that leads to Rip Cheato's room can be destroyed from the inside, this glitch can be used to skip to Chapter 5 as long as [[Bombette]] is in the party.<ref>Malleoz (March 9, 2015). [http://tasvideos.org/4587S.html Submission #4587: Malleoz's N64 Paper Mario in 1:30:40.15]. ''TASvideos''. Retrieved May 6, 2016.</ref>

In Mt. Lavalava's zipline room, the player should perform the [[List of Paper Mario glitches#Save Block storage|Save Block storage]] glitch with Bombette active, then open the partner menu. They must make sure the save cursor is over "Don't save", but the partner selected is the one already out, to avoid closing the partner menu. The player must then press {{button|n64|a}}, which will allow Mario to move during the partner menu. Next, the player must use Bombette's field ability and, before she explodes, switch to Sushie and perform a Spin Jump or Tornado Jump (otherwise, the game will softlock). The player can then enter the loading zone, and Mario will be riding Sushie in the ground. This occurs because the game fails to clear the flag which indicates that a partner's field ability is being used as a result of switching partners mid-use. By carefully angling Sushie and bobbing down into the ground at certain points, Mario can progress to the end of the volcano to the eruption sequence. In the English version, the player must have Sushie dive at a precise moment upon entering the downhill [[Spiny Tromp]] room to avoid getting stuck.<ref>Stryder7x. (February 2, 2018). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MClCaFkhRt0&t=2m26s Creating an "Impossible" Paper Mario Cartridge]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved January 26, 2023.</ref>

It is possible to obtain the [[Weight]] in [[Boo's Mansion]] without using the [[Record]] to distract the Boo guarding it. With [[List of Paper Mario glitches#Bombette NPC pushing|Bombette NPC pushing]], the Boo can be slowly nudged away from the chest to the point that Mario can open it. Depending on positioning, the player may talk to the Boo and open the chest at the same time, which results in overlapping text boxes and the Boo's response to the weight being obtained ending prematurely if the player does not end the Boo's first dialogue quickly. If this happens, the Boo's text remains onscreen until Mario leaves the room. It is also possible to open the chest without pushing the Boo, though it is extremely precise.<ref name=ghostglitches/>

*If the item or party menus are opened while still in the playground, the game softlocks upon closing the menu. This glitch will only occur before Mario leaves the room.

*[http://tasvideos.org/4587S.html Malleoz's ''Paper Mario'' {{hover|TAS|Tool-assisted speedrun}} submission at TASVideos], which explains lots of glitches used in his run.