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'''''Super Paper Mario''''' is a [[Genre#Platform|platformer]] [[Genre#Role-playing|role-playing game]] released in 2007 for the [[Wii]], as well as the first ''Mario'' game for the console. Unlike the other ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' games, ''Super Paper Mario'' is a platformer and does not use a turn-based battle system, but rather incorporates RPG elements with platforming. The game fuses elements of 2D and 3D gameplay together, shifting back and forth between dimensions, once being described as a "2.5D" sidescroller by ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' magazine.

''Super Paper Mario'' has a distinct visual identity within ''Paper Mario'' and the ''[[Mario (series)|Mario]]'' series as a whole. While it retains the look of its predecessors for the playable characters, returning enemies and items, the game experiments with novel art styles for the diverse dimensions featured and their inhabitants, which are in general built from more geometric, abstract shapes and psychedelic colors, patterns and gradients. This style, coupled with elements such the rectangle selection effect for warping and teleporting characters and the line-by-line then color fill animation for appearing stage objects, seem to be inspired by digital graphics editing. Writing-wise, the game maintains the humorous dialogue and occasional pop culture references familiar to the series, contrasting with the more somber and serious tone of the main plotline.

The game was originally planned for a 2006 release on the [[Nintendo GameCube]], but was moved to the newer Wii console. Motion controls were added to certain gameplay features, pushing the release date back to April 2007 for North America and Japan, and September of that year for Europe and Australia. The game was rereleased for the [[Wii U]] [[Nintendo eShop#Wii U|eShop]] in 2016.

 

Back at Bowser's Castle, Mario is awakened by a [[Pixl]] named [[Tippi]], who brings him to the town of [[Flipside]] and introduces him to [[Merlon]]. He owns the benevolent counterpart of Bleck's book, the [[Light Prognosticus]], which indicates that a hero fitting Mario's description can stop the Void, which is visible in the sky above Flipside and slowly growing. Merlon gives Mario the first of eight [[Pure Heart]]s that he needs to counteract the [[Chaos Heart]]. If Mario refuses, he gets a [[Game Over]]. Upon receiving the first Pure Heart, Mario has to place it into the first [[Heart Pillar]] to cause a door to appear on the top of [[Flipside Tower]] leading straight to [[Lineland]], where the next Pure Heart is. Merlon also tells Mario that he must also learn the "dimensional technique" from his friend [[Bestovius]] there in order to find the rest of the Pure Hearts.

Soon after, Peach (now in her usual pink dress) wakes up in Castle Bleck and joins two Koopas in search of an exit, but they are soon cornered by Nastasia, who brainwashes Bowser's minions. Peach, however, is teleported away before she can be hypnotized.

Upon the heroes' arrival in the pixelated Bitlands, [[Tippi]] is kidnapped by the geeky, butterfly-collecting chameleon, [[Francis]]. Another Pixl named [[Barry]] witnessed the scene from behind a bush and tells the heroes how to reach [[Fort Francis]]. After passing through an underground area just like [[World 1-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 1-2]] in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', Mario and Peach come across some castles occupied by Koopas, Hammer Bros., Bullet Bills and Bowser himself, who proceeds to lose a one-on-one fight with Mario. Bowser explains that he was locked up in Bleck's Castle and does not know how he appeared in the Bitlands, and with some persuasion, agrees to join Peach and Mario on their journey. The three swim across [[The Tile Pool]], where they meet a new Pixl, [[Thudley]], and use him to defeat a monstrous [[Big Blooper (Super Paper Mario)|Big Blooper]]. Beyond the pool, the heroes climb [[the Dotwood Tree]] in order to use the winds at the top to float over a gorge and reach Fort Francis. Along the way, they battle Dimentio, who brushes off his defeat as a mere amusement, and was in fact using it to gauge the heroes' strength in order to ensure they can defeat Count Bleck when the time comes. Unaware of Dimentio's plotting, Mario, Peach and Bowser continue on to Fort Francis, where they find another trapped Pixl named [[Carrie]] and navigate their way through a sea of puzzles, [[Meowmaid]] robots and nerdy memorabilia to get to Francis, who immediately develops a crush on Peach and attempts to flirt with her using an electronic chat interface [[Swoon.exe]]. She rebuffs him and he is defeated in battle, and the surge of trust and happiness from the newly-freed Tippi calls forth the next Pure Heart from the castle itself, which Merlon later explains used to belong to the Tribe of Ancients.

Back at Castle Bleck, Dimentio muses that the heroes might be able to defy the prophecy, but Bleck is confident in his plan and calls for an unnamed new minion to take care of his foes. Nastasia lingers after the other minions leave and tries to get Bleck to reconsider, but while he does not give up after coming as far as he has, he kindly gives her a chance to leave with his blessing, which she declines out of loyalty and love for Bleck. Unbeknownst to both of them, Dimentio eavesdropped on the entire exchange, but decides not to worry about it, since he has his own "projects" to attend to.

When the heroes return to Flipside, Merlon explains about the castle and decides that Bowser is the third hero of the prophecy. After returning to the Bitlands to collect Barry, who is impressed that they managed to save Tippi, the heroes open a new green door and continue on their quest. Barry is the first optional Pixl.

In the Sammer's Kingdom, the Void is almost at full size. After defeating the first [[Sammer Guy]], [[King Sammer]] arrives with 99 more combatants and explains that the heroes have to defeat all of them to get the next Pure Heart, as per the laws of the land. After the heroes defeat twenty Sammer Guys, Count Bleck himself appears to inform them that Sammer's Kingdom is about to be destroyed, but when Tippi confronts him, he beats a hasty withdrawal. The next five Sammer Guys recognize the direness of the situation and let the heroes pass for free, at which point the King returns and appears to present them with the Pure Heart, but it is just a bomb in a treasure chest, and the King turns out to be Mimi in disguise. She fights them with a barrage of rubees and is defeated, but she had only intended to stall the heroes. They hurry, but are unable to get farther than the 30th gate before the world is demolished and they are forced to flee back to Flipside. The door to the Sammer Kingdom remains so they go through, but all they find is [[World of Nothing|an endless expanse of whiteness]], and a deadened Pure Heart, now turned to stone. Mr. L appears with [[Brobot L-type]] to try to stop the heroes from getting the dead Pure Heart, but loses the fight and the Heart.

Mario, Luigi and Tippi carry on, coming up against Dimentio, who forces them to chase him through portals to the various other worlds, before ending up back in the castle. Dimentio then tells them that he had actually been helping them all along, such as by saving Peach from Nastasia and by sending everyone to The Underwhere to undo Luigi's brainwashing and get the Pure Heart fixed. He explains that he wanted the four heroes to unite and defeat Bleck, claiming that the Count had no intention of creating a new world once the old one was destroyed, but that he did not have enough strength to stop him on his own. Tippi warns Mario and Luigi not to accept Dimentio's offer of an alliance, and when rejected, he proceeds to goad Luigi into a one-on-one fight. (If the player chooses to ally, then Dimentio plants Floro Sprouts on Mario and Luigi's heads, causing a [[Game Over]].) Mario, Tippi and the Pixls go on ahead while Luigi remains behind and defeats Dimentio, who responds by trapping them both in a force field in order to destroy himself and Luigi, rather than letting Bleck get his hands on the "man in green" from the prophecy.

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[[Pixl]]s are new creatures in the game that give Mario and crew new abilities. There are thirteen in total, four are optional. However, only twelve can be carried, since [[Tiptron]] is only available after [[Tippi]] disappears. They replace the partners from the previous Paper Mario games, and set the record for the most allies in the series. Tippi (Tiptron after completion of the game) is always active and thus the player always have two active Pixls (except at certain points). All Pixl abilities except Tippi's are activated using the {{button|wii|1}} button.

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*[[Fire Burst]] - Broils enemies with searing flames.

*[[Ghost Shroom]] - Summons a Ghost Shroom to damage enemies.

*[[Ice Storm]] - Pelts enemies with frigid shards of ice and freezes them.

*[[POW Block]] - Rattles enemies on the ground and ceiling.

*[[Shell Shock (item)|Shell Shock]] - Rams into enemies when the player kicks the shell.

*[[Shooting Star (item)|Shooting Star]] - Showers enemies with a flurry of shooting stars.

*[[Thunder Rage]] - Strikes enemies with lightning.

*[[Volt Shroom]] - Briefly paralyzes enemies the player touches.

*[[Poison Mushroom|Poison Shroom]] - Poisons the player and makes them lose HP, so the item should be sold rather than used.

*[[Dangerous Delight]] - Blocks the player's abilities, including jumping, reverses the controls and makes the characters move slowly.

*[[Bone-In Cut]] - Temporarily doubles the player's Attack.

*[[Block Block]] - Makes the player invincible temporarily.

*[[Courage Shell]] - Temporarily reduces the damage the player takes by half.

*[[Hot Sauce]] - Temporarily doubles the player's Attack.

*[[Mighty Tonic]] - Briefly doubles the player's attack.

*[[Turtley Leaf]] - Reduces all damage by half.

*[[Ancient Clue]] - Serves as toilet paper for [[Fleep]] in Chapter 4-2.

*[[Autograph]] - In the [[Piccolo]] side quest, [[Paper]] transforms into this item once [[Merlumina]] signs it.

*[[Blue Orb]] - Needed to create a bridge in Chapter 7-4.

*[[Card Key (Super Paper Mario)|Card Key]] - Opens the door to the [[Floro Caverns|Processing Center]] in Chapter 5-4.

*[[Crystal Ball]] - The player needs to deliver this item to [[Merlee]] in the [[Piccolo]] side quest.

*[[Diet Book]] - The player would return this to Hagra in Chapter 7-2.

*[[Floro Sprout]] - A disguise the player gets from [[O'Chunks]] in Chapter 5-4.

*[[Golden Card]] - Unlocks the Hammer Whacker arcade game.

*[[Goldfish Bowl]] - The player can get this from [[Pook]] in [[Flipside]]; it becomes the [[Helmet]].

*[[Helmet]] - A breathing apparatus the player needs in Chapter 4-1; the Goldfish Bowl becomes this item.

*[[Paper]] - The player receive this item from [[Old Man Watchitt]] in the [[Piccolo]] side quest.

*[[Red Orb]] - Needed to create a bridge in Chapter 7-4.

*[[Return Pipe]] - Returns the player to [[Flipside]] from most chapters.

*[[Training Machine]] - An exercise machine that the player must deliver to [[Merluvlee]] in the [[Piccolo]] side quest.

*[[Yellow Orb]] - Needed to create a bridge in Chapter 7-4.

*[[You-Know-What]] - A mysterious item that the player must deliver to [[Bestovius]] in the [[Piccolo]] side quest.

*[[Big Egg]] - Restores 12 HP and cures poison.

*[[Black Apple]] - Restores 1 HP and cures poison.

*[[Blue Apple]] - Restores 5 HP and cures poison.

*[[Cake Mix]] - Restores 5 HP and cures poison.

*[[Dayzee Tear]] - Restores 3 HP and cures poison.

*[[Dried Shroom]] - Restores 1 HP and cures poison.

*[[Fresh Pasta Bunch]] - Restores 5 HP and cures poison.

*[[Fresh Veggie]] - Restores 10 HP and cures poison.

*[[Golden Leaf]] - Restores 1 HP and cures poison.

*[[Honey Jar]] - Restores 10 HP and cures poison.

*[[Horsetail]] - Restores 7 HP and cures poison.

*[[Inky Sauce]] - Restores 3 HP and cures poison.

*[[Keel Mango]] - Restores 7 HP and cures poison.

*[[Life Shroom]] - Automatically restores 5 HP if the player falls in battle.

*[[Long-Last Shake]] - Regenerates the player's HP over time.

*[[Mild Cocoa Bean]] - Restores 5 HP and cures poison.

*[[Mistake]] - Restores 1 HP and cures poison.

*[[Mushroom]] - Restores 10 HP when touched.

*[[Peachy Peach]] - Restores 10 HP and cures poison.

*[[Pink Apple]] - Restores 5 HP and cures poison.

*[[Power Steak]] - Restores 15 HP and cures poison.

*[[Primordial Fruit]] - Restores 10 HP and cures poison.

*[[Red Apple]] - Restores 5 HP and cures poison. Give to [[Cyrrus]] to get to Door O.

*[[Sap Soup]] - Restores 3 HP and cures poison.

*[[Shroom Shake]] - Restores 10 HP and cures poison.

*[[Slimy Shroom]] - Restores 10 HP and cures poison.

*[[Smelly Herb]] - Restores 5 HP and cures poison.

*[[Super Mushroom|Super Shroom]] - Restores 20 HP when touched.

*[[Super Shroom Shake]] - Restores 20 HP and cures poison.

*[[Ultra Mushroom|Ultra Shroom]] - Restores 50 HP when touched.

*[[Ultra Shroom Shake]] - Restores 50 HP and cures poison.

*[[Whacka Bump]] - Restores 30 HP and cures poison.

*[[Yellow Apple]] - Restores 5 HP and cures poison.

*[[Catch Card]] - Catches an enemy's soul (if it works).

*[[Catch Card SP]] - Catches an enemy's soul (almost always works).

*[[Gold Bar]] - A bar worth around 100 coins.

*[[Gold Bar x3]] - A trio of gold bars; worth around 300 coins.

*[[Gold Medal (Super Paper Mario)|Gold Medal]] - A medal worth 10,000 points.

*[[Happy Flower (Super Paper Mario)|Happy Flower]] - Flowers with coins attached to them will slowly rain from the sky for a limited time.

*[[HP Plus (Super Paper Mario)|HP Plus]] - Raises HP by 5 permanently.

*[[Mega Star]] - Makes the player huge and invincible for a short time.

*[[Mistake|Mistake (Sleepy Sheep)]] - Briefly puts enemies to sleep.

*[[Mystery Box (item)|Mystery Box]] - Becomes a random item when used.

*[[Pal Pill]] - Summons little buddies to surround and defend the player.

*[[Power Plus (Super Paper Mario)|Power Plus]] - Raises Attack by 1 permanently.

*[[Sleepy Sheep]] - Briefly puts enemies to sleep.

*[[Slow Flower]] - Temporarily slows down time; triples value of coins and points.

*[[Speed Flower]] - Temporarily speeds up time; triples value of coins and points.

*[[Star Medal (Super Paper Mario)|Star Medal]] - A medal worth 1,000 points.

*[[Stop Watch]] - Stop enemies in their tracks.

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|Celing covered in spikes which will fall gradually. If the player doesn't escape in time, it will cause a Game Over.

*''Super Paper Mario'' and ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' both have legends involving four heroes. In ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', it is the four ancient heroes that turned into the [[Black Chest Demon]]s, in ''Super Paper Mario'', it is the playable character cast.

**As such, this is the first and so far only ''Mario'' RPG to lack turn-based battles (aside from the [[Underchomp]] battle).

The developers and Nintendo considered that retaining the leveling system was important, as it would allow less dedicated players to still enjoy the game and make it stand out from traditional ''Mario'' games.<ref name="Nintendo Power"></ref> The graphics and character design were deliberately designed to be surreal and unusual to invoke the idea of "a Mario world that's not really a Mario world" and because the idea "to show something that the player has never seen before" was considered a pillar of ''Paper Mario''.<ref name="Nintendo Power"></ref>

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===Through the platform===

The player must be Luigi and must be under a platform moving down. To start the glitch, Luigi must high jump and hit the platform moving down. The platform will keep moving, and when Luigi starts falling, he should jump immediately. Luigi should be on the platform.

Using Mario and [[Thudley]], the player should [[Ground Pound]] with the {{button|wii|1}} button, and just as Thudley's ground pound reaches maximum height, cancel it and flip to 3-D. The mechanic of jumping in midair after flipping allows this trick to be performed repeatedly to gain height.

===Clipping through objects===

If Mario flips dimensions, goes beside a slanted object, and flips back into 2D, he is able to walk through the object.

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*''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'': Many references:

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*[https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/manuals/Wii_Super_Paper_Mario.pdf North American manual]