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The battle system usually involves Mario, his partner(s), and enemies taking it in turns to attack, with action commands to every move. The ''Paper Mario'' series differs slightly from the other RPGs because the damage and HP ratio is lower and Mario and his partner will always attack first, and attack power is achieved by getting hammers and boots rather than leveling up. ''Paper Mario'' is also split into chapters for which stars Mario must get, and has chapter bosses, with minibosses along the way, while neither really exists in the other RPGs; only bosses, identifiable by different battle theme and higher HP (and often they are characters). ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' and ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' make it possible to completely defend against attacks (excluding magic attacks in ''Super Mario RPG''), or at least reduce the amount of damage taken. In the ''Mario & Luigi'' series it is possible (and often necessary) to avoid enemy attacks altogether. | The battle system usually involves Mario, his partner(s), and enemies taking it in turns to attack, with action commands to every move. The ''Paper Mario'' series differs slightly from the other RPGs because the damage and HP ratio is lower and Mario and his partner will always attack first, and attack power is achieved by getting hammers and boots rather than leveling up. ''Paper Mario'' is also split into chapters for which stars Mario must get, and has chapter bosses, with minibosses along the way, while neither really exists in the other RPGs; only bosses, identifiable by different battle theme and higher HP (and often they are characters). ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' and ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' make it possible to completely defend against attacks (excluding magic attacks in ''Super Mario RPG''), or at least reduce the amount of damage taken. In the ''Mario & Luigi'' series it is possible (and often necessary) to avoid enemy attacks altogether. | ||
With the exception of ''[[Paper Mario]]'', ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'', and ''[[Mario and Luigi: Dream Team]]'', [[Bowser]] is never the antagonist in RPGs, though he fights Mario in all of them. Two of them (''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' and ''Super Paper Mario'') even have him join Mario's team (though usually his intent is to take over the world himself once the greater threat is out of the way). He is also a playable character in four of the RPGs: ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''. Out of these four, only ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and ''Super Paper Mario'' actually has him join forces with Mario, even though in ''Bowser's Inside Story'' he is fighting against the same enemies as Mario. ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' simply had Bowser (and Peach) being playable in intermissions between the main chapters. | With the exception of ''[[Paper Mario]]'', ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'', and ''[[Mario and Luigi: Dream Team]]'', [[Bowser]] is never the antagonist in RPGs, though he fights Mario in all of them. Two of them (''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' and ''Super Paper Mario'') even have him join Mario's team (though usually his intent is to take over the world himself once the greater threat is out of the way). He is also a playable character in four of the RPGs: ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''. Out of these four, only ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and ''Super Paper Mario'' actually has him join forces with Mario, even though in ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' he is fighting against the same enemies as Mario. ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' simply had Bowser (and Peach) being playable in intermissions between the main chapters. | ||
[[Luigi]] had major roles in all four ''Mario & Luigi'' games, and ''Super Paper Mario'', although the earlier games did not involve him as much. He only had small cameos in ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'', and though he does appear in the first two ''Paper Mario'' games, Luigi has no role in the plot. He is off on his own adventure in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' and frequently recounts his experiences to Mario. | [[Luigi]] had major roles in all four ''Mario & Luigi'' games, and ''Super Paper Mario'', although the earlier games did not involve him as much. He only had small cameos in ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'', and though he does appear in the first two ''Paper Mario'' games, Luigi has no role in the plot. He is off on his own adventure in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' and frequently recounts his experiences to Mario. | ||