Paper Mario: Sticker Star: Difference between revisions

The story starts during the night of the annual holiday, the [[Sticker Fest]], where the citizens come to witness the [[Sticker Comet]] fly by in the sky. It is said that the Sticker Comet will make everyone's wishes come true. [[Princess Peach]], on stage, shows the audience (which consists of [[Mario]] and a myriad of [[Toad (species)|Toads]]) the comet as it floats down to the scene. Suddenly, [[Bowser]] and his troops appear and crash the festivities. Out of want for the comet, Bowser decides to take it as his own. Three Toads attempt to pull Bowser away but inadvertently have him crash into the Sticker Comet, breaking it into six pieces and sprawling them across the Mushroom Kingdom. One of them happens to fall on Bowser’s head making him more powerful, and unleashing a tornado which scares away the Toads. A furious Mario tries to attack him, but is overpowered and later wakes up with the Sticker Fest in a disaster: Toads have been stuck everywhere by Bowser, and the Princess missing. After regaining consciousness, Mario meets [[Kersti]], a sticker fairy and the caretaker of the [[Royal Sticker]]s. After a conversation with her, Mario then suggests that he will help her get the Royal Stickers back, and Kersti finally agrees with him and gives him an [[album]].

In [[Water's Edge Way]], Mario and Kersti bump into the same Toad who found the Scissors sticker and drops an Album Page for the Sticker Album. After the Toad flees, Mario and Kersti meet [[Kamek]], who proceeds to be defeated in battle. In anger of his loss, Kamek uses paperization to toss away the Sticker Comet, making it impossible to proceed. Eventually, Mario and Kersti find the Sticker Comet and via a passageway through a [[Hither Thither Hill|windmill]] or [[Whammino Mountain]]. If they go to the windmill, they use the fan sticker to move the windmills blades, but find themselves in need of a code. The player can rescue a stranded Green Toad and escort him to Decalburg (However this is difficult since the Toad can't tough enemies) he will reveal the code. They are then ambushed by a [[Big Buzzy Beetle]] which is defeated with use of the battle spinner. If the player goes through Whammino Mountain, they can find an additional sticker shop. Either way, they eventually arrive at [[Goomba's Fortress]], where the first Royal Sticker is being held. Mario travels through the fortress, but his presence is alerted by a Goomba who uses a trumpet to wake up nearby [[Bob-omb]]s. Passing through the [[Para Bob-omb]]s and Goombas, Mario reaches the top where he and Kersti confront [[Megasparkle Goomba|a corrupted Goomba and his Goomba minions]]. During the battle, the corrupted Goomba and his minions form into Megasparkle Goomba, a giant Goomba. After intense battle, the Megasparkle Goomba splits and the other Goombas abandon their boss, claiming that the Royal Sticker is destroying who they are, and saying that they would prefer to be normal Goombas again. The enraged corrupted Goomba begins to battle alone, but eventually, Mario defeats him and obtains the first Royal Sticker.

Mario then arrives at a desert to find it is blocked off by a door. Paperizing the door and placing a Jump, Hammer, Mushroom, Poison Mushroom, Fire Flower, and Spike Helmet into the slots let's the door open, revealing a brief cave and then a vast desert. In the desert the player travels up a hill of quicksand and then down to find the [[Traveling Toad]] once again being attacked, now by a swarm of [[Paragoomba]]s. If battled, they combine into a [[5-Fold Paragoomba]]. Past this area is a large pyramid, on top of which is the Comet Piece. If the player slides down the slide to the left of the comet piece, they can receive a HP-up Heart.

After this Mario arrives at the [[Yoshi Sphinx]]. Here, Mario must travel through it only to find that the stairs to the top are missing. If he goes back through the sphinx, he can find a piece of [[Bowser Tape]] holding the stairs up. Before he can peel it though, he is dive bombed by the Shellshocks: A trio of [[Koopa Paratroopa]]s guarding the Yoshi Sphinx. They speak in military slang such as "Roger Roger" and finishing their sentences with "Over."

Continuing into the desert through [[Sandshifter Ruins]], Mario discovers at [[Drybake Stadium]] that the three tablet pieces must be obtained in order to advance. At the location of the piece hidden at [[Yoshi Sphinx]], before Mario could get it, he faces Kamek again; this time, however, Kamek converts all of Mario's stickers into Flip-Flop Stickers. The two duel on the tongue of the Yoshi Sphinx, accessed from a secret area. This secret area also has the light bulb thing. The another tablet piece os uncovered at [[Damp Oasis]], where a Vacuum is used to remove the sandstorm and then a faucet to restore the Oasis. A grateful Toad then gives Mario the tablet. A sign nearby tells Mario of the final tablet piece's location, and a nearby Toad challenges Mario to a race to get it. Ironically, the Toad finds the wrong pair of cacti in [[Drybake Desert]], while just briefly ahead Mario finds it in a cave area.. After restoring Drybake Stadium, Mario faces [[Tower Power Pokey]], the guardian of the second Royal Sticker, at the top. By defeating him, Mario and Kersti recover the second of the Royal Stickers.

After tacking the first Comet Piece, which inexplicably leads them to the Wiggler Segment instead of the Royal Sticker, Mario chases the energetic Wiggler Segment through [[Strike Lake]]. However, the segment is now tired, so it flees to [[Loop Loop River]] to take a nap. Once woken by Mario, it enrages and attacks them. Once the battle is over, the segment feels ashamed and returns to Wiggler. Completing Loop Loop River unlocks the [[Outlook Point]], a shop with Secret Doors. Also, a Green Toad sensei can be found here, who will give Mario advice and explain where the Poison is coming from. Later, this Toad is revealed to have watched over Wiggler since birth.

The next segment is found in [[Gauntlet Pond]], playing in the poison. It gets stuck on a log, and requires Mario's assistance, though it promptly flees afterward. After tracking it down to [[Stump Glade]], the segment is imprisoned as a prize to the gameshow, [[Snifit or Whiffit]]. Mario is forced to attend this show which is extremely unfair and rigged so far that there is no guarantee of survival. After completing all three challenges, the Wiggler Segment is released, but the host asks Mario if he would do another challenge for a prize: the radiator thing. Whether or not Mario accepts the challenge, he must go back to [[The Bafflewood]] to find the Wiggler Segment, which is battled as well as assisted by [[Piranha Plant]]s. Afterward it returns to Wiggler.

After Mario and Kersti reattach him,  Wiggler decides to help them by transporting them to a nearby island where the pollution is being created. After furiously charging out of his house, he gives Mario a ride, and chatting along the way. He apologizes for being trouble, and says that he learned a lot of things by the experience. Kersti remarks that he has grown up in the ordeal, which Wiggler naively believes. At this island, it is shown that [[Gooper Blooper]] is the cause of the poison in the forest. After defeating the Blooper with help from the sponge thing, the forest is reverted to its normal state and the poison is removed. Wiggler can be found in his tree house eating clean leaves.

This level drastically splits the map of World 4, one route leading to [[Shaved-Ice Cave]] and the other to [[Bowser's Snow Fort]]. Sadly, the Mario cannot make it to the boss of this world due to a missing scrap required to progress through [[Whiteout Valley]]. Mario instead heads to [[Ice Flow]], a slope-like level that takes place on a frozen river with many more Cooligans.  

The Mansion itself is complex, consisting of a large, two floor lobby; a fancy dining hall; a guest room; a room with a safe; a book room; three mysterious rooms above the dining hall that look exactly like the three residence houses in Decalburg (The middle one is the Steward's bedroom); a stairwell to a portal to Decalburg; and a greenhouse. After encountering all the Boos in the dining hall, they flee to different parts of the mansion, where Mario must find, fight, and seal them in the book in a manner similar to [[Luigi's Mansion]]. The Boos hide in similar ways to the Toads of Decalburg, such as being stacked in a cupboard, hiding in paintings, crumpled in wastebaskets, etc... Also, one is being bullied by two [[Scaredy Rat]]s in a manner not unlike the [[Traveling Toad]]. Speaking to the Steward outside tells Mario how many boos are left, although he doesn't get specific until most of them are caught.  

Once all the Boos are captured, the Steward exclaims that although the Mansion is no longer terrifying, the book still is, and that it must be sealed in the basement. Mario heads to the basement, and puts the book on the pedestal, when suddenly Kamek walks out from behind a crate in a fashion similar to Mario's paper ability from [[Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door]]. He reveals that he released the Boos, claiming that it was by accident when he was looking for a novel about stickers. This novel might be the one in the hallway that talks about the Flashy Infinijump. After remarking about how fun it was to watch the scavenger hunt, he tears out all the pages of the book, and crumples them together to form the giant menacing [[Big Boo]]. As the Boo attacks Mario, Kamek pauses the fight while leaving, going as far as stopping the battle music, before everything resumes as if he was never there. Eventually, however, the Big Boo is defeated, and the Steward brings Mario to the guest room before giving him tea, as well as the previous Stewart's portrait. Completing this level unlocks Shaved-Ice Cave, a sticker shop.

*[[Spinies]] do the same thing as Buzzy Beetles except Spinies curl up into a ball when dropping

*[[Scuttlebug]]s will jump around two times while hanging Scuttlebugs on webs will make way down from the top screen

**'''[[World 1 (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)|World 1]]''', both the grassy plains and the high stone mountains, containing 6 levels. The main boss of this world is [[Megasparkle Goomba]]:  

Cam Shea of IGN gave the game an 8.3, praising the fresh take on the ''Paper Mario'' series, the charming design, and the sense of humor, but criticized the sticker system for not working and some frustrating design elements. He wrote, "In spite of all my criticisms, Sticker Star is still compelling to play and a great deal of fun. The game’s infectious spirit and sense of humour is irresistible, and it’s big, too – you’re not beating this one in a weekend. It’s just a shame that putting stickers at the heart of the game didn't turn out to be the master-stroke it so readily could have been. Paper Mario fans will enjoy Sticker Star, but ultimately it’s just as notable for its failures as its successes."<ref>http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/06/paper-mario-sticker-star-review</ref> Edge Magazine UK gave the game an 8, praising Intelligent Systems's effort to shape its RPG for portable play.<ref>http://www.edge-online.com/review/paper-mario-sticker-star-review/</ref> Destructoid gave the game an 8/10 praised the game for the impressive effort but warned that the game will disappoint previous ''Paper Mario'' fans. Mike Wehner of The Escapist gave the game 4.5 stars out of 5, praising the game for its artistic style and its perfect gameplay while criticizing the frustrating puzzles. He wrote as the bottom line, "There's just no getting around it: Paper Mario: Sticker Star is yet another high-quality entry into Nintendo's cherished library of first party titles. The experience is high on satisfaction and low on frustration, making it an undeniably perfect fit for the company's mobile console. It's not entirely flawless, but as Mario games go, it's one of the best."<ref>http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/10058-Paper-Mario-Sticker-Star-Review</ref>

However, GameXplain were more critical on the game, giving it a score of two stars out of five.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DiQ7h8EStU</ref> They criticized the story as "one of the biggest and most unfortunate changes" and the puzzles, by saying that "the things you need [to solve them] could be found anywhere" and "the game provides no clues on where to find them". They also said that the battle system is "fresh and fun at first" but then started criticizing it, saying that there is "no sense of accomplishment after winning a battle", and ultimately referring to the combat as a "chore". However, they did praise the game for "trying some new things" and for its "flashes of typical ''Paper Mario'' brilliance".

*''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'': The [[Snifit or Whiffit]] quiz show has the same ✔ and ✘ blocks as to the ✔ and ✘ panels in the Check-X Quiz in this game.