Paper Mario: Sticker Star

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Template:Infobox Paper Mario: Sticker Star (known as Paper Mario: Super Seal in Japan) is an upcoming RPG for the Nintendo 3DS developed by Intelligent Systems. As the fourth installment in the Paper Mario series, it is the first Paper Mario title to be released for a handheld console.

Storyline

From the official game site:

the night of 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 actually make wishes come true. Out of want for the comet Bowser decides to jump for it to take it as his own, but in the process breaks the Sticker Comet into pieces sprawling them across the Mushroom Kingdom. A crown happens to fall on Bowser’s head making him more powerful and he decides to kidnap Princess Peach!

Nintendo eShop Description

Launching this holiday, this classic action role-playing franchise gets a fresh 3D look in its hand-held debut as Mario uses stickers found in the game to win battles and solve puzzles.

Gameplay

Mario stomping on a Goomba.

After forgoing the classic battle system in favor of a sidescrolling platformer-style system in Super Paper Mario, Paper Mario: Sticker Star returns to the turn-based system from the first two installments. A screenshot shows Mario's original Jump and Hammer commands in the form of Stickers and a redesigned layout for the system's touch screen. Partners may return after being replaced by the Pixls, with screenshots showing a Chain Chomp which is assumed to be a partner of Mario. A clip of gameplay footage has shown this Chain Chomp being thrown by its chain in the overworld, not unlike one of Bowser's attacks in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (and loosely similar to Kooper and Koops from the first two games). Players will have to gather stickers, each needed to solve puzzles to advance through the game. Stickers are a major part of the gameplay and storyline. Some objects appear in the form of stickers, and they will also have the ability to give power ups to Mario, such as the Frog Suit. They can also be used to overcome obstacles. Instead leveling up from experience points in the previous installments, Mario must solve problems and will be rewarded with an HP Up Heart. Stickers also appears to replace Badges from the first two installments in the series. A new feature include a "Battle Spin" slot machine, which is similar to Bingo! in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door; it allows Mario to get set of extra stickers or coins.

Confirmed Characters

Protagonists

• Mario

Supporters

• Toads
• Princess Peach

Enemies

• Goomba
• Paper-Cone Goomba
• Pokey
• Koopa Troopa
• Koopa Paratroopa
• Shiny Koopa Paratroopa
• Dry Bones
• Boomerang Bro.
• Fire Bro.
• Ice Bro.
• Magikoopa
• Goomba Tower
• Buzzy Beetle
• Spiny
• Swooper
• Bob-omb
• Para-bomb
• Snow Spike
• Whomp
• Accordion Guy
• Sombrero Guy
• Maraca Guy

Bosses

• Boss Goomba - A group of Goombas that have a Goomba boss on the back of them. Note: One of the Goombas has a crown that looks exactly like the Goomba King's
  • Megasparkle Goomba
• Unnamed crowned Monty Mole
• Giant crowned Pokey
• Bowser
• Bowser Jr.

Partners

Partners work differently in Sticker Star, only being used one time to solve certain puzzles. The only true partner is Kersti, and partner attacks have been removed entirely in favor of stickers; i.e. Shell Toss has been replaced by a Koopa Shell sticker.

• A Chain Chomp
• A Green Toad
• Kersti
• Green Koopa
• A group of Toads

Other

• Wiggler
• Cheep Chomp
• Whomp

Confirmed Features

Items

Mario with a variety of items, or stickers.

• Question Block
• Brick Blocks
• Coin Blocks
• Coins
• Large Coins[7]
• 10 Gold Coins
• Recovery Block
• Save Block
• Warp Pipe
• Stickers and a sticker book
• HP-Up Heart

Objects

• Fan
• Cat-o-Luck
• Scissors
• Faucet
• Trumpet
• Radio
• Stop Watch
• Sponge

Stickers

Attacks

• Jump
  • Power Bounce
  • Multibounce
  • Line Jump
  • Shiny Jump
  • Flashy Jump
  • Iron Jump
  • Worn-Out Jump
  • Unknown triple Boots
  • Hopslipper
  • Unnamed Red Boot
• Hammer
  • Shiny Hammer
  • Eekhammer
  • Slaphammer
  • Shiny Slaphammer
  • Hurlhammer
  • Burnhammer
  • Giant Hammer (Japanese: メガキラハンマー, Mega Kira Hammer)
  • Unknown Hammer with a bandage cross resembling the Dusty Hammer.
  • Baahammer
  • Purple Hammer with a Sleepy Sheep label on it
  • Silver Hammer
• Mushroom
• Poison Mushroom
• Fire Flower
• Ice Flower
• Shiny Fire Flower
• Shiny Ice Flower
• POW Block
• Mystery Box
• Frog Suit (Japanese: カエルシール, Frog Seal) -- Works like Multibounce badge from previous games. Does 10 damage to first enemy, 8 to second, and then goes on decreasing by two each bounce.
• Unknown green Spike Top shell or Spiky Goomba helmet, Japanese name トゲぼうし, which means "spiny hat".
• Koopa Shell
• Red Shell
• Turtley Leaf
• Unknown Door
• Shiny Goomba
• Goomba's Shoe
• Orange flip-flop with Bowser's emblem
• Unknown yellow sponge

Other

• Battle Spin, similar to the Bingo slot that appears in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

Obstacles

• Podoboo
• Stickers which must be pulled off by pressing . "Bowser" is written on it and it has Bowser's emblem. Pull it off to find hidden Stickers/Areas. It should be noted that it is similar to the paper that can be blown off by Flurrie in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

Confirmed Locations

Unlike previous instalments, the game has a level progression system, similar to the platformer games. Along with that is a world map that's similar to the New Super Mario Bros. series, as well as a callback to Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars' overworld map. The map is used for quick travel to the games locations:

• Decalburg, the main town.
  • A sticker shop.
  • A stand owned by a Toad, where the player can turn things into stickers.
• World 1
  • W1-1: Warm Fuzzy Plains, a grass plain, with mountains in the background.
  • W1-2: Bouquet Garden.
  • W1-3: Water's Edge Way.
  • W1-4: Hither Thither Hill, a hill where a giant windmill is.
• A desert with pyramids.
  • A desertic dry area similar Dry Dry Desert.
  • A sphinx which resembles a Yoshi with a treasure chest on its tongue.
  • An egyptian-like pyramid.
  • A village in the desert resembling Dry Dry Outpost
• World 3
  • W3-1: Leaflitter Path
  • A river where Mario can use a raft. A Cheep Chomp inhabits this place.
  • A very dark place where the player finds a Boomerang Bro..
  • A room with a book and a radio.
• A mountainous world which resembles World 6 from New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
  • A mountain where Mario finds a dry tree.
  • A castle with a bridge and a Goomba boss.
• A snowy world.
  • A snowy mountain inhabited by Snow Spikes.
  • A snow plains similar to Shiver Mountain from Paper Mario, or World 3 of New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
• A volcano similar to Barrel Volcano or Mt. Lavalava.
  • An area with rising lava and hexagonal rocks.
  • A passage where lava arcs are found.
  • A lava pool with moving platforms.
• A wooden tower resembling a Ghost House.
• A castle inhabited by Goombas and a Whomp.
• A maze made out of giant playing cards.
• A cave area.

External Links

• Official North American website
• Paper Mario 3DS footage (E3 2010)
• Paper Mario 3DS footage (Nintendo World 2011)
• Paper Mario: Sticker Star (E3 2012)