Paper Ninji

This article is about the Paper Ninjis and shiny variants of the Paper Ninjis in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam. For Ninjis in the Paper Mario series, see Ninji § Paper Mario series.

Paper Ninji
First appearance	Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (2015)
Variant of	Ninji

Paper Ninjis are paper forms of Ninjis that appear as enemies in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam. Like with their regular counterpart that also appears in the game, Paper Ninjis can camouflage themselves in the overworld and jump out when the player gets near. Both variants of the Ninjis can duplicate themselves, though the fake versions of the Paper Ninjis are identified by them folding before attacking. If there is both a regular Ninji and a Paper Ninji in the battle, the Paper Ninji can be folded into a shuriken to be thrown by the regular Ninji. Paper Ninjis are commonly found at Gloomy Woods, and one is fought in Neo Bowser Castle alongside a regular Ninji, a Spiny and a Paper Spiny as one of Bowser's last lines of defense.

Rare, shiny variants can also appear in place of the regular Paper Ninjis in the same areas. These Ninjis have greater stats and will always drop a Candy and Shiny Battle Card when defeated, though their methods of attack remain the same.

Enemy statistics

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam enemy
Paper Ninji
	HP	70	POW	60 (53)	Defense	79 (59)	Speed	92
	Role	Common	Type	Paper	Weakness	Fire	Location(s)	Gloomy Woods, Neo Bowser Castle
	Level	13	Experience	49 (44)	Coins	30	Item drop	Candy - 3% LV 1 Character Card - 3%
Notice: Stats in parentheses are from the game's Easy Mode.

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam enemy
Paper Ninji (shiny)
	HP	98	POW	90 (88)	Defense	118 (99)	Speed	138
	Role	Common	Type	Paper	Weakness	Fire	Location(s)	Gloomy Woods, Neo Bowser Castle
	Level	20	Experience	147 (142)	Coins	120	Item drop	Candy - 100% Shiny Battle Card - 100%
Notice: Stats in parentheses are from the game's Easy Mode.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ペーパーハックン Pēpā Hakkun	Paper Ninji