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[[File:BowserStarRodPowerUp.png|thumb|320px|right|Bowser using the wish power of the Star Rod to make himself invulnerable.]]
[[File:BowserStarRodPowerUp.png|thumb|320px|Bowser using the wish power of the [[Star Rod (Paper Mario)|Star Rod]] to make himself invulnerable in ''Paper Mario'']]
{{quote2|You've heard of wishing upon a shooting star? At the "Star Road", your wish is transformed into a star. When it's granted, it then turns into a shooting star and falls down to earth.|[[Geno]]|[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]}}
{{quote2|You've heard of wishing upon a shooting star? At the "Star Road", your wish is transformed into a star. When it's granted, it then turns into a shooting star and falls down to earth.|[[Geno]]|[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]}}
 
A '''wish''' is a strong hope or desire. In the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise, granting wishes is tied to stars, with ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' revealing that wishes turn into physical [[Wish Star]]s when they reach the [[Star Road (Super Mario RPG)|Star Road]], which then fall back to the earth as shooting stars after they are granted. [[Geno]] also speculates that without the power of wishes and the Star Road, [[Mario]] might be unable to rescue [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] from [[Bowser]]. ''[[Paper Mario]]'' reveals that the [[Star Spirit]]s choose which wishes to grant based on the integrity of the wisher, with selfish wishes never being granted. Wishes have also been shown to have a direct effect on the world, such as counteracting and weakening the powers of the [[Shadow Queen]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.
In the [[Mario (franchise)|''Mario'' franchise]], a '''wish''' is a strong hope or desire. Wish-granting is tied to Stars, with ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' even revealing that wishes turn into physical [[Wish Star]]s when they reach the [[Star Road (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)|Star Road]], which then fall back to the earth as shooting stars after they are granted. In ''[[Paper Mario]]'', it is revealed that the [[Star Spirit]]s choose which wishes to grant based on the integrity of the wisher, with selfish wishes never being granted. Wishes have also been shown to have a direct effect on the world during some of [[Mario]]'s adventures, such as counteracting and weakening the powers of the [[Shadow Queen]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. It was also speculated by the Star being [[Geno]] that without the power of wishes and the Star Road, Mario might be unable to rescue [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] from [[Bowser]].
 
==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
During the events of ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', the [[Star Road (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)|Star Road]] is shattered into seven [[Star Piece (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)|Star Pieces]] by the giant sword [[Exor]] as part of the invasion by the [[Smithy Gang]] from another dimension. As a result, no wishes can be granted: no new wishes are made into Wish Stars, and existing Wish Stars fall down to [[Star Hill]] despite not being granted. The situation was so dire, the stars sent one of their own, Geno, to assist Mario in collecting the pieces of the Star Road. As explained by Geno, without the Star Road granting wishes, peace could not return to the [[Mario World|the world]] so long a theirs was "a world where wishes can't come true anymore."
During the events of ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', the [[Star Road (Super Mario RPG)|Star Road]] is shattered into seven [[Star Piece (Super Mario RPG)|Star Pieces]] by the giant sword [[Exor]] as part of the invasion by the [[Smithy Gang]] from another dimension. As a result, no wishes can be granted: no new wishes are made into Wish Stars, and existing Wish Stars fall down to [[Star Hill]] despite not being granted. The situation was so dire, the stars sent one of their own, Geno, to assist Mario in collecting the pieces of the Star Road. As explained by Geno, without the Star Road granting wishes, peace could not return to [[Mario World|the world]] so long as theirs was "a world where wishes can't come true anymore."


Along with Toadstool, Bowser and [[Mallow]], Mario and Geno collect six of the Star Pieces and confront [[Smithy]], who has the last piece. Upon learning of the power of the Star Road, Smithy resolves to keep the piece for himself, and replace wishes with weapons as the dominant force in the world. In the end, however, Smithy was destroyed in battle and the Star Road was repaired, and the power of wishes was restored to the world.
Along with Peach, Bowser, and [[Mallow]], Mario and Geno collect six of the Star Pieces and confront [[Smithy]], who has the last piece. Upon learning of the power of the Star Road, Smithy resolves to keep the piece for himself, and replace wishes with weapons as the dominant force in the world. In the end, however, Smithy was destroyed in battle and the Star Road was repaired, and the power of wishes was restored to the world.


===''Paper Mario'' series===
===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario''====
====''Paper Mario''====
''[[Paper Mario]]'' reveals that the power of wishes has existed in some form since the beginning of time, with the Star Spirits in [[Star Haven]] watching over the world below and granting wishes to deserving people, thus allowing the world to prosper peacefully. Because Bowser's wishes were always selfish, they were never granted, and in the outset of the game, he attacks Star Haven and steals the powerful [[Star Rod (Paper Mario)|Star Rod]] in order to grant them himself. Using the power of the Star Rod, he traps the Star Spirits in playing cards, kidnaps Princess Peach and her entire castle, renders himself invincible and even defeats Mario initially. Fortunately, Mario is able to free the Star Spirits and face Bowser once more, and once Peach wishes for the Star Spirits' power to increase, Mario is able to defeat Bowser using the [[Peach Beam]], and the authority to grant wishes via the Star Rod was returned to the Star Spirits.
''[[Paper Mario]]'' reveals that the power of wishes has existed in some form since the beginning of time, with the Star Spirits in [[Star Haven]] watching over the world below and granting wishes to deserving people, thus allowing the world to prosper peacefully. Because Bowser's wishes were always selfish, they were never granted, and in the outset of the game, he attacks Star Haven and steals the powerful [[Star Rod (Paper Mario)|Star Rod]] in order to grant them himself. Using the power of the Star Rod, he traps the Star Spirits in playing cards, kidnaps Princess Peach and her entire castle, renders himself invincible and even defeats Mario initially. Mario is able to free the Star Spirits and face Bowser once more, and once Peach wishes for the Star Spirits' power to increase, Mario is able to defeat Bowser using the [[Peach Beam]], and the authority to grant wishes via the Star Rod is returned to the Star Spirits.


====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
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===''Mario & Luigi'' series===
===''Mario & Luigi'' series===
====''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''====
====''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''====
The [[Beanstar]] from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' has the power to grant wishes to the one awakening it with a pure, sweet voice. [[Cackletta]] plans to use Peach's voice to awaken it and grant her wish of ruling the kingdom, but due to her plans being foiled beforehand the Beanstar shatters into pieces instead. Its power is never demonstrated in-game.
The [[Beanstar]] from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and its remake ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'' has the power to grant wishes to the one awakening it with a pure, sweet voice. [[Cackletta]] plans to use Peach's voice to awaken it and grant her wish of ruling the kingdom, but due to her plans being foiled beforehand the Beanstar shatters into pieces instead. Its power is never demonstrated in-game.


====''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''====
====''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''====
Wishes play a very minor role in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and its remake, ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''. At the start of the game, Princess Peach uses Wish Power, combined with Starlow’s Star Power to decrease Bowser’s power, then levitate and toss him out of the castle.
Wishes play a very minor role in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and its remake, ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''. At the start of the game, Princess Peach uses Wish Power, combined with Starlow’s Star Power to decrease Bowser’s power, then levitate and toss him out of the castle.


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At the end of the game, Bowser attempts to use the Dream Stone to erase Mario and Luigi from existence, but Peach and Starlow use their combined Wish Power, described as the power of good thoughts, to shatter the Dream Stone. Bowser then inhales the pieces and becomes [[Dreamy Bowser]], granting him a large power boost and the ability to perform normally-impossible feats, such as cloning himself or creating minions out of nothing.
At the end of the game, Bowser attempts to use the Dream Stone to erase Mario and Luigi from existence, but Peach and Starlow use their combined Wish Power, described as the power of good thoughts, to shatter the Dream Stone. Bowser then inhales the pieces and becomes [[Dreamy Bowser]], granting him a large power boost and the ability to perform normally-impossible feats, such as cloning himself or creating minions out of nothing.


===''Other Games''===
===''Yoshi's Crafted World''===
 
The [[Sundream Stone]] that the [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s guard in ''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]'' is able to grant wishes as long as it is equipped with all the [[Dream Gem]]s. [[Baby Bowser]] and [[Kamek]] plot to steal it, causing the Dream Gems to scatter across the world in the struggle.  
====''Yoshi's Crafted World''====
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The [[Sundream Stone]] that the [[Yoshis]] guard in ''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]'' is able to grant wishes as long as it is equpipped with all the [[Dream Gems]]. [[Baby Bowser]] and [[Kamek]] plot to steal it, causing the Dream Gems to scatter across the world in the struggle.  
 
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