Paper Mario

Paper Mario

Paper Mario, known in Japan as Mario Story is a role-playing (RPG) video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. Paper Mario was developed by Intelligent Systems. The directors were Toshitaka Muramatsu, Takahiro Ohgi, and Hironobu Suzuki. Kumiko Takeda and Kaori Aoki wrote the game’s script and Naohiko Aoyama was the art director responsible for the game’s distinctive graphical style. It was first released in Japan on August 11, 2000. Paper Mario is the first installment for the Paper Mario series and is the predecessor to the GameCube game Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Paper Mario is set in the Mushroom Kingdom as the protagonist Mario tries to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser. To do so, he must locate seven “Star Spirits” to negate the effects of the captured Star Rod, which grants invincibility to Bowser. The player controls Mario and a number of partners to solve puzzles in the game’s overworld and defeat enemies in a turn-based battle system. The battles are unique in that the player can influence the effectiveness of attacks by performing required controller inputs known as action commands.

Features

Paper Mario is set in the Mushroom Kingdom as the protagonist Mario tries to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser. To do so, he must locate seven “Star Spirits” to negate the effects of the captured Star Rod, which grants invincibility to Bowser. Paper Mario combines traditional role-playing game (RPG) elements with concepts and features from the Mario series. The player controls Mario for the majority of the game, who can jump and use his hammer to overcome physical obstacles placed in the game’s overworld. Progression through Paper Mario depends upon interaction with the game’s non-player characters (NPCs), who will often offer clues or detail the next event in the storyline. Mario allies with eight partners in total, each of whom represents a different type of enemy from the Mario series. There is Goombario the Goomba; Kooper the Koopa; Bombette the Bob-omb; Parakarry the Paratroopa; Lady Bow the Boo; Watt the L’il Sparky; Sushie the Cheep-Cheep, and Lakilester the Lakitu.