History VideoGame / PaperMario64

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[[caption-width-right:250:[[{{Tagline}} Thinner Mario, Bigger Adventure!]]]]

* MusicalNod: The credits music for ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_32KA98keSU plays on a radio in Koopa Village.]]

[[caption-width-right:250:[[TagLine Thinner Mario, Bigger Adventure!]]]]

-> ''"Mario's back in a new adventure! He has new friends with special abilities! He has new enemies with funky attacks! But will he save the princess? Find out in Paper Mario!"''
->- North American [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZSkUTWZyeA commercial]]

-> ''"Mario's back in a new adventure! He has new friends with special abilities! He has new enemies with funky attacks! But will we save the princess? Find out in Paper Mario!"''

->- North American [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZSkUTWZyeA commercial]]]

-> ''"Every day, I go [[VideoGame/MarioGolf golfing]]… to [[VideoGame/MarioParty parties]]… Lately, I've also started playing [[VideoGame/MarioTennis tennis]]. What could I be forgetting to do…? I got it! An adventure!"''
->- Mario, Japanese [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tmnDWEz4gA commercial]]

-> ''"I've been playing [[VideoGame/MarioGolf golf]] and going to [[VideoGame/MarioParty parties]] every day. I've also started playing [[VideoGame/MarioTennis tennis]] recently. It's like I'm forgetting something... I know! An adventure!"''

-> ''"Mario's back in a new adventure! He has new friends with special abilities! He has new enemies with funky attacks! But will he save the princess? Find out in Paper Mario!"''
->- North American ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZSkUTWZyeA commercial]]''

-> ''"Mario's back in new adventure! He has new friends with special abilities! He has new enemies with funky attacks! But will he save the princess? Find out in Paper Mario!"''
->- North American ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZSkUTWZyeA Paper Mario]]'' commercial

-> ''"Mario's back in new adventure! He has new friends with special abilitles! He has new enemies with funky attacks! But will he save the princess? Find out in Paper Mario!"''
->- ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZSkUTWZyeA Paper Mario]]'' commerical

-> ''"Mario's back in new adventure! He has new friends with special abilitles! He has new enemies with funky attacks! But will he save the princess''? Find out in Paper Mario!"''

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** After defeating Bowser, his castle and the giant platform the official final fight took place on begins to explode because the battle was so intense. Bowser's Castle explodes right then and there in the sky while Peach's Castle with Mario and others are saved by the Star Spirits and said castle is brought back to its proper space from which Bowser's Castle uprooted it from.

* RememberedICouldFly: Bombette is first seen stuck in a jail cell. Once she joins the party, she demonstrates her abilities by blasting a hole in the damaged wall. She then sheepishly admits that the idea hadn't occurred to her before that point.

* {{Cap}}: Level 27. You're likely to be around level 23 by the time you fight the final boss, and can gain those last few levels in a matter of minutes by fighting Amayzee Dayzees.

** The rare Amayzee Dayzee avoids Mario outside battles and almost always flees the battle if Mario doesn't kill it on his first turn.

* Mysteries, which can give you a surprising number of good things. They cost only 1 coin (3 in the sequel), so they're not a bad investment.

The game starts when Mario and Luigi get an invitation from Princess Peach to attend a party at her castle. When Mario goes to have some alone time with Peach, the ground suddenly shakes and the castle suddenly rises into space with all of the guests still inside. It turns out that Bowser built his castle underneath Peach's and rose both of them up into space in a giant Koopa Clown Car. Bowser then appears and reveals he had stolen an artifact called the Star Rod from Star Haven, which he uses to effortlessly defeat Mario and throw him out the window to the world below.

* TakenForGranite: The Stone Cap gives Mario the ability to turn into a stone statue for three turns, but will be unable to attack during that timespan.

* RandomEffectSpell: Mysteries, which can give you a surprising number of good things. They cost only 1 coin (3 in the sequel), so they're not a bad investment.

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: At the end of Chapter 5, Jr. Troopa finally catches up to you... only when you leave the island. When he fights you back at the pier, Jr. Troopa's health is significantly dropped due to swimming across the ocean. Twice. Jr. Troopa himself integrates the gameplay: He doesn't say "I'm exhausted", he literally says "My HP have dropped!"

** The final encounter with recurring boss Jr. Troopa, which is also the last mandatory fight before you reach Bowser, has Jr. shift through all the forms and tricks he took in your fights with him throughout the game, one at a time.