28 Facts About Paper Mario

Paper Mario is a video game series and part of the Mario franchise, developed by Intelligent Systems and produced by Nintendo.

The series consists of six games and one spin-off; the first, Paper Mario, was released for the Nintendo 64, and the most recent, Paper Mario: The Origami King, for the Nintendo Switch.

Original Paper Mario began as a sequel to Super Mario RPG, developed by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

Each game divides the world into several explorable areas that contain puzzles and interactive elements, such as obstacles that Paper Mario has to hit with his hammer, that need to be completed to progress in the story.

Paper Mario is a 2000 role-playing video game released for the Nintendo 64 in 2000 in Japan, and 2001 worldwide.

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Paper Mario must save the imprisoned Star Spirits, defeat Bowser, and save the Mushroom Kingdom.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is a role-playing video game released for the GameCube in 2004.

Super Paper Mario is an action role-playing platform game released for the Wii in 2007.

Paper Mario is aided by other allies called Pixls, who have different abilities.

Paper Mario: Sticker Star is a cross-genre video game released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2012.

Paper Mario, allied by a sticker named Kersti, search for the lost stickers to fix the Sticker Comet.

In combat, Paper Mario's abilities depend on the stickers obtained; for example, a Jump Sticker allows Paper Mario to jump and stomp on his enemies.

Paper Mario: Color Splash is a cross-genre video game released for the Wii U in 2016.

Paper Mario is equipped with a paint hammer; various containers of red, yellow, and blue paint can be found that can be applied to Paper Mario's hammer.

Paper Mario: The Origami King is a cross-genre video game released for the Nintendo Switch in 2020.

King Olly covers the castle in five decorative streamers and Paper Mario, aided by Olly's sister Olivia, head out to destroy the streamers and defeat Olly.

Paper Mario has an ability called the 1000-Fold Arms, which gives him oversized arms that can be used to tear parts of the environment to reveal secrets.

Super Paper Mario was announced for the GameCube at E3 2006, but it was ported to the Wii in mid-2006 before being released in April 2007.

Paper Mario asked to change the combat system from The Thousand-Year Door, and to remove most of the story elements due to early feedback from fans.

Every game in the series from Color Splash onward has a white paper outline around Mario; the developers of Paper Jam needed to differentiate the characters from the separate series.

Paper Mario has since kept away from a complicated plot due to how it "led the game away from the Mario universe", and instead created a story where different locales would be tied to specific memorable events.

Paper Mario received critical acclaim when released; the game was positively received for its combination of roleplaying, platforming, and pre-existing elements from the Mario franchise.

Paper Mario series has been used as inspiration for various indie games.

Paper Mario said that creating a combat system similar to Paper Mario was simple, but not as much as maintaining a similar style of humor.

Paper Mario mentioned how his ultimate goal was to curate what made the RPG elements so special.

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Paper Mario was the best-selling game in its first week in Japan and other regions, and has sold 1.

Super Paper Mario was the top selling game of the week upon release in Japan, and ranked as the third best-selling game on the Wii in April 2007, similar to its predecessors.

Various Paper Mario elements have been featured in the Super Smash Bros.