Paper Mario (video game)

2000 video game
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Paper Mario is a Nintendo 64 role-playing game released in 2000. It features Mario in his paper form. The game was sold for Virtual Console on the Wii in 2007 and the Wii U's Virtual Console in 2015. It was followed by five sequels: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004), Super Paper Mario (2007), Paper Mario: Sticker Star (2012), Paper Mario: Color Splash (2016), and Paper Mario: The Origami King (2020).

Paper Mario
Developer(s)Intelligent Systems
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Ryota Kawade
Toshitaka Muramatsu
Takahiro Ogi
Hironobu Suzuk
Producer(s)Shigeru Miyamoto
Kenji Miki
Composer(s)Yuka Tsujiyoko
Taishi Senda
SeriesPaper Mario
Platform(s)Nintendo 64, iQue Player, Virtual Console (Wii, Wii U)
ReleaseNintendo 64:
  • JP: August 11, 2000
  • NA: February 5, 2001
  • EU: October 5, 2001
  • AU: October 5, 2001
  • ESP: April 26, 2002
iQue Player:
  • CHN: June 8, 2004
  • NA: March 11, 2005
Virtual Console (Wii):
  • ESP: March 11, 2007
  • JP: July 10, 2007
  • EU: July 13, 2007
  • AU: July 13, 2007
  • NA: July 16, 2007
Virtual Console (Wii U):
  • NA: April 30, 2015
  • EU: May 21, 2015
  • AU: May 22, 2015
  • JP: July 15, 2015
  • ESP: June 4, 2016
Genre(s)Platform, role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Plot change

When Bowser uses the Star Rod, he interrupts the party hosted by Princess Peach and the castle is lifted into outer space. As the game progresses, Mario rescues Peach, defeats Bowser and uses the Star Rod to restore the castle.