Super Paper Mario

Super Paper Mario (also known as Paper Mario 3) is a Wii role playing game released in 2007. It is the third game for the Paper Mario series to be released on platform. The game was going to be released for the GameCube, like its predecessor, but was instead released for the Wii.

Super Paper Mario
Developer(s)	Intelligent Systems
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Director(s)	Ryota Kawade
Producer(s)	Kensuke Tanabe Ryoichi Kitanishi
Programmer(s)	Tadao Nakayama
Composer(s)	Naoko Mitome Chika Sekigawa
Series	Paper Mario
Platform(s)	Wii, Wii U
Release	Original release: NA: April 9, 2007 JP: April 19, 2007 ESP: June 6, 2007 EU: September 14, 2007 AU: September 20, 2007 HK: July 12, 2008 ROC: July 12, 2008 KOR: February 26, 2009 RUS: July 7, 2015 Nintendo Selects: NA: August 28, 2011 EU: June 22, 2012 ROC: April 2, 2013 ESP: February 24, 2014 Wii U (digital download): NA: June 16, 2016 JP: August 3, 2016 EU: August 11, 2016 AU: August 12, 2016 ESP: May 1, 2017
Genre(s)	Platform, role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player

Gameplay

The player controls Mario and his companions and has to explore different dimensions linked to a town called Flipside, fights enemies to gain levels and solves puzzles. As the story progresses, Princess Peach, Luigi, and Bowser become playable. Super Paper Mario is a 2D and 3D game since one of Mario's abilities is to change the perspective of the environment.

Story

Mario and his friends set out to collect eight Pure Hearts in each chapters, in order to destroy the Chaos Heart and prevent the black hole from destroying the world.

Companions

In each Paper Mario game, there have always been members that follow Mario and help him in battles. Pixl is a name that comes from the word pixel, but is also a reference to pixie, which is a name for a fairy. Each pixl has a different power and look, but despite having many members, the player can only use one. In Super Paper Mario, Tippi, also called Tiptron, is the player's butterfly partner. She has the ability to give tips to Mario and makes invisible objects appear. The player can recruit one of the Pixls in each chapters as the game progresses.

Reception

Most of the reviews for Super Paper Mario were positive such as IGN that gives a score of 8.9 out of 10. Most critics praised the plot because it has a great sense of humor, but said that the graphics were fine, but not extraordinary. The game has sold more than 2.28 million copies worldwide.