Super Paper Mario

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Super Paper Mario
Original title ス ー パ ー ペ ー パ ー マ リ オ
transcription Sūpā Pēpā Mario
Studio Intelligent Systems , Nintendo SPD
Publisher Nintendo
composer Naoko Mitome

Chika Sekigawa

Yasuhisa Baba
Erstveröffent-
lichung
North AmericaNorth AmericaApril 9, 2007 April 19, 2007 September 14, 2007 September 20, 2007
JapanJapan
EuropeEurope
AustraliaAustralia
platform Wii
genre Action-adventure , computer role-playing game , platforming game
Game mode Single player
control Gamepad
medium Nintendo optical disc
language German, English, French, Spanish, Italian
Age rating
USK released from 0
PEGI recommended from 3 years

Super Paper Mario (Jap .:スーパーペーパーマリオ, Hepburn : Supa Pepa Mario) is a Jump 'n' Run - Action Adventure - RPG - video game from the Paper Mario series , that of Intelligent Systems and Nintendo SPD develops and by Nintendo on April 9, 2007 in North America, April 19, 2007 in Japan, September 14, 2007 in Europe and September 20, 2007 in Australia exclusively for the Wii . It is the sequel to Paper Mario: The Legend of the Gate of Eons and the predecessor of Paper Mario: Sticker Star . Originally the title should appear for the Nintendo GameCube . Super Paper Mario takes up the cut-out sheet look of the Paper Mario role-playing games and develops it into a fundamental game element: At the beginning, the game world has no spatial depth; the scenes are two-dimensional, like in Super Mario Bros. However, the player can use a special skill that is acquired early in the game to briefly switch to a 3D view rotated by 90 °. For example, hidden paths and items become visible.

announcement

Super Paper Mario was announced at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in 2006 .

action

The story revolves around the evil Count Knickwitz, who tries to create a new, empty world. For this purpose he needs the dark heart . By marrying Princess Peach Toadstool to Koopa King Bowser - while Peach is forced to say “Yes!” Under hypnosis - he succeeds in creating the dark heart . After that, Bowser and Princess Peach are useless to him. Mario's task is to find the eight pure hearts that are necessary to keep Count Knickwitz from his plan.

Gameplay

Many elements of Super Mario Bros. 2 are taken up again in a playful way . The characters have hitpoints ( life energy ), you can control Princess Peach, and she can float in the air in a similar way. In addition to Mario and Peach, you can control Mario's rival Bowser and Mario's brother Luigi. Bowser has the ability to spit fire at his opponents, and Luigi can jump higher than his brother.

reception

reviews
publication Rating
Metacritic 85/100

Super Paper Mario was mostly positively received by the trade press . On the rating website Metacritic , the game has - based on 56 ratings - a Metascore of 85 out of 100 possible points.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Super Paper Mario. In: Metacritic. Retrieved November 2, 2019 .