As you walk, roll, glide, and sail through Rogueport in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, you’ll eventually run afoul of?? Zess T., the grouchy chef. After you’ve smoothed things over with her, she’ll whip up unique dishes for you using the ?items you find on your journey as cooking ingredients.

Zess T.’s dishes are some of the game's best healing/buffing items, so you’ll want to familiarize yourself with the best and worst culinary combinations. Here’s a round-up of every recipe in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

How to get Zess T.'s Contact Lens in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

You can run into Zess T when the game frees you to explo??re Rogueport Plaza. Head west from the gallows, and you’ll run into Zess T. stomping about. She’s los?t her contact lens and tells you to stand still until she finds it, lest you step on it with those Goomba-spore-stained clodhoppers of yours.

What happens next is inevitable. Zess T. never finds her contact lens, and even if you reverse course and walk away the exact way you came, you’ll end up squishing it. Like any grouchy grannie worth her salt, Zess T. demands immediate compensation, orde??ring you to get her a new contact lens before blocking the route to Rougeport’s West Side, holding progression hostage until you repay your debt.

Head to Toad Bros Bazaar (next to Zesti’s shop) and talk to the owner. He’ll tell you he doesn't have contact lenses ?and will put in an order for some. The contact lens will show up after you’ve beaten Chapter 1, so I recommend placing the order before you head out to Petelburg. The Bazaar will email you on your Mailbox SP once the contact lens comes in, so check it often.

Once the contact lens is in, you can buy ??it for ten coins. Once you’ve given it to Zess, T., she’ll return to her kitchen. Now you’re free to head into Rogueport’s West Side, bu?t more importantly, you can talk to Zess. T and have her cook for you!

Every recipe in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Zess T. can cook a whopping fifty-eight items in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, each with a corresponding recipe you’ll need to follow to bring it to life. The game doesn't tell you which item/item combo creates wh??ich dish, so if you don't plan on looking up a guide, you’ll have to get experimental.

Here’s a breakdown of every recipe in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. We also threw in what each of the dishes they make and how m??uch each of them sells for ?in shops. If you can’t eat ‘em, make a mint off of ‘em!

How to get the Cookbook in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

At first, Zess T. can't cook more than one item. You won't be able to do anything about this until after you’ve finished Chapter 4. Once you’ve reached this point, a new side quest will become available at the Trouble Center on Rogueport’s East Side, “Seeking legendary book.�/p>

You can complet?e this side quest during your first trip through Creepy Steeple. Once you enter the front door, head north and roll into Tube mode. It’s hard to see, but there’s a hidden hole you can squeeze through. This leads you to what I can only assume is Doopliss�secret crash pad. The cookbook is in the chest on the right.

Once you’ve got the ?cookbook, return to Rogueport and bring it to Zess T. She can now cook two items. She also gives you a Honey Mushroom for your trouble—a free sample!

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Today, Nintendo published its financial reports for the second quarter of th??e fiscal year, and it's full of surprises regarding the sales numbers of both the company's software and hardware, with The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom being one of the biggest standouts.

The latest entry in The Legend of Zelda series, Echoes of Wisdom, was one of the company's best-selling titles, with more than 2.58 million units sold from its release date, September 26, to the end of the quarter a mere five days later. This means that Nintendo managed to sell almost 30 million units in less than a week, which is quite impressive for a new 2D Legend of Zelda title that's not a remake of an older game.

Other notorious examples of Nintendo releases that sold remarkably well in the past few months include the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door remaster, which, with 1.94 million units sold, already matched and surpassed the sales of the original GameCube release. Luigi's Mansion 2 HD also did quite well, with 1.57 million units, but the undisputed king of the Nintendo Switch catalog still is Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, since Nintendo sold 2.31 million units within this fiscal year, and it remain?s as the best-selling game in the entire console.

The Nintendo Switch has seen better days (But it's okay)

On the other hand, the shifting trends also show some surprising information regardin??g their recent sales. For starters, the Nintendo Switch itself had a significant decrease of 31.0% in yearly hardware sales, and a 27.6% decrease in the software equivalent.

This makes a lot of sense when you think about it. After all, the Switch has been out for over seven years, and Nintendo has already stated tha??t it plans to release its ?successor within this fiscal year. Most people who wanted to buy a Switch most likel?y already have one, and those few who still don't have may prefer to wait for its successor.

After all, most successful video game consoles sell fewer units around the time the company's next system is about to launch, so these numbers are not worrying at all. Nintendo still managed to sell 6.84 million Switch units in this fiscal year, meaning that the console has achieved 146.04 million? units sold in to date. It seems it's Zelda to the rescue once again because Nintendo specifically noted? that the Hyrule E??dition of the Switch Lite released in September resulted in a significant increment in hardware sales during the second quarter.

Digital software did a lot better, though

The financial report also disclosed that while digital sales of games decreased by 26.5% during the first half of the fiscal year, the overall digital software sales of the Switch proportionally increased by 6.1 percentage points, up to 56.3%. According to Nintendo, there's a good reason as to why this happened: fewer people bought DLC and add-on content. This makes a lot of sense, seeing as some of the most popular DLC packs in the console, like Pokemon Scarlet & Violet's The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero or Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Booster Course Pass, came out in 2023.

Nintendo also revealed that an increase in download-only games and stable sales of its Nintendo Switch Online service caused the proportion of its digital sales to increase on a yearly basis. This means that the company's new online service, which not only lets players connect to each other to play online but also gives them access to an extensive catalog of classic NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, Sega Genesis, Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games, has been working very efficiently. So, it shouldn't be a surprise that Nintendo recently confirmed that it plans to carry the service onto the Sw??itch's successor.

The inevitable impact of the Super Mario Bros. Movie

To no one's surprise, The Super Mario Bros Movie (which became one of the highest-grossing animated films of all time) energized its video game sales. It didn't specify which games sold better because of this movie, but it likely affected titles in the Mario series, especially those the company released in 2023, like Super Mario Bros. Wonder and the Super Mario RPG remake.

This means that the sequel will likely do the same, especially cons?idering that it will premiere in 2026, when the Switch's successor will already be available for purcha??se worldwide.

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One cheeky way you can spend your points in Paper Mario: TTYD is a build that play??e??rs have termed “Danger Mario.�The idea is that if you maintain Mario’s HP at 5, you can exploit badges to deal massive damage.

If you decrease Mario’s HP to 5 to push him into danger status and equip multiple Power Rush badges and some Last Stands, then Mario can take on almost any challenge. However, this isn’t fully available until much later in the game. This is because you invariably start th??e game at 5 HP?.

In order to adjust this and achieve Danger Mario status, you’ll need to visit Chet Rippo. You can access him by going down the pipe in front of Professor Frankly’s door and using Bobbery to blow open the crack?? in the wall. ??This means that you won’t be able to reach them until after Chapter 5.

Chet Rippo can then reallocate your stats, so you can shift your HP to BP. Each adjustment costs 39 coins. If you move it ??down to 5HP, Mario will be permanently in the danger zone.

However, keep in mind that you still need FP. Even while focusing on BP, you still need to be able to use your abilities. I’d reco??mmend stockpiling at least 20 FP, but y??ou may want more.

It’s also a good idea to have Life Mushrooms on hand at all times. These will revive? you if things don’t break your way. You can get them from the store in Twilight Town or from the shop in the Westside Rogueport.

What badges to equip

The purpose of the Danger Mario build is to capitalize on status boosts offered by certain badges that buff you up when you drop below 5HP. Power Rush and Last Stand are the main badges to look at.

Power Rush badges can be bought at Pianta Parlor (the casino in Rogueport) for 34 Pianta Tokens with the gold card (obtained throu??gh the Trouble? Center) and are sometimes carried by enemies (Paratroopas, specifically). There is also one available at the Lovely Howz of Badges above Rogueport’s inn.

Last Stand Badges, which will halve the damage Mario takes when you’re at or ??below 5 health, are less easy to access. One is found in the hallway of the Glitz Pit, while the other is found in the Lovely Howz of Badges. It can also be stolen from enemies (specifically Hyper Goombas and Green Fuzzies) using Ms. M?owz ability. The badge provides diminishing returns, but they only require one BP to equip, so keep piling them on.

You may also? want the Lucky Day badge. This is found on the 90th floor of the Pit of 100 Trials and also for matching all four numbers on the lottery. This badge causes enemies to miss, and equipping multiple raises your chances.

Since being able to attack is a very important part of this build, you’ll want to open up your options. You can keep jumping your primary method of attack if you get the Spike Shield badge from the room beneath Rogueport with the trail of stabbing spikes. You use Vivian to protect Mario whenever the spikes are about to emerge upward. You’ll also want the Ice Power badge, which is found beneath the bridge on Keelhaul Key. These will let you jump on spiked or fiery enemies without taking damage.

With that in mind, you’ll want to concentrate on jumping attacks. Multibounce will allow you to attack all enemies facing you, allowing you to wipe out most groups without allowing them to get an attack in. You should also use either Power Jump or Power Bounce or both. Power Bounce requires you to continually hit the action command for maximum effect, so if you have a habit of missing these, it may be better to u??se Power Jump instead. Again, you can use both, but you should definitely pile on as many as you can hold to increase their attack power.

The idea is to have so much attack power t??hat nothing can stand up to Mario's mighty feet.

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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is an RPG-lite. It includes leveling, but each time you hit? a new level, you are given the choice of three stats to upgrade. That's still quite the commitment with huge consequences. So, which ones should you pick for maximum efficiency?

For clarity, the three stats are:

• HP: Health points for how much damage you can take.
• FP: Flower points used for abilities
• BP: Badge points used for equipping badges.

FP and ?HP rise 5 ??points, while BP rises 3 points when selected during a level-up.

For obvious reasons, you need FP. Unless you are just going to keep on downing honey to use your skills, you’ll want some sort of stockpile. You might think that HP is also important, but probably not as much as you think. That’s because, in truth, BP gives you the most flexibility.

Backing up for a moment, the first three times you level up, you don’t have many options for badges. The most helpful ones come a little bit later in the game. An early investment in BP isn’t the worst idea, but it would be better spent elsewhere. To be more specific, I’d advise spending one or two levels upgrading your FP. The amount you start with doesn’t all??ow for the use of ma?ny abilities.

However, once you get up there in levels, BP is the best place to focus your points. Keep in mind that your attack power and skills don’t increase with each level. Beyond getting new shoes and an updated hammer, badges are the only way to increase your damage output. It’s also the best way to improve your defense. You can even double-up badges to further increase their effectiveness. You can also ??get more badges by using Ms.?? Mowz to steal them from enemies who are holding items in battle. 

While badges are important, you probably don’t want to entirely neglect your HP and FP. Some players recommend doing an alternating pattern of HP, BP, FP, BP, HP, BP, and so on. However, I found that once I hit around 25 or 30 points in HP and FP, that was enough for most of the game. Everything else I mostly put into BP.

Then, it’s a matter of finding the best badges and equipping them. There are plenty of both attack and defense badges (Power Plus and Defend Plus), and you can stack ability ??badges on top of each other to increase their strength. The important thing is that you have enough Badge Points to hold them, so that’s why investing in BP is so useful. It lets you adapt more readil??y.

If you find your build isn’t working well (or if you discovered this guide several levels in and it makes sense to you), then you can talk to Chet Rippo after Chapter 5 to re-allocate your points. He’s found beneath Rogueport. Take the pipe down from in front of Professor Frankly’s house and use Bobbery to blow open ??the cracked wall. Go down that pipe and talk to Chet Rippo. He’ll ??reallocate points for 39 coins each.

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The RPG genre is host to some of the longest games available. However, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is more of an RPG-lite, stripping out a lot of complexities and replacing them with si??mple action-based mechanics to keep it interesting. So, how long does it take to beat?

This all depends on how much side content you’re going to do and how much you’ll devote to exploration, but on average, it’s about 40 hours in length.

In my own personal experience, that's about the runtime. I didn't do absolutely every last activity, but? I did take on a great deal of side content, ?and that's what I wound up with.

While Paper Mario: TTYD is structurally linear, there’s a decent amount of exploration piled in there. On top of that, you might try finding all the tattle log entries, Star Pieces, or Shine Sprites. Or?? maybe you’ll battle down the Pit of 100 Trials to gain every last badge you can from the game. There’s a lot that can keep you occupied, even before you reach the credits.

On top of that, the Switch version of Paper Mario: TTYD piles on some additional content to the GameCube version to keep you satisfied for l????onger.

If you only concentrate on the critical path (only the necessary parts), it could take you more like 32 hours. However, that sounds like a pretty boring way to play. It’s ??more likely that, even without trying to complete absolutely everything, you’ll hit closer to 40 hours.

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Being refused by pipes isn’t new to Mario, but in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, they can be a little forward about it in one chapter. Starting Chapter 4 requires that you have?? your name written on your butt just to get to Twilight Town, but there’s another pipe within that behaves the same way with no explanation.

The pipe is located in a house within Twilight Town beside the item shop. You’ll know the house because the pipe is a dominant feature of its single room. If you attempt to go down the pipe, you’re told, “The pipe rejected you.�/p>

Don’t worry about it. Don’t pay any attention to the pipe. It’s not important right now. It isn’t a puzzle that is keeping you from reaching vast loot. Don’t waste your time or energy on it. You??’ll discover its use in due course.

The pipe actually connects to an area in Cree?py Steeple. During the chapter, you’ll descend to the basement in search of the name of the person who stole Mario’s name and body. Once you finish that part, there’s a pipe that will take you back to Twilight Town. The reason it rejects you is because it’s a one-way trip. A temporary reprieve from traipsing back and forth between Creepy Steeple and Twilight Town.

There’s nothing you can dow ith it before that, and there’s nothing you ca??n do to have it accept you. Instead,? you’re going to have to accept it as it is. Every pipe is beautiful, flaws and all.

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I like trivia, and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door provided me with not one, but two (technically-sort-of three) chan?ces to flex my brain muscle. Throughout the game you’re quizzed by Thwomp twice on the goings on of the game. If you’re paying attention, the??y aren’t too difficult, but if you’re coming back from an absence or are simply absent-minded, here’s some help.

Chapter 1 Thwomp Quiz answers

Your first quiz in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door happens early. During Chapter 1, you need to get the Sun and Moon stones from Shhwonk Fortress. You’ll meet an ornery Thwomp who will hand over the stones if you can beat his quiz. You only need to get? five correct without getting three strikes.

Here are the questions and answers.

Q1: What’s hidden in Shhwonk Fortress?
A1: Sun and Moon Stones

Q2: What do/does one [item] and one [item] cost at the shop in Petalburg? Total!
A2: X Coins.
This question sometimes varies. You may want to write down each items cost in the Petalbu?rg shop. If they ask what ??a mushroom and fireflower cost, the answer is 12. If you get it wrong, you’ll just have to answer another question.

Q3: What is the name of the mayor of Petalburg?
A3: Kroop.

Q4: Tell me, now! Where is the Crystal Star?
A4: Hooktail Castle.

Q5: How can one get from Rogueport to Petal Meadows?
A5: Go through a Pipe.

Q6: Which of the following characters can be found in Petalburg?
A6: Koopa Troopas

Q7: What number question is this?
A7: Number Seven.

Don’t worry if you fail. Your punishment is simply having to ?face Clefts. If you have a POW block on you, this isn’t a problem at all.

Chapter 7 Thwomp Quiz answers

You run into another Thwomp in Chapter 7 of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. This one is ?found in the X-Nauts moon fortress. The rules are the same: answer five wit??hout missing three.

Here are the questions and answers:

Q1: Exactly what’s hidden here?
A1: Elevator key

Q2: What’s the name of the girl in Petalburg who’s waiting patiently for Koops�return?
A2: Koopie Koo

Q3: Goomba, Lava Bubble, Buzzy Beetle, and Boo. How many feet do they have? Total!
A: 6 feet

Q4: Where was the one, the only, Diamond Star?
A4: Hooktail’s belly

Q5: What was the name of the very first champion of the Glitz Pit?
A5: Prince Mush

Q6: What did Frankie and Francesca loose on Keelhaul Key?
A6: A ring.

Q7: What number question is this?
A7: Number Seven.

If you fail here, it’s X-Yux you face. ?Not the worst fate to befall you.

Chapter 4 Interlude - Peach/TEC Quiz answers

Here’s that technically-sort-of quiz I mentioned. At the end of Chapter 4 of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and before the start of Chapter 5, there’s a Peach interlude. The crux of it is that Tec has Peach answer 5 questions. The difference here is that rather than quiz Peach on what happened previously in the game, he asks her to deduce what is happening in the s??tory right now.

It’s a very interesting way of delivering e?xposition. As it respects you, the player, enough to assume you’ve figured things out already. And if anything is unclear, it gives you the necessary prompt to finally put that piece of the puzzle into place.

I’m actually?? not sure what happens if ?you fail here, but I’m guessing it isn’t much. That doesn’t matter, though, because here are the answers:

Q1: What will happen if you collect seven Crystal Stars?
A1: Thousand-Year Door opens.

Q2: What is the goal of Grodus, leader of the X-Nauts?
A2: To conquer the world.

Q3: What is the legendary treasure that waits behind the Thousand-Year Door?
A3: A 1,000-year-old demon's soul.

Q4: What does Sir Grodus wish to do with this ancient demon's soul?
A4: Bring the demon back to life.

Q5: What is required to seal up the demon again?
A5: Crystal Stars.

There you have it. All the answers to all the quizzes (and quiz-adjacent sequences) in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

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In Chapter 7 of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the team needs to find a cannon to get to the moon. Apparently, they subscribe to Sparkster and Doo?mguy’s newsletter. However, when you vis??it Fahr Outpost, you find that they won’t even admit the cannon exists. When forced to, the mayor will say he requires the okay from Goldbob and General White to fire it.

Goldbob’s location (in Poshley Heights) will probably be fresh in your memory since you left him there during Chapter 6. However, you probably haven’t seen General White since Chapter 1, and even then, he does?n’t make a very m?emorable appearance. You’d be forgiven for overlooking or forgetting him.

General White can first be seen way back in Petalburg. He’s pretty in the dumps at that time. However, when you go back there to find him in Chapter 7, he’ll be gone. If you talk to the Koopa Troopa near where he was or Kroop (the mayor), you’ll be told he went somew??h?ere sunny.

Just a warning: this whole process requires a lot of travel. The quickest and most convenient way to get through it is to use the collection of pipes directly beneath Rogueport Square. Each one l??eads to one of the chapter loca??les, and it really cuts down on travel time.

Go to Keelhaul Key. You won’t find him there e??ither. Talk to Pa-Patch, who will give you the next hint on where to go.

Next stop is Glitzville. Of course, he’s not there. If you talk to Podler in the Juice Bar??, he’ll say he met General White, but he set off to some great big tree.

Go to the Great Tree where the Puni are. Here, you’d expect to ha?ve to talk to the elder, but that’s not the case. Talk to the Puni right inside the door. The next hint suggests Twilight Town.

Head to Twilight Town. Talk to the citizen in front of the inn, and you’ll be given ?a hint that poin??ts you at Fahr Outpost; the place where you started.

Return to Fahr Outpost. Talk to the mayor. While in conversation, you’ll see General White step out from a building in the background, then turn around and go back in. Go to where he emerged, and you’ll finally be face-to-face with him. He’ll say he was looking for you this whole time but was also given the runa??round. He’s willing to help fire you from a cannon.

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Vivian was always a great partner in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, but she was given a bit of a ?boost ar??ound the release of the Switch version. If she’s caught your attention, you might be wondering when she joins your party.

Vivian joins your party in Chapter 4. It’s probably no surprise since Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door doesn’t give you very much player agency, but there’s no way to get her soon??er.

She starts the game as an antagonist. She’s part of The Three Shadows along with her sisters Marilyn and Beldam. Beldam, the eldest and de facto leader of the g??roup is verbally abusive, constantly belittling Vivian and ?blaming her for her own mistakes.

In Chapter 4, Vivian has once again been blamed for Beldam’s mistake and is left searching for the Superbombomb, an explosive device with unknown (but presumably high) yield. After Mario has his name and body stolen, he assists Vivian in finding it, though it’s discovered broken. Not realizing that it's her sister’s enemy she’s talking to, she agrees to h??elp him recover his stolen moniker.

Vivian joins as a party member at that moment. Since the rest of Mario’s party has been fooled into following his doppelganger, she spends time as his only?? party member. This continues through the battle at the end of Chapter 4.

Before that battle, Vivian learns of Mario’s true identity. Initially, fearing the wrath of her sister, she abandons Mario, but returns saying that he’s the only person who ever treated her ki?ndly. From that point forward, she’s a permanent fixture on the team.

What are Vivian’s abilities?

Vivian is one of the best partners in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Her field ability has he??r draw Mario into the shadows where enemies (and NPCs) won’t notice him. This is used in the game’s puzzles to allow you? to eavesdrop on some characters to get them to speak openly and unaware.

Her initial HP is 15. In battle, her default attack is a flaming punch called Shade Fist. This does direct damage and can also s??et enemies on fire. You won’t want to use this against fire-based enemies, as fire attacks heal them, and sinc??e it’s a direct attack, will result in Vivian getting hurt.

Veil requires 1 FP and draws Mario into the? shadows where enemies can’t hit him. The downside is that, on the turn where they re-appear, Vivian’s turn is used up.

After upgrading Vivian once, she’ll reach 20 max HP. She’ll also learn the move Fiery Jinx, which us??es 6 FP. Again, it’s a fire attack, but this one damages all enemies. While you still don’t want to use this on fire-based enemies since it will heal them, it does indirect damage, so Vivian won’t be hurt by them.

On the second upgrade, Vivian reaches 3?0 HP. She lear?ns the skill Infatuate, which has her blow them a kiss. Any enemy affected will become confused.

Is Vivian actually transgender?

What has brought Vivian into the spotlight is the revelation (for some) that she’s transgender in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. It’s new information for most because the Engl??ish translation of the original GameCube version omitted?? this.

In the Switch version, this has been changed to better reflect the original Japanese script. She says the line: “Truth is, it took me a while to realize I was their sister�not their brother. Now their usual bullying feels heavier.�/p>

While that doesn’t directly say it, it would require some extreme mental gymnastics to read any other inference from it. To add to this, the original Japanese script already implied that she’s transgender, although culturally, that?’s a little less clear. That’s a whole topic in itself. 

On the other hand, most other translations retain t??he idea that Vivian is transgender. I??t’s only German and English that alter the script to remove the reference.

You may wonder why it was changed back in 2004. While it’s true that 2004 was a very different time in terms of LGBTQ+ acceptance, that’s most likely not ??the whole story. Rather than concern for offending parent groups, Nintendo probably had the line changed to avoid getting a T for Teen rating from the ESRB.

In 2000, The Sims was given a Teen rating. This might seem certain today, given its mild references to sex, alcohol, and drugs. However, the original version of The Sims didn’t have any of that. The first real allusion to Sims having sex was introduced in the first expansion pack Livin�Large. While the T rating also cites Comic Mischief and Mild Animated Violence, it describes the sexual content as “Mature Sexual Content.�What it’s likely referring to is the fact that same-sex Sims can kiss and have relationships. That is something that was in the original version of The Sims.

Another instance is with 2005’s Playboy: The Mansion. Despite being based on what was, at the time, a pornographic magazine, the base version only received an M rating because the sexual content wasn’t explicit. However, the expansion, Playboy: The Mansion: Private Party, received an AO rating. What ch?anged? The female stars could have relations with other females.

As established, 2004 was a different time for LGBTQ+ representation. It’s still? possible that Nintendo had the line changed to prevent reaction from various groups or even internal transphobia. However, I feel the more likely explanation is that they didn’t want to lose the E for Everybody rating.

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You knew that red Skull Gem of Flavio’s was going to come in handy at some point in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and here it is. During Chapter 5, you find a skull-shaped door and it seems like the skull-shaped gem might h?ave something to do with unlocking it. Convince Flavio to hand it over, and you’ll meet with the ‘Stache Brothers Red and Blue.

To reiterate, this all happens in Chapter 5. About halfway through the chapter, you’ll find the skull door. Eventually??, you’ll return to Flavio who will follow you back across the island to see it for himself??. You can then convince him to borrow the skull. It slots into the door, and the ‘Stache Brothers Red and Blue rise from the ground.

The hint for completing this is in Flavio’s song, which he will h??elpfully start singing soon after the?? ‘Stache Brothers�appearance.

The song first mentions Red ‘Stache “landing on his end�three ti?mes. What this means is tha??t you need to jump on top of the pillar with the red mustache and do a spin jump (ground pound) three times.

You’ll then need to move to Blue ‘Stache. The song says he’s whacked four times on the ??belly. That simply tells you to hit it in the face three times? with your hammer.

The skull door will then (part??ially) open. Grab Admiral Bobbery and? toss him up on the ledge that opened. He’ll walk in and detonate, blowing the door open.

Flavio wil??l mourn the loss of his treasured Skull Gem, but it is quickly returned to him.

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Admiral Bobbery is on his last legs in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Chapter 5. His final wish is to tast?e that sweet, sweet (I assume) Chuckola Cola. This starts a qu??est that can be somewhat confusing.

He’ll tell you that his own stash of the drink probably washed up with the rest o?f the ship. This should take you back to the crew’s camp and Flavio.

Talk to Flavio, and he’ll admit ?to having the Ch??uckola Cola but will refuse to give it up unless you bring him a tropical fruit. You probably wouldn’t be here if you already found this, so let’s proceed with the assumption that you haven’t.

What Flavio is looking for is a coconut.

Where to find a coconut in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

The tricky part of finding a coconut in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is that ??the camera won’t cooperate. To get one, you’ll need to go back to the suspensi??on bridge where you saw the crewmates (including Admiral Bobbery) getting attacked by ghosts.

It doesn’t really show it, but on either side of the bridge, if you walk toward the camera, you’ll drop down onto a?? platform. You’ll find a couple of gaps over water that are too wide for Mario to cross on his own. Yo?u’ll need to partner up with Yoshi and use their flutter jump to cross safely. You’ll make it to a pipe which will spit you out in the background.

You’ll find you?rself on another island on the backdrop. There’s a single palm tree there. Walk up and hit it with your hammer. It will drop the two coconuts. Grab them, then head back to Flavio.

Flavio will complain about your gauche choice of fruit (fun fact: coconuts are actually considered a fruit) but will hand over the Chuckola Cola. Take this back to Bobbery, to?? fulfill his final wish.

Spoiler alert: Bobbery won’t actually die. This is a Mario game. He??’ll simply fall asleep. Wake him up, and he’ll join your party.

Here’s an interesting fact: While the drink you fetch is called Chuckola Cola and is a reference to the Mario & Luigi games, it’s actually not intended to be that. In the Japanese version, it’s ref??erred to as “Vintage Red,�which would suggest it’s a wine. This was??n’t changed in the Switch port and still remains as Chuckola Cola.

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One of your partners in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is?? a newborn Yoshi that you name yourself. The marketing material invariably shows this Yoshi as being green, but that’s actually only one of a variety of possibilities.

What color of Yoshi you get depends on the amount of time that it stays in its egg. There are seven color possi??bilities. But let’s first look at how to get the baby Yoshi. Just scroll down to the chart if that’s what you’re looking for.

How to get Baby Yoshi in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

You’ll come across baby (or kid or mini, whatever) Yoshi in the regular? course of the game. It occurs during chapter 3, when you’re battling your way up the ranks in the Glitzpit.

As you proceed, you’ll eventually be told that you should go try a hot dog from the stand in? front of the stadium. Do as you’re told and you’ll see a cutscene of an egg bouncing around with the stand owner chasing after it. It will eventually go up to the top of the hot dog stand and stay there.

To reach the egg, go to the roof of the Juice Bar and use the paper airplane pad to glide over to the hot dog stand. This might take a few attempts, as it’s pre??tty precise. Once you reach the egg, it will join your party.

Continue to fight up the ranks of the Glitzpit until you reach the fight with the Iron Adonis Brothers. You won’t be able to b?eat them, initially, no matter what you do. Run away (or get defeated). You’ll be sent back to the locker room, where you’ll find the egg has hatched. Name baby Yoshi, and he’ll become a party member. His battle ability is how you defeat the Adonis Brothers.

How to choose your baby Yoshi color

Baby Yoshi’s color depends on how long he stays in the egg. If you beat the Iron Adonis Brothers in less than six minutes, you’ll get the default green. However, the color changes every few minutes after that until it hits the 20-minute mark and starts over.

This means that if you start a timer and push your way up to the Iron Adonis fight, you can choose what color you want. Just wait in the fight until your time comes up, then run. I would recommend that you save first and be careful not to save again i??f you get the wr??ong color.

With that in?? mind, here are the ?colors and the timing you need.

After 20 minutes have passed, t??he cycle starts again. So between 20-26 minutes, you’ll?? get green Yoshi. 38-39 minutes and you’ll get black Yoshi.

It can be a little tricky to get the timing right, so make sure that you save first. If you do, you can always just try again for another color.?? You cannot change the color after the fact, ??so you'll need to get it right before moving on.

Lastly, the color does not affect the stats or abilities of the Yoshi. It ?is purely co??smetic.

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Chapter 6 is my absolute favorite part of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Turn-based combat can start to feel dull after 30-or-so hours, so when the game suddenly turns into an adventure-style investigation, it’s a welcome reprieve. However, you might get stuck trying to find a blanket in that chapter and want to get back to the turn-based combat. Here?’s where to find it.

Chapter 6 has you riding on th?e Excess Express, and a large chunk of the beginning has you merely solving mysteries. These can get a bit obtuse, and where to find the blanket is the absolute peak of cryptic.

The Excess Express isn’t very big, so your best course of action at the start of each mystery is to talk to everyone you can. If you talk to the t??oad who is constantly holding a fork and knife, he’ll tell you that he heard someth?ing in the next room, and that’s your big clue.

The room next to the toad (Room 004), appears to be empty. Your first thought might ??be to check for a trap door. If you hit something with your hammer, a hatch will shake on the floor. Do a ground pound (not on the hatch but beside it), the hatch will flip around and a Star Piece will pop out. Not ?what you’re looking for.

If you go back to the toad, he’ll insist that he h?eard something. If you return to the room, however, nothing has changed. You might also think to use Flurrie’s field ability, but you won’t find a sti?cker to peel off anywhere. There’s nothing on or under the bed. There is no concealed hatch, no small nook, no crack to slip through. The room seems empty.

You need to grab your partner, Vivian. Use her Field Ability t??o drop into the shadows. Before lo??ng, the ghost of a toad will appear.

The Toad will admit that he has the blanket but says that if y??ou want it, he first needs you to go to the baggage car and find the diary that ??is still stashed there.

Where to get the Ragged Diary in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

The Ragged Diary is in exactly the spot that the ghost suggested. Head left along the train all ??the way to the back. A conductor blocks the door, but if you talk to him, he’ll step aside, knowing that you don’t say no to a ghost.

In the baggage car, there’s a pile of crates in? the middle of the ro?om. Between them, there is a small gap. Turn sideways and slip through the crack and you’ll emerge at the other side. There, you’ll find a chest. Open it, and you’ll discover the Ragged Diary.

The ghost tells you not to open the diary, and he means it. If you want to do it, save first. The game will warn yo?u three times before you are finally able to open the diary, and then you’ll be interrupted before you can get far. At least, that’s what happens in the GameCube version. I didn’t thin?k to try it on Switch because I’m not a snoop, but it’s a good bet that this plays out the same way.

Bring the Ragged Diary back to the ghost, and he’ll give thanks. He’ll also decide that spen?ding his afterlife on a posh train doesn’t sound that bad, and will remain there. You can talk to him throughout the rest of the trip, though he does disappear at times.

With the blanket in hand, return to the conductor. He'll thank you for it, and t??he trip (and chapter) will continue.

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Lumpy, the green Ratooey, is looking for someone to fund his search for oil in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. He’s certain he can ?strike it ri??????????????????????????ch and promises a return on investment. However, he’s asking for a lot, so should you do it?

Lumpy appears early in the game. You’ll find him near the dock in the south part of Rogueport. He’s loitering near the extreme right side of ?the screen, and being a bright green rat, he’s a bit hard to miss.

When you talk to him, he’ll speak of his aspirations to drill Dry Dry Desert for its black gold (oil). He’ll ask for a steep upfront payment of 100 coins. Pay him that, and he’ll ask for 100 more. Pay him that, and he’ll ask for 100 more. ?After you’ve paid 300 coins, he’ll say he has enough. He’ll then depart after Chapter 4. Despite his earnestness, there’s something sketchy about? the whole deal. It’s probably the way he gets indignant if you refuse.

However, if you do make an investment, he does stay true to his word. He’ll return to Rogueport after Chapter 6, and will give you a share of t?he earnings that your investment helped enable.

How much does Lumpy give you?

In Paper Mario: TTYD, Lumpy will return from Dry Dry Desert after Chapter 6, and will bring you stories of?? his adventure, as well as a return on your investment.

Here are what you get depending on what you inve??sted.

• 100 coin investment - 300 coins
• 200 coin investment - 600 coins
• 300 coin investment - 999 coins

Each level of investment is tripled, so no matter what you give to Lumpy, you get a decent stack of coins for your trouble. However, the 300 coin investment nets you the largest profit by a pretty hefty margin.

So, yes, you should definitely invest in Lumpy’s enterprise. This might sound obvious, but I’d recommend 300 coins if you can spare it since it will co??mpletely fill your pockets.

Speaking of which, the maximum number of coins you could carry in the GameCube version is 999. This means that if you had coins in your pocket when you collected from Lumpy, it would subtract from the number you’re given. However, this has been increased in the Switch version. I'm not sure what the maximum is, but I'm guessing 9999. Either way, you should now be able to fit all of his reward in your pockets.

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In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door you get all your partners throughout the course of the story. That is to say, all the required partners. There?? is one that you don’t need?? in order to complete the game, but she requires a detour to get. This is how to add Ms. Mowz to your party.

Ms. Mowz is ?the flirtatious rat-thing you meet a few times?? in the narrative. She shows up in Hooktail Castle, for example, and then again in the Great Tree. Each time, she talks about how hunky Mario is and gives him a little peck before running off.

After Chapter 4, you can actually recruit her into your party. To do so, you need to head to the Trouble Center in Eastern Rogueport.?? If you’ve never used it, this is essentially a bulletin board for side-quests. While some of these only result in getting a pocketful of change for your troubles, others will reward you with extremely useful items or, as we’re talking about here, Ms. Mowz.

In the list of quests, y??ou’re looking for one called “Elusive Badge!�posted by someone anonymous (???). The request will tell you to meet on top of Zess T’s house, which you can get to by going into the inn, climbing the stairs to the second floor, and exiting through the door on the left.

If you peek into the badg?e shop before talking to Ms. Mowz, you’ll discover her secret identity. She’s the assistant at the badge s??hop, if the shape of her tail didn’t give her away earlier.

Talk to Ms. M??owz on the rooftop and she’ll tell you the badge she’s looking for is in the room that Hooktail was defeated in. However, she can’t find it, which is where you come in.

How to find the Elusive Badge in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

To get the Elusive Badge in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, you need to return to the room you defeated Hooktail in. Getting back can be a pain. It isn’t difficult now that you’ve got more chapters u??nder your belt, but it is a long trek. I don’t have any shortcuts for you; you just need to go back to Hooktail Castle and retrace the path back to the top.

When you reach Hooktail’s Room, you’ll find it quiet and empty. Sear??ch around, and you probably won’t see any??thing out of place. However, if you go straight right from the door, you’ll eventually bump into something invisible roughly in the center of the room.

Switch t??o Flurrie and use her ability on the invisible blockade. A sticker will give way and reveal a chest. Inside the chest is the Elusive Badge.

As a note, you cannot immediately equip the Elusive Badge. It isn’t considered a Badg??e at this point. However, at the end of the quest, it will be handed back to you in the form of Attack FX B.

With that in mind, return to Ms. Mowz. She’ll reveal that this was simply a test to see if you had what it t??akes to be a successful badge hunter. She will then join your team. You aren’t given a choice.

What are Ms. Mowz’s abilities in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

While not required to complete the game, Ms. Mowz is an extremely useful ally to have in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

Her partner ability, in particular, is one you’ll probably keep returning to use. She can sniff out nearby items, hidden or otherwise. Her nose will begin to twitch when one is nearby, and you can hit the X button t?o have her take a deep whiff and tell you exactly how close it is.

In battle, she has another useful ability. Her “Kiss Thief�skill costs 2 FP and will steel an item from an enemy. Since some enemies hold badges, this enables you? to build up your badge collection further by swiping them. Plenty of enemie?s in the Pit of 100 Trials, for example, will have badges on them, and Ms. Mowz can snatch them for you.

Aside from that, her default attack is a physical slap. When upgraded, her 3 FP “Tease�will? make enemies Dizzy. When ultra-upgraded, her 10 FP “Smooch�ability can heal Mario, which is helpful when you don’t ?have the items or star power to heal any other way.

Overall, Ms. Mowz isn’t that terrific in combat, b??ut she more than makes up for it with her thief-y abilities.

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I hate when things get dangled out of reach, and it’s hard to miss the Shine Sprite in Glitzville in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. ??So, what’s up with that? Can you get it now? Can you get it la??ter?

I’m going to give you some advice: when something is too high to get to in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, there is a good c??hance there is a hidden coin block under it. There’s a red block in The Great Tree that you may have noticed. It? just kind of hovers over nothing. If you send Koops underneath it, he’ll hit a block that you can jump on and you can then jump again to hit the block above it.

It’s the same deal in Glitzville, right in front of the Glitz Pit. There’s an invisible coin block sitt??ing under the Shine Sprite. If you use Koops�power, you can hit it. However, it’s easier just to swing your hammer at the spot under the Shine Sprite. It will hit the block and expose it. You can then jump on the block, and then jump off the block to hit the Shine Sprite block.

That’s about it. Generally, if there’s something you can’t get to, searching for a coin block or using Flurrie to search for stickers with her breath are your best bet. You do get an improved jump later in the game (Chapter 6), but it’s for reaching objects directly above you. You can’t really move side-to-side??.

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Mario is no stranger to getting refused by pipes. If there’s nothing at the bottom, he can’t go down. However, he should be able to get to Twilight Town in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Whenever he tries, he gets spit back up. ?Whatâ€?™s the deal?

After the Peach a?nd Bowser interludes at the end of Chapter 3, you descend back to the eponymous Thousand-Year Door and slot the next star, revealing your next destination on the map. You return to Professor Frankly who can only tell you that the next star location is near Twilight Town, and the pipe to Twilight Town is somewhere below the west side of Rogueport.

To actually find this pipe, you need to go to West Rogueport and look for a little storm drain. There’s a child cowering nearby. Turn sideways and you can slip into it. You’ll land on a platform in the underground. Hop on your baby Yoshi, then use his flutter kick to get to the platform on your lef?t. Through the door there you’ll find the pipe I mentioned. Attempt to go down, and it will pop you back up.

You need to then return to Professor Frankly who has no ??idea how to get down the?? pipe. He suggests finding an inhabitant of Twilight Town that might be hanging around Rogueport. Now where would one be? Hmm?

Where to find Darkly in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

You need to find Darkly to get to Twilight Town in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. If you’re like me, you spend a lot of time exploring dark ??alleys, so you may have already met him. He’s actually loitering in the alley right behind Professor Frankly’s house.

If you go left from Professor Frankly’s door and stop before going through the archway to Rogueport’s central square, you’ll see a brick wall behind you. Just a normal brick wall. Or is it!?

Through clever use of perspective, there’s a hidden gap in the middle of that wall. If you just push near the center, the camera will change angles and you’ll find yourself in an alleyway. Not far in?to it, you’ll see Darkly looking somewhat sinister but otherwise minding his own business.

When you talk to him, he’s very forthcoming with information. He says you just need something with your name written on it to go through the pi?pe. I guess Mario’s monogrammed hat doesn’t count. Thankfully, he’s willing to help by writing Mario’s name on his butt.

Return to the pipe that refused you before. Now you’ll be able to go down it. Now that I think of it, I have no idea why that segue was ?necessary. Was it e?ntirely for the scene of Mario having his name written on his butt?

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To really get into the meat of Chapter 3 in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, you’re going to?? need a Blimp ticket. You’re told that, in order to get a blimp ticket, you need to see Don Pianta. Actually, let’s st?art there.

To talk to Don Pianta, you first need to meet his rival, Robbo. To get there, you need to slip through the crack next to th??e Trouble Center. There, you’ll have to pay 64 coins. Robbo will then tell you that, in order to see Don Pianta, you’ll ??need to buy a Dried Mushroom and a Dizzy Dial, then give the clerk the password “Yellow.�Well, first she’ll ask what color your mustache is. You can say yellow, but she’ll then just correct herself and ask what your favorite color is. Give her the answer “yellow,�and you’ll be let through the back door.

Up? the stairs, you’ll meet with Don Pianta. H??e’s vaguely threatening, but eventually will give you the deal that if you can track down his daughter and former underling, he’ll give you the blimp ticket. They’re planning on eloping, and he needs to “talk�to them.

Once the conversation is over, you’ll need to head to the Docks. 

Th?ese are South?? of Rogueport’s main square. You’ll need to go right onto the docks further south, as the couple are standing at the end of it. Talk to them.

It doesn’t matter what you tell them. You can say that you won’t rat them out to Don Pianta, or, inversely, you can tell them that you are. It doesn’t matter. Once the discussion is over, return to Don Pianta. At that point, the couple will burst in and hijack the conversation. It’s a pretty mild scene. Cute even. This is a Mario game, after all.

In any case, Don Pianta will excuse the couple through some more ?v??eiled threats. Afterward, he’ll give you the blimp ticket. You can disembark through the area north of West Rogueport.

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If you find the item limit in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on Switch to be too miniscule, you may be horrified to learn that it was smaller in the GameCube version. While you can fi??t 15 gewgaws in your pockets on Switch, it was 10 on GameCube. Either way, it isn’t a lot, and you may feel as though it’s difficult to manage your offense and healing? items in such limited space.

Thankfully, there’s a way to expand this. It i??sn’t too difficult, but i?t is time-consuming.

With that in mind, I’d like to point? out that you can access a storage box at every item shop. You can store away whatever doesn’t fit in your pockets and go back for it when it’s needed. I get it, though. Traipsing back and forth to the item shop to pull out your banked?? items is annoying, so let’s talk about expanding those pockets.

In order to expand your inventory limit and carry more items in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, you need to reach floor 50 in the Pit of 100 Trials and get the Strange Sack. The Pit of 100 Trials can be found underneath Rogueport to the left of the Star Chamber. You have to use your paper airplane ability to get there. There are det?ours available, but they mostly require you to break giant blocks with your mallet.

The Pit of 100 Trials has you taking on one group of foes each floor you descend. You can only quit every 10th floor, and each time you start, you do it from the very top. So, to get to the 50th floor, you need to do it in a single run. The enemies that inhabit those floors don’t get too terrifying, but the time it takes to get to level 50 can be a pain. I was able to make i?t to level ??50 just before the end of Chapter 3, but It can take over an hour to make it that far.

Once you have the Strange Sack, your inventory is doubled. You can now hold 20 items, which is also the maximum of the GameCube ??version. This means that, while you start with more space in your pockets on Switch, the Strange Sack will only bring you to parity. Considering items can’t stack, that’s still ??not a lot, but it should get you through.

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Levelling up Mario in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door works like any other RPG. You gain enough experience (Star Points here), and eventually he’ll become more powerful. Your partne??rs, on the other han??d, need a bit of extra love.

If you are unable to level up your partners, you’ll find they quickly become a liability. While you can keep Mario out front to b??e the primary target for enemies?, some attacks will hit both your party members, and take them down quickly. So, you’ll need some way to make them hardier, and badges only go so far.

To level up your partners, you need Shine Sprites. If you’re familiar with Super Mario Sunshine, these are what you collect to advance in the game. They look like suns, essentially. In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, they come in boxes you need to bop to collect.

Each partner upgrade requires three Shine Sprites. Once you have three??, you need to go to Merlon in East Rogueport (the house right next to Professor Frankly). Talk to him, and he’ll allow you to apply those Shine Sprites to one of your partners.

Leveling up ??a partner increases their HP and will teach them a new move. No??w they’ll be able to keep up in battle.

How to level up a partner a second time

At first, you’re only going to be able to level up a party member once in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. However?, they can be leveled up again later if you first find a special item.

Right before (or during) Chapter 6, you can speak with Merlon who will give you a clue that points you back to Hooktail Castle. If you return to the room with all the spikes, you can find a wall on the far side with a crack in it. Blow t??his up with Bobbery’s ability and you’ll find a room with the “Up Arrow�in it.

Take the Up Arrow back to Merlon, and he’ll then be able to upgrade your partners a second time. This requires an additional three Shine Sprites. Leveling up your partner a second time provides th??em with more HP and another skill.

That’s as far as you can upgrade them, though you? can still make them more powerful through the use of badges??.

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Chapter 4 of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door has you visit Twilight Town and Creepy Steeple. Everything seems to be going well. Mario and the gang get the star, and it seems like the chapter is at a close. That is until it’s revealed that Mario’s body has been sn???atched, leaving him as a shadow.

Venture back to Twilight Town, and you’ll be confronted by the fiend. He’ll give you a figh?ting chance, however. Guess his name, and you’ll get your body back.

I could just give you his name, but it won’t do you any good. The keyboard he provides to you to type his name in is missing ??th??e lower-case “p,�/strong> and you won’t be able to spell it out without it. The key is located in the same place as his name, so buckle up.

A fight will ensue, but just run away (you have no choice) and head into Twil??ight Town. You’re going to need Vivian.

How to recruit Vivian in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

You find Vivian in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door in Chapter 4, and you’ll need her skills to complete it. She’s been getting bullied by her sisters, and now they’ve given her the task of finding their doomsday device, the Supe??rbombomb.

She doesn’t recognize Mario in his shadow form and asks him to help. You need to search through the grass, pounding down each tuft of it with your hammer. Eventu??ally, the Superbo?mbomb will pop out. It might seem like a bad idea, but give it back to Vivian.

As it turns out??, the Superbombomb is broken. Mario then explains to?? Vivian that his name has been stolen, and she agrees to help. She joins your party.

Where to find the p Key in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

You’re going to need Vivian’s field ability to find the name of the fiend who stole Mario’s name (and body) in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. First, you’re going to need to eavesdrop on th?e crows around Twilight Town. Simply walk under a tree and press X to have Vivian draw you into the shadows. The crows will then speak freely. You won’t learn the name, but they will say that it can be found under C?reepy Steeple.

Return to Creepy Steeple, but don’t enter through the front door. The well in front of the gate is boarded up, but you can butt stomp (ground pound) through this. Iâ€??™ll bet you did this already because it’s pretty conspicuous, but the solution to its sliding gate puzzle would stump you without Vivian.

To solve the puzzle, you have to push the metal door up the hill for a while. It does??n’t need to be all the way. Once it’s high enough, have Vivian pull you into the shadows, and the door will slide back over you. Pop back out and you’re now on the other? side of the door.

Go through the wooden door, then roll up and go through the narrow path. At the end of it is a woo?den hatch on the floor. Pound through it, and you’ll find yourself in a gated hallway. Go left, then roll yoursel??f up again to squeeze through a small hole at the bottom of that wall.

You’ll find yourself in a room with a parrot and a few chests. In the far chest is the coveted letter p. Stand under the parrot and have Vivian hide you again. The parrot will talk freely and drop the bodysnatcher’s name: Doopliss.

You have the letter p and the name you need. Leave and continue back to ?Twilight Town. You’ll be ambushed at the usual spot. This time, enter the name Doopliss into the prompt, and the fiend?? will panic. He’ll run off, still with Mario’s body.

You can probably guess where he went. Head back to Creepy Steeple (again). Climb back up to the top where you first fought Doopliss. ??He’ll be there again, this time ready to fight alongside your former companions. Vivian will put things? together and realize that you’re actually Mario. She’ll run away at first, but she’ll return for the fight. Mario is the only person who has ever been kind to her.

Take down Dupliss and, this time, ?you’ll actually get the star with no strings attached.

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