The History of Paper Mario (90's-2020)
The History of Nintendo’s Paper Mario

Paper Mario was developed by Intelligent Systems in the mid 90’s when the game was originally called Super Mario RPG 2 (released as Mario Story in Japan) and was first revealed at Nintendo Space World in 1997.

The original Paper Mario for the Nintendo 64 was released in 2001 for North America. Sequels followed in ’04, ’07, 2012, 2016, and a future world wide release date is set for this July 2020 on the Nintendo Switch System.

The game is is set in a paper based version of the infamous Mushroom Kingdom where Mario is attending a party with Peach in her castle. The palace is suddenly lifted into the sky by the villainous Koopa King; Bowser.
After taking down Mario while his guard was low, he kidnaps the Princess and so follows the story of Mario as he tries to re-claim the seven 'Star Spirits' also stolen by Bowser & his troops, and save Princess Peach.

The sequel to Paper Mario, tagged the 'Thousand-Year Door' takes place on a cursed island somewhere by the Mushroom Kingdom. Princess Peach tells Mario about a treasure map that she had bought in town on the island.
Once the princess goes missing shortly after, Mario's mission it to find Peach once again. This time he is also searching for the seven 'Crystal Stars' which will ultimately unlock the Thousand-Year Door.

Super Paper Mario was released for the Wii in 2007 and was the first Mario game released for the console altogether. It was originally planned to be released on the Nintendo GameCube.
In this story both the Princess, Mario's brother Luigi AND the villainous Bowser are kidnapped by Count Bleck, an antagonist who controls a book of power called the Dark Prognosticus. He forcibly weds Peach and Bowser, which manifests the Chaos Heart to open up 'The Void' which will inevitably grow large enough to destroy everything in existence. Mario's goal in this tale it to collect the eight 'Pure Hearts' which should stop the Chaos Heart and the destruction of the world.

Paper Mario: Sticker Star (released as Paper Mario: Super Seal in Japan) was released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2012. It was also the first game in the series to be released for a handheld console.
During a festival in the Mushroom Kingdom called the Sticker Fest, Bowser crashes the party and attempts to steal power from the Sticker Comet, a comet that appears to the residents of the kingdom during the festival time for them to make hopeful wishes upon. After touching the comet, it bursts and scatters the six 'Royal Stickers' across the kingdom. Mario must now- with the help of the royal stickers- find Bowser who has run off with the Princess yet again and strip the power Bowser has gained from getting his hands one of the stickers himself.

The latest release in the series- Paper Mario: Color Splash, was released for the Wii U in 2016. It was the final Mario game to be released for the console.
The protagonists Mario and Princess Peach sail to Port Prisma, only to find it abandoned and filled with areas drained of their colour. Huey the paint-can guy that they encounter on the island asks for Mario's help in retrieving the 'Big Paint Stars' which were the main sources of colour for the entire island- stolen by Bowser and his troops. While Mario begins his search, Peach is *shockingly* kidnapped by Bowser, who has transformed into Black Bowser, a more sinister version of Bowser with the help of toxic black paint.

And finally, set to be released in July of this year, the newest addition to the series titled Paper Mario: The Origami King will be set in the Mushroom Kingdom. Here Mario is up against an evil army of origami characters known as the Folded Soldiers, ruled by King Olly who plans to over take the Mushroom Kingdom.
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