Super Paper Mario

Super Paper Mario
Developer: Intelligent Systems Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Wii Released in JP: April 19, 2007 Released in US: April 9, 2007 Released in EU: September 14, 2007 Released in AU: September 20, 2007 Released in KR: February 26, 2009 This game has unused enemies. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused items. This game has unused music. This game has unused text. This game has regional differences. This game has revisional differences. This game has a prerelease article This game has a notes page This game has a Data Crystal page

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Originally intended for the GameCube, Super Paper Mario is like the result of a high-speed collision between Super Mario Bros. and Paper Mario.

To do: A lot of TTYD leftovers, including then-unused stuff like the early Mario design. Check the Discussion tab for info about the textures. A prerelease section. There's some early gameplay screenshots, trailers, and event demo footage out there. Might be worth analysing/listing the various dates that are contained within files. Random example: the item data section of the "setup" files has the format version set to the date 20051201 Mario's Mega Star form has depth TTYD Mario sprites in Big Blooper's textures Early King Croacus in Catch Card model Unused geometry

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Prerelease Info

Notes

Unused & Early Graphics & Animations Unused Enemies, Unused Items, and even leftovers from the Gamecube days of development.

Unused & Removed Maps What are cats doing in my Paper Mario game?!

Unused Music & Sound Effects Those tunes ended up getting banished into the Underwhere.

Unused Text Not all texts are meant to be read, it seems.

English Translation Differences Thankfully, most of the English text is the same.

Revision Changes The little things you won't ever notice.

Unused Functional Enemies

To do: filenames, enemy IDs and enemy names

To do: Pictures for each enemy would be nice. I know we have the video, but it'd be nice to have something on the page.

You can see all of the enemies mentioned in the below section in this video. Enemies are tattled on by Tippi so you can see their stats (which are automatically generated). The tattle text itself has been modified for the video; normally, most of them would be named "Goomba" by Tippi. Beside the enemy names in parenthesis is a romanization and a basic translation.

Green Boomboxer

Model Filename: e_bolbg
Enemy Template ID: 276
NPC Template Name: ブーミー ("Būmī")
This variation of the Boomboxer attacks exactly like the ones featured in the game. It has 1 HP and 1 attack point, probably as a placeholder. It has a different name to the used Boomboxer.

Purple Muth

Model Filename: e_manm2
Enemy Template ID: 279
NPC Template Name: メガマンモー ("Megamanmō" / "Mega Muth")
This Muth is programmed into the game in the same fashion as the Green Boomboxer, but also has a few defense points. The normal muth is enemy 173 (マンモー / "Manmō"). Oddly, it has the same NPC Template Name as the Mega Muth.

Shady Koopa and Variations

Enemy Template IDs: 10, 13, 16, 18
NPC Template Names: ウラノコ, ジゲンウラノコ, ウラパタ, ジゲンウラパタ
Returning from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, this Koopa variation is only partly programmed into the game, with no death animation or much of an attack pattern present. There are four variations of it: regular, flying, flipping, and both flying and flipping. All of them have 1 HP and 2 attack points.

Unfinished Upside-Down Spiny

Enemy Template ID: 60
NPC Template Name: トゲゾー（逆さ） ("Togezō (sakasa)" / "Spiny (upside down)")
An enemy which only starts attacking when approached and does so by seemingly homing on Mario. Has 1 HP and 2 attack.

Spinia

Model Filename: e_hannya_g
Enemy Template ID: 74
NPC Template Name: ヒンニャ－ ("Hinnyā" / "Spinia")
Another enemy returning from TTYD, this enemy's tougher, orange spiky brethren is featured in Floro Caverns, but the basic variation's been left out, despite seemingly being programmed in completely. Has 1 HP and 1 attack.

Spunia

Model Filename: e_hannya_p
Enemy Template ID: 76
NPC Template Name: ヘンニャー ("Hen'nyā" / "Spunia")
The strongest, pink variation in the Spinia line has been left unused as well. Has 3 HP and 3 attack.

Dark Atomic Boo

Enemy Template ID: 113
NPC Template Name: ダークアトミックテレサ ("Dāku Atomikku Teresa" / "Dark Atomic Boo")
An unused, unimplemented boss enemy from The Thousand-Year Door returns in the sequel... implemented (partly; its "flip-in" box is too thin), but still unused. Has the same attack pattern as the normal Dark Boo. Has 35 HP and 2 attack points.

Spinning Wheel of Marios

Enemy Template ID: 179
NPC Template Name: 薔薇カッター ("Bara kattā" / "Rose cutter")
Whatever this was supposed to be, it cannot be tattled. Seemingly has 2 attack points. The Marios attached to the wheel will be replaced with Peach, Bowser, or Luigi if they are the active character, and mimic the pose the player is in. Acts like a spiky enemy but can be defeated with means such as Carrie or Bowser's fire breath, however the game crashes when they are defeated.

Weaker Ruff Puff

Enemy Template ID: 125
NPC Template Name: クモクモーン ("Kumokumōn" / "Ruff Puff")
Ruff Puffs are used in Super Paper Mario, but have 15 HP. This variation appears much earlier in the object list and only has 3. Otherwise, it's identical. Has the same NPC Template Name as the normal Ruff Puff.

Gigantic Bombshell Bill Blaster

Enemy Template ID: 109
NPC Template Name: スーパーキラーたいほう ("Sūpā Kirā Taihō" / "Bombshell Bill Blaster")
Uses the Bombshell Bill model from The Thousand-Year Door. There is, seemingly, no small variation. Has 99 HP, is invincible, and shoots 1 HP Bombshell Bills which do 5 HP of damage each.

Giant Koopa Striker Shell

Has the wrong tattle (Koopa Striker) and flies upward when hit.

Green/White/Red Magikoopas

Enemy Template IDs: 316, 317, 319, 320, 322, 323
NPC Template Names: グリーンカメック, グリーンカメック（ホウキ）, ホワイトカメック, ホワイトカメック（ホウキ）, レッドカメック, レッドカメック（ホウキ）
Sporting 1, 10 and 5 HP respectively plus 1 attack each, these variations were used in The Thousand-Year Door. Otherwise they seem identical to regular Magikoopas. Each also has a broomstick-riding version.

Overworld Underchomp

This enemy is usually only fought in a special turn-based battle. It has a tattle which says it has 10 defense, 16 HP, and 3 attack, which is incorrect, as it's completely invincible. Four variations exist: one with two heads, one with a single head, and duplicates of those two with no tattle.

Gigantic Dimentio Dimension Cube

Enemy Template IDs: 401
NPC Template Names: ドドンタスのブロックstg8(大) ("Dodontasu no burokku stg 8 (ō)" / "O'Chunk's block - Chapter 8 (Big)")
O'Chunks throws smaller versions of these at you in his second encounter, but this giant one is never seen. One stomp will cause it to explode into dozens of smaller, three-dimensional cubes.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Object Design Changes

Various stages contain unused objects and geometry, which can be viewed by enabling "other root nodes" in https://noclip.website.

Rainbow Bridge

An unused animation for the Rainbow Bridge forming in The Overthere features 48 pieces of mostly tetrominoes (save for the 36th, a W shaped pentomino). The pieces rotate and push into position; the final cutscene involves only vertical columns falling down sequentially. This animation appears unfinished, based on several tetrominoes sliding through others, the 37th piece having a miscolored tile, the glowing effect being misaligned, and the final design for the bridge being shifted to the right. At least the Wii still got Tetris Party.

Unused	Final

(You may need to click the images to see the gif play)

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Unused Catch Cards

17 characters have Catch Card text that can't be viewed in-game, and were probably cut to keep the total at 256.

Internal Name	Character	Card Text
ehelp_390	Saffron	This foodie runs Sweet Smiles, Flipside's finest eatery.	Her home-cooked dishes are out of this dimension.
ehelp_391	Dyllis	This crabby caterer runs Hot Fraun, a Flipside bistro.	She cooks breakfast for Tinga's hotel guests.
ehelp_392	Howzit	It's Howzit, the friendly item-shop entrepreneur.	He's got everything you want, and things you don't!
ehelp_393	Notso	Notso is the ultimate steely- eyed businessman.	Could he be Howzit's twin, separated at birth?
ehelp_394	Hoodin	This guy runs Catch a Dream, the card shop.	He pens the tiniest novels in existence.
ehelp_395	Boodin	He runs Fondest Hopes, selling big reads for small spaces.	He wears shades, but just for literary cred.
ehelp_396	Garson	This gossip gatherer runs the local beveragarium.	He was quite the party animal in his youth.
ehelp_397	Carson	This beverage slinger hears all the rumors around town.	He likes beverage slinging because it sounds dangerous.
ehelp_398	Inga	This innkeeper knows how to keep the customers happy!	She's a widow, but I hear she runs a weird fan club.
ehelp_399	Tinga	This modest keeper of inns runs a tight ship in her hotel.	She gets along well with Saffron, her former classmate.
ehelp_400	Flimm	This questionable dealer has a hidden underground shop.	The legality may be iffy, but the deals aren't!
ehelp_401	Flamm	This shady cartographer sells treasure maps.	He may look shifty, but the maps are apparently OK.
ehelp_403	Ackpow	This "motivator" oversees prisoners in Merlee's Mansion.	Nothing says motivation like the crack of a whip!
ehelp_419	Captain Gills	This cute fish lives in the canals of Flipside.	...Well, it was cute until it grew freakishly big.
ehelp_420	Heronicus	This adventurer is a hero of many faraway lands.	He's retired, but he still likes to get out sometimes.
ehelp_421	Blappy	Blappy is an alien elder from way-outer space.	He likes to ponder the secrets of the cosmos.
ehelp_422	Marbald	It's Marbald, the respected Cragnon elder.	He may look shifty and wrinkled, but he's reliable.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Unused Files

To do: Are these viewable? Most have textures, it seems.

Five unused files remain in the "a" folder, where most graphics are stored.

PaperSample

Dated "Tue Oct 07 21:15:01 2003", long before the game's development.

(Source: Robotortoise)

PERA_test

Dated "Tue Oct 07 21:04:56 2003". It mentions the following strings: pPlane2_q00Shape2, pPlane1_q00Shape1, pCube1_q00Shape0, /haikei/back.tga, and /haikei/front.tga.

(Source: Robotortoise)

TEST_gesso

Does not contain a creation date.

(Source: Robotortoise)

vivian.bin

A leftover from The Thousand-Year Door. It's only 3 KB, and has a different extension than the other files.

(Source: Robotortoise)

yubi

Created "Tue Oct 07 21:05:37 2003". It mentions "ppPlaneShape1", "pPlane1", and "locator1". It was also found in The Thousand-Year Door.

TTYD Code Leftover

tst_vivi
c_vivian
c_maririn
c_majyorin

These model filenames from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door are referenced in animPoseEntry, the entity model loading function.

(Source: Seeky)

Oddities

To do: The stuff listed under the Chapter 1/4/8 headings are only confirmed to be present in one of the US releases (Rev 2 for Chapter 1, likely the same for 4 and 8). The stuff listed under the Intro heading is only known to be present in the PAL v0 release. Check other releases for them.

Intro

To do: Analyse the item order/missing items

There are pieces of code that don't serve a purpose that is triggered when the after-title intro cutscene plays. Code at 801a8344 sets the save file name variable to "デフォルト" ("deforuto"/"default") when playing in Japanese and "default" when playing in other languages. Code in pouchInit, at 8014c094, loads in the items listed in the table below, sets the current Pixl to Thoreau, sets the player's HP to 10, attack to 1 and level to 1. Due to the large amount of normal items it tries to add, not all of them actually get placed in the inventory. Note that Pixls and playable characters count as items internally, and that the normal items 65 to 199 are added - there are no gaps.

Item ID	Name
65	Fire Burst
66	Ice Storm
67	Thunder Rage
68	Shooting Star
69	POW Block
70	Shell Shock
71	Gold Bar
72	Gold Bar x3
73	Block Block
74	Courage Shell
75	Mighty Tonic
76	Volt Shroom
77	Ghost Shroom
78	Sleepy Sheep
79	Stop Watch
80	Shroom Shake
81	Super Shroom Shake
82	Ultra Shroom Shake
83	Dried Shroom
84	Life Shroom
85	Long-Last Shake
86	Mystery Box
87	Catch Card
88	Catch Card SP
89	HP Plus
90	Power Plus
91	Blue Apple
92	Orange Apple
93	Red Apple
94	Pink Apple
95	Black Apple
96	Star Medal
97	Gold Medal
98	Poison Shroom
99	Slimy Shroom
100	Peachy Peach
101	Keel Mango
102	Primordial Fruit
103	Golden Leaf
104	Turtley Leaf
105	Cake Mix
106	Whacka Bump
107	Horsetail
108	Fresh Pasta Bunch
109	Hot Sauce
110	Inky Sauce
111	Dayzee Tear
112	Sap Soup
113	Bone-In Cut
114	Fresh Veggie
115	Smelly Herb
116	Honey Jar
117	Power Steak
118	Big Egg
119	Mild Cocoa Bean
216	Mario
217	Peach
218	Bowser
219	Luigi
221	Thoreau
222	Boomer
223	Slim
224	Thudley
225	Carrie
226	Fleep
229	Piccolo (out of order of id)
227	Cudge
228	Dottie
230	Barry
231	Dashell
50	Return Pipe
57	Cooking Disk 2
58	Cooking Disk 3
59	Cooking Disk 4
60	Cooking Disk 5
61	Cooking Disk 6
62	Cooking Disk 7

Skipped Pixl Text

If a Pixl is skipped, it will join your party at the end of the level, and a unique message is shown. While these messages are technically used, the use of glitches is required to skip a Pixl in every case. Strangely, there are no entries present for Thudley, Cudge, or Fleep.

party_hoken_01

This Pixl heard all about your adventures while waiting in a basement in Yold Town.

Thoreau the throwing Pixl is now your friend!

party_hoken_02

This Pixl heard all about your adventures while waiting in Merlee's Mansion.

Slim the slimming Pixl is now your friend!

party_hoken_03

This Pixl heard all about your adventures while waiting in Fort Francis.

Carrie the carrying Pixl is now your friend!

party_hoken_04

This Pixl heard all about your adventures while waiting in the Floro Sapien Caverns.

Dottie the minimizing Pixl is now your friend!

party_hoken_05

This Pixl heard all about your adventures while waiting beneath Gloam Valley.

Boomer the exploding Pixl is now your friend!

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Chapter 1

• When playing the game in 16:9, the flip-in boxes for Fracktail during his intro cut off a small amount of his chin and his antenna. This doesn't happen when playing in 4:3, which has narrower boxes, though amusingly there is different cutoff on some of his lower body segments in that mode. This likely resulted from the new 16:9 cutscene system that needed to be created for this game: in 4:3, as well as the previous game which always displays in 4:3, the cutscenes introduce black bars on the top and bottom, letterboxing the image. Achieving the same level of visibility in actual 16:9 requires zooming in the camera, but evidently the boxes were not properly adjusted for this mode. The same problem is present in Wracktail's intro, which re-uses these animations.

4:3	16:9

• Around half of Fracktail's dialogue is contained in standard text boxes rather than the intended "robotic" ones, which are used by all other robotic characters and things like the Dining Specializer.

Chapter 4

• The background is improperly aligned in 4-1, 4-2, and 4-3, despite the fact that the texture used for them is perfectly tileable.

4:3	16:9

• When Mr. L is first introduced, he stomps on Squirps from the left side of the screen, and lands offscreen to the right, obscuring him until he makes his entrance... unless you're playing in 16:9, that is, where he instead just lands at the outer edge of the screen and waits there, which looks rather awkward. Note that before he does this, he is properly offscreen.

Chapter 8

• When the Pure Hearts are used on Count Bleck during the faux final battle, Princess Peach says "What is now happening to... Count Bleck?!" This is likely intended to be said by Bleck himself, since it matches his speech pattern and is preceded by him saying "What... What's this?", which seems like an underwhelming reaction on its own.

Misc

To do: Check contents of "nl" and previous US versions for "du". Also, there are more leftovers of Dutch support.

• The eff (effect) folder contains subfolders of effect graphics for each supported language, but it also contains a folder called "nl". This is probably short for Nederlands, or Dutch - a language that often appears unused in Nintendo games. An empty folder called "du" is also present in the Japanese and US (Rev. 2, at least) versions, which may have been initially used for the same language. The "du" folder isn't present in the European or Korean versions, but the "nl" folder remains.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

• The D-Pad icon used in messages is called "STICK" internally, while the Wii Remote is called "PAD". This is likely a GameCube leftover.

(Source: Seeky, Original TCRF research)

Audio

To do: Is it possible to understand and translate what is being said?

• It has been said that the River Twygz Bed theme has hidden voices in it. When deciphered, the voices can be heard to be in Japanese.

River Twygz Bed Discernible Voices

(Source: SomeDude)

Internal Project Names

The game is referred to internally by two names:

• "spmario" - in various places in the code (often in the equivalents of places in TTYD that used "mariost").
• "WiiMario" - in the sound archive filename wiimario_snd.brsar and the savefile filenames.