Super Paper Mario has a distinct visual identity within Paper Mario and the Super Mario franchise as a whole. As the players defeat enemies, they accumulate points and level up, making their own attacks stronger. In addition to the four playable characters are fairy-like Pixls that grant the main party members various extra abilities, such as hammering objects or calling up a temporary shield.
The story focuses on Mario, Princess Peach, Bowser, and Luigi journeying across various dimensions to stop a villain named Count Bleck from destroying all of existence. The game fuses elements of 2D and 3D gameplay together, shifting back and forth between dimensions, once being described as a "2.5D" sidescroller by Nintendo Power magazine. Unlike the other Paper Mario games, Super Paper Mario is a platformer and does not use a turn-based battle system, but rather incorporates RPG elements with platforming.
Super Paper Mario is a platformer role-playing game released in 2007 for the Wii, as well as the first Super Mario game for the console.
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