| Super Mario VS Paper Mario | |
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| 2D VS 3D! | |
| Season 3, Episode 5 | |
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| Air date | November 6, 2016 |
| Written by | Metal Mario875 |
| Directed by | Metal Mario875 |
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Super Mario VS Paper Mario is a what-if Death Battle created by me...
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...Why are you still reading this? ENJOY THE BATTLE!
Description[]
Super Mario VS Paper Mario! Two different versions of Nintendo's red-wearing plumber mascot slam against one another to find which truly out-ranks the other in the power compartment!
Interlude[]
Boomstick: Mario's never been one to disappoint the gaming industry with his "out of this world" games. But, this time, the "out of different worlds" shall come together & fight in a clash worthy for the history books!
Wiz: First, we've got Super Mario, the original red-capped plumber.
Boomstick: And Paper Mario, the thin, red-capped rip-off! He's Wiz & I'm Boomstick!
Wiz: And it's OUR job to analyze their weapons, armor, & skills to determine... who would win... a Death Battle.
Mario[]
- Name: Mario
- Age: 26-27
- Height: 5'2
- Weight: 200lbs
- Italian
Wiz: Many years ago, seven children blessed with the power of a Star were born. These babies became known as the Star Children, and were all destined to fulfill many great wonders in their lives.
Boomstick: These babies were taken by stork to their homes across the land, the Mushroom Kingdom. However, a mage in a blue robe had made this case difficult.
Wiz: This mage was general of the Koopa Troop, Kamek. And he was determined to get hold of six of the babies and hand them to his master, the seventh Star Child, Bowser.
Boomstick: And in those Star Children, there was a hero, a coward, Herambe, a fruity damsel, a greedy anti-hero, an abusive dinosaur, and a tyrannical turtle.
Wiz: And that hero was Mario. Growing up to be an Italian plumber, Mario ended up spending his time rescuing the fruity damsel, Peach, from the tyrannical turtle, Bowser. He is always up to the task of saving his homeland, the Mushroom Kingdom, from disaster on hundreds of occasions.
Boomstick: Most of the time however, he has to constantly jump up every two seconds to save the princess. I mean, look at her!
*Shows scene in New Super Mario Bros. 2 where Mario & Luigi fly away, waving to Peach, and then land, and are immediately greeted with the Koopalings capturing Peach*
Boomstick: I can't tell which one's worse for the guy, the selfish princess or the asshole turtle.
- Lifted and punted a castle
- Carried 999,999,999 gold coins
- Ground Pounded neutron stars into Bowser's face
Wiz: Regardless of his relationships, Mario is a full-on powerhouse. For example, in Super Mario World, World 7, Mario lifts and casually punts an entire castle! Using Mario's height for reference, we get that each block is 3'5. Taking a block across Castle Seven's entirety, we get that the castle is 1,070 feet wide, which we can use to scale to its height in the actual cutscene, coming out as the castle being 1,427 feet tall. After filling cubic space and finding that lime stone is most commonly used to build castles, we get that the castle weighs, rounded down, 200,000,000,000lbs! That, or 100,000,000 tons!
Boomstick: I'd also like to point out that this isn't Mario's only strength feat, having two others! One of which he accomplished in New Super Mario Bros. 2, as a greedy asshole carrying 999,999,999 solid gold coins! THE HELL?!
Wiz: Using Super Mario Bros. 3 as a reference, we can find that each coin has a volume of 828 cubic pixels. For comparison, Mario is 28 pixels tall. Rounding things off, we get that each coin is 2 square feet. Therefore, one coin has a volume of 6 cubic feet. At such a size, one coin would weigh 3.5 tons! Multiply that by the amount of coins Mario carried, 3.5 x 999,999,999 = 3,500,000,000 tons when rounded up!
Boomstick: And finally, Super Mario Galaxy 2, where Mario stomps glowing rocks. However, you're just as dense as these things are if you believe that's all they are. These glow, very similar to how neutron stars can glow when overflowing with energy and spinning. Not only this, but they managed to overpower the gravitational pull of a distant supermassive black hole, and since neutron stars have gravity second fiddle to a black hole, it literally cannot be a rock.
Wiz: Going by the more likely case of a neutron star, Mario managed to slam into this thing, sending it careening through space and slamming into Bowser's face, shattering it and harming Bowser. Remember, neutron star densities are about 10^13 kg/m^3, which means a tablespoon of it would weigh 10 billion tons! In-game, roughly four Marios can fit across all axis of the neutron star, length, width and height. And then 79 tablespoons fit within 20'8, which is four Marios, by the way. To get diameter, 79 x 79 x 79 = 493,039. To get the circumference, we multiply the circle's diameter by pi. 3.14 x 493,039 = 1,548,142.46. Fill the cubic space, and we get approximately 23,222,136.9. Multiply that by 10 billion, & at the absolute lowest, Mario stomped 232,221,369,000,000,000 tons, releasing 49,303,900,000,000,000,000 megatons of force! But, this being extreme lowball anyway, I'll give you the rightful result as well. First though, I'm going to do it the easy way, and you need to know a few things before I do that: there are 5,280 feet in one mile, and the average neutron star's diameter is 6 miles. Multiply our last result by 264, & multiply THAT result by 6. We get 367,838,648,500,000,000,000 tons Mario stomped, releasing 78,097,380,000,000,000,000,000 megatons of force! Just for kicks, the most powerful weapon ever deployed by mankind, the Tsar Bomb, yielded only 50 megatons, originally 100, which would have wiped out 25% of the Earth's inhabitants and surface, creating a nuclear fallout. Just 100 megatons.
(Cue ~ Angry Bowser in Space Race)
- Ran up walls
- Outpaced Koopa the Quick
- Fought Culex
Boomstick: Despite being a tiny bit tubby, this plumber can haul ass! Going from the lowest of the low, Mario still covers more ground than any human by running up walls casually! This takes speed of AT LEAST 9m/s, or, 20mph!
Wiz: That's actually very correct. I would also like to point out that Koopa the Quick stated that he was capable of reaching Mach 1, 768mph. Koopa the Quick also states, after Mario defeats him, that Mario seemed to be a blur! It's also very possible for a person to completely double Koopa the Quick's time in his races, both of this pointing to Mario being capable of reaching speeds of Mach 2, or, 1,536mph! This is not all, as he has also escaped the gravitational pull of a black hole in Mario Party Six's mini-game, Black Hole Boogie; this being a feat that not even the speed of light, 670,616,629mph, can accomplish.
Boomstick: Holy shit! He could probably escape your mother Wiz! Then again, probably not.
Wiz: I-I... My mother is n-n-n...
Boomstick: It's also an essential to bring up Mario fighting Culex.
Wiz: Umm, yeah. Culex is, uh, capable of... What was it...
Boomstick: See? Wiz is still trying to get over that sick burn. But anyway, Culex states to be able to consume time, very similar to my ex-wife. Because of this, when Mario fights the guy, Culex is essentially consuming movement and change. Therefore, no movement nor change should occur. Yet, Mario is fighting Culex, moving, doing all those cool things.
Wiz: Basically, Mario is moving whilst inside a timeless realm, giving him an infinite speed feat.
Boomstick: It should also be noted that Mario has reacted at astronomically high speeds. For example, he casually steered Starship Mario in Super Mario Galaxy 2, whizzing on by galaxies, and even crossing the universe, all in seconds at MFTL+ speeds!
- Stated to have the knowledge of a physicist
- Became a professional doctor
- Outsmarted archaeologists and scientists during his vacation to Pi'illo Island
Wiz: And then there's intelligence, which Mario, surprisingly, actually has a lot of. Not only is it stated that he has the knowledge of a physicist in his Smash Bros. Trophy description, but he has become a professional doctor, and in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, solved the mysteries behind Pi'illo Island, something not even the island's top archaeologists nor scientists could do. This comes out to Mario having an I.Q. of, at absolute least, 130.
Boomstick: Plus you have got to remember that the damn plumber has knowledge of not only the scientist, but physicist, an extremely intelligent problem solver, and archaeologist, a great visual researcher, and a professional doctor, which have I.Q. levels ranging from 110 to 130! It is also notable that in Super Mario-Kun, Mario frequently breaks the fourth wall. Each damn volume has him do it, so, he DOES have fourth wall awareness.
Wiz: Mario has also faced against an extremely large variety of enemies, all of which have some power, but nowhere near the villains and, character, I'm about to name off.
- Culex
- Chakron
- Dark Bowser
- Dreamy Bowser
Wiz: In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Mario ends up against a being called Culex. As stated before, he consumes time, right? Well, Culex also states in the Japanese version that he IS time. Time is also a dimension--the 4th Dimension. Long story shortened, Culex being time itself makes him a 4th Dimensional being, all of which are High Multiversal.
Boomstick: Then the plumber fought a damn octopus that states that his pose, and I quote, "absorbs waves from deep parts of outer space." And that "The waves crash upon my mind's shore. I am a mental beach." Then, he proceeds to say "With the power of outer space upon me, I can do anything." It's also worth noting that he states later, "There is nothing that outer space knows not."
Wiz: With the aforementioned character having the power to do anything is pretty damn impressive, and is exactly what Dreamy Bowser states before his fight, a character who we'll get to soon. It is also shown that he seems to have some sort of power over the universe itself, having the power of Space, after all.
Boomstick: But that's not even taking Dark Bowser into account, who is superior to Chakron!
Wiz: And finally, Dreamy Bowser. This villain states before his fight that he contains the power to do anything. And it seems he was not lying. He gains the ability to create ANYTHING, just so long as he dreams about it. He gains the powers of telekinesis, size manipulation, duplication, and practically anything else he wants. Remember, all he has to do is dream about it, and the Dream Stone works its magic.
Boomstick: But then the giant rainbow, epilepsy-inducing turtle, due to absorbing the Dream Stone, is the embodiment of a multiverse. Cool, right? Especially for rainbow, epilepsy-inducing turtles.
Wiz: The Dream Depot is held inside the Dream Stone, having the ENTIRE POPULATION'S DREAMS! That... That's ENORMOUS!
Boomstick: It's really hard to explain how massive it really is. Think about it though. Every dream you've ever had turned into a universe, and is held inside the Dream Stone, which has complete control over the dream's fate. Whether it straight-up blinks out of existence, whether it comes true, the Dream Stone had control over its timeline, dimensions, everything.
Wiz: So every dream you have contributes a universe. Admittedly, this multiverse cannot be infinite, since people can't have infinite dreams, and never will. But the sheer amount of universes this thing contains must be astronomical. Likely in the quintillions!
Boomstick: But also. Remember that Dreamy Bowser IS Bowser AND the Dream Stone. Bowser was the embodiment of a titanic multiverse with timelines, dimensions, possibilities... And Mario straight-up SHATTERED IT!!
Wiz: At the end, it is shown that Dreamy Bowser explodes, resulting in a severely weakened Bowser left in its place. The Dream Stone is gathered up later, but is dust! It's completely destroyed, and has nothing left! Hence why Dreambert begged the Zeekeeper to restore it!
Boomstick: So let's get this straight... Mario literally SHATTERED A MULTIVERSE?!?! FULL OF TIMELINES, POSSIBILITIES, AND DIMENSIONS?!?!
Wiz: ...Yes. The Mario universe is also tied in with ours, as humans have appeared in many titles, such as Mario Golf, Mario is Missing--
(Music Cuts Out)
Boomstick: *Vomits*
Wiz: Are you... Are you okay?!
Boomstick: Ough... Yeah, just go on.
(Music Cuts Back In)
Wiz: ...And uh, that game, and the list proceeds onward. However, THAT game, gives more evidence as to why the universes are connected. Luigi explores a location in our world, greeted by humans that ask questions about our world...
Boomstick: Ugh... And if you don't believe us still, then, I have nothing to say to you.
Wiz: By being connected to our universe, String Theory applies to their universe as well. With that, there exists 11 dimensions in the Mario multiverse. And those dimensions would apply to all universes--including the Dream Depot's.
Boomstick: Where Wiz is going with this is basically that, not only did Mario fight a guy with the power over dreams and was the embodiment of a multiverse, but a guy with the power over dreams and was the embodiment of a multiverse with 11 dimensions.
Wiz: As this may be an outlier with High Complex Multiversal power, I'll explain to you why it should still be counted.
Boomstick: Great. I'll be back, this is gonna be awhile.
*Boomstick walks out*
Wiz: Outliers, as annoying as they sometimes can be, cannot always be disregarded. An outlier that's clearly false can be thrown out. For example, a survey to find out the average woman's weight. And one survey is 19lbs. You and I both know this is impossible. Maybe it was mistaken for 91, 119, or 190lbs. But, we don't know, so, it's okay to disregard this outlier. An outlier that doesn't change anything, but is still quite behind or above the rest of the points can be disregarded, as it included or secluded wouldn't make any difference. However, an outlier that changes the data AND is factual, no matter how much you want to, CANNOT be disregarded. Maybe you can show the result with and without the point, but you CANNOT just drop it just because it's an outlier. Not exceptable.
*Boomstick walks back in*
(Music Fades Out)
Boomstick: Hey. Went down to D.Q. They got this new "hurricane slushie." Had to check it out.
Wiz: Cool.
- Mushroom
- Fire Flower
- Feather
- Ice Flower
- Hammer Bro Suit
- Rock Mushroom
- Super Bell
- Double Cherry x5
- Vanish Cap
- Mega Mushroom
- Gold Fire Flower
- Metal Cap
- Starman
- White Tanooki Leaf
- Ultra Hammer
- F.L.U.D.D.
- Spin Drill
- Battle Cards
Wiz: And then Mario has his gigantic arsenal at his beck and call.
Boomstick: And first, the Amanita Musc--err, Mushroom. This can be eaten to restore 1/3 of Mario's overall health.
Wiz: Then there's the Fire Flower, which multiplies his fire power by 2x. He also carries the Feather, which clads him with a cape that enables unhindered flight, and allows him to swing the cape, which is capable of reflecting projectiles AND can generate enough static electricity for minor Electrokinesis!
Boomstick: He's got the Ice Flower, capable of reaching temperatures at absolute zero! It enables Mario to shoot iceballs, or flat out come into contact with things, freezing them! That awesomeness takes a massive drop with the Hammer Bro Suit, where Mario dresses as a black Hammer Brother and can throw an infinite amount of hammers at foes.
Wiz: Mario also holds the Rock Mushroom, which enables him Terrakinesis, allowing him to form a barrier of rock all around him, sending him careening forward with enough force to shatter 60 foot tall crystals, AND makes him invulnerable to most damage as he rolls! And then there's the Super Bell, which transforms Mario into a cat, giving him twice the speed and stamina than before, AND gives him razor-sharp claws! Of course, being a cat, he can pounce onto enemies, climb walls, and scratch things. Something additional to this Power-up is that if Cat Mario Ground Pounds, he turns into an invincible--but immobilized--golden statue that somehow harms enemies if they touch him.
Boomstick: Then Mario also has the Double Cherries, five to be exact, that clone him perfectly. And then there's the Vanish Cap also, which turns him intangible for 25 seconds!
Wiz: And then Mario can jump into his trump card arsenal, which begins with the Mega Mushroom, turning Mario into a skyscraper! With this, Mega Mario is completely invincible, is faster, can jump higher, is stronger, and of course mows right through anything for 30 seconds.
Boomstick: Then the greedy bastard can whip out the Gold Fire Flower, which turns him into solid gold that can no longer flinch from any attacks! He also gains the power to shoot golden fireballs that turn whatever they hit into lifeless gold, and after it comes in contact with something, anything, it then sends out a powerful shockwave that stretches about five feet in diameter! Come to think of it, that's pretty dark.
Wiz: And Mario can then pull out the Metal Cap, transforming into solid metal, at any time he pleases! In this Metal Mario form, Mario's strength and weight triple themselves! He also becomes completely invincible, and still, somehow, has the ability to run at his normal speed, all for 25 seconds!
Boomstick: And there's also the lovely Starman, which grants a rainbow aura, quadrupling Mario's strength, speed, and height he can jump to, as well as granting complete invincibility for 30 seconds!
Wiz: And to finish off his Power-ups, he has the White Tanooki Leaf, which turns him into a white tanuki.
Boomstick: This is where Peta got really mentally ill, and convicted Mario of killing tanuki by... no... it can't be... BY GRABBING A MAGICAL LEAF!!
Wiz: ANYways, White Tanooki Mario is completely invincible with the power of flight forever. However, he does seem to have a weakness to immense falls and poison. Lava is NOT a weakness, as White Tanooki Mario can bulldoze any lava enemies, clearly proving it as a game mechanic. Naught can be said for the other two things.
Boomstick: First up in his weaponry category, the guy has the Ultra Hammer, which is capable of deflecting projectiles sent at him by enemies, and he can flat-out fight with it.
Wiz: Then there's the classic Flash Liquidizer Ultra Dousing Device, or, F.L.U.D.D. Utilizing this, Mario can pelt enemies with powerful jets of water. How powerful? Buckle up, kids.
*Boomstick looks at Wiz, and then slowly tiptoes away to grab his belt*
Wiz: In real life, water jets streaming out 100 psi, or pounds per square inch, can only lift men about ten feet into the air for a few seconds. The Hover Nozzle does EXACTLY that, except holds Mario EVEN LONGER than water jetpacks. Then, the Basic Nozzle can blast enemies away with enough force that, upon collision with a wall, their bodies FLATTEN. It can also blast Bullet Bills to pieces, become a fucking water version of a MISSILE LAUNCHER, & can even wash away the toughest of goop. The world's strongest pressure washers pump out 40,000psi, & STILL aren't matching the F.LU.D.D.'s cleaning power! And remember, the Turbo & Rocket Nozzles are EVEN STRONGER than the Basic Nozzle, meaning the F.L.U.D.D.'s power is even higher with said Nozzles.
*Boomstick makes it back over, next to Wiz, his belt now buckled*
Boomstick: Oh yeah, and the Spin Drill. That thing. Yeah. He can dig underground. Whooo...
Wiz: But nearly most useful of all, he has the Battle Cards. With these, Mario is capable of spending a set number from one to ten Star Points, and he has thirty. Utilizing this, he can cause various effects in battle. These include healing himself, blasting his enemies with magic that bypasses conventional durability, upping his stats whilst lowering his foe's, nullify attacks via barrier creation, stop time, etc. He can restore his Star Points by landing successful attacks on his foes.
- Skill: Extremely High
- Jumping
- Mario Tornado
- Mario Screwdriver
- Breakdance Sweep
- Star Spin
- Reality Warping
- Pyrokinesis
- Energy Manipulation
- Dr. Mario
Wiz: In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Mario learns almost every combat style known to man, and by combining that with his Smash Bros. versatility, Mario's EXTREMELY skilled in hand-to-hand combat.
Boomstick: Then he also has the jumping prowess of a black man, capable of reaching heights 80 feet into the air, and clearing the distance an athlete could three times over!
Wiz: Clearly his Jumping abilities are high, especially when he jumped in Yoshi's New Island, and traveled through time. But then there are different variations of Mario's jumping abilities. Most notable is the Spin Jump, which renders him immune to sharp things like, y'know, BUZZSAWS?! Anyway, it can also slow his descent drastically, & if he uses it as Fire Mario or Ice Mario, he'll spread-shot fireballs or iceballs in all directions. It should also be noted that, whilst in air, Mario can Ground Pound, or Drill Spin, both of which send him jetting downward at re-entry speeds with, you guessed it, re-entry force. Finally, Mario has offensive variations of his jumping power, like the Super Jump Punch, the Super Jump, and the Ultra Jump.
Boomstick: There are also miscellaneous attacks, like the Mario Tornado, where he spins around, punching foes rapidly. The Mario Screwdriver is where Mario spins his feet whilst in air rapidly, somehow harming enemies, and the Breakdance Sweep, which is self-explanatory. I guess I should also mention the Star Spin, which can deflect projectiles, draw in projectiles, smack enormous enemies with great force, and can be combined with the Ground Pound to create the Star Pound, which homes in on the enemy like a damn heat-seeking missile! Either that, or my clingy ex-wife, either one matches the description perfectly.
Wiz: Mario also wiped a castle from existence in Super Mario World via Reality Warping, so there's that.
Boomstick: Oh, and then there's his Pyrokinesis, which is just fucking badass!
Wiz: Mario can shoot fireballs that incinerate enemies upon contact at 3,000 degrees Celsius. This fireball can also be spread-shot into five fireballs. The Firebrand makes slightly stronger, 4,000 degrees Celsius fireballs that can be fired rapidly, or combined into one massive fireball. Mario can also use the Super Flame, a beam of fire at 6,000 degrees Celsius, and Mario's Megastrike, which utilizes high-end re-entry force and heat at 6,000 degrees Celsius. The Fire Swing is where Mario ignites a weapon in his hand, it bursting into flames; Mario can then swing it into something, cloaking what it hits in fire at 6,000 degrees Celsius. The Mario Finale are two enormous fireballs shot out by Mario, burning everything it its wake at 12,000 degrees Celsius. And finally, his Pyrokinesis peaks at enough power to create the Miniature Star! This is, well, a Miniature Star at 24,000 degrees Celsius that Mario can literally just... throw.
Boomstick: Holy fuck! That's cool! But then he can also manipulate his energy into balls he can throw at enemies, or form it into a weapon--most notably a hockey stick--to smack enemies around with, harming even the Behemoth!
Wiz: Finally, Mario can turn into Dr. Mario. Somehow, this actually makes a difference. By becoming Dr. Mario, he becomes slower, but A LOT stronger! Not only this, but his potent Pyrokinesis is replaced with potent Electrokinesis! It should also be noted that Dr. Mario has the Megavitamins, which can be used to heal him, so much so that it has saved people's lives on the spot before, and can also harm enemies, mainly Viruses.
Wiz: Despite ALL OF THIS... Mario amazes us yet again by having a single weakness. This weakness is that he rarely actually strategizes. You see, yeah, he strategizes sometimes, but in every platformer, which outnumbers his RPGs, he fails to strategize.
Boomstick: Regardless of this one weakness that doesn't always apply, Mario is pretty damn well-rounded, having so much throughout his games that cover any other possible weakness he could have. I guess there are reasons why he is the face of Nintendo!
| “ | Welcome! Welcome new galaxy! | „ |
| ~ Mario in Super Mario Galaxy |
Paper Mario[]
- Name: Paper Mario
- Age: 26-27
- Height: 3'7
- Weight: ???
- Italian Paper
Wiz: Paper Mario, the paperized version of Mr. Video Game himself. Paper Mario's origins are mostly unknown, even to this day. However, he was predicted thousands of years ago in the Light Prognosticus to become one of the four prophesied heroes. For the most part, he just, kinda lives in his house with his brother day in, and day out.
Boomstick: Now THAT'S boring. If I had to live day in and day out with you Wiz, I have no idea what the hell I'd do.
- Pushed two boulders, but was only seen pushing one
- Can throw things hard enough to turn them from 3D to 2D
- Can hit things hard enough to turn them from 3D to 2D
Wiz: Heart warming. Anyway, Paper Mario has few feats in the strength department, but, he can do two different things. One, in The Thousand-Year Door, he pushed a boulder, and somehow pushed another one. Makes no sense, completely unexplained, but he did it. Also, his ability to Stickerize 3D objects is a powerful one, as he simply picks the object up, and throws it hard enough to turn it into a sticker. Something similar in Paper Jam is that he whips out his giant Hammer and crushes enemies, turning them into paper. Pretty impressive strength, but not very many notable.
- Moved whilst inside The Void
Boomstick: His speed however, is a different story. As we have proven in Mario's analysis, the Mario universe and ours is connected. So, when The Void showed it, it was consuming time as well. In other words, Paper Mario moving whilst inside The Void is an infinite speed feat.
Wiz: Paper Mario also reacted to Count Bleck, who was capable of traveling the multiverse in search of his lost love in a flashback, which is MFTL+. Hell, he can even react to Count Bleck at those MFTL+ speeds after he's sped himself up even more!
- Suspicious of Dimentio's loyalty to Count Bleck the whole time
- Solved the Whoa Zone
- Solved Shadow Queen's labyrinth
Wiz: Paper Mario was also very suspicious about Dimentio's loyalty to Count Bleck throughout Super Paper Mario, which was actually very well acted by Dimentio. He didn't even trust him after Dimentio revealed he'd been helping him and his friends the whole time, which was the correct decision.
Boomstick: Then, he solved the Shadow Queen's complicated labyrinth, and the Whoa Zone, which was stated IN-GAME to be an impossible labyrinth. Paper Mario solved it right after Squirps and before Paper Luigi, who is trying his best to become Batman.
Wiz: Just like his 3-Dimensional counterpart, Paper Mario has faced some powerful enemies.
- Paper Bowser w/ the Star Rod
- Shadow Queen
- Dimentio
- Super Dimentio
Wiz: In Paper Mario 64, Paper Mario took on Paper Bowser who was in the possession of the Star Rod. This powerful wand was stated to have the power to grant all wishes. Meaning, it has no limits to what wishes it can grant. He can wish to fly, create a black hole, etc., and it would happen. But in this case, Paper Bowser wished upon the Star Rod to destroy a weakened Paper Mario, and it still failed.
Boomstick: Then there was the Shadow Queen, who could destroy a world. In Super Paper Mario, it's pounded into your head that world means universe, so it means just that. So, Shadow Queen's Universal. Cool.
Wiz: And then Paper Mario fought Dimentio, who matched the power of The Void. In two cutscenes, it is shown that The Void blasted Paper Mario & co. to a different world, and knocked them unconscious. Dimentio blasted Paper Mario & co. to a different world and knocked them unconscious. The reminiscence between the two are perfect, so Dimentio matched The Void, which was quoted by Merlon from the Light Prognosticus, so, double quoting, "And in the end, it will swallow all existence... All worlds, all dimensions..."
Boomstick: Again, we've proven in Mario's analysis that our universe and Mario's are connected, so, The Void was going to consume an enormous multiverse full of possibilities, timelines, and 11 dimensions... Sounds familiar...
Wiz: So, Paper Mario is 11th Dimensional in base for matching Dimentio, making him High Complex Multiversal.
Boomstick: And then, Dimentio transformed into Super Dimentio, becoming completely invincible to everyone, essentially becoming a 12th Dimensional being! And Paper Mario began losing, so he showcased the Pure Hearts.
Wiz: With the Pure Hearts, Paper Mario dwarfed even Super Dimentio. I quote, "Some among the Ancients believed strongly that the power of love was infinite." And then, to back it up, here is Super Dimentio's card description, "This monstrous clown was created by Dimentio. He used the Chaos Heart and Luigi to create it. In the end, it was no match for the power of love." So, Paper Mario killed Super Dimentio utilizing 13th Dimensional power, or, making Paper Mario w/ the Pure Hearts Hyperversal.
Boomstick: I'd also like to point out that no one, per told by both Prognosticus, could take on the dark one and the Chaos Heart except the four prophesied heroes and the eight Pure Hearts. So, characters like Queen Jaydes couldn't do anything to him, meaning he's above the concepts of life and death as Super Dimentio. Yet, Paper Mario killed him, meaning, he must have bypassed some sort immortality Super Dimentio had. Not only this, but he would be immune to Merloo, who is stated to have been a great magician that could control dimensions. So Super Dimentio's above even dimensional manipulation! Christ! Oh, and I'd also like to say that he's defeated HIMSELF... TWICE!!
(Cue ~ We Believe In You, Mario!)
- Pal Pill
- Mega Star
- Ultra Hammer
- Copy Block
- Star Rod
- Sticker Album
- Color Cards & Paint
- Crystal Stars
- Pure Hearts
Wiz: Paper Mario seems to follow classic Mario, where a huge arsenal follows him wherever he goes. First, there's the Pal Pill, which clones 8 Pixel Marios around Paper Mario to defend him and attack the enemy. And the Mega Star turns Paper Mario into a towering Pixel Mario that's invincible with increased speed, jumping height, and strength, as well the ability to thrash everything in his path for 30 seconds!
Boomstick: And then there's his weaponry, starting off with the Ultra Hammer. Using this, Paper Mario can deflect projectiles, and attack. His Ultra Hammer also has Pyrokinetic and Cyrokinetic properties. Then there's the Copy Block, which clones Paper Mario into ten perfect clones.
Wiz: The Star Rod, as said before, grants all wishes. And Paper Mario's Sticker Album contains stickers with offensive powers and defensive powers, as well as stickers that raise Paper Mario's stats, heal him, and can lower his foe's stats. However, in the Sticker Album, there are special stickers--Royal Stickers. These can be used not only for wish-granting like the Star Rod, but to turn Paper Mario into Shiny Paper Mario, who receives a 1,000x multiplier to all of his stats!
Boomstick: Then of course there's the Color Cards, which are as follows: Jump, Jump x2, Jump x3, Big Jump, Big Jump x2, Huge Jump, Line Jump, Big Line Jump, Huge Line Jump, Hopslipper, Hopslipper x2, Hopslipper x3, Big Hopslipper, Huge Hopslipper, Iron Jump, Iron Jump x2, Iron Jump x3, Big Iron Jump, Huge Iron jump, Spin Jump, Big Spin Jump, Hammer, Hammer x2, Hammer x3, Big Hammer, Big Hammer x2, Huge Hammer, KO Hammer, Big KO Hammer, Huge KO Hammer, Eekhammer, Eekhammer x2, Eekhammer x3, Big Eekhammer, Big Eekhammer x2, Huge Eekhammer, Hurlhammer, Hurlhammer x2, Hurlhammer x3, Big Hurlhammer, Huge Hurlhammer, Blaze Hammer, Fire Flower, Big Fire Flower, Ice Flower, Big Ice Flower, POW Block, Mushroom, Big Mushroom, Huge Mushroom, 1-Up Mushroom, Tail, Spike Helmet, and Frog Suit. As for Thing Cards, there are as follows: Fire Extinguisher, Fan, Plunger, Lemon, Cat-o-Luck, Piggy Bank, Bone, Bottle Opener, Ice Pick, Balloons, Teapot, Turnip, Instant Camera, Basin, Battery, Compass, Cork, Washing Machine, Lightbulb, Salt & Pepper, Charcoal Grill, Megaphone, Hair Dryer, Magnifying Glass, Claw Hammer, Recorder, Disco Ball, and Black Bowser's Castle. Long ass list of stupid shit, but yeah. As for the Paint, Paper Mario has a finite amount of it, and he uses it to fill the Color Cards. If filled, they are able to be used.
Wiz: Then there's the Crystal Stars. The Diamond Star houses Earth Tremor, a massive earthquake. The Emerald Star houses Clock Out, which stops time for 30 seconds. The Gold Star houses Power Lift, which can increase Paper Mario's attack potency and durability. The Ruby Star houses Art Attack, which encircles the enemy and shatters reality around them, harming them greatly. The Sapphire Star houses Sweet Feast, which can heal Paper Mario anywhere from a little bit of health to complete restoration. The Garnet Star houses Showstopper, which one-shots all weak enemies. The Crystal Star houses Supernova, which is exactly what its title implies it is.
Boomstick: And finally, the lame ass Pure Hearts. With these, Paper Mario is granted power dwarfing Super Dimentio. The Pure Hearts can also heal Paper Mario completely once per battle, & allow dimensional travel. And once combined into the Purity Heart, it grants reality warping capable of deleting all of the Chaos Heart's influences. From The Void, to the destruction, to the deaths of everyone. All of it is undone.
- Skill: Moderate
- Jumping
- Stickerize
- Dimensional Flip
Wiz: Paper Mario's hand-to-hand combat skill is... decent. He can fight, and fight pretty well. Except he isn't a master at countless different styles, nor does he have any insane amounts of versatility. He has just enough skill to fight without any weaponry.
Boomstick: Then, as all forms of Mario would ever have, Paper Mario has jumping on his side. As a matter of fact, Paper Jam proves him to be a better jumper than Mario! He can also use the Flutter Jump to float temporarily in midair.
Wiz: Then, Paper Mario has the power to Stickerize. Basically, it's the power to turn anything 3-Dimensional into a sticker, which he can then use in battle.
Boomstick: And finally, he has the Dimensional Flip. This power allows him to slip between alternate dimensions, AND allows teleportation!
Wiz: Unfortunately, Paper Mario, just like his counterpart, has one weakness. This time though, it's NOT strategic abilities as he strategizes in four of his five games, but it's skill. Paper Mario almost needs his arsenal in order to have any hax and abilities. His hand-to-hand combat skill is only just enough to get the job done.
Boomstick: Despite this weakness, Paper Mario's arsenal is there for a reason! And while he may lack powers at first, his arsenal has backed him up numerous times, and will continue to do so!
| “ | *Paper Mario adjusts his hat, and flashes a thumbs-up at the camera* | „ |
| ~ Paper Mario in Sticker Star |
Pre-DEATH BATTLE![]
Wiz: Alright, the combatants are set. It's time to finally settle this debate... once, and for all.
Boomstick: In short, IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLE!!!
DEATH BATTLE![]
As if it were a glorious title to a movie, the camera lies pointing into the dreary sky, and its points of glimmering light, and slowly, the following title faded in:
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Mario VS Paper Mario[]
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And just like that, the title faded out.
The camera sat fixed on the black blanket sky and its pinpoints of crimson, indigo and ivory. It was the most peaceful day in years in the Mushroom Kingdom--Bowser hadn't even bugged a fly. The denizens would all agree that this was the night that they would all remember, as it came with restful sleep and easy relaxation.
Within Princess's Peach's Castle walls, the princess, a dozen Toads and Starlow all prepared themselves for the next day, as it was a special one. Every three centuries, the "Red Star Comet" flies overhead at midnight, and a festival called the "Red Star Festival" is held that day. The princess prepared everything for the next day--everyone was excitedly scuttling around, working even as it approached midnight.
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Toadwood Forest[]
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The Mario Bros. stood outside, peering into the sky.
"Mario..." Luigi began, "Bowser hasn't bugged us at all today. Do you suppose he's up to something?"
"Hmmm... I'm-a not too sure, Luigi. But that doesn't matter. Bowser isn't any problem we need to worry about. I'm-a bit interested in what the princess is up to. She hasn't called us up once today, and to be honest, with it being an everyday occurrence, I'm-a honestly shocked. It feels... different, you know?" Mario explained.
"What does that mean, bro?" Luigi asked, inclining his head. Mario couldn't help but get a smirk and swiped Luigi's cap right from his head.
"Hey!" Luigi called out, "I need that!"
"I dunno Luigi, are you sure? It sure seems like it isn't needed, wouldn't you agree?" Mario teased, pulling the hat farther away from Luigi as he reached for it.
"Please bro?" Luigi asked, halting his attempts at nabbing it back. Mario held it out, Luigi taking it and adjusting it back on his head.
"Well Luigi, it's-a probably the best if we hit the hay. After all, it is just about midnight, we probably want some sleep. Bowser's vacation simply won't last two days." Mario stated as he shifted toward the door of their house and turned the doorknob, causing light to spill out from the crack and onto the ground and the brothers' faces. Luigi simply nodded and followed his brother inside, the door slowly closing behind the two. Seconds later, the lights went out.
The camera pans upward toward the sky, looking at it for roughly six seconds before beginning to fade to black, Delta Waves fading out with it.
THE NEXT DAY...[]
Light spilt through the window and onto a plumber's face, his eyelids splitting open revealing the gleaming blue eyes hidden underneath. This plumber revealed himself to be Mario by reaching over and grabbing his cap, tucking it onto his head and jumping out of bed.
"Luigi!" Mario shouted as he stepped down the stairs, "it's-a time to get up, bro!"
Mario walked into the kitchen and prepared his coffee--black, two sugars. He also prepared his brother's--black, one sugar, a dash of cinnamon. He walked toward his chair when he spotted Luigi fumbling down the stairs, half asleep.
"BRO!"
"WAAAGH!"
Luigi, completely wide awake now, jumped down the remaining stairs, and then noticed that the source of the loud noise was his brother.
"Be careful. I don't want you hurt, okay?" Mario informed.
"Yeah bro, but don't give me a heart attack in the process!" Luigi replied, walking outside to get their daily mail. Mario sat down in his chair, sipping his coffee and clicked on the daily news. He got in a few seconds, seeing that today was going to be 94 degrees Fahrenheit. Luigi then strutted in gleefully and handed Mario a letter.
"It's from the princess, bro." Luigi informed, walked over, grabbed his coffee, and took a seat next to his brother.
By that time, Mario got the letter open, and began reading it out loud so his brother could hear.
Dear Mario Brothers,
I would love for you both to attend to my castle today, there's something I would like to tell you about.
Yours Truly, Princess Peach
"Well Luigi, let's-a go!" Mario stated aloud. The two got to their feet and opened the door, and jumped down a pipe, heading to Princess Peach’s Castle.
(Cue ~ The Star Festival - Orchestral Remix)
The two brothers blasted out of the pipe, appearing right on the path toward Peach's, Toads all around.
"Hi Mr. Mario, Mr. Luigi! How are you guys today?" one Toad asked.
"We're doing great, thanks for asking!" Mario responded.
"Hey, Mario! Luigi! You guys heard about tonight yet?!" another Toad asked.
"Nope, but we're heading to the princess's castle right now!"
"She'll likely tell you. Have a great day!"
"We will!" the two brothers continued further, almost getting to Peach's.
"Oh my god..." someone began, the two bros. stopping and looking, "LUIGI! OH, I THOUGHT I'D NEVER GET THE HONOR TO SEE YOU IN PERSON!!" a Green Toad fanboyed, and ran up to Luigi, hugging him, Luigi hugging back.
"Always good to meet fans!" Luigi stated, a grin across his face, which allowed Mario to have a smile.
"You two are adorable together." Mario informed. The two set back toward Peach's after a few more seconds, Luigi waving goodbye to his fan.
"Mr. Mario!" another Toad yelled, running up to him, "I think I just cracked this code! It's a virus in my computer, right? Well, I seem to have entered a sort of matrix, and found a virus in my computer's coding! Basically, what I had to do--" the Toad continued, his eyes closed, trying to remember everything that had happened and rambling on, which the bros. took as an opportunity to sneak away, and soon, the Toad's voice faded from their auditorial range.
The bros. finally breeched the castle gate, which was open, and seen it--it's towering, pink spires of glory. Its pristine windows and soaring arch... They were in the presence of pure elegance--Princess Peach's Castle. The two ran the rest of the way, making it to the door, and entering.
The camera remained at the gate the whole time, and began fading to black, the Star Festival Remix fading out with it, slowly...
THAT NIGHT, AT 11:45PM...[]
(Cue ~ Stratosphere Starman Remix)
"So, uh, princess, would you mind telling me what this about now?" Mario asked.
"Oh, of course! I just wanted it to be a surprise, silly! Anyway, once every three hundred years, the Red Star Comet flies overhead and the Red Star Festival is held, which is what all those festivities were earlier, but now's the main event. Medionoche, en punto, the Red Star Comet flies overhead. It has practically limitless wish granting energy, which it uses to make three wishes selected by it to come true, no matter how crazy. We're lucky, as we just so happened to be within the scheduled three centuries, and here, in about eleven minutes, it'll fly overhead. It’s also said that the power of the Red Star Comet’s wish-granting power exceeds that of even the Star Sprites and Star Road!" Peach explained.
\Time: 11:50pm/
Without warning, the Stratospherical Starman Remix cutting out instantly, a cannonball crashed into Peach's Castle, demolishing roughly 30% of it in one go.
(Cue ~ Airship Theme - Remake)
Everyone turned toward the horizon, catching sight of a massive armada flying in, the great evil turtle king standing atop the lead airship. Mario clenched his fists and gritted his teeth in anger.
"That lousy bastard..." Mario murmured.
"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!! So, princess, how is your little festival going?" Bowser asked, a hawkish grin spread across his face and his arms crossed.
"Wait--how did YOU know about the Red Star Festival?!" Peach shouted in fear and curiosity.
"Oh, dear princess, how you can be so naive. Do you really believe my ancestors would leave me in the dark about even ONE of your little celebrations?! BWAHAHAHA! You’re kidding yourself!" Bowser barked in response.
"You'll be pretty easy to beat, Bowser." Luigi blatantly stated.
"Oh, really? Coming from the side chick, huh?" Bowser questioned, laughing a little bit under his breath.
"Oh please, I've kicked your ass more times than all four us combined could count!" Luigi replied.
"Yeah, with your ferocious crying! BWAHAH--"
"Still counts!" Luigi shouted, interrupting Bowser's laugh.
"Oh yeah? Y'know what? FUCK YOU, Luigi!" Bowser shouted, giving Luigi the middle finger.
"Ladies, ladies, you're both beautiful, now can you both shut the fuck up?" Shadow Mario asked, walking out of the control room of his airship. The screen zoomed out and had two bubble pop-ups, one with Bowser's face and one with Shadow Mario's.
"Oh yeah? Well you look like Mario!" Bowser retaliated.
"...You’re stupid." Shadow Mario stated, flat out, "Please, just, why? That makes no sense."
"I KNOW!" Bowser shouted. Mario busted out laughing.
"You know what, I'm just gonna skip to the part where I send my army to attack you! AATTAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!" Bowser shouted, pointing toward the Mario Brothers.
\Time: 11:55pm/
The airship roared its guns to life, and blasted three Bullet Bills at the bros., Luigi pulling out a Tanooki Leaf and transforming, while Mario pulled out his Ultra Hammer, and whacked two Bullet Bills, sending them onto the ground, decommissioned. He then back-flipped on top of the third Bullet Bill, it flying toward a pole, which Mario reached out and grabbed, which began resulting in the Bullet Bill turning around, it going in slow motion right next to the ground, sending some sparks and fracturing the pavement slightly.
The Bullet Bill began careening back from whence it came, Mario aboard it.
"Did... Did that really just happen?" a Goomba asked a Koopa Troopa.
"Why do we even try?" the Koopa Troopa responded, questioning their motives and life choices.
"Y'know," the Koopa Troopa began, other minions screaming in the background, "I wanted to be a doctor."
The Bullet Bill collided with the airship, causing it to crash into the massive lake below, Mario front-flipping onto another airship.
Tanooki Luigi landed on an airship, the minions jumping him right away. He simply turned into a statue however, blasting them all back, except one.
A Shy-Guy stood, dashed forward, and punched the statue, it beginning to crack as he applied more and more force, resulting in the statue skin shattering after a few seconds.
"AAUGH!" Tanooki Luigi cried, stumbling back, briefly immobilized. Shy-Guy spun upward, next to Tanooki Luigi's face, and threw a punch right into the right side of his jaw, the screen reddening around the edges, emphasizing the pain that went through that one moment, which sent Tanooki Luigi sprawling toward Peach's Castle.
"OWWHOWHOHU--"
CRASH![]
Tanooki Luigi crashed through the middle spire, and into the castle's interior, Shy-Guy jumping onto the roof, waiting for his adversary to rise back up to continue their fight.
Mario, upon landing, was greeted by an attempt of a punch from Shadow Mario, who threw a left jab, which Mario ducked under, and jumped back. Shadow Mario dashed forward, utilizing his momentum and throwing a stronger punch, which Mario rolled to the left to dodge, Shadow Mario putting his fist right through the wall. He yanked it out almost immediately, and shifted his body, making a semi-circle spin and throwing a punch with his right arm. Mario caught it and threw a punch with his right arm, which Shadow Mario caught, the two struggling for power over the other.
Bowser realizes at this point that he is currently still losing, and that his comeback is going to be brief...
Monstrous Turtles very slowly fades out as these thoughts come to their minds.
"Damn, I wish there was another me right now..."
"I wish Mario was an ally of mine..."
"MARIO, I WISH YOU WOULD HELP ME!!"
"Please... I wish Mario would win this..."
\Time: 12:00am/
A red streak flamed across the sky...
Without warning, another red streak flashed through the air, hitting Shy-Guy, sending him soaring through a nearby mountain, and landed on the airship with Mario and Shadow Mario, taking a swing. Mario barely had time to realize and narrowly jumped out of the way, the punch clashing into Shadow Mario's face, sending him flying through the same mountain Shy-Guy was sent through.
Mario landed on the ground, and watched as the airship he was on just seconds ago began falling, and exploded upon contact with the ground, debris flying everywhere and a massive flame erupting.
"MARIOOOOOOO!" a feminine voice cried--Princess Peach! As he took a step forward, a clone of him landed before him, halting his advance.
"Luigi! FOLLOW BOWSER!!" Mario demanded.
"Gotcha bro!" Tanooki Luigi assured, flashing a thumbs-up and flying after the armada. Mario looked down at the clone...
He... wasn't exactly a clone. He was flat like paper, and seemed to lack legs... Mario had no idea who--or what--this character was. The two began slowly walking around each other in a circle, analyzing the other. They did this for roughly five seconds before coming to a halt, and staring at each other. Without words, they both whipped out the Hammers and dashed forward.
(Cue ~ The Lost One's Weeping)
CLANG![]
The two Hammers clashed, and the two plumbers pushed forward with all their strength, and while this happened, big, red, bolded letters flashed across the screen that read,
FIGHT![]
The 3D plumber managed to thrust his Hammer harder, forcing the 2D plumber to stumble backward. Mario recoiled his Hammer back, and swung with an upward fashion, striking Paper Mario right in the chin, which sent him rocketing upward. Mario jumped upward, a fiery vortex trailing beneath him, and he threw a fist downward which was encased in flames.
The 2D plumber took a hit of the caliber to the head, which sent him face-first into the ground, electing a quiet "Oof!" from him. He jumped back to his feet in no time, and threw a right jab, Mario swaying to his right, dodging it. Right after, Paper Mario threw a left jab, which Mario swayed to his left to dodge. Mario threw a quick stroke toward the paper foe.
BLOCK!
Paper Mario, on instinct, threw up his arms, which blocked the attack, reducing the damage taken. Mario, mildly frustrated, jumped back and whipped out a Feather, which poofed dust around him. After it cleared, Mario had a yellow cape flowing in the wind behind him. Paper Mario then pulled out the Star Rod, wishing for flight--which happened, enabling him to fly. The two ran up to the other, clashing fists, which sent out a shockwave. The two then began throwing rapid strokes at one another, their arms beginning to appear as blurs.
Finally, Paper Mario threw an awkward punch, which knocked Cape Mario's fist downward, leaving him wide open. Paper Mario then threw a swipe right into the 3D plumber's jaw, which sent him spiraling backward. Paper Mario flew after him, and kicked him upward, into the air. Flying after him again, Paper Mario prepared what he'd hope to be a devastating punch--Cape Mario caught himself however, and thus, swung his cape, which knocked Paper Mario out of the sky, also discombobulating him. Cape Mario then flew at him and kicked him in the groin, which knocked all the air out of the poor 2D plumber, which also sent him jetting hard enough and fast enough to blast right through a wall of Peach's Castle, thus, resulting in Paper Mario landing in the interiors of the castle.
Cape Mario lands, and begins walking up to the double doors of Peach's Castle, The Lost One's Weeping quickly fading out. Cape Mario cracked open the door, it creaking. It was dark on the inside.
Cape Mario walked in, catching nobody at all within his visual range... He stepped in deeper, closing the door behind him. The camera closed in on Cape Mario's face, panning from left to right, and after Cape Mario's head & the door overlapped, then passed each other, the silhouette of somebody appeared behind him, like a horror movie. Except Cape Mario turned around to leave just in time to see this figure before it crept up on him.
Cape Mario jumped back, alarmed.
The silhouette then pulled out a Hammer, and jumped at Cape Mario, swinging downward at his head once above him, the caped plumber jumping back, avoiding being quashed. A crater remained where the figure--now revealed as Paper Mario--brought his Hammer down upon. Cape Mario whipped out his Hammer as well, and the two swung in opposing directions, clashing Hammers. They did this again, except, instead of them swinging vertically, they swung horizontally this time. Again, they canceled the other's blows out. Paper Mario, however, for some reason sped up, and swung just fast enough to catch Cape Mario in the chin, sending him five feet off the ground.
Paper Mario tossed his Hammer into the air, and as it fell, it sheathed itself in an ectoderm of glacial ice, which Paper Mario caught and swiped horizontally, right into Cape Mario's gut, sending him sprawling backward and through a support pillar, some small debris falling and dust particles getting kicked up. Cape Mario stood back up, his stomach stinging. He then realized--he blasted through one of the two support pillars! He looked behind Paper Mario to see the other support pillar intact.
Cape Mario wanted to keep the castle standing, and then charged a Fireball in his hand, Unfinished Battle also quickly fading out.
"Hooouh..."
The paperized plumber noticed light emitting from the caped plumber's hand.
"Listen, paper me... I will not let you win this battle. This land stands strong for me, so I WILL stand strong for it. I have erased so many threats from this world, it's-a honestly rather crazy once you start counting. You're just another number that I'll add to the failed villains category." Cape Mario informed, his Fireball burning brighter.
Cape Mario began firing countless Fireballs, which Paper Mario pulled his Hammer and crushed with, also blasting them away. Cape Mario then reeled back both of his arms, "Oh yeah!" and threw them forward.
"DooWAAAAAAAAHHH!!!" Two twin Fireballs roughly the size of Cape Mario himself were sent swirling toward Paper Mario. He reeled back his Hammer, and swung, blasting one back, while the other just... missed.
Cape Mario then swung his cape, deflecting the Fireball, which shocked Paper Mario, who didn't have enough time to counter, thus, blasting him and blackening him with soot. Paper Mario shook it off, and as Cape Mario came dashing toward him, Paper Mario ducked, Cape Mario missing his punch.
Paper Mario sprung back up, uppercutting Cape Mario.
"WwwaAAAaAaaAAhhH..." Cape Mario cried out as he was sent airborne. Paper Mario jumped to the side, pulled out his Hammer, and nailed the 3D plumber as he descended, sending him right through the second support pillar. The cape then disappeared from Mario's back as the castle shook and trembled, it collapsing upon the two plumbers, and Lava Bath Rio Remix cutting out.
It was tranquil, with no noise except the wind howling. And it stayed that way for approximately eight seconds, when all of a sudden, two titans emerged from all the dirt and debris.
The two titans threw a punch, which clashed and sent out a shockwave that decimated nearby structures. They then threw each other back with the punch, and came running at each other, tackling one another. However, Mega Mario was sent back further this time, lost his balance, and fell into the lake, creating a tsunami. Mega Pixel Mario simply jumped over the wave, however, and Mega Mario jumped out and stomped Mega Pixel Mario, who moved, and Mega Mario then landed on the ground.
Already, their mega forms wore out, Pixel Marios bursting from Paper Mario, and Mega Mario simply shrinking, all while the Mega Starman Remix slowly fades out.
The two plumbers once again meet face-to-face. Paper Mario, however, whipped out his Sticker Book, and Mario whipped out his Hammer, which started an RPG sequence, the screen shattering like a mirror.
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Mario
HP: 375/500
BP: 200/200
Paper Mario
HP: 220/300
SP: [*] [*] [*] [*] [*] [*] [*] [*]
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Turn 1
Paper Mario's Turn
Paper Mario was faster, so, he went first, looking down at his Sticker Album, there being three blank squares above him. Suddenly, a titanic shoe that's holographic and has the entire rainbow in its background was placed in the first slot--a Megaflash Jump. Then, another sticker with the former's caliber was placed in the second slot, except with a hammer icon--a Megaflash Hammer. And then, yet another enormous sticker was placed in the third slot, slightly shiny as well--the Boom Box.
Wrenching the Megaflash Jump from its slot, Paper Mario jumped forward, stomping Mario once, back-flipping, stomping Mario twice, jumping straight and falling back down, stomping Mario thrice, Paper Mario front-flipping, an--
WHACK![]
Mario had used his Hammer to counter, stopping Paper Mario's advancing attack, and preventing further damage.
-65HP (Mario)
-15HP (Paper Mario)
Paper Mario then wrenched the Hammer sticker off of its slot, dashed forward, reeled his Hammer back, and started front-flipping.
EXCELLENT!
Paper Mario front-flipped about three times, and swung his Hammer down, smacking Mario.
-80HP
He then dashed away, wrenched the Boom Box off, and a bright flash engulfed the area.
Suddenly, a large Boom Box spawned next to the 2D plumber, and began beating music, the 2D plumber dancing to it, soon, getting a raised power stat.
Mario's Turn
Being the slower of the two, it was finally Mario's turn to attack, and he threw his hands forward, "Hoowaah!" A beam of fire came flying at Paper Mario, who threw his arms up.
BLOCK! CRITICAL!
-65HP
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Mario
HP: 230/500
BP: 200/200
Paper Mario
HP: 155/300
SP: [*] [*] [*] [*] [*] [*] [*] [*]
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Turn 2
Paper Mario's Turn
This time, Paper Mario whipped out Cards, holding up a bunch in his hands. Mario also noticed that there are now FOUR empty slots... ouch...
The Slots
1. Fire Extinguisher
2. Turnip
3. Claw Hammer
4. Black Bowser's Castle
With a flash of light on the screen, the two crimson plumbers were on a burning building, and an enormous Fire Extinguisher broke open it's cap and began bombarding the 3D plumber with highly pressurized carbon dioxide.
"OWWAHWAHWAHWAHWAHWAH!!" Mario cried. It was surprisingly painful.
Then, the two landed back in their original battlefield, but not for long, as seconds after, another light teleported the two elsewhere: onto a kitchen table. A turnip floated overhead, and then split into countless pieces. Mario pulled out his Hammer, wanting to counter, but the turnips flew in too fast.
"Oove, doh!" Mario cried after the first two, which came in slower, "OWWOHWOHOWHOHOHOW!!" Mario cried again, being bombarded by the slices of the turnips that came, which reduced the world to scraps of paper. The world then returned, but, again, very briefly, yet another flash of light warping them to an alley.
A hammer then swung in, and Mario realized: he needs to start blocking, he can't counter these. The hammer swung around midair, recoiled back, and swung down unto Mario, kicking up dust and debris.
BLOCK!
The two differing dimensional plumbers then were transported back to their initial battlefield for the third time now, yet, for the fourth time, a light flashed and warped the two into what seemed to be space--wait, Mario looked up--a castle was falling toward him.
"MAMA MIA!" Mario yelled in fear, and threw his guard up, the castle crashing down upon him, and the screen fading to white quickly, the two materializing back to their original battlefield.
BLOCK!
-205HP
Mario's Turn
Mario began panting with exhaustion, but refused to give up. Mario ran into the background, pulled out a huge cannonball, and threw it at Paper Mario, who threw up his arms to block the attack, it connecting.
BLOCK!
-35HP
CRUMPLED!
Mario breathed a sigh of relief, Paper Mario was paralyzed.
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Mario
HP: 25/500
BP: 182/200
Paper Mario
HP: 120/300
SP: [*] [*] [*] [*] [*] [*] [*] [*]
Status Effect: Crumpled
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Turn 3
Paper Mario's Turn
Inability to move!
Mario's Turn
Mario charged the Firebrand in his hand.
OK!
OK!
OK!
OK!
GOOD!
GOOD!
GOOD!
GOOD!
GREAT!
GREAT!
GREAT!
GREAT!
EXCELLENT!
Mario threw his right arm forward, a huge Fireball smacking into Paper Mario, rebounding off of him. Mario jumped into the air, spiking the Fireball like Volleyball, sending it hitting Paper Mario again, and even, yet again, blackening him with soot.
CRITICAL!
-95HP
Paper Mario's crumple effect wore off as the screen slowly faded to black, The Grand Finale fading out slowly with it.
The two stood, panting from exhaustion and pain. The hot, sticky air causing sweat to trickle down from their brow. But, they both knew the other would not relent until their last breath.
The two stood upright, ready for the other.
Mario whipped out a Fire Flower, absorbing its essence, which quickly made his clothes' palette change, cloaking him in red and white instead of red and blue, a Fireball materializing in his hand where he once held a Fire Flower. Fire Mario put his arm down and glared at his 2D foe, who then retaliated by cloning himself--TEN TIMES!
"Rrrgh..." Fire Mario growled quietly, and pulled out three Double Cherries, cloning himself into four.
TEN VS FOUR
A Paper Mario ran at a Fire Mario and threw a right jab, which he dunked under. The Paper Mario went for a kick, but the Fire Mario jumped back a few feet, successfully dodging. However, a second Paper Mario jumped in, attempting to stomp the Fire Mario, but he rolled out of the way, which only made the first Paper Mario jump at him and swing his Hammer, which the Fire Mario swayed backward to dodge, and came forward with a Fireball in his hands, toasting the first Paper Mario, reducing him to ash.
Two Fire Marios were taking on six Paper Marios, three each. The first Fire Mario threw a Fireball, which was batted away by a Paper Mario, which distracted the Fire Mario, as a Paper Mario tapped on his shoulder. The Fire Mario turned around to find he was on the receiving end of a Hammer uppercut.
CRACK![]
The Fire Mario was smacked hard enough in the chin to bend his head backward, essentially breaking his neck--he bursted into a group of millions of particles, and dematerialized.
Meanwhile, the other Fire Mario realized this happened and fired a beam of flame, which caught and engulfed the Paper Mario responsible, reducing him to ash as well. But, distracting himself was bad, as one of the five Paper Marios taking aim at him stomped on him, which caused him to burst into particles and vanish into thin air as well.
EIGHT VS TWO
The remaining Paper Marios scrunched themselves down to the complexion of a pancake and sprung upward.
"Waahooo!"
The two Fire Marios went back-to-back to defend each other, and The Smorgs quickly fades out. The camera then takes a first person point of view for one of the Fire Marios, who rapidly and quickly scanned the vicinity for a sign of one of the Paper Marios. All of a sudden, it began storming. Combining the rain with the darkness of post-midnight, it began to become EXTREMELY difficult to actually see...
He looked to the left... trees... The right... hills with eyes... behind him... nothing... Wait...
The Fire Mario turned around to see that the clone was gone, revealing that the current Fire Mario was the REAL Fire Mario. He gritted his teeth, and looked around more frantically. Nothing... nothing, nothing, nothing...
Lightning flashed, brightening up the area, but he still seen, you guessed it, nothing.
Without warning, lightning struck downward at Fire Mario, who barely noticed and jumped to the side, dodging. He stood back up, more alert, his eyes frantically panning around the area. The still burning airship provided some light--Fire Mario decided that fire and light would be his best friends, and began throwing Fireballs to different flammable things, which succeeded in lighting up the entire area.
Suddenly, another lightning bolt struck, Fire Mario once again dodging at the last second by jumping to the side. He grew tired of this at this point, and then, at this point, the rain stopped. Rain & Thunder fades out quickly as well. Fire Mario knew something was up...
"Hmmm... Did they create this st--?"
CRAAAAAAAASH!!![]
The Paper Marios crashed into the ground, slabs of debris flying everywhere, and even better--they landed only twenty feet away from Fire Mario.
"Okay, I've had ENOUGH!" Fire Mario shouted, throwing his arm into the sky, a towering ball of plasma materializing; this is Fire Mario's ultimate flame technique, the Miniature Star!
The Paper Marios stood in awe.
The two, or, should I say, nine, stood like this for five solid seconds, and then, Fire Mario pivoted his arm, which sent the plasma titan careening toward the Paper Marios, who screamed, and RAN.
Unfortunately for them, it caught up and blasted them, reducing seven to ash and blasting one into the air, so far that he dinged! into a star, and vanished from the horizon. Fire Mario followed, jumping a mountain in one go. The camera teleported next to a hole in the ground that was conveniently placed for Paper Mario's convenience, and he flew directly into it, the camera teleporting next to him RIGHT as he hit, face-first, into the ground.
He got back to his feet, spit some dirt out of his mouth, dusted himself off, and looked up to see Fire Mario jetting downward.
"Wawawawawawa!" Paper Mario flailed his arms briefly and dashed out of the way, tripping and slamming onto the ground with an "Oof!"
SMASH![]
The camera teleported back outside of the hole right next to it, just in time to show a pillar of flame erupt from it. It teleported back inside of the cave, showing the carbonized ground and walls, and Paper Mario, who, for the third time, was blackened with soot. He was beginning to get annoyed, and shook it off, displaying his riled elucidation.
Fire Mario put his dukes up, as did Paper Mario. Fire Mario dashed forward, throwing a flaming punch, barely missing Paper Mario's face, who swayed slightly JUST in time. Paper Mario brought his fist upward, snatching Fire Mario's arm with his right hand, and taking his left, in a fist, began rapidly punching Fire Mario's hip, then spun and threw him into a wall, which fractured the wall's entirety.
Fire Mario jumped back to his feet, but Paper Mario threw a punch, which Fire Mario caught in his hand, which he purposely engulfed in fire, and threw a soccer punch to Paper Mario's gut, which hit hard enough to knock the wind out of him. The Pyrokinetic 3D plumber threw the 2D plumber's fist away, and roundhouse kicked him right in the cheek bone.
"Ouch!" Paper Mario was sent spiraling backward onto his back. Fire Mario jumped toward him, ready to punch him with a fist engulfed in flame. Paper Mario reeled his feet back. However, everything slowing to slow motion, Paper Mario slinging himself upward, successfully kicking Fire Mario in the gut with both of his feet, sending him flying up and slamming into the ceiling, everything going at normal speed from there.
Fire Mario came too before hitting the ground, front-flipped, and landed as hard as he could, which shattered a large portion of it and knocked chunks of rock from the ground itself up into the air, which Fire Mario used, whipping out his Hammer and batting them toward Paper Mario, who retaliated by whipping out his Hammer and knocking the rocks away, shattering them against the walls.
"You're not going to win this!" Fire Mario shouted, dashing forward and swinging with his Hammer, which Paper Mario swayed backward to dodge, and as he came swinging forward, used his momentum and--
BAM![]
Paper Mario's Hammer crashed into Fire Mario's gut, which sent him sprawling backward, blasting through a wall and into another area of the cave, which had a cliff roughly fifteen feet away.
Paper Mario jumped through the hole and swung his Hammer at Fire Mario, who rolled out of the way, and thus, Paper Mario hit the ground with a loud--
BOOM!![]
This shattered a large portion of the ground, causing it to fall downward and making the cliff basically coming closer. The two differing dimensional plumbers didn't care, however, and Fire Mario jumped back to his feet, Hammer in hand, and dashed forward, the two clashing Hammers--
CLANG![]
The two pushed forward, sparks flying in all directions.
"Hoooou!" Fire Mario grunted.
They basically canceled one another out, their Hammers flying back and out of their hands. Fire Mario took this opportunity and threw his flaming fist forward, crashing into Paper Mario's jaw dead-on, and sending him stumbling backward. Fire Mario ran forward and reeled his fist downward and threw it upward in the Super Jump Punch--but on fire!
An explosion occurred at the beginning, and then Fire Mario carried Paper Mario upward with one final explosion at the peak of the uppercut, sending him crashing diagonally backward, and smacking into the wall. Paper Mario then noticed he was about to fall off the cliff--and that there's LAVA below!
Fire Mario snatched up his Hammer and jumped off of the cliff, some more crumbling and falling, Paper Mario's Hammer falling as well. The two, falling, continued to fight--Fire Mario spinning with his Hammer in a tornado-like fashion, Paper Mario catching his Hammer, and doing the same, the two clashing--
CLANG! BOOSH! CLING![]
Fire Mario relented even for a second, and received a Hammer to the face, blasting him against the wall. Paper Mario threw an arm and foot against the wall, and Wall Jumped toward Fire Mario, striking him with his Hammer--the groin... ooh...
Fire Mario coughed up some blood and his palette swapped back to red and blue. The two continued to fall, except Mario now thought ahead--he pulled out an Ice Flower, absorbing its essence, and, once again, changing his palette--but this time to light blue and red!
As he neared the lava, he suddenly turned into solid ice, and upon contact with the lava, it froze over. Paper Mario landed, but slipped and fell on his ass--the ice was slippery!
Ice Mario, still solid ice, skated toward Paper Mario, Spin Jumped, and kicked him in the face, which sent the 2D plumber sliding across the ice and slamming his back against the wall.
Paper Mario stood up slowly, trying not to fall again, but Ice Mario shoved a fist with an Iceball into his chest, freezing him solid. Ice Mario stepped back, reeled his fist back, and catapulted his fist into Paper Mario's gut, shattering the ice in the process, and rocketing him upward with enough force to create a sonic--
BOOM!![]
Ice Mario looked up to see Paper Mario sent through the cave's roof, so, he jumped out of it and through the hole he'd just created. The camera teleported back to the surface, Paper Mario blasting out of it, and landed face-first onto the ground. Ice Mario then sprung out right behind him, and landed, now not solid ice anymore, but clad in light blue and red.
It Has To Be This Way fades out as Paper Mario rises back to his feet.
"Listen, paper me. You've sided with Bowser, and while I am not sure why, I do know one thing--that I need to protect this land. No matter what comes along, I need to try. I can't let you endanger people of this world. And if I fail now, I'd be putting those I love at risk. I'm-a not going to allow that, no matter what." Ice Mario informed.
Without warning, Paper Mario's aggression dropped, and he had a face of confusion.
"Hey!" Paper Mario greeted in a friendly manner, but then, shook his head quickly, and put his dukes back up.
"Is he... being mind controlled?" Ice Mario thought to himself.
Paper Mario whipped out his Cards, which Ice Mario, just in time, pulled out the F.L.U.D.D. to counter by firing water, washing off all the paint on the Cards, rendering them, at that current moment, completely useless.
Paper Mario gritted his teeth, the battle entering yet another RPG sequence, the screen, once again, shattering like a mirror.
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Ice Mario
HP: 500/500
BP: 200/200
Paper Mario
HP: 300/300
SP: [*] [*] [*] [*] [*] [*] [*] [*]
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Turn 4
Paper Mario's Turn
He pulled out his Cards, now having to paint them himself.
The Slots
1. Mega Jump
2. Mega Hammer
3. Big Fire Flower
4. Spike Helmet
Paper Mario then proceedingly filled the four cards with color and swiped them into play, him running over and jumping onto Ice Mario, front-flipping and jetting downwa--
WHACK![]
Ice Mario countered the attack with his Hammer.
-25HP (Ice Mario)
-15HP (Paper Mario)
Paper Mario then pulled out his Hammer, ran forward, reeled it back, and ended up front-flipping.
EXCELLENT!
Paper Mario front-flipped roughly three times, and swung his Hammer downward, but Ice Mario jumped, dodging the attack, the paint, and the shockwave. Paper Mario dashed away, rolled up, and unrolled with a palette swap of red and white--Fire Paper Mario!
The Pyrokinetic 2D plumber coiled his arm, and launched three sizzling Fireballs, then rolled himself back up, then unrolled himself again, returning back to his original palette.
Ice Mario pulled out his Hammer, and successfully quashed the first and second Fireball, but missed the last one, and because Fire > Ice, his palette returned back to plain old Mario.
CRITICAL!
-35HP
Then, a helmet with a single spike spawned atop Paper Mario's head, protecting him.
Mario's Turn
Mario has learned at least one thing throughout his adventures: spiked foe? DO NOT ATTACK USING A JUMP!
Mario activated one his Battle Cards, costing him six Star Points, and all of a sudden, he was encircled very briefly, and then, the circle vanished. Mario then pulled out his Hammer and ran toward Paper Mario, reeled it back--
EXCELLENT!
However, after swinging it down, Paper Mario spun, which knocked Mario's momentum off.
SUPER BLOCK!
This deflected damage back at Mario, but--
CANCEL!
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Mario
HP: 440/500
BP: 200/200
Paper Mario
HP: 300/300
SP: [*] [*] [*] [*] [*] [*] [*] [*]
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Turn 5
Paper Mario's Turn
Paper Mario looked at his Paint Reserves:
Red: 87%
Yellow: 84%
Blue: 96%
Not bad at all, he can keep fighting with his Cards.
The Slots
1. Ice Pick
2. Cork
3. Charcoal Grill
4. Hair Dryer
Paper Mario then filled the Cards with color and swiped them into play. And with a bright flash, the two differing dimensional plumbers appeared on a dining room table, and an ice pick floated overhead. Mario recognized these attacks as unavoidable, and the ice pick stabbed into Mario and uprooted him, which was nullified--
CANCEL!
SHATTER!!
Mario's barrier broke, so now, he'll take damage.
But, that victory of no damage, obviously, was short lived, as yet another flash appeared, but didn't seem to warp the two anywhere. Suddenly, a cork landed next to Mario.
"W-Whoa!" Mario stuttered, and threw his arms up, corks soon showered down, pelting Mario.
BLOCK!
Afterward, another flash appeared, warping the two adversaries to a nice summer evening--ATOP A GRILL! Paper Mario jumped off and a pillar of flame erupted, submerging Mario in fire.
BLOCK!
Again, after returning to their original battlefield, it wasn't long before they were warped elsewhere with another flash of light--this time, they appeared in a desert.
Paper Mario dashed away and a hair dryer levitated in, turned on, and lit the entire area around Mario on fire.
BLOCK!
-100HP
Mario's Turn
Mario cracked his knuckles, and used another Battle Card--three, to be exact, one raised his power by 25% for three Star Points, one raised his speed by 20% for two Star Points, and the last one raised his defense by 25% for three Star Points, bringing him down to twenty-two Star Points, and giving him triple layered aura of red, blue, and green. He then charged the Firebrand.
OK!
OK!
OK!
OK!
GOOD!
GOOD!
GOOD!
GOOD!
GREAT!
GREAT!
GREAT!
GREAT!
EXCELLENT!
Mario threw a huge Fireball at Paper Mario, who threw his guard up, blocking it, but it rebounded off, and Mario jumped up and spiked it, making it crash into Paper Mario again, except, he still blocked.
BLOCK!
CRITICAL!
-120HP
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Mario
HP: 340/500
BP: 200/200
Paper Mario
HP: 180/300
SP: [*] [*] [*] [*] [*] [*] [*] [*]
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Turn 6
Mario's Turn
Due to his increase in speed, Mario finally gets to go first! He chose to charge the Firebrand again.
OK!
OK!
OK!
OK!
GOOD!
GOOD!
GOOD!
GOOD!
GREAT!
GREAT!
GREAT!
GREAT!
EXCELLENT!
Mario fired yet another massive Fireball, which Paper Mario knew he couldn't just man his way through anymore--he pulled out his Hammer and swung, knocking it back at Mario, who jumped over it, causing it to be a useless turn.
Paper Mario's Turn
Paper Mario whipped out the Crystal Star, which flew upward, and began slicing through the fabric of space around Mario, trapping him. Mario threw up his arms to block the incoming attack, and after a few seconds, the tears disappeared and drowned Mario in a Supernova encased in the aforementioned tears.
BOOOOOOOOOMMM!!!![]
BLOCK!
-90HP
The screen slowly fades to black, as The Ultimate Show/Shadow Queen 2 Mashup fades out with it, slowly.
Once again, the two were face-to-face. They've both exhausted pawns of their arsenals--they both knew it was time to bring out the big boys.
Mario whipped out his Metal Cap, and slipped it on; upon contact, starting from his head down, his body began slowly gaining a metal coat, transforming him into Metal Mario!
"Haha!" Metal Mario laughed, sprinting toward Paper Mario, who activated the Royal Stickers' power, becoming Shiny Paper Mario.
Metal Mario closed in quickly and threw a powerful swipe, which Shiny Paper Mario ducked under, jumped back up, and delivered an uppercut, which barely even made the metal powerhouse flinch at all. Metal Mario smirked, and snatched Shiny Paper Mario's hand, and began swinging him VERY fast, the two becoming a blur, and threw him.
Chasing after the assailed Shiny 2D plumber, the Metal 3D plumber jumped up while he was still flying out of control, and threw his fist downward, striking the former's skull, which sent him crashing into the ground, creating a crater.
Shiny Paper Mario ascended to his feet once again, but slightly dizzy, as a metal fist to the head would probably make you feel. Metal Mario, his feet clanging as he runs toward his paper foe, reeled his fist back, and preparing to crash his fist into his foe's face again.
Shiny Paper Mario came too just in time, however, and ducked, then jumped back. He dashed forward and cracked his Hammer over Metal Mario's head. He then rapidly began smacking Metal Mario's body. After a few seconds, Metal Mario caught the Hammer, yanked it closer, pulling his foe closer as a result, and grabbed him by the throat, all while having a cocky smirk across his face.
Shiny Paper Mario struggled for freedom, and threw a kick, nailing Metal Mario in the head, it, however, having no effect. The metal powerhouse then tossed the Shiny 2D plumber a few feet into the air, Spin Jumped upward, and roundhouse kicked his foe, which sent him flipping backward, face-first into the dirt, and sliding his face in the dirt for several feet before coming to a halt. Suddenly, the metal skin wore off, Mario reverting back to normal.
"Huh? AHHHUHUHUHU!" Mario panicked, and before he could whip out another power-up, his Shiny adversary ran up and nailed his Hammer into Mario's gut, which sent him sprawling backward, smacking into a rock wall, electing a "Doh!" from Mario upon contact.
Shiny Paper Mario ran up to the downed plumber and swung his Hammer upward, nailing the guy in the chin, sending him rocketing upward.
"WAAAHAHAHAHAAAaaaa..." Mario cried as he was sent flying toward the clouds. The camera teleported to the clouds, Meta Crystal Melee cutting out.
(Cue ~ L’Impeto Oscuro ~Final Battle Mix~)
“OWWAWAWAWAWAWA—oue… Haarr…”
Mario blasted through the clouds, and landed face-first onto them, pulling his head up, and shaking it.
"At least it was a soft landing." Mario mumbled. Shiny Paper Mario then blasted through the clouds as well, alerting Mario, who jumped to his feet and pulled out the Gold Fire Flower, and absorbed its essence, again, slowly starting from the head and ending at the toe, he gained a gold skin, becoming Gold Mario!
Shiny Paper Mario landed roughly twenty-five feet away, the two glaring at each other quickly.
Gold Mario pulled his arm back, and launched it forward, shooting a large, golden Fireball, it bouncing gracefully toward Shiny Paper Mario, who sidestepped, effectively dodging. Gold Mario proceeded to shoot more, except faster, and faster, and FASTER!
Shiny Paper Mario found himself dodging by ducking, jumping, swaying, anything to dodge. Gold Mario stopped and ran forward, aiming to solidify his foe as solid gold. Shiny Paper Mario was caught slightly off guard, barely hopping back to avoid Gold Mario’s punch.
Shiny Paper Mario whipped out his Hammer and threw it at Gold Mario, who threw a golden Fireball at it midair, transforming it into solid gold. Wait!
EUREKA!
Shiny Paper Mario pulled up his dukes, and Gold Mario dashed forward, Spin Jumping when he got close, which fired out countless Gold Fireballs in all directions!
“Aaahwahwahwahwahwuh!” Shiny Paper Mario flailed his arms briefly, panicking, but suddenly Flipped, and disappeared. Gold Mario landed, his Gold Fireballs flying off into the abyss. He scanned the area rapidly. He turned around, and seen his foe walking up to him slowly--Golden Hammer in hand.
“Oh, so that’s how you play it, huh?” Gold Mario asked, putting his dukes up. Shiny Paper Mario approached, but the two then heard a quiet roar. The two looked into the same direction—Gold Mario’s left and Shiny Paper Mario’s right. Before they could react—
ROOOOOOOOOOOAR!!! WHAM, WHAM!![]
A plane smacked into the two differentiating plumbers, carrying them into the skies over the Mushroom Kingdom by thousands of feet. Shiny Paper Mario, flapping in the wind, flew back and cracked his back into the wing, electing a quiet “Ow…” from the holographic paper plumber. He pulled himself to his feet atop the wing, fighting the wind by holding his arms in front of his face.
CLANG![]
The sound of two metals crashing together was heard. Shiny Paper Mario opened his eyes to see Gold Mario, walking ever slowly, fighting the wind himself, toward the nigh-immobilized 2D plumber.
With each progressing step, a CLANG of the right foot, and a CRASH of the left.
CLANG, CRASH, CLANG, CRASH![]
Toads peeked out their windows to see the two gleaming & differing dimensional plumbers, fighting the wind. Below, half of a hill from Blubble Lake seems destroyed, a red glowing star inside of it, smoke rising from it, debris all over.
But that wasn't important, the conflict between the plumbers was.
Shiny Paper Mario, slowly lowering his arms, still shaking like crazy in the wind, pulled out his Golden Hammer, and prepared for a fight. Gold Mario, CLANG, CRASH, recoiled his left arm back, and tossed a golden Fireball forward, it bouncing, turning the spots it bounces off of golden, and reaches Shiny Paper Mario, who twists himself—
--a bar with eight circles popped up next to the 2D plumber, one by one filling with a BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEEEP! And swings his Golden Hammer, batting the Gold Fireball away, it flying off in the wind.
Gold Mario smirked.
“Do you honestly believe that’ll—“ CLANG, CRASH “—work forever? How about we speed things up then, huh?” Gold Mario asked, and dashed forward, picking up Shiny Paper Mario, who broke free, the two ending up pushing at the other.
Shiny Paper Mario managed to prevail, pushing Gold Mario, him skidding backward, almost off of the wing—
SCREEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!![]
The noise that hurts everyone’s ears—two metals scraping together, sparks flying everywhere, deafened countless Toads on board the plane.
Shiny Paper Mario endured, however, Gold Mario sprinting forward with tremendous speed, his elbow held out to tackle his foe.
CLANG CRASH CLANG CRASH CLANG CRASH CLANG CRASH!![]
Shiny Paper Mario threw himself to the side at the last second, and thus, Gold Mario missed and blasted through the window, into the interior of the plane.
“AAAAAAHHHH!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIIIIIIVES!!!” Toads screamed, evacuating the area.
Shiny Paper Mario crashed through the already broken window and into Gold Mario, who was on his back, and kicked his foe across the aisle, crashing through the other window and onto the other wing of the plane, flying away in the wind—paper, remember?
Gold Mario threw himself onto his feet, jumped out the window, and looked back, seeing a small paper airplane flying through the sky.
“No Toad is talented enough to figure out a way to throw a damn paper airplane that high!” Gold Mario stated firmly, confident of his statement. He then jumped off the wing and slammed downward, L’Impeto Oscuro ~Final Battle Mix~ cutting out as the camera teleports next to the paper airplane, no music playing.
“Mommy! See? I’ve built this multi-million dollar, three year project paper airplane that flies anywhere I’d like it too! Isn’t it great!?” an eight year-old Toad with genius intellect asked his mother.
“Why yes, it’s beautiful! I’m so proud of you! Especially with how yo—“
SLICE![]
CRASH![]
In Toad Town now, Gold Mario slammed the airplane into the ground, then realized it wasn’t his 2D foe.
“Uh-oh…”
“NO, YOU BIG MEANIE!” the Toad shouted, running up to Mario, and then noticed it was Mario.
“Wait… You’re THE Mario!! OMG, can I have your autograph?!” the Toad begged.
“Uhhh, sure.” Gold Mario confirmed, nodding his head. He picked up the airplane—it was completely unharmed! It turned golden!
“Wait—you turned it golden! OH, YOU’RE THE BEST, MARIO!! Don’t worry about the autograph!” the Toad assured, and Gold Mario handed the Toad his now-golden project, and tipped his hat. The parents walked up to the Toad.
“Mommy! Daddy! Mario turned my plane golden! Isn’t he SOOOOO nice?!”
“Why, how sweet of him!” the mommy admired.
“Thanks Mario, you have our gratitude.” the daddy assured, shaking Gold Mario’s hand.
“No problem, sir!” Gold Mario reassured. Gold Mario then felt a tap on his back as the family gathered back together, commentating as they walked away.
Gold Mario turned arou—
CLANG, SHATTER!!!!![]
(Cue ~ The Grand Finale ~Megalovania Mix~)
“OOHHWHOAWHOOU—Ack!” Gold Mario’s gold skin shattered, flying in all directions, as he was sent back-flipping through the air by none other than Shiny Paper Mario, and slamming face-first onto the ground.
“HOLY SHIT! JOHNSON, GO, GO, GO, GO, TAKE YOUR MOTHER!!!” The family ran off, the boy genius, now revealed as Johnson, carrying his mother and following behind his father, the three fleeing.
Mario pushed himself to his feet, seeing his adversary walking toward him, shaking the golden coat off of his Hammer.
“Oh, you mother-fucker…” Mario mumbled, throwing himself to his feet and pulling up his dukes. His eyes flashed down at his gloves, noticing they were white. He then looked down, seeing that his Power-up was knocked straight out of him.
“Ah shit.” Mario stated, disappointedly. He hopped back, and whipped out the Starman, holding it up, and absorbing its essence, and being cloaked in a rainbow aura, the camera slowly moving up from his feet to his head, scanning him.
He got into a battle stance, and Shiny Paper Mario did the same.
Time Remaining: 30 Seconds
Star Mario then dashed forward, faster than Shiny Paper Mario could see, and swiped across his jaw, sending him soaring backward.
Shiny Paper Mario touched down, feeling the ground, but mere milliseconds after that, Star Mario was already in front of him, and nailed him in the gut with his knee, which stunned Shiny Paper Mario. Star Mario then followed up by rapidly punching Shiny Paper Mario from all directions, swiping upward, left, right, and downward, everywhere.
“Ow, ah, yeeh, ouch, AAAHAHAHAHA!!” Shiny Paper Mario cried out in pain as Star Mario delivered strikes too fast for him to dodge, or even block!
Star Mario finished up by spinning around, which led into an uppercut—Star Mario’s fist connecting into Shiny Paper Mario’s chin—and blasting the two combatants up, coins flying out of Shiny Paper Mario, who, at the peak of the uppercut, was blasted into the air, the Royal Stickers flying out of him, and his shine fading away. Paper Mario slammed onto the ground with a thud, THAT’S how hard he was hit!
He pushed himself to his feet, and seen Star Mario just a few yards away.
Time Remaining: 20 Seconds
Paper Mario, slightly exhausted, slanted, panting, quickly threw around thoughts inside of his mind, attempting to think of a counter for this. Star Mario walked toward Paper Mario slowly.
“You really shouldn’t have threatened me. I don’t care if you’re me or not, it makes no difference. A threat’s a threat, and in my book, I need to neutralize that threat. Maybe we can be friends in another timeline, or another game. But, this game, we’re foes, and I’m-a living up to this rivalry we’ve brewed throughout this fight.” Star Mario informed, a light bulb popping up above Paper Mario’s head, and lighting up. He reached into his pockets — “Oh no you don’t!” — and whipped out the Emerald Star, Star Mario sprinting forward.
WHOOSH![]
The screen turned completely white, and then returned back to the two plumbers, except right next to Paper Mario’s face. He opened his eyes, and was shocked!
Star Mario’s fist was, literally, an inch away from his face. Paper Mario put his arms down, Clock Out worked!
Breathing a sigh of relief, Paper Mario hunched over, attempting to catch his breath, the Grand Finale ~Megalovania Mix~ paused at the current moment, no music playing at all.
Time Remaining (Clock Out): 30 Seconds
Time Remaining (Star Mario): 10 Seconds
Paper Mario pulled his head back up, and knew he needed to think of something, but, what? He stepped to the side so the punch would miss, put his hand on his chin, tilted his head down, closed his eyes, and thought…
“Hmmmmm…”
…Fight the guy? Yeah, but how…?
…Heal? Maybe…
…How about both?
Paper Mario pulled out the Pure Hearts, them completely healing him, and powering him up—DRASTICALLY.
Paper Mario cracked his knuckles, and waited for the time to run out.
The camera positioned itself next to Star Mario, and Clock Out wore off, The Grand Finale ~Megalovania Mix~ cutting back in. Star Mario noticed he hit nothing, and turned around, just to receive a jab to the face, the camera teleporting out to show the entirety of Toad Town, and caught something blasting through half of it, kicking up massive amounts of dust, and crashing into a hill outside of Toad Town. The camera teleported next to Mario, who’s star power wore off, and was lying there on his back, on the ground. He jumped to his feet.
“Ouch. Now that hurt.” Mario commented, and whipped out the White Tanooki Leaf, poofing into a white tanuki. He then began running back from whence he came, but Paper Mario met him half way, throwing a punch, which White Tanooki Mario swayed backward to dodge, and as he swayed forward, spun, whacking Paper Mario’s hip with his tail. Paper Mario became slightly irritated, and began furiously swinging his Hammer, smashing the landscape. White Tanooki Mario jumped, which tore open a portal, and he disappeared through it. Paper Mario noticed this, and jumped through after him, The Grand Finale ~Megalovania Mix~ fading out quickly.
The camera faded to black, no sound except the roaring of the night time wind.
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The Past[]
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World 1-1
Pixel White Tanooki Mario Lives: x1
(Cue ~ Super Mario Bros. Land Theme)
The portal tore back open, the two landing, face-to-face against one another… except, they’re both now pixelated into 8-bits!
How nice of me to refe—
CLASH![]
White Tanooki Mario & Paper Mario, like assholes, cut me off and clashed fists, struggling to overpower the other. Paper Mario managed to emerge victorious, shoving White Tanooki Mario hard enough to send him flying through the air and slamming into the first pipe, and blasting through it, shattering half the pipe’s pixels, sending them scattering across the 8-bit landscape.
Paper Mario jumped at White Tanooki Mario, who had just got to his feet, and kicked him, sending him blasting through the second pipe, shattering it, and falling into the pit right after the pipes.
“WWWAAAYAAAUUEEeeellll….” White Tanooki Mario’s voice faded as he fell down the pit. Paper Mario jumped down it, chasing his foe, the Super Mario Bros. Land Theme cutting out, and the camera fading to black.
World 1-2
Pixel Paper Mario Lives: x1
(Cue ~ Super Mario Bros. Underground Theme)
White Tanooki Mario came falling down, crashing through the bricks at the top of the screen and smacking down in the beginning of the level.
“Yyyugh.” White Tanooki Mario grunted as he pushed himself to his feet. Paper Mario then crash-landed right next to White Tanooki Mario, scaring him.
“W-waaauh!” White Tanooki Mario shouted in shock, and was on the receiving end of a Hammer uppercut, but jumped, causing it to miss. He whipped out his Hammer midair, came flying down, crashing into Paper Mario’s head, knocking him to the ground. He then took his Hammer, ignited it, and swung it like a golf club, which cloaked Paper Mario in flames and sent him crashing into the brick graphics barrier.
“Oof…” Paper Mario grunted quietly, on fire!
Sliding down the wall, White Tanooki Mario, his Hammer still encased in a coat of flame, ran up to Paper Mario and crashed it into his chin, which sent him flying upward, and onto the bricks at the top of the level. Paper Mario got up, pulled out the Star Rod, and his flames were doused instantly. However, as he was worried about that, White Tanooki Mario flew up onto the top level and began swinging his Hammer, combining it with his move: Mario Tornado!
“Wahwahwahwah!” Paper Mario flailed his arms briefly, and ran away across the top of the level’s bricks. White Tanooki Mario halted his spinning, and then began shooting Fireballs, which chased Paper Mario across the level’s bricks, and White Tanooki Mario ran after him. The two encountered the floating, err, flying platforms. Paper Mario front-flipped onto the first, jumped regularly onto the next, and dived toward the pipe, sliding into it.
The Fireballs fell into the abyss below, and White Tanooki Mario jumped and glided across, landed, and entered the pipe after Paper Mario.
World 1-3
Pixel White Tanooki Mario Lives: x1
(Cue ~ Super Mario Bros. Land Theme)
The two plumbers jumped in, Paper Mario landing on the highest platform, while White Tanooki Mario landed on the lowest. He jumped up and tackled Paper Mario, the two tumbling backward and onto a floating and moving platform, tumbling off of it whilst curled up into a ball.
World 1-4
Pixel Paper Mario Lives: x1
(Cue ~ Super Mario Bros. Castle Theme)
The two differing dimensional plumbers crashed through the ceiling and unto the bridge, an axe just behind them. However, their still stuck in a ball, and rolled across the bridge, hitting the bump and knocking over the axe, and tumbling into the back, crashing into Toad, making it a ball of three people. They then crashed into a wall, the three becoming separated.
“Oh, now there are four Marios? Greeeeeeat.” Toad mumbled, and passed out.
The two Marios jumped to their feet, with the 3D plumber throwing the first punch.
“WHY—“
Paper Mario ducked, and kicked White Tanooki Mario’s feet out.
“—WON’T—“
Paper Mario then elbow slammed him into the ground.
“—you DIE?!” White Tanooki Mario shouted, infuriated, and socked Paper Mario, and jumped back to his feet. Paper Mario stumbled back and White Tanooki Mario jumped, tearing yet another portal. Paper Mario, once again, jumps through it to follow him.
The camera fades to black as Super Mario Bros. Castle Theme very quickly fades out.
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The Present[]
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The portal opened, dropping the two plumbers face-first onto the ground of Bowser’s Path. The two picked themselves up, dusted themselves off, and glared at each other, returning to a battle stance.
“Please, if you would, stop attacking me. This is really getting frustrating, as I can’t seem to defeat you. In return, you can’t seem to take me down. I think it’s the best for both of us that we figure out what our disagreements are, and settle this ci—“
Paper Mario dashed forward and uppercutted his 3D adversary.
As the white tanuki plumber was sailing through the air, he managed to squeeze out, “I guess not…”
Paper Mario then came flying upward and nailed his foe, sending him soaring into Space, the two flying out, and the camera fading to black.
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Red Star Comet Surface[]
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CRASH!!![]
The two plumbers crashed onto the surface of the Red Star Comet. Holy shit!
Paper Mario’s aggression heightened by an insurmountable amount! He was now actively trying to tear limbs off!
White Tanooki Mario narrowly dodged a hit from his Hammer that might’ve knocked his head clean off! White Tanooki Mario swayed back, managing to narrowly avoid a roundhouse kick, swayed forward quickly, and blasted Paper Mario’s gut with energy, sending him sprawling backward, but flying straight back literally a second afterward, and he landed a kick to White Tanooki Mario’s chest, which sent him soaring backward, and smashing through the side of a crater, landing into the crater. White Tanooki Mario rose back to his feet, and almost immediately had to duck to avoid yet another kick from Paper Mario.
“Okay, this guy REALLY wants me dead; I need to start getting serious…” White Tanooki Mario thought to himself.
White Tanooki Mario flew forward, the two colliding kicks, sending out a shockwave. The two began attempting to attack each other, but hardly appearing at all to your eyes, only ever for a brief second, and they're GONE! This happened eight times before they finally stopped, and clashed fists, yet again sending out a shockwave. Paper Mario threw a kick, which White Tanooki Mario caught, spun him around, and threw him, in retaliation. Paper Mario back-flipped and landed completely unharmed, however.
White Tanooki Mario dashed forward and threw a punch, which Paper Mario dodged by swaying backward, swinging forward, and headbutting his foe, slightly stunning him.
Paper Mario threw a powerful fist forward, crashing into White Tanooki Mario’s face, knocking him out of the form, and sending him spiraling backward, slamming into a rock. Mario almost immediately jumped back to his feet, activating Battle Cards, which gave him a triple layered aura of red, blue and green instantly. He jumped into the air, the two clashing, and landing back-to-back. The two turned quickly, both throwing a punch, but catching it with their other arm. Paper Mario disappeared from your eyes again, and appeared behind Mario, throwing a punch, which elected Mario into disappearing from your eyes to dodge, and attempt a kick, which Paper Mario disappeared, Ground Pounded downward, but Mario dodged, and then HE Ground Pounded downward, Paper Mario disappearing just in time.
CRASH!!![]
Mario’s Ground Pound created a new crater, debris being kicked up. Mario pulled out his Hammer and batted the debris at Paper Mario, who pulled out his Hammer, and batted the debris back. Mario materialized a hockey stick of pure energy and sliced through the debris. Paper Mario jumped forward, the Star Rod forming a sword of energy which he swung at Mario with, who simply retaliated by blocking it, sparks of energy flying everywhere.
“Nnnngh…” Mario grunted, pushing with all his might.
Paper Mario curled his energy sword around and swiped up, knocking Mario off balance, and slashing across his chest, blood flying backward in a slash formation. Mario immediately, not even thinking about his wound, slashed his hockey stick to the left, which Paper Mario countered by swinging to the left.
BLAAZT! BZZRT! BLRRZZ! BSHZZ![]
Blow for blow, their energy weapons countered each other, sending energy sparks flying everywhere.
Paper Mario disappearing and slamming his fist downward, narrowly missed Mario, who sidestepped. The surface of the Red Star Comet fractured, the two landing just about ten feet away, battle stance-ready.
Mario and Paper Mario jumped forward, kicks canceling one another out, again, sending out yet another shockwave.
The two landed, and dashed forward, clashing fists, Mario ducking under a headbutt attempt after catching one of Paper Mario’s punches. He then rolled behind Paper Mario, faster than your eye could detect, but Paper Mario’s could. He swiftly rotated at a 90 degree angle, and attempted a roundhouse kick, which Mario ducked under, and threw a punch, which Paper Mario caught with his left, and got a lucky shot into Mario’s face with his right, Mario ducking under the second jab, and jabbing Paper Mario’s gut himself, which stunned his foe slightly. Mario wrenched his right arm free, Paper Mario throwing a kick which Mario swayed to the left to dodge, throwing a left jab, which Paper Mario swayed backward to dodge, which Paper Mario used the momentum of to cart wheel into the air, and land behind Mario, dodging another punch he threw, this happening faster than your eye could detect.
Mario swiftly turned, using Breakdance Sweep, which Paper Mario canceled out using his own Breakdance Sweep, and then they went for a back-handed punch, canceling each other out again, and finally, threw out straight kicks, which again, canceled each other out.
RUMBLE, RUMBLE, RUMBLE!!!![]
The two, recoiling back, immediately whipped out their energy weapons again, entering a stance with them before breaking out into an extremely fast sword-like fight!
BLAZZ BLZZ BZZT BRRZST BREZZ BRUTZZ BLTZZZ!!![]
Paper Mario began to gain an advantage, so Mario back-flipped away, the two, midair, slashing, before landing perfectly onto the edge of a crater, and continuing their sword-like duel, Paper Mario slashing forward, which Mario blocked, utilized the hockey stick’s complexion, and pulled Paper Mario closer, which only made Paper Mario quickly turn and jab his energy sword forward, which Mario dodged by jumping away, the two, sword-like fighting midair yet again, spinning their swords, them colliding with enough force to send out shockwaves which atomized nearby rocks!
The two swung their energy weapons, Paper Mario upward, Mario downward, them slashing right into each other’s sides, making that—
SHHIING!!![]
The two immediately continued, Paper Mario swinging from the right, Mario swaying backward to dodge, and jabbing his hockey stick forward, which Paper Mario seemingly disappeared, effectively dodging it again. Mario looked up within milliseconds and noticed Paper Mario jetting downward with his sword, which Mario barely rolled out of the way, effectively dodging. The two immediately slashed across one another’s energy weapons again within literally one second, if that, sparks flying everywhere yet again.
The two spun, clashing which sent out another shockwave, Mario disappearing and materializing right in front of Paper Mario, slashing at his head—however, Paper Mario managed to flip backward onto one hand, and throw himself back onto his feet, effectively dodging. Mario rushed forward, again, faster than your eye could detect, and slashed each other’s weapons across each other three more times!
BLAZZT BZZRT BRORTZZ!!![]
Mario then seemingly disappeared as Paper Mario swung for his head, and reappeared, catching Paper Mario off guard and slashing across the side of his rib cage, blood flying, and the Star Rod falling out of his hands as he was sent flying backward, crashing through three rocks before coming to a halt on his feet, skidding four more feet even after gaining control. Paper Mario looked up, and Mario kicked right into his hands hard enough to create an extremely loud—
BOOOOOOOOMM!!!!!!!!![]
Paper Mario pushing back at Mario’s kick sent the two skidding back roughly forty feet! Paper Mario got control of it however, and pulled Mario to the ground, and punched his groin, sending him tumbling backward through the air.
Mario landed, Paper Mario blurring right up to him and tossing a punch, which Mario sidestepped to dodge, Paper Mario following up with yet another punch attempt with his opposite arm, which Mario swayed backward, effectively dodging. Mario came forward and threw his own punch, which Paper Mario barely dodged by moving his head just far enough to the right. Because of this, he got a good hit right into the right of Mario’s jaw, which sent him skidding backward, dust getting kicked up.
The two stood for a brief second, and dashed forward, punching and kicking rapidly, so fast we can’t tell what they’re doing for a solid two seconds, before the two appeared in the air and kicked one another, which sent out a shockwave, of which decimated large rocks in the vicinity.
The two landed, and Mario threw a punch, which Paper Mario ducked under to land an uppercut, causing Mario to stumble backward. Paper Mario rushed forward punched him just a few feet into the air, Spin Jumped, and kicked Mario hard enough to send him assail through the air.
Paper Mario dashed forward, picked up the Star Rod, and fired forward a blast of energy, which collided with Mario midair, and spilled energy all over the place, creating yet another crater in the Red Star Comet’s surface.
BBOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![]
Mario stood back up after a solid three seconds, and Paper Mario came rushing in from nowhere, threw a downward swipe, knocking Mario’s head low, a low kick, which weakened his legs, and then went for a powerful punch, but Mario ducked, and threw a punch, but Paper Mario swayed to the left, dodging, and uppercut him five feet into the air, spun around in a full 360, and kicked Mario, which sent him crashing into a rock, rebounding off of it with a “Doh!” and face-first onto the ground.
Mario tried pushing himself to his feet, his triple layered aura slowly fading, but he could barely do so, his aura vanishing. Paper Mario slowly approached Mario, Sparking ending as he did so.
“Hou… Hou… Hou… Hou…” Mario panted.
Suddenly, the Red Star Comet seemed to be on a collision course with Rainbow Road. The two Marios noticed this, and braced for impact.
CRASH, BANG, BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![]
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Mario stood up, dizzy.
“Uhhuhhuhh… What the hell?” Mario questioned things around him, having become rather discombobulated.
(Cue ~ Fan-Made Phase 2 – King Boo [Skip to 1:04)]
“Whoowuwuwu…” Mario sounded as he shook his head, revitalizing his senses and cart-wheeling just in time to dodge Paper Mario, who came charging in and attempted a punch.
Paper Mario immediately realized he had missed, and threw another punch — a swipe directed at Mario’s jaw — the latter ducking, and throwing an uppercut upward, which Paper Mario swayed backward, dodging.
Paper Mario then jabbed his fist forward aimed at Mario’s gut, which the plumber jumped backward to dodge, and whipped out a Rock Mushroom, and absorbed its essence. Suddenly, rocks flew in from all directions, crashing into Mario, who jumped and spun into a ball of rock, careening forward.
“Owwahwawawawa!” Paper Mario flailed his arms in panic, and was plowed over, the rock rolling and crashing into a kart which came racing in with a ton of others.
“NUEWWOAWOAWOA!!” a Shy-Guy shouted as his kart spun out of control, crashing into a hazard and bursting into flames.
Paper Mario then expanded, covering the rock.
“Wait—how is he doing that?!” Rock Mario asked aloud.
Damn it Mario. Don’t you know? Paper beats Rock, Scissors beats Paper, Rock beats Scissors. Man, completely oblivious to the rules of the game.
The rock came to a screeching halt, and Paper Mario then morphed into a catapult and slung Rock Mario through the air, him still in his rock form, crashing into a star wall, rebounding off of it, slamming into yet another, and rejuvenated from another, then another, and another, another, another…
BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM![]
Paper Mario wildly and haphazardly jerked his head in all directions, desperately trying to track Rock Mario’s movements.
Rock Mario then slammed into a wall, it shattering as he flew into the air, rock flying from him, revealing him to have his fist drawn far back, and he was soaring toward Paper Mario, the latter of which was astonished at the sight.
CLASH, CRACK![]
Rock Mario clobbered Paper Mario, popping his neck, which delegated a brief shock through his body, him sprawling backward and crashing onto the ground. Paper Mario soon convalesced, however, and showcased his Hammer.
Rock Mario broke out his Hammer, as well, and the two sprinted toward one another.
As the two approached, their Hammers were set alight, glowing bright and exploding upon contact of the two flame-encased Hammers.
SIZZLE! BRAAACK!![]
Fireballs were sent flying in all directions, exploding into what seemed to be fireworks. Flames emitted from their Hammers, the tips of the fire curling around one another like two curly hairstyles clashing in a beauty pageant.
The two plumbers forced their Hammers forward, but flames singed Paper Mario’s hands, and he stumbled back, his Hammer becoming extinguished almost like a candle. Rock Mario reeled his Hammer back and swung forward, flames streaking behind the Hammer toward Paper Mario’s complexion.
The 2D plumber managed to duck just in time, and sweep the 3D plumber’s feet out, causing him to trip back and flat onto his ass with an “Oof!”
Paper Mario then twisted his body, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEEEP!
Paper Mario swung his Hammer, but by the time he’d charged it up and swung, Rock Mario jumped to his feet and swung his Hammer in retaliation—
CLANG![]
And again!
CLING![]
Again, and again, and again, and again, and again—
TING—[]
TANG—[]
PANG—[]
RING—[]
THUU-U-U-U-UUNG![]
The two Hammers clung together, echoing the sound of their clash. The plumbers’ Hammers vibrated their hands nonstop, so they released their Hammers; to their surprise, their Hammers dug into the ground like a drill.
The two looked back at one another, tossed up their dukes, and resumed their battle.
Rock Mario jabbed forward toward Paper Mario’s jaw, but the paperized plumber side-stepped, then crashed his fist into Rock Mario’s nose.
“OOOUH!” Rock Mario cried briefly, stumbling back while holding his nose; a roundhouse kick connected into Rock Mario’s rib cage seconds later, blasting the rock out of him. Mario took a header into the ground, but almost immediately bounced back to his feet, turned around, and caught a dropkick from Paper Mario.
This put the 2D plumber at a hilarious disadvantage as the 3D plumber tossed his foe into the air whilst spinning, and elbow slammed his foe face-first into the ground.
Paper Mario began creeping his hand toward his pocket as Mario got up. Paper Mario pushed himself to his feet, & revealed the Star Rod.
BOOM, BZZUEW, BLAST!![]
Mario began jumping, dodging, doing anything he could to avoid giant lasers Paper Mario was firing off.
Mario finally was able to fire off his own ball of energy, which Paper Mario rolled to dodge, but left him open for literally one second too much, and Mario ran up to him—
BOOSH, SHATTER![]
Mario bashed his foot into the Star Rod, shattering its head.
Paper Mario gritted his teeth in anger, and glared at Mario.
“C’mooooooon.” Mario taunted, and kneed his foe in the face, causing him to tumble back, his shattered rod falling unto the ground.
Upon catching himself, Paper Mario, now at his feet, realized he literally had nothing left…
Mario cracked an arrogant smile, knowing exactly what was going through this clone’s mind. They both had nothing left.
Fan-Made Phase 2 – King Boo fades out quickly, as the two plumbers slowly approach each other.
“This is it. We’ve got nothing left. Whoever has more skill wins this.” Mario explained. “And not to be rude or anything, but I’m-a not gonna let you win. Take notes, I’m-a pulverize you!”
(Cue ~ Mute City, GX [Skip to 0:45)]
Mario and Paper Mario sprinted forward, clashing fists with a loud—
BANG![]
The 3D plumber threw a flaming punch with his right arm, which the 2D plumber ducked under and retaliated with an uppercut, but Mario swayed backward, effectively dodging. Paper Mario immediately threw a side kick, which Mario caught in the palm of his hand, but Paper Mario jumped into the air and swung his other leg, smacking Mario in the skull, which sent him stumbling away.
Mario recovered extremely quickly, and just barely caught sight of a red blur run toward him. On instinct, he threw up his arms to block, and a flurry of punches began colliding, slowly beginning to make Mario’s guard flinch —
SHATTER![]
Mario stumbled back with an “Ooh!” Mute City, GX cutting out, and Paper Mario threw a punch into Mario’s chest, causing his jaw to break open and blood to jet out.
The two plumbers maintained this pose in slow motion for several seconds, before Mario was sent flying through the air, and onto the ground, his body going completely limp, and scarlet liquid pouring from his mouth like a waterfall, coating the ground around thickly with said liquid.
Paper Mario walked up to him, and lifted his head. It slung, practically broken. He was cold in the 2D plumber’s hands, and began to go extremely pale… Paper Mario dropped him, more blood pouring from his mouth. For some reason, Paper Mario seemed horrified!
What happened to this guy?! He looked around frantically, but seen… no… one? Wait, he was the only one around… Did he… kill this guy?
No, no he couldn't of… Paper Mario entered denial.
But… he knew he had to of. But he doesn't understand why. Why? What happened? Why? WHY?? Why can’t he remember anything?!
With hopes, “Hey!” Paper Mario said, bending over. The guy had no pulse, nothing. His limbs were limp, he was pale, and blood coated the ground, he was… dead!
Paper Mario wasn’t happy—he couldn’t understand! He has a tainted name, tainted mind! He never intended to kill the innocent! Wait… Was this guy innocent?
Paper Mario doesn’t know! He started losing sanity! Luckily, a ray of hope entered Paper Mario’s mind. A 1-Up Mushroom! Paper Mario pulled one out and fed it to the man… NOTHING?!
HOW?!
WHY?!
Paper Mario got light-headed, and fell backward onto his back, passed out.
In the background of the rainbow road, a red streak appeared deep in Space…
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Star Road[]
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Geno walked over to the workers.
“Hey guys, how did the Red Star Wishes come along?” Geno asked.
“Um, what, sir?” one worker asked, putting down his coffee.
“Wait… you guys don’t know about the Red Star Festival, the Red Star Comet, or the Red Star Wishes? You guys decide which of those come true, you know that, right? Please tell me you do.” Geno wearily and intently stated.
“N-no, sir. We don’t.” another worker replied.
Geno ran off, and grabbed a crystal ball, checking to see the wish results, and seen the two Marios—one dead, one unconscious.
“NO! This is very bad… But, whose wishes caused this? It only grants three…” Geno thought…
EARLIER…[]
"Damn, I wish there was another me right now..." – Mario’s Wish
"I wish Mario was an ally of mine..." – Bowser’s Wish
"MARIO, I WISH YOU WOULD HELP ME!!" – Luigi’s Wish
"Please... I wish Mario would win this..." – Peach’s Wish
The four Red Star Wishes flew off to Star Road. Mario’s landed, got stamped, and flew off. Then Bowser’s landed, got stamped, and flew off. Luigi’s flew toward it, but Peach’s knocked his off course, it crashing toward Blubble Lake and into a hill. Peach’s landed, got stamped, and flew off…
So, another Mario appeared, who was on Bowser’s side, and he WON…
This Mario came flying in, accidentally bulldozing through a Shy-Guy that resided in his flight path, and began his task…
It all makes sense now…
K.O.![]
In the left panel, Mario’s corpse lies on the battlefield, and an unconscious Paper Mario lies across from him as a red streak is constant in the spacey background. The middle panel has Blubble Lake’s nigh-demolished hill with Luigi’s Red Star Wish inside it. The third panel has a curious Tanooki Luigi & Princess Peach in front of a crumbled, messy Peach’s Castle.
Conclusion[]
(Cue ~ Super Bell Hill - Rio Remix)
Boomstick: Holy fuck. That was brutal.
Wiz: *Shudders* Welp, anyway, regardless of how... devastating the ending was, this battle shouldn't be too hard to explain.
Boomstick: Right, High Complex Multiversal VS High Complex Multiversal, Infinite Speed VS Infinite Speed... It's a lot closer than most anticipate. Especially after both Marios are stated to be equals in Paper Jam.
Wiz: Very correct, Boomstick. But you are making base form comparisons. Paper Mario did not have possession of the Pure Hearts in Paper Jam, so his base form is on par with Mario's. And that's the catch. Base form.
Boomstick: Yeah, sure. But Mario has A LOT more going for him, especially in the base form comparisons.
Wiz: That's... debatable. Paper Mario's weakness is easily extinguished like a candle flame in the wind the second he pulls out his arsenal, and Mario's weakness is still there. Due to more strategic nature in Paper Mario, he would easily be able to pull ahead using the Star Rod, Crystal Stars, etc.
Boomstick: Sure. But they don't make that huge of a gap. And hen Mario, who still strategizes, would pull out a Power-up, likely pulling ahead. Plus, Pyrokinesis burns paper. Done.
Wiz: About the Power-ups, they only take one deadly hit to remove. Again, Paper Mario has pretty much got the smarts category on lock down, and would easily be able to find ways with his own power to knock Mario's Power-ups out. As for the paper burning argument, this is simply a game mechanic in Sticker Star, Paper Jam, and Color Splash. It's a new gimmick--the whole world is paper themed. In the original three Paper Marios, Paper Mario is simply a flatlander--not paper. Even so, he can still survive fire, water, you name it.
Boomstick: But I don't think you realize that smarts don't matter when you can't even get close to your opponent. As for paper, okay, I'll except that since we were mostly using Super Paper Mario for Paper Mario anyway.
Wiz: I don't understand how. With his arsenal, he can shoot his own projectiles back at Mario, and they have equal speed, so there is no escaping. It should also be noted that Paper Mario DOES have higher reaction speed, as reacting to a guy who traveled the multiverse is better than reacting to traveling the universe.
Boomstick: Okay, so they're perfectly even. Then it should have been a tie, or Mario should have won with his Power-up arsenal with four Power-ups for invincibility.
Wiz: And that's when the Pure Hearts step in.With each passing dimension comes an infinite power jump, as well as infinite more understanding, maneuverability, and with all that, like the cherry on top, is the element of surprise, as lower dimensional beings can't always comprehend every area a higher dimensional being could go to. Remember, a higher dimensional being contains one more direction they could move in, meaning they could literally just bleep in and out of a lower dimensional being's existence. Paper Mario w/ the Pure Hearts takes two dimensional hops, making him two times infinitely more powerful than Mario. With this, Power-ups don't matter. He can't hurt him, and one hit would obliterate Mario.
Boomstick: ...Da Faq?!
Wiz: Stupid, I suppose you could say. But it's just how space works.
Boomstick: Damn, I guess Mario couldn't avoid a fatal paper cut. With Lemonade!
Wiz: The winner is, Paper Mario.
Trivia[]
- Here's my information for outliers, if you wanna fact check me.
- Though it is VERY late, I would like to say goodbye to Mr. Satoru Iwata. Great man, and to be honest, Nintendo will never feel the same without him. (If you really wanna get chills, listen to this while reading that sentence)