Super Paper Mario

Super Paper Mario (Japanese: ???????????, Hepburn: S?p? P?p? Mario) is a 2007 side-scrolling, platforming, action role-playing video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Wii home video game console. It is the third game in the Paper Mario series. The game followed 2004 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and was followed by Paper Mario: Sticker Star in 2012. The game departs from the gameplay featured in earlier Paper Mario titles, primarily featuring side-scrolling platforming gameplay with role-playing elements. The player controls Mario and later Princess Peach, Bowser and Luigi, who each possess different abilities. Most of the gameplay revolves around Mario's ability to "flip" between dimensions, allowing him to switch between 3D and 2D perspectives in each level and maneuver around normally impassable obstacles. The plot follows the four characters' quest to collect eight Pure Hearts in order to prevent Count Bleck, the main antagonist, from destroying the universe. The game was well-received, accumulating aggregate critical scores of 85. 16% and 85% on GameRankings and Metacritic with many critics praising the game's humorous plot and writing. As of March 2008, it has sold 2. 28 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling games on the Wii. In 2011, the game was re-released as part of the Nintendo Selects program in North America, and in Europe the following year in 2012. The game was released on the North American Wii U Virtual Console on June 16, 2016.