Paper Mario (video game)

Paper Mario
Developer(s)	Intelligent Systems
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Director(s)	Ryota Kawade Toshitaka Muramatsu Takahiro Ogi Hironobu Suzuk
Producer(s)	Shigeru Miyamoto Kenji Miki
Composer(s)	Yuka Tsujiyoko Taishi Senda
Series	Paper Mario
Platform(s)	Nintendo 64, iQue Player, Virtual Console (Wii, Wii U)
Release	Nintendo 64: JP: August 11, 2000 NA: February 5, 2001 EU: October 5, 2001 AU: October 5, 2001 ESP: April 26, 2002 iQue Player: CHN: June 8, 2004 NA: March 11, 2005 Virtual Console (Wii): ESP: March 11, 2007 JP: July 10, 2007 EU: July 13, 2007 AU: July 13, 2007 NA: July 16, 2007 Virtual Console (Wii U): NA: April 30, 2015 EU: May 21, 2015 AU: May 22, 2015 JP: July 15, 2015 ESP: June 4, 2016
Genre(s)	Platform, role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player

Paper Mario is a Nintendo 64 role-playing game released in 2000. It features Mario in his paper form. The game was sold for Virtual Console on the Wii in 2007 and the Wii U's Virtual Console in 2015. It was followed by five sequels: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004), Super Paper Mario (2007), Paper Mario: Sticker Star (2012), Paper Mario: Color Splash (2016), and Paper Mario: The Origami King (2020).

Plot

When Bowser uses the Star Rod, he interrupts the party hosted by Princess Peach and the castle is lifted into outer space. As the game progresses, Mario rescues Peach, defeats Bowser and uses the Star Rod to restore the castle.