Paper Mario: Sticker Star

Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Also known as: Paper Mario: Super Seal (JP) Developers: Nintendo, Intelligent Systems, Vanpool Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Nintendo 3DS Released in JP: December 6, 2012 Released in US: November 11, 2012 Released in EU: December 7, 2012 Released in AU: December 8, 2012 This game has unused enemies. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused items. This game has unused text. This game has a notes page This game has a prerelease article

Paper Mario: Sticker Star is an example of an installment that's okay on its own merits, but is considered awful in comparison to its predecessors.

To do: Unused script files Regional differences

Unused Text

World 3

US	Europe
Kersti Wait! Hang on, Mario. First, we need to find Wiggler's segment. Let's grab the comet piece afterward.	Kersti Wait! Hold on, Mario. First, we need to find Wiggler's segment. We'll get the comet piece after that.

Kersti would have spoken this line if you used a Tree Stump Scrap in Wiggler's Tree House before finding one of Wiggler's segments. One of the only two times this would occur is Loop Loop River. However, this is impossible, as the Tree Stump Scrap from Loop Loop River cannot be collected without battling the Wiggler segment first, leading to it joining your party.

A glitch seen in the above video can be exploited to collect the Scrap and exit the level without running into Wiggler's segment. After placing the Scrap, approach the Comet Piece and Kersti will pop out and speak these two lines.

(Source: PedalPowerLuigi (finding the glitch), DhrGR (video))

Enemies

2-Fold Shiny Goomba
4-Fold Goomba
4-Fold Shiny Goomba
Shiny Spiny
Deep Cheep
Monty Mole
Inky Piranha Plant
Ptooie
Bullet Bill
Bill Blaster
Banzai Bill
Banzai Blaster
Crowber
Shiny Dry Bones

Several unused enemies. Only the Ptooie has graphics. It's worth noting that some of these enemies (namely, the 2-Fold and 4-Fold Goombas, as well as the Shiny Dry Bones) are mentioned in the game's Prima Strategy Guide, meaning that they may have been removed later in development.

(Source: "Paper Mario: Sticker Star" text dump)

Unused Graphics

To do: More dummy/test graphics

Enemies

Fish Bones, a recurring enemy in the Mario series, appear as obstacles in World 5-2: Jungle Rapids, leaping in the water and attempting to destroy the raft Mario uses to cross the river, and can be removed using the hammer. They are never battled in turn-based combat. However, they were likely originally meant to be fought in battle at some point, as they have sprites for being affected by the game's various status effects.

One Lakitu appears in World 1-4: Whammino Mountain, throwing Spinies at Mario. However, it flies too high up to be attacked.

Interestingly, a sprite of what appears to be a fishing rod is stored with the Lakitu graphics.

A spiked green Pokey. Green, Super Mario Bros. 2-style Pokeys appear alongside their normal counterparts, but this version, which seems to be a combination of the two designs, does not.

A Ptooie from Super Mario Bros. 3. While normal Piranha Plants appear in Sticker Star, Ptooies do not.

(Source: The Spriters Resource)

Stickers

A bigger version of the Leaf sticker.

A Piranha Plant sticker. Probably would have damaged enemies, like the Shell and Bomb stickers.

A rock sticker. Probably would have acted like the Pebble from Paper Mario.

A Spiny Egg sticker. Probably would have acted like the Spike Ball sticker, and likely would have been dropped by Lakitu.

A Super Leaf sticker. Probably replaced by the Tail sticker.

A crudely-drawn placeholder graphic present in the World 2 intermission BCREZ.

(Source: The Spriters Resource, Hiccup)

Scraps

A scrap of a pipe that's seemingly underground. Has a duplicate in the game's files.

A scrap of a dead tree, similar to the ones on Whammino Mountain. Also has a duplicate.

A...rather strange scrap of a Toad with what seems to be a Boo covering its body. Has a duplicate as well.

A rather generic scrap of a piece of sky.

A scrap referred to as a bridge internally, despite clearly being a fence.

A scrap that seems to be grass surrounded by water.

A scrap simply referred to as item01 internally, despite resembling a bridge much more than the scrap that's actually called a bridge.

Just a group of flower-based scraps (despite the second looking more like a weed than a flower).

(Source: The Spriters Resource)

Kersti Filename

The folder that contains Kersti's script file is called "Navi", a reference to the character of the same name from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.