Paper Mario: The Dark Book

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Paper Mario: The Dark Book is an turn-based RPG that released in November, 2024. The plot revolves around Mario and his adventure to take back Peach's Castle from the evil wizard Benny, who has been unleashed. The game play styles like Paper Mario and Super Mario RPG, retaining the turn-based combat, over world puzzles, and comedy.
== Plot ==
It's Princess Peach's nomination as queen! As the guest hall fills up with, well, guests, Mario and Luigi watch Princess Peach enter the hall... only to be kidnapped by a stranger in a red cloak! Mario chases after them, and eventually the chase ends with the stranger being trapped on the chandeliers! 
As Mario reaches him, the stranger puts down Peach and initiates a battle. Mario rips off the coat, and sees Bowser underneath! Bowser punches at Mario, but misses. Another battle begins. Bowser cuts the rope holding up Mario's chandelier, and laughs triumphantly, until he realizes that he's on the chandelier as well! He jumps off, but rams straight into Kammy, who came to Bowser's aid when she saw the battle was not going his way. As they crash into the ground, Kammy drops her wand, which falls into Luigi's hand. Remarking he always wanted to try magic, he dabbles the words 'retardicus doonipalis'. To his suprise, a book floats up to him. As Luigi opens it, A wizard pops out! Declaring himself 'the evilest wizard of all' (much to Bowser's dismay), he proclaims that he will turn everyone into stone. 
However, Peach jumps down from the chandelier, knocking his wand out of his hand. The wizard, unable to turn everyone into stone without his wand, floats more books into the room and traps Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, nearly all the toads, and many things outside the castle (including Wario) in the books and locks them in. Mario's story begins in this fantastical game.
=== Book 0- 'How to Play a Game' ===
Mario is awoken by a toad. She greets Mario, and introduces herself as Maya. She explains to Mario that he is in a book. (Hers, to be exact) She leads Mario over to a room with many pipes on the floor, and tells Mario she will teach him how to battle. After the tutorial of action commands and blocking, a pipe spurts from the ceiling, and many goombas spurt out! Only a few of them seem interested in battling, though, as the others run away in terror. Maya, mad that this has happened, decides to help Mario fight the goombas, and in the process teaches Mario how to use partners. After the Goombas are dealt with, Mario leaves to exit the book to save everyone, and is told by Maya the exit to the book is in ‘Tailpipe Town’. 
After telling Mario this, she asks Mario why he wants to leave. Mario tells her what happened, and Maya decides to join Mario permanently on his quest. However, just before he can enter the city, a hammer bro appears in front of Mario, and challenges him to a battle. After Mario and Maya defeat him, hammer bro runs away and drops his hammer. Maya suggests that Mario use the hammer. Mario agrees, and together they enter Tailpipe Town. After entering the town, Mario heads over to ‘Tiddley Store’. When he shows the staff the hammer, they say they’ll gladly swap it for a less rare hammer- but one better for fighting. After Mario and Maya finish the negotiations, they leave for the town scientist- Jiminy Hailnut. After confusion with meeting his son (an avid hat collector), Profesor Hailnut shows them the exit to the book. He mentions that the exit portal was struck with a lock, but with a little science, he managed to undo it. Mario and Maya thank Prof. Hailnut and jump in the portal, ready for anything. 
=== Book 1- 'Charter City' ===
As Mario & Maya jump out of the book, they look around. They were in a library. As Maya asks Mario where they are, another toad runs into them. Apologizing and rushingly speaking, he explains what happened after Mario was sucked into the book. Apparently, Mario had been stuck in that book for a while. The librarian was one of the few toads who wasn’t sucked into the book. Maya, distressed by these events, urges Mario to go and defeat Benny. As Mario rushed to him, he ran into the library door. The librarian states that the library door is locked, and the key was lost in the books. He mentions that he saw a book with a lock, and that the key could be hidden in there. He also says that he saw the key for the book up on a shelf, but he wasn’t able to reach it. Mario, though, expertly reaches the key. Then, Mario and Maya open the lock on the book and jump into the story of ‘Charter City’.
Mario lands in the middle of a street crowded with cars. Honks and beeps are even louder due to the roadblock. Mario runs out of the street and onto the sidewalk. This street seemed aggravated. Eventually, Mario makes his way over to a government building. When he gets in there, he sees a poster of wiggler in a fancy suit. He appears to be holding a key… to the next book! Maya points this out to Mario. Mario goes to the building where everyone says he is. They seemed mad about it. As Mario entered, security rushed at him. Maya tries to explain the situation, but the security wasn't impressed. They challenge Mario to a battle! Mario defeats them expertly, and rushes to the elevator. He presses the 'Wiggler' Button. Suddenly, the elevator started shaking! Mario and Maya were ejected right back out on the street. Mario looks up and sees a piranha plant. He leads him to another building, similar, but smaller. As he enters, they head to the top floor. There... is another wiggler! She introduces herself as Elaine and the piranha plant as Trevor. She tells Mario that the other wiggler, Emery, is her brother, and that the're competing for mayor in a couple days. Emery had been mayor for years, and he had raised taxes, made terrible laws, and allowed cut-throat criminals to be pardoned. The only reason he was mayor was because he lied in the election, and everyone always believed him. She told Mario that this time, they were going to prove Emery wrong by sneaking in and exposing him. She goes over the plan. Since the doors to the building are heavily guarded, they were going to have to sneak in using the sewer. Once they were in, we would find some evidence to expose Emery. Elaine tells Mario she won't be able to go along, since she had some urgent business, but she would send in Trevor to help. He would help Mario get through the sewer.
Using Trevor's ability, Mario was able to make it through the sewer. however, when he got to the pipe leading into the building, he found that it was locked. The key was right next to it though, so he was able to get through. Until a Lil' mouser stole the key! Mario chased it into a hideout in the sewer, where Mario had it cornered... until a ginormous mouser jumped in front of him! Mario expertly defeated it though, and reclaimed the key.
After the scuttle, Mario heads back to the door. After he goes through a pipe on the other side, he popped up in the restroom. 
=== Book 2- 'Champion of Sand' ===
=== Book 3- 'A Wild Animal' ===
=== Book 4- 'Talon Waver' ===
=== Book 5- 'Ride of Your Life' ===
=== Book 6- 'The Case of Mr. Ballman' ===
=== Book 7- 'The Bird, The Bear, and the Banjo' ===
=== Book 8- 'In the Dark' ===
=== Book 9- 'Crusade' ===
=== Book 10- 'How to be Evil' ===
== Partners ==
=== Maya ===
A young toad. Her spots are blue, and she resides in a book that teaches people how to play a game. In fact, she's the head coach! However, this job has led her to feel like it's the only reason she exists. That's (another reason) why she joined Mario permanetly! Her overworld ability is telling Mario about what is around him.
Hp- 2 (4, 6)
Attacks-
Slap - Hammer Action Command
Tattle 0fp No Action Command
Story 2fp Mash Action Command
Support 5fp Mash Action Command
=== Trevor ===
A middle-aged Trottin' Piranha Plant, This detective wanna-be has a very strange love for hats (seems familiar...). In his book, he helps stop Emery from destroying the entire city. After defeating him, he feels empty. So he decides to join Mario! His overworld ability is to stretch, so that Mario can walk across him over large gaps. 
Attacks- 
Chomp- Hammer Action Command 
Flame 2fp Mash Action Command 
Ink 4fp Mash Action Command 
P'too 8fp Jump Action Command 
=== Stan ===
Category:Mario Games
Category:Paper Mario (series)
Category:Paper Mario Games