Paper Mario: Cheap as Cardboard

Paper Mario: Cheap as Cardboard is an action-adventure roleplaying puzzle game for the Nintendo Switch. It is currently being developed by Intelligent Systems and Seashiba Studios, and published by Nintendo. It will release in December of 2050 when we all die of old age, I guess.
== Story ==
In this game, Mario and Luigi receive a letter from Princess Peach, who invites them over to Artsville for the town's annual Crafts-Con. After arriving there, they are given only a few seconds to explore the place before all attendees are immediately called for the main event, which is basically just staring at a large, rainbow crystal called the Geodeshroom for half an hour. Luckily- I mean unfortunately, Bowser, the Koopalings, and their troops quickly come in and try to grab the crystal from the stage. However, they accidentally break it into eight shards that somehow scatter all across the kingdom. 
The Koopa Troop then decide to capture the princess (like always) and search for said shards for universal domination. Meanwhile, back at Artsville, while the Toads quickly try to recover from their recent traumas, Mario finds a strange pencil somewhere behind the stage that turns out to be sentient with unusual powers of telekinesis and drawing stuff, I guess. He introduces himself as Loffie, and explains that the crystal is actually made up of said eight shards that were separated by Bowser's stupidity and spread all across the world, which of course Mario already knows about. He then of course then joins Mario's party and decides to help hm search for said shards before Bowser do and reunite them with each other to save the world from possible calamity like always, because no one else is somehow willing to.
== Gameplay ==
Paper Mario: Cheap as Cardboard's gameplay is basically the same as the more recent three games. Mario's main objective this time is to collect the eight Geode Shards before Bowser so they could prevent him from his chance at ruling the kingdom for no confirmed reason, with the help of the absent-minded and straight-up incompetent Loffie. 
In the game, you explore a rather linear series of generic-themed worlds, each containing 12 levels with various secrets, a single mini game that requires little to no effort, a bonus level, and of course, a shard from the Geode Thingy. You can stop by at Artsville or the other mentioned towns to get some extra items and then immediately leave, or waste your time talking to the millions of Toad and occasional Yoshi citizens whose dialogue barely even change.
=== Battle System ===
Also like the more recent Paper Mario games, this battle system lacks any experience points, stat customization, nor extra partners to help you in battle besides Loffie. Battle Cards act as the player's main source of tactics, returning from Color Splash. There are five different types of cards, each of them having their own purpose, and every single one being consumable, meaning after a specific amount of uses, they disappear from your inventory forever and you have to buy another one from the shops. Those include:
*Jump: Stomp on enemies to make them smell your armored feet and then get crushed by them (that totally doesn't sound weird whatsoever)!
*Hammer: Hit enemies with ye' mallet and send them to horny jail! BONK!
*Power-Ups: Consume some random flowers and other items you found on the side of the road and use their strange powers as an advantance against your opponent!
*Healing: They heal you. Enough said.
*Things: They're basically just special attacks, but better and in HD! Some are also required to beat a certain boss, but are somehow consumable regardless, allowing you to be as stupid as Loffie himself! 
The only thing that remains from the first two Paper Mario games is your method of fleeing. To flee, you must press the A and B button to fill up a bar with green stuff. If it fills with red stuff or the player runs out of time to do so, Mario will trip and receive some extra damage for being such a coward, even though he really doesn't want to do this right now. After a battle, you gain Coins, which are mostly only used to buy items, and a variety of craft materials, which are only used to fill up holes made by Bowser's troop, and not also a certain feature of some chef cooking food for you with the right ingredients.
== Characters ==
=== Major ===
	Character 	Description
	Mario 	The chubby plumber boy's at it again (let that sink in)! This time, he must collect eight shards in order to prevent Bowser from ruling the kingdom and stealing his girlfriend- I mean, the princess. Despite all the skills he's learned, however, he still uses some random cards he found across the street for fending against his enemies.
	Loffie 	Mario's one and ONLY companion who aids him throughout this entire game by giving out hints whenever he's stuck, and... actually, that's kinda it. He's pretty pathetic, and all he can do is fly around and draw on stuff. He also has an insane obsession with bread. All kinds of it.
	Princess Peach	The kind princess and ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom who has successfully followed her parents' footsteps to the point where they have become forgotten and hid under her shadow... and yet she has been easily captured by Bowser once again. At this point, she should probably take a break from baking cakes and actually improve her security for once.
	Bowser 	A fearsome and rebellious Koopa who resents toward the Toadstool dynasty for reasons forgotten by many, but has attempted many times to take his revenge. Now... he is looking for some Geode shards so he can take over the world. Yep, no interludes, no quirky cameos, not even a support to Mario himself. Just... very scary turtle man.
	Luigi 	Mario's younger brother who drives them both to Artsville for Craftcon. Ever since the Geode incident however, he for some reason decided to hide in the most out-of-bounds places, and can only be found by Loffie (surprisingly) using his eraser. Besides this, he doesn't really have much of a role in the plot nor the game in general. Poor Luigi.
=== NPCs ===
	NPC 	Description
	Toads 	A dwarf-like species of fungi people with raspy yet recognizable voices and the most dominant species in the Mushroom Kingdom. Heck, they're so dominant that they make up like 80% of the game's NPCs! Each toad has a unique color for their mushroom cap and vest, and that's practically the only thing that separates them from each other.
	Yoshis 	A dinosaur-like species often used as pets and transportation for many others who reside in the Mushroom Kingdom, despite also having feelings. Most are usually friendly to Mario, some only attack when provoked, few attack him because they're tired of being abused all the time, and they all barely speak. Just like Bowser.
	General Ari	A reddish-pink yoshi who goes by the name Ari (despite being a gender-neutral character) and is tired of ride without their permission, being abused, and thrown of cliffs for others to use as an advantage, thus forming a rebellion of yoshis against Mario and the gang. They and their gang are also somehow the only Yoshis who can actually talk...
	404 	A mysterious entity with a TV for a head who claims to be a wanderer of dimensions- wait, is that an original and unique character?! Meh, he's probably from another universe anyway. For every encounter with Mario and Loffie, he often gives them a quest or minigame to complete.
	Bidoof 	Touch the Bidoof.
=== Mini-Bosses ===
	Boss 	Description 	World
	Boom Boom 	TBD (honestly, Boom Boom's too overrated to get a description.) 	Plains
	Pich 	Tata! We ran out of ideas for characters so we decided to add the editor of this article herself! Totally doesn't regret this whatsoever!
(I definitely regret this-)	Forest
	Charles Calvin the III	Uhh, sorry. The boss wasn't able to make it in time. ...Wait hold on, what's that noise- oh, OH GOD OH GOD NO NO NO NO NOOOOO- 	Desert
	Monke 	monke-
W-wait, hold on. These are all unique mini-bosses! Quick, someone get a generic giant enemy and slap some glitter onto it! 	Snow
	Gooper Blooper 	Thank you. Anyway, here's a giant squid and that's it since I'm editing this elsewhere and I might lose data soon if I keep doing it so- 	Tropical
	Peter Griffin 	"Holy sweet Lois, this is worse than the time I became a mini-boss in a mediocre Paper Mario game!" 	Caves
	Goombario 	Mario's first ever companion, now turned to the dark side wishing to take revenge for turning a once creative series into a magnet for unnecessary internet drama.	Sky
	Bowser Jr. and Kamek 	We couldn't decide where to place them as bosses individually so we said "Screw it" and made them into one! Hope you enjoy spoiled brat and bird wizard! 	Volcanic
	Corrupted Stickman 	A Flipnote-styled stick figure wearing a dim cloak in negative hue. Say... where have I seen THEM before? 	Minus
=== Bosses ===
	Boss 	Description	World
	Larry 	TBD 	Plains
	Iggy 	TBD 	Forest
	Lemmy 	TBD 	Desert
	Wendy 	TBD 	Snow
	Morton 	TBD 	Jungle
	Roy 	TBD 	Caves
	Ludwig 	TBD 	Sky
	Bowser 	TBD 	Volcanic
	SERPENT	 	Minus
== Locations ==
World	Description	Shard Color
 	 	
== Trivia ==
* The game's title is a reference to how the developers just gave up on giving any actual effort to the game. Ironically, cardboard is mostly used as a art style and barely anything else. 
* When first booting up the game, an anime-like opening plays before the title screen. Turns out, this is where the devs actually put all of the game's budget into.
* Funny enough, the abbreviation for this game is "CaCC," except no one even knows what the last C stands for. Not even the devs. Hm.
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