Super Paper Mario

The newest chapter of the Paper Mario story isn't just out of this world... it's out of this dimension. What at first glance appears to be a 2D side-scroller ripped straight from the stylized pages of the…

78 9 April 2007

Adventure Platform Role-playing (RPG) Action Comedy Fantasy

Super Paper Mario is an adventure developed by Intelligent Systems, released 9 April 2007 on Wii U and Wii.

Verified 10 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Super Paper Mario is

Super Paper Mario is an adventure game developed by Intelligent Systems and released in 2007. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii U and Wii.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Mario and Luigi are enjoying a lazy afternoon at their house when they hear the terrible news: Princess Peach has been kidnapped. The two Mario brothers head straight for Bowser's castle to get her back, but Bowser is just as surprised about Peach's kidnapping as they are. At that moment, a strange top-hatted villain warps in and abducts everyone but Mario. The mysterious villain then forces Peach and Bowser to get married, creating a rift of dark energy that threatens to tear the universe apart. Only Mario can save the day, but he can't do it alone.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Mario series

Super Paper Mario is the 429th of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Mario Strikers Charged in 2007. Its critic score of 78 is almost exactly the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.

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How it was received

Super Paper Mario holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 14 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 78, across 197 votes.

What it launched against

Super Paper Mario launched on 9 April 2007, within three weeks of Persona 3 FES, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars and The Lord of the Rings Online. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Persona 3 FES, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, The Lord of the Rings Online.

Cheats and codes

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