Product Description

Mario and Luigi are enjoying a lazy afternoon at their house when they hear the terrible news: Princess Peach has been kidnapped! The two 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.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 2-D side-scroller ripped straight from the stylized pages of the Paper Mario universe soon turns into a hilarious dimension-shifting platformer possible only on Wii.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #565 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Nintendo
• Released on: 2007-09-14
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platform: Nintendo Wii
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, 2.00 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
Mario and Luigi are enjoying a lazy afternoon at their house when they hear the terrible news: Princess Peach has been kidnapped! The two 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.

What at first glance appears to be your classic 2-D adventure ripped straight from the stylized pages of the Paper Mario universe, soon turns into an hysterical 3-D action game possible only on Wii!

Early on, the 2-D side-scrolling game play appears to be reminiscent of New Super Mario Bros. But as soon as Mario learns the ability to flip between dimensions, players will be constantly flipping between 2-D and 3-D to pass perilous pits, find hidden coins and passages, and talk to characters who are visible only in 3-D.

Customer Reviews

Fun and irritating in equal amounts.
Other reviewers have explained how the game works so I won't go in to that. This is a fun game, but I found that the levels became repetitive after around level 4 and the cut scenes are far too intrusive in the game and slow it down. You find yourself button pressing just to skip these bits.

Some have said it is too easy, but I think if you are only a casual game player like me then you will find it tricky enough.

A decent Mario game then but not the best.

It's simple but fun
First of, this is a game that seems aimed at the 'retro' gamer. If you want the best and newest in all things Mario, go buy Galaxy. If you want to reminise about playing your SNES as a young teenager then buy this!

The intro is excessively long - quite frustratingly so! but once you get past it, the game is great. The controls are intuitive to any old Mario platform gamer, so it doesn't take long to get on your way.

(So far) the game is not the most challenging (so far) - but the old Mario titles never were either, but the ability to 'flip' between 2-D and 3-D gives this game enough of an edge to make it refreshing.

There's a definte market who will love this game - if you're looking for retro Mario fun on your Wii - then buy this game!

mario :D
I disagree with the people that are giving this game 1 star i think its worth at least 4 stars, in my opinion
i like the idea of a 2-d/3-d mario game
the only dissapointing thing about this game is the long cut scenes (boring!)which u cant skip which gets on your nerves.
at one point on the game when i was on chapter 2-2 just after speaking to mimi or whatever her name is, the game froze which ive read some reviews on this and some people are getting the same problem. i have no idea what is causing this but i got past chapter 2-2 and the game hasnt froze since