Mario Story / Paper Mario

Platform: Nintendo 64

Developer: Intelligent Systems

Publisher: Nintendo

Release Date (NTSC-USA):  February 5, 2001

Release Date (NTSC-JPN):  August 11, 2000 (Mario Story)

Release Date (PAL-EUR):  October 5, 2001

Release Date (PAL-CHN):  June 8, 2004

Nintendo Gateway System 1993 (1-player only)

Genre:  Role Playing/RPG

Players:  1

Force Feedback:  Yes

Game Description:

Mario pals around in an all-new action adventure! Mario’s back in his first adventure since Super Mario 64, and this time, Bowser’s bent on preventing a storybook ending. When Princess Peach is kidnapped, Mario plots to rescue the seven Star Spirits and rid the Mushroom Kingdom of Koopa’s cruel cohorts. As he travels from the tropical jungles of Lavalava Island to the frosty heights of Shiver Mountain, he’ll meet up with seven all-new companions… and he’ll need help from each one or there’ll be no happily ever after.

This game was also available from The Nintendo Gateway System specialised for airlines and hotels. As part of a partnership between Nintendo and LodgeNet from late 1993 up until the late 2000s, about 40,000 airline seats and 955,000 hotel rooms featured a modified version of the game. LodgeNet partnered with Nintendo to bring video games directly into guest hotel rooms through streaming over the LodgeNet server, with the special LodgeNet controller plugging directly into the television or LodgeNet set-top box, transmitting the game over phone lines connected to a central game server. Pricing was usually $6.95 plus tax for 1 hour of video games. After 1 hour, the game would immediately stop and prompt the user to purchase more play time. Many games were modified for single-player play only.

Game Guide / Walkthrough

Video Playthrough by LongplayArchive