Paper Mario: Taped On
0-1: The messed up intro!
Ahem. Today... I'm going to tell you the story of "Star Spirits and Good Wishes." Far, far away, beyond the sky, way above the clouds, it's been said that there's a haven where the Stars live. In the sanctuary of Star Haven there rests a fabled treasure called the Star Rod, which has the power to grant all wishes. Using this wondrous Star Rod, the seven revered Star Spirits watched over our peaceful world carefu- OW! WHAT THE- WHO ARE YOU?!
I'm the new author, BITCH. And I'm hijacking this story because my popularity is declining fast! And it's totally NOT because I have two parodies and a crossover I'm ignoring!
And with that, Gamedude64 stole the books and screeched away in a getaway car driven by some bionic dude named Greg.
"So, Dude. Did you get the goods?"
Of course, Troy. What do you take me for?
"Hmph. And you promise to do that deal we made that I will soon forget until you put it out?"
Yes. Your pairing fandom shall continue, my friend.
"We're not friends."
And so, with the paper chronicles stolen from under his nose, and his job in the toilet, the former narrator could say only one thing: Mario's screwed...
Meanwhile, a certain female was at home, working on her latest addition to the X series. Using her crossover references and rules book, she tried to work with what little time she had. Oh, and don't give me that "it doesn't exist" bull(beep). You only know about it when you get it. Anyway, while she was writing, her bedroom window slowly creaked open, and a shadowy figure stepped in. She didn't realize someone else was in her room until she heard the person speak.
Put your hands up. NOW.
The girl obeyed, and could only watch while she was tied up, tossed aside, and had her book taken from her possession. Before the figure left, he said something that didn't give her chills, but confused her.
By the way, Child, I'm a BIG fan of yours. Anyway, peace!
And with that, he was gone...
With the books in hand, he quickly rushed into his secret writing area, and began his own take on his favorite franchise.
Ahem! Aherm, hack. Guh, sorry. Had something in my throat. Anyway, uh, where to begin? I could start at the beginning, but no. I don't want to start there. I could start at my favorite entry, but alas. I have a different idea. Third, dark entry? No. Okay, so despite some complaints I may get, I'm going to start at the fourth of this saga, which is pretty flipping good in it's own right, kinda like Twilight Princess, even though I like it the least in the series. That's not to say I don't love it. I just like the other ones more. But I'm going to start now. So, once upon a time, a dude named Miyamoto decided to make a spiritual successor to his Final-Fantasy-esque Mario RPG. After some blah about development things and scrapped ideas and something about Yoshi's Story, BOOM. Awesome RPG. Think of Earthbound, but easier to understand, since stats never venture to the hundreds-digit. Anyway, the game was received well, and after beginning the Mario and Luigi series, BAM. A sequel that takes everything good about the original, but SUPERcharges it. Game is received even better. When the WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII rolls around, KA-BOOM. Third game. Not received as well, but still pretty dang good. That one was probably the darkest and most depressing game in the entire Mario franchise. After some time, the 3 games were put into story form by an author widely known as Child At Heart Forever, whom you're probably messaging to right now about "stealing" and "getting to the story she's working on before she can" and BLAH BLAH BLAH. What? I can't write a crossover about MY favorite game series in gaming? You can TRY to argue it's Sonic for me, but when I think about it, I realize I'm more closely attached to this simple concept! AND YOU CAN'T &*%$ING CHANGE IT! SO THERE...Soooooooooooo... roll film!
The princess was making preparations for the THIRD annual star festival... that year.
Random person in front of computer: Oh, we're recycling THIS joke again, are we?
Screw off.
Reader: They don't know the meaning of "annual", do they?
But this time, it was a STICKER star festival!
Reader: Ooooo, stickers. SO special.
But... it's in the Sticker Lands! And the sticker's are shiny!
Reader: Pshh. Big deal.
Are you gonna let me tell the story or not?!
Reader: Fine, fine. But just to let you know, I'm un-following you.
Ugh, anyway, with the Sticker Fest mere days away, the princess decided she would invite some...other worldly friends...NOW I see why people are calling me un-original.
So she decided it would be sent to places she knew from her experiences, as their inhabitants helped Mario before. As she sent the invites in the mail, Peach hoped they would arrive in time for the big event.
In the bustling city of Station Square, a small fox told his friend there was an invite in the mail, and whoever got it would get to see the Sticker Fest and get free merchandise too. The fox gave it to his friend, saying he already went there once, and it wasn't fair his best friend didn't meet them personally either. So the friend dashed off towards the workshop, making plans already.
Meanwhile, in the diverse penninsula of Unova, a letter was floating in the wind, before a humble Patrat caught it. He gave it to his kind "trainer". He knew his friend felt uncomfortable using that word, as the kid was against Pokemon violence. The patrat wished he could tell him that pokemon grew stronger this way, and battling would happen whether humans were involved or not. In fact, humans only improved their lives, as they often had many benefits, and were healed for no charge. But it wouldn't be possible to tell him. Breaking off the thoughts of a gopher, the pokemon gave the letter to his friend, and watched him read it. Then read it again, wondering if the letter really was addressed to pretty much any trainer in the region who heard of the famous Mario. After checking it, the boy ran off, not wanting to dissapoint the princess.
As these things were happening, another letter actually made it to SPACE somehow. It was addressed to the famous pilots of their system. The team loved the idea of going to their festival and visiting old friends. So they charted a course to the Milky Way galaxy, planning on enjoying the festivities while also investigating something suspicious they spotted on the planet...
Reader: Oh, a cliffhanger. I'm hanging on the edge of my seat.
Why does everything have to be a drag with you?
It was the night of the Sticker Festival, and all the toads, a few anthropomorphic animals (I will NOT call them Mobians), a dozen Pokemon Trainers, the space team mentioned before, and of course Mario were gathered in the event plaza in Decalburg. The princess was onstage, welcoming the Sticker Star to their planet. It landed on the precise spot it was predicted to land, and the crowd went crazy. Unfortunately, the party was crashed by BOWSAH!
Reader: Big surprise there.
OF COURSE, the turtle went straight to the star, wanting to touch it. The crowd would have done something if they weren't being over-run by a hoard of koopas and goombas. The trainers, animals, team, Mario, and the toads did what they could to fight back. The few toads that could escape tried what they could to prevent Bowser from ruining everything, but IT'S NO USE.
Reader: GAH! Who let Silver in here?!
He broke free from the pathetic weirdos' grip and went FLYING into the Sticker Star. With that contact, the thing flew up into the sky, blew up into six pieces that fell into other areas of the lands EVER SO CONVENIENTLY, and the master part floated back down, landing on Bowser's head. He started trembling with power, until he became the physical embodiment of INSANITY FROM POWER.
Reader: Wait, WHAT?
Bowser's power was SO IMMENSE, that he blew the entire town and most of it's visitors away with a FLICK of his ARMS. He practically RADIATED power, thanks to his new crown. With most of the crowd blown away with power-
Reader: Oh, please.
-Mario did the best he could, and used the trump card: he jumped on his head. The rest was a BRIGHT BLUR, the confrontation was so IMMENSE.
Reader: Judging by all those capitals, it must have been pretty scary.
That's putting it simply...
End of Cheeeeeyapter! (as Chuggaaconroy would say)
With the battle unable to be determined, no one knows what happened next... except for those who played the game, and judging by the fact it's been about half a year at this point in time, I'm guessing a lot of you know what happened next. But for those who don't, stay tuned! Because judging by my track record, it's gonna take me a loooooong time!