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The visual presentation places a greater emphasis on the "paper" aspect than the previous games. Many characters actively refer to themselves as existing within a paper world, most notably Kersti. The world's environments also resemble craft materials like cardboard and appear similar to dioramas. Game mechanics like status effects complement the paper aesthetic. Along with the change in the art style, returning elements such as [[Goomba]]s and [[Hammer Bro]]s. have their designs changed to better resemble contemporary depictions. The game also scales back unique locations, instead using the general themes of locations seen in previous ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' games. The diversity of friendly characters and enemies has also been reduced, with most characters being standard [[Toad (species)|Toads]]. A few enemies from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' appear, such as [[Shy Guy]]s, [[Ninji]]s, and, making their ''Paper Mario'' series debut, [[Snifit]]s. These changes to the gameplay, appearance, and characters would be the template for subsequent installments in the series.

[[File:Sticker Star Map.png|thumb|right|The overworld]]

===Recurring objects===

|Invisible ? Blocks which become visible after Mario hits it.

|align="left"|A Magikoopa who also makes his ''Paper Mario'' debut in this game. Kamek interferes with Mario the most out of all the villians. He attempts to halt Mario's progress by either by causing a problem Mario must solve or fighting Mario directly.

These are the bosses, sorted in order. Highlighted rows signify world bosses and italic names signify optional bosses.

|Molten rock found in World 5. If Mario touches it, he takes three points of damage and is launched back to the nearest solid ground.

|[[Billiard Ball]]<br>[[Bowling Ball]]<br>[[Drum (Thing)|Drum]]

(*) = Level with an alternate exit.<br/>(**) = Level with two alternate exits.

Within five levels, the player can spot Luigi in the background. By paperizing, the player can pull Luigi out, causing him to look around and jump offscreen. Finding him all fives times make him lead the parade during the credits. He is found in the following levels:

 

[[File:PMSSAllSuperFlags.png|thumb|right|250px|All eight Super Flags in Decalburg]]

[[File:PMSSAllSuperFlagsCredits.png|thumb|right|250px|All eight Super Flags during the credits]]

*All the bosses in ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star'' are not unique to the ''Paper Mario'' series, as they are all more powerful versions of preexisting enemies or bosses featured in other ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' games. Similarly, the game does not feature any new enemies, only enemies from other ''Mario'' games and new variants of them.

The game was developed by [[Intelligent Systems]], [[Nintendo Software Planning & Development#Group No. 3|Nintendo SPD Group No.3]], and Vanpool, Inc. This game is the first time Vanpool worked on a ''Paper Mario'' game and the second ''Mario'' role-playing game the company developed following its work on ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''{{'}}s minigames. It was directed by Naohiko Aoyama and produced by Kensuke Tanabe and Toshiyuki Nakamura. Taro Kudo of Vanpool, Inc. was in charge of the direction and script. His first involvement on a ''Mario'' game was ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' as a staff member of [[Square Enix|Square]].<ref name="Iwata Asks"></ref> Shingo Igata served as the lead map designer and Shiho Iwabuchi designed the user interface. [[Satoru Iwata]] served as executive producer.

Early in development, Miyamoto also encouraged the developers to keep the story to a minimum<ref name="NintendoLife">Nintendo Life staff. (November 13, 2012). [http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/11/interview_the_team_behind_paper_mario_sticker_star Interview: The Team Behind Paper Mario: Sticker Star]. ''Nintendo Life''.</ref> and only use pre-established ''Mario'' characters. The decision to not focus on the storyline was also influenced by results gathered from ''Super Paper Mario''{{'}}s [[Club Nintendo (rewards program)|Club Nintendo]] survey, which had less than 1% of the respondents citing its plotline as a strong point.<ref name="Iwata Asks"></ref> Producer [[Kensuke Tanabe]] also asked the team to focus on the "paper" aspect of the visuals.

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**At the beginning of the game, after Mario saves one of the Toads in Decalburg, the latter says that Bowser crumpled him up 256 times, which is a nod to the running joke in ''Super Paper Mario'', starting with [[Dimentio]] claiming that [[Dimension D]] makes his attacks "256 times more powerful", followed by [[Flint Cragley]]'s camera crew stating that the "[[List of Implied Characters#Rainbowzilla|Rainbowzilla]]" story was apparently told that amount of times. This number is also the number of [[Catch Card|cards]] in the game.

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