This is, so far, the only game in the entire series where Mario, Peach, Bowser and Luigi team up to save the daynote . And what's their goal, this time around? Preventing the end of the entire multiverse! And this game came out just a few months before Mario's own adventures through space!
- Count Bleck's invasion of the Mushroom Kingdom certainly warrants a mention. In short order, he kidnaps Peach before Bowser even has a chance to, shows up in front of Bowser's army and the Mario Bros, averts Caught Monologuing by no-selling and curb-stomping Mario, then sucks Luigi, Peach, Bowser and the entire Koopa army into his castle before leaving to create the Chaos Heart. Basically, he did what Bowser pulled off in the first game on a grander scale, just to check off his to-do list! And he did all of it while hamming it up.
- Every time you get a Mega Star, you transform into a humongous pixelated version of yourself which allows you to destroy anything in your path while a kick-ass version of the series invincibility theme plays in the background.
- A Koopa actually tries to fight you with Starman. You can still beat him.
- Not only is the star itself absolute 8-bit awesome, but the Mega Koopa involves an enemy picking it up and becoming a gigantic 8-bit Koopa, and running you down. You have to get your own Mega Star before it gets a chance to turn Mario into a plumber pancake.
- The boss of Chapter 1-4 certainly counts, despite the tragic circumstances. You have to fight Fracktail, a giant eastern-styled robotic dragon, by using Mario's new Flip ability to get onto his back and chucking the little Frackles that he spawns at his antenna. It's even more awesome when he does his loop maneuver to try and shake Mario off, and he manages to jump at just the perfect time to land on his head. This was as close to Shadow of the Colossus as Mario had ever gotten...and then Megaleg came along.
- You're talking to that nice old wizard, and suddenly, Dimentio, who at this point has begun to reveal what a Manipulative Bastard he is, shows up out of nowhere and SENDS YOU TO THE PG VERSION OF HELL. No battle, nothing. Just snaps his fingers and pretty much kills your whole party. What's more, he's relying on your ability to overcome that, and has in fact helped you out.
- In Chapter 7-4 of Super Paper Mario, Rebbi arrives with a brigade of Nimbis to help Mario and co. get past massive squadron of Skellobits and Skellobombers. Also counts as the closest that Super Mario Bros. will ever get to depicting Armageddon!Rebbi: THOU ART TOAST!
- How about Bonechill? He's basically the Mario equivalent of Satan, escaping the Underwhere to wreak havoc in the afterlife. And you can use the recently-obtained Luigi to Spring Jump into his jaw, complete with his pixels falling straight off with each hit. That's right; Luigi can punch out Ice-Satan! And he makes it look so easy, too...
- In Chapter 8-2 of Super Paper Mario, you have to fight Mimi (AGAIN) at the end, but this time you can only play as Peach. Nothing is better than kicking the most annoying boss's ass using Peach, of all characters. And to top that off, creepy but awesome music plays in the background.
- Even better is what happens immediately before the fight. Mimi insults Peach for being a stereotypical Damsel in Distress, causing Peach to get angrier than we've ever seen her before and go after Mimi. When Mario and Luigi attempt to back her up, she firmly demands that they leave the fighting to her, and they respond by backing away slowly and giving Peach the space she needs to square off.
- Don't forget that Peach reveals her annoyance at being the Damsel Scrappy. Then, after the battle she attempts to save Mimi's life. If that doesn't save her from the scrappy heap, nothing will.
- After that, Luigi manages to beat Dimentio without even using Pixls! Granted, it ended up playing into Dimentio's plan in the end, but that's still awesome for the Man in Green.
- How about when Mario and friends, using The Power of Love, beat the crap out of a wannabe god to prevent him from remaking the multiverse in his image.
- Tippi's "The Reason You Suck" Speech to Super Dimentio shortly before his death.Tippi: Nothing is decided entirely by fate, you know... All things determine their destinies. Good-bye now, Dimentio. We'll add a footnote to the prophecy about your failure.
- Dimentio got told off by a rainbow-colored butterfly!
- Bowser's line makes it even better:
You believed in your prophecy, and we believed in mopping the floor with you!- Oh yeah, and Dimentio's Taking You with Me move that could only be canceled out BY A SUICIDAL MARRIAGE CEREMONY. He didn't rely on the heroes being dumb enough to do absolutely nothing, as most villains tend to do. He still allowed the heroes a chance to win, but not without a great loss.
