This week has already borne witness to a 20 year old Super Mario 64 secret, so we have to imagine the plumber must be hiding a few secrets in many of his other titles, too. We have little doubt the upcoming open world Mario title (rumored) would provide ample space for such things, but for now let’s take a gander at the 16-year-old messages below:
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Stryder7x explained that he found the secret Paper Mario messages by going out of bounds using the game’s infamous ’log skip’ glitch, which also requires that players perform another glitch called the ‘Rowf clip’. The glitch lets players progress to the southern side of Toad Town before they complete Chapter 1, an act which is supposed to be impossible due to the path being blocked by logs. By doing so, gamers arrive in Toad Town’s south side far earlier in the storyline than they should be allowed to do.
However, it’s evident that the inhabitants of Toad Town know something is amiss when Mario shows up to the party early, as in the Japanese version of Paper Mario the self-aware citizens eerily tell Mario that he “shouldn’t be here” and to “let them know.” While that message sounds very creepy at first, it’s likely Nintendo is encouraging anyone who somehow views the message to contact the developers and make them aware of the bug - so that’s exactly what Stryder7x did.
Nintendo hasn’t responded to the gamer’s Tweet, but we like to imagine somewhere there’s a developer who just woke up, saw that a 16-year-old glitch notification had been discovered, and then went right back to bed.
Gamers can always take a more modern Paper Mario adventure with their favorite plumber by taking a gander at the new Paper Mario: Color Splash for the Nintendo Wii U.
Source: Kotaku
