Paper Shredding (Mario Profile Revision)

[Omegabronic]

Is it headcanon to say that they made a book based off one of Mario’s adventures, and then the book spawned its own universe to have sequels afterwards?

Isn't thepaper mario book hundredsof years old tho?

 

[JJSliderman]

Where was that stated.

 

[Robot972]

The other games are clearly a sequel to it

Sorry. I believe those are just referential easter eggs? /hj

(and the storybook thing is just headcanon

So Thousand Year Door and Sticker Star outright showing the game being a book is headcanon?

Plus, again, there's two different games, Paper Mario 64 included, that show Paper Mario 64 being a book


Not to mention Paper Jam

which the intro of PM1 basically contradicts on its own

Also remind me how it's contradicted? Tape if I remember correctly?

 

[Armorchompy]

I'm not doing this, sorry, the discussion was had, these points were (mostly) made, you should have been there to make these arguments, I'm not gonna go and dig for the same counterpoints yet again, this isn't the thread.

I will specify though, when I said the storybook thing was headcanon, I meant the "Paper Mario is an adventure featuring the real Mario, then adapted into an in-universe book by Herringway" theory. Should have been clearer.

 

[Chariot190]

And even if you want to ignore that, we literally know a book was written based off Paper Mario 64 called "Paper Mario" (or "Mario's Story" in Japanese) at the end of Paper Mario 64, which we also see in Luigi's Mansion. So even by the argument of "they're referencing the game title" we STILL know they'd have that title in-verse without looking at meta-knowledge

Ok but, that isn't what's happening. The Block is referencing the game title, not the book title, just like how the other blocks say the game title.

Not to mention Paper Jam

Paper Jam is like, the very reason why the games are a book is why it cant be apart of the mainline. Because the book (containing the PM universe) in question absolutely wasn't written by anyone in-universe (or at least not anyone in recent memory), it's old enough to have been completely forgotten by everyone, begin collecting dust, they continuously use singular pronouns for it (meaning it's a unique book, which I mean, obviously? Not many books just happen to contain alternate universes). Saying that the Paper Jam book is anything but a unique case, aka, the PM book is anything but unique, is just missing the point of it.

 

[Robot972]

Saying that the Paper Jam book is anything but a unique case, aka, the PM book is anything but unique, is just missing the point of it.

I agree Paper Jam is a unique book. Never said it wasn't.

But that doesn't change that there are still other books based off these adventures that exist (again Luigi's Mansion)

 

[Robot972]

you should have been there to make these arguments

Also, so sorry that I don't live on this wiki 24/7

But you take care

 

[Chariot190]

I agree Paper Jam is a unique book. Never said it wasn't.

But that doesn't change that there are still other books based off these adventures that exist (again Luigi's Mansion)

Yeah, but it's just, if the PM Book isn't a readily published book made after the fact, then there being books about Mario's adventures in-universe ultimately don't matter. All that matters is if the book in question is one of them (it isnt).

Unless that was still talking about the SSS Block, in which case, in context it's obviously talking about the game title, just like 3 and World.

 

[JJSliderman]

It was argued that the games and their titles existed in-universe but I’m not sure on the specifics.

 

[Kirbonic_Pikmin]

Where was that stated.

The Paper Mario book in Paper Jam is so old that Kamek himself, one of the oldest characters in verse, believed it to be nothing more than a myth.

 

[JJSliderman]

Oh.

That makes sense considering the SPM lore.

 

[Hiryu-Z]

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[Hiryu-Z]

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[Omegabronic]

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