Editing Paper Mario

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|caption=[[File:MarioSymbol.svg|50px|class=invert-dark]]<br>Paper Mario in its Hither Thither Hill form.

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==Stage overview==

The stage is based on three areas from the ''{{iw|mariowiki|Paper Mario|series}}'' series. The layout shifts between the three in a pop-up book style, with each transition being accompanied by a rising or falling xylophone sound effect.

[[File:3DS Hither Thither Hill.jpg|thumb|left|200px|{{SSB4|Mario}}, {{SSB4|Luigi}} and {{SSB4|Wii Fit Trainer}} fighting on the Hither Thither Hill section of the stage in ''SSB3DS''.]]

The starting variation is based on '''{{s|mariowiki|Hither Thither Hill}}''' from ''{{s|mariowiki|Paper Mario: Sticker Star}}''. It features a windmill that will spin under a heavy player's weight and a Warp Pipe that pushes into the air anyone that stands on it (''Smash 4'' only). Near the end of this variation, the {{s|mariowiki|Fan}} {{s|mariowiki|Thing}} appears in the background and generates strong [[wind]] which blows away several stage elements and pushes fighters to the right of the stage. When the stage transitions from this form, the cloud going up will KO anyone on it.

The second variation is based on the '''{{s|mariowiki|S.S. Flavion}}''', a ship from ''{{s|mariowiki|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}''. The ship may be accompanied by a giant {{s|mariowiki|Blooper}}, a recurring boss in the series: it can form waves in the water that can rock the boat and carry players. Another possible occurrence is the appearance of the Whale from the original ''{{s|mariowiki|Paper Mario}}'', which raises the ship with water spouting from his blowhole. This stops the ship's rocking and carries it closer to the upper [[blast line]].

[[File:Paper Mario Bowser head spinning.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The Bowser's Sky Castle variation, with Bowser's head spinning, in ''SSB3DS''.]]

A giant pop-up book appears in the background, and from it emerges the last variation: '''{{s|mariowiki|Bowser's Sky Castle}}''' from ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star'', which features a large bust of Bowser's head plus two floating platforms (modeled color-wise after the {{s|mariowiki|Koopa Clown Car}}) that move up and down on either side. The head's eyes will occasionally glow to denote what it does next: Red means it will start spinning, making it hard to stand on, and white precedes the head's jaw clamping shut, which deals moderate damage and knockback to anyone inside it.

 

The edges on Bowser's head cannot be grabbed, potentially causing KOs when it spins.

After a while, the castle retreats into the closing book as the stage switches back to Hither Thither Hill and the cycle repeats. During this brief transition, the stage temporarily  gains a walkoff surface on the right side; a few seconds later, it will sink into the lower blast line.

===Ω forms and Battlefield form===

In ''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS'', the [[Ω form]] takes place on a completely flat version of the Hither Thither Hill part of the stage that extends below the [[blast line]]. The stage also does not transform.

 

In ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', the Ω form and [[Battlefield form]] are set on a slightly redesigned version of ''SSB4'''s Ω form; however, the main platform no longer extends below the blast line and is resized and reshaped to match {{SSBU|Battlefield}}. The windmill is also absent in the background. The three [[soft platform]]s of the Battlefield form resemble the platform attached to the hanging cloud in the Hither Thither Hill phase of the normal stage.

Paper Mario Omega Form.jpg|Ω form in ''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS''.

[[File:PMSS Hither Thither Hill.png|thumb|left|Hither Thither Hill as it appears in ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''.]]

{{s|mariowiki|Hither Thither Hill}} comes from ''{{s|mariowiki|Paper Mario: Sticker Star}}''. In that game, Mario had to use the Fan sticker to access the windmill, since the blades were blocking its entrance (oddly, the windmill blades no longer reach far enough to block the entrance in ''Smash''). When he used the sticker, a cutscene played where several nearby obstacles, including the windmill's blades, were blown away. When used in battle, the Fan sticker would blow all enemies around.

[[File:S.S. Flavion PMTYD.jpg|thumb|The S.S. Flavion as it appears in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''.]]

An enemy from the original ''Super Mario Bros.'', large {{s|mariowiki|Bloopers}} are recurring bosses in the ''Paper Mario'' series, most notably in the first three (''Paper Mario: Sticker Star'' and ''{{s|mariowiki|Paper Mario: The Origami King}}'' feature {{s|mariowiki|Gooper Blooper}} from ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario Sunshine}}'' instead). The specific [[mariowiki:Big Blooper#Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door|Blooper]] in the second segment bears a strong resemblance to the one fought in ''The Thousand-Year Door''.

 

The [[mariowiki:Whale (character)|Whale]] from ''{{s|mariowiki|Paper Mario}}'', who took Mario and his party to {{s|mariowiki|Lavalava Island}}, makes an appearance in the second segment, using its water spout to lift the S.S. Flavion a notable distance above the water. The sunset background used in this section is the same one from {{s|mariowiki|Riverside Station}} in [[mariowiki:Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door#Chapter 6: 3 Days of Excess|Chapter 6]] of ''The Thousand-Year Door''.

While having Bowser's Castle in the air is a reoccurring element of the ''Paper Mario'' series (dating back to the original ''{{s|mariowiki|Paper Mario}}''), the third section is specifically inspired by {{s|mariowiki|Bowser's Sky Castle}} from ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''. After the floating castle retreats from {{s|mariowiki|Gate Cliff}}, Mario and {{s|mariowiki|Kersti}} face off against Bowser in the final fight for the last {{s|mariowiki|Royal Sticker}}. The spinning, clamping, and changing eye color of the Bowser head are exclusive to the stage's ''Smash'' iteration; in ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star'', it merely functions as the entrance into the castle.

In ''Ultimate'', the overall artstyle for the stage is brighter and more influenced by the realistic cardboard-crafted designs of ''{{s|mariowiki|Paper Mario: Color Splash}}''. As an example, the path and sorrounding grassy terrain in the Hither Thither Hill phase of the stage are almost identical to the terrain found in the forest levels Mario and {{s|mariowiki|Huey}} traverse while on their quest to recover the Big Paint Stars, such as Mondo Woods and Sacred Forest.

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*Interestingly, in the SSB4 Ω form of the stage, it appears there is a small gap underneath the stage where a fighter could go, but in fact the stage's collision box goes all the way to the blast line. This is most noticeable when using a wall-cling capable character, as it can appear they are clinging to air.

*The Hither Thither Hill segment is the only one out of the three whose corresponding song in ''Paper Mario Medley'' is accurate to the source material; while "Blue Skies, White Clouds" played in the level in ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star'', and is reflected properly in ''Smash'', the S.S. Flavion segment uses the {{s|supermariowiki|Rogueport}} theme, and the Bowser's Sky Castle segment uses the "Battleship" theme, which played in {{s|mariowiki|Bowser Jr.'s Flotilla}} (which may be justified due to the fact that the entrance to the castle, of which the stage in ''Smash'' is based on, is devoid of any music at all).