Dear Readers,
Today I'll talk about taking on Paper Petey Piranha and mingling with the locals in the Gloomy Woods Toad Village. I also take on another quiz.
We make our way to the entrance of Gloomy Woods, where the yappy Green Toad is having trouble with Paper Petey Piranha! He tells us not to fast forward while he explains things, but the instruction for fast forwarding shows up anyway! Nice touch :)
He over-narrates and everyone gets so tired of him that Paper Petey Piranha just throws him away! Starlow then thanks him before he engages us in battle!
Hmm... this point about narrating every single little thing... is it something I'm in danger of doing? Er... let's just move on from that point, before I think too much about it.
Petey Piranha begins the battle by doing something terrifying. He sucks up the copy block and makes copies of himself! Some of his patterns are tricky, but we manage to defeat him with all our battle cards and Trio/Bros moves. When I beat him I get the Collector Wear for Paper Mario.
The yappy Green Toad is nowhere to be seen... The aftermath is uneventful, so we just head on into Gloomy Woods.
The next screen is the local Toad Village. The Toads there are trying to make sense of all the weird goings on and give us their support.
The Toad at the entrance welcomes us to their humble village. It's a nice shaded area and you can see the tree shadow patterns on the ground. The music is a calming melody.
Time for mingling!
The Green Yoshi is thinking about forest fruits and berries. The Yellow Toad by the paper tree stumps wonders who's putting all this stuff here. The Toad on the west side says that part of the woods is said to be haunted, but doesn't want to find out for sure. The Green Toad by the item shop doesn't sound too pleased that we're dealing with two Bowsers now. The Green Toad inside the item shop says now's our chance to prepare. The Blue Toad by the gear shop says he's a bit jealous of the Paper Toads because they can just fold up and go anywhere. He says he'd fold up and take a nap on the job if he had the chance. The Green Toad inside the gear shop weighs up the choice between attack power or defence power while on a budget. The Yellow Yoshi came here all the way from the islands to try out the forest fruit, but hasn't found any yet. The Yellow Toad nearby wonders what Bowser's minions are doing, while they patrol around the forest; if they go birdwatching or something. The Green Toad outside the battle card shop says it's amazing how we have two Marios now. He says it would be ridiculous if we had two Luigis. Another meanie to Luigi! At least he apologises for it though. The Toad inside the battle card shop asks if we've been using them much and to think of them as powerful weapons. Outside, another Toad asks us what we think of Gloomy Woods. He likes that there are so many places to take a nice nap and he's thinking about his next one. Inside the know-it-all Toad's house, the regular Toad says this house has two storeys and that getting to the second one is a secret. The Blue Toad says that although the other Toad likes to talk about this house having two storeys, the entrance to the second storey is in a super inconvenient place and they don't go there that often because of it. The Yellow Toad here is one of the scholar know-it-all Toads! We take on his quiz.
He asks and we answer:
1. Who of the following doesn't wear a crown? Bowser. (This answer kind of threw me a little! Because one of the images I have of him is in the old cartoon, where he did have a crown!)
2. How many fangs does Bowser Jr. Have? One. (This is a little confusing too. Does he have one on either side of his mouth, but only shows one at a time? This answer is correct anyway)
3. Which raises your DEF when eaten? Grey bean.
4. What baddie is this? Hammer Bro.
5. What kingdom does Princess Peach rule? The Mushroom Kingdom.
We get them all right and he gives us 3 Speed Beans.
He says there are two more of his kind, ready to quiz us. We met one of them at Twinsy Tropics, but he didn't feel like quizzing us yet. I guess we have to head there again at some point in the story!
When we head outside, we can see that there's some kind of board between this house and the battle card house. No one in there says anything about a second storey though... Hmm... Will have to come back later...
The Blue Toad in the east part of the village tells us there are lots of hills and terraces around here, so walking around can give you a good workout. He also says he's pretty sure he has the strongest quads in the village from walking on them so often.
Going into the Lakitu Info Centre, we can take on a harder version of the quiz. They give us a battle card for doing so well on these missions so far.
We do a harder version of the "Pop Quiz with Know-It-All Toad". I get it wrong the first time, because I couldn't figure out that a silhouette of Peach was kissing. I get all 8 on the second attempt though and I get interesting questions like what hairstyle does Toadette have. I also see that there are Fire Bros. and Boomerang Bros. as options, so maybe we'll meet them as enemies later. There's a funny wrong answer about the Refreshing Herb restoring the "forest's ecosystem" too.
There are no other missions right now because we have to explore further into Gloomy Woods and up Mount Brrr.
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