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An unused badge named "Trade Off" still exists in the games data. It was very close to being completed, but never saw the light of day. It had its name translated, and works properly. When used in battle, it will say "Rank Up." The player would be rewarded with more star points after the battle, but the enemies would become tougher.
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An early Bonetail texture can be found in the game's data. The only difference is that it has a blue eye. In the final game, Bonetail doesn't have a visible eye, only empty sockets.
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Though the Excess Express Engineer's name is not known for sure, his autograph seems to read "Carl".
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An earlier version of Mario can be found in the game's files. This version has a thinner outline, much softer colors, and a black moustache. This unused design looks similar to his appearance in the original Paper Mario.
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The color of the Yoshi that hatches from the egg in the Glitzville Glitz Pit depends on the amount of time that passes between Mario acquiring the egg and the point in the game where it hatches. The Yoshi is always green in official artwork but can also be red, blue, orange, pink, black, and white.
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Whenever Mario falls into water, an up-scaled version of his arm texture graphic appears underneath the game area, outside the normal view of the camera. The same textures also appear during a cut scene in chapter 7 when Mario is sent to the moon.
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An unused "Coming Soon" image is present in the game's data. Instead of the game's final title, it uses the name "Paper Mario 2".
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In the Spanish translation of the game, Chapter 3 "Of Glitz and Glory" is titled "el rey de los luchadores". When translated, this means "the king of fighters", possibly referencing The King Of Fighters series.
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Luigi's partner, Screamy, is based on the original design of the Smorgs.
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Bobbery's early design was actually a Soldier, until it changed into a more of a pirate themed appearance.
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In the Spanish version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, one of Rawk Hawk's lines is slightly changed to "¡Los aficionadillos deberían quedarse en casa jugando Super Smash Bros. Melee!" (translation: "The weaklings should stay home playing Super Smash Bros. Melee!") after having defeated The Koopinator. In all other versions of the game "Super Smash Bros. Melee" is simply replaced with "video games".
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Jr. Troopa from the first Paper Mario can be seen flying in the background of a post card from Zip Toad.
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In the Japanese version of the game, Peeka wears bunny ears. This was changed to cat ears in the international release, likely to reduce any references to the Playboy bunny.
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The English, French, Spanish, and Italian names for chapter 4 are referencing the Ernest Hemingway novel, For Whom the Bell Tolls.
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At the end of the game, the Spoiler:Shadow Queen possessed Peach will ask you to join her. If you answer "Become her servant," you will get an instant Game Over.
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When riding the Excess Express in chapter 6, you will have to find a diary for Ghost T. Before you leave, he warns you to not read it. If you read it he will come and kill you, giving you a Game Over.
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In the X-Naut Fortress there is a changing room. If you drop into the room from the vent above, both you and your partners will turn into 8-bit sprites, with the original Super Mario Bros music playing in the background. You can turn back to normal by exiting the room.
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All of the partners from the first Paper Mario were originally going to make cameo appearances in this game, but were scrapped for unknown reasons. However, Parakarry and Lady Bow do remain in the game, and make appearances at the beginning and in Poshley Heights after completing the game, respectively.
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The enemy character Red Bones' name in Japanese is "Buraddi Honenoko", which translates to "Bloody Son of Bone" (or "Bloody Dull Bones"), which could hint to a Koopa Troopa having met a gory demise, then being resurrected as a Dry Bones, but still had a stained shell.
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When Peach starts up Sir Grodus' computer, the opening sequence featuring is actually the startup animation from the Famicom Disk System. The yellow disk also resembles one of the FDS's game disks.
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