Item of the Week #14

Dark Seraphim · 02-26-2010, 11:57 PM

Pixl

First Appearance: Super Paper Mario (Wii, 2007)
Latest Appearance: Same

First introduced (and last introduced) in the most recent of the Paper Mario series, Pixls skate the line between item and supportive character, especially feature Pixl, Tippi, although throughout gameplay, besides from Tippi, most Pixls are little more then helpful tools throughout gameplay, giving access to new and useful abilities, thus they are being featured as this week's showcase item.

According to the game, Pixls used to be humans (one of the few times the game will actually refer to human beings other than immediately featured plumbers and princesses), the main Pixl, Tippi's, former human form having been a key character to the plot and villain of the game, Count Bleck. According to backstory, Pixls were created by the ancients to do work for them, and eventually the society grew dependent on them. When the Pixl Queen rose to take control of all the Pixls to rebel agaisnt the ancients, it led to a great time of grief before the queen was put to rest, however now fearful of the Pixls, the Ancients turned their backs to them, and eventually faded from existence, unable to support themselves without the Pixl's help.

Long-winded history aside, Pixls are quite useful aids that Mario needs to use throughout Super Paper Mario. There are nine Pixls that are verbatim to basic gameplay, Tippi (who gives tips), Thoreau (to throw), Boomer (to make explosions), Slim (allows Mario to get paper thin), Thudley (to ground pound), Carrie (turns into a platform), Fleep (to flip objects and make them visible), Cudge (to hammer), and Dottie (to shrink Mario to mini size). In addition to the main roster, there are a total of four optional Pixls, Barry (creates barriers), Dashell (for s speed boost), Piccolo (cures status problems), and Tiptron, who is actually not a true Pixl as its a robot, but is used to replace Tippi after she leaves at the end of the game.

FUN FACT: In BETA images of the unreleased Gamecube version of Super Paper Mario, a strange ladder-shaped Pixl appears (as shown), but was never seen in the Wii version of the final game.

In general, Pixls are extremely useful, and each one is its own reusable item, able to perform its own useful task completely separate from another. They have made no other appearances besides in Super Paper Mario, taking up the place of Mario's normal allies from the previous paper Mario games. As allies don't regularly cross-over between games, it is very likely this will be the one and only time we'll see the Pixls in action, but regardless, they made a quite useful cast of characters to help Mario through his quest . . . which one is your favorite?

Item of the week #1: Hammer
Item of the week #2: Boo Mushroom
Item of the week #3: Metal Cap
Item of the week #4: Tanooki Suit
Item of the week #5: Ice Flower
Item of the week #6: Thunderbolt
Item of the week #7: Coconut Gun
Item of the week #8: F.L.U.D.D.
Item of the week #9: Bob-omb
Item of the week #10: Kart
Item of the week #11: Mini Mushroom
Item of the week #12: Boo
Item of the week #13: Warp Pipe

**Valigarmander** · 02-26-2010, 11:58 PM

What did you guys have Cudge yell?

I had him yell "BONER!!!"

Antisocial · 02-27-2010, 01:17 AM

^ I forgot. But I do remember that it wasn't a naughty word.

Dashell was well-worth breezing through the Pit for. I did the Flipside Pit of 100 Trials after saving Luigi while Peach and Bowser were still lost.

Mario Bros. all the way.

Robotazy · 02-27-2010, 02:05 AM

I think I had Cudge yell idiot <_<

Luigiman7 · 02-27-2010, 12:02 PM

bowser + carrie

win

02-26-2010, 11:57 PM	#1
Dark Seraphim Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Gender: Posts: 431 Thanks: 4 Thanked 20 Times in 15 Posts	Item of the Week #14 Pixl First Appearance: Super Paper Mario (Wii, 2007) Latest Appearance: Same First introduced (and last introduced) in the most recent of the Paper Mario series, Pixls skate the line between item and supportive character, especially feature Pixl, Tippi, although throughout gameplay, besides from Tippi, most Pixls are little more then helpful tools throughout gameplay, giving access to new and useful abilities, thus they are being featured as this week's showcase item. According to the game, Pixls used to be humans (one of the few times the game will actually refer to human beings other than immediately featured plumbers and princesses), the main Pixl, Tippi's, former human form having been a key character to the plot and villain of the game, Count Bleck. According to backstory, Pixls were created by the ancients to do work for them, and eventually the society grew dependent on them. When the Pixl Queen rose to take control of all the Pixls to rebel agaisnt the ancients, it led to a great time of grief before the queen was put to rest, however now fearful of the Pixls, the Ancients turned their backs to them, and eventually faded from existence, unable to support themselves without the Pixl's help. Long-winded history aside, Pixls are quite useful aids that Mario needs to use throughout Super Paper Mario. There are nine Pixls that are verbatim to basic gameplay, Tippi (who gives tips), Thoreau (to throw), Boomer (to make explosions), Slim (allows Mario to get paper thin), Thudley (to ground pound), Carrie (turns into a platform), Fleep (to flip objects and make them visible), Cudge (to hammer), and Dottie (to shrink Mario to mini size). In addition to the main roster, there are a total of four optional Pixls, Barry (creates barriers), Dashell (for s speed boost), Piccolo (cures status problems), and Tiptron, who is actually not a true Pixl as its a robot, but is used to replace Tippi after she leaves at the end of the game. FUN FACT: In BETA images of the unreleased Gamecube version of Super Paper Mario, a strange ladder-shaped Pixl appears (as shown), but was never seen in the Wii version of the final game. In general, Pixls are extremely useful, and each one is its own reusable item, able to perform its own useful task completely separate from another. They have made no other appearances besides in Super Paper Mario, taking up the place of Mario's normal allies from the previous paper Mario games. As allies don't regularly cross-over between games, it is very likely this will be the one and only time we'll see the Pixls in action, but regardless, they made a quite useful cast of characters to help Mario through his quest . . . which one is your favorite? Item of the week #1: Hammer Item of the week #2: Boo Mushroom Item of the week #3: Metal Cap Item of the week #4: Tanooki Suit Item of the week #5: Ice Flower Item of the week #6: Thunderbolt Item of the week #7: Coconut Gun Item of the week #8: F.L.U.D.D. Item of the week #9: Bob-omb Item of the week #10: Kart Item of the week #11: Mini Mushroom Item of the week #12: Boo Item of the week #13: Warp Pipe

02-26-2010, 11:58 PM	#2
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,701 Times in 2,581 Posts Blog Entries: 20	What did you guys have Cudge yell? I had him yell "BONER!!!"

02-27-2010, 01:17 AM	#3
Antisocial Janitor Join Date: May 2000 Gender: Posts: 11,471 Thanks: 14 Thanked 1,296 Times in 536 Posts	Oh, yeah. I'm a rebel. ^ I forgot. But I do remember that it wasn't a naughty word. Dashell was well-worth breezing through the Pit for. I did the Flipside Pit of 100 Trials after saving Luigi while Peach and Bowser were still lost. Mario Bros. all the way.

02-27-2010, 02:05 AM	#4
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	I think I had Cudge yell idiot <_<

02-27-2010, 12:02 PM	#5
Luigiman7 ヽ(◔ ◡ ◔)ノ.･ﾟ*｡･+☆ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: ~)´◡｀(~ Gender: Posts: 17,605 Thanks: 1,134 Thanked 1,012 Times in 713 Posts Blog Entries: 8	bowser + carrie win __________________ ／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼ＷＯＮ’Ｔ　ＹＯＵ　ＢＥＣＯＭＥ　Ａ　ＭＡＧＩＣＡＬ　ＧＩＲＬ？