These are fun little extra goodies I added to spice things up. They are only included in the “extra” and “modern” mods, so you can play without them if you so choose.

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Several changes from the Spanish localization have been carried over. This includes Rawk Hawk being renamed Hawk Hogan, Chapter 3 being titled “The King of Fighters,” and a brief reference to Super Smash Bros.

The Atomic Boo has been renamed "Big Boo" (Atomic Boo was a mistranslation - Big Boo's Japanese name is "Atomic Teresa".) This was originally included in the base mod, but I received some complaints about it – people are clearly fond of the Atomic Boo name. It's now been relegated to the extras.

Pungry the Puni shares the same sprite as the Mover in the Pit of 100 Trials, yet no dialogue in the game ever connects the two. I've added some extra text to Pungry's Tattle, referencing his job as a Mover.

This is entirely personal preference, but I've never liked when characters refer to killing someone as "destroying" them. To this end, every instance where "destroy" is used in a fatal context has been replaced with an appropriate synonym. I've made an exception for the Glitz Pit, where "I'LL DESTROY YOU" seems appropriately campy for wrestlers.

Characters in this game like to throw around the word "human" a lot, even when the world is largely populated by turtles, mushrooms, and other decidedly non-human creatures. Every instance of "human" has now been replaced with an appropriate synonym.

The Spiky Goombas have been renamed "Spiked Goombas". They're called "Spiked Goombas" in every other Paper Mario game, so I changed their names to reflect that.

Bowser's forces are alternately called the “Koopa Clan” and “Koopa Tribe” throughout the game. The name of Bowser's army has never been consistent throughout the Mario series, but the most popular name seems to be “The Koopa Troop”. It has been changed to this for the sake of consistency.

All battle items now specify how much damage they deal in their descriptions, much like they did in Paper Mario 64.

The name ”HP Drain”, confusingly, is used for both a Badge and an item. For clarity's sake, the item has been renamed “HP Sapper”.

The Super Boots have been changed to their green design from the game's beta. This brings their appearance in-line with Paper Mario 64 and Paper Mario: Sticker Star.

Squeeks have been renamed “Little Mousers,” which is what the species is called in most other appearances.

The 8-bit sprites of Mario (both the default version and the L Emblem version) are now taken directly from Super Mario Bros. All other 8-bit sprites (W Emblem, WL Emblem, and partners) use an NES-accurate color pallet.





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WARNING! SPOILERS BELOW!

The original game tends to use “he” and “him” with characters whose gender isn't yet known to the player, often leading up to a reveal that, surprise! They were a girl all along. It feels a little odd that the characters assume them to be dudes by default, so I've tweaked the dialogue in these scenarios to keep the gender ambiguous until their reveal. To be more specific, this change effects Hooktail, the mystery callers from the Glitz Pit chapter, and the threatening note from the Excess Express chapter.

In Chapter 7, Bobbery reveals that he's been to Fahr Outpost in the past, yet in some of his previous dialogue, he acts as though he's unfamiliar with the place. For consistency's sake, his earlier dialogue has been slightly rewritten to reflect him having been there before.

There are quite a few plotholes regarding what Vivian does and doesn't know. To fix these little inconsistencies, I've added new dialogue where appropriate. These include:

- During Chapter 4, Vivian only realizes Mario's identity when she hears his name, but his name gets said plenty in town before then. To fix this, the townsfolk now refer to Mario as “that guy in the overalls”, “that hero”, etc. when Vivian first joins.

- Vivian doesn't seem aware that the X-Naut base is on the moon, despite visiting it on several occasions. She now mentions that she was kept in the dark regarding its location.

- After returning from the moon, Vivian originally referred to Grodus only as “the X-Naut boss”. She now refers to him by name.

- Vivian has remarkably generic dialogue when discussing the Shadow Queen's revival. Given that she spends much of the game helping her sisters plan said revival, one would think she'd know a thing or two about it. She now specifies before the final encounter that she was never told what their true intentions were.
