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At the outset of the game, housewives' favourite Luigi strolls outside and collects the mail from a flying koopa. It's a letter from Princess Peach, he tells Mario. She's in a place called Rogueport - home more or less exclusively to undesirables - where she reports that she's on the trail of a magical bounty called the Legendary Treasure. She encloses a treasure map, and encourages Mario to head along and join her. Having said his goodbyes to his brother, Mario sets off - and when the captain of his ship rouses him on the other side of the opening credits, Rogueport is indeed in sight. Stepping off the jetty though, there's no sign of the Princess.
However there is some commotion up ahead - a young goomba is being accosted by a rather red-faced and rotund fellow with some dodgy milk bottle shades and his band of square-headed minions. Mario, upstanding gent and renowned hero that he is, blunders accidentally into their midst and finds himself thrown into battle. Having taken down his enemy though, Mario and his newfound friend Goombella are set upon by a screen-filling horde of minions - literally hundreds in fact - and look done for. Fortunately for Mario though, his enemies' vast numbers give him and Goombella a chance to slip out and scarper up the stairs and into town, while a sea of frothing white henchmen struggle to beat up whatever it is that remains in their midst...
Goombella, it turns out, is a student at the local university studying archaeology, and it quickly transpires that they're both keen to get their hands on the Legendary Treasure, if only to find out what it is. Goombella, inevitably, joins Mario's party, and the pair set off - first to find out what happened to Princess Peach (short version: nobody knows), and secondly to rendezvous with Goombella's dopey professor, a man who can help them on their quest. And help them he does. Soon the daring duo are scouring the underbelly of Hoodlum Town in search of the Thousand Year Door, which can only be opened once Mario has collected the seven Star Stones.
Having lit the way on his map and endowed him with a special rejuvenating ability, the Thousand Year Door falls silent - and Mario and Christina soon set off on a quest that will send them to Prairie Town - home of a bunch of koopas downtrodden by a local dragon - and beyond. Knowing the series, the path to the Star Stones will be dotted with familiar faces and winking references. And we dare say Mario and co. aren't the only ones seeking the Legendary Treasure, although - in-keeping with past titles - Bowser is far more likely to become an ally in the face of a greater threat than the usual kidnapper and evildoer-in-chief.

Yes it does, but as you progress in the game you can hear Luigi tell about his adventures in the waffle kingdom!

I recently bought Paper Mario 2, but I can't play it yet cause.....

MY GAMECUBE DIED!!!!! crying

That sucks, Kurtis sad

Best part is meeting his partners, like Jerry the Cherry Bob-omb. XD

Welcome to the Luigi Gang, jelly_soup!!! *hands him him the traditional cookie with green frosting* biggrin