Paper Mario Sticker Star

Paper Mario: Sticker Star^[a] is an action-adventurerole-playingvideo game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. It is the fourth installment in the Paper Mario series and part of the larger Mario franchise; it is the first game in the series released on a handheld console. In the game, the protagonistMario and a new ally named Kersti travel across the Mushroom Kingdom to retrieve the six Royal Stickers scattered by Bowser. The game was released in November 2012 in North America and December 2012 overseas.

Gameplay – Paper Mario Sticker Star

Sticker Star features a similar visual style to its predecessors. The player controls a paper cutout version of Mario in a 3D papercraft world, with landscapes ranging from snowy areas and forests to volcanoes represented as the Mushroom Kingdom.^[3] The story focuses on Mario’s efforts to retrieve the six Royal Stickers that have been scattered by Bowser after he attacked the annual Sticker Fest. Mario is accompanied by Kersti, a sticker fairy, who bestows upon Mario the power of stickers.^[4]

Reception – Paper Mario Sticker Star

Publication	Score
1Up.com	A-[27]
Destructoid	8/10[28]
Edge	8/10[29]
Electronic Gaming Monthly	6.5/10[30]
Eurogamer	7/10[31]
Game Informer	8.75/10[32]
GameSpot	7.5/10[9]
GamesRadar+	[5]
IGN	8.3/10[10]
Nintendo Life	[33]
Nintendo World Report	7.5/10[34]
Official Nintendo Magazine	83%[35]
VentureBeat	68/100[36]

Sticker Star received “generally favorable reviews”, gaining an aggregate score of 75/100 on Metacritic.^[26] The game sold 402,000 copies in Japan in 2012.^[37] As of March 31, 2013, the game has 1,970,000 worldwide sales.^[38] The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences chose Sticker Star as the “Best Handheld Game of the Year” during their 16th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards ceremony.^[39]