Mario Alone

Mario Alone is a full playthrough challenge run of Paper Mario and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. In this challenge the player plays through the game without letting any partner act in battle whatsoever. The only exceptions to this rule are scripted story progressing encounters that cannot be beaten by the use of items, Superguarding, special moves, etc. and require the use of a partner ability, like the Iron Clefts fight in Chapter 3 of TTYD. If Grubba enforces the "Mario cannot attack" special condition, the player must accept defeat, run away, or reset and try to get another condition.

TTYD (Full Game)	TTYD (Pit)	64
Difficulty: Emerald Execution Rating: 2.3 Strategy Rating: 3	Difficulty: Emerald Execution Rating: 3.5 Strategy Rating: 3	Difficulty: Gold Execution Rating: 3 Strategy Rating: 3.8

Rules

Paper Mario

• Always select "Do Nothing" during the partner's turn in battle.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

• Always bring a fallen partner into battle. If that's not possible, let one fall as soon as possible. The player can choose how to handle this situation in different ways. Either by:
  • 1. Double switching to the same partner until they reach 0 HP.
  • 2. Defend/Appeal with both Mario and partner until the partner reaches 0 HP.
  • 3. Defend/Appeal or double switch with the partner while letting Mario continue the battle as normal.
• Do keep in mind that option 3 shouldn't be abused and the player should still try to bring a fallen partner into battle except if they are fighting Smorg or Shadow Queen Phase 3, as there is no way to damage the partner before those fights.

Optional

• The following Codes will set all of the partners max HP to 0 in TTYD, eliminating the need to make a partner fall at the start of battle, possibly making this challenge harder but fairer:

Action Replay
A26E-UF5P-VQ1BF 0GMV-W2G4-N2RC2 V5QX-JT1A-VF324 ZN7C-MZDG-EK9FR FKZU-PCU4-B5ETB A6X5-7NT5-Q4BPJ BMNR-EB3P-2U602 RMUP-9NDF-VTH2Q

Gecko
xxxx = 1BE0 (U), 1680 (JP), 1CC0 (PAL)
C0000000 00000008
9421FFEC BFA10008
83EDxxxx 2C1F0000
41820020 3BC00007
3BA00000 3BFF000E
B3BF0002 B3BF0006
37DEFFFF 4082FFF0
BBA10008 38210014
4E800020 00000000

Completions

Paper Mario

Player	All Bosses	Challenge Completion Link
Aarantula
GamerFourFun	✓	Link
Kappy	✓	Link
Koop	✓	Link
Milesluigi	✓	Link
Olmi
Starman
Seer		Link
Swift
Tracey

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (GCN)

Player	Game Completion	Pit Completion	Challenge Completion Link
Aarantula	✓	✓	Link
Astronotter	✓	✓	Link
buby858	✓	✓
Dani Doyle	✓		Link
demonetization ball	✓
Frantic Dan	✓
Kappy	✓	✓	Link
Koop		✓	Link
main_gi	✓
Milesluigi	✓		Link
Saria_100	✓
Stebbdogg	✓

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Switch)

Player	Game Completion	Pit Completion	All Bosses	Challenge Completion Link

Tips & Tricks

• The player shouldn't equip/upgrade anything regarding partners, as they aren't allowed to act.
• If the player decides against the use of codes, the best way to let a partner reach 0 HP before an important fight is to let them fall in a random battle beforehand.
• The player should always know what kind of enemies they will be fighting next, as some enemies are really hard to damage without the proper badges or items.
• Taking a more defensive approach to fights is a good idea, as the player's turns in battle are effectively cut in half. The player should keep in mind that if they heal Mario, the enemies can immediately attack again. If a slip-up happens (like a miscalculation or missed Superguard), the player should be prepared to handle that situation with items or other safety measures.
• It also may be beneficial to defeat enemies as quickly as possible to minimize the damage that Mario takes. Using Special Moves or multi-target attacks is often the best way to accomplish this.

Related Challenges

• Single Partner
• Partner Only