Near the two slot machines and the change machine
The Pianta Parlor is a casino in Rogueport in the game Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario can come here to play minigames for pianta tokens, which can be exchanged for items and badges. There are slot machines as well as four minigames to play, and each of the minigames use the four different curses Mario receives from the Black Chest Demons. The slot machines are initially there, but Mario must complete certain troubles to receive cards to play the other games. Beginning in Chapter 6, Don Pianta will hang out at the Parlor.
To play a slot machine, Mario must deposit one pianta token. The slots will then spin. If Mario matches three of a kind, he will get more pianta tokens. Three Don Piantas give him three pianta tokens; three Stars give him fifteen pianta tokens, and three 7s gives him one hundred pianta tokens. The chance of matching three pianta tokens when rolling randomly is 15.625%; matching three Stars is 3.516%; matching three 7s is .195%. Despite these odds, a player playing randomly will still win an average of approximately 120 pianta tokens across 100 plays (meaning they will profit 20 pianta tokens as it costs 1 pianta token to play each time).[1]
Games[edit]
Plane Game[edit]
The Plane Game
The Special Card is needed to play this game. In the Plane Game, Mario must fly down from a high platform and try to get as far as possible. The farther Mario goes, the more pianta tokens he will win. There are also several spots to multiply the amount won, but there are also spots that subtract the number of pianta tokens Mario will receive. Some pianta tokens float in random spots in the air.
Paper Game[edit]
The Paper Game
The player must have the Silver Card to play this game. In the Paper Game, Mario and a massive crowd of different species must race towards a finish line. Mario is not timed, but he still needs to get in first to the finish line. Large fans blow against Mario and the crowd, and if Mario is not careful the wind can push him into a pit. This causes him to 'retire' and forfeit any pianta tokens he might have earned, but if he turns paper-thin, the air will just pass by. However, moving in Paper Mode makes him run slower. Luigi, Koopie Koo, and Wonky have a cameo appearance in the race. If the player comes in first place, they will get 20 tokens (earning ten tokens as it costs ten tokens to play).
Tube Game[edit]
The Tube Game
The player must have the Gold Card to play this game. In the Tube Game, Mario is in tube form and has to move as fast as possible around barriers and obstacles on a track with no rails to get to the finish. Turning is a problem and since there are no rails, it is easy to fall off and lose precious time. Pianta tokens are scattered through this stage. A technical bonus is given if Mario does not fall off the stage.
Boat Game[edit]
The Boat Game
The player needs a Platinum Card to play this game. In the Boat Game, Mario is in boat mode and he must sail between floating barrels and whirlpools to make it to the finish. There are also pianta tokens scattered through the stage. He is timed and this game can be considered difficult. A technical bonus is given if Mario does not hit any whirlpools.
Shop[edit]
Mario can use pianta tokens converted from the Don Pianta machines or from winning the minigames to trade for prizes. Getting membership cards unlocks new prizes.
| Item | Price |
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| Initial Prizes |
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| Cake Mix | 6 pianta tokens |
| Super Shroom | 10 pianta tokens |
| Maple Syrup | 14 pianta tokens |
| Super Appeal Badge | 34 pianta tokens |
| Special Card |
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| Power Jump Badge | 34 pianta tokens |
| Refund Badge | 34 pianta tokens |
| FP Plus Badge | 100 pianta tokens |
| HP Plus Badge | 100 pianta tokens |
| Silver Card |
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| Power Smash Badge | 34 pianta tokens |
| Multibounce Badge | 50 pianta tokens |
| HP Plus P Badge | 200 pianta tokens |
| Gold Bar x3 | 234 pianta tokens |
| Gold Card |
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| Power Rush Badge | 34 pianta tokens |
| Power Rush P Badge | 34 pianta tokens |
| Hammer Throw Badge | 50 pianta tokens |
| Tornado Jump Badge | 67 pianta tokens |
| Platinum Card |
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| Quake Hammer Badge | 67 pianta tokens |
| Jammin' Jelly | 67 pianta tokens |
| Ultra Shroom | 67 pianta tokens |
| Money Money Badge | 234 pianta tokens |
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | モンテゲーム
Monte Gēmu | Pianta Game |
| Spanish | Juegos Foresta | Foresta come from the Pianta' Spanish name: Forestano. |
| French | Casino Pianteone | Pianteone is Don Pianta's french name |
| German | Palma-Casino | From Pianta's German name |
| Italian | Casino Malapalma | From Pianta's Italian name |
Trivia[edit]
- Lahla is a Boo working at the desk behind some bars; Mario can slip through the bars to find out info about her if he gets a high score in the minigames.
- An old original Game Boy appears near the door and shows the high scores for the various games.
- The Pianta Changer was added to the Parlor five years before the events of this game, as shown in the first issue of the RDM.
- The same issue states that the Pianta Parlor was temporarily shut down as a result of Goomfrey beating up the Pianta Exchanger. The robot later commented that it did not feel pain as it was a machine.
- The Pianta Parlor is referenced in Super Paper Mario, where the Catch Card for Lakitu states that its character throws Spinies like 'coins at a Pianta Parlor'. This reference implies that there are multiple Pianta Parlors.
References[edit]
- ^Conjecture (August 16, 2019). How to Beat the Slot Machine in 'Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door'. YouTube. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
| Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door |
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| Main Characters | Admiral Bobbery • Flurrie • Goombella • Koops • Mario • Yoshi • Ms. Mowz • Princess Peach • Vivian |
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| Species | Bub-ulb • Bumpty • Business Bro • Craw • Crow • Doogan • Duplighost • Glitz Pit Security • Human • Jabbi • Little Mouser • Luff • Nibbles • Para-bomb • Pianta • Pig • Puni • Ratooey • Smorg • Toad • Twilighter • Yoshi |
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| Chapters | Prologue • Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8 |
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| Crystal Stars | Diamond Star • Emerald Star • Gold Star • Ruby Star • Sapphire Star • Garnet Star • Crystal Star |
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| Bosses | Armored Harriers • Beldam • Blooper • Bowser • Dark Bones • Doopliss • Gloomtail • Gold Fuzzy • Grodus X • Kammy Koopa • Lord Crump • Marilyn • Rawk Hawk • Red Bones • Shadow Sirens • Sir Grodus • Vivian |
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| Chapter Bosses | Cortez • Doopliss • Hooktail • Macho Grubba • Magnus von Grapple • Magnus von Grapple 2.0 • Shadow Queen • Smorg |
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| Optional Bosses | Atomic Boo • Bonetail • Gus |
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| Minor Characters | Arfur • Audience • Bandy Andy • Billy • Black Chest Demon • Blooey • Bob • Bob-omb Squad • Bobolink • Bomberto • Bootler • Bub • Bub-ulber • Businessman • Charlieton • Chef Shimi • Chestnut King • Chet Rippo • Chomp Country • Cleftor • Cranberry • Craw-Daddy • Creepy Steeple Boo • Darkly • Dazzle • Dead Bones • Destructors • Doe T. • Don Pianta • Dupree • Eddy the Mask • Eve • Excess Express conductor • Excess Express engineer • Excess Express waitress • Fahr Outpost mayor • Flavio • Flo • Francesca • Frankie • Fred • Fuzz • Garf • General White • Ghost T. • Gloomer • Gob • Goldbob • Goom Goom • Goomba Bros. • Goomez • Goomfrey • Goomther • Goose • Grifty • Grubba • Hamma, Bamma, and Flare • Hamma Jamma • Hamma Jamma's father • Hamma Jamma's grandfather • Hand-It-Overs • Hayzee • Heff T. • Herb T. • Hizza • Ishnail • Jabble • Jerry • Johnson • Jolene • Kolorado's father • Koopie Koo • Koopley • Koopook • KP Koopas • KP Pete • Kroop • Lady Bow • Lahla • Laki • Larson • Lucky • Luigi • Lumpy • Magikoopa Masters • Maitre Delish • Master Crash • Mayor Dour • McGoomba • Merlee • Merlon • Merluvlee • Maude • Mind-Bogglers • Minister Crepe • Mousimilian • Mover • Mr. Hoggle • Niff T. • Nob • Old Man Skoo • Pa-Patch • Parakarry • Parrot • Peeka • Pennington • Petuni • Pianta Syndicate • Pierre • Pine T. Jr. • Pine T. Sr. • Plenn T. • Podler • Podley • Poker Faces • Pokey Triplets • Porter • Prince Mush • Princess Eclair • Professor Frankly • Pungent • Pungry • Punio • Puniper • Puni elder • Punk Rocks • Rob • Robbo Gang • Rocko • Ronnie • Scarlette • Screamy • Shellshock • Shellshockers • Sir Swoop • Spike Storm • Spiky Joe • Stewart • Swindell • Swob • Sylvia • TEC-XX • The Koopinator • Thriff T. • Tiny Spinies • Toadette • Toadia • Toadsworth • Toce T. • Tony • Toodles • Torque • Traveling Sisters 3 • Vinny • Whacka • Wings of Night • Wonky • Zess T. • Zip Toad |
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| Enemies | Amazy Dayzee • Arantula • B. Bill Blaster • Badge Bandit • Bandit • Bald Cleft • Big Bandit • Bill Blaster • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bob-ulk • Bombshell Bill • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Bristle • Bulky Bob-omb • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Chain-Chomp • Cleft • Crazee Dayzee • Dark Boo • Dark Bristle • Dark Craw • Dark Koopa • Dark Koopatrol • Dark Lakitu • Dark Paratroopa • Dark Puff • Dark Wizzerd • Dry Bones • Dull Bones • Elite Wizzerd • Elite X-Naut • Ember • Fire bar • Fire Bro • Flower Fuzzy • Frost Piranha • Fuzzy • Fuzzy Horde • Gloomba • Goomba • Green Fuzzy • Green Magikoopa • Hammer Bro • Hyper Bald Cleft • Hyper Cleft • Hyper Goomba • Hyper Paragoomba • Hyper Spiky Goomba • Ice Puff • Iron Cleft • Koopa Troopa • Koopatrol • KP Koopa • KP Paratroopa • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Magikoopa • Mini-X-Yux • Mini-Yux • Mini-Z-Yux • Moon Cleft • Pale Piranha • Parabuzzy • Paragloomba • Paragoomba • Paratroopa • Phantom Ember • Pider • Piranha Plant • Poison Pokey • Poison Puff • Pokey • Putrid Piranha • Red Chomp • Red Magikoopa • Red Spike Top • Ruff Puff • Shady Koopa • Shady Paratroopa • Sky-Blue Spiny • Spania • Spike Top • Spiky Gloomba • Spiky Goomba • Spiky Parabuzzy • Spinia • Spiny • Spunia • Swampire • Swooper • Swoopula • White Magikoopa • Wizzerd • X-Fist • X-Naut • X-Naut PhD • X-Punch • X-Yux • Yux • Z-Yux |
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| Locations | Boggly Woods • Broadshroom • Circuit Break Island • Creepy Steeple • Deepdown Depot • Excess Express • Fahr Outpost • Flurrie's House • Fresh Juice Shop • Glitz Pit • Glitzville • Goomstar Temple • Great Tree • Grimble Forest • Hatesong Tower • Herb T.'s place • Hooktail Castle • Hot Dog Stand • Inn • Item Shop • Jazzafrazz Town • Keelhaul Key • Keelhaul Galleria • Lovely Howz of Badges • Mario Bros.' House • Moon • Netherworld • Niff T.'s shop • Northwinds Mart • Palace of Shadow • Petalburg • Petal Meadows • Pianta Parlor • Pirate's Grotto • Pit of 100 Trials • Podley's Place • Plumpbelly Village • Poshley Heights • Poshley Sanctum • Pudding Continent • Pungent's Great Tree Shop • Rapturous Ruins • Riddle Tower • Riverside Station • Rogueport • Rogueport Sewers • Rumblebump Volcano • Sales Stall • Shhwonk Fortress • Souvenir shop • Strudel Continent • Toad Bros. Bazaar • Trouble Center • Twilight Shop • Twilight Town • Twilight Trail • Waffle Kingdom • Westside Goods • X-Naut Fortress |
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| Moves | Action command • Appeal • Art Attack • Boat Mode • Bob-ombast • Body Slam • Bomb • Bomb Squad • Charge • Clock Out • Dodgy Fog • Earth Tremor • Fiery Jinx • First Strike • Flee • Gale Force • Ground Pound • Guard • Gulp • Headbonk • Hold Fast • Infatuate • Jump • Kiss Thief • Lip Lock • Love Slap • Mini-Egg • Multibonk • Plane Mode • Power Lift • Power Shell • Rally Wink • Shade Fist • Shell Shield • Shell Slam • Shell Toss • Showstopper • Smooch • Spin Hammer • Spring Jump • Stampede • Stylish move • Superguard • Supernova • Sweet Feast • Sweet Treat • Tattle • Tease • Veil |
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| Objects | Badge • Black chest • Black Skull • Blimp • Blue pipe • Brick block • Candy Pop • Chomp Rock • Coin block • Coral • Crystal Ball • Elevator • Flagpole • Grande Boom • Heart • Hidden block • Koopa Clown Car • Meat • Metal block • Pianta token • Power-draining machine • Recovery Block • S.S. Flavion • Save Block • Shine Block • Star Piece • Stone block • Stone keys • Switch • Teleporter • The Thousand-Year Door • Treasure chest • X-Ship • Yellow block |
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| Stats/Statuses | Allergic • Badge Point • Burn • Charged • Confused • Danger • Defense • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Dodgy • Electrified • Fast • Flower Point • Frozen • Heart Point • Huge • Immobilized • Invisible • Payback • Peril • Poison • Power • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • Regeneration • Sleep • Slow • Soft • Star Point • Star Power • Tiny |
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| Miscellaneous | 65th Super Fun Quirk Quiz • 66th Annual Quirk Quiz • Badges • Bestiary • Boom-bassa-boom Festival • Bingo! • E-mails • Enemy formations • Foppish Gourmet Weekly • Gallery • Glitches • Goldbobbington's • Happy Lucky Lottery • Hidden Block locations • Koopa Troop • Level up • Luigi Fan Club • Jazzafrazz Town Drama Slam • Mist • Mushroom Ball • On Golden Toad 2 • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Recipe • Rogueport Direct Mail Service • Rogueport Restoration Committee • Selling prices • Shine Sprites • Shops • Staff • Star Pieces • Star Point amounts • Stump Petuni • The Toad Warrior • University of Goom • X-Nauts |
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