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Tippi
Saturday, March 8th, 2008 by Nick Maunders
WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS BIG SPOILERS ABOUT THE ENDING OF THE GAME ‘SUPER PAPER MARIO’.
Or as she is known in her human form Timpani. Yep that’s right she used to be human. She was going to marry Lord Blumiere (Count Bleck). However his father didn’t fancy the idea (for whatever reason) and sent her to a different dimension. Merlon (the wizard) found her, and his only option to save her life was to turn her into a Pixl. So he did. She doesn’t remember much of her past, that is until from the middle of the super paper mario game where she starts recalling things.
For anyone who is thinking who is Tippi and plays super paper mario, she is the Pixl that is shaped like a butterfly and is multicoloured. So she is also the first Pixl you meet in the game, right at the beginning. She also in my opinion the most helpful Pixl considering she knows just about everything! At the end of the game when the void is just about to destroy the world she marries Count Bleck which in turn destroys the void and the chaos heart with it. However unfortunately Count Bleck and Tippi also disappear inside it. But not all is lost as at the end of the game there is an image showing what appears to be Count Bleck and ….. a lady with him. (Most people suspect that this is Tippi (Timpani) and that both people are living happily together somewhere distant).
Anyway as I was saying earlier I think that Tippi is the most helpful Pixl in the game. That is because when ever you change you wii remote from horizontal position to vertical and point at the screen she will tell you everything you need to know. For example if you point at a Koopa (enemy) she will tell a little bit of basic information, followed by the max attack, max defence and the life of the Koopa. Then she will tell some useful information such as ‘Jump on it to kill it’ lovely! However this is not always the case. For example when she is kidnapped by Francis you can’t use her help because she’s … well …. kidnapped. So how would she be able to help you?
Getting her to read descriptions of enemies is not the only thing she can do however. Many times in the game you will walk into a room with a dead end. You’ll think “Oh, I just flip into 3D and the door will appear” however when you do this there won’t be. Then I bet a number of you will go on your computer and type in google “super paper mario missing door” or something like that. Well there is a easy way to find the “hidden” door. Use Tippi, simple. Just point your wii remote on your TV screen and you will be able to see any hidden objects. Then to make them visible just press ‘A’ while it is highlighted. This is a very useful tool and you can even find things such as hidden chests etc.
You can find Tippi’s catch card in the pit of 100 trials (Flipside) on the 10th floor. It is number 228 and is classed as rare.
I would give Tippi a rating of 9.4 for helpfulness.
