▷Paper Mario: The Origami King - Save the stick, get the bone and find the key to the castle

Before entering the park, you will need to buy yourself a ticket. I highly recommend taking the more expensive Royalty Pass. With the pass, you can play mini-games for free and open treasure chests all around the park. And you'll get unlimited tours, so if you have to leave to restock shiny weapons, you won't have to pay for another pass.

There are two major challenges in this area: how to find the staff room and how to overcome a very angry Chain Chomp.

Shogun Studios Walkthrough

Welcome to Shogun Studios! And at first glance, you will find the banner on top of the great shogun castle inside the themed part. Before returning you will need to decide if you want a Commoner Pass or a Royalty Pass - I recommend the Royalty Pass, although it is a little more expensive to 9800 parts.

At the entrance you will also find Warp Pipe 2, a backup block and a hidden toad!

Hidden toad: Easy! Hit the Red Heart near Warp Pipe 2. This special toad hangs out near the red brick building in Toad Town. He will give you a love rating.

Go through the main gate and you will find the studios completely abandoned. What the hell is happening?!

Collectible treasure: Downriver Tour Boat - Located in the building left of the entrance to Shogun Studios. This safe will only open if you have a Royalty Pass.

Deeper inside, a Goomba will lead Mario in a secret alley. Don't miss the bonus block with a Queue weapon inside! The rest of the staff are captured and kept in the castle. The streets are patrolled by origami soldiers, so be ready for battle as you walk down the main street towards the main castle.

How to beat Snifits: Snifits are a new enemy that you will encounter in the streets of Shogun Studios. They are tougher than the Shy Guys, so use your Shiny weapons to defeat them.

Naturally, the front doors of the castle are closed. There is a keyhole, so that means there must be a key somewhere.

Quest: Find the Key to the Castle

We must find this key! But the place is full of hidden toads. Let's go hunting.

Hidden toad: Attached to the panel at the bridge leading to the main castle, hammer the flat face of the toad.
Hidden toad: In the small ninja training yard, use your hammer on the glowing lantern to make a circle of 1000 arms appear. Use it to smash the mismatched lantern in the building.
Hidden toad: Outside the ninja dojo, to the right of the main castle, there is an origami firefly. Hammer it!
Hidden toad: And there is another one more to the right of the ninja dojo door.

Hidden toad: Look left on the main road. There is a stuffed toad in a corner near a flag. Take it out to check out the Shogun Studios Accessories Store!
Hidden toad: Inside the second house to the left of the entrance, there is an origami toad in the upper left corner of the small room.
Hidden toad: Secure the door to this room, down the left road from the main thoroughfare. Jump over to this origami flower.
Hidden toad: There are three toads hidden in the next room - the second house on the first left on the street. Defeat the shy and hit the shelf to reveal three toads.

Hidden toad: At the last building on this road, there is an apparently empty room with four floor mats. Hit the left rear carpet!
Hidden toad: In the photo studio, tap the photo hanging on the left wall.
Hidden toad: In the alley behind the photo studio, in the first room, there is a toad stuck in the corner, in the front right. There is a treasure chest here too!

Collectible treasure: The Water Vellumental Wheel - In the same room as the previous toad, there is a special Royalty Pass treasure chest. Show your pass to claim a prize.

Hidden toad: This guy is at the top of the photo studio! Climb onto the rooftops using the cart in the photo studio driveway, then hit the sign on the studio roof.

How to get the key to the castle: To find the key, we have to find the staff room. A staff member is being held in the observation tower along the right edge of the park - go to the photo studio and up the alley up to the rooftops, and take the ledge to the tower. Go downstairs to save the staff member.

The toad will reveal that the staff room is located on the east side of the park in a tricky location. This can only mean one location - directly to the right of the main castle! Walk past the small courtyard and look for a suspicious wall of green paper. In the right corner, there is a hidden door that you can use.

Collectible treasure: Relaxing Bench - Located to the left of the staff room door, under the tree.

Hidden toad: To the left of the staff room, on the counter.
Hidden toad: Another hidden toad is stuck in the trash in the staff room.
Hidden toad: And yet another is stuck in the papier-mâché goomba mouth, also in the teachers' room.
Hidden toad: The last toad is in the left locker. You need him! He's the guy who runs the Shuriken Dojo.

In the staff room you will find that the the park key is missing. But you will gain something useful - a Goomba mask! Free the toad hidden in the staff room on the right and interact with Goomba's mask to take it. You can also take the Donkey Kong mask and the Samus mask!

So what do we do with the masks? Nothing yet. For now, check out the maps and go down to Petting zoo to access the House of Delicate Ninjas. But this Chain Chomp won't let you pass. To get out of this, you need to feed the Chain Chomp!

Hidden toad: Attached to one of the two lanterns, just above the petting zoo.
Hidden toad: Hit the barking dog at the Chain Chomp in the petting zoo to free another hidden toad.

Collectible treasure: Chestnuts - Enter the petting zoo teahouse to find this chest in the back.

Hidden toad: In the tea shop, hit the floor mat askew on the left with your hammer to reveal a toad.
Hidden toad: Stuck in the Shuriken Dojo panel.

How to get past the Chomp chain: To distract the barking Chain Chomp, you'll need a bone! Go to the building with three doors north of the petting zoo and enter through the leftmost door. Go to the courtyard where two enemies throw a bone! Talk to them and they'll trade the bone for something else. But what?

Let's go back to the petting zoo tea shop and talk to the shy. He will give you his [[Sip straw]! Climb the straw in the courtyard to the right of the entrance to the castle. There is a pond in the yard with a little ninja. Talk to him and give him the [[Straw] to earn the [[Shuriken]!

Now go to the Shuriken Dojo. With your set of [[Shuriken] you can play the mini-game and collect the [[Baseball autograph]! If you haven't already, wake up the director of the Shuriken Dojo - he's sleeping in the staff room. Find it in the locker on the left.

When you return to the Shuriken Dojo, hand in your [[Shuriken Ensemble] and unlock the mini-game. Complete normal mode to earn [[Baseball] and be on your way. With the Royalty Pass, all games are completely free. To play, just hit the pitchers with hammers. Score 21 points on Normal to win!

The tricky part is that you have to score exactly 21 points. If you pass, hit the negative point targets.

Collectible treasure: Paper Macho Koopa Troopa - Obtained for gaining over 80 points in the expert mode Shuriken Dojo.

Take your new [[Baseball] to the dry bones north of the petting zoo and exchange them for a [Bone]. You can now place this bone in the Chain Chomp's food bowl to keep it occupied.

Max UP Heart +20: For donating the bone to the Chain Chomp, you will gain a huge bonus to HP!

Finally, we can now enter a new sub-area. The Ninja attraction - aka the House of Tricky Ninjas! Luigi is somewhere in this place, as is the master key to Shogun Studios park.