Ancient Clue
| Ancient Clue | |
|---|---|
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| Description | |
| "A paper with clues about the location of space treasure." | |
| First appearance | Super Paper Mario (2007) |
- “By rock man's noggin,
when outer space is reversed,
the door secret hides.” - —Ancient Clue,Super Paper Mario
TheAncient Clue is anImportant Thing that appears inSuper Paper Mario.
Description[edit]
The Ancient Clue is held byBlappy, the elder of theBlobules, who had spent his youth searching for theBig Treasure of Space. By the time of the game's events he had retired from searching for the treasure, though he had at least found the Ancient Clue somewhere in theWhoa Zone. When the player arrives onPlanet Blobule and talk to Blappy, he explains how he came across the Ancient Clue and offers to sell it to Mario and the party for the price of one thousandcoins. Declining the offer lowers the price to 100 coins, and then to ten if the player declines again; a third refusal causes him to raise the price back up to 100 coins.
After the item is bought, the player can use it to getFleep to exit the outhouse he is in, after which he joins Mario's party. The player must use Fleep's special ability on a space rift above a rock formation resembling two faces, which is the location hinted at in the haiku; doing so reveals the Door Key required to open the locked door found earlier in the level.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 古文書[?] Komonjo | Ancient Document | |
| French | Vieux parchemin[?] | Old parchment | |
| Italian | Antico Indizio[?] | Ancient Clue | |
| Spanish | Pergamino Antiguo[?] | Old Document |
