Rock Paper Wizard
| Rock Paper Wizard | |
|---|---|
 Sprite fromPaper Mario: Color Splash | |
| Species | Toad |
| Appears in | Paper Mario: Color Splash (2016) |
- “There's a Rock Paper Wizard inside all of us.”
- —Rock Paper Wizard,Paper Mario: Color Splash
TheRock Paper Wizards are characters inPaper Mario: Color Splash that compete in theRoshambo Temple. They areToads in disguise, wearing white capes, white-rimmed sunglasses, and large hats shaped like right hands. A Rock Paper Wizard is the last opponent Mario faces duringSuper Roshambo after defeating aKoopaling, orKamek, during the main story. Defeating the Rock Paper Wizard earns Mario a Koopaling or Kamek Battle Card, along with 1000coins. After being defeated in the eighth Roshambo Temple, the last Rock Paper Wizard unmasks, and it turns out there were eight Rock Paper Wizards in total, all waiting outside.
After all the Rock Paper Wizards are defeated, checking thePrisma Café at each temple shows their masks behind the owners. They also comment about the Rock Paper Wizards when talked to. The Rock Paper Wizards send Mario a letter after all of them are defeated.
Concept art of the Rock Paper Wizard (shown below) depicts him in an outfit that gives him a somewhat similar appearance to aDuplighost, an enemy that appeared inPaper Mario andPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, as well as one that looks like aLantern Ghost. The name of this character is a pun on the real world hand game calledrock paper scissors.
Gallery[edit]
A Rock Paper Wizard is introduced.
A Rock Paper Wizard retires.
All eight Rock Paper Wizards talk to Mario.
An unmasked Rock Paper Wizard.
Concept artwork of Rock Paper Wizard
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ジャンケンかめん[?] Janken Kamen | Rock-Paper-Scissors Mask | |
| Dutch | Vingervlugge Virtuoos[?] | Nimble-fingered Virtuoso | |
| French(Canadian) | Magicien Roche-papier[?] | Rock-Paper Wizard | |
| French(European) | Le Digimage[?] | The Fingerwizard | |
| German | Meister Schnuck[?] | Master Rock-Paper-Scissors | |
| Italian | Pietro Cartaforbice[?] | "Pietro" is a male name that sounds like "Pietra" (Stone). The second part means "PaperScissor". | |
| Russian | Мастер Шоушилин[?] Master Shoushilin | Master of Shoushilin (Chinese Rock-Paper-Scissors) | |
| Spanish(Latin American) | Míster Cachipún[?] | Mr. Rock-Paper-Scissors | |
| Spanish(European) | Don Pedro Papeltijero[?] | Mr Peter Paperscissors (pun onPedro, a Spanish male name, andPiedra papel tijeras, Rock paper scissors) |
