Story details

- Begins on the night of Sticker Fest
- Mushroom Kingdom holds annual Sticker Fests so that its residents can see the Sticker Comet arriving
- A wish made on the comet is said to likely come true
- Bowser and his crew show up and disturb the festivities
- Bowser wants the comet’s powers for himself
- Browser lunges toward the comet, but once he does so, it shatters and its pieces fly across the kingdom
- Crown sticker lands on Bowser’s head
- Bowser becomes sparkly and more powerful than ever before
- He kidnaps Princess Peach and runs off
- Mario goes after Peach right away
- He comes across a flying crown named Kersti
- Kersti is the caretaker of the Royal Stickers
- Royal Stickers are wish-granting elements of the comet
- One of them wounded up on Bowser
- Kersti accompanies Mario on his quest and helps him out in using stickers

Stickers

- Stickers are the main gameplay element in Sticker Star
- Can find stickers all over
- Take a sticker by walking up to it and pressing “A”
- Need stickers to use techniques and attacks in combat
- Stickers can be purchased at one of the game’s shops for coins
- Album holds a limited number of sticker
- More pages will be added to your album as you progress

Battles

- Turn-based battles
- Choose a sticker from your album
- Each sticker features a corresponding move that you’ll carry out such as a jump or hammer attack
- Tap the “A” button right before an attack to cause extra damage
- When an enemy is attacking, hit “A” right before the attack to lessen the damage
- A sticker’s efficacy is based on its condition
- A mint-condition sticker is more powerful that a worn-out one
- Special stickers have boosted stats
- Can use the Battle Spinner before a fight
- Spinner is a machine-style mini-game
- Uses some of your coins
- Match two or more symbols to earn bonus items and the opportunity to take more stickers into the fray

Level structure

- Paper version of the Mushroom Kingdom appears as an overworld map
- Decalburg is the starting hub
- Buy and sell stickers at Decalburg
- Talk to residents as well
- Head off to new worlds from Decalburg
- Worlds have multiple levels like a Mario platformer
- Worlds have enemies, stickers, and puzzles

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