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[Admiral Bobbery]

Things may not be all that dandy in Flipside as I once thought, as it seems that quite a few users are having issues with the PAL version of Paper Mario. Thankfully, those of us crafty enough to experiment with Super Paper Mario's language settings of the game have found a quick remedy to the glitch.

So what's the glitch, and where does it happen? Apparently, it manifests itself as a game freeze after you confront Mimi in Chapter 2-2, namely inside Merlee's Mansion. After she tells you to search the rooms for Merlee, and when you tell her that Merlee herself is nowhere to be found, the game stops dead in its tracks. What's worse is that it's not just an isolated bug, but a rather prevalent one.

What's the workaround, then? Simple - change the system's language setting to German just before getting to Mimi. You'd be able to coast through the glitch without any problems, at which point you can save, power off, and set it back to its original language setting. Easy, isn't it? You can probably use this for any other similar glitch points in the game.

While there is a way to go around the glitch, let's hope that Nintendo notices this and does something to resolve the issues - mayhap a patch, or even a new version of the game itself? Time will only tell, but we're banking on a patch itself. It'd be much easier for them to do so, what with the Wii's WiiConnect24 feature.

I really hope that this glitch doesn't happen to you European Super Paper Mario Players out there.

[Zelnor]

Played in german, didn't encounter any glitch thanks to the m
language. YAY !

[Nintendo_Fan]

I read in the Gamespot SPM forums that you can avoid this glitch by just not talking to Mimi

[Light Prognosticus]

Just flip to 3D
And get the key.