Paper Mario: Sticker Star -- 5-5 Rugged Road

This area is volcanic and filled with lava. Lava rocks rain down. Fire Bros are all over. We need to put a Thing sticker over the volcano. The Shaved Ice turns the area into a winter wonderland. Anything that was Fire-type is now Ice-type, even the Fire Bros. We can walk on the lava, so we can reach the door drawing. The Secret Door leads to the Basin. Walk on the ice to the left past the item block to a hidden area with the Turkey. Happy Thanksgiving! Walk over the frozen lava floes to the next area.

The effects of the Shaved Ice are limited to the previous area. There are Fire Piranhas here. Hop across the lava, sometimes on platforms floating in the lava. There are two paths out of here that lead to the same area. The lower path leads to a rock that we can peel off. This scrap doesn't belong here. Go back to the previous area and peel the rock with an alcove between the lava rivers. Place the other scrap here. Hop up on the rock to reach the path back there. Go to the left and get the Car Sponge. Placing the other scrap allows us to go to the back of this area. There's a cracked rock back there we can break, creating a bridge above. Across the bridge is a Heart Block and a Save Block.

The next area just has a large river running through it and enemies. The next area has the comet piece and something missing. Go back to the entrance to the previous area and wait for a lava rock to drop on a crack to make a hole. Drop down it for a Megaflash Slaphammer. It leads to a hole in the side of the rock. Jump out and go up the steps and lure another lava rock to a crack until one makes a hole. It's on the same level as a Bony Beetle. Go to the left and pick up the Cracked Boulder. There's a hot spring in the foggy area. Luigi's in a different hot spring. We peel him off and he runs to the right this time.

Go to the area with the comet piece and place the Cracked Boulder. Hit the crack to make the rock fall on the comet piece. Walk across the rock and peel it off, then replace it to put the comet piece on top. Before you get it, climb up the hill and lure a lava rock to the crack. Drop down the hole for a Megaflash Iron Jump. The comet piece opens up the path to 5-6.

Back in Decalburg, an article talks about Luigi in the hot springs, this time calling him "L-Man". His existence has finally been confirmed. He also spent too much time in the hot spring, turning his face red.

Paper Mario: Sticker Star -- 2-4 Damp Oasis

So much for being an oasis. There's a ferocious sandstorm in the area and visibility is low. Periodically, something that looks like a comet piece will blow by. If you walk into the wind, you'll find a sign that reads: "in ... hills .. Dry... ..sert sand ..... ..tween ... striped ..... .... no fear and .... .." I can deciper: "in the hills of Drybake Desert sand .... between the striped ..... have no fear and .... .." Better than nothing. Up ahead is a cyclone. We can place a sticker nearby. I'm guessing either the Fan or the Vacuum. Further to the right is a Toad braving the sandstorm, saying that the legend of the hidden oasis must be true. Ahead is a path and further still another sign, saying, ".. the ..... of ...bake De.... .... flows be..... two ...... cacti show .. .... ... jump in"
That combined with the other sign says, "in the hills of Drybake Desert sand flows between two striped cacti show no fear and jump in." Soon we run into the same Toad again. Looks like we're going in circles. Let's go to Drybake Desert and find those two cacti.

The two striped cacti are on the hill of sliding quicksand, at the top of the hill, towards the screen. Jump over the small rocks and walk down the quicksand, where you'll see them towards the right. You'll drop into a room with more Pokeys and quicksand. At the top is a chest like the one on the Yoshi Sphinx's tongue. It, too, contains a tablet piece. Take the sandpillar outside.

Use the Vacuum near the cyclone to clear it up. The Vacuum will also pick up the comet piece and let it go. Visibility returns to normal and we can move forward. Toad is over by the sign and is upset we found the oasis first. He says he deciphered the sign first, so he'll find something special first. He runs off. Nearby is the comet piece. This opens the path to 2-1. Wait, that's it? Let's check out the oasis.

There is a door drawn on one of the rocks. The Secret Door leads to the Hair Shears. In the oasis, there is a Toad panting. He said the area was an oasis until Bowser dried up the water. The door to the only building is locked. We need a large sticker in front of the large blue pot. The Faucet might help things, so we go to 1-3 to get one. Once we place it, a tidal wave of water rushes in and returns the oasis to a lush, tropical paradise. Toad floats in on a pool toy on the sparkling waters. He's very relaxed. The building's now unlocked. Inside his wardrobe is another chest. Yet another Tablet Piece. Check the blinds over the bed to go outside. On the roof is Shaved Ice. How it hasn't melted is beyond me. Look's like we're done here.

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