Diamond Star
Diamond Star | |
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Description | |
"The object Koops's father found in Hooktail's belly." | |
First appearance | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004) |
Latest appearance | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024) |
- “I found it down there in Hooktail's belly. Nice, huh? I was gonna keep it as a souvenir... But if this is the thing you've been looking for, you can have it!”
- —Koopley, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
The Diamond Star is the first of the Crystal Stars Mario collects in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, obtained upon completion of Chapter 1: Castle and Dragon.
According to Grifty, Hooktail Castle was constructed by the Shadow Queen to hold a Crystal Star, likely the Diamond Star.[1] As the in-game map description for Hooktail Castle mentions that it was "built to accommodate Hooktail's bulk", it can be presumed that Hooktail, one of the Shadow Queen's pets, was tasked with guarding the star. Some time after the four heroes sealed the Shadow Queen using the Crystal Stars, Hooktail regained possession of the Diamond Star and ate it.
10 years prior to the events of the game, Koopley, who had been swallowed whole after failing to defeat the dragon, finds the Diamond Star in her stomach and decides to hold onto it as a "souvenir". During their quest, Mario and his partners traverse Hooktail Castle and defeat Hooktail in hopes of recovering the Diamond Star, as well as to stop her from continuing to terrorize the citizens of Petalburg. Upon defeating her, Hooktail spits out Koopley, who gives Mario the Diamond Star for being his son's friend. Collecting the Diamond Star teaches Mario the move Earth Tremor to use in battle.
The fourth question of both the 65th and 66th Trivia Quiz-Off asks about the location of the Diamond Star, with the correct answers being "Hooktail Castle" and "Hooktail's Belly" respectively. In one of the Creepy Steeple Boo's quizzes in the remake, the Diamond Star is an incorrect answer for "Which Crystal Star was found inside the X-Naut Fortress?", possibly to trick the player considering its similar appearance to the correct answer, the Crystal Star.
During the final battle with the Shadow Queen, when the Crystal Stars spread out to the locations in which they were found, the Diamond Star retreats to Petalburg, where its residents, including Koopley, Kroop and Koopie Koo cheer on for Mario and his team.
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Names in other languages[edit]
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Japanese | ダイヤモンドスター[2] Daiyamondo Sutā |
Diamond Star | |
Chinese (simplified) | 钻石之星[3] Zuànshí zhī xīng |
Diamond Star | |
Chinese (traditional) | 鑽石之星[4] Zuànshí zhī xīng |
Diamond Star | |
Dutch | Diamanten ster[5] | Diamond Star | |
French | Étoile de diamant[?] | Diamond Star | |
German | Diamantstern[6] | Diamond Star | |
Italian | Stella Diamante[?] | Diamond Star | original |
Stella diamante[7] | Diamond star | remake | |
Korean | 다이아몬드스타[8] Daiamondeu Seuta |
Diamond Star | |
Spanish | Estrella Diamante[?] | Diamond Star |
Trivia[edit]
- The Diamond Star and the Gold Star are the only Crystal Stars that are not from a chapter that involves the X-Nauts or the Three Shadows in any way.
- However, as revealed in the post-Chapter 1 intermission, the X-Nauts were aware of Hooktail "maybe" having a Crystal Star.
References[edit]
- ^ "One of the castles built to contain these stars still stands near Petal Meadows." - Grifty
- ^ 「ダイヤモンドスター
ノコタロウのちち ノコキチが ゴンババの おなかの中から もってきたモノ」– Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo Co. (Japanese). - ^ "钻石之星
慢慢太郎的父亲慢慢吉 从轰巴巴的肚子里带出来的东西。" – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo (Hong Kong) (Simplified Chinese). - ^ 「鑽石之星
慢慢太郎的父親慢慢吉 從轟巴巴肚子裡拿出來的東西。」– Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo (Hong Kong) (Traditional Chinese). - ^ "Diamanten ster
De ster die Koops' vader in de buik van Vermila heeft gevonden." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (Dutch). - ^ "Diamantstern
Koopios Vater Koopador fand ihn in Lohgards Bauch." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (German). - ^ "Stella diamante
Ottenuta da Koopericle: l'ha presa nella pancia di Crimilde." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (Italian). - ^ "다이아몬드스타
엉금돌이의 아버지 엉길동이 곤자잔의 배 속에서 가지고 나온 것" – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Korea (Korean).