Tilt Island

Tilt Island
General information
Games	Super Paper Mario
Type	Arcade
Number of players	1
Playable character(s)	Mario, Peach, Bowser, or Luigi
Availability	At the Flipside Arcade
In-game information
Controls	Wii Remote (sideways): Tilt to move character

Tilt Island is a minigame in Super Paper Mario. It can be played at the Flipside Arcade.

Gameplay

Tilt Island is played by holding the Wii Remote horizontally, like in the main game but unlike other minigames. The player can play as either Mario, Peach, Bowser, or Luigi and move their character by tilting the Wii Remote left and right accordingly.

The goal is for the character to catch falling desserts (including Peachy Peaches, Mango Juices, and Fruit Parfaits) for points and to try to collect enough to advance to the next round. However, they must avoid the Squigs, Spinies, and Spiky Tromps that fall on the island. Enemies can be defeated for a number of points, depending on the type of enemy. If the character either touches an enemy or is tilted off of the island, they lose a life. There are three lives in total, so if the player loses all of them, it is a Game Over. The game has a total of twenty levels, and if the player clears all of them, they win.

Unlike other minigames in the Flipside Arcade, the player's performance in Tilt Island can be influenced by whom they play as. Peach and Bowser tend to be larger targets and move at a slower pace, leaving them a lot more prone to being damaged by falling enemies. Contrariwise, Mario and Luigi are smaller and faster.

Scoring

Desserts

Peachy Peach (4,000 points)

Mango Juice (5,000 points)

Fruit Parfait (7,000 points)

Enemies

Squig (1,000 points)

Spiny Egg (1,500 points)

Spiky Tromp (2,000 points)

Bonus points

Collecting only one type of dessert in a stage earns the player a bonus for that stage equal to the amount of points received from the desserts.

Items

There are also a few types of items that randomly fall out of the sky, and they can be collected randomly. Each item is worth 3000 points.

• Mushroom: Adds an extra life to the player's total.
• Flower: The player's character starts spinning and can knock away monsters for points.
• Star: Clears all enemies from the screen.

High scores

• Hort: 700000
• Hort: 500000
• Muffy: 400000
• Walter: 300000
• Fret: 200000

Trivia

• According to The InterNed, the music that plays during the minigame is also titled "Tilt Island".