Vivian (Paper Mario)
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| Game series | Mario series |
| First game | Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door |
| Creator(s) | Nintendo |
Vivian is a fictional video game character from the Mario Series created by Nintendo. Vivian first appeared in 2005 in Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door for the Nintendo GameCube, the sequel to Paper Mario.
Vivian first appears as an enemy with her older sisters Beldam and Marilyn, and the three call themselves the Shadow Sirens. Vivian is often left to do the grunt work and is mistreated by her other sisters, eventually leading to her joining forces with Mario, the game's main protagonist.
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[edit] Biography
Vivian is an ex-member of the Shadow Sirens who abandoned them for Mario's team. As unlikely as the friendship may be, Mario and Vivian were able to join forces without any trouble because of the conditions they had met under. A doppelgänger, Doopliss had stolen Mario's name and body, rendering the original Mario a shadowy being. In this state, he helped Vivian recover a lost item, and acted kindly to her, something she rarely saw. As gratitude, she joined Mario on his quest. Thus, Mario witnessed the true Vivian, who was his friend rather than an enemy. She helped him fight until she realized who he truly was, but returned to his side in time to save him from Doopliss and all of Mario's ex-party members, who had been tricked into helping Doopliss. After the Shadow Sirens changed their ways, Vivian returned to a much better life than she had previously had. By the end of the game, the in-game text hints that Vivian has a crush on Mario, and nearly told him of it, but hesitated. before he boarded the boat and the party members were saying their good-byes.
Vivian's life before she met Mario is never fully explained. She is known to be at least one thousand years old because she is able to recognize an area in the Palace of Shadow that has been locked up for one thousand years. She may be a demon, like the Shadow Queen, but it is never explained fully. Though she is surprised when Mario learns that there is a demon behind the door, meaning she may not be that old. In addition, while Beldam and Marilyn were fully aware of the Shadow Queen's plan and had been secretly supporting her, Vivian did not even seem to know of the Shadow Queen's existence -- possibly because Beldam and Marilyn did not respect her enough to let her in on their plan.
[edit] Gameplay
Outside of battle, Vivian is similar to Bow from the first game. She can grab Mario and pull him down into their shadows, which prevents enemies from seeing them and, at one point in the story, allows them to eavesdrop on conversations. There are also several other stranger ways the move can be used. In battle, Vivian is arguably the strongest partner in the game in terms of attacking enemies.
[edit] Attacks
- Shade Fist is Vivian's primary attack, which sees her hitting enemies with a fiery punch. This punch causes enemies to become burned in addition to the damage given from the punch. The burn will take away one Heart Point per turn regardless of the enemy's defense stat. Vivian will be hurt by enemies utilizing spikes and other methods of defense if she uses this attack against them.
- Veil takes one Flower Point. Vivian drags Mario and herself into their shadows in order to evade enemy attacks. However, the turn that they return from the shadows, they cannot attack. This limits the usefulness of the attack, so it is best when used against an enemy that charges up for a very powerful attack, such as a Hyper Goomba or Cortez.
- Fiery Jinx takes six Flower Points to use and attacks all enemies with a fire spell. In addition to damaging enemies, it also burns them, meaning that their Heart Points will slowly decrease until the burn goes away, unaffected by the enemy's defense. Vivian obtains this attack after her first partner upgrade.
- Infatuate confuses all affected enemies. Vivian uses four Flower Points and some flirty moves for this attack. It is more likely to work against minor enemies.
