Paper Mario: Sticker Star/Gameplay

Controls
Move Mario/Menu selection: control pad or Circle pad, on some occasions, the stylus

Jump/confirm: A Button

Hammer/back: B Button

Paperize: Y Button

Sticker Journal: X Button

Attacks
The only way to attack in this game is to use stickers you have in your journal. Select a sticker with the Control pad, Circle pad or the stylus. When you select a sticker, Mario will attack the enemy with it. And by "attack the enemy with it", I don't mean Mario will THROW it at the enemy. He will use it's special power.

Sticker types
Now I will tell you about the different KNINDS of stickers. There are normal stickers. Shiny Stickers that "glimmer" as you shake the bottom of the 3DS. And Flashy Stickers that have a rainbow in the background. Stickers have the same power for the whole game. So normal stickers(if you get the action command right) will usually do about 15-17 damage depending on what sticker it is. Shiny stikers (also getting the action command right) will do about 30-40 damage depending on the stickers power. And Flashy, the most powerful sticker in the game ALWASYS does around 50-70 damage and ssomtimes even moreif you do an action command for it and depending on the sticker power.

Overkill
When you attack an enemy that small bar on the right shows the enemies HP. If when jumping you "overkill" an enemy it and ITS health bar will turn gray, every hit you do after that will give you coins.

Quick Warning
If you do not have any stickers in your journal stay away from enemies because if you do not have any stickers, you can't attack.

=Battle Spin= Not so late in the game, Kersti will show you the battlespin, it's lke playing slots. The more stickers you match in the battle spin, the more stickers you get to use per turn for the rest of the battle.(For example: If I played the battles spin and I matched 2 coins with a pow block in the middle, the 2 coins will let me use 2 stickers each turn for the rest of the battle.

First Strike
Hitting an enemy with a hammer or jumping on them will do damage to them right before the battle starts(cool,huh?)

Note: You cannot get the FIRST STRIKE on bosses or mini-bosses.