Huey then asks Mario to squeeze him into paper form in order to obtain colors from his blood, his sweat, and his tears. Toad gives some Battle cards to Mario and then the Slurp Guy fully drains his colors. A scream is heard and Mario, Huey, and Princess Peach quickly head over to the sound only to find a red Shy Guy with a straw, called a Slurp Guy, draining the color from Toad.
Toad then heads off, while Mario and Peach, after activating an emergency mechanism, meet Huey, a mysterious 3D talking paint bucket. Upon arriving, Mario finds a hammer and uses it to reach the town square, that is deserted and full of elements whose colors have been drained. This causes Mario, Peach and another Toad to set sail for Prism Island. The story starts with Princess Peach and Mario receiving a letter from Prism Island, which they find out is a color-drained Toad. Paper Mario: Color Splash is the first of the Paper Mario series to be released on the Wii U.
