Notso

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Notso
Notso
Species Flopsider
First appearance Super Paper Mario (2007)
“Not so bad a day to you!”
Notso, Super Paper Mario

Notso is a shopkeeper in Super Paper Mario. Unlike Howzit, who has other shops throughout the game, Notso runs a shop only in Flopside. Also, he uses the term "Not so," in his sentences frequently, as Howzit uses "good."

Notso's Merchandise

Notso's shop
Notso's shop

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ミスター・オオキニ
Misutā Ōkini
From "mister" and「大きに」(ōkini, which means "thank you" in Kansai dialect)

German Getzo
Pun on "geht so" (not bad)
Italian KozìKozì
Pun on "così così" (not so)
Spanish (NOE) Nifunifá
Pun on "ni fu ni fa" (not bad)

Trivia

  • Harold, a Flopsider living on the first floor of Flopside, got a wedding ring that he could not afford for 60 years for his wife Gertrude by working the graveyard shift at Notso's shop.
  • The German version states that Notso, rather than Howzit, runs the Twinkle Mart in Outer Space.