The PAL edition of Super Paper Mario, which was heavily delayed from the US version, has a disturbingly major bug: the game will crash at a certain point, forcing a system restart. CVG got some information on Nintendo for a work-around:

“At the start of Chapter 2-2, you will come across a character called Mimi. She will tell you to go to the farthest room on the first floor to meet a character called Merlee. Enter that room and press the green switch. A trap will be triggered, and a spiked ceiling will descend upon Mario. Before the ceiling reaches him, flip into 3D and jump on it to find a key.

“If you pick up the key, you won’t run into any problems. Use it to open the locked door to Mimi’s right. However, if you talk to Mimi without picking up the key, the game will freeze. You will then have to turn off your Wii console and start again from your last save point.”

Basically, don’t mess up and miss the key. Nintendo is going to issue a replacement program for the discs, with information expected in the next week or so. Sorry PAL owners, that six month wait doesn’t seem to have been worth it.