↑ Ray Corriea, Alexa (November 17, 2014). "Nintendo Reveals the Toads' Gender Secret". GameSpot (dalam bahasa Inggeris). Dicapai pada 2020-04-29. "This is maybe a little bit of a strange story, but we never really went out of our way to decide on the sex of these characters, even though they have somewhat gendered appearances," Hayashida said.
↑ Ray Corriea, Alexa (November 17, 2014). "Nintendo Reveals the Toads' Gender Secret". GameSpot (dalam bahasa Inggeris). Dicapai pada 2020-04-29. Hayashida clarified that Toads are not mushrooms at all, but the resemblance and nomenclature is too uncanny not to wonder. "This particular riddle might stay unsolved," Hayashida said. "That's one of the great mysteries of the Mario universe."
↑ "Paper Mario Sticker Star review". Nintendo Life. November 6, 2012. Diarkibkan daripada yang asal pada November 9, 2012. Dicapai pada November 6, 2012. The supporting cast is mostly made up of Toads, with virtually no sign of anyone more interesting, which is disappointing for a series that has otherwise proven itself quite fresh.
↑ Ryckert, Dan (October 14, 2016). "Paper Mario: Color Splash Review". Giant Bomb. Diarkibkan daripada yang asal pada December 14, 2016. Dicapai pada January 20, 2017. That's never hard to do, because everything is a goddamn Toad in this game. Previous Paper Mario games have featured a wide variety of NPCs, complete with tons of different looks and personalities. In Color Splash, it's just a bunch of Toads of different colors.
