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MapleStory (Korean: 메이플스토리) is a free-to-play, 2D, side-scrolling massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by the South Korean company Wizet. Several versions of the game areavailable for specific countries or regions, and each is published by various companies such as Nexon. Although playing the game is free, some character appearances and gameplay enhancements can be purchasedfrom the "Cash Shop" using real money.

In the game, players travel the "Maple World", defeating monsters and developing their characters' skills and abilities as is typical in role-playing games.Players can interact with others in many ways, such as through chatting, trading, and playing minigames. Groups of players can band together in parties to hunt monsters and share the rewards and canalso collaborate together forming guilds to interact more easily with each other.

In July 2010, the Korean version of the game was completely revised in a patch named the "Big Bang". Other versionsfollowed suit and on December 2010, the Global version received the update. Later in the year, the Korean version received the Chaos update which balances the classes again. And in May 2011, the Koreanversion received the Jump update which balances the classes again.
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* 1 Plot
* 2 Gameplay
o 2.1 Characters
o 2.2 World
o 2.3 Cash Shop* 3 History
o 3.1 Revamps
* 4 Media adaptions
* 5 Reception
* 6 References
* 7 External links

Plot

Player's assume the roles of citizens in the Maple World withno specific objective to win the game and work on improving their characters' skill and status over time. The antagonist of the game, the Black Mage, was sealed away years ago by five heroes.[1][2]Fearing his resurrection, Empress Cygnus enlisted the Maple World to join her cause in preventing his evil from returning.[3] However, they failed and the Black Wings resurrected the Black Mage...