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$49.99
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$46.99
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| Published by | Nintendo |
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| ASIN | B000NNDN1M |
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Customer Reviews - courtesy of Amazon.com
Cute but Disappointing
Super Paper Mario, the latest in a series that began with Paper Mario on the N64, initially impresses with bright graphics and charming visual effects, but is dragged down by its gameplay.
The game has some good ideas: the various characters and helpers ("Pixls") have diverse abilities, and many situations require the player to make intelligent choices about which character/helper combination to use. This installment of the series does away with turn-based battles in favor of what is basically platforming gameplay with RPG elements (e.g., hit points and levels), and the integration is surprisingly smooth.
The fun factor takes a dive, though, as too many areas feature lengthy backtracking and counterintuitive or arbitrary puzzle solutions. The game often presents puzzles without the slightest hint of what to do with them--or it uses the environment inconsistently; for example, boxes that normally turn only red or blue suddenly also turn orange and black--but only in one specific part of the game, and with no warning. Super Paper Mario's gameplay is relatively easy, but its often opaque puzzles can quickly make it frustrating.
On a different note, the game's English translation sparkles, with distinct and often hilarious dialogue for each character--a good thing, since this must be one of the talkiest Mario titles ever. The dialogue is packed with winking references and sly send-ups of other Nintendo games that should delight long-time fans. Unfortunately, the story proper is completely predictable, if unusually dark for a Mario game. There are also hundreds of collectibles in several categories (Recipes, Catch Cards, Maps), but the unappealing gameplay gives scant motivation for extra scrounging after the main story is over.
Super Paper Mario is cute at first, but too many sloppy design elements end up making it hard to love. Luckily, its spiritual ancestor, the superb SNES game Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, is now available on the Virtual Console. It costs less and is a vastly more satisfying game.
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Best Game in the World
Super Paper Mario is an awesome game. You get to play as all the good chacaters: Bowser, Luigi, Peach, and of course Mario. You get to go into 3D where all sorts of hidden things are. And you have all these pixels that are awesome. I love it and I'm only 8!
Eh...
I can fully see how Super Paper Mario charms so many people, but for me personally, the bad outweighs the good. I wish it were otherwise, but there's no accounting for taste. So here's my humble review.
The graphics are colorful and inventive, but no more so than you'd see in a regular Gamecube title. I like how the Wii remote is used sideways like a regular controller... that was cool. And the dialogue is so funny sometimes... but sadly, after a while it became the only real source of entertainment that I got out of the game. I'm a super-fast reader, so the amount of it didn't faze me... although I could have done without some of the more useless explanations and tidbits of information.
The one big thing that takes the cake for me in this game is: it's boring and tedious. It seriously takes out of the replay value for me, which is unfortunate, since I paid $50 for it straight up, at the store. The elevator music soundtrack and dragging gameplay is a good way to relax if you want to think about nothing important and just space out, though. And you get to look at pretty scenery while you're at it, too.
Maybe after I'm done with the game, I'll draw some Mr. L fan art. Along with Count Bleck, he (and Luigi, I guess, by default) is the coolest character.
So not an RPG
You call THIS an RPG? This game is... truly disappointing if you are a fan of Paper Mario. It has no turn-based function what-so-ever! And Mario can't go in all directions unless flipped into 3D! This game isn't even worth renting. Waste of Money.
WONDERFUL!!
I absolutely love this game!! I have played all the games in the Paper Mario series, and this one is just as good as the others. It will have you enjoying yourself, scratching your head in confusion, and absolutely laughing out loud. The gameplay is easy to get used to, the storyline lovely (how does Nintendo keep coming up with storylines!? You'd think they'd run out of ideas), and the text part of the game is clever. When I say laughing out loud I mean it too, there are some puns and some parts are just plain silly. This game uses the Wii remote, maybe not as much as some games but it lets you interact more than you would usually be able to in your average video game. All of the Paper Mario games have kept me entertained for hours, I highly recommend all of them and especially this one!!
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