Game » consists of 11 releases. Released Aug 11, 2000
kbd here to tell you the good and the bad of Paper Mario in as few words as possible. ;)
The good:
+ 10 - 20 hours approx. single player mode augmented by optional challenges
+ charming and genuinely funny
+ good artistic design (graphics and sound)
+ good characterisation and story
+ robust turn-based combat system
The bad:
- bosses tend to be easy
- lots of dialogue
- lots of backtracking
Paper Mario is the second Mario RPG to be released. The first, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, was released back in 1996 for the SNES, and it was an amazing game. It strayed away from the platforming that Mario is known best for. To go to an RPG type of gamplay and stay true to Mario is amazing. Square helped develop the game, so it's no surprise that it was great.Paper Mario was developed by Intelligent Systems, and the gameplay is very different from the SNES counterpart, as well ...
Paper Mario is a turned based RPG starring your favorite plumber, Mario.Story: Paper Mario's story is as follows: Bowser steals the star rod (star rod? from Kirby?!) from star haven because the star spirits wouldn't grant any of his wishes. Somehow he gets his castle directly under Peach's, (just go with it) defeats Mario, (with the help of the star rod) and raises it up into space. Mario awakens to a voice telling him to go to shooting star summit, when he gets there he learns he must rescue th...