LogFAQs > #885079715

I disliked Superstar Saga because it treated Bowser like a Looney Tunes antagonist. He gets gets stuck in a canon, then suffers amnesia, then has his sex swapped, then finally gets gift wrapped. I understand that he's a brute and a buffoon, but Bowser should always bear with him a general sense of menace. Use Wario if you need someone to play the part of a Yosemite Sam or Elmer Fudd.

Even if they hadn't maligned Bowser, games like Paper Mario and Superstar Saga simply felt smaller by comparison. Smithy was such a powerful force that it took the combined efforts of Mario and Bowser to bring him down. Having Mario and Goombario team up against Bowser or Mario and Luigi take on Cackletta just isn't the same. And presentation is everything in RPGs.