Current Events > I replayed Paper Mario, it's just as mediocre as I remember. (spoilers)

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The final boss fight is so basic. Bowser gives you tons of free turns and the set up of the fight basically disables most strats you'd like to try.

The music is bland. There's a few good songs, the snow themed songs are particularly memorable. But the rest of the music ranges from whatever to kinda bad. The battle music gets really repetitive, which isn't a good sign for an RPG. The flower section is one of the longest and has purposefully bad music. Honestly, I think Nintendo is kinda weak in the music department in general, especially with Mario, and it shows here.

It's a little disturbing just how much of the game is beat-for-beat SMRPG. They should have done much more to differentiate the games, IMO.

I didn't faff around with most of the sidequests this playthough, but I remember liking them in the past. They still don't measure up to SMRPG, but they add some much needed filler to an otherwise extremely linear RPG.

Speaking of, almost all the puzzles are "pull out partner, use skill." The quiz mini-game with Peach is fantastic, more actual minigames would have been appreciated.

On the pro side, the dialogue, character, and environment were all fantastic. Most of the jokes landed well (though I disliked Kolorado more than I did as a kid). I can't think of any Mario game that's closer to the Mario Movie than this one, especially the way Bowser and Peach interact.

Overall, a generous B. B- if I'm being critical. It's a cure schmaltzy game with good dialogue, but kinda basic. I don't blame you if you love the game, but that's how I feel. That's how I felt ~20 year ago, and that feeling remained upon replay.

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They killed it for me when hey said it was a sequel of sorts or successor whatever you wanna call it to Super Mario RPG.

Not even close.

ChocoboMog123 posted...

It's a little disturbing just how much of the game is beat-for-beat SMRPG. They should have done much more to differentiate the games, IMO.

Well, it was originally supposed to be SMRPG2...

Imo, it is way better than Mario RPG.

ChocoboMog123 posted...

It's a little disturbing just how much of the game is beat-for-beat SMRPG. They should have done much more to differentiate the games, IMO.

Why? SMRPG has such a good formula you could use it almost infinitely and it would never lose its charm. But I mean, if you do want a different kind of Mario RPG game, than obviously Mario and Luigi is the way to go.

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uwnim posted...

Imo, it is way better than Mario RPG.

Why? Just about everything about it is worse except the dialogue, IMO. The badge system could be interesting, but there's not enough depth. I understand if it's just personal taste, but calling it "way better" is just wrong.

ChocoboMogALT posted...

Why? Just about everything about it is worse except the dialogue, IMO. The badge system could be interesting, but there's not enough depth. I understand if it's just personal taste, but calling it "way better" is just wrong.

I like the characters better in Paper Mario and much prefer the out of combat gameplay there.

In battle, both of them are okay.