I played paper mario for the quirky story and characters and writing in mario universe. Not the generic and slow turn based combat where you do 1 damge per attack, if I played paper mario just for that then I would just play any one of dozens of jrps with better and faster turn based combat.
Why are you guys so pessimistic about Paper Mario returning to form?
Joseph Green
Nathan Watson
>nu-nintendo is making tons of money and getting widespread acclaim with the laziest, safest possible rehashes
You're describing Wii U era Nintendo, user. Their first party games have improved since then.
For the longest time Nintendo was this non step parade of streamlined, blandified and generic New Super Mario Bros type games churned out yearly.
Now they're experimenting with new IPs and returning to form with more and more franchises.
After Kirby's Epic Yarn and Rainbow Curse we got Star Allies.
After Luigi's Mansion 2 we got 3.
After endless NSMB games we got Odyssey.
After Smash 4 we got Ultimate.
After Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash we got Mario Tennis Aces.
I could go on. Some of the latter games are better than others when it comes to not being bland and lacking content, but they're all remarkable improves on the garbage we were being given.
Connor Walker
mario and luigi was always better
Carter Russell
>Star Allies
Star Allies is THE most milquetoast game I have seen come out of that franchise in a long time. Epic Yarn is the better game as far as I'm concerned.
Aces also isn't great when compared to the first one and Power Tennis.
Andrew Moore
But Super feels extremely non-mario. All the classic enemies and characters were replaced by weird ass geometric shapes that made no sense in a mario game
Samuel Davis
Nah
Jason Wright
True, but the story and characters made up for it. The locales too especially.
William Jackson
>You're describing Wii U era Nintendo, user.
no, i'm describing switch-era nintendo, which keeps propping itself up on ports and rehashes of those wii u games you're dismissing.
>After Kirby's Epic Yarn and Rainbow Curse we got Star Allies.
barebones and rushed at launch, still following the same formula from rtdl. you also conveniently ignored the existence of triple deluxe and planet robobot to make your point.
>After Luigi's Mansion 2 we got 3.
wowee, another bing bing wahoo sequel.
>After endless NSMB games we got Odyssey.
a downgrade from 3d world.
>After Smash 4 we got Ultimate.
more advertisement than game, with horrible netcode and little content beyond the bloated roster.
>After Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash we got Mario Tennis Aces.
a glorified port.
Ian Butler
Is it "afraid to fail, afraid to try", or "too big to fail, too big to try"?
Ryder Rivera
Do you believe, user?