Garcian Smith on 13 January 2008
@ Game_boy: Mario had/has "emotional dimension" in the first place? News to me. Also, most of the locations in Paper Mario were original, and those that weren't (say, Dry Dry Desert) were given a new look befitting an RPG.
Finally, Paper Mario's combat kicks the ass of most other PS1/N64-generation JRPGs.
Oh, and you forgot Badge Points and the Star Meter. =P
"'Casual games' are something the 'Game Industry' invented to explain away the Wii success instead of actually listening or looking at what Nintendo did. There is no 'casual strategy' from Nintendo. 'Accessible strategy', yes, but ‘casual gamers’ is just the 'Game Industry''s polite way of saying what they feel: 'retarded gamers'."
-Sean Malstrom
