Nintendo of America dates Paper Mario, Luigi's Mansion delayed to 2013, and lots of other retail and eShop titles

[Soleron]

sperrico87 said:

Soleron said:
So the only big 3DS game for this holiday will be NSMB 2? Paper Mario doesn't move hardware.

3DS will move big numbers anyway.  I see Paper Mario as just satiating 1 million or so 3DS owners who are waiting for Luigi's Mansion and/or Wii U.  You're right though, historically, it doesn't seem like Paper Mario has ever been a reliable hardware-seller, but then again the last time a Paper Mario came out during the holidays was eight years ago, so who knows, it could have gained a bigger following since then.

It's not the same kind of Paper Mario as previously, it's split into a number of levels with a goal instead of a full RPG, and there are no partners making the battles and overworld much simpler. If anything it will get overshadowed by the 2D Mario because it's now so similar.