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sperrico87 on 13 August 2012
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Soleron said:
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.

I'm withholding judgement until the next Nintendo Direct when they show more of the game.  At E3 when they demoed it onstage they mentioned nothing about simplfying the overworld or splitting it into levels.  I think one of those assumptions is based off of a screen capture, but I'd still like to see more about it before I write it off.