| wfz said: the first two Paper Mario games had such great stories |
Really?
....Really?
Hey, I love the Paper Marios. Two of my favorite RPGs (haven't gotten around to playing Super Paper Mario yet). But let's be honest: it's not Final Fantasy or Xenoblade or something with a really powerful story like most JRPGs. Somebody kidnaps Peach, Mario has to save her. There are some good characters, but only "good" compared to characters in the Mario platformers (which are mostly nonexistent); they don't hold up terrifically well when the game is compared to more plot-heavy RPGs.
What Paper Mario really has going for it is its aesthetic, its unique brand of slapstick humor, and its engaging gameplay, most of which I think is preserved in Sticker Star. Its writing IS good, but for its wit, not its drama.
The one concerning thing to me in that interview was Miyamoto telling them not to make new characters, but that may have been a matter of them approaching a deadline with a game that wasn't shaping up very well -- they had to focus on refining the gameplay, not making up new characters and trying to fit them into a game that was turning out to be "boring."
