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the_dengle on 30 November 2012
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wfz said:


It all comes down to personal taste, really, so I'm not going to argue anything with you. All I will say is this: I loved the third chapter of TTYD (the stadium fighting one) and I don't remember any humorous parts of it. Yet the scenario and unfolding story were really, really awesome in my opinion. The character development, mystery, and climatic battles were really fun, but the gameplay itself was extremely bland (running around back and forth and doing normal battles repeatedly).

Mario riding around on the little Yoshi is pretty slapsticky. And I wouldn't call the stadium battles normal; as I recall, a lot of the later ones had caveats like, 'you can't jump,' or 'you can't use items.' Maybe some other things like having to nail a certain number of action commands. I don't remember exactly.

I am genuinely curious though about what part of Paper Mario's story you find so engaging if it isn't the humor. The tournament is a good example but it's still just one instance. How about, say, the Toy Box chapter of the N64 Paper Mario?