| the_dengle said: The fact that you don't consider Sticker Star to be "real Paper Mario" is the bigger problem here. It's just another iteration of an established series. If Nintendo continues making PM games that follow the gameplay formula perfected in TTYD, what then? "There hasn't been a real Paper Mario game in 10 years..." "there hasn't been a real Paper Mario game in 15 years..." "there hasn't been a real Paper Mario game in 20 years..." Meanwhile Nintendo keeps churning out RPGs starring Mario characters rendered in a paper-themed aesthetic and carrying that staple brand of Mario RPG humor. THAT'S "real Paper Mario." |
The series started out with a certain formula, but has since diverged from it. Suffice it to say I liked it before all the changes (or rather all the things that were removed).
The originals will always be how the series is defined, until the time comes when they are outnumbered by the newer iterations and are forgotten (See 2D vs 3D Zelda). Your real Paper Mario argument basically consists of you trying to find the lowest common denominator among the games so far, where not even the genre of the series has remained consistent. You feel aesthetic and writing are enough to properly define the series, I don't. There's a reason games like RE6 and FFXIII were received the way they were by their respective fans.
