Color Splash Producer Discusses Why Paper Mario Moved Away From RPG Elements

[S.Peelman]

Pavolink said:

S.Peelman said:

I could be an idiot, but, why couldn't there just be two RPG series?

Because in Nintendo's logical world, that's too much good for us. Therefore, they need to balance with unwanted games like Federation Force and Amiibo Crossing.

Well seems like they're succeeding.