(Sep 17th, 2023, 08:33 PM)queenzelda Wrote:

My husband and I think the Paper Mario series was divided by the Mario and Luigi RPG game's where the characters in that did have names.

(Sep 26th, 2023, 11:32 PM)queenzelda Wrote:

I watched someone on youtube explained why the game is coming out, so I thought it would make for an interesting conversation starter:

• I don't blame Nintendo for not wanting to remake or remaster a game unless demand is there for it. Any other company would take the same approach, even when it comes to just making sequels. That said, I feel like TTYD is frequently being talked about and is the game people talk about when it comes to Paper Mario to the point that I would have expected that continued interest and fondness for that game alone to be enough to make Nintendo consider bringing the game back in some way.
  
  
• Miyamoto's views of Paper Mario still come off as being out of touch. Saying it doesn't really need a story is nonsensical when he was the producer for the first two entries of which both were heavy on story; if he felt story wasn't needed then why make a spin-off series that started out with a heavier focus on story than any other line of Mario games?
  
  
• Furthermore, the mainline Mario games already have little focus on a story. Removing story from another line of Mario games now just takes away something that helps distinguish those games from the main ones, and given that the Paper Mario games also don't get to have original characters anymore either just strips away more of their identity. Spin-offs and side entries should be used to try out things with an IP that don't fit in the mainline games; if you start trying to make them too much like the mainline games then you're taking away the reason for them to even exist in the first place.
  
  
• The quote at 2:20 is a fine viewpoint to have, except I don't feel like TTYD is a game that isn't open to casual players. TTYD was the first Paper Mario game I ever played, and also the first Mario game period that I had sat down and played, and I finished it within a two week vacation when I visited @ShiraNoMai back in like 2012 or something. Now I'm not a casual player but if I can pick up the second entry in a series I've never played, of an IP I had never really played, in a genre I also had never played, and beat that game in a two week period then I'm sure actual casual players would be fine with it. Nintendo here is just grossly underestimating the capabilities of their players which is a trend they've been doing far too much with a lot of their games.
  
  
• I would hope Nintendo no longer have qualms about turn based games in the West, which to me should have been snuffed out with the success of Final Fantasy VII and everything else that I'm sure followed in the wake of that game being the huge success that it was (given the industry likes to follow trends that blow up). I won't be surprised if there are some in Nintendo who are still stuck in this old way of thinking though.
  
  
• It's weird to me that Nintendo are worried about the cost of a Mario RPG, yet are happy to toss out dead-on-arrival projects like Labo, Mario Kart Live, etc. that while obviously don't cost as much as a Mario RPG game would, are still things that they took a chance with but they'll be hesitant to give another chance to a series that I'm sure has brought in more money than the examples I gave in this point.
  

(Mar 12th, 2024, 10:56 AM)Mr EliteL Wrote:

Skipped the gameplay bit but watched the screenshots and artwork from that video. The only slight problem I have is being able to see the white edges the paper which you can also see against another part of the body, but I'll get used to it. Good to know the date finally though. I wonder if there'll be anything extra like what the M&L remakes got but I suppose it would've been leaked by now, or will be if there is anything else unrevealed yet. 

I'm saving space!

 

• The original GameCube soundtrack can be toggled after finding a Badge near the beginning of the game that enables the feature. 
  
• The battle theme is different while fighting random battles in Boggly Woods. Whether this extends to other areas of the game isn't known.
  
• Backtracking in the latter half of the game has been addressed in some manner according to a Treehouse rep.
  
• Hooktail now says his weakness is frogs instead of crickets, matching the original Japanese script of the game.
  
• New NPC's can be used to practice battle mechanics such as Super Guards and Stylish moves.
  

(Apr 25th, 2024, 05:16 PM)Mr EliteL Wrote:

A badge for GC music? Why not just be an option toggle? As long as the slot is 1 badge point then it's tolerable I guess. Still hope the new music will be fine to listen, but if not and if I just want more of the nostalgia trip I'll equip the badge.

Huh the Pianta Parlour's slot game is changed to making the image instead of finding 3 of the same, or whatever it was. Also we're going to get silly messages when collecting stuff it looks like, but whatever.