Poll of the Day > so are all the paper mario games after TYD...not like TYD or the first game?

(+) Yeah! (+)

they just went to being platformers?
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Super Paper Mario is the last one I played. I didn't even finish it because it was so boring. It's the kind of game that doesn't really fit into a defined genre, but not in a good way. I guess it's considered a platformer, but it doesn't have the interesting action or precision of one. Basically it plays like the previous games, but with the turn-based combat stripped out and replaced with...? I don't even remember how the the combat works, that's how forgettable it is


I think the ones after added some kind of combat gimmick but supposedly suck even worse

that's what i mean.

the first paper mario, and TYD are actual RPGs, and the rest i don't think are.

i want to play one, but i'd rather not have to buy a new gamecube memory card and controller to do so
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Just play the first one, it's on VC

DorkLink posted...

Just play the first one, it's on VC

not on 3DS or switch.

i don't have a wii u or regular wii
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Oh, well you didn't ask about just Sticker Star so I assumed you had at least two systems that have a Paper Mario after TTYD

i thought color splash was on 3ds
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Nay, WiiU,
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I've only finished Super Paper Mario so far, despite having every game besides Color Splash. SPM still retains many elements of an RPG; there's items, leveling, towns, and IIRC some quests. It's just that platforming takes a much bigger focus than previous games.

If you're willing to get past the fact that it's different from its predecessors, it's got a lot of fun, charm, challenge and content. The story is unexpectedly well done, with some twists and turns along the way.

And its the game that gave us this gem:
https://media0dk-a.akamaihd.net/31/37/c05fdbaa49249862fd6512b164892304.jpg
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The closest you will get on 3DS to the Paper Mario series is the Mario and Luigi series.

Actually the 5th game in the series is a crossover with Paper Mario. Never played the games personally so can't tell you which are good or not.

where I think the other games were RPGs with platform styling, SPM is more like an actual platformer RPG hybrid. it's definitely worth playing.
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