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Episode 683: Reggie's Strangely Square Back
« on: July 26, 2020, 12:24:08 PM »

He isn't as tall as you've been lead to believe.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/54472/episode-683-reggies-strangely-square-back

Xander continues his campaign through NWR's podcasts with a pitstop at RFN this week.

I feel 100% confident that he did not get to talk about Reggie's weirdly square back, SMTV's proof of life videos, or an update on the fugitive responsible for the Boom Blox Bash Party artwork.

Guillaume, our secret agent in the field, is out trying to get intel on these criminals.

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Re: Episode 683: Reggie's Strangely Square Back
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2020, 06:11:03 PM »
I feel like everyone who is in the more like thousand year door hasn't played it recently. I remember Guillaume way back criticizing it and I was not in agreement. I loved that game. I played it nearly straight through when it came out. 

I played it a few years ago and it's just okay. Maybe barely okay. I did not enjoy it and was very bored at the end.

They just need to re-release it so everyone remembers

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Re: Episode 683: Reggie's Strangely Square Back
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2020, 01:59:25 PM »
Haha, folks on The Thirsty Mage also replayed TTYD recently and had the same epiphany, I think. They didn't hate it, but they talked eloquently about the flaws they saw in the level design, especially.

I'll play Origami King whenever it shows up from the library. I do enjoy the style and humor of those games, I just think personally that the original Mario & Luigi is even funnier than TTYD, and doesn't drag on in the way that I think TTYD or even ulterior M&L games did.

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Re: Episode 683: Reggie's Strangely Square Back
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2020, 01:48:47 AM »
I feel like everyone who is in the more like thousand year door hasn't played it recently. I remember Guillaume way back criticizing it and I was not in agreement. I loved that game. I played it nearly straight through when it came out. 

I played it a few years ago and it's just okay. Maybe barely okay. I did not enjoy it and was very bored at the end.

They just need to re-release it so everyone remembers

Haha, folks on The Thirsty Mage also replayed TTYD recently and had the same epiphany, I think. They didn't hate it, but they talked eloquently about the flaws they saw in the level design, especially.

I'll play Origami King whenever it shows up from the library. I do enjoy the style and humor of those games, I just think personally that the original Mario & Luigi is even funnier than TTYD, and doesn't drag on in the way that I think TTYD or even ulterior M&L games did.

I can't remember if this showed up in that very long discussion or not, but I did replay TTYD back in January when I working on making some Paper Mario content. It's still a great game for me nostalgically, but the flaws are way more present. Think as more people return to it, they see those flaws, and I think the common desire is to have an iteration build off of what people did like about that and the original.

I replayed both Superstar Saga and Partners in Time last month (yes...I'm about sick to death of the Mario RPG brand for the time haha) and that series is an example of taking the same game and iterating on it, arguably not enough. But is probably closer to what fans of the RPG Paper Mario are looking for.
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