Author Topic: Super. Paper. Mario. April. 2007. (Read 44921 times)

ShyGuy · « **Reply #175 on:** June 14, 2007, 08:09:50 PM »

The Paper in the title Super Paper Mario is a metaphor for Mario's soul. When we play Paper Mario, we get a glimpse of Mario Mario's inner thoughts and dreams. The platforming in Super Paper Mario weakens the Paper, aka the Soul. Wherein Thousand Year Door was an affirmation of life due to its turn based battle system. The inclusion of action platforming in Super Paper Mario is unnatural and therefore falls into the Uncanny Valley. The Uncanny Valley of Soul.

In conclusion, too much Super, not enough Paper.

No, I haven't played the game, why do you ask?

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #176 on:** June 14, 2007, 08:12:16 PM »

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Originally posted by: ShyGuy
The Paper in the title Super Paper Mario is a metaphor for Mario's soul. When we play Paper Mario, we get a glimpse of Mario Mario's inner thoughts and dreams. The platforming in Super Paper Mario weakens the Paper, aka the Soul. Wherein Thousand Year Door was an affirmation of life due to its turn based battle system. The inclusion of action platforming in Super Paper Mario is unnatural and therefore falls into the Uncanny Valley. The Uncanny Valley of Soul.

In conclusion, too much Super, not enough Paper.

No, I haven't played the game, why do you ask?

Wow you must be psychic, you are dead on!

Ceric · « **Reply #177 on:** June 21, 2007, 09:45:26 AM »

Just beat the game. In the end i have to say the story in its way was good but some decisions really hinderred this game from being great. Also did anyone else notice that their is a spot for "NOA Product Testing" but his has no on under it?

Plugabugz · « **Reply #178 on:** June 22, 2007, 01:21:47 AM »

Super Paper Mario finally hits Europe and Australia in September 2007: link

I'm expecting NWR to pick this up at some point.

couchmonkey · « **Reply #179 on:** June 26, 2007, 08:23:26 AM »

The game was so awesome nobody needed to test it?

I love the game and consider it to be at least in a tie with Zelda, if not my favourite on the Wii. It's a little on the easy side, but then TTYD wasn't exactly hard either.

I think my one complaint would be how a few chapters have "twist" endings that feel kind of...sprung on the player. You beat a boss, and a bunch of exposition shows that things weren't really as they seemed, complete with sudden, unexpected beahviour changes from the cast.

I think the game's big "problem" (which didn't actually bother me) is that it's not an amazing platformer. I accept this because it's really meant to be an adventure game with platforming in it, but I can see where the so-so platforming design and repetitive combat disappoints others. Personally I thought the mix worked out beautifully, the whole is more than the sum of the parts...or something like that.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #180 on:** June 26, 2007, 08:43:40 AM »

Seriously, NoE needs a punch in the face.

vudu · « **Reply #181 on:** June 26, 2007, 09:49:48 AM »

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I think my one complaint would be how a few chapters have "twist" endings that feel kind of...sprung on the player. You beat a boss, and a bunch of exposition shows that things weren't really as they seemed, complete with sudden, unexpected beahviour changes from the cast.

You're going to need to explain this, because even though I beat the game I have no clue what you're talking about. Unless you're talking about O'Chucks and Mimi in chapters 8-1 and 8-2. Then the answer is that they followed Count Bleck out of loyalty, even though they both knew that he was wrong for quite some time.

ShineGet887 · « **Reply #182 on:** June 29, 2007, 06:35:50 AM »

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Seriously, NoE needs a punch in the face.

Well, I consider it fair. You guys got Strikers, which I can't -wait- to get my hands on, and we got SPM.

Flames_of_chaos · « **Reply #183 on:** June 29, 2007, 06:51:44 AM »

That and America never got Doshin the Giant.

ShineGet887 · « **Reply #184 on:** June 29, 2007, 07:30:02 AM »

Okay it's official, I absolutely love this game. The mix of platformer and RPG elements, aswell as the dimensional shifting work absolutely flawlessly. Unbelievable.

Ceric · « **Reply #185 on:** June 29, 2007, 01:47:01 PM »

ShineGet887 are you a plant?

ShineGet887 · « **Reply #186 on:** June 29, 2007, 01:54:03 PM »

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ShineGet887 are you a plant?

I don't follow?

Ceric · « **Reply #187 on:** June 29, 2007, 04:09:47 PM »

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Okay it's official, I absolutely love this game. The mix of platformer and RPG elements, aswell as the dimensional shifting work absolutely flawlessly. Unbelievable.

I'm sorry. I guess you just really really like the game. As I said I just feel that it was a good game that could have been great. One of the big steps forward would have been a little less RPG to it and a way to teach the other characters to flip.

ShineGet887 · « **Reply #188 on:** June 29, 2007, 06:14:43 PM »

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Okay it's official, I absolutely love this game. The mix of platformer and RPG elements, aswell as the dimensional shifting work absolutely flawlessly. Unbelievable.

I'm sorry. I guess you just really really like the game. As I said I just feel that it was a good game that could have been great. One of the big steps forward would have been a little less RPG to it and a way to teach the other characters to flip.

SPM appears to breathe new life into a series I've had some major issues with in the past, hence why I was so excited. Another part of it could be that I'm just happy to be playing something new on my Wii since launch.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #189 on:** April 20, 2008, 05:06:52 PM »

Is this the right thread?

Anyways, finally beat the game. I didn't like the art style as much as previous Paper Marios, and the game felt more tedious. It was good, but not great.

DAaaMan64 · « **Reply #190 on:** April 20, 2008, 05:41:28 PM »

I absolutely loved Chapter 4, great game.

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #191 on:** April 20, 2008, 05:55:30 PM »

Quote from: Smash_Brother on April 14, 2007, 07:24:25 PM

Damn this game to hell for not giving the flipping ability to Bowser.

Man, I can't believe I completely missed this back when this was posted...

Yeah, Bowser should have been given the ability to flip the bird at any time, especially since in the Japanese version of Mario RPG Bowser had a very rude but appropriate victory stance.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #192 on:** April 20, 2008, 06:54:19 PM »

This thread is a good reminder for me that I'm only halfway through this game. I absolutely love what I've played so far, but I promised a friend of mine he could borrow the game once he got his Wii back from Nintendo.

Plugabugz · « **Reply #193 on:** April 20, 2008, 07:09:43 PM »

The later levels became less inspired as it went on.

I hated the entire space chapter.

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #194 on:** April 20, 2008, 07:29:22 PM »

Quote from: Plugabugz on April 20, 2008, 07:09:43 PM

The later levels became less inspired as it went on.

I hated the entire space chapter.

Yeah, I found myself loving the early levels thanks to some creative level design and great bouts of humor. But afterwards, it started losing its charm. It got so bad that when I accidentally deleted my save file, I stopped playing and never went back. I never felt compelled to finish it. And if it wasn't for the fact that S_B was constantly pushing me towards finishing it I would have stopped after a while.

Its still a good game, though, and fans should play it at least once for some great Bowser, Peach and Luigi moments. Its just that for me it didn't meet expectations

Smoke39 · « **Reply #195 on:** April 20, 2008, 07:54:13 PM »

Quote from: Plugabugz on April 20, 2008, 07:09:43 PM

The later levels became less inspired as it went on.

I hated the entire space chapter.

I think that's around the time I quit playing. Although I was never particularly charmed even by the earlier levels. As an RPG it felt like a crippled Paper Mario, but as a platformer it was extremely simplistic and dull. Rather than a meaningful hybridization it felt like a combination of the worst of both worlds to me.

Ceric · « **Reply #196 on:** April 20, 2008, 08:49:15 PM »

I have to say they should have just focussed on it being a platformer. Later levels where dull and finding where the put the heart became extremely tedious. As I said good idea marred with some really terrible implementation.

vudu · « **Reply #197 on:** April 22, 2008, 02:56:42 PM »

I hated the fact that only Mario could switch to 3D. Since that was such a big portion of the game, I was forced to use Mario 99% of the time if I didn't want to miss any secrets. It made the other characters pretty worthless.

Other than that, great game.

EasyCure · « **Reply #198 on:** April 23, 2008, 09:09:21 AM »

needs more Geno.... CHU-CHU trainwreck a-comin!

nickmitch · « **Reply #199 on:** April 23, 2008, 10:46:06 AM »

EVERY game needs more Geno

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Author Topic: Super. Paper. Mario. April. 2007. (Read 44921 times)