Paper Mario Review: A Narrative Delight With A Big Crease
The Paper Mario series is a video game series near and dear to my heart. Tracing all the way back to Super Mario RPG Legends of The Seven Stars ( SMRPGLotTS) , I've played pretty much every entry in the series except for Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and Paper Mario: Color Splash (so, so disappointed on how that game was received). Somehow combining my love for turn-based battles with my nostalgia for our beloved red-hatted and plump plumber got me into a relationship so deep that it has lasted over 20-odd years. Also, think of the premise...like why would paper cut outs and Mario make any sense? It could just be like an antithesis to the way the industry was going completely 3D at the time. But still, such an interesting concept. Yet, over those 20 years, the Paper Mario series has diverged from its role playing (RPG) roots and started to turn into more of an adventure game. Less about stats and more about jumping. I remember when I first p...