It's hard to describe in words just how much the original Paper Mario means to me. It's not the first Mario game or the first RPG I ever played, but it's the first Mario RPG I ever played, and even though Super Mario RPG technically did something similar to it beforehand (heck, this was originally going to be a sequel to that game, even), what made this game feel special to me is that it was the first time I felt Mario's world was fleshed out and believable, with all the major species and areas represented in some form, and even some more obscure species too (I attribute Fuzzy's resurgence in the Mario franchise to how common they are in Paper Mario). Again, I feel like this feeling of Mario's world being fleshed out is stronger here than it was in Super Mario RPG, since that game had a bunch of new species that were never seen before and never seen again (until the remake), whereas Paper Mario had a lot of fun with established species and giving individual characters from each species unique traits, particularly with the partners. It's that feeling of explanding Mario's world in a way that felt believable that I miss from Paper Mario, and Mario RPGs in general. Hopefully the Super Mario RPG and Thousand-Year Door remakes bring that back.
You deserve way more views and subs than you have right now. A complete view of the historical context and the reasons involving the gameplay, story and a lot more of why the game in question is great is not everyone that can do it! I'1ve watched some of these videos from you and I can gladly say that you nail it every single time! In Paper Mario case, it's a very good game overall. You don't need to be in the Paper Mario community to enjoy this masterpiece. You don't know the community? The community that says that play all 6 games, but actually only play or half of them or just 1 or 2 and criticize the other half? XD This game, as you said it, manages to test your skills, strategies, memorization... It's hard to just categorize it with just "RPG". I hope your channel grows and more people see you here, dude. You're seriously overlooked in the platform. I'm not joking when I say that I watch you alongside The Gaming Historian, Summoning Salt and others great creators in the site. Thank you for this amazing content and letting people know all the beauty and greatness these games offers. :D
This is the type of channel that you’d expect to have 100s of thousands of subscribers. Super professional quality and presentation. Keep it up, you earned a sub from me
Nice. This is a game I appreciate more as time goes by, purely because I was too young to understand it on release. It is so charming and fun, and I like trying out different mechanics with different combinations [especially the badges]. Its sequel on the GameCube is mostly equal to this one too.
This was the second Paper Mario game I ever played, with Thousand Year Door being my first. Even though it was a "step down" from TYD, I enjoyed every second of playing it. It's such a great game.
I always just considered the paper mario series mario and luigi-adjacent since they’re both rpgs with somewhat similar combat. To me it was just the mario and luigi series but everything is paper. Mario and luigi paper jam just hammered that idea into my mind even more. Ofc the only mario rpg i ever had as a kid was partners in time and that too had more than 2 party members so paper having more than two never seemed out of place either.
100 percent agree on many old school, RPGs relying too much on random battles and even more random generated numbers of damage that don't really make much sense in our hard to calculate Paper Mario series going based on very small but easy to track. HP is so good and something I wish more RPGs did
It's hard to describe in words just how much the original Paper Mario means to me. It's not the first Mario game or the first RPG I ever played, but it's the first Mario RPG I ever played, and even though Super Mario RPG technically did something similar to it beforehand (heck, this was originally going to be a sequel to that game, even), what made this game feel special to me is that it was the first time I felt Mario's world was fleshed out and believable, with all the major species and areas represented in some form, and even some more obscure species too (I attribute Fuzzy's resurgence in the Mario franchise to how common they are in Paper Mario). Again, I feel like this feeling of Mario's world being fleshed out is stronger here than it was in Super Mario RPG, since that game had a bunch of new species that were never seen before and never seen again (until the remake), whereas Paper Mario had a lot of fun with established species and giving individual characters from each species unique traits, particularly with the partners. It's that feeling of explanding Mario's world in a way that felt believable that I miss from Paper Mario, and Mario RPGs in general. Hopefully the Super Mario RPG and Thousand-Year Door remakes bring that back.
You deserve way more views and subs than you have right now.
A complete view of the historical context and the reasons involving the gameplay, story and a lot more of why the game in question is great is not everyone that can do it! I'1ve watched some of these videos from you and I can gladly say that you nail it every single time!
In Paper Mario case, it's a very good game overall. You don't need to be in the Paper Mario community to enjoy this masterpiece. You don't know the community? The community that says that play all 6 games, but actually only play or half of them or just 1 or 2 and criticize the other half? XD
This game, as you said it, manages to test your skills, strategies, memorization... It's hard to just categorize it with just "RPG".
I hope your channel grows and more people see you here, dude. You're seriously overlooked in the platform. I'm not joking when I say that I watch you alongside The Gaming Historian, Summoning Salt and others great creators in the site. Thank you for this amazing content and letting people know all the beauty and greatness these games offers. :D
Eight comments? Eight?! 8?!! The number after seven?!! This video deserves more.
This was my neighbor’s favorite game growing up.
Also, love seeing you post more videos recently!
This is the type of channel that you’d expect to have 100s of thousands of subscribers. Super professional quality and presentation. Keep it up, you earned a sub from me
Loved this game. The music is probably what stuck with me the most.
agreed
Commenting for the algorithm, this video covers so much so well in so little time! 🍄⭐️❤️
Nice. This is a game I appreciate more as time goes by, purely because I was too young to understand it on release. It is so charming and fun, and I like trying out different mechanics with different combinations [especially the badges]. Its sequel on the GameCube is mostly equal to this one too.
This was the second Paper Mario game I ever played, with Thousand Year Door being my first. Even though it was a "step down" from TYD, I enjoyed every second of playing it. It's such a great game.
I always just considered the paper mario series mario and luigi-adjacent since they’re both rpgs with somewhat similar combat. To me it was just the mario and luigi series but everything is paper. Mario and luigi paper jam just hammered that idea into my mind even more. Ofc the only mario rpg i ever had as a kid was partners in time and that too had more than 2 party members so paper having more than two never seemed out of place either.
100 percent agree on many old school, RPGs relying too much on random battles and even more random generated numbers of damage that don't really make much sense in our hard to calculate
Paper Mario series going based on very small but easy to track. HP is so good and something I wish more RPGs did
You know what? I never even thought about Parappa the Rapper!!
I always tell people this is a forever top 10 game for me. This video explains why.
Paper Mario was my grand introduction to rpg’s!
Great video!
a must play game
Come on guys! Let's get this to 20,000 subscribers
The best!
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