Is it just me or does every single reviewer always have one arbitrary complaint that nobody else gives a flying f*** about it? Seriously, it's like they literally pull these out of their asses for being afraid that some people might think they are biased for not finding something wrong with the game, or some other nonsense...
@@ultimategamer2669 I think it's because when PM64 came out, it was normal to talk to every npc to get hints. So as a ten year old I had no problem with this. These days if people don't have an objective marker telling them where to go they get lost.
@@smeegy1 I agree. One of the worst examples in the modern era being Assassin's Creed or really any Ubisoft open world. As soon as you find an area or meet a character, you have 500 icons on the compass, map and UI to engage you with what exactly to do. On the contrary another popular entry from this era is Elden Ring which does hardly any hand holding.
For me it’s the best representation of the Mushroom Kingdom we’ve ever had. It feels respectful to the characters Miyamoto created while fleshing out the worlds. Goombas and Koopas and Boos that live apart from Bowser’s domain in their own little community, a realm of Star Spirits that effect the world below in mystical ways, the lighthearted humor based on Mario tropes. I adore how Bob-ombs just reappear out of thin air after exploding. It’s oddly adorable. The vibe of this iteration is the perfect mix of the classics that came before while transitioning into more modern ideas. It’s the first time we get in-game confirmation that Bowser has a crush on Peach, and we find it out because mister Big Bad Koopa King keeps a diary written like a schoolgirl, that’s hilarious! It’s just a magical little game containing this precious land I like going back to
I agree! I also think the design of Toad Town and the placement and interior of the castle make complete sense (they also do in Super Mario RPG), as opposed to being empty rooms with paintings in them. The painting approach worked well in Super Mario 64, but I just would never think that's the way Peach's castle looks.
Great and concise review dude. This game means the world to me. The summer I first got to play it, I beat it probably six or seven times in a row. Simply couldn't put it down. Gotta work right now but am watching your Thousand Year Door review tonight and can't wait.
Star Storm is OP until the very end of the game 😂 on my recent playthrough I used it for the killing blow on Bowser after running out of FP/FP replenishing items
This was the first game that I ever played by myself. I was introduced to it by my older sister, and at the start, she helped me along. Over tine though, I just started playing the game without her, in fact, I even played it when I wasn't allowed to (we had a very strict screen time limit). To this day, I love it so much, and I want to play it again when I have the time. Actually, I want to replay it using the ttyd64 mod, specifically because that adds a lot of ttyd stuff that makes the gane even better, a difficulty selector, randomizer, only bow mode, choose starting location (before, during, or after the prolog), speed through dialog (but why would you do that?), and way more. I feel like ttyd64 is the best pm mod, and I want to do a complete playthrough with it.
Great review. I love this game. I didn't grow up with it, but I still enjoyed it as a teenager, when I got it on the Wii. I also thought the Origami King on Switch was really fun as well, the focus on entertaining dialogue and funny characters is my favourite thing about this series, for sure.
I think the graphics in this game look even better when rendered at 240p as it was intended. All the imperfections are completely masked and it sorta makes the characters and the world look even more like they belong. I bring this up 'cuz most emulators, including official, render the game at 480p and I always thought it looked a bit odd.
I'm playing through this game for the third time in my life, and this video perfectly encapsulated my love and appreciation for it! Very well-made video and excellent wording. Liking and following.
@leemichael752 played it once on a used n64 from ebay about 15 years ago, then 3 years ago on a laptop emulator ,and just now on my AYN Oden 2. working on 1000 year door now, but don't like it as much
I've played N64 paper mario 3 times, once on an actual n64 bought off of ebay 15 years ago based on the gaming steve podcast , 2 years ago on a laptop emulator , and just now on the ayn oden 2 handheld. can't believe how much I've forgotten each time. the more things change .....
Paper Mario and its sequel were my favorite games for literal decades. Lately Hollow Knight has knocked it off the top slot, but I still love these games so, so much.
Paper Mario 64 is my favorite! My sister and I alternate playing 64 and Thousand-year door at least once a year haha. Personally, I really enjoyed the story of Super Paper Mario, and like the new approach, just wish they didn't stray so far after.@@littleevsamoyed7130
Really fond of how imposing Bowser feels at the start, and throughout the game, up until the final confrontation. It’s easily the most threatening he’s felt in a Mario game that I can remember!
Nice review, it's a shame that this was the last game I was able to play out of the entire series thanks to Switch Online, but hey, there's no time like the present! I know the sequel does a lot of things better and improves on stuff previously introduced in this game, but the fact that some people just brush off this title as if it had never existed, genuinly annoys me to the core. I say this because, without this game's existence, we wouldn't even have any other games to look forward too. I know that this game isn't perfect in some areas, but at least it tried to add some flare to the Mario brand much like SMRPG by picking up where Square left off, whilst adding a required new coat of paint in order to not cause controvery with their copyright. In my opinion, I think this game would be ranked my 3rd favourite Paper Mario game, with Origami King slighty underneath it. In the end, I'm glad I finally got to play this and now that I've played all the other games in this series as well, now I can just wait until the next game releases, get lots of hate for no reason, and enjoy it anyway. Also, what is the "pun" you mentioned in Tubba Blubba's name at 20:22 - 20:26? I never knew there was one to begin with... Overall, great video and I can't wait to see the rest of the reviews on this franchise as well! (As I am currently binge-watching them all as I post this comment).
Apparently, it is a pun of "tub of blubber" that was the only reference I could find. That is kind of funny lol maybe that's it. I never knew there was a pun!
You did a great job on this review man! One of my favorite games of all time to me the best Paper Mario game personally even though I played Thousand Year Door first in 2004! Anyway great job!
I miss Bollywood video, Blockbuster, and later on movie gallery came along but damn I miss those video rental stores growing up. The vibe in there was awesome going to pick up movies, or games always was a fun time.
The main problem there is with Paper Mario is that you cannot save after the end and play through extras/areas you missed, such as exploring the restored castle. Maybe a bunch of letters for your party awaiting at the post office. What about whether Kolorado made amends with his furious wife? Maybe Junior Troopa not being a bully and helps your party locate a hammer to break through that one block in Toad Town Tunnels that no hammer could break. So many ideas... At least the two sequels, you know the cataclysm is over. Having to fight through the final battle with Bowser after turning off the N64 makes the original Paper Mario an unfinished game, but not broken.
Start with 64, THEN do TTYD The battle system of TTYD feels like an objective upgrade to 64, playing them in reverse might make 64 seem like a slog for a newcomer in that sense.
6:41 "Those HD texture mods that make this game look like a newer entry in the series, doesn't necessarily make it look better" Its okay, you can say the masterkillua texturepack looks like shit. Because it does. The character sprites suffer the most, with all of the dynamic posing, shadows, and forced perspective being flattened out, making them all look dull and lifeless in comparison to the original artwork. Its especially insulting given how demotivating the pack is to other pack creators, since it has such a sizeable patreon and makes rapid progress, usually by replacing background textures with stolen assets from other games or using hi-res photos as stand-ins. Why would someone make a newer more faithful pack if "an hd pack already exists bro"? Not to mention that it being the only big pack on the block and sucking up community resources ERASES the original art direction for anyone who plays using it. No more coloring book art style, no scratchy pencil text, no crayon colored backgrounds, nothing of the sort. Just bland, boring, single color flat texturing. Its depressing, its too big for its own britches, and it looks like shit.
You could use and emulator Dolphin emulator can do gamecube and Wii games so you could get Super Paper Mario and The Thousand year door. And Project 64 is a N64 emulator so you could play the first one. Both are easy to set up. Hope that helps
26:09 Fun fact: this was the Japanese partner theme, which was changed in the rest of the world due to sounding too much like "America" from West Side Story
i was the exact opposite in terms of my first foray into jrpgs. my older sister got an n64 for christmas in 2000 with only two games: mario party 2 and jeremy mcgrath supercross 2000. (mario party 2 was the one i played way more) i was exclusively a pokémon fan through the anime and didn’t actually play the games until around 2005 when my older sister got herself a copy of pokémon leafgreen. before that, we got one final game for the n64 before moving on to the gamecube. and that was paper mario. everyone who knows me personally knows how i adore paper mario 64 and how much it shapes me as a person. i cherish the memories of me watching my older sister play it while wanting a chance to play it for myself as well. it’s one of my comfort games to this day and something that i hold near and dear to my heart. 🥹🩵
When I finally got my Nintendo switch i was so happy then i found out the Nintendo switch 2 was announced but I didn’t care I finally got something i had wanted for uears
Bring pow blocks to instantly kill all the small clouds. You can get a really good healing item from the path after the chapter 2 train if you hit the whacka on the head. Heals 25hp and 25fp.
You don't have to just guess in Flower Fields. You can talk to the Liar flower and it will give you backwards hints which will help you progress.
Is it just me or does every single reviewer always have one arbitrary complaint that nobody else gives a flying f*** about it? Seriously, it's like they literally pull these out of their asses for being afraid that some people might think they are biased for not finding something wrong with the game, or some other nonsense...
@@ultimategamer2669Same vein as "(insert Zelda title here) has confusing/no story" after ignoring all the NPCs and skipping every bit of dialog
@@ultimategamer2669 I think it's because when PM64 came out, it was normal to talk to every npc to get hints. So as a ten year old I had no problem with this. These days if people don't have an objective marker telling them where to go they get lost.
@@smeegy1 I agree. One of the worst examples in the modern era being Assassin's Creed or really any Ubisoft open world. As soon as you find an area or meet a character, you have 500 icons on the compass, map and UI to engage you with what exactly to do. On the contrary another popular entry from this era is Elden Ring which does hardly any hand holding.
For me it’s the best representation of the Mushroom Kingdom we’ve ever had. It feels respectful to the characters Miyamoto created while fleshing out the worlds. Goombas and Koopas and Boos that live apart from Bowser’s domain in their own little community, a realm of Star Spirits that effect the world below in mystical ways, the lighthearted humor based on Mario tropes. I adore how Bob-ombs just reappear out of thin air after exploding. It’s oddly adorable. The vibe of this iteration is the perfect mix of the classics that came before while transitioning into more modern ideas. It’s the first time we get in-game confirmation that Bowser has a crush on Peach, and we find it out because mister Big Bad Koopa King keeps a diary written like a schoolgirl, that’s hilarious! It’s just a magical little game containing this precious land I like going back to
I agree! I also think the design of Toad Town and the placement and interior of the castle make complete sense (they also do in Super Mario RPG), as opposed to being empty rooms with paintings in them. The painting approach worked well in Super Mario 64, but I just would never think that's the way Peach's castle looks.
@@joshukaunarak Yeah, Bowser had messed with things, after all
Flower Fields > Entirety of Sticker Star locations (except maybe the haunted mansion..?)
I love how the little star is named twink
Twink = gay = Ayy
Great and concise review dude. This game means the world to me. The summer I first got to play it, I beat it probably six or seven times in a row. Simply couldn't put it down. Gotta work right now but am watching your Thousand Year Door review tonight and can't wait.
My fav game of all time
Star Storm is OP until the very end of the game 😂 on my recent playthrough I used it for the killing blow on Bowser after running out of FP/FP replenishing items
It's hard to put in words how much I love this game.
I feel you so much on this man
This was the first game that I ever played by myself. I was introduced to it by my older sister, and at the start, she helped me along. Over tine though, I just started playing the game without her, in fact, I even played it when I wasn't allowed to (we had a very strict screen time limit). To this day, I love it so much, and I want to play it again when I have the time. Actually, I want to replay it using the ttyd64 mod, specifically because that adds a lot of ttyd stuff that makes the gane even better, a difficulty selector, randomizer, only bow mode, choose starting location (before, during, or after the prolog), speed through dialog (but why would you do that?), and way more. I feel like ttyd64 is the best pm mod, and I want to do a complete playthrough with it.
sounds cool, how does the mod work, emulator?
@@datamike00 yeah...?
Great review. I love this game. I didn't grow up with it, but I still enjoyed it as a teenager, when I got it on the Wii. I also thought the Origami King on Switch was really fun as well, the focus on entertaining dialogue and funny characters is my favourite thing about this series, for sure.
I love Paper Mario. I played it back when it came out and as soon as I got to Mt Rugged, I knew I was in for a great adventure.
I played it for the first time this year, and I can say without nostalgia blinders, that its a fantastic game!
Same
@@michaelwells529 It’s a childhood favorite for me, so I’m glad to see first timers enjoying themselves
I think the graphics in this game look even better when rendered at 240p as it was intended.
All the imperfections are completely masked and it sorta makes the characters and the world look even more like they belong.
I bring this up 'cuz most emulators, including official, render the game at 480p and I always thought it looked a bit odd.
Still absolutely loving playing paper mario 64 and thousand year door. Rpg games are the best man 🙌
Yep, they're great. Currently writing the script for a TTYD video, and it's basically going to be gushing even harder than I did in this video haha
Have you tried the Mario & Luigi RPG series
@@zaneheaston8254 Of Course!
I'm playing through this game for the third time in my life, and this video perfectly encapsulated my love and appreciation for it! Very well-made video and excellent wording. Liking and following.
what are using? straight console or emulator ?
@@datamike00 Switch most recently, but played it twice through over the years on the 64. You?
@leemichael752 played it once on a used n64 from ebay about 15 years ago, then 3 years ago on a laptop emulator ,and just now on my AYN Oden 2. working on 1000 year door now, but don't like it as much
Man this guy is underrated as heck
I've played N64 paper mario 3 times, once on an actual n64 bought off of ebay 15 years ago based on the gaming steve podcast , 2 years ago on a laptop emulator , and just now on the ayn oden 2 handheld. can't believe how much I've forgotten each time. the more things change .....
Paper Mario and its sequel were my favorite games for literal decades. Lately Hollow Knight has knocked it off the top slot, but I still love these games so, so much.
My favorite Paper Mario game is Super Paper Mario for the wii because I don't really like rpgs but the others are still fun
Paper Mario 64 is my favorite! My sister and I alternate playing 64 and Thousand-year door at least once a year haha. Personally, I really enjoyed the story of Super Paper Mario, and like the new approach, just wish they didn't stray so far after.@@littleevsamoyed7130
I played this game two years ago, and it was incredible
10:51 I just started playing this and didn't know that the spring was there. Thanks for that 😅
This game was a huge part of my life to the point where my username is from it! The “Quizmo” part is from my favorite character Chuck Quizmo!!!
awesome review, it was really good!
and ugh i love love this and ttyd so much, such good games with cute visuals and characters
Really fond of how imposing Bowser feels at the start, and throughout the game, up until the final confrontation. It’s easily the most threatening he’s felt in a Mario game that I can remember!
I REALLY wish Nintendo would remake/remaster this game!
Nice review, it's a shame that this was the last game I was able to play out of the entire series thanks to Switch Online, but hey, there's no time like the present! I know the sequel does a lot of things better and improves on stuff previously introduced in this game, but the fact that some people just brush off this title as if it had never existed, genuinly annoys me to the core. I say this because, without this game's existence, we wouldn't even have any other games to look forward too. I know that this game isn't perfect in some areas, but at least it tried to add some flare to the Mario brand much like SMRPG by picking up where Square left off, whilst adding a required new coat of paint in order to not cause controvery with their copyright. In my opinion, I think this game would be ranked my 3rd favourite Paper Mario game, with Origami King slighty underneath it. In the end, I'm glad I finally got to play this and now that I've played all the other games in this series as well, now I can just wait until the next game releases, get lots of hate for no reason, and enjoy it anyway. Also, what is the "pun" you mentioned in Tubba Blubba's name at 20:22 - 20:26? I never knew there was one to begin with... Overall, great video and I can't wait to see the rest of the reviews on this franchise as well! (As I am currently binge-watching them all as I post this comment).
Apparently, it is a pun of "tub of blubber" that was the only reference I could find. That is kind of funny lol maybe that's it. I never knew there was a pun!
You did a great job on this review man! One of my favorite games of all time to me the best Paper Mario game personally even though I played Thousand Year Door first in 2004! Anyway great job!
i always thought the princess peach interludes were kind of speedbumps, wish i could have sped through them somehow
Have just played for the first time on nintendo switch online and had a great time
I miss Bollywood video, Blockbuster, and later on movie gallery came along but damn I miss those video rental stores growing up. The vibe in there was awesome going to pick up movies, or games always was a fun time.
The main problem there is with Paper Mario is that you cannot save after the end and play through extras/areas you missed, such as exploring the restored castle. Maybe a bunch of letters for your party awaiting at the post office. What about whether Kolorado made amends with his furious wife? Maybe Junior Troopa not being a bully and helps your party locate a hammer to break through that one block in Toad Town Tunnels that no hammer could break. So many ideas... At least the two sequels, you know the cataclysm is over. Having to fight through the final battle with Bowser after turning off the N64 makes the original Paper Mario an unfinished game, but not broken.
For some reason I`ve never gotten around to playing any of the Paper Mario games. I have no idea why. Someday......
Start with 64, THEN do TTYD
The battle system of TTYD feels like an objective upgrade to 64, playing them in reverse might make 64 seem like a slog for a newcomer in that sense.
Flower fields is what executed my one and only attempt at the game. I just couldn't
It's nice to hear that the game holds up all the same
20:00 Mouser makes a return
awesome vid! added to the offical ralsei video essay playlist!
6:41
"Those HD texture mods that make this game look like a newer entry in the series, doesn't necessarily make it look better"
Its okay, you can say the masterkillua texturepack looks like shit. Because it does. The character sprites suffer the most, with all of the dynamic posing, shadows, and forced perspective being flattened out, making them all look dull and lifeless in comparison to the original artwork.
Its especially insulting given how demotivating the pack is to other pack creators, since it has such a sizeable patreon and makes rapid progress, usually by replacing background textures with stolen assets from other games or using hi-res photos as stand-ins. Why would someone make a newer more faithful pack if "an hd pack already exists bro"?
Not to mention that it being the only big pack on the block and sucking up community resources ERASES the original art direction for anyone who plays using it. No more coloring book art style, no scratchy pencil text, no crayon colored backgrounds, nothing of the sort. Just bland, boring, single color flat texturing. Its depressing, its too big for its own britches, and it looks like shit.
Wow, tell us how you really feel lol
Played it for the first time earlier this year after finishing the Super Mario RPG remake. And I prefered Paper Mario by a lot!
the music in this game
edit: gtfohere chapter 6 is great
your videos are hella underrated
I wish I could play the first 3 games
You could use and emulator
Dolphin emulator can do gamecube and Wii games so you could get Super Paper Mario and The Thousand year door. And Project 64 is a N64 emulator so you could play the first one. Both are easy to set up.
Hope that helps
Hey SV! Quick q: what are your emulator settings for PM64?
Still my favourite Nintendo Game ❤
PEOPLE DISLIKE SHY GUY'S TOYBOX??? (It's my favorite lol)
I love this game very much but Shy Guy's Toy Box is my least favorite area and chapter
I still have a CRT :)
What's that white guitar?
That's my baby, a Gretsch Electromatic with a Bigsby vibrato. I love it very much.
@@ScionVyse nice, I couldn't tell much from the angle, but knew it had to be something cool like a Gretsch.
26:09 Fun fact: this was the Japanese partner theme, which was changed in the rest of the world due to sounding too much like "America" from West Side Story
i was the exact opposite in terms of my first foray into jrpgs. my older sister got an n64 for christmas in 2000 with only two games: mario party 2 and jeremy mcgrath supercross 2000. (mario party 2 was the one i played way more) i was exclusively a pokémon fan through the anime and didn’t actually play the games until around 2005 when my older sister got herself a copy of pokémon leafgreen.
before that, we got one final game for the n64 before moving on to the gamecube. and that was paper mario. everyone who knows me personally knows how i adore paper mario 64 and how much it shapes me as a person. i cherish the memories of me watching my older sister play it while wanting a chance to play it for myself as well. it’s one of my comfort games to this day and something that i hold near and dear to my heart. 🥹🩵
When I finally got my Nintendo switch i was so happy then i found out the Nintendo switch 2 was announced but I didn’t care I finally got something i had wanted for uears
I never cared for Peche
How much of this is just you narrating the game instead of discussing it?
Huff and puff was pretty difficult
Bring pow blocks to instantly kill all the small clouds. You can get a really good healing item from the path after the chapter 2 train if you hit the whacka on the head. Heals 25hp and 25fp.