Comments on: Close Gaming: Super Paper Mario https://unwinnable.com/2012/12/04/close-gaming-super-paper-mario/ Stories about Culture Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:55:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Mathew K. Porter https://unwinnable.com/2012/12/04/close-gaming-super-paper-mario/#comment-58921 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:55:17 +0000 https://unwinnable.com/?p=38373#comment-58921 I love this games. Is it the same as the old one?

]]> By: Rob Haines https://unwinnable.com/2012/12/04/close-gaming-super-paper-mario/#comment-45101 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:31:31 +0000 https://unwinnable.com/?p=38373#comment-45101 You may have put your finger on one of the reasons I didn't make it much further into Super Paper Mario than this section. I expect the Paper Mario games to be fairly-thinly-veiled fetch quests – Thousand Year Door was that, but I loved it for its combat and inventiveness – but to me SPM fell a little… flat?

The humour didn't resonate with me in the same way as it had in the previous game, the combat wasn't particularly satisfying, so what I was left with were the odd uncomfortable faux-pop culture scenarios like the one described above. Rather a shame, really.

]]> By: @WinWinIrwin https://unwinnable.com/2012/12/04/close-gaming-super-paper-mario/#comment-45091 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:01:22 +0000 https://unwinnable.com/?p=38373#comment-45091 Though I love someone giving close attention to Super Paper Mario–a game I feel gets short shrift from fans of the series–I can't agree with this analysis. I mean, um, he's a giant chameleon…? If anything, the devs are poking fun at themselves as much as any obsessive fans. The fact this seems so surprising from a Mario game just goes to show how bizarre and outside-the-box these games are, and how little credit they're given for trying new and weird and different things.

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