As the action-oriented gameplay strips Bowser's Inside Story of some of its role-playing cred - as least in the traditional sense - you may prefer slogging through a more tradition RPG.
However, in trying to incorporate that quick Mario pace into a game of this type, Bowser's Inside Story sidesteps a great many problems that often plague the genre. There's no grinding, no ridiculous, epic, winding narrative - just a tightly-packaged bundle of fun. What else would you expect from Nintendo?
9/10