GR: "n the pantheon of Mario games, Super Mario RPG continues to stir great emotions in Mario fans. The plumber's first role-playing game had him face off with enemies in turn-based battles. While the collaboration with Squaresoft (now Square Enix) paid off in spades, Nintendo has taken it upon themselves to maintain Mario's RPG status with two separate spin-offs.
"The first was Paper Mario on the Nintendo 64. Mario was flattened and ironed out and given the ability to explore a storybook world that reflected his new paper medium. The second was Mario & Luigi on Nintendo's handheld line. With the 3DS, Nintendo saw fit to let Paper Mario out of the house and into a wide world of buses, backseats, and even the bathroom with Sticker Star. Can a 2D hero keep up with the 3DS trademark visual effect or should Nintendo have crumpled this idea up and tossed it?"
Phil writes, "There's little that hurts a gamer more than hearing that a sequel to one of their favorite games is coming out, it releases, and it turns out to be a dud. It's happened to the best of us. It's like having the rug pulled out from under you when a sequel you've been hyping based off of love for its predecessor does less than satisfy when it finally launches. Sometimes it's due to the formula being changed too much and not for the better. Other times it's because the game is missing what made the original so good.
Whatever the reasons may be, SPC is back with a look at six more disappointing video game sequels that failed to deliver or failed to satisfy for one reason or another."
The Punished Backlog's David Silbert writes:
"Nintendo is widely known for its deep, eclectic well of beloved franchises. From The Legend of Zelda to Wrecking Crew, there’s no library in gaming as rich in history or as popular among fans.
2019 is shaping up to be a banner year for Nintendo, with representatives from Mario, Fire Emblem, Zelda, and Pokémon all gracing the Switch platform before the year’s end. At the same time, there are still plenty of Nintendo franchises that lie dormant this generation, in desperate need of the “Switch treatment.”
While there are plenty of legendary series worthy of a revival, here are six in particular I would absolutely kill to see on Switch in the near future."
A new Golden Sun and Mother would be great, but I wish I wasn't the only one that wants a new StarTropics.
Paper Mario Sticker Star didn't need to be "The Thousand-Year Door 2." It just needed to be "good."
Love me some Paper Mario. Glad to hear this is good.
Yay! I haven't had a chance to play it yet, but I'm really looking forward to it now.
I really love the Paper Mario sub-series. I hope I get that 3DS I'm asking for, this December.