ZacSc
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Mario RPG turned out to be very good, a lot of people liked it. I don't think the price drop will bring a lot of sales since all fans bought it a long time ago.
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Mario RPG Discussion Thread
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ctt4lfecw
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Thank you for reaching out to him!
Mushroomguy12
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Happy Mario RPG sold well. Hopefully Paper Mario Remake can do the same!
TBone06
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That's possible. But there were a LOT of people who didn't buy it because they were waiting for a price drop. So I wouldn't be surprised for a mini surge of sales. MAR10 Day always brings decent discounts (assuming they do it again).
Mushroomguy12
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I am interested too if Mar10 day brings a price drop but I wonder if the price drop would be large enough for those who haven't already bought it to go for it.
Mushroomguy12
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It makes me so proud to see Super Mario RPG and Paper Mario 2 included in this montage, with Paper Mario as the last game too.
TBone06
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I haven't seen this until now! This was a fun video!
Well I am a little bummed they didn't discount Mario RPG, but it's possible they are still seeing what they feel are decent sales and don't feel the need to. Or they just didn't want to discount a newer game, which is totally possible. I did finally bite the bullet and picked up Mario Kart 8 for MAR10 Day and Luigi's Mansion 3 as well. I would have picked up New Super Bros U Deluxe if they discounted it. But they didn't. I still want to see Mario RPG hit 5 million in sales. I think TTYD will do at least the same amount as Mario RPG if not more. It'll be fun to see!
Mushroomguy12
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Yeah they very rarely discount newer games. I also hope to see Paper Mario Remake hit enormous amount of sales and surpass the newer games, hopefully that will send a message that these are the types of Paper Mario games fans want.
Mushroomguy12
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Replaying Paper Mario 64 on NSO now that we have a release date for the GCN Remake. Love it just as much as when I played SMRPG remake, it's been a while since I played classic Paper Mario, but it's just as good as I remember.
Mushroomguy12
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Opening cutscene in the remake revealed!
LiveStudioAudience
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Nintendo's put out a survey asking about Mario RPG, Mario & Luigi, and Paper Mario
Given that we've had strong success with the Mario RPG remake, and Thousand Year Door's looking pretty solid commercially, it could be that Nintendo's testing the waters for what fans want from the sub-franchises.
Given that we've had strong success with the Mario RPG remake, and Thousand Year Door's looking pretty solid commercially, it could be that Nintendo's testing the waters for what fans want from the sub-franchises.
Mushroomguy12
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Holy s*** I need to participate in this! I remember they used those survey results from Super Paper Mario saying people didn't like the story as an excuse to strip Sticker Star of everything that made Paper Mario memorable, and this could be the chance to turn things around completely!
But how? I have a Nintendo account, yet I didn't get any email...
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Mushroomguy12
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Does anyone happen to have a link to that survey?
Or is this some super private exclusive thing sent only to random Nintendo membership people?
Or is this some super private exclusive thing sent only to random Nintendo membership people?
Mushroomguy12
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Just finished replaying Paper Mario 64! Truly one of the finest games I've played, it's aged beautifully and just as good when I played it the first time. Now that I've finished both the Super Mario RPG remake and this, very excited to replay the GCN remake.
The first 3 Paper Marios have a special place in my heart, really wish I could participate in that survey... if anyone still knows a way to find it?
The first 3 Paper Marios have a special place in my heart, really wish I could participate in that survey... if anyone still knows a way to find it?
Griselda
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So, I finally got my hands on Princess Peach: Showtime! the other day. I haven't made it very far, yet, but...
...it's definitely not exactly the same, and it's also got that distinct Modern Mario flavor.. but for some reason, I'm getting major Wario World vibes from it.
Anyone else know what I mean? Or am I just crazy?
...it's definitely not exactly the same, and it's also got that distinct Modern Mario flavor.. but for some reason, I'm getting major Wario World vibes from it.
Anyone else know what I mean? Or am I just crazy?
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Mushroomguy12
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Might be a day late because of time zones, but Super Paper Mario's 15th Anniversary in Japan was today!
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LiveStudioAudience
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I hope SPM gets a good HD remake on the Switch 2. It's the last of the console Mario RPG's that could use a good visual polish, and there's plenty of little OoL improvements and features to really make a new version the ideal way to play it.
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Mushroomguy12
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Despite the gameplay maybe not being as good as the first 2 games, I really love the story, world design, music, and characters, the plot was very heartwarming and emotional and I remember finishing the game as a kid and feeling incredibly sentimental, far more than anything in the Sticker Star games.
Mushroomguy12
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It's so beautiful.... I've always dreamed of what a classic Paper Mario RPG would look like with in modern visuals.... (and not "modern" in terms of Sticker Star trilogy's sanitized version of modern, but genuinely modern in terms of graphical presentation. They updated everything that could positively be updated (the visuals, presentation, graphics, voice acting) but kept everything that was fine as is (unique character designs, unique worlds)).
If this does well, we might have a possibility of getting a brand new game in the style of the first two with all the modern graphical presentation.
If this does well, we might have a possibility of getting a brand new game in the style of the first two with all the modern graphical presentation.
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Griselda
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Y'know, I think I'm okay with 99% of the changes to TTYD in the remake. Even the altered dialogue here and there is okay for me, honestly, since there's so much else that's tweaked that it just doesn't stand out as much.
The only things still bugging me are a handful of environmental decisions, which I suppose should be expected. Rogueport is still just a tad too clean, but it's clear that they spent a ton of time trying to carry so many small details over that I'll give it a pass for their otherwise admirable dedication to being faithful, even down to specific cracks in windows.
I don't really like those... bushes? Rock pillars? Whatever the blue things with eyes are. Them being made out of just two flat planes interlocking seems a little unusual, considering they've shown other ways to stylize rounded objects, like the pipes and the Twilight Town pigs. I'm also not quite a fan of the water being paperized, but I think I can get used to it, since it's still rather pretty.
But the part that's actually bugging me? I don't like how all of the ground has that waxy, reflective sheen. It works great for the polished wood floor of the stage during battles. But for the grassy fields? ...Not so much.
Even if we go with the "well, the art style is that the environment is meant to be arts and crafts mimicking natural materials" explanation, there's still a ton of texture variation with different varieties of paper, cardboard, etc. in real life, so that doesn't really justify it.
The only things still bugging me are a handful of environmental decisions, which I suppose should be expected. Rogueport is still just a tad too clean, but it's clear that they spent a ton of time trying to carry so many small details over that I'll give it a pass for their otherwise admirable dedication to being faithful, even down to specific cracks in windows.
I don't really like those... bushes? Rock pillars? Whatever the blue things with eyes are. Them being made out of just two flat planes interlocking seems a little unusual, considering they've shown other ways to stylize rounded objects, like the pipes and the Twilight Town pigs. I'm also not quite a fan of the water being paperized, but I think I can get used to it, since it's still rather pretty.
But the part that's actually bugging me? I don't like how all of the ground has that waxy, reflective sheen. It works great for the polished wood floor of the stage during battles. But for the grassy fields? ...Not so much.
Even if we go with the "well, the art style is that the environment is meant to be arts and crafts mimicking natural materials" explanation, there's still a ton of texture variation with different varieties of paper, cardboard, etc. in real life, so that doesn't really justify it.
Mushroomguy12
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I'm glad they kept all the unique character designs, my greatest fear was seeing what they did with the Mario and Luigi remakes on 3DS where they sanitized a bunch of the character designs to fit the stale homogenized cookie cutter corporate "NSMB" safe generic designs, but no, they seem to be genuinely leaving them as is like with the Super Mario RPG remake and just focusing on graphical textures instead, which is excellent.
WeirdAlFan101
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An engineer for Nintendo of America has stated that Vivian's original story of being trans will be kept in the TTYD remake.
As proof of their legitimacy, their name was featured in the credits for Tears of the Kingdom.
As proof of their legitimacy, their name was featured in the credits for Tears of the Kingdom.
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Mushroomguy12
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Happy to see it. Vivian has always been one of my favorite trans game characters alongside Madeleine from Celeste and Birdo.
WeirdAlFan101
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False alarm. From what I've just learned, that namedrop in the credits was photoshopped. The actual name that appears there is Pamela Waters.
I still think the idea isn't out of the realm of possibility, but this one was a mistake, on my part. My bad.
I still think the idea isn't out of the realm of possibility, but this one was a mistake, on my part. My bad.
Mushroomguy12
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Oh OK. Well I still hope they keep her trans identity regardless in the remake, it's quite important representation for the trans community, especially in such a big series like Mario.