People were not gonna get a 6th Mario rep especially when we just got Rosalina and said rep is just ANOTHER version of Mario. Thats just dumb. We got Yoshi too and are getting Wario soon to boot. No more Mario characters we pretty much hit our limit. Sakurai was obviously gonna give a big game series like Paper Mario credit just not in the form of a character because the Mario part of the roster is done. So he did it in the way of a stage. There was a balloon fighter stage wheres everyone's BALLOON FIGHTER CONFIRMED! Comments after that? They didnt happen because everyone knew balloon fighter isnt gonna happen and this is the exact same thing because we already got Rosalina no more now and if Paper Mario was gonna happen which he isnt why would sakurai choose him over Bowser Jr? Who isnt just a alternate mario and is much more popular to boot
Anyways im loving that sakurai gave credit to Paper Mario TTYD (my all time favorite game of all time) Love that game to death so kudos to him just wish that fart fest sticker star game didnt get represented but whatever. Also one moooore thing Is anyone noticing sakurai is really beating us over the head with the whole "Stage transformation/Moving Stages" Concept like majority of stages have this effect such as 3D Land, Rainbow Road, Reset Bomb Forest, Prism Tower Mushroom Kingdom U, Skyloft, Halberd, Kalos Pokemon League, Town and City and now Paper Mario. Even stages like Coliseum, Arena Ferox that change on the spot and we still have scrolling stages like golden plains and pacland To many stages "change" in the middle of the match we really need some neutral stages UNLESS you can turn off stage hazards this time around hopefully thats the case