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Super Paper Mario Review

Super Paper Mario is possibly one of the best Mario games out there. Trust me it is definitely worth it!

First of all, The Story! This game has one of the best plots of all the mario games. (or even non-Mario games for that manner) The story line is very deep (for a Mario game) but it still keeps the classic humor and feel of the previous games. (something I find very impessive) The focus of the story is not all about saving the princess from Bowser (FINALLY!!!) Instead, this game is about an even more horrible villain named Count Bleck. His plan is to destroy all of the worlds. He starts by forcing the princess to marry Bowser. (there is a prophecy that says when a fair princess marries an evil tyrant that it will cause the chaos heart to come and destroy all worlds)

Mario learns that the only way to stop the chaos heart and Count Bleck is to collect all eight pure hearts. Luckily, he is not alone in this journey. Through out the game he meets these creatures called Pixels that follow him and grant him special abilities. For example, Boomer allows Mario to drop bombs and Thudly allows Mario to do a ground pound. You will eventully be able to do other Paper-Mario tricks such as make yourself thin.

Aside form the pixels, other characters join Mario on his quest, each with their own talent. The first to join is Princess Peach, he ability is she can use her umbrella to jump long gaps. The next to join is bowser, he can breath fire! :) The third and final person to join is…maybe I will let that be a surprise Ok, now I know you are wondering about it, so I will tell you about it now. Flipping from 2D to 3D! This is a genuis gameplay mechanism. (I am kind of jealous I did not think of it first! ) By pressing A you can flip to 3D. You only have a limited time in 3D and if you spend to long you lose health. Sometimes you have to go 3D to get through but even if you don’t have to you still find yourself doing it. There are hidden treasures and rooms all through the game that can only be found in 3d.

The series has finally turned away form turned-based battle. It is now the classic “Jump on his head” battle style (with the added twist of having pixels to help you!)

The controller is held in a odd way. You hold it sideways as if you were using a NES controller. It is as cool as it sounds. If you think it sounds extremely cool! (and no, earl, I do not mean locker buddy cool!) It brings back fond memories. Motion sensing is used some. For example, you can point at things to hear a description and it is used with the action commands for some items.

Overall, this is a fantastic game! My only complaint it is too short. You will finish it somewhere between 16 and 20 hours. (it only took me a few days) There is quite a few things to do when you are done, however. You can collect trading cards that have character pictures on them. (it makes you most powerful against them) You can go treasure hunting. (there is a treasure map salesman) You can make recipes. There is even a hidden casino where you can play minigames that make use of the motion sensitive controller. (trust me, you want to do this!) The pit of a hundred trials has even returned! (in fact there are 2 now!) But even with these you still can’t help but be disappointed at how quick the game moves.

And so ends one of my longest reviews. This game lives up to the name “SUPERPaper Mario”