Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition announced for 3DS

On the other hand, I am getting the chill of New Super Mario Bros. for some reason.
 
The chill?
 
Well, from the looks of things its basically NSMB but with puzzle and dragon mechanics instead of a platformer, which doesn't bother me any.

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Also from the looks of this screenshot you can enter that pipe to find secrets, like a normal Mario game.

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And there seem to be plenty of options for customizing your team.

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Stanley the Troll said:
This ain't no RPG.
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yes it is

turn-based =/= rpg

has elements = rpg

therefore, game = rpg
 
can't wait to storm bowser's castle with my party of lv. 99 toads

there will be no mercy
 
hey where the ---- is yellow toad :(
 
To me, RPG=decent story, being turn-based is optional but there has to be a controllable character which this looks to not have except on the map.

This looks like New Super Mario Bros. Puzzle Edition. If it had a new story, new villain, new locations, and NPCs to talk to, etc then it would be an RPG. But this is nothing like the RPGs I'm used to. It's closer to NSMB than the first three Paper Marios, M&L and SMRPG.
 
Stanley the Troll said:
To me, RPG=decent story, being turn-based is optional but there has to be a controllable character which this looks to not have except on the map.

This looks like New Super Mario Bros. Puzzle Edition. If it had a new story, new villain, new locations, and NPCs to talk to, etc then it would be an RPG. But this is nothing like the RPGs I'm used to. It's closer to NSMB than the first three Paper Marios, M&L and SMRPG.
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No, an RPG is not a definition defined by personal biases and experiences. It's a hard fact; an objective term used to describe a wide variety of genres. You can't say "oh this game fits my definition of this genre, therefore, it is", that's just plain illogical.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_video_game

I know several RPGs that DO NOT have a decent story, much less a story. The reason they have stories is not an arbitrary one: usually, these games are slower paced and therefore have more room and time for explanation than other genres, like say, sports, platformer, karting, etc. Then you have MMORPG (mass multiplayer online RPG) which usually have next to zero story excluding quests and stuff like that.
 
Baby Luigi said:
Stanley the Troll said:
To me, RPG=decent story, being turn-based is optional but there has to be a controllable character which this looks to not have except on the map.<