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Sometimes I wonder if Paper Mario's gameplay never changed, would the series be suffering from a stagnation problem like the M&L series did?
 
Mcmadness said:
Sometimes I wonder if Paper Mario's gameplay never changed, would the series be suffering from a stagnation problem like the M&L series did?
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What do you mean by the M&L series had a stagnation problem? Only played SSS and BIS so far by the way, but I keenly intend to play all of them.
 
Well the series gameplay never really evolved much. They just kept adding in new gimmicks.
 
Meh I think it was alright. I don't know about PIT but directly comparing BIS to SSS I think the gameplay is appreciably changed.
 
Mcmadness said:
Sometimes I wonder if Paper Mario's gameplay never changed, would the series be suffering from a stagnation problem like the M&L series did?
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I mean, to each their own but I never found a problem with Mario & Luigi's gameplay "stagnating" like it did. The games always added a new gimmick like Bowser or the Dream World or Paper Mario to keep the combat fresh from previous entries, and the wildly different premises also helped. It's not like New Super Mario Bros. where every game feels the same, you're working towards different things in each Mario & Luigi game.

For the most part the "stagnation" came from the over-reliance on remakes with Superstar Saga and Bowser's Inside Story, but given the circumstances it's pretty clear why things happened the way they did.

Of course Paper Mario's original battle system could benefit from similar changes. Like how Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door made changes to the original by giving partners their own HP and a bunch of other quality of life changes.
 
It really depends on what they do to the franchise, the question can encompass A LOT of directions that can go with it.
 
I feel like the Switch is make or break for Paper Mario. Given how stellar the recent games have been, often the best in their series, now more than ever is the time for the series to go back to doing something that's fun and doesn't go against basic game design philosophies, be it returning to its roots or doing something else that's fun.

If Paper Mario isn't doing that now then it never will. The series will just shamble on until it dies.
 
Anyone else find it strange that Mario's family does not even seem to care about him or his brother having left Earth to live in the Mushroom Kingdom forever? They don't seem to be worried about them having vanished, not even getting news from them living there. What a careless family.
 
Is it true that you can use a usb y cable with a portable hard drive on wii u and it will have enough power?