A Mario game without the other 5 main characters and Koopa Troop?

Revenant Archagent said:
Well, I don't like the universes split, and we can agree to disagree
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To each their own. But tbh, this thread is getting a little derailed. Let's get back on topic.
 
I still think the main idea of the thread is great, it could really help develop Mario's overall character in ways that couldn't happen with the other characters present.
 
YoshiFlutterJump said:
It is a clear and established fact that Paper Mario is the Mario from the PM series.

Either that or PiT Baby Mario qualifies as a different character.
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It is neither clear nor established.
 
i think Baby Luigi is a completely different character with his own quirks and stuff from Luigi but he's still the same person...if you sorta get what i'm saying
 
Mario has no Canon and since it's only one game (hence it's not established); the eShop description, if you contextualize it, has to describe Paper characters as a different entity to differentiate from the flesh and blood characters. It wouldn't make any sense either way. I mean, it's ultimately up to interpretation whenever you think that Paper Mario is Mario or Paper Mario is Paper Mario and everything in the Paper universe is separate from everything else, and I wouldn't rely on marketing words as authority for Mario world building.
 
LeftyGreenMario said:
Mario has no Canon
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This just isn't true. There most certainly is canon in Mario. Many different canons, perhaps, but to say that there's absolutely no continuity between games is just wrong. The games reference the events of others all the time. It's just wrong to say that there's no continuity in Mario.

In Paper Jam's case, it's all on the intent of the developers. Tell me, do you really think that the paper characters in Paper Jam were intended to just be paper look-alikes of the real thing? No! They're clearly intended to be the same characters as the ones in the Paper Mario games. Developer intent is at the core of any continuity. Any arguments about continuity that try to undermine obvious developer intent are just stupid. Doing so for the purposes of personal headcanon is fine, but it contradicts official canon--yes, I said it--and shouldn't be treated as fact.
 
Dude, this is obviously up to personal interpretation, as it is confirmed nowhere that either is true, so just drop it
 
Revenant Archagent said:
Dude, this is obviously up to personal interpretation, as it is confirmed nowhere that either is true, so just drop it
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What are you talking about? It is very much implied in-game and is outright stated in marketing material. It has certainly been confirmed officially. If you don't want to accept it, that's fine--I myself strongly disagree with the SMB3 stageplay thing despite it being official canon--but it's official canon, and only official canon can change that.
 
It's not official canon, it's an interpretation that you for some reason believe is canon. The marketing details you use are just the eshop, which 1. can just be referring to the fact that the characters are paper and 2. could be unreliable anyways due to translation differences and such

It is implied nowhere in game because they never reference the other Paper Mario games at all