Super Mario RPG & TTYD Remakes Are Great News For The Next Paper Mario Game
16.11.2023 - 16:19
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Although the popular spinoff franchise, , has had a fair number of games that are divisive among its fans, the remakes of and may paint a promising picture for those who prefer the series' classic style. Since, games have tended to stray from traditional RPG gameplay and story elements, beginning with the more platformer-like — and while the games haven't always had a completely negative reception, they have also left many longtime fans of the series wanting an experience more similar to the first few games.
While, the original, and all have their differences, the three games are all fairly traditional RPGs in terms of gameplay, with turn-based combat, selectable moves and items, and parties with colorful casts of characters. After, however, the series started to drastically diverge in terms of genre, with in particular resembling much more of a platformer with relatively minor RPG elements than the other way around. Later entries, and, stuck closer to the series' turn-based roots, but still featured major gameplay divergences — some of which, especially in, were particularly unpopular.
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However, with the remake of /soon-to-be released, and the upcoming remake of slated for 2024, there's a fair chance that Nintendo may be gauging interest in a return to the series' roots. While not all the series' entries past have been poorly-received, all of them do stray away from the RPG systems and combat system of the more classic games, and arguably, no game since has reached the same height in terms of impact and reputation — especially in the case of, which was particularly poorly received among fans.
While and, on the other hand, have been better received as overall games than, all three share the same fundamental problem — as games in the franchise, they don't match the gameplay of the classic games. much more resembles a platformer, for example, andwhile does include turn-based combat, it's much closer to the style of a puzzle game than a traditional turn-based RPG with timed inputs. Of the three, 's combat would actually be the closest, but it's hampered by the game's awkward sticker system, where limited inventory items are core to the combat.
Additionally, while the classic RPG combat systems were simple on their surface, they did allow for a fair amount of depth when it came to customizing builds, arranging a party, and making decisions in-game, with extra-challenging content like 's optional Pit of 100 Trials serving as a way to test a player's grasp of the systems like the game's badges and timed inputs. More recent games largely lack that sort of depth — while the Pit of 100 Trials made a return in, optional,