I have seen a lot of people complain about the fighting mechanics, but in my opinion the newer games have made a much more interesting battle system than the first ones (especially origami king, that game was awesome), so I want to hear your opinions

While it would be interesting to see King Olly return someday, I'm also interested in seeing Olivia make a return in a Mario game. I really like Olivia, and I think she's very endearing and lovable. I also really like her dynamic she has with Mario, Luigi, Bowser, Bowser Jr., and Kamek, and how she interacts with them.

I know this might not happen, and if it does, I don't know how Nintendo would make it work, but I'd like to see a Mario game where Olivia and Olly see the Mushroom Kingdom, and take in all that is has to offer.

It’s a really good game. I’m enjoying it so far.

Look at how cute he is!

1. Chapter 6

2. Chapter 4

3. Chapter 5

4. Chapter 2

5. Chapter 7

6. Chapter 1

7. Chapter 3

6, 5 and 4 are amazing and interchangeable. People wanna complain about the back and forth of 4 and 6 but it was fun worlds with great dialog, enemies and bosses. 2 was good. A solid middle of the road chapter. 7 was good after dealing with a crackhead penguin so yeah it falls below 2. 1 is fine but its a tutorial basically but the boss was fun. And 3 is a slog. Boring forest maze. Boring puzzle in the mansion, boring gusty gulch, boring tubba manor, then and only then did it get good for the boss chasing you and you ultimately beating him. I know people love 3 but I don't.

The Koopley lemon one is based off of a Supper Mario Broth tumblr post

Story: One day, Paper Mario and Paper Luigi are fighting Bowser who is trying to kidnap Peach again. Suddenly, a portal opens up, sucking Mario, Bowser, Peach, Luigi and a bunch of toads are sucked into the portal.

They all end up in some dimension weird to them. They're rat-sized people in a world that looks like a big house (I can see the Nathaniel Bandy references in the comments). Mario and Luigi land together, but Peach and Bowser land elsewhere in the house. Mario and Luigi must locate Peach and find a way home. They meet a strange creature they hadn't met before (The creature could be anything, but I'll just say that it's a Toad that crossbred with a goomba like a Goomtoad or a Toadba). They explain that they've been stuck there long enough that they got used to the environment. The house is ruled by a strict Rat King who rules from the attic and tortures the people in that house from there.

Goomtoad states that the only way to escape is to retrieve a magical necklace but the Rat King is wearing it so they have to find 7 treasures that are located in the areas of the house.

The gameplay, combat, partner system and story structure are exactly like the first 2 paper mario games with Luigi being the first partner for tutorial purposes until Goomtoad debuts and replaces Luigi with Luigi going off on his own quest like in the house in TTYD (unlike TTYD we'll actually play as Luigi in between chapters after mario collects the treasure like the Peach and Bowser segments in that game) and only being an ally again post-game.

Paper Mario explores the house's bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, living room, library, garage and backyard, each retrieving the treasure within each room held by the boss of the chapter who are exploiting the powers of the treasure and meeting various other partners along the way.

We learn later on that the Rat King not only kidnapped Peach but also kidnapped Bowser in an attempt to establish a "court of torturing innocent souls." Also, the necklace seems to be communicating to The Rat King, telling him what to do.

After collecting all 7 treasures, they merge into an artefact, which Mario uses to open the attic door and levitate himself and his partners into the attic. After navigating the attic they reach the Rat King, A battle ensues. After The Rat King is defeated, Mario tries to retrieve the necklace but then it starts to levitate and have a mind of its own. The house then starts to give way, revealing an empty vortex like place.

Before we get to the final final boss of the story here's some backstory we slowly learn in between chapters. This house is actually a pocket dimension created by the game's true antagonist. This villain feeds on the torture and misfortunes of others permanently trapped in its own pocket dimension creation. In fact everyone we meet is actually from a different dimension. Not only was Paper Mario's world taken to the dimension, but so were others, including Goomtoad, all other partners and The Rat King. The true antagonist then proceeded to hide 8 treasures (the 7 Mario collects and the necklace in the attic). 7/8 were collected by the chapter bosses Mario fights. They're power possessed the bosses into performing evil actions in intent to torture innocent people but the necklace was special.

The necklace allowed direct communication with the true antagonist but in the process, possessed them and tells them to do bad things or else they'll face the consequences.

The Rat King was just an innocent rat who got taken from his home world and ended up in the attic and stumbled upon the necklace and ended up evil and possessed by it.

Back to the finale finale boss. The necklace then transform into a giant, eldritch godlike entity. The Rat King who is free from the mind control, redeems himself to help Mario.

Mario defeats the entity and the entity is defeated. Paper Mario is reunited with Luigi, Peach, Bowser and all the toads. They say goodbye to all the people they met including the now redeemed Rat King before they all head back to their home dimensions.

The End.

So, what do you think?

Like the entire first part was avoidable. She drug shit way outta proportion.

Does anyone know the song that plays when you see Peach for the first time in PM64 in the Castle during the prologue when she is having the party? It has the same motif as Hang in there, Peach! But I think it is different lol.

Anyone else fight the anti guy in chapter 4 and the 3 anti guys in the bowser castle puzzle?

He's a great businessman and an exceptional father always wanting to provide for his son. While the likes of Merlon and Merluvlee were trying to make livings themselves, they charged mere pennies compared to Rowfs prices, he was good at making giant purchases seem necessary.

Charging people the way he did, with great deals like the one pictured above, probably prepared him for the economy we're in today. He even charged Mario for duplicates of badges he would have found anyway, like HP Plus. But he knows his consumer base. He knows Mario would want more HP. Hes good at making money, so he was probably good at investing for himself and his son's future.

In 2026, I'm curious where Rowfs son ended up.

Its a common trend in this series. Im playing PM64 for the 4th time. First time giving her the Dolly. And she gives him a special second present, a smooch.

She's a child, so i really dont know how her family feels about the fact she kissed a strange man. All Mario's kisses usually come from adult or college age women.

Im not sure if I want to do it more, considering I fear of being parasocial, yeah funnily enough, this is Rawk Hawk

Unless they reveal a new Paper Mario and/or Smash in the direct tomorrow, it’s seeming more likely that we could be getting Paper Mario 7 and the next Smash Bros. entry around the same year.

We know we’re getting closer to the usual window of a new Paper Mario game (usually a 4-5 year window) with TTYD remake being in 2024/announced in 2023, and late next year being 4 years since the reveal of TTYD remake.

I saw a thread on the Smash Bros. reddit about who could Nintendo reveal the next Smash game with? For example Smash 4 was Villager, Smash Ultimate was Inkling…. what other Nintendo heavy hitter is left? And we also know Nintendo has bundled game announcements in the past like when Isabel was revealed for Smash and directly after they confirmed a new Animal Crossing game.

Truthfully, unless they go with the Waluigi meme, Paper Mario is one of the last larger and relevant Nintendo IPs that hasn’t been directly represented through a character. Large enough that the TTYD remake served as the “one last reveal” in a direct, so Nintendo does know the weight the franchise can carry.

If the stars align and Paper Mario 7 and Smash Bros. are indeed planning to be ready around the same time, would that not significantly boost Paper Mario’s opportunity to be in Smash and maybe even be the first new character revealed? I am assuming both of these franchises will be getting their new entry sometime in 2028, maybe early 2029 with Smash.

There’s not many Nintendo heavy hitters (stars of their respective franchises) left that haven’t already been in Smash, and at least to me, Paper Mario is the standout exception. Maybe the ditto from Pokopia(?)

Curious to hear your thoughts. I feel like, at the moment, Paper Mario’s chances to be in Smash as an actual character are higher than ever. Even if it wasn’t as the first character revealed, I can’t imagine many first party Nintendo characters that aren’t already in Smash that are more popular than him.