Mar 042016
When a new Nintendo Direct was announced for yesterday, I was excited. (If you missed the Nintendo Direct, you can watch the entire thing here.) More than anything else, I hoped the rumored Paper Mario Wii U game would be announced.
And it was.
And it was heart-breaking.
My first worry was when he referenced Paper Mario as being in the “action adventure genre.” Did they forget these are RPGs?
Then he mentioned colors and paint. I wanted to think “cool,” but all I could think was, “Why another gimmick?”
Then he mentioned Prism Island, and I felt a ray of hope. A new region! Surely this will mean new characters and an intriguing plot!
… *sees no one but Mario, Peach, and Toad*
Make it stop!
Painting cards to start battles? What the heck? I want to believe this is like Paper Jam’s battle cards, but I can’t help but see Sticker Star’s stickers.
Special cards… GIANT FAN…
It’s Sticker Star 2.0, isn’t it?!
GameXplain looked at Color Splash in the European and Japanese Nintendo Directs as well to find more footage, but it doesn’t get any better. It shows more “characters,” but by that I mean Toads and a Shy Guy. It also shows the conclusion of a battle and Mario’s reward: coins. They just cut it off before showing his exp gain, right??
Why, why, why is this happening?
How did we go from this* to…
*sigh*
Aside from Prism Island, the one bit of hope I see in this trailer is that the paint can appears to be a new character. While he could be another Kersti (please no), maybe he’s just the only partner or original character revealed so far.
At least the Nintendo Direct also revealed the English title for Genei Ibun Roku #FE, one of my most-anticipated turn-based RPGs. It’s called Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE, a title weird enough to put Kingdom Hearts to shame… although TMS is SMT backwards! That will be out on June 24…
I don’t know when Color Splash will come out, and unless they release a new trailer showing a story and characters, I don’t really care.
What about you? Do you see any reason to be excited for Color Splash, or have you joined me in singing Paper Mario’s funeral dirge?
*Yes, I like Super Paper Mario. I loved its story and characters. And while it didn’t have turn-based combat, at least it was fun, something I can’t say for Sticker Star’s battle system.
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It’s a bad game and already people are sending hate mail to their nintendo email accounts. It’s not looking good for them in the future? :'(
If Color Splash really is another Sticker Star, maybe the backlash will finally get their attention and the next Paper Mario (if there’s still hope of getting one) will be a proper RPG again. :/
I already send them the Email about my concerns on the game. Hopefully I can screen cap it just in case they do reply? lol
Wish me luck? 😉
Good luck!
Good luck! Who knows, maybe a loud enough outcry will make them reconsider.
RIP this series.
It doesn’t inspire any more confidence that Paper Jam is really a Mario & Luigi game guest-starring Paper Mario… by which I mean a Mario made of paper.
“made of paper” seems to be the only thing they remember about the Paper Mario series, its defining feature above everything else.
Does this mean that Nintendo puts graphics over gameplay after all?!!?
Nah. But it might mean they’ve fallen into the trap of taking the title literally.
Paper Mario = Mario, except he’s made of paper. No more, no less.
T_T
Not just ordinary paper… but coloured paper!
Just want to note the Japanese titles:
PM64: Mario Story
TTYD: Paper Mario RPG
SPM: Sūpā Pēpā Mario
Sticker Star: Paper Mario: Super Seal
I guess Color Splash is the same thing. They said “action-adventure” in the Japanese Direct too. And “Coroura Sprashura”
Paper Mario: Super Seal sounds like it should belong to a game with an interesting story.
What exactly was being sealed?
…Characters into a sticker wrap…?
I have no idea. It sounds like it should be sealing away some ancient evil force.
I can’t help it, but I feel that you’ve been acting very salty in the article.
When a trailer for a new game in a series I love is shown, and every single thing in the trailer reminds me of a game I hated, I can’t help it.
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