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Paper Mario: Sticker Star

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As I don't have anything new to report on the Permit situation, I'm going to post something a bit different today. After all, this isn't the doom and gloom blog.

 

I downloaded Paper Mario: Sticker Star a while ago and I've been pondering how I've felt about it ever since I beat it. This is kind of a spoiler free minireview.

 

Sticker Star isn't a bad game... but it isn't a great game compared to the other games in the series. I like Paper Mario: Sticker Star, but it could be so much better.

 

The great parts of it are fantastic, the jazzy music is some of the best in the series, the 3d effect is great with the paper and cardboard effects, the writing that is there is great too. Even the battle system is great.

 

However, I want a story with my Paper Mario games. There is a story but it is such a bare bones story that it detracts from the game being a Paper Mario game. If anything it is Paper Mario Lite. Bowser doesn't speak at all, he isn't funny at all like we are used to him being, Peach only has a few lines in the entire game. The Toads forget about Peach and start repairing the sticker fest which Bowser destroyed. That is pretty much it. There really isn't a story at all. Kersti is a good character that I liked, and the team at Nintendo of America did good with the localization of the game. Intelligent Systems did great with the game. And as much as I love Miyamoto, I can't help but be disappointed in the fact that he made sure that there was no story.

 

Yes, I miss the partners, but I got used to the battle system and it is okay, it is a fun battle system. My main complaint about the battle system is the fact that you can't choose who to attack. The Thing stickers are wacky and funny though.

 

However, some of the puzzles regarding the Thing stickers can be rather obscure and crazy. People complained about The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and the fact that it was a game that held your hand... they need to play Paper Mario: Sticker Star. It is the complete opposite and has virtually no hand holding.

 

However, the music in Paper Mario: Sticker Star is fantastic. I must say, I love the soundtrack, it is so catchy and I never though I would hear a jazzy Mario soundtrack, I can't complain about it.

 

I like Sticker Star, but I think it could have been a much better game than it ultimately was. Don't get me wrong, it is a lot of fun and it is a well polished game and fun game. When it comes to a game in a series it is going to be compared to previous games in the series and I don't think it stacks up to Paper Mario 64 and Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. It stands on its own and I think it is a good introduction to the series, but I would love for another game like The Thousand Year Door. This isn't that game.

 

Have any of you played Sticker Star, what did you guys think?

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Tilius

I'm saving it for Christmas, and I'm kind of expecting a bad game so hopefully that'll mean I enjoy it more.

 

Still, can't be worse than Kid Icarus.[/troll]

 

- Tilius

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Lyichir

I'm disappointed about the reported lack of story, but I'm still planning to get it at some point. After all, from what I've heard the gameplay is great, and the humor and originality are still there in spades.

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GSR

I've heard the same kinds of complaints in a lot of places, which is why I'm hesitant about it for the moment. I'll play it sooner or later, but I'm disappointed it seems to be lacking the sort of charming storyline TTYD had.

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Kohaku

The lack of a story is a huge thing against it, but the game has a lot of charming moments and it can stand on its own. However as an RPG it should have some semblance of a story, but it really doesn't and that is really disappointing.

 

The humor and writing that is in the game is fantastic.

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Nathan Evo

Obviously the biggest crime in the game is the lack of dialogue for Bowser. I think Nintendo is desperately trying to make him scary, which he pretty much fails at. I really like Bowser's role in the other RPG games. In fact, going through Super Paper Mario and seeing what Bowser has to say for every cutscene is pretty much why I ever considered going through the game again. And I HATED Super Paper Mario.

 

To be fair, it's a much better game than NSMB2, where the biggest crime there is the fact that it exists.

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Kohaku

My thoughts on Super Paper Mario are mixed. There were a lot of things I did like in the game, I enjoyed the story and the back story of it. I don't like how the Pixls were watered down partners/tools. The gameplay was alright, I wasn't happy with it because I loved the RPG aspect more. However in the game there were a lot of bad decisions in terms of the gameplay. It was flawed and had some very bad time wasters.

 

NSMB 2 honestly doesn't need to exist as it is a blatant cash in... one that I will still probably pick up.

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