Super Paper Mario (Wii)

Super Paper Mario is a mixed bag; it contains some sparkling examples of excellent game play and wit, but for each jewel you will have to fight through lashings of dullness and repetition. I would heartily recommend a "director cut" version of Super Paper Mario (at half its length) but Super Paper Mario is too wordy and repetitive. Wii games will live or die by its control system, and luckily Super Paper Mario has not gone down the "forced waggling" route. The basic controls take after Super Mario Bro. on the NES with the wiimote held sideways akin to the original NES controller. It does require the odd waggle for special features but they ...  Read the complete review

We bought Super Paper Mario not long after it came out. We'd seen the adverts and though the 2d/3d dimensions of the game looked appealing. We managed to pick up our copy from Sainsburys for £29.99. I don't mind paying that for a game if I'm going to get my money's worth out of it, but I begrudge paying much more for one. My other half was the one who really wanted this game. He thought I would like it and he thought he would enjoy it as well despite being into first person shooter games most of the time. **Storyline** There probably isn't a person alive who hasn't heard of Mario. The plot lines are usually the same, being you have ...  Read the complete review

To begin with, growing up i was never a mario person, or even a nintendo person; my brother always had nintendo's and i always had sega, and we crossed paths on PS2... That was until the SNES Super Mario game. I thought that version of the game was astounding, with the addition of Yoshi, who was a great character, and if memory serves, the flying cape et al made for a great game... It was also for me, the beginning of the type of large games we see today, whereas before, most games were easily completed in a short space of time. We happened upon paper mario by chance, not intending to buy it (i was waiting for Zelda - which i now have also, awesome ...  Read the complete review

I'll break this review down in to pieces. First, the storyline is pretty much mario. Even if it is very predictable to the average gamer. I won't spoil the ending but it was pretty dumb if you ask me. Now the battle system is the typical paper mario side shot but you can also flip to 3-d mode which is fun, and you play it just as usual with new enemies to fight. They also have plenty to do in the game and it will last a long time if that is what you are looking for. Even after you have passed the game you still can play an arcade, go through the trials, find treasure, and get cooking chips. Overall I would say that I was ...  Read the complete review

Nowadays, the words "Paper Mario" seem to have become synonymous with humorous, innovative console role-playing games (RPGs). And do gamers really have any reason not to feel this way? The original Paper Mario, released for the N64, was met with critical acclaim and gave the RPG genre a bit of a facelift. The sequel on the GameCube, subtitled The Thousand Year Door, was even better, offering 'Cube owners more of what they wanted. And now, we get a third iteration: Super Paper Mario for the Wii. Super Paper Mario scores one major success in that it retains the brilliant, unforgettable brand of humor brought about by the first two Paper Mario games. ...  Read the complete review