paper Mario part 3

well, it was hard on everyone but i managed to play and beat super paper Mario. i rented it on Sunday and beat it today (Saturday) and let me tell you it wasn't no walk in the park. i guess if i were to buy the game, i would've taken more time to enjoy it, but with a time limit as little as six days, you've got to prioritize.

one thing I've got to warn against... do not do what i did. if you play this game for too long you start to get frustrated with it and it doesn't really deserve frustration. i will say the game gets tedious around chapter six or seven though. at that time i was just thinking "i just want to get to the end, i just want to get to the end" but maybe that was only under the circumstances. i must say that this game was really good. i really liked everything. the setting, the concept and the plot, man oh man, you'd never think you'd find one in a Mario game, but this one was really good. first of all, this game gets big time points for pulling out the princess is stolen crap and putting in some actual story. its no longer about peach but about saving the universe, and in about eight or nine different dimensions. unfortunately i had a rather unpleasant shock by tripping over a plot twist near the end on a youtube video (thanks a lot... jerk) but ah well, in a way it made it interesting.

i really must put emphasis on how good the story really was, at the end, i almost shed a tear, it was really sad... but in a happy way, but oh oh oh ive said too much ^ ^

i like to see Luigi is actually playing a part in things, i hope that sticks. lets face it Luigi is a much more likable character then Mario, Mario's personality is really paper thin (heh heh). but honestly, once again Mario is reduced to a few head jerks and mumbles. I'm cool with the fact that Nintendo didn't want him to be a talking character, but they have to confront the fact that he will in turn be a "who cares" character. in fact I'm going to go as far as saying i kind of dislike Mario, he always triumphs in the end and he doesn't say a word about it.

the new villain is frigging AWESOME! hes got so much style and character, i really wish Nintendo could bring him back to something, i don't know, a cameo would be nice but of course i think he would need his own game. i am of course talking about the infamous Count Bleck, and besides his name he is in general a really cool character. nefarious is pretty cool, thats the counts brainwashing sidekick.

if you didn't know already the new gimmick is that you can switch between dimensions, very cool idea, and it would be welcome in games to come i think!

my only real complaint is its another (find the seven things) game... we really need to get away from that, but you know what, good job Nintendo!




8.5/9