In a time where RPGs were hard to come by as a Nintendo 64 owner, Paper Mario came in and impressed everyone with its unique art direction portraying a pop-up storybook look, wonderful soundtrack, and unique gameplay featuring turn-based combat with specific quick time commands for attacks and defense.
This RPG does a good job in maintaining a charming look and feel throughout the game thanks to its art direction, characters, dialogue / writing, and the different types of locales. This game also plays a key rolein paving the way for the highly acclaimed Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door for the Nintendo GameCube, among other entries in the Paper Mario series and Mario RPG types of games such as the Mario & Luigi series.
This RPG does a good job in maintaining a charming look and feel throughout the game thanks to its art direction, characters, dialogue / writing, and the different types of locales. This game also plays a key rolein paving the way for the highly acclaimed Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door for the Nintendo GameCube, among other entries in the Paper Mario series and Mario RPG types of games such as the Mario & Luigi series.