Since its announcement at E3 2006, Super Paper Mario has made a format shift and still managed to keep a suspiciously low profile. It's a game that has been developed in the shadows, with only occasional flashes to give the poor gaming press anything to write about. At last, though, Super Paper Mario is coming out into the open. Nintendo today confirmed an April 19 release for Japan, which means that Super Paper Mario (like the Wii itself) is going to debut in North America. The new 16:9 screens here show how beautiful the game has become and, although Wii Remote functions are yet to be properly explained, Famitsu reports that Peach's umbrella can be used to access secret areas. (Here come the Super Mario Bros. 2 flashbacks.) We're intrigued to see how Super Paper Mario can flit from 2D to 3D at the press of a button and retain some sort of consistency. America can discover on April 9 whether Intelligent Systems' ambitious project has succeeded -- and more importantly, find out whether Bowser ends up marrying Peach. The horror.
[Image credit: Famitsu]
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Please don't troll the comments section. And call me when they put Resistance:FOM on the PSP for $35, k?
On topic, yay for more Super Paper Mario! This is a game that I have been following closely for a while and was sad to see it fall off the radar suddenly. Hope it'll be another sleeper hit like the previous games.
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you're making me crazy!!
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Might buy it
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The last 2 paper mario games were pretty much awesome, and I can't wait for this one :3 Paper mario DS... is an excellent idea, but the handhelds have the mario & luigi sagas, so I guess nintendo thinks portables are covered for 1st party rpgs.
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It's tragic (and somewhat amusing) to see how worked-up the proletariat are over the success of Nintendo's strategy of fun-before-shiny.
See? We told you underclass-pseudogamer-types that gameplay was what mattered, but you wouldn't listen.
Still, we were right, and you're still scum. So that's fine.
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trolling aside, what 1st party nintendo game releases for 20 dollars on -any- console, let alone GC? They still have trouble bringing down the prices of new GC games to under 50, even months after release.
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I'm confused by this statement. Peach had her parasol in SMB2? I knew she could float in that game (which is also tremendously useful in Melee, BTW) but I didn't think she had a parsol back then.
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Gavin, you fucktard.
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And on a better note, seeing these screenshots makes me very happy that I will have a widescreen HDTV ready to go when I finally find a Wii in one of the local stores.
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Jonti
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No offense Gavin... but it's pretty shallow and immature to say a game isn't worth anything because it doesn't have enough buzzwords like 'pixel shaders' or 'volumetric clouds'... who's drinking kool-aid again?
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Well then don't buy it, problem solved. As for me, I'll buy a Wii just for this game.
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Nintendo can get 50 dollars for this game, and they will because everyone loves Mario games, and everyone will continue to buy them.
BWT, unless you're a 6th grader, 50 bucks isn't that much, go shovel some snow or cut some grass and make a few bucks, or get a job. 50 Dollars has always been the standard for video game costs, for as long as I remember. They're taking long and longer to develop, and they stay the same price, be grateful they're not 100 bucks.
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Side note: I can't tell if its funny or sad that people actually get so up in arms about what video games others enjoy. I'm going to go with sad.
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Please don't troll the comments section. And call me when they put Resistance:FOM on the PSP for $35, k?
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Come on! We can either buy it on Gamecube for 50$ without 16x9 pro and without wiimote controls or 50$ ON wii with 16x9 pro and wiimote controls...I don't get what people are whining about. I would have boughten it in a HEARTBEAT on gc but its a bonus its on the wii! I don't care if its last gen, i want a fun game, regardless of the graphics, thats what this game is (if its anything like the previous titles) FUN!
SO gavin, go play your 60$ resistance and what other fun ps3 title there is (none) while i go play my 50$ last gen ported on wii game. JUST STOP TROLLING HERE!
Super Paper Mario last gen, 2d graphics F.T.W!!!!!!!!
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I would buy a game like Chrono Trigger if it came out today, in a heartbeat.
2D or not, that game is sweet, and worth every penny. If they released another SNES games that was equally as good as Chrono Trigger or Secret of Mana, I'd spend 50 bucks on it without thinking.
I spent 600 bucks on a PS3 for what? I beat Resistance in a few days, and there are no good games out for it. What am I waiting for, 6-7 months for MGS4 to come out?
Wii FTW.
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I'm sure he's completely basing his observations that this is a GameCube port on the look and feel of the game. Maybe he expects every game to come out now to be a fully fleshed 3D experience.
Honestly, I still enjoy the platform and side scroller games. There's an inherit beauty and simplistic approach to them that is lost with a 3D environment.
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I just wonder how using the remote as a NES controller is going to go over, and if you switch your hold when you go into 3D.
Yes, US gets it on April 9 and Japan on April 19. And, IMO, this looks more worth $50 than RFOM, Tony Hawk 75, or RIIIDDGEE RACCEEERR are worth $60.
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LOL when it's put that way Super Paper Mario sounds suspiciously a lot like Zelda II. And I loved Zelda II. :)
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http://www.virtual-boy.org/images/Image24.jpg
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http://www.virtual-boy.org/images/marioadv10.jpg
http://www.virtual-boy.org/images/Mario%20Adv5.jpg
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didn't see that one coming....
....who was it that said the 360 and ps3 lack originality, and the wii had it in spades?
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Personally i don't care.. i don't know how this game will play, so i can't be excited for it.. and much like too many of NIntendo's games, it's so retro-tastic it hurts. Not that i have a problem with retro... when it's clever... (See Super Mario RPG)... but this blatant, make me feel manipulated. (Hey, remember we were cool in the 80s, right? BUY OUR GAME! GIVE US MONEY!)
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http://media.wii.ign.com/media/853/853822/vids_1.html
Doesn't that look fun?
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The big problem is that the PSP couldn't ever handle the superb graphics of the PS3, while the DS could easily render anything that the Wii could ever offer.
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Interesting that every Nintendo fanboy apologist always says this party-line bullshit. When the 64 came out it was the opposite. Every Nintendo fanboy back then had nothing but praise for the leap in graphical capability of that system over the Super NES. Keep deluding yourself. Basically, if any of you cheap ass SOBs could afford a 360 or find/afford a PS3 you'd buy one.
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Do yourself a favor and learn how to read. Your pitiful interpretation of my post indicates that you could use a refresher.
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Were Megaman 2-x8 origional? No, were they fun? Yeah, up until they went 3d in x6 or whatever it was.
Oh wow, another Zelda game?
Oh wow, another Halo game?
Oh wow, another Metal Gear Solid?
Oh wow, they'll make a Gears of War sequal?
Oh wow, another Gran Turismo?
Are any of the squals origional? No. Who cares? They games were fun, and when they make sequals, its like having the origional fun game, with new stuff to do. Whats the problem?
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