The Main thing I don't get?
They travel to a WHOLE NEW ISLAND called Prism Island and its still primarily inhabited by Toads!
TOADS !
WHY??
>>329638165
Because anything other than toads wouldn't be Mario enough.
New characters will scare off the casuals
>Toads only exist in the Mushroom Kingdom
minimum effort
maximum profits
To be fair, Rogueport and Glitzville were filled with standard Mario NPCs despite being isolated areas.
Glitzville in particular was supposed to be a tourist attraction that had people from all around the world, but all you saw were species native to the Mushroom Kingdom.
>>329638165
Just playing into the whole amphibians were the first life form shills
It's called "reusing assets and game mechanics because really it's not like people AREN'T gonna buy it".
Mr. Miyamoto is old and unfamiliar faces make him too excited and uncomfortable
I know how much you don't like the way Mario games are going by story but here is the thing. I want to make people happy and when I see NSMB skyrocketing in sales I know many people are being happy playing the game. I want those people to stay happy so I make sure the games cater to them so that they won't be distracted by much. People play Mario games not expecting a complex story, they just want funny cartoon characters saving the Princess and world from the cartoonishly scary Bowser. Happiness is a top priority that can be weighed down when the game pauses to introduce some character that wasn't needed or to stop because the plot demands it. This isn't what people who play Mario games want, they just want fun. After all the game is fine without a huge narrative or a new set of cast members, so do we even need it? After all adding all the text and characters will only delay the games release with all the translating and planning. Go read a book or watch a movie because Mario games are not meant for you. Now that's out of the way, the reason why we toning down character variety and story is quite simple. It saves time since we can just re use a character design over and over again, kids won't mind Toads look near identical in main games anyways. Onto dialogue, localization takes time so by toning down the script the game can come out earlier for all to enjoy. Lastly, why do you want another game with a similar battle system as the first two Paper Mario games? Do you really want a rehash and make Paper Mario near identical to other RPGs or do you want a fresh and new experience? As far as I know Super Paper Mario and TTYD didn't even feel like real Mario games.
>>329638697
when was this in silent hill 1? i dont remember this
>>329638695
Considering it's on the Wii U, it's more like nobody is going to buy it either way.
>>329638547
Yes, according to several sources in the fucking Mario video games, other places are pretty much all inhabited by other folks.
Thanks for sharing your retarded greentext though, now get the fuck out you underage shite.
>>329638732
I think it was in Nowhere, and you had to feed them to the tentacle? Or maybe that was the blood bag. I don't remember either, I guess.
I started my second playthrough of Mario & Luigi Dream Team a couple days ago and the island is filled with several races. Toads, Beanbean Kingdom people, Yoshi's, block people, those rock people that say hoo, and more.
The real question is if there's still an individual character named "Toad" or not
>>329638165
Mushroom Kingdom conquest.
Chances are that the Toads just wiped out the civilization on Prism Island.
>>329638715
>>329638964
Yeah and after PJ and Sticker Star 2.0 is pretty clear that Dream Team was the last time we'll see NPCs other than generic Toads ever again.
RIP Mario RPGs.
RIP Toadsworth.
>>329638697
>>329638791
The bag contained a key iirc. Also yes, blood pack for the tentacle thing but they're in the Otherworld Hospital.
Oh right this thread is about Paper Mario.
>>329639375
*until the next M&L
>>329639636
You fucking wish.
>>329638642
But most of the toad NPC's in the first 2 PM games looked different from each other. All the toads in the new PM game look exactly the same
>>329638165
It's days like this that make me miss Piantas and Nokis.
>>329638165
>no child Toads
>no female Toads
>no bearded senior citizen Toads
>just generic male Toads forever
>>329639706
AlphaDream already stated that PJ was a special case since they were juggling 2 franchises and couldn't land on a plot that didn't read like bad fanfiction.
At least it looks like it won't be element themed (grass level, desert level, ect.) zones, like Sticker Star.
>>329639375
>>329639636
>>329639706
Read the Paper Jam Developer's Interview. The choice to use mainline characters/settings only was strictly a design choice on their part in order to focus on the crossover aspect. It wasn't some shitty meme mandate from Miyamoto to "make all the RPGs NSMB-shit". Miyamoto's only contribution to the game as a matter of fact, made it better (suggesting the devs to use the X button for the Dash mechanic to make it more streamlined than the convoluted version they originally had).
M&L will most definitely go back to original characters and settings in the next proper game. If you've read the Dream Team Iwata's Ask, you'd know for a fact that AlphaDream does not take Miyamoto's shit, or ANY of EAD's shit, unlike Intelligent Systems.
>>329640067
You see Sticker Star.
Then you read that interview stating how Nintendo was trying to force changes on Alphadream.
Then you see Paper Jam.
Then you see Sticker Star 2.0.
And yet you still believe that the next game will be full of original characters.
Must be nice being this deluded.
Well just the other day I was trying to convince an anon that the unannounced PM game was indeed going to be Sticker Star 2, maybe it was you I was arguing with.
>>329638165
U ARE FAMIRIARU WITH TOAD UH
OTHER CHARACTUR WOUR BE TU OFFSETTING, TU DIFFURUN NO MARIO
>>329640373
I hope you realize that a contracted dev like Alphadream can't refuse to follow orders.
I hope you're ready to find the missing toads in a Mario RPG FOR A THIRD FUCKING TIME
>>329638642
Regardless, each character had a bit of personality and goombella often had neat things to say about every single one of them.
I don't see this happening with toads.
>>329640770
They're calling it an action adventure this time.
>>329640770
>RPG
>>329640067
They had a good plot with the two Bowser Jrs. and the two Peaches and yet they never followed up on them.
>>329640971
>>329640982
>an Action/Adventure game with an RPG turn-based battle system
Sure it is, Nintendo.
