You get it guranteed to come out, but the other one never can ever. A direct sequel to sm rpg 2, collabed with SE. Or the real paper mario 3 that is even better than 64 and ttyd, new partners, enemies, etc.
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You can only pick one: Super Mario RPG 2 or a true Paper Mario 3(same style ans as good or better than 64/ttyd)
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As great as a super Mario rpg sequel sounds squareenix just isn't what it used to be so this one is easy and I'll take paper Mario 3
Legitimately I don't understand the love for Super Mario RPG. After hearing the hype for so long, I finally played it and was completely underwhelmed.
None of its writing, world building, or partners was better than TTYD.
So PM/TTYD easy
None of its writing, world building, or partners was better than TTYD.
So PM/TTYD easy
I'd trust the Dragon Quest team with it.
Dude. If Square Enix and Nintendo joined forces again for that my mind would be blown. Smrpg was one of the first rpgs I ever played and it's one of my favorites.
SMRPG 2. If a Paper Mario 3 ever released, tbh I wouldn't even care. It just never really grabbed me like SMRPG did.
Full reboot.
SquareEnix back as developer.
Actual RPG, with funny writing and a grand adventure.
Ditch the b-tier production values, gimmicky paper craft mechanics and have actual Mario and friends go on a grand adventure and make it feel grand, like how we felt when SMRPG landed on the SNES.
SquareEnix back as developer.
Actual RPG, with funny writing and a grand adventure.
Ditch the b-tier production values, gimmicky paper craft mechanics and have actual Mario and friends go on a grand adventure and make it feel grand, like how we felt when SMRPG landed on the SNES.
I don't really care about the cast of SMRPG despite growing up with the game, but a new *traditional* Paper Mario would have me calling out of work.
This.
The thing is, it's either modern Square or the Modern Paper Mario team. Modern Square has the Dragon Quest team or the Octopath teams at least, Intelligent Systems doesn't have as great a record lately (the fact that most of Three Houses seems to be collaborative with Koei Tecmo makes figuring out if I can trust them difficult). I genuinely can't tell if I'd be excited for a new PM from them, whereas depending on the team, I could maybe be excited by a Square team depending on who's behind it.
This. I would not want modern Square to be involved with Mario, not unless it's by the team of Dragon Quest.
The team who had been involved within Super Mario RPG aren't involved today.
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Since this is all operating in dream land anyway, I'll take SMRPG2. It would be a bit of a tonal shift for whoever wound up developing it, and Thousand Year Door was very good and all, but I think there's a lot of room in the original SMRPG framework that could be further explored and built on and I like the party dynamic in it more than Paper Mario's simplified RPG elements. Really either project could potentially still learn a lot from the other.
Alternatively find a new developer for the Mario & Luigi series and give me something that properly follows up on the mechanics of Superstar Saga.
Alternatively find a new developer for the Mario & Luigi series and give me something that properly follows up on the mechanics of Superstar Saga.
they'd probably do about as much with them as they do with all the Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi characters they have full access to
Paper Mario is kind of predictable, the visuals will be like color splash and the tone will be light-hearted and fun, and well. It could be great, but it won't be surprising.
Super Mario RPG 2 though, meaning "realistic" darker visuals and a big AAA budget? It could end up lame, but it would also be more exciting and "new".
Super Mario RPG 2 though, meaning "realistic" darker visuals and a big AAA budget? It could end up lame, but it would also be more exciting and "new".
Never gave a fuck about SMRPG, while the first two Paper Mario are GOAT-tier.
Please let me have a good Paper Mario 3, Miyamoto.
Please let me have a good Paper Mario 3, Miyamoto.
Super Paper Mario 2. There's a ton of potential in the gameplay mechanics that ought to be revisited.
I don't like Paper Mario, and SMRPG is one of about five JRPGs that I like. SMRPG 2 for me, easy.
Paper Mario was great but I'd love to see what a SMRPG 2 would look like nowadays.
By the way, if anyone is interested in a Paper Mario-like combat game, check out Bug Fables.
By the way, if anyone is interested in a Paper Mario-like combat game, check out Bug Fables.
I impulse voted for TTYD. But then I remembered, SMRPG2 might give us all the goodness of a TTYD style game but without the forced paper stuff.
its a close one on the poll!
to the people saying that mario/luigi are mrpg sequels i mean I get your logic, a lot of the same principal staff worked on both. BUT those games are missing key traditional RPG features present in the original such as a party of diverse characters, including oddball unique one-offs as well as mario mainstays. Even superstar saga, which is the closest, it's world still feels lacking in world department as well, with so many unique locals and original characters.
my vote of course is for SMRPG 2, but only in the alternate reality where squaresoft still exists.
to the people saying that mario/luigi are mrpg sequels i mean I get your logic, a lot of the same principal staff worked on both. BUT those games are missing key traditional RPG features present in the original such as a party of diverse characters, including oddball unique one-offs as well as mario mainstays. Even superstar saga, which is the closest, it's world still feels lacking in world department as well, with so many unique locals and original characters.
my vote of course is for SMRPG 2, but only in the alternate reality where squaresoft still exists.
Honestly, I'm going with RPG since it wouldn't feel as much fatigue-y as Paper Mario is. Having a game that is basically more of the same from the first, only to make four (!!) different games trying new things to see what stick to prevent fatigue, only created fatigue. Even Color Splash which was a gorgeous breath of fresh air still paled due to it being held down by the weight of Sticker Star which was rather boring, and the less said about Paper Jam and Super, the better. (ML is even worse in regards to being "more of the same" and there's a reason that people got sick of newer games even if the core gameplay was still solid)
I think the fact there hasn't been a game that was exactly like SMRPG in 20+ years would make that sequel feel a bit more special and fresher than if PM just had "TTYD's gameplay, but newer and prettier with new worlds and such". Course, I also kinda want Mario RPGs to go sit down and take a big break for a while, unless they're as fresh as Kingdom Battle.
I think the fact there hasn't been a game that was exactly like SMRPG in 20+ years would make that sequel feel a bit more special and fresher than if PM just had "TTYD's gameplay, but newer and prettier with new worlds and such". Course, I also kinda want Mario RPGs to go sit down and take a big break for a while, unless they're as fresh as Kingdom Battle.