Before college, my gaming sphere was rather small. I played farming sims and Pokémon. And, even then, I played very few indie farming sims — I played Harvest Moon games or something similar.
Later, I experimented. I started hanging with more gamers and they would give me suggestions (it was how I fell in love with the Horizon games), or I would see something that spoke to me and try it.
Because there haven’t been a lot of new and original Mario RPGS released since I got into gaming, I hadn’t touched one. Sure, I played Mario Party and Mario Kart as a kid. But I didn’t dig deeper into the franchise.
When Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door came out, I was intrigued. I saw my roommates playing and dove into the game.
The story is cute, the mechanics are different, and I love the style of graphics. The storybook feel adds to the charm of the game.
But can you start playing here? This is the second Paper Mario game. At a glance, it seems even more complicated than that. The first Paper Mario was originally envisioned as a sequel to the Super Nintendo’s Super Mario RPG.
In my opinion, yes, you can start playing here.
I started here and I have had a blast. There hasn’t been a point where I felt lost in the story. There are only nods to Paper Mario‘s first game. This is a welcoming starting point.
While I already wish there were more games in the franchise, this is a good starting place for those of us who didn’t experience the original game.
What do you think? Is this a good place to start? Was this your first Mario RPG? What would you recommend to fans who missed the earlier games (or for those in the younger generation)?
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