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Mario has had his day!
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Rating: 1,
Useful: 9 / 158
Date: January 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User
I think Nintendo need something new instead of mario this, mario that! like why dont they use yoshi more or bowser or make a new characther. from my opinion i think mario is too old and is kind of getting boring!
Very Disappointing
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Rating: 1,
Useful: 4 / 21
Date: April 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User
I was really excited when I received Paper Mario. I thought I was getting a new Mario level game, like Mario 1, 2, 3, or Super Mario World. Those games were awesome! I turned Mario Paper on, and it went into this very VERY long boring story. Then I kept going through the story and it finally finished. Mario wakes up in a bed, and the scene looked very similar to Zelda. I didn't like the idea of Mario being in one big world, but if it was kind of like Zelda it might grow on me. Mario gets out of bed, and EVERYONE he sees talks to him. They all go on and on, which is very boring. I prefered it in the past Mario games when Mario and Luigi didn't talk to any body, and just went about their business. Finally, Mario leaves and takes this goompa with him. What I hate the most: Whenever you see an enemy (which is quite often), you go into this different scene for a battle. You select if you want to hammer, or jump on the enemy, and then you watch Mario go. After Mario hits him, the enemy hits you while Mario is frozen there taking the beating. Its TERRIBLE! I like to control my jumping myself, and get it done with quickly. Who cares about having a big battle with a goompa? Not me! I liked the Original Mario Brothers 1, 2, 3. Then Super Mario World, was my all time favorite. I was hoping Paper Mario would be a new version of that. Instead, its like being stuck in this big long boring storybook, every creature wastes your time telling you all this stuff that you don't care about. Then you can't actually control Mario, or protect him in fights. I wouldn't waste your time or money on this game, unless you want to buy mine to take it off my hands. Nintendo: make another Mario Brothers level game, and I'll be the first to buy it. But -- Mario Paper is the worst game I've ever played!
This GAme Stinks
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Rating: 1,
Useful: 2 / 43
Date: February 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User
Ok I bought this game for my lil brother, and u know what it stinks bad. There are too much talking and not enough action and adventure. Besides he doesn't know how to read, he's only 5. I thought this game is similar to Kirby and Yoshi. But I guess I was wrong. Not only is it boring, it is absolutely & ridiculously hard to play. My lil bro was bored with this game like after 15 minutes he played it. What a waste of money. Don't buy this game. Here's a quote from my 5 years old brother Aaron "This game is NO FUN". So don't buy it.
It Stinks like dead skunks!
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Rating: 1,
Useful: 2 / 23
Date: March 31, 2001
Author: Amazon User
Ok, first of all, graphics? they're horrible, sound? nope, music? well i guess if you like listening to a music box for hours on end. The whole 2-d in a 3D world is just plain garbage. It's an excuse for horrible horrible graphics. Nintendo is a piece of cr@p company now. How dare they call this Mario RPG 2? Mario Rpg was made by SQUARESOFT, and if nintendo hadn't made so many stupid decisions(the n64 not using CD's ) squaresoft would still be working for them, and the n64 wouldn't be so childish and terrible. Mario had his day, and he should've been retired after mario kart 64, so he could keep some dignity.
Good as a game, horible sequel
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Rating: 1,
Useful: 2 / 8
Date: July 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User
The game itself is a great piece of Mario gameplay, but as a sequel to Super Mario RPG it holds barely any connection. Ex: Where is SMITHY, or a baddie in relation to SMITHY, Where is Mallow and Geno, Why is Bowser the main villan (playing as him was a blast), what happened to Toadstool as a character, it should be developed by SQUARE (makers of the first game, and yes I know that SQUARE ditched Nintendo during the 64 days), Where are the cameos a.k.a Link, Culex, Yoshi, and others appeared in the first, why is there little to no connection to the Stars from the first game. Don't get me wrong, the game is a great game but I would like to see a true sequel from SQUARE for the GBA or GCN. Also I would like to see more appearances of Mallow and Geno. Get this game if you want a great time,,, but if you want the long-delayed sequel to Mario RPG, DON'T GET IT THEN!
Complaints to the seller
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Rating: 1,
Useful: 1 / 13
Date: May 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User
This is not a review of a game. After going through the multiple steps required to order a product, we find that the seller(Swank @home) will not ship to Canada. Could this information not be made clear before a person goes to all the trouble of placing an order, getting a password etc., only to meet with disappointment at the end of the process?
What happened?
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Rating: 1,
Useful: 1 / 14
Date: June 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User
The original Super Mario RPG was a wonderful game! It was a WONDERFUL game. Why couldn't Nintendo have just done the same thing they did in that game, only with better graphics and a different story line? This game can hardly be called a sequel - it is rather a laughable farce.
Babyish, stupid, boring, and annoying.
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Rating: 1,
Useful: 0 / 16
Date: November 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User
This is the WORST game I played. At first I thought this game would be excellent because I LOVED Super Mario for the SNES. When I put the game in, I wasted so much time on a LONG and boring intro that you HAVE to watch. 2nd Mario talks to EVREYBODY in the game, which adds to more boredom. May I also include there is no sound? 3rd, everytime Mario has a battle with a stupid bad guy, it goes into a scene similar to Pokemon. You do your attack, than Mario gets attacked himself! What is that?! If I made the game, I would just make it so Mario and him fought normally!
4th, the graphics are just terrible.
5th, the music REALLY got on my nerves.
So ignore the majority of people that say it is the best. In my opinion, the game is sad and just disgraces the N64.
Not Surprising
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Rating: 1,
Useful: 0 / 11
Date: April 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User
For some strange reason I am not surprised to see that Nintendo has produced another game that isn't worth the money it took to make. Paper Mario is one horrible excuse for a game on any level. The Mario story is already dying(or already dead), the game's graphics are horrible, and the controls are restricting. These are just a few of the MANY problems with the game. I don't know what to make of this(not the game). It seems that Nintendo has come out with quite an extensive trend of incredibly stupid games. So please if given the choice of Paper Mario or any other recent games for Nintendo64 it isn't worth the money, the trouble of playing it, or the trouble of trying to get rid of it.
The reason you shouldn waste your time or money on this game
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Rating: 1,
Useful: 0 / 9
Date: July 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User
The first reason being there is no sense in the game, it is too easy to beat it took me one day to beat it and i only played it for about 5 hours it is just too easy y not go buy another game that you can get for the same price that is going to take a little longer to beat. (by the way no i didnt use np to beat the game faster).
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