Mr Waluigi
Banned
https://www.twitch.tv/twitch/v/87218977 at the 1 hour mark.
It showcases an arena course as well as a boss battle.
It showcases an arena course as well as a boss battle.
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Paper Mario: Color Splash - PAX West gameplay (The Golden Coliseum)
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Sparrowhawk
Member
Here's a direct link to the gameplay. Love the art style, I just hope it's fun to play.
Astral Dog
Member
The style of the graphics is very cute.
Iggy thinks Mario is a pretty boy
GustyGardens
Banned
This game looks really good. I can't say I wouldn't prefer more character to the, well, characters, but it still does looks pretty damn good. It's going to be send off I give my Wii U.
Dark Cloud
Member
I love everything about this game. It looks very beautiful.
Green Mamba
Member
Sticker Star's battle system is just painful to watch, and I don't care for the herky-jerky animation style they've changed the series to either. Continuing Sticker Star's tradition of using settings with interesting story telling potential and using them as little more than basic set pieces for bosses sucks too.
Gorgeous graphics otherwise and the music is pretty good. Too bad the rest seems just as rotten to the core as Sticker Star was.
Gorgeous graphics otherwise and the music is pretty good. Too bad the rest seems just as rotten to the core as Sticker Star was.
panama chief
Member
Tap to select card. Looks like another game I can't play cause my game pad is broken. I wish it didn't cost 55% of a new wiiu just to fix.
The levels design and "puzzle solving" is a lot better than in that very poor haunted hotel stage. The colloseum looked good
But still....it's just not there, plain and simple.
Additionally, the real world objects look stupid and get old. Like summons in a jrpg except they don't look nearly as cool. There needs to be a "skip" option.
Secondly, the concept of thing cards, especially when it seems like you almost need them to win some boss battles is exceedingly stupid.
....until fights started
But still....it's just not there, plain and simple.
Additionally, the real world objects look stupid and get old. Like summons in a jrpg except they don't look nearly as cool. There needs to be a "skip" option.
Secondly, the concept of thing cards, especially when it seems like you almost need them to win some boss battles is exceedingly stupid.
Battles look decent, and the visuals are gorgeous; but the character designs are so disappointing. If anything has damaged this series, it's the fact that all the background nps are now generic Mario characters as opposed to the unique civilian designs from past games.
On a more positive note, the humor is on point. I love how mean spirited all the characters are.
On a more positive note, the humor is on point. I love how mean spirited all the characters are.
dampflokfreund
Banned
Do you think so? Galaxy 1 was very ambitious and had a quality story (the Rosalina stuff is pretty touching). Galaxy 2 on the other hand was a safe but good successor to 1.
But yeah, you are right about that AAA feeling. I hope the Mario NX will be more in the veints of 64/S/G than 3D Land/World
At least the bone is found in the same level as the boss. Hopefully all of the items that are required for bosses are like that. Having to go back multiple stages in order to get the one item required for the boss in Sticker Star was abysmal.
If it's anything like Sticker Star then you'll never use them outside of boss fights because you're afraid that you'll accidentally use the item you need to beat the boss and then have to backtrack to get it again.
If it's anything like Sticker Star then you'll never use them outside of boss fights because you're afraid that you'll accidentally use the item you need to beat the boss and then have to backtrack to get it again.
Notor!ousG
Member
I really don't see the point of fighting if you can't level up. Game looks gorgeous but think I'm gonna pass.
dampflokfreund
Banned
Exactly, gets on my nerves too. Guess its more easy to throw existing bosses at the player than creating new and original bosses. That trend started with 3D Land and continues throughout the Mario franchise. Its a shame, really.
They said it in the demo. Enemies you defeat give you scraps (EXP) and when you get enough you increase your paint gauge (Level Up). It's not called leveling up but it's pretty much the same thing.
poppedcollar69
Member
i fuckin hate the way these games require you to find and use a completely random 'thing' card in order to complete certain battles
Hispanic! At the Disco
Member
The music, visuals, and writing all seem great! And gameplay, while not ideal, is much improved wfrom Sticker Star. May still be good as something not related to the first 2-3 paper marios. As its own thing, as a sequel to only sticker star, it seems pretty good!
Sure and while you are at it you could also watch all the rest of the Paper Mario games and get a better expeience that way.
You are in luck!
Rodney McKay
Member
The battle system seems very bad, relying on consumable items as your means of attack. The 3D items, of which at least some you have to have to beat bosses, are unnecessary, out of place, and actively forced on you.
I can't tell from this clip if the areas are little more than background set pieces trying to serve as the variety in place of varied enemies. The generic enemies could have had anything else as the background without any difference outside of shallow conversation tie ins and the boss's temporary vehicle.
The visuals and text of the game seem like they are trying to save the poorly designed gameplay. I want this game to be great, so I am concerned.
Nintendo needs to figure out a better way to differentiate its Mario RPGs than saddling such a charming series with a poor gameplay system.
I can't tell from this clip if the areas are little more than background set pieces trying to serve as the variety in place of varied enemies. The generic enemies could have had anything else as the background without any difference outside of shallow conversation tie ins and the boss's temporary vehicle.
The visuals and text of the game seem like they are trying to save the poorly designed gameplay. I want this game to be great, so I am concerned.
Nintendo needs to figure out a better way to differentiate its Mario RPGs than saddling such a charming series with a poor gameplay system.
There was an interview a while back where they mentioned that it was because they wanted to differentiate the franchise from the Mario and Luigi rpg franchise. Apparently, they felt that there needed to be only one Mario RPG series. Which actually makes sense, but eviscerating the Paper Mario series seems like a bad way to do it.
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Deleted member 231381
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Graphically beautiful with simple but catchy music. Everything else is powerfully underwhelming.
entremet
Member
If you liked Sticker Star, you should like this. It's basically Sticker Star 2.