Topic: Paper Mario: Color Splash - OT

After that interview with the "all toads, right?", I have no faith in the paper Mario team to realize what made the first few games so memorable.

That said, I have gained access to this game sooner than expected thanks to a certain someone being lucky enough to gain the pre load when it was available. So I'll try and see if it holds my attention longer than the two hours sticker star did

No?

I remember seeing quite a bit from Nintendo about Xenoblade tbh. Not on the level of a big release, but more than this. And regardless, the game did a vastly better job of being able to sell itself.

@DarthNocturnal I do agree with you. It's that ''sterile NSMB'' thing that creeps up in a lot of the Mario games. That can be either a good or a bad thing. Then again, Super Mario Sunshine only had Piantas and Nokis (two kinds of NPCs) and that game didn't feel lackluster in that regard in my opinion. So maybe an only-Toad game like this can work, but I agree that they could've expanded the NPCs a little more. Nevertheless, previews sound good and the trailers look pretty good, so I'm looking forward to it.

Some interesting concept art.

Ah look at all the stuff that miyamoto threw out

@CapeSmash Is this unlockable concept art like how puzzle pieces unlocked concept art in DKCR/DKCTF or just stuff randomly found on a website?

Concept art is unlocked by donating Cards to the museum (if you remember Sticker Star, it's similar in concept, but concept art is gradually unlocked this time).

Turns out the ending does change a bit if you 100% the game, so Yay.

Interesting! 100% means all Cards to the museum, all Super Flags obtained and colorless spots restored, or only the latter?

I assume it's getting all the achievement flags and Luigis, but I don't know the exact details.

I somehow just realized that they don't want Paper Mario to be an RPG series anymore, while relying on turn based RPG battles. When Super Paper Mario already wasn't turn based but is ignored so it can be turn based, like the RPGs.

...god this is so backwards...

^^^ Ya this game bothers me in a lot of ways. I seen a story a few hours ago that reminds me of how uninspiring and some might call it conservative but I call it lazy.

http://gonintendo.com/stories/266070-a-look-at-some-unlockabl...

And yet I've it preordered. I knew Star Fox Zero would disappoint me and boy did it. I spent €100 on it between the Collectors Edition and the Solus version. There's something wrong with me giving them money for franchises where it's not what most people wanted them to do with the game. I'll await some reviews, I know it won't be as bad as SFZ, that was by far the biggest disappointment from them in quite some time. That game for me is so bad it angers me. I think Paper Mario: ColoUr Splash will average decently, possibly as high as 80% but it could have been so much more.

TLDR, SFZ I knew would be bad, this I think will be good but not great.

@CapeSmash One thing to note: the cape that was meant to be the true villain was, like the wands of the Koopalings having the same colors of the Paint Stars (and of the Black Paint) and the SMB3 level, probably another reference to SMB3:

It's really odd to see how much the team tried to create something more similar to the first Paper Mario (the Rock Paper Wizard was similar to a Duplighost from the first game) and then it had to go back to a style more similar to Sticker Star (although at least they managed to keep the different outfits...).

Thankfully, this didn't happen in the settings, so the rocky desert with the train seen in the first two games came back in this too, along with other settings (like Fort Cobalt or the Emerald Circus) that are not derived from the NSMB series. And, indeed, I like the settings I have seen so far in Color Splash.

Anyone else think it was no accident that the early digital leak of the game happened? It generated a bit of publicity and the early players can try and do some damage control. Let's face it, those early buyers didn't preload the game because they hate it so much. It's Nintendo's cheap way of advertising. I don't expect to see a single ad on TV for the game. There hasn't been Wii U ads in Ireland for well over 2 years, not since MK8. What's it like in the States? Do they put Wii U ads on mainstream TV, do they put ads on kiddy channels or nothing at all?

@SLIGEACH_EIRE I think it was an accident because it's the only Wii U game between now and NX reveal. Seeing as I'm increasingly doubting that the NX will be revealed this year, Nintendo doesn't have much to fall back on with the home console side of things if the Eurogamer leaks are correct and you can use the NX with your TV.

This shouldn't need to be considered a spoiler, so I'm not putting spoiler tags on this:

Luigi talks.

So that makes the game 50% better already.

Eh, yes it is a spoiler. Nevermind that he talks, I didn't know he was in the game. Thanks for that.

Talk or no talk, I still much preferred Sticker Star's modest Luigi to the loudmouthed, whiny tryhard of previous games.

As for Bowser with a cape, how is that supposed to work when one has a spiny shell on their back? Wouldn't it just get caught or tear if he tried to do something like sit down. Plus, it doesn't really fit his character, unless you're willing to let the black paint turn him into Dark Lord #3.

In Mario & Luigi he's as mute as Mario.

Anyway, in this game he doesn't seem to be "trying hard", he's more of a secret thing to hunt for.

@DarthNocturnal Luigi? He had a pretty big part in super, haha. And in thousand year door he was an npc that was going on his own adventure during your time in the game. I actually really loved that. I'm fact, paper Luigi is my favorite incarnation of Luigi. Instead of the clumsy punching bag that he is in Mario and Luigi