While it may be that North Americans have to wait until early next year, those of you from Europe will be able to pick up Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam in just a few weeks. We recently spent time with the game on a preview build and were fairly satisfied with the product, and it seems that this will be a game well worth the time of any 3DS gamer.
On the Nintendo UK Store, it was recently revealed that those who pre-order the game will receive a papercraft set alongside the game. The figures that'll come with it are Mario, Luigi, and a Goomba. These figures are all faithful recreations of their in-game versions that appear during papercraft fights; here's a video showing one in action:
What do you think? Will this tempt you into pre-ordering? Are you looking forward to Paper Jam? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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[source store.nintendo.co.uk]
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The figures look pretty cool asheme they ain't Amiibos tho.
@johnodaz
I was hoping they'd be too!
They look like Mario Minecraft edition.
Makes me want a goomba amiibo!!
Not to say I'd want Amiibos for every single game Nintendo releases but these just NEED to be Amiibos!!!!
Nintendo charge about 15% more for its games than an online retailer. So is three bits of paper worth the additional 15%?
Nintendo are seriously in danger of alienating its core gamers by directing all its games at the children's market.
@zool They charge the RRP. I believe there's legal reasons that stop them from undercutting the opposition as the producer of the product, which is why they always throw in extra bits like this or a t-shirt or do special bundles with Amiibo and such as an alternative incentive.
I'm happy to pay the extra fiver to support Nintendo directly, and I like stuff, so I've pre-ordered from there. If you don't want that then feel free to buy elsewhere, nobody is judging you, nobody cares.
As for directing all their games at the children's market? I'm 30 and buying this and several of my friends are too. We have titles like Xenoblade, Fire Emblem and FExSMT coming that are aimed more at older audiences and we have titles like Star Fox and Zelda aimed at all ages. The only one I can think of specifically aimed at children at the moment, rather than all ages, is Yokai Watch. It's true they don't have as many mature titles as others, but that doesn't mean all their games are aimed at children.
These are cool but I doubt I'd bother to assemble them (assuming you need to) so I think I'll stick to my pre-order with Game.
BTW I pre-ordered Mario Tennis with them for the free tennis ball and plush...I've had them delivered already so I could just cancel the order and keep them! They need to be wary of that when sending pre-order bonuses weeks beforehand.
I Can't Believe It's Not Amiibo!™
@Ogbert each to their own. If you are happy to pay more than you need for a game with no resale value and enjoy the toys that's fine. You must earn well or live with parents. But that's not really my business.
In the short term the Amiibo toys, cards and givaways will make Nintendo a good profit, but Having Amiibos for every game will ultimately drive serious gamers away.
Games like Paper Jam or any Mario game I would have pre ordered to have on release day. But now I will read a good few reviews to find out how the game plays without Amiibos, and sites like Nintendo life do not always cover this; they are Amiibo fans. If there is a hint in these reviews that the basic game is being compromised because of the Amiibos I will not bother with it.
Money is not an issue with me, but value for money is. I feel that Nintendo are going down the profit road at the expense of their established gamers.
NX will be sink or swim for Nintendo and the road they have indicated they are on now, via Nintendo Direct, leads my to believe that they have a lot more swimming to do yet and should not alienating their customers, leaving Nintendo as the children's game company.
Game are doing this promotion also. I am a big fan of Mario and Luigi series (though never finished DreamTeam) .. So this might persuade me to preorder soon
There are a fair few people who buy from Nintendo to get the bonus items to flog on Ebay, thus getting the actual game at quite a discount. Depends on the game and the bonuses, but you can always find the stuff on Ebay for exaggerated markups.
@Ogbert There's no legal obligation at all. The only legal issue is that Nintendo are not allowed to tell retailers how much to charge customers for their games.
I intend on getting the digital release of this game so I'm not sure if I'm able to get this anyway.
I've been getting a lot of retail releases recently to support Nintendo and I've got a 32GB Micro SD on my New 3DS XL. I think in some cases the digital prices are reasonable, especially on the Atlus games which are available to download and the recent Nintendo Selects offering.
It also means I'm guaranteed the game on release day and at my convenience.
@zool nope I have my own place and earn a moderate wage, I just choose where to spend my money carefully and for me supporting developers of the games I enjoy so they can keep making them is worth paying the RRP. I don't smoke or drink and I budget my groceries and weekly spends so that I can afford these things. I only buy a 2 or 3 games a month including small downloads so I'm happy to pay the full price if I deem it worth it. Some games I'll wait for a price drop, particularly on other systems where games start at £45-50. But £35 for a game that'll give me upwards of 20 hours of entertainment isn't much to ask.
The whole Amiibo thing. I can see it off putting to others but you really don't need them. Even Splatoon which is the most content locked behind an Amiibo doesn't need them. The ones I have are for the figurines, I've not even scanned in half of them. Unless you really can't play Mario Kart 8 without the Pac-man Mii costume? Or Yoshi's Wooly World without making Yoshi look like Pit? Or Code Name S.T.E.A.M without playing as a character from a different game entirely? It's just fluff. They're still full games without them.
@Peach64 Hhmm thought I'd read that somewhere that they had to charge the RRP as they're the ones who set it. Maybe not! I did use the disclaimer of uncertainty for that reason But yeah obviously they can't tell others what to ask, that's why it's a "recommended retail price". I guess though they're having trouble getting places to take on their stock as it is, so undercutting the competition or price matching with added exclusive bonus items would only serve to annoy them. So they charge the RRP and compensate with extras to make it a more viable option for people interested in such things.
I don't get why people are complaining though? Oh no they're charging more and the free gift is a paper statue that you don't want? Good news! You can buy it elsewhere! Nobody cares.
@Rexx I was thinking 1980s polygon people
XD
@Rexx its ashame but they are not but pretty cool anywhere .
@Ogbert Splatoon is a good example. Amiibos may not be needed but a decent single player mode was needed. Although some reviewers said that the single player mode was good, all said it was far to short and not worth buying as a single player game. I guess coding for the Amiibo took priority over single player gaming.
Huge fan of the series, so I'll preorder, so I hope this bonus comes to NA so I can benefit
@zool Or you know, buying the game for the multiplayer, you know, the main focus of the game in which the team working on it was focusing on the most.
@zool I find it hilarious that any still drags out this old trope. Are you serious? This has been the running criticism of Nintendo from the 16 bit era on to today, and it's still the most ridiculous argument anyone could make. There are plenty of things to be annoyed with or mad at Nintendo for (especially the North American markets), but that silly, silly argument is not even close to being one.
You know who else thought Nintendo was too childish... so much so that they built whole advertising campaigns around it? SEGA. Huh... imagine that. Not the reason for their downfall, but Nintendo still seems to be doing alright. I'd take the lineup on the Wii U over any other system. Except maybe other Nintendo systems. I have always been a diehard SEGA fan, and I've owned every gaming system up until this gen (because I loath the XBONE and I'm waiting a little on the PS4 as I have limited time to game, and I have more than enough between my 3DS and Wii U). I still enjoy Nintendo's game and approach to game making because no one... absolutely no one understands pure unadulterated joy and happiness in game form like they do. Every other game out there feels... like a game, not an experience. Nintendo games (for the most part) transcend that experince and there's almost always that special Nintendo magic that keeps you coming back after you've put other games on the shelf for good. Nintendo is doing a lot of questionable crap, but that ridiculous boomerang of a complaint that has never been borne out in the history of their systems is not on the list. I can't believe in 2015 I'm still hearing it.
So far paper jam seems to be the same story as any Mario game, only with double characters... I do hope they add enough uniqueness to keep it interesting...
Nice.
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