Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam is Now Available to Pre-Load in North America

Pre ordered at EB, gotta get those papercraft thingies!

Preordered it physically at GameStop to get the papercraft figurines! I'm SOOOO hyped for Paper Jam!

Eh.. doesn't appeal to me at all.. Where's the option to pre load Final Fantasy Explorers?

A Mario and Lugi game has yet to do me wrong. Eagerly awaiting this one, and will likely jump to the top of my embarrassingly long backlog.

@_exalt Nowhere. If it's not first-party it doesn't get it.

@SavoirFaire Same here. I see a lot of people dismissing this one already, but I'm one of the few that's willing to give it a chance regardless. Every single Mario & Luigi game to date is fantastic so I'm confident this one will be just as good.

@sWiTcHeRoO but Yokai Watch and LBX got prepurchases and they're made by 3rd parties.

I refuse to buy this.

@_exalt Clearly I'm an idiot then. Ignore me!

Glad this game got the prepurchase treatment. Once I have enough, I'll no doubt be buying and downloading most of this. I just wish more and more games get the prepurchase feature...

Although I vastly prefer the Paper Mario series, the Mario & Luigi is good for the most part, in my opinion. Hopefully this one turns out good for me.

@sWiTcHeRoO Ah don't be so hard on yourself lol

@_exalt I was kidding haha.

I'm behind on games, so this one has to wait a bit. Got a few bigger ones to get a hold of first.

I'll get this game eventually. Just too much games I want are coming out in February.

@sWiTcHeRoO Wish that had been the case with the most obvious "needs a pre-download" of them all ,Xenoblade X. That took me 3 days to download haha

@ikki5 How come? Are you not a fan on the Marii and Luigi series or something?

@BurningSonic I feel ya. Final Fantasy Explorers at the end of January, Gravity Rush, Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth, Street Fighter V, Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon and Bravely Second. What's up with this february? Is it christmas already!?

@GoldenGamer88 Yeah I'm getting Street Fighter V, Project X Zone 2, Fire Emblem Fates (All 3 versions), Pokemon VC (All 3 versions), Smash DLC. And potentially Mega Man Legacy Collection. My wallet! 😭

@BurningSonic Oh, totally forgot Pokémon! Gonna get the Red Version to make up for the one I lost when I was young. No, Fates for europe sadly (but from what I hear, it's only one edition here for some reason), and I'll pass on Project X Zone 2 for now because I'm not a big fan of the genre. Still hope we'll get some surprise extra DLC stages for Smash, too. Like Saffron City.

Wait for a physical copy, you can trade it if its not what you though.

It's not Dream Team and its not Star Sticker. But if pushed I would say its more Star Sticker. But really its lots of mini games built into the game play.

I liked Star Sticker more than the Mario and Luigi games.And I like Paper Jam, so far I have not finished it.

As a European, I'm really enjoying this game so far, and I really recommend it!

I love this game I live in the UK so I've had it for a fair while, what I will say is that not having characters from both series (I.e Fawful and such like) is a missed opportunity as it would've been awesome to see some side characters meet each other but hey it's still a grand game!

What is the download file size for this game?

I want this game, but I'm saving up for Twilight Princess HD. So many good games coming out this year.

What is the whole point of pre-ordering or pre-loading, it does not provide any extras like Sony & Microsoft consoles, and it is definitely not cheaper than the physical copy, ahh man Nintendo really need to work on their digital distribution plans if they want keep up with the competition

Wow preload 12 days early? Either you're really excited for it, or have some terrible wifi

The boxart (which I hadn't really taken a look at until now) makes it look like one of those 2 games 1 box things they sell sometimes. Like it's Dream Team + Sticker Star in one box for a special deal.

Waiting for that Fates preload. Not sure if I'll pick up Paper Jam. I've played Inside Story, but I missed dream team so I might give this one a shot.

I finally rented Sticker Star to see if it was as bad as I'd heard. It was worse.

Think I'll hold off on Paper Jam til I see more reviews.

I'll buy the game this summer.
Or when every I get enough Meijer's Rewards Credit.

Though the game isn't reviewing well.

@DoctorOverbuild As cool as Fawful is, he's been dead for a little over five years now, so I don't think he's ever going to be in another video games.

@xHHHx keep up with the competition? The 3ds has outsold the xbone and ps4 combined. Microsoft and sony have absolutely no chance of keeping up with Nintendo.

@ikki5 ok

Paper Jam is to me a return to form for both the Mario & Luigi and Paper Mario series, although the game is obviously 80% Mario & Luigi. All the tutorials are skippable, they refer to the menu for all the tutorials and that's it. If you have any love for both series, this is a must buy!

@mjc0961 preordering on either X one or ps4 and even on their older consoles offered something wether some dlc, theme, avatar, discount and for some cases deluxe version upgrade, which is still better than getting nothing, I love Nintendo and their first party games don't get me wrong but I hate their practice, and this is coming from a long time fan, from the NES era & yes am that much old

@russellohh Nintendo is selling well in Japan only, 3ds is selling well, i agree, I have two already, but if u have to compare where is the Wii U now?? Sure the Wii U has some great exclusives, but still it sells poorly world wide, (am not looking for fanboyism wars), peace.

@ikki5 so you refuse to buy the game in general, or refuse getting the digital version with the pre-loading mumbo jumbo, because I really enjoyed all of the Mario & Luigi games & it is a lot of fun

@xHHHx That's not a fanboy war, you said Nintendo needs to "keep up". Sony is at F- stock status, and is very close to bankruptcy. Nintendo outsells them 3 to 1. Why on Earth would Nintendo want to do anything Sony is doing? And, plenty of pre-ordered or early-adoption Nintendo games come with free themes or other incentives. Really, however, I think its a good way for people with crappy internet to start playing the game at midnight.

I enjoyed all the M&L games so I'll be getting this for sure. At their worst, M&L has been predictable and forgettable but always enjoyable. Plus this looks to be a better Paper Mario game than Super Paper Mario or Sticker Star (and I actually enjoyed both of those to some extent)

@russellohh well am not sure about Sonys bankruptcy or even the 3 to 1 outsells even with the 3ds selling well, the Wii U sales are really down & u can see that ps4 in generally dominating world wide and don't forget that good competition is always in our favour, please u should know that am a loyal Nintendo fan to the end & will always support it, but hate the Road Nintendo is taking and really really want the NX succeed, again peace

@xHHHx Oh, competition is great! Sony just isn't capable of it, since the 3DS is at 60 million total sales, the PS4 is a 30 million, and the Vita barely stands at 13 million. Even if the Vita increased its sales by 5 to 1, they'd just barely be even with the 3DS. I truly hope nintendo stays on this road, forever. http://money.cnn.com/2014/01/27/technology/sony-downgrade-junk/
The PS4 is selling better than the Xbone, at least.

So let me get this straight, ur comparing 3ds sales which was released early 2011 with ps4 sales which was released late 2013 ignoring the 2 years gap ignoring the bad Wii U sales, then u say Nintendo is ahead, well I have no comments on that. (please don't mention the vita because no body knows the vita anymore Except in Japan), also the link u mentioned was released on Jan 2014 which talks about Sony in general with their TV, mobile, PC & entertainment divisions & also mentions similar nintendos downgrade following disappointing software and hardware sales in the busy end-of-year buying season & u tell me this is not fanboyism, no comments, no comments at all