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This has to be one of the best games out there for gamecube. I am anxiously awaiting the next paper mario installment, due out in october of 2006.
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I've been playing Mario games since the original debut on the NES and am extremely happy with my purchase of this game.
The RPG style is a great offshoot for the Mario franchise. The dialogue, animations, and surprises are hilarious, and the 30+ hours I spent playing the game were well worth it. There's a large amount of replayability as there are tons of badges and shine sprites to find.
I will agree with a previous review about the frustration of not being able to skip cut scenes. Most of it is the pain of having to tab through tons of dialogue, which can grow tiresome if you get stuck at a certain point and have to consistently watch the same section over and over.
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I am an old lady trying to play a kids' game. I aprreciate the fact that this game explains the moves to me very clearly. I have enjoyed playing it and so have my grandchildren. I am very glad I purchased it.
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I bought Paper Mario 2 for my neice to play when she comes over to visit, now she comes over to play the game. It has an interesting story line and many characters to interact with. The puzzles are only moderatly hard so she hasn't gotten stuck and lost interest, but the story is long enough that we haven't just breezed through it either. It's better if you take so side trips to work the "missions" and fight in the arena (where you can build up your levels faster). You can also revisit previous lands and re-fight the random encounters.
The only drawback to the game play is the long cut screens that you have to read. The game flow would be better if there was an option to read these to you, like Super Monkey Ball 2. I know, I know, educational aspect of reading yourself, but that's her parents job, not mine :)
Game masters will find this way too easy but if you just want entertainment without getting stuck for long periods of time on puzzles then Parper Mario 2 will work for you.
Well worth the $20 price
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The game itself is very interesting - the storyline is engaging and the controls are unique. It's an RPG, which is quite a switch for Mario. The major problem with this game is interactivity - not enough of it. Specifically, there are far too many cutscenes that are not skippable. Many of these cutscenes lead directly into a boss battle. The most frustrating instance of this is just before the final boss battle - it takes about 10 minutes to get to the "real" fight from the prior save point. This isn't a problem for the first time through the sequence, but if you lose 4 or 5 times, this just becomes a hassle and makes the game not really worth playing to see the end. This is a major problem that most game designers have found work-arounds for, but Nintendo revealed its lack of RPG experience in this element. It's an interesting game, but just make sure to win, or have a friend/sibling/(enemy?) skip through the dialog sequences for you if you get tired of them.
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