Super Paper Mario Review

Platform: Nintendo Wii

Genre: Platform, Role-Playing

Published By: Nintendo

Developed By: Intelligent Systems

ESRB Rating: E

Overview: Super Paper Mario is the third installation in the Paper Mario Series. Originally designed for the Nintendo Gamecube, it was released on the Nintendo Wii. The story begins with Mario and Luigi are in there house talking about how peaceful it has been lately. They then decide to visit Princess Peach at her castle, but right when they leave their house, a Toad comes running to them saying that the princess has been kidnapped. Mario and Luigi automatically suspect Bowser, but when they go to his castle, they realize that Bowser did not do the kidnapping, but the true one was a person calling himself Count Bleck. Mario tries to attack Count Bleck, but Count Bleck is surrounded by a shield which Mario can not penetrate. Count Bleck then attacks Mario with some kind of shadow attack, knocking him unconscious. Count Bleck decides to take Bowser, his minions, and unfortunately, Luigi as well. Mario is left all alone in Bowser's Castle, where a weird type of fairy like creature called a Pixl, named Tippi, awakens him and takes him to a unique town called Flipside. There, he learns about Count Bleck's true intentions, and that Mario is the only one who could stop him. Mario is set on a quest to find eight Pure Hearts and stop Count Bleck from completing his evil plot.

Single or Multiplayer: The entire game is a single player game. However, you can have up to 4 different save files.

Difficulty: The game is easy at first, you only know how to do a few things, and they tell you how and what to do next. They also explain a lot of the story through talking, so the only thing you really need is to know how to read. But as the game continues, the enemies get harder, and the puzzles are longer to do.

Age: As stated above, the only thing you need to know is a reading level, so the game can be played by anyone. Though some of the bosses are a little creepy looking, so young children (7 or below) should not play the game.

Game Length: The game is pretty long, depending if you don't know how to play it. Even if you have played it before, it is sometimes difficult to remember the answer to all the puzzles, so to beat the game's main storyline, it should take several hours.

Replay: This game is the type of game you would want to play again, due to the humor throughout the game, and the storyline is very interesting, so you would like to play it at least one more time.

Effects/Graphics: The graphics are very unique because the ability take turn the 2d world into 3d is a interesting feature, and the effects are good as well. But the use of the Wii's motion control is barely used, unless to use items and little stuff like that.

Star 1 through 5: **** = 4 1/2 stars

Final Thoughts: Super Paper Mario has been seen as a great and unique game, with a storyline that will keep you busy. It has had great reviews on popular gaming websites, and in game magazines. Other people has have an excellent experience with this game, especially the humor adds more fun into. However, the game doesn't really feel like a Wii game because of the lack of use of the motion controls. But even though it the doesn't have this feature, it is still a fun game, and should definitely be added to a Mario fans collection.