For a Mario game I’m surprised how wild the writers went with it. They used the Mario world as a backdrop to tell their own story, rather than telling a story within the Mario world. But I think that’s why I love it. Really such a bizarre game
Something I saw on another video as fanon which I love. "Not confirmed, but I'm pretty sure everytime Count Bleck speaks, he is actually reading his own lines in the Dark Prognosticus. It explains why he refers to himself in the third person and also explains the random "asked/says Count Bleck" at the end of some of his dialogues. He detached himself from the world that betrayed him so much he doesn't even speak his own thoughts."
Makes a ton of sense. Around the end of chapter 6, we finally start to see the cracks form as he realizes Timpani may still be alive. Only after his defeat and removal by Dimentio, is his true self able to return.
This game has to be My favorite Paper Mario game. Maybe even my favorite Mario game thanks to the story. Love it so much that I will proudly and gladly play it again over and over to just fall in love with the story once more.
the thing with stuff in the vid, while great; The Light Prognosticus actually isn't Prophetic, the Purity heart was the ancients making a way to *possibly* stop the end of all existence, which of course worked as seen in the game, the Dark Prognosticus was the only book that was Prophetic, which is quite an unnerving thought
@breadandcircuses8127 Absolutely! Giving him his typical traits along with fleshing him out even more, i.e. being easily manipulatable, like with the Goombas buttering him up, made him by far the most interesting and thoroughly deep Luigi I've ever seen!
3:15 I love that when you're talking about the outlawing of the creation of more Pixls, you showed a clip of Burgermeister Meisterburger's anti-toy laws from Santa Claus is Comin' to Town.
@@JasonDS64 Honestly, I liked SPM's gameplay more than Sticker Star's. Not to be a broken record, but I really just think turn-based combat is busted as hell without XP or something similar. I prefer Paper Mario being a traditional turn-based RPG, but I'm okay with them moving away from that in favor of being an "action-adventure." But if they want to ditch XP, they also need to ditch turn-based combat.
Count Bleck/Blumiere might as well be a cinematic villain, for his actually tragic backstory, and his hopeless-driven rage against the world (even knowing it is wrong, but too driven to turn back). Dimentio, while not as well written, is also amazing for his brilliant scheming, only to be destroyed by free will (or as Bowser says, the belief in "mopping the floor" with Dimentio).
9:42 This is why I love bleck. He has no justification for destroying all worlds, using a child to aid his plan and betraying his closest allies. He just does it. He knows what he's doing, even after Tippi returns he still fight until of course someone else takes control at which point he instantly swaps sides. I like this though because it portrays a realistic character. Ive met people only interested in personal gain and themselves way to many times and bleck is the perfect representation of it. He killer everyone in his tribe for literally no reason. For all he could've know Timpanni could've just been exploring the world waiting for Blumiere to find and fix her. But either way no justification. You can argue just barely it's fair to kill his father but everyone else? Perhaps he was abused as a child and all that but either way everyone and everything destroyed for no reason? Totally reluctant to change because like most narcissists, he can't accept being wrong.
@breadandcircuses8127 it's just a shame his redemption is such a letdown. So is demnentio. Like yeah I love the guy but he hits evil too on the nose. Especially with such a realistic character right next to him
Arguably, his evil appears to be because he let himself be controlled by the Dark Prognosticus. One person used that as an explanation for his third person talk; he's reciting it. It would also better explain his stark contrast between his villainous persona and the broken, shattered Blumiere buried within. Only after his defeat, is he able to snap out of it. But I love Dimentio for being the more raw, but incredibly clever form of evil, in contrast with Blumiere. By no means perfect or realistic, but I enjoyed both villains. The others in the group are excellent too (including Mr. L).
Super Paper Mario was a really great game I loved the story and the designs of the pixel partners. Nice to see as well that all four main Mario characters are playable in this one.
So you just woke up this Friday and said.......imma make it emotional on here. Lol i love this story though. 3rd best paper mario but number 1 storyline
A stupid survey where over 90% of players said they didn't care for the story. Probably a bunch of normies who either never played the game, but did the poll for the kicks, or got it merely because it was a Super Mario game on the Wii (after all, both Galaxy and NSMB Wii didn't come out yet). They let others' opinions control their art.
I haven't played the game in a couple years, and I wanted to finish my playthrough but I couldn't remember all the plot points so far. thanks for this video!
I still think its funny Mario and Luigi go to hell and Peach goes to heaven, i can see Mario going to hell due to the murders, but Luigi isna sweetheart
Wait, there was a 3,000 year old conflict in SPM too? Man, if I had a nickel for every game I knew that had a 3K year old conflict that happened before the events of the game started, I'd have 2 nickels. Which isn't a lot, but, it's weird it's happened twice, right? To my knowledge at least. Pokémon X/Y Super Paper Mario
I really should give this one another shot. After playing Paper Mario and The Thousand Year Door, I had hope for this one but couldn't get behind how much they changed as well as the looks of the world and its inhabitants. Maybe I'll come back to it and give it a fair go again.
Too SPM’s credit while it’s gameplay was changed it at least had most of what fans enjoyed about the first two which is more than can be said how it’s 3DS follow up was handled by the new team and Tanabe.
Now imagine if they didn't stray from the gameplay formula used in TTYD and OG Paper Mario. this would likely be the best paper mario game if that were the case, though I can also see it as second as people hold TTYD high.
I had seen a reworked version pitched in a video by "The Red Guy". He called it Paper Mario & The Dark Prognosticus. Basically if it was a TTYD successor, plus new elements like choosing between a hero (the 4) and a partner, as well as playable interchapter segments by different characters.
@@phictionofgrandeur2387 yeah I know I've played SPM I just didn't realize how many hidden narratives nintendo used to make I never knew this was the story of SPM I knew about the events in the game but I played it as a kid how was I to interpret this much from the game I usually just ignored the chapter interludes
