| Super Paper Mario has successfully brought Nintendo’s idiosyncratic role-playing series to the Wii platform with brilliant results. The exclusive game is an amalgam of platforming and role-playing that feels both familiar and new at the same time. This may not be the expected features usually found in a single game, however Super Paper Mario has successfully managed to make it work. After having made its grand entry in the Wii world, Paper Mario has begun working on the Wiimoto with the intension of giving another dimension of playing these games to its enthusiasts. The superb combination of control elements and gameplay has made Super Paper Mario one of the best Wii games produced to date. |  Available Through Amazon.com |
Originally slated for release in 2006, Super Paper Mario eventually came out in April ‘07, the postponement due to some last minute fixes and improvements to enhance the gaming experience. Initially, the game was planned for the Nintendo GameCube, but it was later changed to the Wii to make the most of the motion sensing in order to control the mini-games. The idea being to capture the nostalgic feel of the original Mario side-scrolling games while incorporating a jazzed-up visual style that brings a whole new depth to a familiar style of favorite.
This particular version of the Paper Mario franchise not only has a look and feel of its older games but also features unconventional characters, imaginative story, solid and interesting game play and funny dialogues. The entire package is a nicely polished affair that is sure to enter the realm of “classic game” as time goes on, having already been embraced as one of the best Wii games of 2007 by regular gamer and critic alike.
Super Paper Mario is the newest chapter in the Paper Mario series. Not content to just be a 2D or 3D side-scrolling game, Super Paper Mario combines both 2D and 3D game play elements, shifting back and forth between the dimensions. The Nintendo Power magazine describes Super Paper Mario as the first 5D side-scrolling game released. Not sure what that means, exactly, but it sounds cool and feels like an apt description of this multi-dimensional game. The action of the game is spread across eight worlds filled with strange mysteries, puzzles, traps, etc. One of the cool features of Super Paper Mario is that it allows more than one player to play at the same time against one other. Although Mario is the hero of the game, he isn’t the only star; players also get to play such characters as Browser, Luigi and Princess Peach. Each game has you starting as Mario, but as you progress you are able to incorporate other players into the game as other characters.
Super Paper Mario is the first Wii game starring everyone’s favorite mustachioed plumber who has finally landed on the Nintendo Wii world. The story revolves round Mario who is the main character, with his machismo and power of love, once again trying to stop the destruction of the world and save Princess Peach.
So, to sum it up, Super Paper Mario’s accessible game play, humorous story, cool visual style, inventive design, and remarkable amount of content gives the game an undeniable charm. I suggest all those Wii users out there who haven’t tried out what is undoubtedly one of the best Wii games so far, to go ahead and give it a shot and I’m quite sure you won’t be disappointed with your experience.