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Nintendo's Mario RPG Problem

This article explains how a lack of an interesting story or characters handicapped Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, and why a good story is so important to RPGs as a genre.

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PhoenixUp3670d ago

If this is about Paper Jam, then shouldn't that be reflected in the title? Saying Mario RPG problem is too broad a statement.

SactoGamer3670d ago

I think it's about the Mario RPG series as a whole.

KentBenMei3669d ago

Half of them suck. Only SMRPG, Paper Mario, TTYD, and Mario & Luigi: SSS are good. The rest are trash, and SPM isn't even an RPG.

So no, it is not too broad a statement.

TheSoundDefense3669d ago

Don't forget Bowser's Inside Story, that's one of my favorite Nintendo games.

wheresmymonkey3669d ago

If it's about the whole series then the guy is waaay off base. The MArio RPGs are some of the most entertaining games I've ever played, especially from a writing perspective.

Even Paper Jam has its moments, the stuff with the two peaches bemoaning getting kidnapped again was great. Actually the series portrayal of Princess peach on the whole has been fantastic.

TheSoundDefense3669d ago (Edited 3669d ago )

It's about the whole series starting with Paper Mario: Sticker Star. Specifically it's in reference to Miyamoto's demand that the game severely minimize its story and not include any new characters, a demand that seems to have expanded to most Mario RPGs since then.

KentBenMei3669d ago (Edited 3669d ago )

Miyamoto is like a genius and retard did the fusion dance. The man has shown sheer brilliance but also absolute autism, I'm not sure what to think of him except that someone needs to keep him on a leash and just cherry pick his good ideas and sit him in the corner when he pukes up s*** like "less story and characters in RPGs."

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U.S. patent examiner rejects Nintendo’s summoning characters patent as obvious: non-final ruling

The rejection is non-final (and even when such rejections are labeled as “final”, the process is far from over, given that there can be, at minimum, an appeal to the Federal Circuit).

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Relientk7722d ago (Edited 22d ago )

Good, as they should! A game mechanic like that shouldn't be locked behind a patent, and Nintendo didn't invent it either.

PRIMORDUS21d ago (Edited 21d ago )

Nintendo wants to keep wasting money on bullshit lawsuits, real smart in this economy. They should put that money aside for other game projects. On the other hand, I don't care if they waste it all either, and they are screwed in the future maybe that will teach them a lesson.

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Nintendo Completes Share Repurchase and Sets Price for Secondary Offering

Nintendo completed its share repurchase and set its secondary offering price at 8,347 yen ahead of March 16 delivery.

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Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs

Nintendo filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade.

Nintendo of America is suing the United States government over the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump put in place last year, according to a complaint filed Friday in the U.S. Court of International Trade and obtained by Aftermath.

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Deathdeliverer47d ago

Well dayum lol. Old agent orange pissing off every industry and nation.

0hMyGandhi46d ago

The fact that you have ANY disagrees will forever baffle me. And to the (apparent) MAGA contingent that exists on this website, enjoy your 8-9 dollar gas.

AuraAbjure46d ago (Edited 46d ago )

Yes, they had better be pissed after Trump told them the way they rip off the USA is over.

EveryPlatformGamer47d ago

LOL I read this on gaff, will they refund the money back to the gamers? highly unlikely. Didn't they just raise prices and pass it onto the gamers? Only Nintendo would send out the Ninjas to the US government.

-Foxtrot47d ago

That’s what I was thinking, imagine them winning hypothetically, getting a s**t load of money back which they would have lost if they hadn’t raised their prices and it’s business as normal.

It would just mean people paid more for no reason since they got the money back anyway.

Outside_ofthe_Box46d ago (Edited 46d ago )

A lot of companies partially passed the cost to consumers instead of all of it. They would still have to at least pay that back to gamers, but we know that won't happen. What's also sad is that prices won't come back down after the initial hike caused by tariffs.

People didn't understand the full repercussions of tariffs. That alone should have cost him the presidency if people knew it was a permanent price hike for consumers

Inverno47d ago

The people should sue these companies for having to over pay cause of these tariffs.

Eonjay47d ago

Naw they should sue the government for forcing the tax to begin with. No one reasonably expects these companies to absorb the taxes. Many smaller companies tried and were shut down or faced to increase prices to try to maintain their business. The tariffs effect everyone.

Inverno45d ago

I meant it mostly as a joke cause we all know the costs of these tariffs were passed onto the consumer. But it's seems no matter how vocal we are here in the states our "representatives" don't seem to care enough to represent us. And things are about to get worse.

Killer2020UK45d ago

The companies were doing what the law required then to do, the tariffs however were illegally implemented. Usually it's criminals we punish, you seem to have different ideas 🤷‍♂️

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