Super Paper Mario

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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 657 Ratings

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  1. TreasureOrTrash
    Sep 8, 2023
    10
    Treasure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  2. GameCatastrophe
    Sep 3, 2023
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is my favorite game on the Wii. It has so many things to offer, from difficult side-quests, fun bosses, and- most importantly- the best storyline I have ever seen in a video game. Watching as the worlds slowly crumbled, Mario getting killed, and the universes getting deleted, all made the bosses and final fight so cinematic. It made it feel important to save the worlds as the Void loomed overhead. The gimmicks were very fun and the post-game had just as much content as the main game.… Expand
  3. LagsMBH
    Jul 5, 2023
    10
    Good story, fun gameplay, amazing music, and good art. Overall a fun time all around and would 100% recommend.
  4. Nevu_z
    Feb 1, 2023
    10
    I love this Game alot. Played it as a Child and loved it so nostalgia carries
  5. cloudydays
    Jan 18, 2023
    10
    This is another one of my favorite Paper Mario entries. it is up there with TTYD and Paper Mario N64 to me. The story is one of the best in the series, I think. :) Flipping from 2D/3D was a charming inventive way to change up the platforming aspect. One thing about these games, the art style is so good. It's genuinely got some stunning dialogue and some parts that will make you chuckle out loud.
  6. Emperator_444
    Nov 19, 2022
    10
    Desde mi punto de vista, este debería de ser el formato a seguir para la franquicia de Paper Mario. Me gusta la idea de que al ser personajes físicamente planos, vivan en un mundo en dos dimensiones, y que el cambio a la tercera dimensión sea un poder especial.
    La historia me parece que es de la mejor de la saga, rompe con la idea de que este es un juego para niños, es una de las    Desde mi punto de vista, este debería de ser el formato a seguir para la franquicia de Paper Mario. Me gusta la idea de que al ser personajes físicamente planos, vivan en un mundo en dos dimensiones, y que el cambio a la tercera dimensión sea un poder especial.
    La historia me parece que es de la mejor de la saga, rompe con la idea de que este es un juego para niños, es una de las historias más profundas que he conocido en el mundo de los videojuegos.
    La jugabilidad está bien, me gusta como le saca partido a las habilidades únicas de cada personaje y a cada pixelito.
    No dudo al decir que este es mi juego favorito.    … Expand
  7. JaydonB
    Oct 28, 2022
    10
    Well, now it’s time for my personal favorite game in the “Paper Mario” series. Yet again, I think I might be blinded by nostalgia when writing this out to publish, but I think Super Paper Mario is actually a really, really good game that doesn’t get talked about a lot. Now it’s time to talk about the problems where everyone is like, “WAHHH THIS GAME ISN’T THAT GOOD”

    Okay, so… SPM    Well, now it’s time for my personal favorite game in the “Paper Mario” series. Yet again, I think I might be blinded by nostalgia when writing this out to publish, but I think Super Paper Mario is actually a really, really good game that doesn’t get talked about a lot. Now it’s time to talk about the problems where everyone is like, “WAHHH THIS GAME ISN’T THAT GOOD”

    Okay, so… SPM changes up the series a bit in terms of gameplay. It disregards the battle system from the previous installments, which is a hot take because a lot of people enjoy the series solely based on the RPG aspect. So, it gets rid of this, right? But it replaces it with enemies on the overworld when you go to levels, so you’ll be stomping on enemies to defeat them instead of jumping into a turn-based battle.

    It’s also a Wii game, which was originally supposed to be released on the GameCube, but they thought about the upcoming project Nintendo was working on, so Miyamoto decided to rework the game for the Wii. This can be a good thing, or a bad thing for SPM. It could either heavily be based on the motion control, or just be controlled normally without any sticks attached. But it goes into an entirely different direction and just makes it so you have the eye to detect secrets on the overworld.

    This is where I might get heavily biased… I love, LOVE the story in this game. It’s a love story between two people, but they end up getting separated because of their parents being overprotective. One of them turns evil, and the other one is left as good.

    So, at the end of the game they finally meet again and relight the flame they once had for each other back when they were young. So, after the staff roll and all that Jazz… You see both of them standing together on a hill while the sun is setting, and the wind is heavy. They walk off together and that’s the end.

    I forgot to mention that you have to collect these pure hearts in order to save the world in time before it gets sucked into a vacuum of space. You can switch between Mario, Peach, Bowser, and Luigi. It takes the humor from Paper Mario 64 and Thousand Year Door and just goes nuts. This game is hilarious.

    Well, this game is over-hated by fans of the Paper Mario series because of how it switched randomly, but this is a warm welcome because I absolutely appreciate this game for switching things up and telling a love story… A mature, love story that makes you wanna tear up in the end; that’s exactly what I ended up doing. I cried to these characters that the game developed and I will forever put this game in my top 10 games of all time.    … Expand
  8. Manwithnosoul
    Aug 14, 2022
    10
    This game is really good. It’s more on the easier side but story is amazing, gameplay is amazing, game mechanics are amazing, lore is amazing. But the only downside is the controls are sometimes a bit janky but that’s for most wii games. Overall this game is chill and really good
  9. ntBagel
    Apr 17, 2022
    8
    Super Paper Mario. this game is very good overall. there is not many absolutely amazing parts besides the very end was absolutely amazing a warped up the story very well. otherwise the game never got boring to me but also didn't blow me away with how good it was. i like the rpg and platforming mix it feels very nice controlls well and is just super intresting to see how the world is inSuper Paper Mario. this game is very good overall. there is not many absolutely amazing parts besides the very end was absolutely amazing a warped up the story very well. otherwise the game never got boring to me but also didn't blow me away with how good it was. i like the rpg and platforming mix it feels very nice controlls well and is just super intresting to see how the world is in a 2D and 3D space. I think this is another reason I did not get bored and it didnt feel repetitive because of the change from being a 3D game to a 2D game but also playing simaler to an RPG. It had everything so it never felt old to keep playing. The story is really good but I feel a majority of the story was shoved into the last hour of gameplay which did make it end on a very high note. overall the game is good. it doesn't absolutely wow me but none of the parts are bad its a very consistently good game the whole way through. If you want a game that you know you would enjoy this is a very safe option to go to.… Expand
  10. BaldursThones
    Apr 14, 2022
    8
    If I could delete the first world of this game then it would be one of my favourite Paper Mario games.
  11. RandomJukebox
    Sep 1, 2021
    10
    Super Paper Mario has the best story and characters of any game I've ever played. Pair this with a phenomenal soundtrack, like-able art style, and strange but very enjoyable gameplay, and this game shapes up to be one of my all time favorites.
  12. WhoDaDev
    Aug 6, 2021
    10
    A very good Paper Mario, and probably the last good Paper Mario game we'll see for a while.
  13. Kure19
    Jul 13, 2021
    10
    My favorite plot of any video game of ever played and significantly better combat than the last three games on the series. Easily one of my favorite games of all time.
  14. BIRDMAN07
    Jun 27, 2021
    10
    Absolute masterpiece by far the best story driven mario game that any mario fan should try
  15. LirioLeo
    May 19, 2021
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Even though it starts off like a relatively conventional fetch quest storywise, Super Paper Mario goes on to surprise the player at every corner. Be it the sudden gameplay changes or the surprisingly emotional and, at times, really dark story - I mean, how many Mario games are there where you see our hero pretty much die and go to hell? - , this game doesn't hold its punches and surely knew to dazzle me all the way through. Its humour is just as on point as ever in the series and the dialogue is so well-written that I got more invested in the story and the characters than I ever thought I could in a Mario game. The music is weird and different, but really catchy and the art style is realling something unique. It helps convey the impression that we are witnessing a different world altogether. Gameplaywise, the platforming and combat are fine in my opinion, Mario controls just as you'd like him to, his jump does not feel to floaty, and the change away from turn-based combat does the game a favor the way it's set up, however, the flipping mechanic does not dazzle as much as you'd like it to. There are many areas where turning to 3D allows you to rush through the levels avoiding most enemies with ease - the fact that you lose a miniscule amount of HP when flipping for too long does not balance this out at all - and because most of the rooms are just squares when in 3D, the world feels a little less organic and exciting when seen from this perspective. Many puzzles just go "when you don't know what to do, just flip", which becomes a little stale after a while, in the beginning however it is still fun to flip and find the right ways to make your way through the platforming sections. The levels themselves are well-designed and not always sticking to the usual themes of the Mario series - which is what we love the Paper games for - still makes it fun to traverse the worlds, even though I got lost a lot of times trying to figure out which door I need to go through next as the environment can look a little indistinguishable at times. Most of the worlds however have creative concepts behind them and are interesting in that way. There might be mechanics that don't work as well as you'd like, like the aforementioned flipping or the way the funcionalities of the Wii remote that were worked into the game, but never was there a moment where I really couldn't stand the gameplay. The way the story is set up, despite the humourous dialogue and characters, dread is always present in the form of a giant tear in the sky, and switching perspectives to see what the villains are up to once in a while works wonders for their character development and our understanding of what's actually going on. Slowly discovering Count Bleck's backstory was one of the most fun and gripping parts of the story for me personally, and his interactions with his loved one are so well-written, they drove tears in my eyes without any visuals. Bleck's henchmen have fun personalities that make their squabbles a joy to watch, even though Mr L and Dimentio clearly steal the show. The plottwist at the end is so well set up and executed that even though I already knew what it was going to be from the internet, I almost doubted the information I was given there. Some scenes in the game are so well set up, they even put setting the right atmosphere over the gameplay, like the disturbingly long walk in the dimension of nothing - or how could anyone forget Francis' dating simulation or the part where you literally spend five minutes pressing right in a hamster wheel - which makes it clear that Super had the goal to not only be a fun game, but also just an incredibly memorable experience by subverting expectations and some times even pushing the boundaries of what you think a Paper Mario could be altogether. Even though some parts of the gameplay and the menuing weigh the game down overall, Super Paper Mario is still a really fun and unique experience I would wholeheartedly recommend to anyone who owns a Wii and hasn't played it yet. As far as I know, this was the last Paper title where Intelligent Systems were still allowed to create entirely new characters, and in that they created one of the most exciting and extraordinary Mario games they could. Even though it's not perfect and might not be as universally attractive as most Mario games are, despite the fact I hold no nostalgia for it, Super Paper Mario has a special place in my heart. With it's backstory that is so complex it even leaves room for interpretation at times, its extremely charming characters, its morbid sense of humour and its wacky, yet perfectly fitting and super catchy soundtrack, this game will be a blast to play through, and even though the Origami King - which was a return to form for the series in many ways - is a more rounded, technically superior romp, Super is my favourite game in the series and just thinking about it, I feel I want to play through it again.… Expand
  16. Nick384
    Apr 12, 2021
    10
    Es el primer juego que jugue y lo disfrute muchisimo de pequeño y cada vez que lo vuelvo a jugar me gusta mas
  17. Old_Duck
    Apr 4, 2021
    10
    This game is one of the wii's best; it has a super deep storyline, great gameplay with all the RPG elements of the previous two games in the paper mario series, and is just an all round good time.

    Sure, it may be different to the first two games, not having battles in the same way, but it is still a fantastic RPG adventure, and the last proper paper mario game in my opinion. From    This game is one of the wii's best; it has a super deep storyline, great gameplay with all the RPG elements of the previous two games in the paper mario series, and is just an all round good time.

    Sure, it may be different to the first two games, not having battles in the same way, but it is still a fantastic RPG adventure, and the last proper paper mario game in my opinion.

    From getting all the recipes and cards, to fighting the 100 sammer guys, to the pit of 100 trials, this game is perfect, providing hours of fun.    … Expand
  18. NCL209
    Dec 3, 2020
    8
    While this was nowhere near as good as TTYD, I still had fun with this game and hey, at least it's not as bad as Sticker Star or Colour Splash.
  19. Squizzoo
    Oct 13, 2020
    9
    This is my favorite game of all time. Anyone reading this and questioning whether or not you should give this game a try, just do it. Ignore the negative reviews going on and on about "how the gameplay sucks wahhh it's not an RPG anymore!" for what this game is, it is fantastic. I'll admit that this game's gameplay is a downgrade compared to the first two games, but that doesn't make thisThis is my favorite game of all time. Anyone reading this and questioning whether or not you should give this game a try, just do it. Ignore the negative reviews going on and on about "how the gameplay sucks wahhh it's not an RPG anymore!" for what this game is, it is fantastic. I'll admit that this game's gameplay is a downgrade compared to the first two games, but that doesn't make this game any less fun. The characters are still eccentric and interesting, especially the villains. And this game has one of, if not THE best story I have ever experienced out of any Mario game. It doesn't have much replayability once you know the whole story and what will happen next, but the first time through this game is an experience you won't soon forget. Casual gamers and hardcore paper mario fans alike should both give this game a go because, if not for the slightly mediocre gameplay, Super Paper Mario would be a masterpiece. Give it a go!!… Expand
  20. AlexCraft
    Aug 17, 2020
    10
    I loved this Game! The best ideas of ever, Nintendo is number one. It's original
  21. Zethor
    Aug 17, 2020
    8
    What this game lacks in gameplay depth, it makes up for in masterful writing; Super Paper Mario is an enjoyable experience that, while marred by some uninspired or boring areas, is punctuated by the best Mario story the series has seen, paired with a simple but enjoyable style of gameplay, a great soundtrack, and the great wit that the Paper Mario series is well known for.
  22. Heshton316
    Jul 27, 2020
    10
    Despite the fact that the game lacks the rpg elements from the first 2 games, is a great platform game, and it has one of the best Mario stories ever created.
  23. TheMarvelousMrL
    Jul 23, 2020
    10
    While the gameplay is different from it,s RPG predecessors, Unlike it,s Horrible Successors {PMSS/CS/TOK} It still has all the elements that made The Paper Mario Series Great, The game play still manages to be fun and engaging and give you a sense of progression And also Mixed RPG and Platforming elements perfectly Into one, also just like the last Two game's there are many new, unique andWhile the gameplay is different from it,s RPG predecessors, Unlike it,s Horrible Successors {PMSS/CS/TOK} It still has all the elements that made The Paper Mario Series Great, The game play still manages to be fun and engaging and give you a sense of progression And also Mixed RPG and Platforming elements perfectly Into one, also just like the last Two game's there are many new, unique and memorable character's and also has some of the most memorable Villains to ever be introduced in a Mario Game. This game also has the best/deepest Storyline Of the Series And the best story of any Mario game for that matter. overall a great game that Definitely deserves to be ranked alongside It's Predecessors… Expand
  24. greninjaX
    Jul 19, 2020
    10
    while the gameplay is very different from the first two games, a lot of what made those games good is still in tact. and the story is the best we'll ever see in a Mario game. this may be the last good paper Mario game, cause sticker star and onward are just not good.
  25. MrChikChak
    Jul 17, 2020
    10
    Loved this game as a little kid, and still do. It vaguely feels like a zelda game, with Bleck being more so Gannon, and the Pixls being like, the nonstop talking Navi. Anyhoo, this game is really good, and pretty underrated in my opinion. I love the fact that you switch through dimensions. The story feels very interesting, especially for a Mario game, on how there's a prophecy, and Mario'sLoved this game as a little kid, and still do. It vaguely feels like a zelda game, with Bleck being more so Gannon, and the Pixls being like, the nonstop talking Navi. Anyhoo, this game is really good, and pretty underrated in my opinion. I love the fact that you switch through dimensions. The story feels very interesting, especially for a Mario game, on how there's a prophecy, and Mario's kindof the special one. Definitely a game worth playing!… Expand
  26. LuigiHelpsOut
    Jul 16, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'd give this game an 8.5/10, but that isn't an option.

    This game has an incredible story, the love between Tippi and Count Bleck is executed perfectly. But unfortunately, beyond the incredible story, the gameplay is only good, nothing great. But man, the story really does save the game. You might think I'm exaggerating, but seriously, play the game and you will get what I mean.    … Expand
  27. livelovelaugh22
    Jun 6, 2020
    8
    People didn't like this game because it wasn't another TTYD, or another turn based RPG like its predecessors. I loved this game because it was unique, and beautiful. The graphics were great and the gameplay was fun. The game also had a phenomenal story with good writing. The game made me cry. There were a few issues that deterred me from seeing this as the best game in the series, but itPeople didn't like this game because it wasn't another TTYD, or another turn based RPG like its predecessors. I loved this game because it was unique, and beautiful. The graphics were great and the gameplay was fun. The game also had a phenomenal story with good writing. The game made me cry. There were a few issues that deterred me from seeing this as the best game in the series, but it is solid. I think the game would have been received better if it wasn't labelled as a Paper Mario game. Excellent game, but a bad Paper Mario game.… Expand
  28. LiquidSnekMGS
    May 20, 2020
    8
    This game is another solid step in the path of Mario games. This may not be better than its predecessor, but it is good as a stand-alone game. It has great level design, and the puzzle elements are great. While it is tedious and somewhat difficult with poor planning, it is still another good game in Nintendo's wide array of successes.
  29. ArthurOGaming
    Feb 17, 2020
    10
    I love this game. The music is great, the gameplay is good, and the STORY is freaking AWESOME for a Mario game. It's like Majora's Mask in the Zelda franchise. And Majora's Mask is my 8th favorite game of all time! Sincerely, the characters are well designed, and all works at best. Really great game, a Wii must-have.
  30. MazdoTechno
    Nov 19, 2019
    10
    This game’s only sin was being mislabeled as “Paper Mario” leading players to expect more of the same that they found in Paper Mario and The Thousand Year Door
    This, obviously was not the case
    This game was something far greater The best Mario game period It focuses on its surprisingly dark and emotional story that also has sprinkles of humour I heavily enjoy the platforming gameplay    This game’s only sin was being mislabeled as “Paper Mario” leading players to expect more of the same that they found in Paper Mario and The Thousand Year Door
    This, obviously was not the case
    This game was something far greater
    The best Mario game period
    It focuses on its surprisingly dark and emotional story that also has sprinkles of humour
    I heavily enjoy the platforming gameplay as well
    This is not a game that you want to mash through the dialogue
    Amazing music
    Great stylized artwork that still holds up in 2019
    If I could have one wish within the gaming world, it would be to have a proper (good) sequel to this game
    One of my all time favourite video games

    Not a proper “Paper Mario” game but an incredibly amazing game in general
    Honestly Bowser’s Inside Story was more of a “Paper Mario” game than this
    Just a great game if you don’t go into it with expectations on what this game should be set by TTYD
    If I haven’t said it enough, love this game    … Expand
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#6 Best Wii Game of 2007
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#2 Most Discussed Wii Game of 2007
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#2 Most Shared Wii Game of 2007

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Metascore
85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 56 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 53 out of 56
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 56
  3. Negative: 0 out of 56
  1. Play Magazine
    85
    It feels and looks polished, considerate, and expensive. [Apr 2007, p.40]
  2. GamesRadar+
    80
    Anyone with half a heart will absolutely fall in love with the characters, the graphics, the dialogue, the old-school shout-outs to previous games, the little visual effects lingering in the skies of every world... the love just keeps plopping out of the speakers at an incredible rate. For every annoying, excessively long fetch quest or mundane puzzle, there's a huge, cutesy payoff that makes all the trouble worthwhile.
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  3. IGN
    89
    It controls tightly and uses the Wii remote in a smart manner without stepping into forced territory. The new 2D-to-3D dynamic is built around clever and surprisingly complex puzzles that will challenge and impress you. And it all comes together to make Super Paper Mario a highly enjoyable title, whether you want to call it a platformer, an RPG, or something in-between.
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