I will rate this game on a scale of 1-8, for there are 8 Pure Hearts.
Story: 7
The story in Super Paper Mario is bizarre. An odd evil "wizard" named Count Bleck wants to destroy all worlds. So he uses the Chaos Heart and forces Peach and Bowser to get married. Then he kidnaps Luigi and all of Bowser's minions. I won't go farther than that. Let's just say it's the best plot in all three Paper Marios.
Controls: 8
Simple controls, of course. 2 is to jump, 1 is to use your Pixl's power, the Pad or whatever is used to move. The + button lets you look at your stats, change Pixls, change heroes, use items, and more. Very simple and easy to use.
Graphics: 8
I was quite impressed with the graphics in this Paper Mario. They did great with the switching to 3D aspect. They probably used the same sprites for the returning characters that they used in PM2. Either way, the graphics are great.
Gameplay: 8
Perfect gameplay. This is, unlike the
other two Paper Marios, a side-scroller game, but with RPG elements, such
as Heart Points. You attack
enemies in the field instead of in
turn-based battles. A cool feature is that you can switch to 3D graphics,
but when your 3D meter runs out, you lose 1 HP and it refills itself. Of
course, the game has traditional Paper Mario puzzles.
Characters: 7
There are tons of characters. Mario
plus three others are the heroes. Count Bleck, Nastasia, O'Chunks, Mimi,
and Dimentio are the main villains. Merlon and Tippi both are helpful throughout
the game. Plus you have the Pixls: Thoreau, Boomer, Slim, Cudge, Carrie,
Fleep, Dottie, and I think I'm missing one more. There's also two secret
Pixls you can get. There is one boss that stood out for me: Francis from
Chapter 3. He is hi-technicaaaal! (Not really.) So yeah, SPM is full of
great characters.
Bosses: 8
The bosses are just so cool that I
had to throw in a rating for them. You battle all the bosses in interesting
ways. For example, when fighting
Fracktail, you must throw little Cataquacks
at Fracktail's antenna to damage him. Francis the geek is just too cool.
He's got comic books and action figures in his castle. He loves a show
called "The Grodus Chronicles". You can't forget him. OF course, there
are tons of bosses, and like I said, you fight them all in weird ways.
Items: 5
There are quite a few items, but they're
EXPENSIVE! A Shroom Shake, which restores 10 HP, costs about 30 coins!
Gosh... Anyway, Mushrooms are found in levels instead of shops. In the
shops, they're replaced with Shroom Shakes. And of course, Saffron and
Dyllis make great recipes! However, the score is lowered for two reasons:
the items are expensive in shops, and there aren't many normal items. So
yeah...
Difficulty: 7
SPM can get very annoying at times.
*cough*CountBleck'sCastle*cough* Of course, the game gets harder the further
you get. But two really annoying things are finding the Heart Pillars,
and collecting Catch Cards (more on that next). Some of the enemies can
get annoying too, like Francis when you fight him. He turns invisible and
reappears randomly, so you could ram into him. Anyway, this is easier than
PM2 (which I finally beat), but harder than PM1.
Catch Cards: 7
Card collecting is a fun sidequest.
There are 256 cards in the game. They are always hidden well, so use all
your skills to find them. Try to collect them all!
Fun Factor!: 7
Really fun game, I especially like
the Flipside arcade. Anyway, you'll be enjoying it for a long time!
Replayability: 6
SPM is still fun to replay, but gets
old after a while, especially if you beat it and keep playing new files.
Then there's no fun ‘cause you know all the secrets!
Overall: 7
Super Paper Mario is a great game,
you should definitely buy it if you have a Wii! If not, see if a friend
has it and play it!
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