Quiet everyone... I am about to speak.

I voted for "other." I say we shouldn't just make a public board like zetaboards or anything like that.  I say we should make a whole website dedicated to the Mario series where we can write reviews and articles as well as forums. Not just a public board, but a full-on semi-professional site. 

Well, I was going to rank all of them once I beat Dream Team in a blog on my site, but since that looks like it will be a while, I guess I'll give an approximation of a list for all Mario RPGs before Dream Team (may differ from my eventual list on my site).

8: Paper Mario: Sticker Star

7: Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

6: Super Paper Mario

5: Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

4: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

3: Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

2: Paper Mario

1: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

The top five are actually very hard to rank, though I know Mario RPG is number 1. I haven't played Superstar Saga or Thousand-Year Door for a very long time, maybe they'll be higher if I get around to replaying them. 

[QUOTE="kbaily"]

So far this one seems to wash away the bad memories of Sticker Star even if a lot of it rehashes stuff from Bowser's Inside Story. Fawful's absence is disappointing (then again maybe he died at the end of BiS). It does have a bit more interesting story and a lot of the humor the Mario RPG's are known for and being able to make a giant Luigi Katamari is funny even if you have to use those stupid gyro controls.

And MY GOD the game wants to give you tutorials for everything. I wish I could skip over those more.

GamerofMario1

Sounds like you are enjoying this game. As long as there aren't any microphone controls, I can handle the gyro.

Considering the gyo controls work, I don't have a problem with them. 

While I don't think Sticker Star is the horrid thing everyone is making it out to be, it is weak when compared to other Mario RPGs. Honestly it wasn't so much the odd sticker battle system but the game totally being devoid of the charm and humor that made Mario RPGs so great. Bowser kidnaps Peach and we never see them again until the end battle. Kersti will go down as the worst sidekick in Paper Mario and while I don't blame them for trying something new, I think they should go back to a turn based game for the WiiU installment. I mean the gamepad seems idea for inventory and such.kbaily

Take everything you said, and then take into account the fact that the battle system has none of the depth of the other games in the series, the fact that your actions in battle are limited by a pool of stickers, the fact that bosses have such an increase in difficulty over the rest of the game that you often exhaust every last sticker you've collected up until that time, and yeah, it's pretty horrid.

I  would love a traditional Paper Mario game on Wii U, but I hope they actually make a brand new Mario RPG. It would be cool if they could finally make a sequel to SMRPG, but I know that's a false hope. But maybe the start of a whole new Mario RPG formula.

[QUOTE="kbaily"]

How could you not get into BiS?! I mean you get to play as Bowser!! Mario and Luigi run around inside his innards and you go into his crotch region for a mini game to make him Godzilla sized.

But I got Dream Team on Sunday, played it a little then went to see my nephews who were visiting and my nephew asked to play it and played for 5 hours asking me about things I haven't encountered yet because he had played more than I had. Meanwhile the other one commandeered my download of Ducktales Remastered and beat it before I barely got to play that.

Kids...

GamerofMario1

:lol: 

I want to replay Inside Story sometime, but I have too much games I need to complete. I still haven't beat Sticker Star.

I haven't beat Sticker Star either, but I don't really plan to. That game is a gisgrace to Mario RPGs. Dream Team is great though, I think it matches up to Superstar Saga and Bowser's Inside Story (and it's way better than Partners in Time).

I think it's already looking like a very underrated game. I can't believe some people are saying it's "too similar" to Inside Story. It has a whole new battle system in addition to the classic one, and even if the classic parts are similar, it's been four years people. But I honestly don't see where these people are coming from. But I guess these people also called the joyless bore that is Bioshock Infinite a "masterpiece"t do they know?

[QUOTE="SloganYams"][QUOTE="GamerofMario1"][QUOTE="SloganYams"][QUOTE="kbaily"]

Yahtzee reviewed this and made the point to gloat about how other countries got this before the US.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/7879-Mario-Luigi-Dream-Team

After going through both Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon without making his same tired whines about Nintendo hardware to played out story, I was curious to see how this one would go because Yahtzee likes Luigi and does point out that a lot of stuff was carried over from Bowser's Inside Story but the end was great about Bowser.

Bowser knows he's evil and wears it because he's seen what passes for good.

I would like another game where you play as Bowser. Bowser's Inside Story goes down as possibly my 3rd favorite Mario RPG behind SMRPG and Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door respectively.

GamerofMario1

Do people still watch that Yahtzee guy? He sucks harder than anything has ever sucked in the history of sucking. His "style" is just "slander a game and throw in as much swearing as possible (because that's totally professional" and then in the end just say either "oh, but it's good" or "I hate it." He is to video game reviews what Michael Bay is to filmmaking. I can't believe I'm saying this, but that might actually be an insult to Michael Bay... 

I haven't seen much of his videos, but I know he can be polarizing sometimes...

"Polarizing" would imply there are people who like him. Anyone who likes him can't be considered a person. 

I've never seen you dislike something so strongly. Not even IGN. :P 

At least IGN has their moments of not-stupidity. This Yahtzee clown, on the other hand, claims to appreciate games as art yet feels the need to drop F-bombs and C-bombs left and right, make fun of the handicapped, and slander a game and anyone who likes it all as part of his "reviews" and then will just throw in a "it sucks" or "but I like it" in the end. He epitomizes everything that's wrong with gamers, and is a prime example of why others look down on the medium.

At least IGN used to employ Matt Cassimassina. :P 

[QUOTE="SloganYams"][QUOTE="kbaily"]

Yahtzee reviewed this and made the point to gloat about how other countries got this before the US.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/7879-Mario-Luigi-Dream-Team

After going through both Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon without making his same tired whines about Nintendo hardware to played out story, I was curious to see how this one would go because Yahtzee likes Luigi and does point out that a lot of stuff was carried over from Bowser's Inside Story but the end was great about Bowser.

Bowser knows he's evil and wears it because he's seen what passes for good.

I would like another game where you play as Bowser. Bowser's Inside Story goes down as possibly my 3rd favorite Mario RPG behind SMRPG and Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door respectively.

GamerofMario1

Do people still watch that Yahtzee guy? He sucks harder than anything has ever sucked in the history of sucking. His "style" is just "slander a game and throw in as much swearing as possible (because that's totally professional" and then in the end just say either "oh, but it's good" or "I hate it." He is to video game reviews what Michael Bay is to filmmaking. I can't believe I'm saying this, but that might actually be an insult to Michael Bay... 

I haven't seen much of his videos, but I know he can be polarizing sometimes...

"Polarizing" would imply there are people who like him. Anyone who likes him can't be considered a person. 

[QUOTE="game-ster23"][QUOTE="GamerofMario1"]

[QUOTE="Noteldnep"]I'll probably get this game if I ever get a Wii U. Me getting that will be a while down the road after this game's release though.GamerofMario1

I don't know if I'll end up getting Smash Bros for 3DS.

Even if the only difference between them are the stages?

Remember there will be some kind of interaction between the two. I'll definitely get both. 

Yahtzee reviewed this and made the point to gloat about how other countries got this before the US.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/7879-Mario-Luigi-Dream-Team

After going through both Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon without making his same tired whines about Nintendo hardware to played out story, I was curious to see how this one would go because Yahtzee likes Luigi and does point out that a lot of stuff was carried over from Bowser's Inside Story but the end was great about Bowser.

Bowser knows he's evil and wears it because he's seen what passes for good.

I would like another game where you play as Bowser. Bowser's Inside Story goes down as possibly my 3rd favorite Mario RPG behind SMRPG and Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door respectively.

kbaily

Do people still watch that Yahtzee guy? He sucks harder than anything has ever sucked in the history of sucking. His "style" is just "slander a game and throw in as much swearing as possible (because that's totally professional" and then in the end just say either "oh, but it's good" or "I hate it." He is to video game reviews what Michael Bay is to filmmaking. I can't believe I'm saying this, but that might actually be an insult to Michael Bay...