Mario? check. Paper? check. RPG?..... RPG?......
Alright, Maybe that was a little harsh. But lemme say. All of the above may be the Only real flaws of the game.
With a Great story. Great Characters. Great design. It's a shame that Super Paper Mario didn't inherit the RPG gameplay from its past titles. Story...Well, because there is so much Text to read. If you plan on Reading all the the Story before you play. It might take 15 minutes. Skip though, it's 5.
Lemme get to the point though. Count Bleck hold the Dark Prognosticus. As a Wizard in the town of Flip side holds the Light Prognosticus. The Dark Prognosticus predicts that Count Bleck will Create Chaos, and Destroy all worlds. But the Light Prognosticus States that Mario and 3 Other Heroes must obtain 7 Life Hearts to Stop count Bleck. I'm not gonna ruin the whole story. So i'll stop there.
Gameplay. Well, like i said. What was once a Great RPG, has been converted into what almost all Mario titles are. A Platformer. Although this is not as bad as i make it sound, and there are still some RPG elements in the game. Such as Level development. But thats about l can think of. Don't get me wrong. Super Paper Mario is a Great and Fun title. Being able to play as 4 characters. Collecting Pixls. Pixls are little characters that Aid you and form into things. For example. There is a Hammer Pixl, a Speed Pixl, a Ground Pound Pixl, and the list goes on. So it's got a Solid Single player, and its a really fun game. Going into 3-D. Well, to be honest It really isn't Special., it's not really fun. The 2-D Side scrolling is where the fun is.
Graphics. Well, it is basically Paper. And it is a Gamecube port. But lemme say. This is a Great looking Gamecube game. And is only half way decent for Wii Standards. But i will give it to them. It is a 2-D game based on Paper. Although the 3-D Design is pretty Mediocre. Sound. Well there are some nice tunes here and there. But it's the same you would expect from a Paper Mario game. But still pretty decent sounds.
Paper Mario is a Great game. It has a Solid Single Player, one which could have been Doubled if it where an RPG, But you will enjoy every minute of it. Super Paper Mario will take you a good 20-30 hours to beat first time around. And many things to do Afterwards such as the Pit of a 100 trials.
I Highly Recommend this Game