The Paper Mario Series no longer an RPG?
Kotaku sat down with Nintendo producer Risa Tabata to talk about the latest entry in the Paper Mario Series. The intriguing part is that she classifies the Paper Mario series more of a puzzle solving platformer than a traditional RPG,that of course won't sit well with classic Paper Mario fans! You can read what she said below.
“This game is an action-adventure. I’m sure you’re aware that, at Nintendo, we also have another series called the Mario & Luigi RPG series and so since we already have that established Mario & Luigi RPG series, in order to differentiate these two series that we have running concurrently, we’ve tried to focus more on the non-RPG elements for the Paper Mario games. In terms of what we focus on for the Paper Mario series, we focus on puzzle-solving [and] humor."
"This time we have–I don’t know if I want to say a proper story–but we have a story. It starts from kind of mysterious opening.. You’re not sure what is going on, and as you go through the story, you’ll realize, oh this is what happens. And there’s a lot of interesting stuff that happens with you and Huey.”
