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As you can see here I did my own version of the Rescue V Toads to make them stand out more with different character models and some slight alterations in designs.

Okay, so, I just want to get this out of the way and make a statement for myself. This is going to be a bit lengthy so I’ll try shortening it.

After seeing the accidental leaked videos of “Paper Mario: Color Splash” and its many analysis and a few spoilers, my assumption and research about the game since it was first announce many months ago were pretty much on point and went as I had anticipated. Call it what you will and say whatever otherwise; the game is essentially Sticker Star 2.0. Yes, it has better writing, and yes the dialogues and scenarios are humorous as it should be expected.

However, I’m not going to rant about the game as a whole. No, instead I’ll focus on a topic that I came to appreciated the most within Mario games; the ‘Characters’. So far, I’m very much disappointed. Why? Just read a little bit more as I share apart of myself.

Imagine; for nearly 2 decades and have played almost every adventurous Mario game Nintendo created since the NES in the late 90s. Now, many years later, what had we learned are the main concept for Mario platforms? Gameplay and Music; that has yet to disappoint me. Now what’s considered the rarity in Mario platforming games? Characters, Backstories, general Story or original Plot to keep the games interesting. There have been a few Mario platformers that do have a bit of those concepts, but none of them stand out more than “Super Mario Sunshine” and “Super Mario Galaxy 1”. My main interest and concerns has always been about the characters. I always value the appeal of a character designs and what new creative enemies/bosses you’ll come face to face as the game progressive. That’s where both the “Paper Mario” and “Mario & Luigi” series come into play; diving deeper into the Mario franchise and bypasses the generic concepts to give us more and do more than what Mario platformers are aloud to offer.

Unfortunately, there isn’t’ much ‘Character’ or anything too outstanding about them in this game. The developers took this upon themselves to make it a “challenge” to see how witty and creative they can get with just interaction and dialogues alone. Toads and Shy Guys as far as I can tell are the dominate norm of the NPCs in “Color Splash”.

Clear to the point, no amount of personality placed into these generic looking casts of species will never be enough to appeal my interest. Regardless how you put it, it’s still a regular generic Toad that shares the same model design. Heck, they don’t have any identities, such as NAMES! Just like my picture above, if the devs choices for this game are going to consist of the classic Mario cast, at least give them different body types rather than just pallet swap colors and a few clothes. The other three Paper Mario games, “64”, “TTYD”, and “Super”, has every right to get away with this due to the large numbers of diversity in NPC species and characters, not just a singular. Not to mention there are at least a few different body proportions of Toads in “TTYD”.

If these Rescue V Toad characters are the only driving force of supporting cast and just mainly original Toad characters in this game primarily, why not make them stand out more and make them different instead of just a jumpsuit?

With that said I’m not planning on buying this game. I can already tell that my experience from this game will be somewhat similar to “Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam”; a good game overall, humor, but lacked original characters, has a predictable straightforward story, and missed opportunities, so the game was pretty much…ok. Instead, I’m going to be patient and checked it from my local library a few weeks later after the game releases on Oct 7th.

That’s right; I won’t have to spend a dime!

Rescue V Toads © Intelligent System & Nintendo

Description

As you can see here I did my own version of the Rescue V Toads to make them stand out more with different character models and some slight alterations in designs.

Okay, so, I just want to get this out of the way and make a statement for myself. This is going to be a bit lengthy so I’ll try shortening it.

After seeing the accidental leaked videos of “Paper Mario: Color Splash” and its many analysis and a few spoilers, my assumption and research about the game since it was first announce many months ago were pretty much on point and went as I had anticipated. Call it what you will and say whatever otherwise; the game is essentially Sticker Star 2.0. Yes, it has better writing, and yes the dialogues and scenarios are humorous as it should be expected.

However, I’m not going to rant about the game as a whole. No, instead I’ll focus on a topic that I came to appreciated the most within Mario games; the ‘Characters’. So far, I’m very much disappointed. Why? Just read a little bit more as I share apart of myself.

Imagine; for nearly 2 decades and have played almost every adventurous Mario game Nintendo created since the NES in the late 90s. Now, many years later, what had we learned are the main concept for Mario platforms? Gameplay and Music; that has yet to disappoint me. Now what’s considered the rarity in Mario platforming games? Characters, Backstories, general Story or original Plot to keep the games interesting. There have been a few Mario platformers that do have a bit of those concepts, but none of them stand out more than “Super Mario Sunshine” and “Super Mario Galaxy 1”. My main interest and concerns has always been about the characters. I always value the appeal of a character designs and what new creative enemies/bosses you’ll come face to face as the game progressive. That’s where both the “Paper Mario” and “Mario & Luigi” series come into play; diving deeper into the Mario franchise and bypasses the generic concepts to give us more and do more than what Mario platformers are aloud to offer.

Unfortunately, there isn’t’ much ‘Character’ or anything too outstanding about them in this game. The developers took this upon themselves to make it a “challenge” to see how witty and creative they can get with just interaction and dialogues alone. Toads and Shy Guys as far as I can tell are the dominate norm of the NPCs in “Color Splash”.

Clear to the point, no amount of personality placed into these generic looking casts of species will never be enough to appeal my interest. Regardless how you put it, it’s still a regular generic Toad that shares the same model design. Heck, they don’t have any identities, such as NAMES! Just like my picture above, if the devs choices for this game are going to consist of the classic Mario cast, at least give them different body types rather than just pallet swap colors and a few clothes. The other three Paper Mario games, “64”, “TTYD”, and “Super”, has every right to get away with this due to the large numbers of diversity in NPC species and characters, not just a singular. Not to mention there are at least a few different body proportions of Toads in “TTYD”.

If these Rescue V Toad characters are the only driving force of supporting cast and just mainly original Toad characters in this game primarily, why not make them stand out more and make them different instead of just a jumpsuit?

With that said I’m not planning on buying this game. I can already tell that my experience from this game will be somewhat similar to “Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam”; a good game overall, humor, but lacked original characters, has a predictable straightforward story, and missed opportunities, so the game was pretty much…ok. Instead, I’m going to be patient and checked it from my local library a few weeks later after the game releases on Oct 7th.

That’s right; I won’t have to spend a dime!

Rescue V Toads © Intelligent System & Nintendo