These five RPGs all borrow mechanics or features from Nintendo's iconic Paper Mario series and are must-plays.

Mario Day 2024 was a big one as Nintendo revealed a new Super Mario Bros. Movie was on the way, confirmed the release dates of the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door remake and Luigi's Mansion 2 HD, ...

How do I level up? Every time Mario defeats an enemy, it’ll drop Star Points – which is Paper Mario's equivalent of Experience Points (EXP). When Mario collects 100 Star Points, he levels up! Each ...

Joshua has been a lifelong gamer with a special passion for The Legend of Zelda. They pride themself on achieving 100% completion for each game in the series. For over two decades, Joshua has consumed ...

Throughout Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, you’ll have the opportunity to have seven different partners join your party, each with their own unique abilities and stats. Some partners are suitable ...

Joshua has been a lifelong gamer with a special passion for The Legend of Zelda. They pride themself on achieving 100% completion for each game in the series. For over two decades, Joshua has consumed ...

Bowser's latest mâché-nations are boringly familiar. Despite the usual fizzy writing, this series doesn't make us crease up like it used to. This isn't so much a sequel to the 2012's Paper Mario: ...

In the same VGC interview where Kensuke Tanabe said Nintendo wouldn't ignore casual players, the Paper Mario: The Origami King producer touched on the creative restrictions tied to the Paper Mario ...

Super Paper Mario from Nintendo and development studio Intelligent Systems is a 2D platformer, a 3D adventure, and depending upon how snooty you are about your qualifiers, a role-playing game, too.

This short recreates a Paper Mario–inspired moment in real life. It highlights simple props, framing, and movement used to capture the flat, playful style of the game on camera.