If you ask any Paper Mario fan, there are two distinct eras in the 25-year history of the subseries: The golden age of character-driven RPGs, and the more experimental games with simpler gameplay and ...

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

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Michael Ingram is a Senior Contributor from the United States of America. Michael has been writing for GameRant since 2021 with a previous history of personal analytical writing. Michael is a lifelong ...

Paper Mario fans talk a big game about how their storybook pop-up aesthetic Mario spinoff used to be so deep with great writing and characterization — and honestly, they weren't wrong. For the first ...

A unique franchise that many want a true bounce back for. Anniversaries are often the perfect time to try to examine the state of certain things and see what can happen in the future. In the case of ...

This was the first time we have played Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door and it is amazing. This is Nintendo Story telling at its best. So this is my first time every playing this game. First off, i ...

In case you're in need of some convincing before hitting that 'add to cart' button, it's worth knowing that we gave this game a 9/10 in our Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door review. Our reviewer ...