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

Dalton Cooper is the Managing Editor of Game Rant. Dalton has been writing about video games professionally since 2011. Having written thousands of game reviews and articles over the course of his ...

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, ...

Murillo Zerbinatto is a contributor from Brazil. He's an RPG enthusiast (with a focus on JRPGs) who has been around the world of games and content creation for more than five years now. He has a ...

The first big boss you face in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is Hooktail the dragon, and there are plenty of hints about a badge to make the battle easier. Fortunately, it is very easy to get ...

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 ...

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.

GLAAD has announced the nominees for Outstanding Video Game, and Nintendo has made the cut. The 2024 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door remake restored cut content, some of which included its minor ...

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 ...

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: ...

Turn-based RPGs have been around since the ‘80s and have offered many different variations on combat. Since this genre is one of the oldest in video games, it’s become increasingly rare to see new ...

Following in the footsteps of the first Paper Mario game for the Nintendo 64, and last year’s Mario & Luigi: Superstars for the Game Boy Advance, Paper Mario 2: The Thousand-Year Door has been a hotly ...