I think this looks pretty fun.

am i the only one that this doesn't look really cool to?

maybe i just need to see more but being able to change my view doesn't sound cool at all.

Wow, while not to the same extent, this uses the mechanics found in that PSP game I will most likely never play (unfortunatly) 'Crush". This has me excited, it looks badass.

"The game control hasn't been too Wii-afied, either."

My lazy self is ecstatic!

Relaxing after work > Moving my arms more than 5 degrees

but Crush actually looks cool. It is an original IP and its great what that is doing to the platformer. I just don't like seeing Mario in this realm, i don't know why. I pretty much love all mario games from the original, to Mario Kart, to Mario 64, to Tennis to Party. I really enjoyed the previous Paper Mario games as well, this one just looks really gay.

the fucking PIXLS are fucking retarded.

@generaldane, on the contrary. I care what i think is cool. and so do my slaves.

I'm excited looks like it should be fun

I dig it.

I'm kind of with namelessted on this one. I'm pretty underwhelmed by these videos, though I was originally stoked about this game.

For me, at least, the original Paper Mario as well as Thousand Year Door were all about the RPG stuff. That's why I liked them. But they're apparently taking a lot of the RPG elements out of this game, and making it into just another standard Mario game, and calling this a good thing? I don't think so. I mean, there's nothing wrong with the tried-and-true Mario formula in general, but the past Paper Mario games were cool because they weren't just another typical Mario game.

Also, I have a feeling that the whole "spin around to rotate the view 90-something degrees" thing will get horrendously old and annoying after the first five minutes or so, but maybe that's just me.

Yeah, I'll probably still get the game, clueless fawning Nintendo-fanboy that I am after all, and will likely enjoy it for what it is, but so far it seems as if it'll be missing the awesome that was in the previous Paper Mario games.

At least they're not using the standard 3D Mario graphic that I'm getting kind of tired of seeing. I definitely prefer Mario in sprite form, and Paper Mario's graphics always seemed like a very reasonable compromise in modern times. A shame about the loss of RPG elements, but the Wii needs a Mario game, and Super Mario Galaxy won't be out until the fall.

@Grim:

"I probably would've loved playing this two years ago on my gamecube, but now it's just too little too late."

What has changed in the last two years that would make a good game concept a bad one? I can't think of a reason why I would want to play a game if it came out for Gamecube but would balk at it if it came out for Wii. Would you play this if it came out on PS2/3? Or perhaps more directly, what is it about the Wii that drags this game down?

um last I checked the RPG elements were what the game was supposed to be! it was basically the sequel to super mario RPG!! why the hell would they take out all the RPG stuff and still call it paper mario? this is a shame!

@amalgamut00

That's the point. This isn't a RPG.

How do you guys know that it isn't an RPG anymore? That clip is 30 seconds long, and of the first level. Gamevideos have about a 2 minute clip. What makes an RPG? Turn based fighting?

I think this game looks beautiful.

TheDruid said: "And Intelligent Systems are probably the best game devs out there (wario ware etc), can't wait to play this one." Not to mention Super Metroid and Puzzle League.
I too enjoyed the rpg elements of Paper Mario, that's what initially drew me to the game. I am not that huge of a Mario fan, and I think that his 2d platforming is getting a little stale. (SM Sunshine is a different story)

This could be the best mario yet