Paper Mario: Color Splash

[Fawfulthegreat64]

So this is a thing that happened. I know everyone hates it... I kinda do too. I was hoping for a game with Thousand Year Door mechanics and a story even better than Super Paper Mario's... not Sticker Star 2. But anyway I thought it should have a thread so here we are. What are your hopes for this game? I personally hope it has a story that doesn't bore me to death, and a new villain or returning villain that isn't Bowser. But I'll accept Bowser as the villain if he has Kammy Koopa with him, as she was the original Paper Kamek. I had no problem with Sticker Star's mechanics, though I preferred TTYD's. So the card mechanic doesn't seem that bad, I'm just afraid the story will also take after SS, which would be very bad.

I hope it at least acknowledges Super Paper Mario in some way, as that's the only one that didn't even get a character namedrop in Sticker Star. Perhaps Count Bleck could appear with Tippi for a cameo. Of course I want to also see Mario's partners from the originals appear, preferably all of them. In the flesh, not some shitty namedrop or less. In Paper Jam I wanted interaction between X-Nauts and Shroobs, but I guess that didn't happen, so any appearance of Shroobs can be kissed goodbye. At the very least have some original PM enemies like Clefts and Clubbas.

TL;DR: Please for the love of Grambi, reference the other Paper Mario games besides Sticker Star.