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[Kriven]

Granted, I understand that Paper Mario as a brand should mean something... and maybe they could come up with something to let people know that "Hey, this is in the Paper Mario world, but it isn't Paper Mario" so people aren't as disappointed.

They billed the series as "action-adventure" in that recent Direct.  Maybe "Paper Mario" as a whole is not just strictly RPG anymore.

I don't think Nintendo considers it strictly an RPG series anymore, and I don't think they have for a while, but that doesn't change the fact that for everybody else the Paper Mario brand indicates an RPG. Maybe they could call the Action-Adventure releases "Super Paper Mario" instead... "Super Paper Mario: Sticker Star".

Although I'm not sure that works either, because Super Paper Mario is its own thing, and the Sticker Star sub-franchise now has two games to it. Don't know.