Paper Mario animations

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Anyway, when listening to a few opinions of the guys over on MFGG, a couple of them mentioned how they like the choppy animation style seen in the the recent Paper Mario games since they better fit the paper-like art direction. Do I really have to do something like that? I'm not all that keen on the idea of purposely lowering the animation quality like that.

Paper animation can come in many forms. The first game doesn't quite count because it used sprites, but The Thousand Year Door and Super use a basic cutout-replacement style, Sticker Star and Paper Jam used a more limited cutout style, and Color Splash relies more on making the characters move like sheets of paper, only using key poses for the drawings.

I don't think the animation in Color Splash is completely terrible, but I don't like it as much. To me it's sorta' like watching Lotte Reiniger's works versus watching someone wiggle or crush pieces of paper with drawings on them.

Ultimately, it's up to you, though. It's your project, and if you'd feel better doing a certain type of animation then go for it.