06-18-2015, 09:55 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-18-2015, 10:45 AM by MrYoshbert.)
The whole "Paper Mario is a book" thing makes a lot of sense now, actually. The pop-up book art direction, the fact that most games in the series are divided into "chapters" that end when a major boss is defeated, and the latter three games even start with an unseen narrator opening a book opening and telling a story.
There's also that one bit in Luigi's Mansion, in which one of the bookshelves in Neville's room contains a book labeled "Mario Story," which also happens to be the name of PM64 in Japan.
Also, they talked about the plot a bit during the Treehouse; Luigi accidentally knocks over a book in Peach's Castle and Paper Mario and co. start spilling out. Is Peach the one telling all of these stories? Who knows. Over-analyzing Mario games is fun.
There's also that one bit in Luigi's Mansion, in which one of the bookshelves in Neville's room contains a book labeled "Mario Story," which also happens to be the name of PM64 in Japan.
Also, they talked about the plot a bit during the Treehouse; Luigi accidentally knocks over a book in Peach's Castle and Paper Mario and co. start spilling out. Is Peach the one telling all of these stories? Who knows. Over-analyzing Mario games is fun.