There’s an apocryphal folktale that fans of Mario RPGs are fond of sharing. Somewhere along the line, the internet urban legend goes, someone at Nintendo — Miyamoto himself, maybe — had it out for ...

Paper Mario 64K is a major texture pack which is intended to remake every texture in the game up to 4K definition. The creator remakes the textures based on later entries in the Paper Mario franchise ...

If you ask any Paper Mario fan, there are two distinct eras in the 25-year history of the subseries: The golden age of character-driven RPGs, and the more experimental games with simpler gameplay and ...

Marco Vito Oddo is a writer, journalist, and amateur game designer. Passionate about superhero comic books, horror films, and indie games, he formally worked as a Senior Writer for Collider. When he's ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Paper Mario was released in Japan 25 years ago today, August 11, ...

Phoebe is a writer, a hard worker, and has always been interested in videogames. She's worked in retail, coached, babysat, has had an internship, and now works as a list writer for Valent's website ...

I can imagine people going to the gaming store, picking up a copy of Super Paper Mario, and putting it back down in disgust. Many people are tired of Nintendo rehashing the same characters and ...

Nintendo first released Paper Mario internationally in 2001, making this year the 20th anniversary. The unique story follows paper versions of Mario and friends as the plumber hero sets out to rescue ...

When first announced, I think just about every Nintendo and Mario fan was elated with the fact that the Paper Mario franchise would be making its way over to the Wii. After a bunch of rumors, ...

Paper Mario: Sticker Star is the first game in the series with play that's as distinct as its papercraft appearance. The Paper Mario series has benefited from its unique visual style and clever ...

Known as Mario Story in Japan, Nintendo's Paper Mario got a lot of flak from gamers and gaming press alike when it first came out in 2001. The initial negative pushback formed because the Nintendo 64 ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. The specific balance between platforming action and RPG convention ...