Super Mario RPG & TTYD Remakes Are Great News For The Next Paper Mario Game

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Although the popular spinoff franchise, , has had a fair number of games that are divisive among its fans, the remakes of and may paint a promising picture for those who prefer the series' classic style. Since, games have tended to stray from traditional RPG gameplay and story elements, beginning with the more platformer-like — and while the games haven't always had a completely negative reception, they have also left many longtime fans of the series wanting an experience more similar to the first few games.

While, the original, and all have their differences, the three games are all fairly traditional RPGs in terms of gameplay, with turn-based combat, selectable moves and items, and parties with colorful casts of characters. After, however, the series started to drastically diverge in terms of genre, with in particular resembling much more of a platformer with relatively minor RPG elements than the other way around. Later entries, and, stuck closer to the series' turn-based roots, but still featured major gameplay divergences — some of which, especially in, were particularly unpopular.

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However, with the remake of /soon-to-be released, and the upcoming remake of slated for 2024, there's a fair chance that Nintendo may be gauging interest in a return to the series' roots. While not all the series' entries past have been poorly-received, all of them do stray away from the RPG systems and combat system of the more classic games, and arguably, no game since has reached the same height in terms of impact and reputation — especially in the case of, which was particularly poorly received among fans.

While and, on the other hand, have been better