Post by cm30 on Feb 9, 2016 14:56:43 GMT -5
From the main Mario series?
Because to be honest, it seems like it was probably originally meant to be the same Mario universe from the main games, and only gradually became something different over time.
In Paper Mario 1... well, the paper thing seemed to be more of an art style quirk than anything else. With the exception of Kammy Koopa being pasted on the scene with the Star Spirits in the intro and the characters looking paperlike, the assumption seemed to be it was just in the standard Mushroom Kingdom but drawn in a different way.
Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door really started treating the paper aesthetic as something in universe, with Mario's abilities being paper related and the game introduction even starting with a book being opened:
Still, it was treated pretty seriously in universe, and the implication was that the version of the game we saw was a book or stage play based on actual events.
Super Paper Mario on the other hand, seemed to go back to treating it like actual events in a 'real' world. You didn't even get a storybook intro this time around, and the tone of Bleck trying to destroy all dimensions would have rang a little hollow in the pocket universe of Mario & Luigi Paper Jam.
Paper Mario Sticker Star went back further to the paper aesthetic, and the 'artificial' feel, and made it pretty clear it was an alternate universe loosely related to the 'main' series one.
Personally, I think Thousand Year Door and Sticker Star kind of meld with the version of events told in Paper Jam, whereas the other two were likely meant to be paper in art style only. Either way, what do you think?
Was Paper Mario always meant to be an alternate universe, or was it meant to be just the normal Mario universe at some point?
Because to be honest, it seems like it was probably originally meant to be the same Mario universe from the main games, and only gradually became something different over time.
In Paper Mario 1... well, the paper thing seemed to be more of an art style quirk than anything else. With the exception of Kammy Koopa being pasted on the scene with the Star Spirits in the intro and the characters looking paperlike, the assumption seemed to be it was just in the standard Mushroom Kingdom but drawn in a different way.
Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door really started treating the paper aesthetic as something in universe, with Mario's abilities being paper related and the game introduction even starting with a book being opened:
Still, it was treated pretty seriously in universe, and the implication was that the version of the game we saw was a book or stage play based on actual events.
Super Paper Mario on the other hand, seemed to go back to treating it like actual events in a 'real' world. You didn't even get a storybook intro this time around, and the tone of Bleck trying to destroy all dimensions would have rang a little hollow in the pocket universe of Mario & Luigi Paper Jam.
Paper Mario Sticker Star went back further to the paper aesthetic, and the 'artificial' feel, and made it pretty clear it was an alternate universe loosely related to the 'main' series one.
Personally, I think Thousand Year Door and Sticker Star kind of meld with the version of events told in Paper Jam, whereas the other two were likely meant to be paper in art style only. Either way, what do you think?
Was Paper Mario always meant to be an alternate universe, or was it meant to be just the normal Mario universe at some point?
