"Mario may be known as a trailblazer of platformer, karting, doctor-themed puzzle, and mascot fighting games (among many others), but there is one genre where he has become an unexpected standout – role-playing games. Since the Super Nintendo era Mario and his pals have set the standard for spin-off RPGs, all of which have been created, at least in part by Nintendo, a company that's not traditionally known for crafting games in that space. These classic titles has evolved into the Paper Mario series, which includes the latest entry, Paper Mario: Sticker Star. Introducing new mechanics, while adhering to the franchise's unique aesthetics and witty writing, Sticker Star takes the series into a new direction while retaining many of the aspects that fans have grown to love.", writes MTV Multiplayer.
Phil writes, "There's little that hurts a gamer more than hearing that a sequel to one of their favorite games is coming out, it releases, and it turns out to be a dud. It's happened to the best of us. It's like having the rug pulled out from under you when a sequel you've been hyping based off of love for its predecessor does less than satisfy when it finally launches. Sometimes it's due to the formula being changed too much and not for the better. Other times it's because the game is missing what made the original so good.
Whatever the reasons may be, SPC is back with a look at six more disappointing video game sequels that failed to deliver or failed to satisfy for one reason or another."
The Punished Backlog's David Silbert writes:
"Nintendo is widely known for its deep, eclectic well of beloved franchises. From The Legend of Zelda to Wrecking Crew, there’s no library in gaming as rich in history or as popular among fans.
2019 is shaping up to be a banner year for Nintendo, with representatives from Mario, Fire Emblem, Zelda, and Pokémon all gracing the Switch platform before the year’s end. At the same time, there are still plenty of Nintendo franchises that lie dormant this generation, in desperate need of the “Switch treatment.”
While there are plenty of legendary series worthy of a revival, here are six in particular I would absolutely kill to see on Switch in the near future."
A new Golden Sun and Mother would be great, but I wish I wasn't the only one that wants a new StarTropics.
Paper Mario Sticker Star didn't need to be "The Thousand-Year Door 2." It just needed to be "good."
