These five RPGs all borrow mechanics or features from Nintendo's iconic Paper Mario series and are must-plays.

Like Bug Fables, Born of Bread is very much inspired by the paper Mario franchise, right down to its visual style, tone, and gameplay. This is a turn-based RPG with charming characters and a weird, ...

With Paper Mario: The Origami King, developer Intelligent Systems has once again found a clever new angle from which to explore its spinoff papercraft universe, pitting Mario against an army of ...

Super Paper Mario from Nintendo and development studio Intelligent Systems is a 2D platformer, a 3D adventure, and depending upon how snooty you are about your qualifiers, a role-playing game, too.

The first big boss you face in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is Hooktail the dragon, and there are plenty of hints about a badge to make the battle easier. Fortunately, it is very easy to get ...

How do I level up? Every time Mario defeats an enemy, it’ll drop Star Points – which is Paper Mario's equivalent of Experience Points (EXP). When Mario collects 100 Star Points, he levels up! Each ...

A real life interpretation of Paper Mario featuring flat world visuals, creative movement, and playful scenes. The video ...

The moment he picked up his first SNES controller, he knew gaming was going to be a lifelong passion. From adventures with Link to repelling the Covenant with Master Chief to even climbing ever-higher ...

Throughout Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, you’ll have the opportunity to have seven different partners join your party, each with their own unique abilities and stats. Some partners are suitable ...

Bowser's latest mâché-nations are boringly familiar. Despite the usual fizzy writing, this series doesn't make us crease up like it used to. This isn't so much a sequel to the 2012's Paper Mario: ...

Joshua has been a lifelong gamer with a special passion for The Legend of Zelda. They pride themself on achieving 100% completion for each game in the series. For over two decades, Joshua has consumed ...

Following in the footsteps of the first Paper Mario game for the Nintendo 64, and last year’s Mario & Luigi: Superstars for the Game Boy Advance, Paper Mario 2: The Thousand-Year Door has been a hotly ...