Paper Mario
Genre: RPG, action adventure
Summary:
Paper Mario is the first game in the Paper Mario series. Paper Mario is set in the Mushroom Kingdom as the protagonist Mario tries to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser, who has imprisoned the seven “Star Spirits”, lifted her castle into the sky and has defeated Mario after stealing the Star Rod from Star Haven and making himself invincible. The player controls Mario and a number of partners to solve puzzles in the game’s overworld and defeat enemies in a turn-based battle system.
Availability: N64, Wii Virtual Console, Wii U Virtual Console, Nintendo Switch (Requires online subscription)
Time to Beat: 23 hours
Personal Opinion: I’ve heard good things about the paper mario series but never played one before. As far as I know there’s text elements, and being a mario game I’d imagine the language shouldn’t be too hard.
Pros
- Fun paper style
- Allegedly an easy RPG
Cons
- Likely would need a switch or emulator if you don’t have the other consoles
- No kanji (I think)
- Some Reddit reports of the game having bugs
