Mario & Luigi Paper Jam
SCORE: 78
I am thankful Family Friendly Gaming rented a copy of Mario & Luigi Paper Jam since the PR and Marketing for Nintendo failed us so miserably. The ESRB has decided to drop the rating of this franchise from an ‘E10+’ to ‘E’. Can anyone say another ESRB scandal? I knew you could. Nintendo is well known for adding one new wrinkle to their games, and then rehashing the rest. This Nintendo 3DS video game is no different.
I like the action adventure role playing elements to the battles in Mario & Luigi Paper Jam. Players can win a battle without taking any damage if they are fast, really good at timing, in easy mode, and/or control powerful characters. Luigi continues to be a coward in Mario & Luigi Paper Jam. The wrinkle in Mario & Luigi Paper Jam is paper characters mixed with regular characters.
Jumping with three characters in Mario & Luigi Paper Jam is hard. Thankfully this hand held game lets us press ‘X’ to have all three jump and hover at the same time. Battle cards are back in Mario & Luigi Paper Jam. They take forever to power up. Grinding also takes forever in Mario & Luigi Paper Jam. Mini games like finding all the paper Toads is annoying. If you keep failing (five times in a row), Mario & Luigi Paper Jam will let you skip the mini game.
I enjoyed my time with Mario & Luigi Paper Jam on the Nintendo 3DS. I put the value of this game at the twenty to twenty-five dollar range. It can be tough at times, and there are areas where you can’t save the game (like when you are hunting down paper Toads). Plenty of Mario & Luigi Paper Jam feels like previous games in the franchises. Still Mario & Luigi Paper Jam is an enjoyable experience.
Having two versions of the same characters is interesting in Mario & Luigi Paper Jam. I found this one little wrinkle to be very clever. Nintendo may have gone far from Super Mario RPG Legend of the Seven Stars. Mario & Luigi Paper Jam is fun in its own right. There are plenty of cool skills to earn, and learn in Mario & Luigi Paper Jam. Expect the game to give you a new skill and then have you use it right after training you.
- RPG Master
Graphics: 77%
Sound: 78%
Replay: 85%
Gameplay: 80%
Family Friendly Factor: 70%
System: Nintendo 3DS
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: AlphaDream
Rating: ‘E’ -Everyone SIX and OLDER ONLY
{Mild Cartoon Violence}
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