I have a dilemma. I am forcing myself to choose between Paper mario (original n64) and yoshi's story (also n64) what are your opinions of the game?
Paper Mario or Yoshi's Sory?
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RE: I have a choice to make
Yoshi's Story is definitely charming and fun, but overall, in my opinion, Paper Mario is the more satisfying experience.
Do you like RPGs (Nintendo RPGs I mean)? If so, you'll love Paper Mario. It's unique and interesting in it's presentation, the music is great, the story, atmosphere, writing, and the places you visit are all great.
Yup, I'd definitely go for Paper Mario. If there's anything specific you'd like to know about it, just ask.
And you could always come back later and get the other game you don't get, I guess.
Yoshi's Story is definitely charming and fun, but overall, in my opinion, Paper Mario is the more satisfying experience.
Do you like RPGs (Nintendo RPGs I mean)? If so, you'll love Paper Mario. It's unique and interesting in it's presentation, the music is great, the story, atmosphere, writing, and the places you visit are all great.
Yup, I'd definitely go for Paper Mario. If there's anything specific you'd like to know about it, just ask.
And you could always come back later and get the other game you don't get, I guess.
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Yoshi's Story is one of the simplest games in the world. You can literally have this game beat in about 40 minutes, probably half that.
For those who have never played this quirky little game, Baby Bowser has turned Yoshi's Island into a picture book and stolen the Super Happy Tree (yes, that's really its name), and all the Yoshis decide that ain't gonna fly, so they set out to confront Baby Bowser and set everything right. To do that, Yoshi must nom him some fruit in each stage. Eating thirty pieces lets you move onto the next level. That's all there is to it. There are six worlds, so to speak, and you visit one stage in each world. By finding giant, smiling hearts, you can unlock up to three new stages in the world you're currently in. You'll have to replay the game to play the stages, however.
Difficulty-wise, this game ranks a zero out of ten. Barring you falling down a hole to your death, it is very, very difficult to die in this game. You even get massive invincibility against the final boss.
That said, Yoshi's Story can be one of the most difficult and challenging games you've ever played, if you let it. In each stage, in addition to the oodles of generic fruit you can find, there are exactly thirty melons. Some of the melons are in plain view, while others require you to literally sniff them out. The most difficult part of the melon hunting, however, is the mini-game found in each stage. Each mini-game has a maximum prize of seven melons if you complete it quickly. Dawdling will reduce your maximum prize, meaning you have to be quick.
Some of the mini-games are downright difficult to win at, and you get one shot at doing it. If you fail the mini-game, or you don't get all seven melons, you're screwed for getting all 30 and you have to either give up or kill yourself to try again.
While this game has cool graphics, awesome music, and a pimpin' black Yoshi, the melon challenge is the only thing that makes Yoshi's Story worth playing if you're over the age of five. If you don't have the patience to do some serious hunting and not throw the paddle when you fail the mini-game--again--you will feel like you've wasted ten bucks.
Paper Mario, on the other hand, is a super king game I have no problems with. If you like Mario and RPGs, Paper Mario will be right up your alley and you'll spend a heck of a lot longer than 40 minutes beating it. Paper Mario is more complex than Yoshi's Story could ever be (though that's not saying much), and you'll definitely get your money's worth should you choose to play it.
For those who have never played this quirky little game, Baby Bowser has turned Yoshi's Island into a picture book and stolen the Super Happy Tree (yes, that's really its name), and all the Yoshis decide that ain't gonna fly, so they set out to confront Baby Bowser and set everything right. To do that, Yoshi must nom him some fruit in each stage. Eating thirty pieces lets you move onto the next level. That's all there is to it. There are six worlds, so to speak, and you visit one stage in each world. By finding giant, smiling hearts, you can unlock up to three new stages in the world you're currently in. You'll have to replay the game to play the stages, however.
Difficulty-wise, this game ranks a zero out of ten. Barring you falling down a hole to your death, it is very, very difficult to die in this game. You even get massive invincibility against the final boss.
That said, Yoshi's Story can be one of the most difficult and challenging games you've ever played, if you let it. In each stage, in addition to the oodles of generic fruit you can find, there are exactly thirty melons. Some of the melons are in plain view, while others require you to literally sniff them out. The most difficult part of the melon hunting, however, is the mini-game found in each stage. Each mini-game has a maximum prize of seven melons if you complete it quickly. Dawdling will reduce your maximum prize, meaning you have to be quick.
Some of the mini-games are downright difficult to win at, and you get one shot at doing it. If you fail the mini-game, or you don't get all seven melons, you're screwed for getting all 30 and you have to either give up or kill yourself to try again.
While this game has cool graphics, awesome music, and a pimpin' black Yoshi, the melon challenge is the only thing that makes Yoshi's Story worth playing if you're over the age of five. If you don't have the patience to do some serious hunting and not throw the paddle when you fail the mini-game--again--you will feel like you've wasted ten bucks.
Paper Mario, on the other hand, is a super king game I have no problems with. If you like Mario and RPGs, Paper Mario will be right up your alley and you'll spend a heck of a lot longer than 40 minutes beating it. Paper Mario is more complex than Yoshi's Story could ever be (though that's not saying much), and you'll definitely get your money's worth should you choose to play it.
PMJ summed it up nicely. In addition, my brother ripped threw it on a speed run in 19 minutes and 14 seconds. It's fun to replay though. (Yoshi's Story, that is.)
PMario is a solid RpG that is currently my brother's favorite video game, EVAR.
My Suggestion: Buy Paper Mario. Get Yoshi's Story later when you're all done with PM.
PMario is a solid RpG that is currently my brother's favorite video game, EVAR.
My Suggestion: Buy Paper Mario. Get Yoshi's Story later when you're all done with PM.
Paper Mario is longer playtime but Yoshi's Story has more replayability... Paper Mario is actually pretty funny to play and is an interesting take on a Turn-based RPG. So go with Paper Mario
Paper Mario is a much longer game and has pretty funny dialog. It also has a better story and can be challenging at times. It's replay value is okay, although I suggest you wait at least a little while before replaying the game. So yeah. Get Paper Mario, and maybe you can try Yoshi's Story another time.
I only played Yoshi's Story once, and while it was really cute and fun, it was easy and had no depth to it. I haven't beaten Paper Mario either, but that would definitely keep your attention for longer.
Get both, they're both worth it, but go for Paper Mario first.
Get both, they're both worth it, but go for Paper Mario first.
Paper Mario is the one game you should play if you played a lot of Nintendo classics before.
It's basically OBSCURE REFERENCES: THE GAME. The GC sequel is even worse.
And the RPG elements are solid, which is why they didn't change any of this in the sequel.
The game is not that hard by any means, but there's such a huge @$&^^# pile of stuff to do in it that you will find yourself challenged sooner or later. The bossfights are not too difficult, although hilarious.
The puzzles are about as obvious as the HM "puzzles" of Pokemon games, but contrary to those the Paper Mario puzzles are actually fun.
Overall a very solid game. I never played Yoshi's Story much, but PMJ sums it up nicely.
If you ever played a video game before, go for Paper Mario. Yoshi's Story is like the Kirby of the Mario games.
It's basically OBSCURE REFERENCES: THE GAME. The GC sequel is even worse.
And the RPG elements are solid, which is why they didn't change any of this in the sequel.
The game is not that hard by any means, but there's such a huge @$&^^# pile of stuff to do in it that you will find yourself challenged sooner or later. The bossfights are not too difficult, although hilarious.
The puzzles are about as obvious as the HM "puzzles" of Pokemon games, but contrary to those the Paper Mario puzzles are actually fun.
Overall a very solid game. I never played Yoshi's Story much, but PMJ sums it up nicely.
If you ever played a video game before, go for Paper Mario. Yoshi's Story is like the Kirby of the Mario games.
