Kritter wrote:
In all honesty I really enjoyed Colour Splash in the end. I played through the entire game with my son, it had a lot of good humour and a lot of the funny moments come from visual humour rather than written, which was great because it made it very easy for my son to understand. Really, it's not the Paper Mario game people wanted but when it comes to being a Paper Mario game for kids, it was actually really great. I really enjoyed how light hearted it was, and how it was designed for shorter bursts rather than long slogs.
In contrast, I'm trying to play through Paper Mario 2 with him but it's so.... boring, and not fun to watch I'd imagine. Really, it's not as good as my rose tinted spectacles expected it to be.
I see what you're saying about it being a better game for young kids. TTYD is more complex, while Color Splash is watered down and easier to understand for kids. The more complex storyline in TTYD might also bore kids, especially since it was mostly through text, where Color Splash seems a bit more visual in its story telling. They had absolutely no reason to make all NPCs generic toads, though, and to remove all interesting characters from the series.
While I do appreciate the effort to bring Paper Mario to a younger audience, I don't like that the older audiences the first few games were intended for were completely forgotten. I wouldn't at all mind having these simpler Paper Mario games exist if the more complicated ones existed as well. I miss the interesting storylines and the badges and the partners.
Also, the changes made to water it down for kids add some big gameplay flaws that the originals didn't have, most notably being the unrewarding battles.
[quote="Kritter"]In all honesty I really enjoyed Colour Splash in the end. I played through the entire game with my son, it had a lot of good humour and a lot of the funny moments come from visual humour rather than written, which was great because it made it very easy for my son to understand. Really, it's not the Paper Mario game people wanted but when it comes to being a Paper Mario game for kids, it was actually really great. I really enjoyed how light hearted it was, and how it was designed for shorter bursts rather than long slogs.
In contrast, I'm trying to play through Paper Mario 2 with him but it's so.... boring, and not fun to watch I'd imagine. Really, it's not as good as my rose tinted spectacles expected it to be.[/quote]
I see what you're saying about it being a better game for young kids. TTYD is more complex, while Color Splash is watered down and easier to understand for kids. The more complex storyline in TTYD might also bore kids, especially since it was mostly through text, where Color Splash seems a bit more visual in its story telling. They had absolutely no reason to make all NPCs generic toads, though, and to remove all interesting characters from the series.
While I do appreciate the effort to bring Paper Mario to a younger audience, I don't like that the older audiences the first few games were intended for were completely forgotten. I wouldn't at all mind having these simpler Paper Mario games exist if the more complicated ones existed as well. I miss the interesting storylines and the badges and the partners.
Also, the changes made to water it down for kids add some big gameplay flaws that the originals didn't have, most notably being the unrewarding battles.