Everyone knows Mario is a big fan of jumping. Give the man a mission, some coins and something to jump on and you get one happy guy. But in Super Paper Mario, he takes jumping to another dimension – the third dimension.
Thanks to the versatility of the Wii Remote, Mario’s first Wii adventure is one that everyone can play. Players simply turn the Wii Remote on its side, use the +Control Pad to move Mario and the 2 Button to make Mario jump. It feels just like playing the Mario games of days gone by on the NES.
At first glance, the gameplay’s simplicity also harkens back to those NES Super Mario Bros. games, with more than a few twists. Some things never change. You see an enemy, you jump on him (usually). But on Wii, the game changes from a straight-forward 2D platformer to a 3D adventure full of secrets, all with the push of the A Button.
Although Mario can only stay in the 3D world for a little while, the limited time in that dimension is vital to discovering answers to puzzles and finding useful items that aren’t apparent in the 2D realm. And through the whole conversion to 3D, the game retains the simple controls for moving and jumping.
The uniqueness of the Wii Remote adds another element to the already excellent Super Paper Mario gameplay. You can point the Wii Remote at the screen to identify the attributes of your enemies or to try to find hidden doorways and blocks in what seemingly was an empty space in the background. -Nintendo
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