Paper Mario: Sticker Star

Another fantastic entry in its series, and easily one of the best 3DS releases of the year. The game retains the charm and wit of previous Paper Mario titles, and its new sticker mechanic makes combat even more engaging than before.

The game's infectious spirit and sense of humour is irresistible, and it's big, too – you're not beating this one in a weekend. It's just a shame that putting stickers at the heart of the game didn't turn out to be the master-stroke it so readily could have been.

Intelligent Systems takes great care to shape its RPG for portable play. The world is divided into Super Mario Bros-style levels that each pack a tidy little narrative. Levelling is removed in order to keep these vignettes grind-free. And it's all wrapped up in Nintendo's typically hilarious localisation.

Often funny, thoroughly charming and a joy to play, but it is also just as often a touch too familiar, seemingly unwilling to really go out on a limb and do something crazy even if the potential to do so is immense.

Unfortunately for it, Paper Mario: Sticker Star has to deal with being a “pretty good” entry in a series that is usually considered amongst the best games on their respective consoles. While I did have fun with it, there were times when I felt like I was just going through the motions, and very little of the innovation or character of previous entries shone through.

An enjoyable, usually easygoing, funny RPG, with some unfortunately frustrating elements affixed to it.

A horrible disappointment that not only fails to capture the magic of its predecessors but seems oblivious to what made them popular in the first place.

This game would be bad, if it didn’t have a cuisine built into the game that could feed you every second of excitement from a spoon while playing this game, I love Mario oddesey but clown me if I’m wrong, but this game gotta be the best in the world. Hot take I liked the first two games even though they **** really balls but this game took all the potential from the first two games and achieved it by getting rid of every bad thing in the first two games. The plot in this game I spent so much time connecting to the characters and their dialogue especially bowsers dialogue. This game is 1000000/10

This is one of the most controversial opinions I have in gaming, but I don't think sticker star is bad. Is it as good as the others? -No, definitely not, but it does still have interesting ideas. First off this is very great adaptation to fit on the handheld. I feel like this is a fantastic game format for the 3DS. A lot of people hate the sticker format of combat. I know the criticism, and I get it, but I don't fully agree. The idea is cool, I like the idea that you can collect stickers and attack based off of what you currently have, not just get so over powered that you'll destroy everything. I will say, it is dumb that some bosses are gate kept with particular stickers. The fact that you can't beat a boss off of pure skill and understanding of the sticker and boss is incredibly dumb. Secondly: The world in this game is very neat. It's all very simple in appearance, but the puzzles that are in those worlds are great. In general I find them very enjoyable to explore. Lastly: My largest problem with this game is it's dialogue and humor. It's not funny, or witty, it's kind of boring in narrative, which for a paper Mario game isn't something you like to see

Paper Mario: Sticker Star ist wie ich finde extrem unterbewertet. Ja, dieses Spiel ist zwar kein RPG mehr und ja, die Kämpfe bringen nichts und es gibt seeeehr viele Toads. Naja, mir hat das Spiel trotzdem gefallen lolz. Ich liebe den Vibe in dem Game, der Humor ist lustig und auch wenn die Kämpfe nichts bringen, machen sie Spaß, wie ich finde. Der Soundtrack ist perfekt und das Leveldesign auch super schön und es hat viele schöne und innovative Ideen. Auch wenn das Spiel kein richtiges Paper Mario ist, finde ich es echt nice und spiele es immer gerne.

I picked this up for a cool 10 USD in Gamestop back in 2015 just because it was the cheapest Mario game they had there. The story is simple enough and the graphics are very charming and fun, and I actually really enjoy the sticker collection mechanic. However, that's just about the end of the good stuff, because this game is practically impossible to get through, especially as a kid, without the use of several walkthroughs because the game is shockingly cryptic. Often what you think would be the perfect solution to a roadblock ends up not being one at all, and you're forced to backtrack for another sticker that the developers arbitrarily decided was going to be the solution to the puzzle. Mind you, I loved games like Mario Party 10 and Kirby Mass Attack as a kid so I'm not going along with the bandwagon here. This game is the equivalent of being given a lock and a keyring with 1000 different keys, but all the keys that look like they'd fit don't work at all. The plot is a far cry from the cult classics that are the first 3 games in the series, and there's a reason for that. Nintendo was becoming very strict about character usage in their titles, so no characters other than the basic Mario cast could be used for Sticker Star. This applied to Color Splash, the following game, as well. Nintendo simultaneously took no risks with this game, and also made it one of the most headscratchingly difficult first party titles on the 3DS. Definitely pass with this one!

When I played this as a kid I got stuck in World 2. The game absolutely **** at telling you what to do and it's generally not fun to play