User blog:The RPG Gamer/Paper Mario Sticker Star: The 5th Anniversary

Paper Mario Sticker Star (released November 11 2012 on the 3DS) a very awesome (yet somewhat hated) Paper Mario game is turing 5 today. While many people hated the game, I personally loved it. I first got it when I was 10 for Christmas and I have made so much memories playing this game in great luxury places too such as great hotels, Las Vegas, and countless other places. While I did get lost quite a few times, I didn't give up. I just whipped out my iPhone (or new iPad Mini and iPod) and looked up some cheats. Eventually I became a master at the game. I even remember sucking at boss fights but I eventually got the gist.

Around June of 2013, I ended up getting the American version of the game and I have really enjoyed said version in fact I kinda ditched the European one too. I don't use it anymore in favour of the American version. Like Nintendo (after they finished development of Sticker Star) I am currently having a party for this game's 5th Anniversary and inviting some friends (except there's no alcoholic drinks as we're not legally allowed to have drinks like that at 14-17).

Anyway back on topic, I really enjoyed how it began. Bowser didn't just kidnap Peach, he scattered the Royal Stickers around the place too. I really love that, with the help of Kersti, Mario goes on an exciting and interesting adventure filled with nifty secrets and stuff. I mean sure there's no EXP but the more you play the more powerful stickers you find and HP-Up Hearts increase first strike damage with every 2 you get and the hammer always doing 1 more damage than the jump. Stickers serve as attacks in battle. You attack enemies using stickers and with the right stickers you can do heaps of damage, there are also many different kinds of stickers each do different things. Powerful stickers appear more at latter parts and are rare near the beginning. I like the levels as they can blend and provide you with unique challenges and gameplay mechanics. I do wish you could learn some more new moves but Paperization is amazing. The music is also amazing as well. And everything about this game (even the final boss) is epic.

It's sold over around 2.2 Million copies worldwide and is so good that on October 6 2016, Nintendo released Paper Mario Color Splash which unfortunately didn't sell as good due to the Wii U's selling failure.

The game has received generally positive reviews from people such as myself and SullyPwnz among others but has also received a considerable amount of backlash and hate from fans who loved the original Paper Mario games such as SuperMarioT and JammerProHD and a few more. People did settle down after July 2013 but they still wanted the next PM game to be like the old ones. They got hyped when they heard rumours that a new Paper Mario game was in the works but the hate heated up again once Color Splash was first announced on March 3 2016. Haters of the game went ballistic and critical even Hitler ranted about the game as well. I kinda got involved a bit too but that stopped on December of 2016 and I shifted back to my likeness of the game. Once Color Splash released people liked it but some didn't and they just didn't quit (most notably SuperMarioT) who have been making more videos despite the fact that the drama is clearly over and what's done is done.

Anyway back on topic, I am a massive fan of Sticker Star and I do recommend this game to anyone who is reading this blog post. It's still just as good as the old Paper Mario games despite being different but I really like it a lot. :)