#bombette PM

[lizadale]

bomb partners my beloveds

[studio-kurami-rumi]

[gio-dude]

any more thoughts on paper mario so far?

I LOVED it honestly and the only reason I'm not playing TTYD is because I'm waiting for my new pc to get fixed cus my laptop is 🥔

Not as much as I did at the start, unfortunately. I've done a few more posts in different formats, but after the prologue and chapter one it's been a game and the humors been there but not quite as funny as that first chunk for me. Like, the attention to detail is absolutely INSANE throughout the whole game so far (the hidden spots, the funny npc dialogue, the dizzy eye animation, the text effects when people are speaking to show emotion and emphasis, etc), and some of the clues and stuff have been really well done where it guides you, sometimes by even straight up telling you what to do, but only if you like talk and interact with everyone and it sounds like gossip. I love how much world building they put into it, and like all of your companions get letters, so like Kooper is going to join Kolorado in an archeology adventure after helping mario, bombette is going to help cut the ribbon for a new train station since she cleared the tracks of the toad town one, they all have really cool stories for AFTER the game, which I really love and appreciate since I don't remember that from TTYD.

But yeah PM 64 has had solid characters and great world building and I am baffled at how complex and absolutely massive it feels to me for its time (I mainly played the pokemon stadium [1 & 2] mini games and kirby 64 shards and the OG ssb for comparison/context, and like kirby felt big but the open world of mario and the dynamic background where things change each chapter and characters reacting differently based off what degree of fighter you are make it feel massive) (also the timing of enemies for blocking and command attacks feels like each one would need its own code for, and there have been a lot of enemies and I'm only on chapter 3!)

It's been very interesting playing PM 64 after TTYD, since TTYD had a LOT of polish which, I hadn't realized, made it incredible. And like I watched a video or read an article ages ago about other games like the first two paper mario games and the mario and luigi series (both series, best games) and it was talking about how TTYD took a LOT of inspiration from PM 64, almost to the extent of copy+pasting, like "you did a train mystery in the first game and so let's do another train mystery" and "you get a smart Goomba, a small town koopa, a bomb-omb with character, and a ghost as a companion, so let's do that all again". And it's true (I haven't gotten to the train bit yet but I know it exists since there is a PENGUIN detective and we love penguins), but like all of the characters in TTYD had WAAAAAY more character and although both games' companions are charming, the added character design in TTYD was great.

Final thoughts are for both the paper mario and the mario and luigi series as a whole and their successors, both spiritually and literally.

As for the literal successors of PM and M&L, M&L has stayed true to its nature and although the stories are different and the abilities raise the stakes unnecessarily in my opinion, they still play like M&L games. PM on the other hand...

I feel like the bowser sections in TTYD directly influenced mario and luigi: browsers inside story, which was spectacular and probably the strongest in that series (partners in time will always hold a special place in my heart and I love it. Super stars was okay, the story was amazing but the fighting felt more tedious than the later games. Dreamy luigi was alright, I wasn't a fan of the new art style [that all the remakes, unfortunately, decided to continue to use] I don't think I ever beat it since it never hooked me in the same way. And I've seen NO ONE talk about that one cross over with paper mario, so I know nothing of that one.)

Paper mario and M&L are like my favorite games since I like that you still interact in battles even when it's not your turn. I hate JRPGs with a passion since I would literally rather play around in excel sheets all day (which I get paid to do) than click the same buttons over and over again without thought and then have to wait for the enemy animation when it could all just be text and skipped and be done with.

These games add the element of skill, albeit a pretty small element that can be boring and tedious and repetitive too, but it adds engagement for the entire time you are battling and battles are directly and immediately impacted by your skill, as compared to mainly "strategy" (pick the strongest move) in JRPGs. I care about getting each action command and each block in PM, my skill directly influences the outcome of the battle compared to sheer luck (there's a little luck with like status effects but that isnt the same as variable damge based on luck). If I'm playing a game I want to be engaged with it the whole time, not constantly mashing A while checking my phone since I'm spamming the same attack agaim since there is nothing else to do (glares at pokemon).

I feel like undertale was a spiritual successor to these games based on the bullet hell dodging in combat and the timing of attacks. The dodging was actually way more engaging and difficult in undertale than in PM and M&L and I think that was a large part of its success. I'm really surprised so few games have taken this approach to the rpg formula, of making the whole battle actually engaging, but there are a lot in development!

One that's out already is bug fables and if you have not checked that one out PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CHECK IT OUT! It's glorious and the best successor to TTYD I've ever seen. There's also born of bread of which I've heard mixed results on and haven't check out myself yet, and there's also a sea horse one in development still also I had checked. There's also "OTHER:her loving embrace" which takes a more similar approach to combat as undertale but instead of bullet hell dodging it's a seconds long mini platformer where you have to run around dodging and you can even counter attack and it looks like everything I've ever wanted from a game and I am INCREDIBLY excited for that one. I'd also be down for a bug fables 2.

Now, disclaimer, I haven't actually played any other paper mario games than 64 and TTYD since they have all sounded awful. Sticker star had all moves be dictated by one time use stickers so your combat move options were constantly changing and combat seemed slow and not engaging (like a usual turn based jrpg) since I think it was just the stickers gimmick the whole time? 64 had some funny paper gimmicks, and TTYD really stepped up its paper inspired mechanics, what with the mario curses (airplane, tube, boat, etc.) And like busty genie's blowing ability, and then the one paper mario for the wii (super paper mario? I'm not willing to look it up) seemed to build more upon that with being able to like turn the world sideways and stuff, which makes for a cool puzzle game but I don't know anything about the combat that I can remember- that's how unmemorable it was despite looking into it multiple times because not enough of these types of games exist. I've heard nothing of the PM x M&L crossover as I've said above, and from what I heard about origami King the story was cute but a little shallow and the combat got switched up YET A-FUCKING-GAIN. It seemed liked an interesting combat system, but it sounded like it got extra tedious really fast since I think it involved having to draw a path through enemies that surround you in a circle and again, seemed cool but it wasn't paper mario. I once played a cooperative star trek board game that seemed to have similar mechanics, and like, as a combat system I could see it being really cool, but just not good for paper mario which has refuses to go back to what made 64 and TTYD so successful and charming and wacky, since Nintendo wants M&L to be the big rpg mario line games, which like... GIVE US BOTH.

So, yeah! Thank you so much for giving me an excuse and outlet to ramble and get all my thoughts out, it may be a bit more than you bargained for but you asked for thoughts! And paper mario was vague so I couldn't tell if you meant the 64 game specifically or the whole series, so you get the whole series!

Although I have this typed out on the 23, it's nearly 11 pm and I have work in the morning and I want to go through and edit this since I am notorious for having awful spelling and skipping whole words when I'm thinking anything quickly and I want to make sure this all looks and sounds good and at least has some coherence with the order it covers topics so thou must be patient.

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The best bois and gurls~♡

[smallmariofindings]

In Paper Mario, after defeating the Big Lantern Ghost miniboss in Chapter 4, he leaves behind his lantern, which needs to be broken to get Watt out. Usually, the lantern would be broken by the player by smashing it with a hammer. However, it is also possible to break it by detonating it with Bombette, which causes a special response from Watt whereby she assumes a pained expression.and has unique dialogue.

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[aproxm]

a small paper mario set

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filename: paper mario kooper date of origin: ‎‎‎Sunday, ‎August ‎7, ‎2016, ‏‎9:44:19 PM

filename: paper mario bombette date of origin: ‎‎‎Sunday, ‎August ‎7, ‎2016, ‏‎10:09:57 PM

filename: paper mario bow date of origin: ‎‎‎Sunday, ‎August ‎7, ‎2016, ‏‎10:49:48 PM

[paperpeachy]

mimi!

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How I feel about this character shes alright i guess

All the people I ship romantically with this character OH BOY. ok ok lesse. ⦁ nastasia a lot of it is just bc i adore the personality dynamics BUT!!!!! i rlly rlly love the substance of it all like... nassy is one of the only team bleck members mimi acts polite w and nassy herself doesn't pick on mimi.. at all rlly. she’s always excused from her inadequacies pfff but i also feel like theyr both v emotionally...weird ppl LOL? mimi has trouble empathising w nassy’s situation and nassy herself is emotionally constipated over the count actlly. mimi's tone deaf but it's that sincere want to distract nassy from stressing that nassy kind of indulges in..sorta selfishly? but it leads to somn more meaningful eventually.. mimi gets better at loosening her up and getting her to do fun things w herrr.. it's hard ! and mimi herself i imagine rlly looks up to nassy's management skills- esp since she prolly learned how to operate her sweatshop thru her and- in post-game, would go to her for advice abt her cafe and just *SPARKLE* at how much she knows her way around these things fdkjfkjskg MAYB IM PROJECTING but i think mimi is 1000% sapiosexual and that's why she's impatient w like 4/6ths of team bleck LOL ⦁ bombette a long while back i had this hc that during th void days, mimi skedaddled a lot and tried finding new ppl and places, and bombette was somn she managed to b friends w??? and then one day i was like hey what if mimi realised she liked girls thru bombette and then i was like hey.  hey. AND I SORTA WENT HAM BC.... ok i think mimi needs like...a normal person in her life. i think the best thing for her is to ~expand her horizons~ and som1 down to earth like bombette would rlly ease her into...society more u know? out of the surviving team bleck members, she’s def still most unorthodox, what w being a robot and the whole sweatshop thing in chp 2 and how shes STILL talking abt boy stables post game sdfkskk I JUST THINK SHE NEEDS SOM1 NORMAL IN HER LIFE and bombette herself is tired of bruce's shit and the idea of dating a former evil robot is exciting to her.. i think they both becom v impulsive ppl around each other in the best way !!! wow i rlly made a whole paragraph for this ok. ok. ⦁ goombella this is hilarious ive never even TALKED abt this pairing. but ive thought abt it. a few times and decided its rlly good. half-same reasons as bombette but w goombella it's a side of “omg ur so creepy ugh but.....(damn this chick is literally a product of a thousand yrs ago. i need to know more)” AND GOOMBELLA IS SUPER SMART AND MIMI is a sapiosexual remember. everything is coming together theyr perfect. mimi gets rlly flirty w her and uses her spooky form to fluster her and goombella just sasses the hell out of her and its v gay theyre both v interested in each other and theres just the right amnt of spice to this and its perfect. . i wanna draw them now UGH UGH

My non-romantic OTP for this character i talked abt this w doopliss! heres the linkk ! BUT I ALSO would like to take the time to talk abt her relationship w princess peach- who is def the most important chara to do w mimi in spm....i think the fact that they’re pitted against each other in chp 8 is perfffect, esp since peach has already been thru her chara dev the past few pm games, acting all immature and irresponsibly, and now facing someone who’s a LOT more dangerous in that department. and mimi specifically rags on peach- not bc she’s a girl, like she seems to start off w, but that she’s a princess. “i got beat...by a princess?” if that’s the part that’s rlly bothering her...then there’s a lot to unpack here, and i can see a lot of opening up the two could have w each other from this, which would b esp easy bc peach is the only one who got mimi to reconsider her beliefs in-game. i actlly do ship these two too but !! brotp is rlly good as welll i love their dynamic a lot...

My unpopular opinion about this character

i don't think shes...a v warm n welcoming person like the fandom makes her out to b. she actlly sits out on like, a lot of team bleck interactions- dimentio is never involved w her (no floro sprout treatment), and mimi doesn't like... offer herself for the count's life like o'chunks n nassy do. the only time she's involved in any grand sentimental act is when peach is pouring her heart out to her- and it takes peach showing some humanity for mimi to turn around. shes attached to team bleck ofc, she vaguely misses dimentio playing along w her shenanigans, and she rlly did respect the count.. but it was those interactions that like... scratched the surface. ig mostly it’s just that i don’t see her reacting to the count’s sacrifice and dimentio’s betrayal so deeply, she voices her disdain for dimentio p quick after his betrayal, and she moves on w her life fairly quickly. i think she’d rlly come to appreciate her time in the castle more AFTER she finds new ppl that help her understand what ‘home’ is.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon. uhhh nothing shes perfect. actlly WAIT i wish they gave her a post game side mission where u can help build her cutie pie cafe and hire ppl and she gets to wear this cute waitress outfit and its like...this whole post game story and it end w all the charas partying and taking a picture in the cafe and its cute n nice. flint cragley is there too and he has squirps n luvbi on either shoulder. nintendy hire meee PLEASE

[daydrmgalaxies]

I haven't forgotten my Paper Mario au, here's the proof

[helloyesthisispapermario]

Kim submitted:

just wanted to say thanks for keeping an active paper mario blog running and for getting me into paper mario again. Sorry this sucks (I’d just pm the blog but deleted my tumblr recently, so i just browse for paper mario content at random now lol) anyway, a bombette gijinka for you! ☆

awww thank you so much!!! also it doesn’t suck, shh, what are you talking about. she looks great!!! thanks for sending it in!

[paperpeachy]

lady bow?

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How I feel about this character HNNN i lov me a pretty oujo-sama laugh-turned wicked cackling boo lady. there is a forever je ne sais quoi to that... i don't remeber a lot form pm64 so pls forgive me i don't have too much to say abt these charas but !!! shes def one of my faves from that game and shes SUPER fun to draw and i lov that nintendy gave us a chara like this shes so good her design is without flaw...that pale turqouise and royal red goes together marvellously. i lov a snooty girl

All the people I ship romantically with this character AAA i remember ages ago seeing bow/parakarry?? THATS RLLY CUTE...esp since iirc parakarry is kinda spooked by ghosts? i imagine him just sorta learning to suck it up bc she's charming and pretty and bow likes seeing him flustered ahh it's cute..

My non-romantic OTP for this character HER AND BOMBETTE... shes the only other young lady of the team so, even if they have super different natures they both sorta bond bc their company is comfy....and make fun of the other boys and talk abt how theyr always carrying the team xP im also a v big fan of bow/vivi/mimi friendship trio. i want them to sign up to dance classes and b mascots of the pm fandom. best girl brigade..

My unpopular opinion about this character im not sure i hav one ..!

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon. SWEATS...... i wish i retained enough from the first game to answer aaaah but ! in general i remember the partners not rlly..talking as much as the ones in ttyd? ig i'd wish for her to have more interactions w the other partners and develop more as a team..

[aproxm]

on second thought, i know what these binary brush drawn art are--exports from p chat land, a sort of proto-drawpile my friends and i would use. i liked that it had layers, so sometimes i would just use it by myself to do doodles like these

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filename: Air Ridin' date of origin: ‎‎Monday, ‎January ‎19, ‎2009, ‏‎3:47:00 PM