#super paper mario

[furornocturna]

This is genius and that artwork is BREATHTAKING.

what could you think of for a second and third phase for super dimentio

Ymmm I don't really see him having another phases so no but I've had something for the first 20 seconds of his initial battle in mind.

Tag, he's it.

okay so like spm spoilers and stuff but:

When you first start the battle with Super Dimentio there's a certain period of time where he's invincible. You can't damage him and nothing really happens until Timpani returns with the Pure Hearts.

Now in my personal opinion while I'm still glad they added this moment, it still left me a little unsatisfied. Here's why:

Dimentio turning into Super Dimentio with Luigi is his big moment, his victory. He has become something that is indestructible, something that generations of Ancients have been passing down. He is a god. The time frame where he's indestructible in the game is supposed to show that you are powerless against him, that no Pixl and no item will do anything. This is supposed to make you realize in the moment that: it's truly hopeless.

Unfortunately Dimentios spotlight is VERY quickly taken from him, which makes the idea less effective than it could've been. You see Dimentio working for this the entire game, just for him to win in the end only for 20 seconds and then turn into a joke of a fight. The speech he gives before the fight is longer than the actual boss, making everything slightly anticlimactic (at least to me).

The concept I've been thinking about using in my take of the Super Mario lore (SPM specifically here) is that those 20 seconds of standing and waiting around for the game to decide it's time to move on are instead spent on: A reverse game of magical tag.

The concept of a magical tag itself is used earlier in the game by Dimentio himself who makes Mario and Luigi humour him by traveling through the worlds they have been in before and finding ripples in space he's leaving behind to keep the game going. I thought by turning this moment of 20 second invincibility into a game of magical tag where he's “it” this time would help that feeling of hopelessness and stakes sink in.

In this scenario Mario still cannot fight back as Dimentio,actively chasing him, is invincible, which forces him to run from danger. He runs from world to world, but now in contrast to the previous tag game, the worlds are being wiped out as you go through them for the final time. They're barely holding on, torn from their colors and mixing with the white void peeking through. Maybe some leftover npcs encouraging to keep going or just being terrified instead. Dimentio is chasing after you, peeking his long arms or head through the ripples to strike, and as he makes his way behind you the world progressively disappears and you have to make it out before it's entirely gone, else its game over. In the end of this chase you make it back to Castle Bleck where it picks up on Timpani restoring the Pure Hearts with Blumiere and using them to help Mario by removing Super Dimentios invincibility.

In conclusion I think making this moment akin to what I described above would help set the tone of this enemy more. For one this moment is now LONGER so you can see direct consequences of Dimentios victory outside and think about it more, second it turns you into an actual helpless plaything that you were meant to be. The entire path of the chase leads you back to Castle Bleck, it's a circle. This time you cannot escape and this time the evil doings have been set in motion on a rapid scale. It's a moment of Darkness that's broken by Timpani, someone who has been with you since the beginning and who you saw grow. She's now full of love and determined to win, something that to me comes off as super inspiring. She has been cursed to live a miserable existence yet she found the Light thanks to you. And THAT'S why you shouldn't give up even after all the ruined worlds you've seen. You have to keep fighting for them even in their darkest moment, even when they're gone.

also to clear any confusion yes i know this game is 3+ but i still think it'd be cool ig

[year2000electronics]

do you ever think about how most characters in super paper mario only call mario "the hero" and not his name?

[moonlitlillypop]

Is Bowser divorced? He did technically marry peach in super paper mario

[dimensional-dimentio]

👗 for Dimentio, perchance? Let him be fancy

★ “I couldn't decide between the two ~ I like them both fairly equally.”

[ooftale]

I doodled my humanoid versions of the girlies (Mimi and Nassy)

So, behold, girlies!

[spmthemanga]

[koibirb]

Yay, done with the mysterious guy!

[aro-luigi]

All of you be my friends

Pls

I need more SPM friends

PLEASEEE

WHY IS MY SPECIAL INTREST A MARIO GAME THAT BARELY ANYONE I KNOW IRL KNOWS ABOUT/NM

[lemonberry-soda]

made for my motion graphics class :3 don't worry about that last bit

[dreamystarcroc]

A conversation with a groomer

@/faggentio recently reached out to me and shared some choice words with me. He did not deny the necrophile allegations outright and admitted to dating a minor. Even if his grooming wasn't "intentional" as he likes to see it, he still had a relationship with a 16 year old at 21. Even if he was 20 when this happened, it's still disgusting.

Context under cut

Let's begin with the main point. Faggentio did indeed date Loïs

He confessed feelings for an unstable grooming victim who literally told him he was groomed previously

Even if Faggentio didn't intentionally groom him, he still entered a relationship with a 16 year old when he was 20-21 years of age. You were both unstable, but you were the adult and literally asked if he doesn't want to be friends anymore because of this.

Yes he did go along with it at the time, but he was already a grooming victim when you met him.

Also, before you send anyone saying that my friend is racist. You allegedly started the whole usage of the n word and Loïs has gotten more mature about this

As for his fan fiction under the name "Love Love Nightmare" on Wattpad. He claims it is a "vent piece". Vent art is not writing necrophile smut, translating it into English, then posting it to Wattpad where children are known to be.

If need be, I will post the full conversation for context. Please for the love of God stay away from him.

[joshithekitsune]

Hey, are you ignoring my man here?! /J

Referring to Flavio.

[hellspawnmotel]

girls day out

[kaasiand]

[year2000electronics]

Uh hunh... OK, I gotcha. So my game is over... great.

[punkitt-is-here]

I think I am the way I am partially because my first ever big video game with a story was Super Paper Mario. The narrative is kickass but honestly more than anything I haven't seen many examples that come close to how visually coherent Super Paper Mario is. The amount of geometric shapes in the art direction of the game really drives home how many characters could only exist in 2D, which really drives home the ability to swap to 3D!!!! It's so cool!!! and all the weird equations in the sky and the bizarre (even for Mario standards) enemy designs and the way each world seems to have a unique pattern to the way the world layout is stylized.....its absolutely incredible

[peri-shambles]

finally replaying super paper mario for the first time in like 13 years. i missed these losers so bad