Fan reaction to the E3 footage of Paper Mario: Color Splash hasn’t been kind. People say it looks dull and uninspired, and that the Paper Mario series is just churning out sequels at this point. We had yet to hear, though, that the game was promoting hate speech, until Zoe Quinn spoke up.
Paper Mario is one of the more interesting titles in the Nintendo lineup. On one hand, it has the simplest visuals of basically all the Nintendo games, as its literally paper. However, especially in the early games, it’s battle system was deep, and thus gamers loved it. Because of that, it kept getting sequels. However, after the much beloved Thousand Year Door, Paper Mario slowly began shying away from the RPG aesthetic.