This is not a true Paper Mario game...
I bought this game knowing that it was a platformer with "RPG Elements." What RPG elements are in this game you might say? Well, you can have items that for the most part you will never use unless you suck or at one of the harder bosses. Also, when you kill an enemy your score goes up and after it goes up enough, you level up which either A.) Increases your health or B.) Increases your attack. You don't have a choice as to which you want to increase. In the past Paper Mario games, you could increase HP, FP (basically Mana) and BP (used to equip new badges.) Oh yeah, thats another thing, no badges to do ultra cool moves with and there are no more partners. Instead, you can change between Bowser, Peach, Mario and Luigi and you get these annoying things called Pxls. Well, now that I told you the things that make this game nothing like Paper Mario, lets get on with the actual gameplay and the actual game itself.
The game really isn't all that bad. It has classic Mario gameplay mixed with a little Paper Mario gameplay. It has levels that take little time to complete and it has some puzzles that usually lead you to go 3d and its solved. Since it has classic Mario gameplay and you have alot of health, the game is very easy to beat. It might take you a little over an hour or two per Chapter mainly because of the cutscenes that don't really matter because the game's story is just boring. The only use of the wiimote is pointing at the screen to show hidden objects that are extremely obvious that they are there.
The graphics are okay but they don't seem to be as sharp or as colorful as the PM:TTYD but that could be because I had an HD tv now so its in widescreen but no progressive ( I don't have the component cables.)
The music is not as catchy as the past games but its alright I suppose.
The game is $50 new so value is average and it is better than some of the other Wii games out there of the same price tag.
The game isn't terrible but Nintendo would have been alot better off making a REAL Paper Mario Triqual. I mean, RPG Mario games are the best and they had to ruin the series. Hopefully they will wise up and make another RPG.