Definately, the best mario game ,to date.
First of all, The Story! This game has one of the best plots of all the mario games. (or even non-Mario games for that manner) The story line is very deep (for a Mario game) but it still keeps the classic humor and feel of the previous games. (something I find very impessive) The focus of the story is not all about saving the princess from Bowser (FINALLY!!!) Instead, this game is about an even more horrible villain named Count Bleck. His plan is to destroy all of the worlds.
Mario learns that the only way to stop the chaos heart and Count Bleck is to collect all eight pure hearts. Luckily, he is not alone in this journey. Through out the game he meets these creatures called Pixels that follow him and grant him special abilities. For example, Boomer allows Mario to drop bombs and Thudly allows Mario to do a ground pound. You will eventully be able to do other Paper-Mario tricks such as make yourself thin.
Flipping from 2D to 3D! This is a genuis gameplay mechanism. (I am kind of jealous I did not think of it first! ) By pressing A you can flip to 3D. You only have a limited time in 3D and if you spend to long you lose health. Sometimes you have to go 3D to get through but even if you don't have to you still find yourself doing it. There are hidden treasures and rooms all through the game that can only be found in 3d.
The controller is held in a odd way. You hold it sideways. It is as cool as it sounds. If you think it sounds extremely cool! It brings back fond memories. Motion sensing is used some. For example, you can point at things to hear a description and it is used with the action commands for some items.
This game is realy one of the best one.
Graphics:**
Sound: 7
Story: 10
Gameplay: 10