Super Paper Mario is about love, death, legacy, control, and sacrifice. It is an unusually ambitious story for a Mario game and, while not without flaws, produces a remarkably unique experience. What does it say about the contradictions of living when you have little control, or loving when you're going to die?
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Super Paper Mario: How to Love When You're Going to Die
Reconstructed # 11
Sources:
Club Nintendo poll quote (https://web.archive.org/web/20160309181733/https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/3ds/papermario/0/2)
Portland Leaf Day map (https://www.portland.gov/transportation/maintenance/leaf-day#toc-look-up-your-address-view-a-map-of-leaf-districts-)
Portland Neighborhood Income Map (https://bestneighborhood.org/household-income-portland-or/)
All music from the OST of Super Paper Mario (feel free to ask if you'd like to know a particular song)
Other cool video essays on Super Paper Mario:
The End of an Era - A Super Paper Mario Retrospective by @ZillennialRosa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2qII8M8jE4
Super Paper Mario - The Greatest Mario Story Ever Told by @KayJulers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN_UPTpCEOc
the unusual legacy of super paper mario by @madsengland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plBlq9umY0E
Modern Paper Mario is Insulting by @doggifu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pdwn6C2Lr8
Paper Luigi's Bizarre Adventure by @GCVazquez https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq4LhoFdF1E
00:00 - Intro
02:55 - Part 1: Prognostication
20:19 - Part 2: Mr. L
30:31 - Part 3: Cragnons, Pixls, and People as Tools
39:29 - Part 4: The Dying Part
49:09 - Part 5: Blumiere & Timpani
58:44 - Part 6: What's Left
1:02:44 - Outro
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