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 Hello, everyone! Welcome to Let’s Play Paper Mario for the Nintendo 64! I’m JesseHechtCREATIVE and I have a rotating panel of guests, most notably Miz Kriss and PSWII60, but there’s always room for more.  I rented this game when I was way young back in 2001, and then I actually got it (with guide) a few months after (I never got into its predecessor, Super Mario RPG, until the late 2000s). I have replayed it once a year for the past few years until I thought, “Why not make this a Let’s Play?” So here we are. According to Wikipedia: Paper Mario was introduced as Super Mario RPG 2 (later called Mario Story in Japan on release). First revealed at Nintendo’s trade show Nintendo Space World ’97, the game was developed by Intelligent Systems with consultation provided by Shigeru Miyamoto, who said that the game “was being developed with amateur gamers in mind." It was later re-released on the Wii (2007) and WiiU (2015) Virtual consoles, so if you’d like to watch and play along, this is still available to download (and hopefully soon to be on the Switch). On a side note, it was also released on the iQue Player in 2004. Paper Mario’s story will be revealed as the game goes on (I leave dialogue up for a few seconds to be read) but we’ll go over game mechanics here: Battle Mechanics: Turn-Based battles are the name of this game, with Mario, his allies and enemies taking turns swapping hits until one runs out of HP (health) or Mario Runs Away. FP are Flower Points, points used for Badge Attacks. Jump - Mario Jumps on the enemy. Doesn’t work on Spiked enemies. May use FP Hammer - Mario hits an enemy with his hammer. Doesn’t work on Flying enemies. May use FP Star Power - Mario summons a Star Spirit to aid him. Costs up to three Star Bars. Items - Things Mario purchases at shops or finds to aid him. They can restore his HP/FP or cause a number of other effects to himself or the enemy. Strategies - Run Away (from battle), Switch Partner (change ally), or Do Nothing (waste a turn). Self Explanatory. What makes this different from most RPGs is the active ways the battles are fought. Instead of just pressing a button to attack and the turn is over, Mario can affect his and the enemy’s damage output by pressing one or several buttons during the attack animation to hit harder and defend better. Timing is key, but there is a little bit of lee-way when it comes to the time the button is pressed (though not as much as Super Mario RPG). Badges are also another change. Badges, when equipped, take up a certain number of allotted badge points. Powerful Badges take up more points, so there is a certain finesse to using them, choosing a mix of more powerful and less powerful Badges is paramount to victory. When leveling up, a bonus of 5 HP, 5 FP, or 3 BP (Badge Points) can be selected and I always choose BP (there are several badges that can raise HP and FP). The Badges themselves range from Attack and Defense Boosters to Out-of-Battle Effects, to even Sound Effects! The sheer number of combinations are limitless so long as you have a lot of Badge Points! Out-of-Battle is an experience all its own. There are so many characters to talk to, quests to perform, errands to run, Star Pieces to collect (trade them for Badges), and places to go that your head will spin faster than Mario does in this playthrough! But enough about myself and the game, let’s dive in. Grab your printing sheets and markers! Let’s get folding. EPISODES: Paper Mario Part 1: Prologue Part 1 "Bowser's Take-Over / Goomba Village" https://youtu.be/yU-v9DHW9VQ Paper Mario Part 2: Prologue Part 2 "Junior Troopa / Goomba Enemies" https://youtu.be/Rgy-8I6WWEo Paper Mario Part 3: Prologue Part 3 "Bonus Episode / Enemy Grinding" https://youtu.be/cLw_5RhPOxc Paper Mario Part 4: Prologue Part 4 "Red and Blue Goomba / King Goomba" https://youtu.be/Mm8j_PJSdnA Paper Mario Part 5: Prologue Part 5 "Meet Twink / Magikoopa Action Commands" https://youtu.be/Aa48GFmKFco Paper Mario Part 6: Chapter 1 Part 1 "Pleasant Path / Koopas VS Fuzzies" https://youtu.be/jsZmrx8tEf0 Paper Mario Part 7: Chapter 1 Part 2 "Koopa Bros Fortress / Bombette" https://youtu.be/5zkvodTkgWo Paper Mario Part 8: Chapter 1 Part 3 "Bullet Bills / Koopa Bros Chapter Boss" https://youtu.be/-nHd3hN4uCU Paper Mario Part 9: Chapter 2 Part 1 "Junior Troopa 2 / Blooper" https://youtu.be/LpS9_pU1j80 Paper Mario Part 10: Chapter 2 Part 2 "Mount Rugged / Buzzar" https://youtu.be/W3KKXuPhyQg Paper Mario Part 11: Chapter 2 Part 3 "Dry Dry Desert / Dry Dry Outpost / Moustafa" https://youtu.be/lR-ycinMG-w Paper Mario Part 12: Chapter 2 Part 4 "Dry Dry Ruins / Stone Chomps" https://youtu.be/vMZfBbpbQlc Paper Mario Part 13: Chapter 2 Part 5 "Chapter 2 Boss Preparation / Electro Blooper" https://youtu.be/xkWo4QPy1B8 Paper Mario Part 14: Chapter 2 Part 6 "Tutankoopa and his 18 Chomps Chapter Boss" https://youtu.be/NT7GyTZMFY4 More episodes will be added as time is marching on! Expect two episodes every Monday! Thanks for watching and enjoy!
JesseHechtCREATIVE fucked around with this message at 00:39 on Aug 1, 2017 |
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Jun 19, 2017 11:17
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Couldn't wait for your videos to finish uploading before putting up the thread eh?
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Jun 19, 2017 12:08
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The videos are up now. Stay tuned for next week!
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Jun 19, 2017 18:13
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I don't remember Paper Mario looking quite this... fuzzy. Also for the love of god remove that horrible typewriter intro.
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Jun 19, 2017 18:40
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this lp isn't very creative (Cuisine, Reviews, Entertainment, Animation, Toys, Images, Videogames, EVERYTHING ELSE!)
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Jun 19, 2017 21:33
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I have never played this game. I tried playing one of its sequels for the Wii; it wasn't for me. ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME. So you mention you're going to be doing all the badges. Is there any point to this, other than completionism? Also, not to be "that guy" but you use the same 10 second intro and outro, and it's... rather annoying. I know fellow goons tend to not care for intros to their videos; I'm gonna take it down a notch to simply "don't use THAT intro." Because when I woke up this morning I was like "Man, I sure hope I get to listen to twenty seconds of erratic keyboard typing! You also mention you're not sure how to fade out; that may need to be something you can do in post-production?
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Jun 20, 2017 01:07
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sethimothy posted:I have never played this game. I tried playing one of its sequels for the Wii; it wasn't for me. ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME. Thanks for the intro thoughts, I've tightened it up a bit without changing the intent. Re-uploaded episodes 1 and 2, 3 and 4 should be here next week.
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Jun 20, 2017 19:55
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Please don't ask people to "like share subscribe" ever again. If people like your LPs they'll follow you anyway and if they don't there's no point asking. And it makes you look like a youtube shill.
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Jun 21, 2017 20:39
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Also that intro is still extremely annoying. It's more likely than not going to make people immediately turn off your video than anything else.
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Jun 21, 2017 20:54
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Paul Zuvella posted:Also that intro is still extremely annoying. It's more likely than not going to make people immediately turn off your video than anything else. Which would be a shame because otherwise the LP isn't bad and could stand on its own. Like, the only other complaint I have so far - but that is much much more of a personal preference - is that I tend to lose attention if you discuss all kinds of random poo poo instead of talking about the gameplay.
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Jun 21, 2017 21:06
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Parts 3 and 4 are up! Enjoy! Paper Mario Part 3: Prologue Part 3 https://youtu.be/cLw_5RhPOxc Paper Mario Part 4: Prologue Part 4 https://youtu.be/Mm8j_PJSdnA JesseHechtCREATIVE fucked around with this message at 04:34 on Jul 18, 2017 |
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Jun 27, 2017 20:11
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You didn't tattle the tree in the King Goomba fight.
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Jun 28, 2017 19:58
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Carbon dioxide posted:You didn't tattle the tree in the King Goomba fight. I don't think the tree can be tattled, but if it could have, that's actually a cool secret! Thanks!
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Jun 29, 2017 23:51
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JesseHechtCREATIVE posted:I don't think the tree can be tattled, but if it could have, that's actually a cool secret! Thanks! They're messing with you. The tree can't be targeted by Tattle.
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Jun 30, 2017 04:21
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MightyPretenders posted:They're messing with you. The tree can't be targeted by Tattle.  Did you like, just make this up in your head or whats going on with this post lmao
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Jun 30, 2017 15:06
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Yup, if I remember right, Every. Single. Thing. that can be targetted in battle has a Tattle line associated with it.
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Jun 30, 2017 20:20
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Paper Mario Part 5: Prologue Part 5 https://youtu.be/Aa48GFmKFco Paper Mario Part 6: Chapter 1 Part 1 https://youtu.be/jsZmrx8tEf0 Paper Mario Part 7: Chapter 1 Part 2 https://youtu.be/5zkvodTkgWo Paper Mario Part 8: Chapter 1 Part 3 https://youtu.be/-nHd3hN4uCU Here's Parts 5-8. Part 6 has sadly had a sound snafu, but it's really not that important in the grand scheme of things. Chapter 1 is finished! Stay tuned for Chapter 2 next week! JesseHechtCREATIVE fucked around with this message at 04:37 on Jul 18, 2017 |
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Jul 10, 2017 19:06
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I restate my original question: "So you mention you're going to be doing all the badges. Is there any point to this, other than completionism?" I think your use of co-commentators to help discuss things as you play this makes it surprisingly watchable, so I commend you for that.
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Jul 11, 2017 00:02
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sethimothy posted:I restate my original question: I use a lot of the badges that I get, and others are actually cool, hidden finds. I'm making this a guide and I'm just trying to show off as much of the game as possible for those who haven't played it yet. sethimothy posted:I think your use of co-commentators to help discuss things as you play this makes it surprisingly watchable, so I commend you for that. I'm using the GDQ method of commentary.
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Jul 11, 2017 00:05
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Why did you embed the videos if you have playback on non-YouTube sites disabled. and why did you post four videos at once
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Jul 11, 2017 06:36
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corn in the bible posted:Why did you embed the videos if you have playback on non-YouTube sites disabled. and why did you post four videos at once I do two per week and I missed last week. And these are links, not embeds. Thanks.
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Paper Mario Part 9: Chapter 2 Part 1 https://youtu.be/LpS9_pU1j80 Paper Mario Part 10: Chapter 2 Part 2 https://youtu.be/W3KKXuPhyQg New episodes are up! Starting Chapter 2! We go into the sewers and fight a squid and then we take the train to Mount Rugged! JesseHechtCREATIVE fucked around with this message at 04:35 on Jul 18, 2017 |
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Jul 17, 2017 19:43
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Each of your videos is 15 to 20 minutes long. Is there any way that, when you post them on the forum, you can give us a short synopsis of what's going on in each clip so that we know what we are getting into? Because it's getting to the point where I'm just skipping through these videos, which isn't really fair to your co-commentators.
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Jul 17, 2017 21:59
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JesseHechtCREATIVE posted:I do two per week and I missed last week. And these are links, not embeds. Thanks. they are absolutely embedded videos dude
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Jul 17, 2017 22:01
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sethimothy posted:Each of your videos is 15 to 20 minutes long. Is there any way that, when you post them on the forum, you can give us a short synopsis of what's going on in each clip so that we know what we are getting into? Because it's getting to the point where I'm just skipping through these videos, which isn't really fair to your co-commentators. If I gave a synopsis, why would people watch the video then? They'd just read the synopsis and not watch the video.  What kind of synopsis are you looking for? I give a small synopsis in the video description, should I make it longer? corn in the bible posted:they are absolutely embedded videos dude EDIT: Figured it out, it was a [video] instead of a [url]. Thanks.
JesseHechtCREATIVE fucked around with this message at 04:36 on Jul 18, 2017 |
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Jul 18, 2017 04:30
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JesseHechtCREATIVE posted:If I gave a synopsis, why would people watch the video then? They'd just read the synopsis and not watch the video. Something that might go a long way would be just whipping up a thumbnail for each video and using that when you post the vids here. Just get a still from the video and put some text in the corner indicating what chapter and part it is. It'd certainly catch the eye, and for those of us familiar with the game it'd help us keep track of where you're at.
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Jul 18, 2017 05:19
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Lizard Wizard posted:Something that might go a long way would be just whipping up a thumbnail for each video and using that when you post the vids here. Just get a still from the video and put some text in the corner indicating what chapter and part it is. It'd certainly catch the eye, and for those of us familiar with the game it'd help us keep track of where you're at. I feel like that may eventually get confusing as I have a lot of sidequests that I do in-between. I'll make subtitles to the episodes if that helps. EDIT: Added subtitles. They're not that descriptive, but they broadly cover areas and major fights in episodes. Hope this helps. If there's anything else, please let me know.
JesseHechtCREATIVE fucked around with this message at 07:17 on Jul 18, 2017 |
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Jul 18, 2017 07:04
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I love Paper Mario so much. Frankly its the 2nd best game on the 64 behind MM and just ahead of OoT
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Uploaded 4 since I missed last week: Paper Mario Part 11: Chapter 2 Part 3 "Dry Dry Desert / Dry Dry Outpost / Moustafa" https://youtu.be/lR-ycinMG-w Paper Mario Part 12: Chapter 2 Part 4 "Dry Dry Ruins / Stone Chomps" https://youtu.be/vMZfBbpbQlc Paper Mario Part 13: Chapter 2 Part 5 "Chapter 2 Boss Preparation / Electro Blooper" https://youtu.be/xkWo4QPy1B8 Paper Mario Part 14: Chapter 2 Part 6 "Tutankoopa and his 18 Chomps Chapter Boss" https://youtu.be/NT7GyTZMFY4 Done with Chapter 2! Starting Chapter 3 next week!
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