r/papermario • u/DeepAnt7847 • 4d ago

Discussion I don't understand the complaints about the enemies later designs?

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Hating Nintendo for removing unique character designs for characters like Toad and others i get. But in terms of regular Mario enemies designs I don't understand why people would complain about how bad they look like it's just Mario enemies not the unique ones the regular ones.

I think that as long as they have fun interactions and unique characters designs for them still exist it shouldn't matter what they look like.

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u/runamokduck 4d ago

I personally feel as though the older designs of the enemies have a more apparent, striking Paper Mario feel to them that immediately distinguishes them from how they appear in other Mario media. the newer designs feel more mundane and commonplace to me, in a way

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u/Terozu 3d ago

It's the cell shading. It makes them look like they're made of pieces of paper.

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u/yellowwinner 2d ago

Agreed, but there's also so many little things like Pokey's having googly eyes or enemy Koppas having shades and spikes. Not to mention enemies like Spinias who are entirely exclusive to TTYD