The Season 1 finale has our hosts play through the Paper Mario game that changed everything. Max and Logan peel back the sticky layers of the Nintendo 3DS exclusive Paper Mario: Sticker Star to get a grasp on the influence of Shigeru Miyamoto. How has this portable game defined the franchise for the last decade?

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Paper Mario: Sticker Star

• Developer - Intelligent Systems
• Platform - Nintendo 3DS
• Release Date - November 11, 2012 in North America, December 6, 2012 in Japan
• Producers - Kensuke Tanabe, Toshiyuki Nakamura, and Shinya Takahashi
• Game Directors - Naohiko Aoyama and Taro Kudo
• Composers - There were 11 Composers

Metacritic - 75/100

Links

• Paper Mario: Sticker Star wiki
• Iwata Asks - Paper Mario: Sticker Star
• Soundtrack
  • YouTube
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Episode Cover Art by Max Roberts

This episode was originally recorded on August 4, 2021.

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