With the release of the remakes of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the 7 Stars and Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, in addition to the announcement of the return of the Mario & Luigi series, I've been in a Mario RPG mood. It wouldn't be the first time. If you go back through this blog, I once wrote many short analyses of various Mario RPGs when I played through them all from 2012 to 2013 (link here). The Mario RPGs mean a lot to me, it's probably my favorite video game series from a personal standpoint. I grew up playing and loving these games, and despite how old I've gotten, they can still touch me in a way few games can. Paper Mario: The Origami King was a reminder of this, as seen in my recent review of it.
With this in mind, I'd like to talk about why I still think about these games, and how I would categorize them under a particular perspective. Head on below for a general analysis of this special series.
