MTV's Stephen Totilo got the chance to chat with Nintendo of America writer Erik Peterson, who's had his work cut out for him with the release of Super Paper Mario. While Peterson explains that most of the work was done for him, as the Japanese development team Intelligent Systems crafted most of the wonderful humor found in the game, he still had his fair share of input on the game's humor. A lot of this comes from the fact that Super Paper Mario is the first real Nintendo game that openly acknowledges the player and shatters the fourth wall. Peterson and gang didn't take every opportunity to poke fun, however, as they did leave some Virtual Boy jokes out (the Virtual Boy can be found in Francis' collection, on the shelf in his room. "I feel sour that I didn't think of that," Peterson says.
Is the humor of Super Paper Mario your cup of tea, or is your mustache so thick and bold as to be beyond such petty tomfoolery?
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4-17-2007 @ 12:54PM
Daniel said...
I cracked up the most when that dragon's eye turned into the wii loading icon.
This game has some pretty lively humor :)
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4-17-2007 @ 1:07PM
Barry said...
The more posts I see about paper mario...the more I want it lol
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4-17-2007 @ 1:29PM
James said...
Yeah, the Francis "dating sim" in-joke was brilliant. All the references to older Mario games in his room and stuff... great work. Some of the other humor seems targeted at a lower age bracket, perhaps, but I still enjoy about 80% of the writing. Which is a good thing, since there's so damn much of it...
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4-17-2007 @ 1:29PM
Andre said...
I love it's humor. :D
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4-17-2007 @ 3:06PM
theLoneYoshi said...
That part with Francis really was the best. Talk about a geek's paradise. They played on the Geek theme so well, you really know who the target audience of this game is.
I can't wait to get my girlfriend to play this game (I know she can't wait either)... but I have to beat it first.
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4-17-2007 @ 3:40PM
Mr Khan said...
Who here chose the most hostile responses to Francis's questions for the comedic experience?
(raises hand)
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4-17-2007 @ 6:35PM
AzaMcWazza said...
Is that picture above, actually from the game?
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4-17-2007 @ 10:42PM
beesnipe said...
@AzaMcWazza
Yes it is. I laughed my ass off when I saw it, because a remember a post on kotaku using the same picture for use in a similar, real life incident.
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4-18-2007 @ 7:12AM
ssuk said...
Nintedo's reminicance of older games was cute for the first few games, got a bit boring after a while though. Hopefully now they're poking fun at their past and present selves they wont over-do it.
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4-19-2007 @ 12:10PM
Jared said...
I loved the section with Francis. Peach had some really good lines in the final dialogue with him. If you're above such petty tomfoolery, get a sense of humor. Seriously, the kind of person that's "above this" is not the type of person I would think would be playing this game.
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4-20-2007 @ 5:28PM
truplaya said...
I absolutely love the humor: that's one of the reasons I loved the Paper Mario series the most!
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4-20-2007 @ 11:57PM
Dane said...
Hey Erik Peterson is my cousin! haha it's a small world and he got an awsome job
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