When Paper Mario: The Origami King was released on the Switch, news began circulating that the development team could no longer “modify” characters in the series. Now that GameCube title Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is officially back, it seems that Nintendo may be rethinking its stance.
As he pointed out Nintendoa new player survey being conducted in select regions is reportedly asking Paper Mario fans about the series’ unique character designs.
The poll asks about the “type of character” fans like best – with one answer apparently being “I like characters who look like other famous characters but have a unique look or personality.” And along with this is another question asking fans which character they like the most in Thousand-Year Door.
The recently revived GameCube entry features all kinds of unique characters, but more recent games have moved away from that. According to producer Kensuke Tanabe, it has not been possible to “modify Mario characters or create original characters that touch on the Mario universe” since Paper Mario: Sticker Star on the 3DS.
You can read more about this (including Shigeru Miyamoto’s involvement) in our previous report here on Nintendo Life:
