Paper Mario hit store ... many of the areas in Super Mario Odyssey looked. Players could climb tall plants in Flower Fields to gain more vertically in the level, or use a jack-in-the-box to ...

Each of these leans into the paper side of Paper Mario in new ways and varies the level design, though they ultimately don't add much beyond an imaginative new way to get from point A to point B.

As such, the video is in French, but it is still fascinating to watch Ancel using his expertise to design a Mario level. He even pulled out graph paper to brainstorm various level design ideas.

Super Paper Mario is a fantastic addition to the Mario universe, the puzzle and level design is simply breathtaking, a pure gaming pleasure. If you've enjoyed a Mario game before, the chances are ...

A beloved GameCube classic from 2004, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door has ... and captivating level design. Unfortunately, the visual upgrades come with a stiff frame-rate penalty, with ...

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door’s Nintendo ... Particularly noteworthy are some sidequests and the occasional spot of mazelike level design, which often have you undergoing a tedious amount ...

Paper Mario ... In the original, Mario and his friends are flat planes with black outlines, to give the impression they’re drawings rather than computer graphics. While that design is still ...