This is one of the single worst games I've ever played in my fucking life, and is one of the most insulting pieces of media I've ever seen. No amount of being technically solid or looking or sounding good can save it from the detrimental effect it had on the franchise, and as far as I'm concerned, the franchise never recovered.

Terrible, pointless gameplay, a literal depressingly nothing plot, vapid level design, terrible puzzles, garbage bosses, uninteresting level design and locales, shitty writing, everything you loved about Paper Mario is gone and replaced with something else miserable, soulless, and hollow.

I spent 10 dollars on clearance for this game and still feel like I got ripped off.