The Season 1 finale has our hosts play through the Paper Mario game that changed everything. Max and Logan peel back the sticky layers of the Nintendo 3DS exclusive Paper Mario: Sticker Star to get a grasp on the influence of Shigeru Miyamoto. How has this portable game defined the franchise for the last decade? Paper Mario: Sticker Star * Developer - Intelligent Systems * Platform - Nintendo 3DS * Release Date - November 11, 2012 in North America, December 6, 2012 in Japan * Producers - Kensuke Tanabe, Toshiyuki Nakamura, and Shinya Takahashi * Game Directors - Naohiko Aoyama and Taro Kudo * Composers - There were 11 Composers

Metacritic - 75/100

Links * Paper Mario: Sticker Star wiki * Iwata Asks - Paper Mario: Sticker Star * Soundtrack + YouTube * Dinosaur Planet Turns into Star Fox Adventures * When Miyamoto First Played Zelda: Breath of the Wild, He Wouldn't Stop Climbing Trees

Episode Cover Art by Max Roberts

This episode was originally recorded on August 4, 2021.

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