Since I was getting nothing out of participating in combat, I felt like I should try to avoid them at all costs. This makes the combat feel like a progression annoyance more than something I was working towards improving Mario. The only thing Mario has is his color reserves and hit points. There is no experience points, no leveling up, no equipment, etc. Now, as I said before, many of the classic RPG elements of the original two Paper Mario games have been removed in Color Splash. In fact, a painted card will usually take out an enemy in one hit. On top of that, Mario can use the color in his reserves to paint the cards to make them even more powerful. Each card has the classic timing-based power-up ability where the player can hit the activate button at the correct timing to make the attacks stronger. These cards represent different types of attacks like the jump move and the hammer smash. Mario uses battle cards to attack in the turn-based combat. The combat is very reminiscent of Sticker Star. Painting colorless things in the environment can reactivate them or bring a character back to life. Mario has a special hammer he can use to splat paint over a surface. Usually something in the environment will require moving or activating or helping out random toads that may have had their color drained from them. Many of which will take a little bit of puzzle solving to obtain. Mario travels to different areas looking for paint stars. It will be a long journey, but they’ll eventually restore everything and figure out who is behind all this.Ĭolor Splash feels more like an adventure game mixed with a simplistic version of RPG combat. He’ll have to obtain the paint stars that have been taken and scattered throughout the land. Being the source of life in the world of Paper Mario, restoring the world and its inhabitants with color will bring things back to life and with the help of a talking paint can, Mario sets out to do just that. Not knowing much, Mario, Toad, and Peach set out for Port Prisma only to find it almost completely deserted along with most of the color being drained from everything. While still keeping the RPG out of the series, I found myself compelled to keep playing for many reasons.Ĭolor Splash begins with Mario and Peach receiving a mysterious letter from Port Prisma. Cut to four years later and Paper Mario makes its way back to consoles in the form of Paper Mario: Color Splash. While it was an enjoyable experience, I didn’t like the fact that they stripped the RPG elements out of the original Paper Mario games, but then I realized that the RPG Mario games were now left up to the Mario and Luigi series. The film is produced by two-time Emmy® winner Marc Platt (“Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert,” “Grease Live!”), Miranda, two-time Emmy winner John DeLuca (“Tony Bennett: An American Classic”), and Rob Marshall, with Jeffrey Silver (“The Lion King”) serving as executive producer.Back in 2012, I reviewed Paper Mario: Sticker Star. The songs feature music from multiple Academy Award® winner Alan Menken (“Beauty and the Beast,” “Aladdin”) and lyrics by Howard Ashman, and new lyrics by three-time Tony Award® winner Lin-Manuel Miranda. “The Little Mermaid” is directed by Oscar® nominee Rob Marshall (“Chicago,” “Mary Poppins Returns”)with a screenplay by two-time Oscar nominee David Magee (“Life of Pi,” “Finding Neverland”). The film stars singer and actress Halle Bailey (“grown-ish”) as Ariel Jonah Hauer-King (“A Dog’s Way Home”) as Prince Eric Tony Award® winner Daveed Diggs (“Hamilton”) as the voice of Sebastian Awkwafina (“Raya and the Last Dragon”) as the voice of Scuttle Jacob Tremblay (“Luca”) as the voice of Flounder Noma Dumezweni (“Mary Poppins Returns”) as Queen Selina Art Malik (“Homeland”) as Sir Grimsby with Oscar® winner Javier Bardem (“No Country for Old Men”) as King Triton and two-time Academy Award® nominee Melissa McCarthy (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?” “Bridesmaids”) as Ursula. She makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, which gives her a chance to experience life on land but ultimately places her life – and her father’s crown – in jeopardy. The youngest of King Triton’s daughters and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea and, while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. While mermaids are forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel must follow her heart. “The Little Mermaid” is the beloved story of Ariel, a beautiful and spirited young mermaid with a thirst for adventure.
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