What happened?

Huh, never new that.
At least they realized their mistake.

Nintendo doesn't want them to use original characters anymore, either you use bowser or you don't have a game.

They could bring back Wart…

Yeah, as soon as they bring back K. Rool.

Why are you so cruel user?

The Mario and Luigi games weren't that great anyways, good for a few laughs but otherwise it was a mediocre RPG series with Mario branding, something that otherwise would've been forgotten if not for said Mario branding.

The real tragedy is what happened to Paper Mario, a genuinely great series that doesn't even resemble what people loved originally anymore. It hasn't just gone to shit, it was turned into something else THEN turned to shit, then buried in more shit just in case anything resembling the first two games remained.

It still hurts.

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That annoying ass Luigi basing yellow testicle, that's what.

FUCK THAT THING.

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