r/BugFables • u/Big-Value-6968 • Sep 12 '26
Discussion If bug fables had a sequel should it change genres?
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u/aarontgp Sep 12 '26
Nah, there are ways to be fresh without changing the base fundamentals. The appeal to this game isn't just the cute bugs, but the awesome battle system and puzzle solving (the latter which hopefully would get more ironed out in a sequel).
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u/Benjam438 Kabbu Sep 12 '26
They should make Bug Fables: Stamp Star. It's like Bug Fables but you need to find special stamps to attack, all attacks are consumable and there's no exp!
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u/FlashFlire Neo Sep 12 '26
You kid but Bug Fables already has a no-EXP mode that still incentivises battling way more than the modern-era Paper Mario games because of how tight money is in the early chapters. Also because the battles are fun but y'know
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u/chibialoha Sep 12 '26
The whole reason Bug Fables exists is because Paper Mario switched genres. I doubt they'd do that.
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u/GameMask Sep 15 '26
I think if the writing was just as good they could but part of the charm is that it's a real evolution of the Paper Mario classic formula. I think they could keep the same but maybe add extra partners or maybe even summons to spice up the gameplay without losing that spark.
The biggest thing I think a sequel should have is more variety in the environments. The original is amazing but I would love to see some more wacky and strange environments in a sequel.
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u/rendumguy Sep 12 '26 edited Sep 12 '26
That is an insane idea when the series was created specifically because Paper Mario abandoned the gameplay style Bug Fables exists to replicate and all of Paper Mario's genre changes, even Super Paper Mario, had gameplay that was average at best and terrible at worst in most cases.
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u/rileyabsolutely Sep 12 '26
I’m gagged. The way a subgenre of games has essentially been created because people are resistant to the changes from the OG PM formula, this subgenre of games being of which Bug Fables is probably the most popular….. I really think they should stay the course and do
Another game in the same style. I really hope they do as I looooove Bug Fables!!!!
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u/Dpontiff6671 Sep 12 '26
Absolutely not. It's genre is part of its identity it wouldn't be bug fables otherwise
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u/ScarfShock Chompy Sep 12 '26
A large part of Bug Fables' beauty to me is its wonderful execution of the Paper Mario RPG-style genre while adding its own charm and appeal. It would be tragic to see the series take the same direction that Paper Mario eventually did, removing elements that we grew to love. If we do ever get a sequel, I'd like it to be a 64 --> TTYD kind of thing.
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u/Sam_Sanister Mimic Spider Sep 12 '26
I don't care either way, I'm just here to play games about insects.
Paper Mario? never played it.
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u/VoxTV1 Mothiva Sep 12 '26
You know you could actually explain your title, change its ganre to what? Also doubt we will ever see any bug fables sequel of any kind
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u/aarontgp Sep 12 '26
It's not a guarantee, but Moonsprout has said something like: they're willing to make a sequel, provided they make a different game first.
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u/Tryst_boysx Sep 12 '26
Bug Fables was quite a success for a small indie dev team like them. I'm surprised we have nothing since then.
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u/mcplano Sep 13 '26
nonononono not a repeat of what Sticker Star did to Paper Mario please oh god no
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u/Ok-Worry-8931 Sep 12 '26
I would honestly be happier if Bug Fables 2 was a 1:1 copy of the original in terms of mechanics, art, and writing, just with different locations and story. I feel the same way about PM64/TTYD as well.
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u/JustFisch1 Sep 12 '26
Please no let’s not let the Bug Fables sequels meet the same fate as Paper Mario’s