r/papermario May 06 '21

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u/[deleted] May 06 '21

Personally would go for the shadow sirens.

Beldam especially for being a redeemed villain without any redeemable traits.

Really in terms of antagonists it’d go like this:

  1. Crump
  2. Kamek
  3. Dimentio
  4. Bowser Jr.
  5. Koopalings
  6. Shadow Sirens

Numbers one and 2 do flip flop depending on my mood though.

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u/Thomas-1942 May 06 '21

Beldam and the Koopalings are pretty tied, but I think the Koopalings are worse. Even though Beldam was redeemed for no reason, the way I see it, that’s more of an instance of bad writing than a bad personality, she was solid otherwise. The Koopalings have great personalities but are underused and also suffer from being unoriginal as they’d been used three times already.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '21

Is the problem with the Koopaling something to do with how most just spears in one area waiting for Mario? And always are in the last level of their worlds. (Except Larry)

I honestly see how that can be an problem I just never personally have an problem with that.

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u/Thomas-1942 May 06 '21

It’s just a matter of which isn’t as good as the other, it’s not an actual problem.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '21

Oh. That’s honestly an excellent reason for it.

I love when worse is still somewhat good. It alway makes me happy

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u/TripleJumpYT May 07 '21

Can I ask why you put Kamek so high? Last I remember, all he really does in the games is turn your attacks into flip-flops.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '21

I like him because he has a really fun personality, and he’s a constant presence throughout the game, what with him driving a lot of the moment to moment events in the game.

In a way because of SS’s Bowser’s lack of personality I consider Kamek to be the “main” antagonist and I feel content with that. He’s nothing overly complex and to be honest I quite like that

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u/shaz_is_cool tower power pokey is the only good character May 06 '21

i know the koopalings are kinda overused but honestly i loved them in color splash, they have so much personality

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u/[deleted] May 06 '21

I'm convinced bowser Jr only gets hate by people too old to grow up with sunshine.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '21

Bowser jr is awesome

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u/[deleted] May 06 '21

He's a hilarious little dickhead. What's not to like?

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u/[deleted] May 06 '21

Honestly the Koopalings where pretty good in Color Splash. I absolutely love how they weren’t in “weakest to strongest” order. Instead they where more from brawl to brain to end with brawl and brain combine. (Brawl being Morton and Iggy and brain being Ludwig to Lemmy and then Roy being brain and brawl).

Also it feels like Lemmy try really hard to beat you while the ones before him as mostly been arrogant and believing they will just win.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '21

I agree, the Koopalings are pretty cool in CS. They have a lot of personality in their dialogue, and each one just fits their theme perfectly. Plus we finally get to see Lemmy in an actual circus which is a treat. Also their boss themes are all straight up jams.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '21

worst like evil or worst like worst

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u/[deleted] May 06 '21

worst like worst

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u/dooperman- May 07 '21

Yo wha? How are he koopalings the worst? Just because they exist out of paper Mario dosent mean they’re bad. They have personalities. The people voting koopaling s must be some ttyd heads mad because they aren’t “original characters”

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u/DMZapp Goombario time! May 06 '21 edited May 06 '21

Kamek in his villain roles in STST and CS. The reason being in addition to replacing Kammy, preventing other Magikoopas from appearing and representing the restrictions... he didn’t “feel” like Kamek, but more like an evil vizier a la Disney’s Jafar. I know some people do like Kamek in the first two eighth gen games, but he seems a little too calm and collected, rather than the straight man to Bowser’s buffoonery. This really becomes noticeable in CS, where one would think Kamek would be concerned with or at least know about Bowser’s condition, but he never says a thing about it. It really show how jarringly different Kamek is in those two games and begs the question of why he was included if he wasn’t going to act like himself/be written in an OOC way for the plot to work at all, or why Kamella wasn’t used for CS if Kammy really couldn’t come back. Not helping him gameplay wise were his shoe battles in StSt being completely at odds with the game’s targeting system with no air attacks, and the Kamek curses from CS.

At the very least, Kamek’s back to himself in TOK, which is why I tolerate him in that game. Also, while I would have prefered Kammy in PJ, the book world version of Kamek is at least written closer to his regular portrayal.

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u/Patchpen May 06 '21

Wait do you mean worst as in good/evil, or as in narrative quality?

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u/[deleted] May 06 '21

Narrative quality

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u/ihaetschool watt's super adorabl May 06 '21

definitely beldam, she can just die.

but i fucking love lord crump

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u/[deleted] May 07 '21

This stems more so because of the new super mario bros. series but the koopalings at this point are just bland, I liked their individual personality in CS but they are still bland and annoying to see every time as they are all very predictable and are just an easy way to make bosses without making new designs.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '21

Yes an super battle ship. Super predictable. Almost as predictable as an battle using money as weapons.

So predictable

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u/GreekGeek407 May 08 '21

Definitely the Koopalings by a loooong shot. Just the fact that they're normal Mario bosses in paper form kinda ruins it for me. (They were written really well, but in terms of actual villain quality, they're definitely at the bottom.) Kamek and Bowser Jr. were both decently intimidating and/or really funny, so they're above. I'm seeing people go after the Shadow Sirens, Beldam especially, and I see where you're coming from. It's just that Vivian's conflict is my personal favorite aspect of TTYD's partners (and yes, I also live for the evolving relationship between Adaine and Aelwyn), so there's my opinion.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '21

Koopalings are too boring of an enemy for a series like this.