Chugga Sticks It to Sticker Star [Full Review]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 พ.ค. 2024
- The full review with a few corrections!
0:00 - Prologue & Chapter 1
29:34 - Chapter 2
58:48 - Chapter 3
1:38:49 - Chapter 4
2:00:29 - Chapter 5
2:21:35 - Chapter 6 & Postgame
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So... Can we just take a moment to appreciate how this is the first time Chugga's ever done a game review *_AND_* he knocked it out of the park?
just like that baseball thing sticker against the boss pokey.
@@TheShiningEnergy Well played.😂
@@Dorian_Scott why, thank you!
I mean. What are his LPs if not series-long reviews? It's impressive, but it's not like there's zero knowledge base, and I think it's important to credit that experience.
He really "stick" it to this game.
Video essays like this feel like a perfect natural progression of your style, especially with the massive amount of research you do now. I’d love to see another video essay like this along with your regular content, maybe about something more positive.
I wish he could do this as a final video of each letsplay but imagine how long that would take
@@TrackpadProductionsWhen I think of “Let’s Play” I think of Emile. Chuggaa is the quintessential name, the paragon of this type of content
@@starwarzfan71 No need for all of them to be so long, even just a normal-length review to cap things off would be awesome.
He's mentioned on twitter that he is planning on doing more of these types of videos
"It's made for kids!" - People who defend bad movies/TV shows/video games
"He's a kid, kids are stupid!" -Marv the Wet Bandit from Home Alone, shortly before he had his face smashed with an iron, had a paint can thrown into his face, a nail shoved into his foot, got electrocuted, etc. by said kid he thought was stupid.
Yes indeed
Generally agreed. While there are some people who go too far in adult topics family media should discuss (I.e. Mr. Enter saying that Turning Red should have focused on post-9-11 paranoia because it was set in 2002), the thing is, kids media, for the most part, sucks. What should be aimed to be made is family films, since they can appeal to everyone in a family watching, young or old. If something is pandering to a younger and/or older audience because its core audience has moved on from it, something has gone terribly, terribly wrong. And generally, Sticker Star is a bad game with few saving graces (graphics and visuals, music, some good levels and a couple nice characters, Shy Guy). I might say that TTYD is ridiculously overrated or that Color Splash and Origami King are overhated, but Sticker Star is the PM game that near universally is just known as the worst of the bunch, and honestly, rightfully so. I actually was talking with a friend of mine this morning, and she summed it up best, Sticker Star is one of few games where she just actively wasn’t having any fun for the majority of it. At least with games like Superman 64 or Sonic 06 or FNaF: Security Breach, she had fun messing around with it because it’s so jank, but Sticker Star is for the most part, nothing, and its good parts are few and far between.
Wasn't the electrocution thing in Home Alone 2?
@@davidgeorge1943 It was, I was referring to both Home Alone films. The point is that Marv underestimates Kevin because he's a kid, just like how Hollywood underestimates how intelligent children are when they make children's entertainment.
@@heihogreenzx4704 Not a fan of Mr Enter but that is not what he said at all. It's wrong to lie.
My favorite part about this series was everytime chugga would reveal something braindead about the game, the premiere chat would all be like "WHAT WTF WHY DID THEY DO THAT
So, all the time, then?
Precisely
Pain
I remember in the stream chat for part 2, someone said this game would make great AVGN material. We really need to petition he plays this.
@@stephenfiler3204AVGN?
Growing up with this paper Mario, I never realized how crap it truly was. Thank you.
Hey, at least you experienced Sticker Star in the best way possible.
Me neither. The playthroughs I watched didn't truly give me any sense of how awful the game actually was.
Agreed
Same. I was like... 11 when I played it, and my best friend and I found it pretty good! We made jokes about the game, and it kinda became part of our "pun lore". Plus, it was the first Paper Mario that I beat since I struggled a lot with Super Paper Mario as I had just started learning english at the time. I then discovered the original Paper Mario, and it definitely feels a lot, lot better. The same best friend, to whom I owe a lot and keep talking to, lent me his copy of Origami King last year, and I stopped playing after 10 hours. I just couldn't.
Same. I was like 7 when it came out. I was like “this is pretty good”. Then I found out about the other games and watched Charii5’s video on this
from emile's twitter
Patch Notes for those who just want the new content:
• 2:29 Some people challenged how I interpreted an interview at the start of Part 1. I included this perspective.
• 44:10 Part 2's running away explanation was originally wrong. It's actually even worse than I thought it was.
• 51:00 Lack of EXP image now credits the artist. This was a mistake caused by reverse-image searching and thinking a repost was the original. I'm sorry for that.
• 1:34:31 Gooper Blooper crash was clarified.
• 2:11:11 Moved from episode 6, the part about Cheap Chomp getting increased speed was added in the proper part.
• 2:17:40 Part 5's fight with Petey Piranha has a new section about how poorly made the Infinijump Stickers are.
• 2:42:35 Part 6 goes into the postgame more. I had not played it at the time of the original version and it was also even worse than I thought.😅
"It's worse than I thought" should never be said about a game's mechanics.
@@DarkLordsServant The 100% rewards for this game perfectly encapsulate everything wrong with this game.
> Everything locked behind stickers
> Coins having limited and bad uses
> Hints only given AFTER you know/have the solution
> Game mechanics that were designed with the intent of being charming but just end up causing frustration
@@legoferrari14i added timestamps for the new things. except for the credits of the image. don't remember where it was sorry
had to scroll a bit to find this, so commenting so the comment gets pushed up, hopefully.
The "Paper Mario: The Lack of EXP" image is at 51:00, with credit following after.
5:06 *Prologue* - The 1% of Sticker Star that was actually good!
9:20 *Chapter 1* - A not-that-terrible beginning
29:34 *Chapter 2* - Oh wait, this is actually THAT bad?
58:49 *Chapter 3* - Who the PISS was in charge of the pacing and thought it was a great idea for Chapter 3 to be triple the length of the others? Well, that’s okay because I’m doing a thing and making my title match relative to all the other chapter names and it’s called “Doing a thing!”
1:38:49 *Chapter 4* - Your reward for putting up with this sh*t
2:00:30 *Chapter 5* - I defy anyone to remember anything that happened in this bland, forgettable chapter other than the bossfight
2:21:36 Intermission
2:24:39 *Chapter 6* - I would complain about there being only six chapters, but I was begging for it to be over
Thank you
Chapter 3’s titles, my favorite
same
“A goomba was just walking around, found a shiny sticker and suddenly, he’s an asshole!” I really can’t put into words how hysterical I was
This feels like a sort of magnum opus for the channel. I think he already mentioned this on a community post but if not I would be totally down for more like video essay or review things from Emile in the future
I definitely agree, but what else could match this level of hatred?
@@RubbeUhh I mean it doesn’t have to be just bad games
I'd love more video essays if solely just so I could get a single compilation of all the Japanese mythos research he's put into Okami.
@@RubbeUhh a video on pure love for earthbound
I'd love a series on phantom hourglass and spirit tracks in this style (by which I mean just going over parts of the game and talking about good and bad parts)
1:40:52
He mentions Earthbound, then proceeds to show a fight against a Pokey, and a fight against a giant squid. A cute little reference does not go unnoticed!
I didn't notice that. Subtle, but a very tasteful reference 😁
Director's Cut compilation, as promised! Enjoy almost three hours of Chugga sharing his opinions of his least favorite game, now with new, added scenes!
100% ready to watch this masterpiece again.
Same broski
Agreed. I've been doing just that several more times.
I’ve watched this dozens of times and I don’t get sick of it
Same. Always put this on if I'm bored.
@@Dorian_Scottsame here it also helps pass the time while im editing my videos
And with this the Sticker Star saga finally comes to an end. Truly an eventful era with so much content for it despite the hatred for it growing with each passing video. Emile congratulations, you did it. Not only did you finally get to put this game behind you but now you can play Thousand Year Door on Switch soon!
As long as they don't bug it up...never trust remakes
@@dustinswiney1474hopefully they go at it like they did Super mario RPG remake, it was awesome
@@amaikurusu188 we can only hope man
@@amaikurusu188As long as it's not like the DLC's for both Dragon Ball FighterZ/Smash Ultimate; because as much as I absolutely LOVE both Dragon Ball and Smash Bros; I hate not being able to download the Fighter Passes for either game. But I will say the remakes of the original Resident Evil(on the GameCube); Resident Evil 2/3(despite SOME issues in the RE2/3 Remake; like for RE2; they ruined Ben Bertolucci's character; and as a huge fan of the original RE2; I was pretty pissed off; I had to say); but I loved the RE3 remake; because they improved some characters like: Brad Vickers(the cowardly helicopter pilot who ran away before in the original RE3; but regains his sense of justice and decided to come back); Mikhail Victor; the leader of the U.C.B.S. unit that Carlos is a part of; Murphy; it's not that much of an improvement compared to the original RE3; but I liked it) Nicolai Ginovaef(who; to be fair; didn't have much of a character in the original version; but wasn't a generic James Bond/regular movie villain this time) Tyrell Patrick; who was a bad guy in the original RE3; but in this version actually helps out; and sacrificed himself against the Nemesis to help Jill escape. Sure; I missed out on RE3 the first time around; but that's my own fault; for not being old enough; and for not having the console to play it on. But I was allowed to play RE2 on the N64 though...and that's why Leon Kennedy is my favorite character in that series. And also: the RE4 remake. I mean; RE4 was already perfect originally anyways; so it didn't NEED a remake necessarily; but I'm glad it got one anyways. Sure they say you can't improve on perfection; but when it comes to Resident Evil; you most definitely CAN with remakes. But RE5 and 6 definitely need them. But if you don't know what I'm talking about or don't care; that's fine too. Because I've been rambling on too long anyway; so...sorry for that.
@@dustinswiney1474They did fine.
I’m glad Chugga was able to really articulate how baffling this game was then and even now. Literally shocked how badly this game is designed at almost every turn of the game. Like who would even know half the solutions to these battle and overworld puzzles??
Edit: I think I feel queasy after still processing everything with Chugga so uh, not sure what to really say now
It’s like they were trying to remake the cryptic parts of NES Zelda but forgot that all the options are single use.
Same with World 3 being forest of illusion but you only have to beat 6 levels instead of 12.
I mean, I like the first 3 boss battles because they have clever solutions. or, well, an "aha" moment at least. And as for the overworld puzzles, most of them seem to be relatively straightforward, bar a few
You can tell 90% of the staff were newbies just by the quality of the game alone.
@@dinar8749 well to be fair, there was a sudden limitation placed upon them and I don't think it occurred to them the ways to circumvent this limitation, if the thought of trying to do so even crossed their minds
@@lilypyrope4620 I have a feeling miyamoto could've placed the restriction on the paper mario series just to spite those who liked super paper mario. It's well known how he hates stories in games.
I never understood the “its for kids” argument. I was around 13 when i played this game, and it was without a doubt one of the most confusing AAA games ive ever played. Ive never had to look up so many things just to progress the game. I never even finished the bowser fight because i couldnt figure out how you’re supposed to beat him
I don't think I ever figured out worlds 2 or 3 when I played. And I'm sure as hell not diving back in to try and figure them out without a guide now.
Yeah, I remember playing this game when I was 7 and I only ever beat world 1
This game is for adults. In particular, it is for adults who have played obtuse adventure games. That is a very niche audience because the amount of adults who would be able to enjoy Sticker Star’s “merits” is, by nature of the game Sticker Star apes, is very few.
I got it on Easter the year it came out, instantly hated the lack of exp and the sticker mechanics, played it for maybe an hour, and I've never touched the game again.
If people got through 64, ttyd and super as kids, why would they need to downgrade it?
New Edits for Video Veterans
2:28 - Prologue - Shigeru Interview Perspective
44:04 - Chapter 2 - Updated Running Away Segment [Edit at 44:44]
51:00 - Chapter 2 - "Paper Mario: The Lack of EXP" Image now gives credit to the creator
1:33:31 - Chapter 3 - Updated Discussion of the Bowling Ball crashing the game when used against Gooper Blooper. [Edit at 1:34:32]
2:17:54 - Chapter 5 - Infinijump Segment
2:42:38 - Chapter 6 - Updated Post-Game Segment [Edits at 2:43:46, 2:45:07]
There's other minor edits mentioned in the replies, but these are the highlighted/important edits to the video
Thank you
There also new edit about the Gooper Blooper Fight. Specifically the Bowling Ball crash. It’s at 1:34:34
Something *_incredibly_* minor but, when Chugga says *_"Oh... it's THAT kind of game."_* in part 2, it now zooms in on Mario's face (33:25).
1:37:18 Another minor thing is Mario making the “oof” sound effect due to how long World 3 is.
He also credits the Mario Walking Sim artist & placed the segment about the "giant nerd fish" as one fan called it into chapter 5 after his initial _Long Fall_ Falls. The editor points out that a hint at how to defeat that second Chain Chomp fight.
Fun Fact: During a Game Design lecture in Uni, Shigeru Miyamoto giving advice in a game project (I forgot which project) was brought up in a good light, this lead me to bring up Sticker Star in a counter example, which the professor agreed with. And after the lecture? A classmate called me out because I forgot the Paper Mario series ended with Super lol! To my generation (which mainly grew up with the new trilogy) the Sticker Star and onwards titles never existed! :D
Wow
This is true while I was born after super paper mario released prefer the reality in my head where only the OT exists. Sticker Star Color Splash and Origami King are just fictional games on Super Mario fanon wiki that I'm glad aren't real.
The sticker grounds actually gets repaired over the course of the...ugh..."story," so by the time you have 5 of the royal stickers, the grounds are fully repaired, the banners were also always there, too. so literally the ONLY post game thing is the purple toad letting you see the credits whenever you want,
So, as far as I'm considered, this game does NOT have a post game, it basically just has a "watch the credits again" button.
Seeing Clement be credited for inspiring this review makes sense, this series reminded me a lot of his Sonic 06 review series and now I know why
Emile outright mentioned in the most recent Sticker Star stream that he watched the 06 review for inspiration.
Though I still find it absolutely amazing the most recent long review Clement had done when this series began was Gal Gun
@@mastergalladetech "Gal☆Gun." I see Clement is a man of culture. 🤣
I was really hoping Emile would say "I'm sorry, but if you think you liked this game, you're wrong." Like Clement did.
@@Dorian_Scott sorta... turns out he really didnt like the series at the end. alas he lost being the culture man :
Its almost 1 AM, and you know what Kersti feels like?
It feels like they wanted to recapture the same energy that people loved about Midna... *and just completely fucked it up.*
There it is: nearly 3 whole hours of chugga giving sticker Star exactly what it deserves for. At last the saga ends and this foul evil can disappear into the Earth forever more
It's a little sad to know this saga is done.
I would love to see him do reviews of the following two games (color splash and origami king)
@@starwarzfan71If that were to happen, I'd look forward to hearing about the emerald circus
@starwarzfan71 there's no game in between?! I could have swore there was wtf
@@Strudlll okay if you want to get extremely technical theres sort of a game in between but it was mostly a spin off mario and luigi paper jam
I truly hope that chugga makes more reviews like this i Dont care if its positive or negative honestly
I would love a negative one, we don’t really see we that side of him
Honestly, I would love to see a positive review of a game he likes, but will probably never do a let's play of
Honestly same. Even better if he keeps the "good levels/areas in the game" idea as a sort of scoring system
@@prometheustv6558well there are people who just want to see something positive
good news: he will! he's confirmed it a couple times
As someone used to long video essays and reviews, the most interesting thing to me is that it is structured kinda like your Let's Plays, in linear order of how you play the game, but with specific takedowns of various aspects of the game given between the explanation of what you need to do to get through the game. I have to imagine that took some planning in order to figure out what to talk about and when. I wanna say I read an Other M review that did something similar, except it was mostly about the story (which is much easier as Other M's story is almost entirely cutscenes).
Might that Other M review be 'Mother May I?' over on Tv Tropes? Because I know that does what you described and I go back to it again every so often just to reread it
@@HolyAlondite yes exactly that one
Chugga's astonishment at that he LIKED some parts of this game, is what killed me. Well done man 10/10
If Chugga did legit bury his copy of Sticker Star, I’m afraid that like 2000 years from now some archeologists are going to dig it back up and think that we as a species worshiped it, not knowing the horrors we endured.
…Why would they think it was worshiped when it was buried in the dirt??
@@Hevymin Same reason we modern people think ancient civilizations worship stuff we find in their ruins.
@@Hevymin Archaeologists frequently will attribute a find to some new deity that must've been worshipped when there are significantly better explanations. It's bad enough that it's become a running joke and has actually damaged archaeology's reputation a bit.
@@slashtheporcupine6746…So why wouldn’t they think that all the millions of other items in actual buildings were important and not just something buried randomly in the middle of the woods
I just read this and thought of that one quote pulled out of the smash hit from the low-budget indie studio Warner Bros, known as Cats and Dogs:
"See these hieroglyphics? Humans think it says ancient people worshipped cats. But in reality, they were ruled by them."
Basically, imagine that but with Paper Mario: Sticker Star.
Paper Mario Sticker Star: A game so cryptic with its puzzles and so hostile to the player with its mechanics that somewhere, Beat Takeshi is smiling.
The more that I think about that awful moment where the Wiggler segment kicks the Bowling Ball out of the way, the only reason I could ever think of why it even exists is that they didn’t want you to have two segments at a time, since the level behind the bowling pins leads you to finding the next segment, but that’s the only reason I could think of why they’d do that ( *I’m not defending this decision, mind you* ).
Also, I never mentioned it previously, but despite the video ending on a negative statement about Sticker Star, I really like the overall hopeful tone of the end of it.
I remember when this game was coming out, I was so excited. I was disappointed by Super Paper Mario simply because it wasn’t like 64 or Thousand Year Door so when I found out the next game was gonna be turn based again I was hyped like crazy and begged for the game for Christmas.
I finally got it and once I played for awhile and saw how linear the chapters were, how cryptic some of the puzzles were and the lack of partners and fun NPCs to interact with I was so upset and never even bothered with the other two modern games. The Thousand Year Door remake will be the first Paper Mario game I buy in over 10 years.
The one positive thing I could say about this game (other than the music and visuals) is that it gave me a new appreciation for Super Paper Mario. A game I previously disliked. It showed me that while it was more of a platformer with RPG elements, it still had its own Paper Mario like identity in its writing and characters and it tried something new without abandoning the biggest things that make the series great.
im not sure how to say it, but super paper mario, while being a different genre, still has the soul and uniqueness of the early paper marios
then after that, its only superficial imitations with said soul and philosophies gone
and, bad designing aside, you can definitely tell its not the same people anymore behind the curtains
ah yes my favorite mario game
Paper Mario The Thousand Year DOO
That's the mark of a truly "amazing" game; having the player take a look at the previously hated entry and makes you think, "Perhaps I treated you too harshly."
I had a somewhat similar experience with Sticker Star. I loved Thousand Year Door and while I didn't like Super Paper as much as the first two, I did still like it, so when I convinced my dad to take me to the game shop one weekend to get a new game for me to play on the trip we were about to take, I immediately grabbed Sticker Star. Heck, I even got the version that came with some actual stickers. I don't remember if that was some sort of collectors edition or a launch bonus or what, but I had it. Think there was a poster, too. Anyway, I started playing it, and I remember getting to the desert world boss and then... stopping. The game was either frustrating or boring. Those were the only two emotions it was able to evoke in me while playing it, and so when I found myself unable to beat the boss (I think I used the baseball bat too early, and I couldn't be bothered to try and kill him with normal stickers. Either that or I didn't get the bat) I just took it out of my 3DS and played the GBA games I had on my 3DS for the rest of the trip and never touched Sticker Star again.
Now we have a Paper Mario game that's EXACTLY like Thousand Year Door lol
Bobby’s sacrifice in Origami King is solely to make you cry but Bobby is actually likable and you actually feel something.
I remember reading somewhere (I cant remember where so please correct me if Im wrong) that Chugga brought up at one point that Bobby's sacrificed bothered him because it retconed how Bob-ombs didnt die from exploding in the previous games. And... I get that, But to be honest? I always imagined that Bob-ombs in the Paper Mario universe can deside if they wanted to live or not. The enemy bob-ombs didnt reappear if they exploded after all. (unless you exit and reenter the area but thats just common in RPG's anyways so I dont count that) And... tbh Bobby's sacrifice actually got to me. I legit wasnt expecting it when I first played the game, and how both Mario and Olivia react to it helped in making it work a lot more than Kirsti's sacrifice to me.
@jrhamari I just pretend the last three Paper Marios took place in a different continuity, thus the rules are different.
@@jrhamari I get that, but when death comes with characters in the actual design portion there is always a well defined reason a character dies if they should die. Usually it being absolutely necessary for future events to happen.
Within Origami King I'm not sure if Bobby's death was necessary from the story perspective due there being history of bobombs living after exploding.
So I think the real reason Bobby died was for balance with the game's mechanics and not having too many partners at a time.
One of the big things in game design is focusing on what is most important to the genre first and building other pieces on top of that clearly defined system.
So for an RPG the first focus would be story then battle mechanics if done correctly.
@@jrhamari
He mentions it again in the final proton Jon stream of sticker star
@@jrhamari The way I see it, Bobby over-exerted to create a much more powerful, rock-breaking explosion.
1:38:13 Thank you so much for having me be a part of this channels history I have been a fan sense the Majoras Mask LP over 13 years. Your videos have made me laugh, cry, and just made me feel better after a rough day of life. You have helped me so much I'm glad in some little way I could help you!
So you’re a youngster in terms of being a fan of his I’ve been watching his videos since fire red
@@starwarzfan71 I would not say youngster majora is like 10+ years old
55:00 honestly even if I had noticed the “electrical outlet” in the background I’d have thought it was just a mushroom kingdom “everything has eyes” block for decoration
When I first played Sticker Star, I loved it, I found it intriguing and appealing at the time. I even liked Kirsti and genuinely felt sad to see her sacrifice herself at the end as I wasn't aware of her selfish and obnoxious commentary. I wasn't even annoyed at the required secret exits and vague puzzles but instead saw them as creative and inspiring. Man, nobody knew how to find joy in a terrible game quite like the naive kid I once was.
Same, it was my first paper Mario game I played, honestly I dont know how I got my younger self to play 100 HOURS but oh well.
You weren’t naive, you just enjoyed a game you genuinely liked.
So you're telling me Sticker Star never got a patch, but a series of videos tearing it a new one did. The jokes write themselves.
I'm pretty sure Chugga audibly swore more in this video then he did in the past decade and a half of his TH-cam career.
A combat system that basically discourages battling, obtuse menus included to appeal to realism, cryptic puzzles and a world full of almost only enemies... Sticker Star is a better survival horror game than it is a JRPG
My favorite horror game
Im glad chugga and team went through and even made addendums post-series. It shows they care about getting information out there
i remember going to gamestop the day after sticker star released, as an eleven year old. i’d played the first three games and absolutely loved them. i walked up to the counter and asked the guys if they had the new paper mario game. i remember his response verbatim: we do. i’ve been playing it and it’s really good.
i’d like to find that guy again one day. maybe just chat with him lmao
to play devil’s advocate a bit, that employee probably had to hype up new releases, especially to kids. While I don’t exactly blame a probably underpaid employee for trying to make a sale, I suppose a simple conversation wouldn’t hurt…….right? 😅
@@Ace924par for gamestop employees, theyre supposed to try and sell you things at every point of a transaction
“Why do you have a shotgun?”
As someone who is currently playing through the game for the first time, I agree with him. I’m actually enjoying the game. And yes, I have played every single paper Mario game.
@@crinklyonion1410 that is unfortunately a lie. you must be coping :(
This is it. This is the definitive video Chugga can point at when people aak "Why is Sticker Star of all games your most hated games?"
The crowning jewel of the overarching Chugga Sticker Star arc.
Running away being the best option is one of the funniest things ever
This games a perfect case study of what NOT to do for an RPG
i think there is only one contender for a worse rpg than this game. and that's the one where running (like, in the overworld) actively hurts you and you have to choose between gaining exp or items from battle
@@masterball778 thats pretty wack
I think it's a perfect case study of what not to do in any video game in general. It's genuinely fascinating.
Color Splash is OK though, and I enjoyed parts of Origami King a lot. I just don't enjoy those two combined as much as any one title in the original trilogy.
@@redpup112 after renting a 3ds and sticker star long ago, yeah i aint interested in splash or origami, im gonna try to finish ttyd before the remake hits
@@masterball778 Dunno, for as awful as the game you mention, Lunar: Dragon Song for those that are curious, I'd say, even if it had a really fecal system, it *still* was something/you had a reason to actually engage with the game, I suppose.
Sticker Star is literally meaningless, from it's story, characters and system.
Your passion on all of World 3 is so good and raw, almost like you’re re-experiencing it for the first time the more you talk about it. I couldn’t even make it past World 2, awesome stuff.
And thus, Sticker Star can go back into the chambers of hell where it belongs. 😇
Appreciate the time and effort put into this series. Thank you.
I still can’t fathom why Tanabe and Miyamoto both didn’t like the final product and still released it.
It could've just been the higher-ups of Nintendo rushing them or that they're just lazy or something like that.
@@Loner098 Or that the game was 70-80 percent done and they didn't feel like going back and changing things at that point.
@PolyGrid625 ...So that would just be considered partial laziness then?
It already had a troubled and long development cycle, so it's understandable to finally get it out. Though I don't understand why they stuck to the same formula in the sequels.
Have I seen all the parts already? Yes! Will I watch it all again in longform? Absolutely yes!
I was watching the vod of Chugga and Jon’s play through of this game and my boyfriend (who knows nothing about Mario) looked at my screen and said “this looks like a bad Mario game” and I could not stop laughing
I feel like the approach the mansion took in the ice world was spectacular especially how they introduced a sticker meant for that area and used to defeat the boss, Like imagine if each area had its own area specific stickers that do cool stuff set aside from your main sticker line up that would have been so awesome
It’s funny that your Paper Mario N64 letsplay was what got me to pick this game up in the first place as a kid when it came out, I was so excited to have my own paper mario experience and so inevitably disappointed that I gave up by the second world. It’s extremely cathartic to see you rip it to shreds, pun intended lol. would love to see more reviews like this!
Can we all take a moment to appreciate the fact that Emile had to play this game at *least* twice to make this series?
…Thank you.
i've been listening to chugga talk about video games for like a decade of my life now, and i NEED more long-form reviews like this. this is so good
I absolutely love this too. Chugaa is usually a very positive and accurate Lets Player, always letting the best qualities of games shine through as he runs through them. It's easy to tell that even from a negative review like this, his anger comes from a love for these types of games and a desire to see them improved.
Watching this, I've just realized something...I can not remember a single thing from when I played Sticker Star as a kid. And to be fair, my memory of when I was a kid is pretty bad, but I remember at least one thing from each Paper Mario game.
In 64, it was being confused that the game just locked at the "the end" screen because I grew up in a time where post-games were more common place.
In Thousand Year Door, it was returning to Glitzvile after Chapter 3 to fight Rawk Hawk over and over again for some reason.
In Super Paper Mario, it was learning that there were optional pixls and general post-game stuff.
But Sticker Star is a complete blank.
I absolutely loved this series. All the easter eggs, the developer interviews, and all the other stuff that you would never know during gameplay is the reason I like your letsplays, and you’ve captured that in video essay form perfectly. You’re really great at this style of content, I’m excited for what’s next. And, of course, thanks for saving all of us from playing this game!
You know after watching a 4 hour video essay this past weekend I thought this might tire me out, but if anything I guess I was hungry for more!
I'm looking forward to more potential Emile video essays! I think yearning for this is why I typically return to bonus episodes
The fact you said 4 hours specifically means I know exactly the essay
@@megatennepster3833fuck you’re so right though
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4 hours? Pfft, that's nothing. I saw a video essay critiquing Kingdom Hearts 3, which was, like, 5 hours long.
We are proud that someone big has covered Nintendo's worst reboot of a series
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Actually, I've heard that Nintendo tried putting the same restrictions on Alphadream for Mario & Luigi Dream Team. Which thankfully, they declined on that, because Dream Team's a really good game.
Sadly they seemed to have complied with Paper Jam and even the BiS remake.
1:35:24 Not sure if this was mentioned in the original video but, the "intended" solution was to use the sponge when Blooper is about to spew poison at Mario, making it absorb and squeeze back at it, inflicting blinding poison on Blooper itself, and making the rest of the fight a literal cakewalk (all of its attack will miss and it takes huge poison damage each turn). It also changes the music into one of my favorite tracks in the game, which you would never hear if you play sticker effectively, or as Kersti calls it, """ineffectively""".
I just realized: they do the sacrifice thing not only at the end of this game but also at the end of Color Splash and Origami King. Are they so afraid of making original characters that they have to make sure that any original characters they create die before the game is over? Lol.
Unfortunately, yes. There was a mandate that supposedly mentioned that the Mario games cannot have characters not from the mainline Mario games appear.
This also make Origami King super awkward because you have seven strong villains, Bobby, and Olivia, and yet all are dead by the game’s end.
I do say seven strong villains despite the fact that they are all one-dimensional, but given that they have one personality trait, that makes them strong for Sticker Star-like standards.
“No characters can be made that are based on existing Mario characters” well just look at Super Paper Mario where more than half the roster are completely original characters and enemies, most of which are beloved by fans like Tippi, Bleck and his crew, and so on
You should do more of these review serieses on disappointing and bad games! It's fun to listen to you rant about stuff that matter! And we KNOW you mean business when you talk about important things in video games!
I think this might have to be my favorite game review on TH-cam, it seems like a review from the heart instead of a person doing it to hop on a trend or for a quick cash grab.
I'm so glad to see this series come to an end with a big ol compilation! Trememndous work from Chugga and everyone who helped!
My Sticker Star slumber forever, as the TTYD remake ushers in a rebirth for Paper Mario!
I adore content like this, critical content with passion, emotion, and accuracy. Incredible job Chugga, hope you do more of these things more, even if they aren't as negative.
Sticker Star was the first Paper Mario game I ever played. I got it for Christmas because I loved watching TTYD on your channel, but I got stuck like so many on World 2. Ironically a few days after having the game, it fell out of my game storage box in a car and I never found the game again… I probably dodged a bullet… CAN’T WAIT FOR TTYD ON NINTENDO SWITCH!!!
Here are some fan-made titles for reviews of the other Paper Mario games from Emile:
"Chugga Tapes Up Paper Mario 64"
"Chugga Busts Down The Thousand Year Door"
"Chugga Purifies Super Paper Mario"
"Chugga Paints Out Color Splash"
"Chugga Folds Into The Origami King"
Pretty cool, right?
Quite frankly, this is the only review you will ever need to truly understand the travesty that is Sticker Star, absolutely fantastic work breaking it down, i can't wait for you to tackle other games.
That and the red guy’s nearly 4 hour review
@@RaccoonThunderMario_Officialthe red guy’s review of color splash was great i look forward to his review origami king
This review has been one of the many sparks that finally got me to get up and actually write a script for a video essay that I've had the idea for for a while. I'm constantly watching/listening to them while I do various things, but seeing how Emile was just able to jump into this format and pull it off really well really motivates me. Thanks a bunch!
Loved this let’s play of Sticker Star!
this is straight up the best video you’ve ever made man, your script style is phenomenal and your delivery is so engaging, I cannot believe this is your first time making this style of content, 3 hours of peak
I feel like Sticker Star has been an entire anime arc of Emile's life
Even as a 5 year old kid who didn't look at things with a critical eye I could tell in the back of my mind this game was horrible, but I was lied to by people around me who kept reinforcing the idea that I was just "bad at video games" the first world was the only world where I didn't get stuck any more than 1 time at the big buzzy beetle.
I stuck at the first door in the first desert level, I got stuck at the yoshi spinx level, I got stuck at the coffin maze, I got stuck at the sandstorm, I got stick at the tower building segment, I got stuck for AGES at the hieroglyph toad segment, I got stuck at the big cheep cheep boss MANY TIMES, I got stuck at every corner of world 3,
At this point I gave up and just watched my brother beat the game, and then played the final boss in his file because it was the only re-fightable boss.
Oh and because it was an unexplainable tradition in my family to delete yoyr progress in a game when yoy forget what the hell you are I got to even get stuck at parts I originally did first try,
5 or so years later I come back
the only place I DIDN'T get stuck more than a couple times for short periods was chapter 4, I got stuck in the shy guy level, the world 5 boss level and the boss itself,
And by the end I think I just brute forced my way to the final boss because the only thing I knew how to do us use ice to freeze the potobos. 10 year old me was still so entranced by the final boss phase one music that I tricked myself into thinking the final boss was the best part of the game.
Oh yeah and through all of this I used multiple walk throughs, and us completely out of order, a ran back and forth between different stages millions of times, I just put it in order to make it easy to follow along
The funny thing is since this was my first paper mario game I thought this game was actually one of the more unique and original games, I didnt have the biggest collection of mario games so I thought charcaters like mr blizzard were originals.
How funny.
The only other games I got stuck on for entire years are (ironically) super paper mario, but that was because I was too scared of mimi to keep playing, and kirby mass attack, which was because I had missed the dialogue that told me how to unlock the final world.
I have never seen a game try so hard to stop you from completing it on every turn.
I beat super meat boy as a 8 year old in like a week or month, and they put that game on the list of hardest games ever created at the time.
Paper mario sticker star without a walkthrough has to be one of the most abysmally hard games ever created, right next to hello neighbor without a walk through, but at least that game is short, and has a plethora of (albeit unintentional) ways to beat every obstacle.
As someone who grew up with Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, it really hurts to see just how badly the Paper Mario franchise fell :(
agree, and I grew up with this game! I remember thinking I liked it and also never getting past the windmill
Obligatory Bug Fables Mention!!
@@dinar8749SECONDED PLAY BUG FABLES YALL
Obligatory Born of Bread mention
I can’t wait for the remake of thousand year door so I can finally try it out it’s ite only paper Mario game I haven’t played
This needs to be in a movie theater! Fans would watch it! 😅
Sure beats the other 3 hour movies being pumped out by Marvel
I feel like the biggest issue with the required secret thing (block, doors, etc) is that they don't come naturally like the way they do in alot of games. it's like they just randomly throw things in like "yeah that's a thing in this OTHER game" without it being as common as it should to make the player even think they'd use it for something required.
My day was so shitty but this made it infinitely better. It can’t wait to binge this for the next 3 hours
Sticker Star was my second Paper Mario after Super (which I didn't get terribly far into). I knew that people loved the series, but neither game really gave me a good idea of why. Especially Sticker Star- I could never figure out the windmill stage in the first world, the Yoshi Sphinx OR the bullcrap backtracking in World 3.
I gave Color Splash a chance. Couldn't get past the first world because of a Toad's underwear.
I gave Origami King a chance and... it clicked with me. Yes, it's the "new" formula that Sticker Star started, it villainizes fans who don't like generic Toad #456, and Bobby's existence and sacrifice were miserable attempts at making a new "character" and making us feel bad for his demise, but it's arguably the most polished of the modern trio of games. with a decent story, well-defined world, bangin' soundtrack, and a battle system that doesn't completely suck Goomba butts.
And with this series complete... I utterly LOATH Sticker Star now. It's not just a bad game, it's a bad Mario game. It's a horrible Paper Mario game and an abysmal introduction to the franchise. Non-characters like "Bowser" or the Toads and obnoxious characters like Kersti. Pointless combat. A world so basic it'd make New Super Mario Bros. 2 look like Super Mario Bros Wonder. And a legacy of unoriginality and "good enough" mentalities that tainted the Mario brand for a decade.
I'm grateful that Super Mario RPG and Thousand-Year Door are here once again because it means Nintendo's listened. Thousands of voices, including myself, have cried out and demanded a truly fresh RPG worthy of the Nintendo Seal of Quality. We got some with the Mario and Rabbids games, and the remakes are Nintendo's way of seeing if we're willing to buy what we asked for. If this results in a true Paper Mario 4, it'll all have been worth it.
You can say my hat is off to you, Emile. Thank you for giving this game the thorough new-one-ripping it deserved and laying it to rest. May Sticker Star rot and may we be free from its corrupting stank.
I remember playing this game and running into all the "mandatory secrets" that I would sometimes find by chance but usually have to look up a guide for. They didn't make me feel smart for finding a secret, which is how you usually feel when you find a secret in a game - they made me feel stupid for not being able to find the way to beat the level! I'm glad I'm not the only one, lol.
From watching all the way in Earthbound, to getting to see this new-blooming format, Chuggaa never ceases to impress.
Now I can show my friend after she played The Thousand Year Door why she shouldn't play this game! You've done a great job Emile!
Indeed
2:23:53 I actually did manage to beat Bowser without using Kersti back when I was younger, but it took a bit of planning. A few Infinijumps for the arms, twenty Iron Jumps for the face, and the High Heel and Squirt Gun to make the face a bit faster, since those are the only multihitting Thing stickers. I oddly don't remember hating the game, but it *was* eleven or so years ago. I think I just wanted to sell Kersti and was disappointed I couldn't keep her in the album.
Chapter 2 when you went on that rant…when you transitioned back to the level I just went “Oh my god we’re still stuck in the damned maze?!”
The ending you gave to this series was actually really hopeful, loved it.
I love how Super Mario Wonder has a more creative story than this.
This whole review was SO fitting for Chugga's Channel.
Over the 10 year since I've been watching him (Oh God I've been watching him since I was 11, I'm getting old) him whole channel has been about him playing games he loves in some way. There have been times were some of the games he played have had things that he didn't like but they didn't ruin his overall enjoyment of the game, hence why does a Let's Play of it. However, Sticker Star has been a game he has vehemently HATED, so him doing a LP of it wouldn't be as fun as it would normally would.
Turning the LP on to a Review and going over everything technically wrong and just personal gripes, allows him to have MUCH more fun with it, and it still feels like a Chuggaconroy Let's Play.
This is something I love to see come back in some form.
Also, I blocked the time I played this game from my mind, and this made me remember how much I hated a lot it.
I will never not be amazed that in every other game, the way to defeat a whomp is to ground pound the weak spot on it's back. But for some reason, they decided it would be scissors here instead of the heavy falling object stickers.
They decided to have scissors... beat a big rock monster........
I watched every part as it came out, and I watched it again when the full review was released. I don't think I've ever personally been this hurt by any one game, but to hear you speak so passionately about a series that you love and your personal experiences with what could generously be called "the nadir" just hits different, you know? But you still end on a hopeful note and that brings me hope as well. I love the medium of video games so much that I'm working to become a developer and it's heartening to know that folks like you are out there Emile. Thank you for that.
This series was incredible. I think video essays fit your style of videos really well with how in detail you always get into in all of your videos. I also usually have something playing while I’m trying to sleep and this is definitely being added to that list
I like the aesthetic that sticker star introduced to the series both artistically by leaning into the paper and cardboard diorama theme with interesting level design and musically which I'd like to see continued in the series going forward but in terms of gameplay and story you are absolutely right. the story is nonexistent, there really aren't any unique characters more general bush strokes of groups like toads, goombas, shyguys, etc., the combat is a travesty and the puzzle solving's no better, and worst of all is how they did bowser in this iteration as his boss battle sums up everything wrong with this game. He's aesthetically pleasing sure but Bowser has no character, his boss battle is confusing and filled with required puzzles which you won't be able to solve on your first go, and worst of all is that it gives what is probably the most annoying companion ever the chance to shine with literally no buildup or reasoning trying to make us feel something for this train wreck of a character. this game is like the gilded age of videogames all style no substance.
Ah, Sticker Star. I gave it a shot. I played the whole thing. The second the credits hit, the game crashed and I was thrown back to the 3DS's homepage. I think that speaks for itself.
Ok that’s actually pretty funny like the game is so bad that it could only last long enough for you to finish it once since it knows you’re never going to pick it up again. Might as well die when it does its job instead of collect dust.
Heads up: at 2:49:23 there's some pretty loud static for a brief moment
I like aticker star for exactly two reasons
1. Nostalgia. One of my first 3DS games
2. Bad games are fun to bash on.
Wow an almost 3 hour video from Chugga on a game, that must means he loves it!
…. Right?
anger is a path to views that some concider, Unatural.
@@kittenfan7664 and you say this because...?
@@redpup112 anger sells.
@@kittenfan7664 ok, so what you’re saying is that we should never talk about things that are bad to learn from them and hopefully help people make something good?
I would find it easier to agree with you if there weren’t multiple times in this review where he mentions something positive about the game. a little bit of the way through, he introduces a “good level counter,” which shows that he thinks that about 20% of the game is good. also, chapter four reads more as a positive review than anything.
it’s, at minimum, an attempt at constructive criticism.
I agree that a *lot* of TH-cam is people being angry at something to be angry at it. but you, by posting these comments, have effectively become an anger salesperson yourself.
I’m assuming you’re a fan of Sticker Star, and that’s great! but I hope you understand why so many people dislike it. this video isn’t trying to change your opinion.
I hope you give criticism a chance on TH-cam again.
@@redpup112 1. I know this. 2. I know chugga won't fall to the dark side. 3. I more just don't want this to be what chugga is known for.
Oh, I completely forgot how long this series had taken until I heard Kirby at the end of Chapter 2 :(
I just wanted to say, growing up with Chugga and Nintendo really became my childhood. Back in 2010, Nintendo wasn't that popular in my country. So when I discovered this big world online at the time, it blew my mind.
I then asked for my parents to buy a console for me and got a Wii, started to play games and watch let's plays on the internet, and Chugga introduced me to great game franchises such as Pikmin, Kirby, Zelda, Luigi's mansion, and the best game I've ever played: Super Paper Mario.
It really made me who I am today, to the point where I wanna became a game designer someday, and learn from the good and the bad, to see if I can create something life changing for someone out there too!
But in conclusion, I just wanted to thank the Internet and mainly Chugga to the amazing childhood that they gave me, I will always be who I am today because of it. ✨
1:51:45 I wanted to speak up about this part again to note something about this boss fight. Battling this guy normally shows an 'interesting' game mechanic, getting the big boo to around half health will have him turn the lights on, making him unable to be damaged by normal stickers because Mario can't see him (something hinted at in the room next to the basement). In order to beat him during this, you could either use the stapler/pin/tape to pin him in place revealing his position, or use a water sticker to extinguish the candle light to make him visible again (Yes, using the water pistol makes you have to aim, and yes I love it for that reason). Thankfully, this actually IS one of the few times the game hints at using these things, as both the watering can and the stapler are thrown in your face here, plus the shortcut to toad town allows you to turn them into stickers immediately after getting them; fantastic level design here... too bad the game encourages braindead brute force behavior instead of you know THINKING!!
this review series is excellent and a perfect non-intrusive addition to the channel line-up! Please keep it going, i am eager to see more and see how you can evolve and grow in this style of content!
2:06:20 Fun fact: Goat tracks on the floor there, and Birdo's extended lyrics can both be considered something that hints you towards using the Goat thing sticker. Whats funny is you can use either the vacuum or the goat, and thats the only thing i remember from W5
I would love to see more video essay style videos like these Chugga!
I’d love to see more chuggaa video essays, this is incredible and I’m so happy that I get to have a brand new video essay to fall asleep to
This is going to be my new favorite holiday movie.
Ironically enough. Sticker star holds a special place in my heart because of so many reasons. It was the first “RPG” I played so it introduced me to this genre. It also introduced me to the world of lets playing on youtube. It taught me that there are other people out there like me that liked Nintendo. It taught me that its ok to still be playing video games as an adults and that girls/women also like playing video games. And funny enough it introduced me to Chuggaconroy. I got stuck in the blooper boss and so I finally got the bright idea at 13 years of age to look it up online. It led me to I belive Zackscottgames and LuckySevenDx. Later on I decided to look up other lets play from those guys and it somehow led me to Chuggaconroy. All of that because Sticker Stars flaws drove me to use TH-cam as a guide.
Something to note with the infinijump, if you have 3 slots, and use a super boot which I think doubles your jump damage (they again don't tell you this), and then using the stereo to double yor damage again, and finally using the megaflash infinijump, you can do... More than 1 damage to bosses per jump.
Chugga shitting on his archnemesis Sticker Star: The Movie!