PM and PM2 Comparison

Hopefully, by comparing and discussing the main aspects of the first two games, we can get a better idea of how this game has to look like.

Here's a list of main aspects to discuss:

• Story
  
  
  
  • Villains
    
  • Partners
    
  • Other NPCs
    
  • What are the Macguffins and why are we collecting them
    
  • General Mood
    
  
  
  
• Battle System
  
  
  
  • Mario
    
  • Partners
    
  • Stuff shared between Mario and the Partners
    
  • Enemies
    
  • Events
    
  
  
  
• Music
  
• Locations
  

We live in a society where anyone can program, anyone can write, anyone can draw. Not everyone can come up with good ideas. Good ideas take time, analysis, and evaluation. Bad games and broken hearts are created when people skip past the planning phase. ~bmf

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terribad wrote:

We live in a society where anyone can program, anyone can write, anyone can draw. Not everyone can come up with good ideas. Good ideas take time, analysis, and evaluation. Bad games and broken hearts are created when people skip past the planning phase. ~bmf

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Here's a breakdown of PM1:

• Prologue:
  Mario's House
   Toad Town
   Peach's Castle
   Toad Town Sewers
   Goomba Village
   Shooting Star Summit
  

• Princess Peach Intermissions
  

• Chapter 1:
    Pleasant Path
    Koopa Village
    Koopa Bro Fortress
  

• Chapter 2:
    Mt. Rugged
    Dry Dry Desert/ Dry Dry Outpost
    Dry Dry Ruins
  

• Chapter 3:
    Forever Forest
    Boo's Mansion
    Gusty Gulch
    Tubba Blubba's Castle
  

• Chapter 4:
    Shy Guy's Toybox
  

• Chapter 5:
    Lavalava Island and Yoshi's Village
    Jade Jungle
    Mt. Lavalava
  

• Chapter 6:
    Flower Fields
    Cloudy Climb
  

• Chapter 7:
    Shiver City
    Starborn Valley
    Crystal Palace
  

• Chapter 8:
    Star Haven
    Bowser's Castle
  

Foregoing bullet points cause I'm lazy.

Story
Villains: Bowser vs. X-Nauts (i.e. known character vs. new character)
Partners: From what I recall, there's one introduced in every chapter except chapter 8 for both games.
Other NPCs: There's only a couple that reoccur. Most are specific to a chapter.
Mcguffans: Sentient Star Spirits vs. Generic Shiny Rocks.

Battle System
Mario: Not much is different from the first to the second.
Partners: In the first game, partners had no HP, and were taken out of combat for a number of turns when hit. In the second game, they had their own HP.
Stuff shared between Mario and the Partners: In both games FP, BP, and items are shared. SP is used by Mario only. Second game introduced super guarding.
Enemies: Tend to have HP, attack power, and defense. Each enemy has it's own tattle log entry in PM2. Each enemy has about 1-3 different moves to choose from.
Events: PM had no battle events. PM2 introduced the audience as well as the lottery, which can either aid or hinder Mario and Co.

Locations:
1st chapter: plains
2nd chapter: large desert vs. artsy woods.
3rd chapter: ghost mansion vs. Glitzville
4th chapter: toy box vs. ghost steeple
5th chapter: flower fields vs. island
6th chapter: island vs. train
7th chapter: tundra vs. space.
8th chapter: lava castle vs. shadow castle