>>718418048 (OP)
Because Nintendo can't decide what Paper Mario as a series is and it divides and antagonizes its fans, both new and old.
They experiment and throw out so much, add things in to throw them away later, keep elements like the turn-based gameplay in when they don't make any sense anymore since the newer games don't have XP or levels, only to then remake the fan favorite but then making some controversial changes like the dialog censoring and huge art style shift to look like the modern games.
The series is completely fucked, Nintendo and IS can't decide what these games should be, while old and new fans constantly battle since the future of the series is so unknown. Are we gonna get another game with no XP and no unique NPCs again? Are they going back to basics? What even is the identity of Paper Mario anymore? Are they going to lean on paper gimmicks despite OG PM using it as nothing but an aesthetic and some jokes? No one fucking knows and it makes people go crazy.
Paper Mario has to be the most unpredictable, least consistent series Nintendo makes, seemingly hating its origins until it randomly doesn't. Trying to figure out what the fuck is going on, what the people behind it are thinking, what their goals are, is just going to make you insane.
