Close Gaming: Super Paper Mario

"This is like that part in a Tarantino movie where the clever protagonist critiques beloved filmmakers, except Mario’s cone of silence protects some part of the tradition that made his media so iconic. It’s a modern-day game character, portrayed in faux-2D, trouncing time-tested cronies in a 3D world made to look like its 2D ancestors. How this thing hasn’t created an illogical wormhole yet is astounding."

Full piece at Unwinnable.