TTYD has a good story and interesting characters, and in the character department I would say that in my opinion TTYD is better.

yeah i agree i think TTYD has the best balance between gameplay and story out of the first three.

After SPM all the other Paper Mario games are bad too, which would make TTYD the best balance of gameplay and story of the entire franchise, not just the first three, in my opinion

awe color splash was bad too? i haven't played or heard that much about it yet. did it end up worse than sticker star??

This is all just my opinion of course, but I think that Color Splash was the worst one, sticker star was at least somewhat memorable for the stickers but not a lot else. Of course it isn't a BAD game, but it is most certainly a bad Paper Mario game, after all it has such fantastic games to try and live up to. The main problems with Color Splash, I feel, are that the story might as well not be there it's so bland, and the battles and level designs aren't that interesting. The best part is honestly the graphics.

awe that's really disappointing I was really hoping color splash might have gotten the series back on track</3

Well, maybe try it for yourself, you might feel it got the series back on track- numerous reviewers seemed to think so.

I've played all Paper Mario games and I think TTYD is the best. I also liked Paper Mario (n64), which was the first Paper Mario game I played and I loved it. SPM is a good game, but I prefer the style that the first two games had. Sticker Star and Color Splash are good as well but I really wish they would just bring back the style of the first two games. Overall I'd actually say Paper Mario TTYD is my favourite game of all time. The characters, the story, the soundtrack and the different chapters all form together to create what I consider, a near to perfect game for me.

Also, who did the lets play that you watched?

I am embarrassed to admit I played the first Paper Mario on the Wii like a pleb

It's ok, so did I...

haha weak i played paper mario 1 for the first time on the wii u beat that skrub

oh and it was Chuggaconroy's lets play.

Excellent, Chuggaconroy's lets play got me into Paper Mario

He really does do a great job of bringing out the characters and story of the game.

Haha, I didn't even know they had it on wii u, I'm still waiting for a gamecube virtual console, but it doesn't look like thats going to happen anytime soon.

He really does, he's pretty much the entire reason I ended up buying xenoblade chronicles and getting into animal crossing.

RIP in peace gamecube :'c

I've gotten into Animal Crossing from him as well. I'm yet to try Xenoblade Chronicles, I know its Chugga's favourite game of all time but I've just never gotten around to watching his lets play of the game or actually playing it.

I watched his entire lets play but I havent beaten it for myself yet </3

I find it fascinating that people enjoy lets players like chugga so much- I find it so difficult to comprehend, I just find chugga so boring to watch. I guess I'm different than most people though, judging by his subscriber count

For me, its mostly the nostalgia factor of watching Chugga. I didn't have many video games when I was young so I resulted to watching others play video games on youtube. Chugga was the first person I watched and ever since I first watched his lets play of Super Mario Sunshine (about 9 years ago), I've grown to like nearly every Mario game hes lets played due to the fact that I love the way he connects with the games story and characters. I love Chugga's commentary and from watching his videos I acquire a strong sense of nostalgia from when I used to watch him as a kid. I feel like he's changed a bit now in that he no longer talks about his personal life and he pretty much never makes any dirty jokes or anything (something he did in his older videos) but I'll still watch him if hes playing a game i'm interested in. He's also responsible for getting me into many games which I'd consider my favourite games of all time such as the first 3 Paper Mario games, Luigi's Mansion and Super Mario Sunshine.

I watch no other lets players though because I find them boring and I have no connection with them. Some other people (like my math teacher) say "why watch someone play a video game when you can play it yourself.", something which I understand because I won't really watch anyone play videos games unless I need help with it or if I don't have access to the game, or if its Chuggaconroy then I'll watch it.

for me it's a tie between nostalgia and the fact that no other let's players i've ever seen make me feel as relaxed and calm as he does. IDK its kinda weird I guess.

Exactly, sometimes I'll just watch him when school is being sh*tty.

Are you implying that there is a time when school ISN'T sh*tty?