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The Season 1 finale has our hosts play through the *Paper Mario* game that changed everything. Max and Logan peel back the sticky layers of the Nintendo 3DS exclusive *Paper Mario: Sticker Star* to get a grasp on the influence of Shigeru Miyamoto. How has this portable game defined the franchise for the last decade?
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# Paper Mario: Sticker Star
- Developer – Intelligent Systems
- Platform – Nintendo 3DS
- Release Date – November 11, 2012 in North America, December 6, 2012 in Japan
- Producers – [Kensuke Tanabe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensuke_Tanabe), [Toshiyuki Nakamura](https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Toshiyuki_Nakamura), and [Shinya Takahashi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinya_Takahashi)
- Game Directors – [Naohiko Aoyama](https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Naohiko_Aoyama) and [Taro Kudo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taro_Kudo)
- Composers – There were [11 Composers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_Mario:_Sticker_Star)
[Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/game/3ds/paper-mario-sticker-star) – 75/100
# Links
- [*Paper Mario: Sticker Star* Wiki](https://www.mariowiki.com/Paper_Mario:_Sticker_Star)
- [Iwata Asks – *Paper Mario: Sticker Star*](https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/3ds/papermario/0/0)
- Soundtrack
- [YouTube](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz5gUls4mkX_AIvtxqyjr07K9IW3YWQ7B)
- [*Dinosaur Planet* Turns into *Star Fox Adventures*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Fox_Adventures#Development)
- [When Miyamoto First Played *Zelda: Breath of the Wild*, He Wouldn’t Stop Climbing Trees](https://kotaku.com/when-miyamoto-first-played-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-h-1793017234)
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*This episode was originally recorded on August 4, 2021.*
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