Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam

[TomGuycott]

Mario games are a series of stage plays being acted out by the cast.

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Not really, I just think it's interesting that that has been the case in both Mario Party and SMB3. That, and also the battles in the first two Paper Mario games taking place on a stage.

Isn't that something Miyamoto or somebody at Nintendo said about them? In Mario 3, they had the LITERAL stage setup, but they still see the Mario characters as actors in plays, which is why they are fighting each other in one game, and playing tennis in another.