“Paper Mario 3D Land” — Fantastic Fan-Game!!

I know I’ve focused on a few Legend of Zelda fan-games here lately, so I figured it was time to change things up a bit and do a Mario one instead. And, though there were a ton of games I could have chosen for this, I decided to visit a relatively new one from the awesome DJ Coco.

If Coco sounds familiar to you, she should: she was the one that created Super Mario Country, an awesome fan-game done in a style that closely resembles Super Mario Land 2, and was brutally hard! Yes, Coco’s games are hard, but they are all very well-done.

Paper Mario 3D Land was designed to capture the fun and overall style of Super Mario 3D Land (and also 3D World as well) while showcasing a graphical style drawing from the Paper Mario series of RPGs. In my opinion, it all works – very well!

This game features a total of sixteen stages to go through, complete with stars to collect, a wide-array of challenges to complete, and new power-ups added for the game (Mole Mario as well as Dandelion Mario)! It is a tough game, but it is also rewarding to beat the levels!

If you’d like to download the game (totally free!), you can do so at the Mario Fan-Game Galaxy!

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Jessica Brown

Retro Games and Technology Editor. She'll beat pretty much every Mega Man game without breaking a sweat.