{"id":129137,"date":"2022-10-22T12:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T12:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-139687"},"modified":"2022-10-22T12:05:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T12:05:00","slug":"random-pixel-artist-reimagines-paper-mario-for-game-boy-advance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/10\/22\/random-pixel-artist-reimagines-paper-mario-for-game-boy-advance\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Pixel Artist Reimagines Paper Mario For Game Boy Advance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b6815b90762ab\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b6815b90762ab\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Paper Mario\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b6815b90762ab\/paper-mario.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b6815b90762ab\/paper-mario.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Paper Mario\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There were quite a lot of Mario games released during the Game Boy Advance series like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gba\/mario_and_luigi_superstar_saga\">Mario &amp; Luigi: Superstar Saga<\/a>, but one series we never saw on Nintendo&#8217;s 32-bit handheld hardware was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/n64\/paper_mario\">Paper Mario<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever wondered what it might have looked like on this smaller screen, pixel artist and Twitter user <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Niinjamal\/status\/1582038741463580673\">@Niinjamal<\/a> has decided to reimagine the series as a Game Boy Advance title. This artwork shows off mock-ups of a start menu, some battle sequences, and even a cutscene.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What if Paper Mario was on the Game Boy Advance? I drew what I thought that would look like! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3BaMN0tUC5\">pic.twitter.com\/3BaMN0tUC5<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Ninjamal (@Niinjamal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Niinjamal\/status\/1583488279323738112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Paper Mario for the Game Boy Advance! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7rKI11pfmP\">pic.twitter.com\/7rKI11pfmP<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Ninjamal (@Niinjamal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Niinjamal\/status\/1582038741463580673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Niinjamal has also been doing some other fun mock-ups &#8211; recreating Sonic characters, Pok\u00e9mon, and more Mario. And if you&#8217;re wondering how this art was made, it was created in a program called <strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/431730\/Aseprite\/\">Aseprite<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re in the mood for some Paper Mario, you can always play the original Nintendo 64 title via the Switch Online + Expansion Pack service, provided you&#8217;ve got a membership. This RPG classic from the year 2000 was added to the digital N64 library late last year.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"mZU9sbtU0mc\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>What do you think of Paper Mario recreated as a Game Boy Advance title? <em>Leave your thoughts in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo There were quite a lot of Mario games released during the Game Boy Advance series like Mario &amp; Luigi: Superstar Saga, but one series we never saw on Nintendo&#8217;s 32-bit handheld hardware was Paper Mario. If you&#8217;ve ever wondered what it might have looked like on this smaller screen, pixel artist and Twitter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}