Paper Mario is sort of a "side-story" when compared with Super Mario RPG. It does not exaclty continue where the original game left off, but it does contain the 7 Stars from the original game, although they are now represented as spirits rather than actual stars...
And even though Square is not with Nintendo anymore, that doesn't mean Nintendo can't make another Mario RPG game... Shigeru Miyamoto has made the Zelda series, and that's one of the most successful RPG/Adventure games in the world!
So don't doubt the abilities of a great video-game company (Nintendo), because we've seen them accomplish things in the past that no other video-game company has ever dreamed of!
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MICROSFT: Nintendo is so old, you should retire! You will fall to the wrath of Microsoft!
NINTENDO: Well, at least WE know how to make good games! Long live Nintendo!
SONY: I like cheese...
Edited by - Mario Maniac on 1/22/2002 4:30:40 AM