for what ti's worth, here's a statement from a 2007 interview about SPM (RK = Ryota Kawade, director of the first three paper marios)
Geno is trash husbando
The difference is that Paper Mario 1 also has a ton of other NON-TOAD npcs. Not just in Toad Town but in all kinds of other places as well.Most Toad NPCs in the old Paper Mario's were all just recolors except for a few handfuls.
Just walk around Toad Town and you'll see that most of the Toads look the same.
I've said it before, I'll say it again, I just want anything BUT Toads.We want Doogans.
Oh god, I don't know what's worse!Every friendly NPC will be Ashley then. All recolored Ashley's.
I've said it before, I'll say it again, I just want anything BUT Toads.