Effective story delivery in a Mario game

[Evil Yoshi Toes]

Agreed. It'd be cool to see both Bowser and Peach with their magical abilities again. It's a small thing that makes the characters seem a lot more important, Bowser being a more dangerous foe and Peach being necessary to stopping his evil and saving the kingdom. It seems like they've moved all of Bowser's magical abilities to Kamek (or Kammy in PM) and Peach's only magical ability since after the first Paper Mario has been gracefully floating down from where she was imprisoned. It's fine this way too of course, it's just a different feel that's less classic fantasy and more cartoon silliness.