KoopaTV's Live Reactions to Nintendo Treehouse: Live | July 2020

By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - Are they acting like they normally do this?

We haven't seen a Nintendo Treehouse: Live since E3 2019, and that one was an error. With E3 2020 cancelled and us getting a FakE3 2020 instead (but with no Nintendo presence), I suppose this event is the closest we're gonna get.

Nintendo of America is going to show us some gameplay of Paper Mario: The Origami King, as well as “a first reveal and gameplay for a title in a franchise new to developer WayForward”, which doesn't appear to have anything to do with the main event. (Spoilers: It's called Bakugan: Champions of Vestroia.)

By the way, I'm the main KoopaTV staffer here reacting, because I'm kind of the only one looking forward to Paper Mario: The Origami King. Hmph. Few others wanted to show up. Check out the replay below and follow along with our log:

[1:00 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: RATING PENDING TO EVERYONE

[1:00 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Alright if this goes over an hour I gotta leave.

[1:00 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "our first time doing this remotely"

[1:00 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Also first time you're doing it in July. (I think.)

[1:01 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: wait wtf

[1:01 PM] HeavyLobster: Is it bad that I kind of don't care about another Paper Mario with no exp?

[1:01 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Ethan has the same Oriental screen in back of him that I have in back of me.

[1:01 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Yes.

[1:02 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Plumber starting with 50 HP.

[1:02 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: I wanna know if any of the Treehousers are gonna laugh at their own jokes.

[1:02 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Princess Peach's Castle's basement is a scary place.

[1:03 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Lord Bowser is there too, as well as various Koopas.

[1:03 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: It's the same stairs to the roof that's before the final boss of Paper Mario 64.

Top: Peach's Castle spiral staircase going to the roof from Paper Mario: The Origami King.
Bottom: Peach's Castle spiral staircase going to the roof from Paper Mario.
Don't tell me Intelligent Systems has no reference to earlier games. Same infrastructure. No accident.

[1:03 PM] HeavyLobster: Oh, boy.. More paper puns...

[1:05 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Uh.... Mario is crushing flowers to obtain confetti scraps to fill in overworld holes.

[1:05 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: And many coins pop up as a result.

aka same mechanic as painting in Color Splash

[1:05 PM] HeavyLobster: That'll please the fanbase.

[1:06 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: That was the best part of the gameplay in Color Splash; the paint filling.

[1:06 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: The Confetti metre is a colour-coded bag in the upper left corner.

[1:07 PM] HeavyLobster: I think I care more about watching Arlo bitch about this game not being TTYD than I do about the actual game.

[1:07 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Pft, I already got this PRE-ORDERED.

[1:08 PM] HeavyLobster: Switch has so many actual good RPGs, why should I care about half-baked crap with a Mario logo slapped on?

[1:08 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: How many times do I gotta tell you it's not an RPG? <.<

[1:09 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: HOLY SHELL STONES

I want to know much more about the holy Shell Stones. They seem relevant to my own existence.

[1:09 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Different battle music.

[1:09 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Miniboss?

[1:10 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: 10 coins per second of added battle time.

[1:10 PM] HeavyLobster: Doesn't seem particularly interesting as an action game either.

[1:10 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: And spend a bunch of coins to bribe Toads in the audience to...do things.

[1:10 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Including healing and damaging enemies.

[1:11 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: The Toads you rescue in the overworld are part of the audience, and they also contribute funny dialogue.

[1:11 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: So that's incentive and integration between overworld exploration and the battle system, which was otherwise missing with Sticker Star and Color Splash.

[1:12 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Mario turning into an ARMS character requires motion control.

[1:12 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Toad Town has an accessory shop you can also spend coins on.

[1:13 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: They're giving away a LOT of coins for this in the overworld though.

[1:13 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Accessories have all kinds of battle effects.

[1:14 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Mario just hammered a butterfly, that is actually an angry Toad.

[1:14 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Treehousers endorse avoiding enemies in the overworld to not battle.

[1:15 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Scary Origami dog, which is actually... a Toad that owns the Battle Lab in the museum.

[1:15 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: (Museum is a very important part of Sticker Star/Color Splash)

[1:16 PM] HeavyLobster: Everything is a Toad.

[1:16 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: There are also "collectible treasures"

[1:16 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: That appear in the museum.

[1:17 PM] HeavyLobster: World and exploration actually look nice enough.

[1:18 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: You can notice the Toads in the audience are a lot more populated.

[1:18 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Awkward Treehouse interaction.

"You don't need to solve the ring puzzle in order to move on"

[1:19 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: There's an origami Mecha Koopa in this.

[1:19 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: It did the first damage to Mario for the first time in this stream.

[1:20 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: There's a Monty Mole in the overworld selling a Shell Stone, being called a Miracle Orb.

[1:21 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Well this is one way for them to make you get rid of your excess of coins.

[1:21 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Monty Mole is making you go from 10000 to 5000 to 3000 to 2000 to 1000.

[1:22 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: They're cutting away to go to a boss battle scene.

[1:22 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "The environments are connected organically"

[1:23 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: As opposed to an overworld map.

[1:23 PM] HeavyLobster: Is this gonna be another one of those overly easy games?

[1:23 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: You could play a hard mode by not solving the puzzles.

[1:23 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Colored pencil missiles.

[1:24 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Colored Pencils have their own name that's too long to repeat here.

Upon watching the recording again, it's...
Jean-Pierre Colored Pencils the 12th, of the Legion of Stationery. Its dialogue is in multiple colours.

[1:25 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Less cool than my Ludsub missiles though.

[1:27 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Hm...

[1:28 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: They summoned Toads that didn't do anything besides heal you, as well as gave a hint.

[1:28 PM] HeavyLobster: Ponspectors > Toads

[1:29 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: The Colored Pencils are chumps. <.<

[1:30 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: You kinda have to try to get hit by the missiles.

[1:31 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Colored Pencils got 1/4 or 1/5 HP and have a "gatling gun attack".

[1:31 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Treehouse says they're gonna stop.

[1:31 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: They don't wanna spoil how it ends.

[1:33 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: But they'll show the trailer again and then WayForward's game.

[1:34 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Honestly I think playing the game will be a lot more interesting than watching it.

[1:34 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Like, it didn't come across as amazing or anything, but I'm not discouraged...!

[1:35 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "Stay Tuned!" C'mon I'm on a timer here.

[1:35 PM] HeavyLobster: I know what I'll be doing next Friday.

[1:36 PM] HeavyLobster: Probably playing Melee netplay, because the netcode is better than Ultimate's.

[1:36 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: ...oof.

[1:38 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: THEY'RE BACK

[1:38 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Short video, first reveal.

[1:39 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "THE ULTIMATE BAKUGAN BRAWL"

[1:39 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: I've heard of "Bakugan" before

[1:39 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: But I don't know what it is.

[1:39 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: November 3, 2020.

[1:40 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Warner Bros. is publishing.

[1:40 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: This looks like Pokémon Sword/Shield.

[1:40 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "epic action roleplaying game" based on a hit TV series.

[1:40 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: (See this is an RPG)

[1:40 PM] HeavyLobster: Think they're monsters that transform into balls or something.

[1:40 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Most of this has been loading screens so far.

[1:41 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: OVER 100 QUESTS

[1:41 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: COLLECT 80 BAKUGAN

[1:41 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: BECOME CHAMPIONS

[1:41 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "Actually it's 81"

[1:41 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "We've listened to our fans and we're bringing back Leonidas"

[1:41 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: who

[1:41 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: This guy isn't good at reading off a script.

[1:43 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "Bakugan Champions of Vestroia" is how you spell it.

[1:43 PM] HeavyLobster: Tfw Arlo and Chuggaa are joking about how Nintendo doesn't want to acknowledge the older Paper Mario games on Twitter.

[1:44 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: They're talking nonsense about energy cores and resource management and strategy.

Uh... Nice shading, I guess?

[1:44 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Alright I thought the game froze at the white screen.

[1:45 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: wtf is this game titled

[1:45 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: The box art said "Vestroia" but the Treehouse Live graphic overlay said Vestoria

It should be called Bakugan: Champions of Vestroia. Nintendo Treehouse made a consistently bad typo, writing Vestoria.

[1:46 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Abnormal earthquake activities make up the backstory.

[1:46 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: There is this guy named Larry you gotta fetch quest for by the lake.
Ace Attorney reference?

So, yeah, this is nothing like Larry Butz.
Well, actually, the hairstyle... nah.

[1:47 PM] HeavyLobster: Nintendo telling people to not expect the project to be first party won't stop the buttmad over this though.

[1:47 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: The Twitch stream has gone from 15000 high to 10000.

[1:48 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: They keep making Bakugan TV show references.

[1:48 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Which I don't get.

But maybe people wouldn't like Paper Mario: The Origami King if they weren't familiar with that world.

[1:48 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: (Or maybe they'd like it more because they'd stop comparing it to The Thousand-Year Door)

[1:51 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: There is a beeping car

[1:51 PM] HeavyLobster: Nintendo has to clarify with every announcement they make that they're not secret Nintendo Directs and Nintendo fans completely ignore that.

[1:51 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: and I dunno if it's from the game or one of the employees.

[1:52 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: These Bakugan are palette swaps.

[1:53 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: (They're both Cyndeous)

From left to right: Cyndeous, Dragonoid, Cyndeous.

[1:53 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: (So I guess it's like having a Pokémon and a Shiny Pokémon of the same species)

[1:53 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: They have "online Brawl"

[1:53 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: which aren't good words to put together.

[1:54 PM] HeavyLobster: Yeah.

[1:54 PM] HeavyLobster: I still have flashbacks from Brawl's online.

[1:57 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Alright, I gotta leave soon.

[1:57 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Like half of the Twitch stream has. >.>

[1:57 PM] HeavyLobster: I don't actually care about Bakugan. Feel free to close it.

[1:58 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Alright they're ending it too.

[1:59 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "Thank you for letting us be on Treehouse"

[1:59 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Well, that's it.

[1:59 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Uh...

[1:59 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "Stay safe, bye everyone."

[1:59 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "Thanks for Watching!"

[1:59 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Thanks for reading this live reaction log... I guess.



So... what did you think of the log? What did you think of Paper Mario: The Origami King and Bakugan: Champions of Vestroia? Would you prefer it to be spelled Vestoria? ...You're not... totally disappointed, are you?


Paper Mario: The Origami King released a week later!
And right after that, Nintendo has a Nintendo Direct Mini showcasing third parties. It's less painful than half an hour of Bakugan.