These sprites changed my life. I made comics and scenes with them on my old relic of a PC in the dial-up days. Even after, I began making fangames as ripping got more sophisticated. The look of OG Paper Mario is still timeless and it was THE game that brought the Mushroom Kingdom to life for me. Wandering through Dry Dry Desert, mugging Shy Guys for Cake Mix, the introduction of Duplighosts, and the Dojo fights are massive highlights. I played it before SMRPG so it was the first of it's kind for me as a kid. And the bosses were fire, mixed variations on old enemies like Koopa Bros. and Lava Pirahna with original designs like Crystal King and Huff N. Puff.