I’ve completed Paper Mario (just ahead of one of the kids), defeating Bowser wasn’t so much hard as time consuming. Despite being very linear I enjoyed myself (obviously! if I hadn’t I’d have given up a long time ago). The end of game credits seemed to go on forever.
Edit: somehow this post is being hacked, I guess I’d better keep an eye on things
Paper Mario is really good, good enough that I don’t normally notice the N64 era graphics and the extremely linear plot (although with its RPG elements - that is not entirely surprising). I’ve recently finished Chapter 6, I wasn’t really prepared (Mario didn’t have much in the way of HP, FP or stars) for the encounter with the boss Huff n Puff and consequently it was quite a tough battle.
I’m currently working my way through the sewers under toad town opening up warp pipes back to other areas, but Chapter 7 (and the final star) beckons.
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I may have been neglecting the blog, but needless to say I have been gaming.
Paper Mario is currently my main game on the Wii, and it is really good. I never played on an N64 so it is all new to me. I’ve just started Chapter 3 (having already defeated Goomba King, Koopa Bros and Tutankoopa), Mario is currently standing outside a haunted house, and if the preceding forest is anything to go by there should be the odd light fright.
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#1 + #2 have discovered the joys of bomberman, and #1 keeps beating me. Hey, that’s not right! I’m supposed to be the good games player around here.
I don’t really need it, but it had to be bought
I finally got round to removing the trusty Gamecube (a sad moment) and putting the Wii in its place, unfortunately I don’t have an RGB cable yet. I’ll get an RGB cable eventually, although I’m a little disturbed about reviews saying it doesn’t carry the autoswitching signals - so it might not play nicely with the switch box 
. I’ve spent 3000 points on Virtual Console games - Toejam and Earl, Donkey Kong Country, Ecco the Dolphin and Bomberman’93. So far all of the playing has been with the kids in Wii Sports (mainly bowling and snooker), Wii Play (a bit of everything at the moment) and DK Country (once I realised the Gamecube ports are in the “wrong” order).
Since the Wii is replacing the Gamecube I have placed it in its horizontal position, which looks a bit better with three wavebird receivers and two memory cards sticking out of it - to be honest I don’t really buy into this stand everything on its side fashion.