I have the same question for this as I do with all the other controversial stuff coming out of these interviews:

But why though?

Are they aware of literally ANY other rpg series out there? Pokémon, Persona, Final Fantasy, Fire Emblem, (I haven’t played many rpgs other than Pokémon so I hope those examples were accurate) all have kept pretty much the exact same combat with minor variations, and they are some of the most popular rpgs that have ever existed.

So how the HELL did they come to the conclusion that changing the combat system for every single game is necessary?

Man I’ve never even played Paper Mario but I’m still getting worked up over how stupid this is.