User blog comment:Dan12322/Mario Franchise in Smash 4/@comment-4115159-20141230173059/@comment-4115159-20150101164902

well i guess this is more open to interpretation. In terms of their body properties yeah Paper Mario would look more like Game and Watch but in terms of how they actually appear from a 2D perspective already (Smash is played on a 2D plane) then he does look similar to Mario such that they have the same clothes and general proportions. Just a much more cartoony stylised Mario :P