Do not play paper mario. Throw it away. Don't sell it to some poor unfortunate victim. Its horrible, but if you start playing you'll play the whole thing through hoping to god theres at least something close to as good as Super Mario RPG in the damn game.
There isn't. It isn't even a real rpg. I think you start with 10 hp and by the end of the game I think I had 30.
EarthBound was the first RPG I ever played, so it makes me nostalgic just thinking about it. Being unfamiliar with RPGs I remember thinking it was stupid of the big boss to send his worst lackies to attack me first, because they only made me stronger.
Its a safe bet that any game made by Square is going to be awsome. The only exceptions being Chrono Cross and Secret of Evermore.