Paper Mario: The Origami King officially announced



There's a new Paper Mario game, which got a trailer shadow-dropped by Nintendo today. Titled Paper Mario: The Origami King, it features the paper style you're used to, mixed in with origami crafts. In the trailer, you can see various worlds Mario must explore, along with partners, some game mechanics, and even the battle system. Nintendo claims that The Origami King will be a comedic adventure starring familiar faces with a new look. The game will be releasing for the Nintendo Switch on July 17th.

14th May, 2020 – Are you ready for your fun to in-crease tenfold? Well, a special invitation to a colourful, paper-crafted world has arrived. Join Princess Peach, Mario and Luigi in attending the kingdom’s origami festival when Paper Mario: The Origami King launches exclusively for the Nintendo Switch on 17th July. There’s one tiny wrinkle in the festivities, though: Princess Peach seemed to be acting a little strange lately. To learn more about her mysterious behaviour, check out the Paper Mario: The Origami King - Arriving July 17th! (Nintendo Switch) trailer on the Nintendo YouTube channel. Also, early purchasers can pre-load the game today from Nintendo eShop.

It seems as if King Olly – who claims to be the ruler of the Origami Kingdom – has hatched a devious plot in unleashing his plan to fold the entire world. It looks pretty dangerous on paper, so someone who’s a cut above the rest is needed to save the day! In Paper Mario: The Origami King Mario faces one of his most thrilling challenges yet. Just when matters couldn’t get worse, King Olly has bound Princess Peach’s Castle in giant, coloured streamers and transported it to a distant mountain. He’s even transformed Bowser’s minions into Folded Soldiers and enlisted them in his treacherous cause.

Luckily, Mario is equipped with a range of new tools at his disposal to help secure victory. A new ability called 1000-Fold Arms allows players to interact with the landscape by stretching out and pulling, peeling and revealing new locations, helping you solve puzzles and uncover unexpected surprises. Along the way, players will enlist the help of allies old and new, such as King Olly’s very own good-natured sister, Olivia, along with a range of unlikely allies. Even Bowser himself hasn’t yet folded to the whims of King Olly’s origami will, and Mario will accept all the help he can find with open arms!

Paper Mario: The Origami King introduces a new ring-based battle system that allows players to flex their puzzle-solving skills to line up scattered enemies and maximise damage. While the enemies may be crafted from paper, these dynamic, turn-based battles are far from stationary. It’ll require a sharp mind to make short work of these crafty enemies.

With a detail-rich world to explore, off-the-wall mini-game events and countless mysteries waiting to be solved, the next joyful Mario adventure on Nintendo Switch is ready to deliver huge helpings of laughs.

Early purchasers can pre-load the game today from Nintendo eShop. With so many titles available on Nintendo Switch, using Nintendo eShop’s Wish List function can be a good way to keep track of them. Now, to make it even more convenient, it’s possible to access, manage and add games to a Nintendo Switch Wish List via the official Nintendo website. Find out more on this new feature on the Nintendo Switch Wish List page via our website.

Paper Mario: The Origami King launches for Nintendo Switch on 17th July. Join Princess Peach, Mario and Luigi in attending the kingdom’s origami festival and explore a detail-rich world with off-the-wall mini-game events and countless mysteries waiting to be solved.

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While i agree its a good game and respect you opinion, in my eyes that game cant hold up in comparison to a paper mario game.

Excluding dialog, everything else lacked, it felt like the cheap game that it was, nowhere near the production values of a high budget nintendo game.
high production values or good gameplay, WHICH DO YOU CHOOSE?
 

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Without good gameplay there's no bling that can save it.

But good gameplay is kind of a subjective thing... For some it has to be the same old, i'm all open for reinventing the formula as long as it can be interesting.

Will have no problem saying this game sucks when its out and i've tried it, but for now ill give it the benefit of the doubt.
 

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Eh, not keeping my expectations very high from what's seen so far since at heart, it's still modern Paper Mario, and that's a big red flag. But at least Bug Fables is coming to Switch, so we'll see how well it will do against this upcoming title.
 
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So funny. It feels like there's no middle ground sometimes. They either do the same games or changing things up is the worse thing they ever done. You see this even with games like BOTW.
 

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My heart's been broken too many times to trust Paper Mario games to be good based on title along anymore. But the trailer certainly gives me the tiniest bit of hope.
It has potential for sure, but not sure if I dig them bringing back the sticker aesthetic. 64 and TTYD's visuals were timeless and I wish they returned to that.
 
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Heck yes! Now just remember not to get cute with the gameplay mechanics, like the Wii U and 3ds versions did, and you’ve got a near perfect chance at an awesome rpg. Thousand year door is still one of the best rpg’s ever.

PS: since Nintendo no longer has to support two systems at once I’m hoping the switch gets two paper Mario’s in its lifetime. In the future I’ll be curious to see if Nintendo sticks with the idea of combining mobile and TV based gaming.
 

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Oh damn, I just realized this releases the same day as Ghost of Tsushima. Good thing there's nothing else I want before mid-July, lol.
Dont underestimate the power in the coming days of announcements of past triple AAA games getting a makeover for july:lol:
 
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Not as good as TYD but much better than splash I'm sure it's amazing, lucky the ones who won't be killed by the virus until it's released.
 
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Its sticker star combat AGAIN but with some dumb ring gimmick thrown on top. Hard pass.
 

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Man all this hate for sticker star and color splash I'm gonna hav to buy them and judge for myself - which one should I try first though :D
 
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don't buy either
Just homebrew/hack your 3ds/wii u and pirate the game
Yeah I agree
As someone that legit owns both physically, Sticker Star is a piece of crap and Color Splash leans towards mediocre. It's LEAGUES better than Sticker Star, but that's not saying much.
Thankfully, Origami King appears to take the good parts from both it and the classics.
 

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