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  • svgAug 6, 2020Quick Bits

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    An update for Paper Mario: The Origami King is now available, fixes horrible bug.

    Paper Mario: The Origami King has seen much success since release, and has fully lived up to all expectations of fans of the series. However, not too long ago a glitch was discovered in the game that can cause a player to have their saved data erased. Not something you want from a AAA game right at launch.

    Well, Nintendo has heard the fans and has already released a new patch that will resolve this issue. Also allowing players that have encountered to issue to progress in the game seamlessly. Nintendo just released version 1.0.1 and is available to download for free for all owners of Paper Mario: The Origami King.

    Patch Outline Via Nintendo

    • Fixed an issue in which you would be unable to enter the Spring of Rainbows in Shangri-Spa.
      Note: If you have already encountered this issue, you will now be able to proceed normally.
    • Fixed an issue in which players were unable to hit the Toad on top of the fountain in Shroom City.
      Note: If you have already encountered this issue, you will now be able to proceed normally.
    • Fixed an issue where Black Shy Guy would not be registered in the Gallery of the Musée Champignon—even if you have previously defeated one.
      Note: If you have already encountered this issue, return to Scorching Sandpaper West after the sun has returned and defeat Black Shy Guy once more to add him to your Gallery.
    • Fixed an issue in the Ninja Attraction in which, depending on the state of the player, certain Ninji enemies were undefeatable and halted progression.
      Note: If you have already encountered this issue, you will now be able to proceed normally.
    • Fixed an issue in which the game would occasionally hard lock in the Rubber Band boss battle.
    • Fixed an issue in the Battle Lab in which the score would not be properly registered after solving 33 or more lineups in Speed Rings in the Ring Trainer.
      Note: Previously registered scores will not change. New scores will be registered correctly after downloading this update data.
    • Fixed an issue in which you could obtain an item from outside of a certain coffin in the Temple of Shrooms. This fix also corrects a related error involving hints from the Love Toad in Toad Town.
      Note: If you’ve already obtained the item from outside of the coffin, the Love Toad’s hint error will be resolved.
    • Fixed an issue in Overlook Mountain in which the event of looking up at Overlook Tower would occasionally occur from the bottom of the hill.

    Paper Mario Trailer

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    For more information on Paper Mario: The Origami King, you can check out the games official page on Nintendos website, where you can also purchase the game for $59.99, if you do not own it yet.

    For more great news from the Mario universe, check out my coverage of Donkey Kong Country now available for Switch.

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  • svgJul 16, 2020Quick Bits

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    Paper Mario: The Origami King has a new trailer, one day ahead of its Switch launch.

    Everyone has been so super excited about the release of Paper Mario: The Origami King. Now that it is just a day away, Nintendo has treated us with a an all new trailer showcasing a bit more of what the world will look like in this latest edition in the Paper Mario series. The extensive trailer reveals lots of goodies and even has a narrator that gives in depth details of what’s to come.

    A bit about Paper Mario: The Origami King

    The Origami King is the sixth installment in the Paper Mario series. This title finds Mario once again in the paper style that he has become accustomed to. Only this time, the world is all folded into origami, giving the series a new 3D effect that it has never seen before. It is up to Mario to put things back in the rightful 2D order, and save the princess once again.

    The World of Paper Mario Trailer

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    As previously mentioned, Paper Mario: The Origami King will release tomorrow (July 17th), exclusively for the Nintendo Switch. For more information on the game, you can see my coverage here.

    You can also check out the game on the official Nintendo website, where it is currently available for pre-purchase.

    For more great news from the Mario universe, check out my coverage of Donkey Kong Country coming to Nintendo Switch.

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  • svgJul 7, 2020Quick Bits

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    A new trailer has been released to celebrate the upcoming launch of Paper Mario: The Origami King.

    With the release of Paper Mario: The Origami King being in just ten days, it makes total sense that we would get an all new trailer to help hype everyone up. The Origami King is the sixth installment in the series, and the first to be released on the Nintendo Switch.

    Paper Mario Trailer

    In Paper Mario: The Origami King, the game begins with Mario and Luigi being invited to attend an Origami Festival by Princess Peach. Upon arriving, however, the two brothers discover that the Evil King Olly has seized Peach’s castle and turned her into origami (alongside Bowser’s minions).

    King Olly intends to take over the world and turn it into origami. Mario, alongside King Olly’s more compassionate sister Olivia, team up with some unexpected allies in order to stop King Olly. This new Paper Mario game will release for the Nintendo Switch on July 17th, 2020.

    Paper Mario: The Origami King new Trailer

    For more information about Paper Mario: The Origami King, as well as the chance to pre-order now, be sure to check out the official page for the game on Nintendo’s website.

    For more great Mario themed games, check out my coverage of the Mario and LEGO collaboration.

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  • svgMay 20, 2020Quick Bits

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    Get a pin set when pre-ordering Paper Mario: The Origami King through GameStop.

    Honestly, nothing quite beats getting bonus collectables and memorabilia just for pre-ordering a game through a certain location. Not only do you get the satisfaction of knowing that your copy is ready, paid for and reserved; but as a bonus you get some themed goodies to spice up the deal. If this is your perffered method of buying a game, then the Paper Mario The Origami King preorder bonus is just right for you.

    Paper Mario The Origami King preorder bonus

    In an effort to stay in the game, as it were, GameStop is now offering a cute little pin set as a bonus for pre-ordering Paper Mario: The Origami King though their store. The pins feature a little 2D paper-style Mario, as well as an origami version of Princess Peach.

    Paper Mario The Origami King preorder bonus
    What the pin set looks like.

    Currently, this Paper Mario The Origami King pre-order bonus is available exclusively through GameStop, and can be attained by pre-ordering the game through their website, or by calling into your local store.

    About Paper Mario: The Origami King

    In Paper Mario: The Origami King, the game begins with Mario and Luigi being invited to attend an Origami Festival by Princess Peach. Upon arriving however, the two brothers discover that the Evil King Olly has seized Peach’s castle and turned her into origami (alongside Bowser’s minions).

    King Olly intends to take over the world and turn it into origami. Mario, alongside King Olly’s more compassionate sister Olivia, team up with some unexpected allies in order to stop King Olly.

    Paper Mario: The Origami King Trailer

    For more great paper-style games, check out my coverage of Bug Fables: the Everlasting Sapling.

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  • svgMay 15, 2020News

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    In a recent unexpected (but welcomed) announcement from Nintendo, it has been confirmed that an all new Paper Mario game will release for Nintendo Switch this summer. This new Paper Mario series game is entitled Paper Mario: The Origami King, with it’s title and premise fitting to the series’ paper theme.

    About Paper Mario: The Origami King

    The History of Paper Mario:

    Paper Mario: The Origami King is the sixth installment in the Paper Mario series’ and the first from the series to make it to the Nintendo Switch console.

    The first Paper Mario series game, simply entitled Paper Mario, was first released for the Nintendo 64 in Japan back on August 11th 2000. It was then released in the west the year after, in 2001.

    Four years later, the second entry to the Paper Mario series was named Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and was released worldwide for the GameCube back in 2004.

    In 2007, the third game in the Paper Mario series, entitled Super Paper Mario, was released on the Nintendo Wii

    The fourth entry to the Paper Mario was released for Nintendo 3DS in 2012 and called Paper Mario: Sticker Star. (Ooh we’re getting colons in the titles now…fancy…) 🧐

    The fifth game of the Paper Mario series (and the predecessor for the upcoming Paper Mario: The Origami King), was named Paper Mario: Color Splash. The game was released for the Nintendo Wii U four years ago in 2016.

    Plot Synopsis:

    In Paper Mario: The Origami King, the game begins with Mario and Luigi being invited to attend an Origami Festival by Princess Peach. Upon arriving however, the two brothers discover that the Evil King Olly has seized Peach’s castle and turned her into origami (alongside Bowser’s minions). King Olly intends to take over the world and turn it into origami. Mario, alongside King Olly’s more compassionate sister Olivia, team up with some unexpected allies in order to stop King Olly.

    Release Date, Price, & Game Format(s):

    The game is set to hit Nintendo Switch consoles relatively soon with a worldwide release date of July 17th.

    The game will be avilable to purchase both digitally and physically.

    You can pre-order a physical copy of the game from BestBuy in the US here for USD$59.99

    You can pre-order a physical copy of the game from BestBuy in Canada here for CAD$79.99

    You can pre-order either a physical copy or a digital copy from Nintendo UK here for £49.99

    Features:

    • Playing as Mario, you will have the advantage of being equipped with a variety of new tools to utilize to secure victory.
    • One of Mario’s new abilities, called 1000-Fold Arms, allows you to do many things by interacting with the landscape by stretching out, pulling, and peeling away at things
    • The 1000-Fold Arms prove helpful in revealing a bunch of new locations
    • Additionally, you’ll face puzzles which Mario’s new arms will help you solve
    • And as if that wasn’t enough, these nifty arms will also help you uncover unexpected surprises.
    • Throughout your journey you’ll find allies in characters both old, such as the Toads, and new, for example King Olly’s kind-hearted sister, Olivia.
    • However, you may find some unexpected characters willing to be allies, such as Bob-ombs, who have been long-standing enemies of Mario. Fun fact: In Paper Mario: The Origami King, despite looking like their otherwise ordinary selves, the Bob-omb allies don’t have a visible fuse like in previous Paper Mario games.
    • You know that the situation must be especially dire. As along the way Mario ends up enlisting the help of mortal enemies as allies, including the big bad Bowser, who is usually doggedly devising and doing dastardly deeds of his own.
    • However, desperate times call for desperate measures. Therefore if characters have not yet been turned to origami by King Olly, Mario will accept all the help he can get with open arms, (literally!).

    Is Peach Doomed To Be A Damsel In Distress?

    But after defeating King Olly, will the unlikely alliances continue? It seems highly unlikely, as I doubt Princess Peach has taken too kindly to all the times (estimated to be between 15-20 times) Bowser or his minions have kidnapped her. Initially he would kidnap her and often lock her up so he could take over the Mushroom Kingdom.

    There have been other random reasons, such as simply out of spite, or to lure Mario into traps when he naturally comes to rescue her. Bowser has also been known to try and marry Peach to get her to sign over to him the legal rights to the Mushroom Kingdom.

    Eventually, he falls in love with her despite her not feeeling the same way (who would after being constantly kidnapped by a fire-breathing, spike-shelled, large turtle-like, Koopa creature). Peach likes Mario, and this is arguably the main reason Mario and Bowser are mortal enemies.

    His jealousy of Peach’s love for Mario drives him crazy. He becomes that infatuated with her, that he kidnaps her in the 2019 Nintendo Switch game, Super Mario Odyssey with the intention of forcing her to marry him. Even picking out her wedding dress and the bridesmaids, Bowser clearly has no boundaries. Alongside the release of the Super Mario Odyssey game, was some slightly creepy wedding amiibo figurines of Peach and Bowser as bride and groom (and a Mario wedding amiibo too?! Too much drama smh). Love triangle much?!

    Yeah, I’m happy with my non-wedding-themed Mario figurine with his Cappy cap, thanks..

    Additionally, it is true that Bowser and Mario have teamed up before, such as in Bowser’s Inside Story (questionable morals on Mario and Luigi’s behalf…), Super Paper Mario, Super Mario RPG, and Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga (briefly during the tutorials). Bowser will only lower himself to team up with them for his own self-preservation, his (often warped and evil) desires, and his wish to have all of the power available everywhere, all to himself. Woe betide anyone who dares be more powerful than Bowser…

    Well for a short while at least, Bowser gets taken down a peg or two by King Olly. Possibly King Olly’s only good deed. Bowser finds himself partially origamied. He finds himself folded in half and all of his minions turned into origami soldiers, no longer answering to him, but only to the diabolical King Olly. Undoubtedly, the do-gooders of the Mushroom Kingdom will find a way to restore Bowser to his full form and reverse the origami affects on his minions (whilst they do the same for Princess Peach). 🙄 Why not let the weakened Bowser suffer for his crimes, instead of letting him return to his unrelenting kidnappings and scheming.

    But to end on a more positive note, why not get artsy and celebrate this exciting announcement, and the action packed accompanying trailer. Whilst waiting for the game to release, you could make some of these super cool mario origami characters using tutorials and printables from YouTuber Jo Nakashima.

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