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UK Charts Paper Mario: The Origami King Loses Out In The Battle For Number One
But Nintendo takes half of top ten
UK chart data is now in for the week ending 18th July, revealing that Switch newcomer Paper Mario: The Origami King couldn't quite manage a top of the table debut. The game jumps into second place in its first week on sale, with new PS4 exclusive Ghost of Tsushima taking the number one spot. Animal Crossing: New...
Poll Paper Mario: The Origami King Is Out Today On Switch, Are You Getting It?
Come on in and vote!
Today, Paper Mario: The Origami King launches on Nintendo Switch. Considering it was only actually revealed in May we really haven't had that long to wait, but we're sure there are plenty of fans that have been eager to get stuck in ever since. Of course, any game with Nintendo's most famous mascot on the cover is bound to draw...
Video Of Course You Want To Watch Paper Mario: The Origami King's Launch Trailer
Out today!
Today's the day, folks! Paper Mario: The Origami King is out on Switch as we speak, and Nintendo has treated us to a lovely launch trailer to celebrate. We're sure you know all about it at this point, especially if you've read through our full review of the game, but we'll share this official wording from Nintendo for you just in case:...
News Paper Mario Producer Says It's No Longer Possible To Modify Mario Characters
Playing by the rules
In the same VGC interview where Kensuke Tanabe said Nintendo wouldn't ignore casual players, the Paper Mario: The Origami King producer touched on the creative restrictions tied to the Paper Mario series - when asked about what it takes to design a new character (and villain, for that matter) to stand alongside the all-time...
Video New Trailer Shows More Of Paper Mario: The Origami King's Gorgeous World
Only one day to go!
Nintendo has shared a brand new trailer for Paper Mario: The Origami King, which just so happens to be launching on Switch tomorrow, 17th July! The video explores some of the game's stunning scenery, from Autumn Mountain to the Scorching Sandpaper Desert. It really is beautiful, isn't it? If you haven't already, make sure to...
Round Up The Paper Mario: The Origami King Reviews Are In
Is it any good?
In just a couple of days' time, we'll all be jumping and hammering our way into Paper Mario: The Origami King on Switch. If you've already visited our homepage today, you'll have spotted that reviews for the game have now gone live. So, what do the critics think? Below, we've rounded up a selection of quotes and review scores from a...
Review Paper Mario: The Origami King - A Puzzling Battle System Can't Kill This Funny Adventure
You'll be creasing with laughter
The Paper Mario series has seen more ups and downs over the years than the lid of Picasso’s pencil case, with Nintendo and developer Intelligent Systems trying their best to nail the formula again. A large number of Paper Mario fans believe GameCube title Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is the best game in the...
Video Paper Mario: The Origami King Gets A New Commercial
'Join the Adventure'
A new commercial for Paper Mario: The Origami King has popped up on YouTube, and you can check it out for yourself above. Called 'Join the Adventure', the 30-second advert shows off plenty of the locations you'll be exploring in the game and also teases us with quick looks at some of the battles you'll be taking part in - did...
Random This Paper Mario: The Origami King Pamphlet Is An Advertising Masterclass
Bravo, Nintendo. Bravo
If you hadn't already guessed from the title, Paper Mario: The Origami King has a pretty strong origami theme running throughout its plot. It's set in the Origami Kingdom, features origami characters, and with the entire series being rather literally about paper, you can bet that there'll be plenty of origami puns to be found...
News The First Review For Paper Mario: The Origami King Is Now In
A must-have, or simply mediocre?
The very first review of Paper Mario: The Origami King has now been released courtesy of Japanese publication, Famitsu. The review arrives just over a week ahead of the game's official release. As you many know, Famitsu's scoring system has four different reviewers rate the game out of ten. The magazine's reviewers...
News Nintendo Shares A Quick Taste Of Paper Mario: The Origami King's Soundtrack
The soothing sounds of the Café theme
We're now just ten days away from Mario's next grand adventure in Paper Mario: The Origami King and if you're anything like us, you'll be itching to jump in and explore its new open-world design. Thankfully, Nintendo has given us another quick taste of what the game will offer with a lovely soundtrack tease...
News Paper Mario: The Origami King Features A Seamless Open World And "Huge Maps"
"There are huge maps to explore at every turn"
We're just a couple of weeks away from the launch of Paper Mario: The Origami King, the latest title in Mario's much-loved spin-off series and the first to appear on Switch. We already know that some features, such as the game's battle system, have been somewhat reworked for the new game, but we now...
Competition Win A Copy Of Paper Mario: The Origami King In Our Crafty Fan-Art Contest
And eShop credit, too!
With the release of Paper Mario: The Origami King just around the corner, we've teamed up with the fine folks over at Nintendo Players UK to host a crafty community fan art competition! You'll want to get out your very best pens, pencils and paper for this one because digital download codes of the game - and lots of lovely...
News Paper Mario: The Origami King Combat And Companion Details Revealed
And there's a new trailer, too!
Nintendo has shared a brand new trailer for the upcoming Paper Mario: The Origami King, set to launch on Switch next month. It gives us a closer look at some of the characters and exciting discoveries we'll come across when we get stuck in for ourselves. It's a little lengthier than your average trailer at almost six...
Deals Pre-Order Paper Mario: The Origami King At Nintendo UK Store To Receive Free Extras
Including real origami sheets
If you're hoping to get your hands on Paper Mario: The Origami King next month, you might want to consider this lovely deal available at the Nintendo UK Store. Any pre-orders of the game made at the Nintendo UK Store will now include a bonus pack of Paper Mario: The Origami King Origami Sheets, and a Paper Mario: The...
News Sonic Is The Latest To Receive A Fan-Made Paper Mario Makeover
We'll take them all!
We're not quite sure what's gotten into everyone, but yet another excellent fan-made Paper Mario mashup has appeared and this time, Sonic's getting in on the action. Twitter user and animator Sightseeker Animates has shared the short, work-in-progress clip you can see below. Just like the Star Fox, Legend of Zelda, and
News Lovely Fan Animation Shows Star Fox In The Style Of Paper Mario
Paper Star Fox? Yes please
With Paper Mario: The Origami King being revealed for Switch earlier this month, love for the series has once again started to unfold across all corners of the internet. Some take that passion further than others, and amazing videos like this are often the result. YouTube user JorgeMV has shared a video showing the world...
Random Check Out This Amazing Origami Peach Inspired By Paper Mario: The Origami King
It was only revealed yesterday!
Paper Mario: The Origami King was only revealed for Nintendo Switch yesterday, but we're already getting our first taste of super-creative fan projects based on the new title. YouTuber, Nintendo ambassador and expert in all things DIY, GandaKris, has shared this wonderful, real-life version of Origami Peach with us...
Random What's Up With That Metroid Reference In The Paper Mario Trailer?
Could it have anything to do with the 2D Metroid rumours?
The reveal of Paper Mario: The Origami King for Nintendo Switch has seemingly added weight to those March rumours about the Super Mario remasters. If you go back even further to the start of t
News Paper Mario: The Origami King Switch eShop File Size Revealed
Paper thin
Paper Mario: The Origami King looks like it could be the biggest adventure yet in the long-running RPG series, so how large is the game's file size? According to the current eShop listings in both the US and the UK, the game will require a total of 6.4 GB of space. Although, the Nintendo website rounds this up to 6.5 GB. That doesn't...
News Paper Mario's Switch Reveal Adds More Weight To 64, Sunshine, Galaxy Remaster Reports
There's one, so will the others follow?
Today's reveal of Paper Mario: The Origami King for Nintendo Switch has confirmed several things - like the fact that the Paper Mario franchise will be making its Switch debut this summer and that we're suddenly feeling a desperate need to quickly play through all past games in the series - but it also adds...
Gallery Paper Mario: The Origami King - 20 Gorgeous Screenshots And Box Art Revealed
Feast your eyes on Mario's next adventure!
A pretty boring Thursday afternoon just got completely turned upside down by Nintendo's surprise reveal of Paper Mario: The Origami King, the first game of the series to arrive on Nintendo Switch. The initial reveal brought with it a lengthy description of the game's plot and a debut trailer, but let's take...
News Paper Mario Is Coming To Switch! Paper Mario: The Origami King To Launch This July
The series comes to Switch for the first time
Well, what a fantastic and completely out-of-the-blue surprise! Nintendo has revealed Paper Mario: The Origami King for Nintendo Switch. The latest game in the Paper Mario series sees Princess Peach welcoming Mario and Luigi to the Kingdom’s origami festival. Things don't sound quite as peachy as they...
Random Paper Mario: Sticker Star's Serial Key Mystery Remains Unsolved 7 Years Later
Seriously, what could it be?
Paper Mario: Sticker Star launched on the Nintendo 3DS back in late 2012, bringing the Paper Mario series to a handheld console for the very first time. It doesn't tend to be remembered quite as fondly as some other titles from the series, but still to this day it holds one of its greatest mysteries. If you played...
Video This Incredible Fan-Made Trailer Reimagines Zelda As A Paper Mario Game
Check this out, Nintendo
Earlier this week, we heard some rumours about the potential revival of multiple Mario games. One, in particular, was Paper Mario. While many fans would love to see it return to form, what would it be like if Nintendo decided to turn one of its other major franchises into a paper-crafted RPG experience? On 2nd April, the...
Rumour Prolific Leaker Says We'll Get Paper Mario And A 2D Metroid This Year
Of course we will
There have been a number of Nintendo-related rumours flying about recently and now the "prolific" leaker Sabi – who has a respectable track record, we might add – is claiming there'll be a Paper Mario game released this year (presumably for Switch), that goes "back to how it was", along with a 2D Metroid game seemingly...
Random Humanoid Cats Discovered In Korean Version Of Super Paper Mario
Unused levels also uncovered
There's apparently been a recent and slightly odd discovery in the Wii release, Super Paper Mario. It's all tied to the 2009 South Korean version of the game. YouTube channel GamingIntus, which was able to sift through the files, found unused levels and content that had no resemblance to anythin
News The Debug Code Has Been Found For Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
It only took 13 years!
In the modern age of data mining, its not uncommon for nearly every game or patch’s secrets to be outed within weeks of release. Back before the internet was quite so prevalent, secrets in games remained just that for sometimes years before the knowledge would enter the public consciousness, and many games from that time no...
News Paper Mario: Color Splash Makes Modest Japanese Chart Debut
Monster Hunter Stories is still number one
It's that time of the week for the Media Create charts out of Japan, and there are a few major releases to consider; it's a mix of good and bad news for Nintendo. To start with the good news, Capcom's Monster Hunter Stories on 3DS is number one for the second successive week; though it's tracking a long...
News Paper Mario: Color Splash Sales Flatten Out Amid a Wave of New Releases
Wii U entry of Skylanders: Imaginators does 'ok'
The UK chart results are out, and they represent one of the busier weeks in the country in a number of months. Though FIFA 17 is comfortably number one ahead of Gears of War 4, there are a whole load of PlayStation VR titles arriving in the top 20 alongside the hardware. So, what about Nintendo...
Random Paper Mario: Color Splash Has an Iffy Issue in its Battle System
Time for a patch
We rather liked Paper Mario: Color Splash in our review, and now plenty of Wii U owners around the world have been trying it out for themselves. Naturally different play styles put its mechanics to the test, and an odd developer oversight (which should have really been found in QA testing) has emerged. As posted by 'Fatguy703' on...
News Paper Mario: Color Splash Makes Top 20 UK Debut as Mario Party: Star Rush Misses Out
Party pooped
Nintendo had two major retail releases last week - Paper Mario: Color Splash on Wii U and Mario Party: Star Rush on 3DS; one achieved a respectable albeit unremarkable result in the UK charts, and the other fell flat. Paper Mario: Color Splash, despite spelling colour wrong for the UK market, managed to secure 14th place in its debut...
News Paper Mario: Color Splash 'Rescue V' Video Series Reaches Its Finale
Mario prepares a steak, for some reason or other
Paper Mario: Color Splash is out this week, and is certainly the biggest remaining release on Wii U this year. Nintendo has been promoting the title with a series of quirky 'Rescue V' videos starring Toads, which have also been a useful way of showing off new areas in the game. The final episode is...
Video It's Off to the High Seas for the Latest Paper Mario: Color Splash Rescue V Episode
For the patient among you
It seems that someone at Nintendo forgot to set videos to 'Private' by default earlier in the week, with the final episodes of the 'Rescue V' series popping up online. If you're still waiting for the scheduled releases, in any case, the penultimate episode for promoting Paper Mario: Color Splash is out now. This time...
Video Take a Look at Paper Mario: Color Splash in All its Polychromatic Splendour
Infinite coins and an upside down world
Paper Mario: Color Splash may already be available for a few lucky customers in North America, but that doesn't mean there's not plenty to indulge your senses in should you not fall into the aforementioned category. We've been playing through this and have been picking out some fun sections for videos. Below...
News Some Grab Paper Mario: Color Splash Early in North America Due to Preload eShop Error
Oops
Well, someone at Nintendo of America hit the wrong button. It turns out that a number of people that pre-purchased / pre-loaded Paper Mario: Color Splash on the eShop in North America have been able to download the full game early, two weeks ahead of release on 7th October. The first to spot it was @Electivirus on Twitter: [tweet A thread...
Video Green Toad Snoozes as Nintendo Shows Off Green Woods Area of Paper Mario: Color Splash
Shouldn't he be envious?
With the release of Paper Mario: Color Splash not far away, Nintendo continues to release more mini-episodes of the quirky 'Rescue V' series. A chance to show off stages, it also gives each colour of Toad particular character traits; Green Toad, it turns out, is the type that needs to sleep off an over-indulgence in green...
Video Nintendo Releases Showcase Video for Paper Mario: Color Splash
Mario madness
The Wii U doesn't have many major retail games left in the locker, though one of those is getting quite close to release - Paper Mario: Color Splash. The latest entry in the series hasn't been warmly greeted by all, but based on what it is offering we've rather enjoyed it so far. Keen to emphasize its strong points, Nintendo's...
Video Yellow Toads are Hawkish Warmongers in This Paper Mario: Color Splash Rescue V Episode
"Might makes right!"
Ahead of its October release, Nintendo has been releasing a series of quirky 'Rescue V' videos to promote Paper Mario: Color Splash. Mimicking '80s TV, they feature different groups of Toads helping Mario through tough spots. This week showcases the Coliseum stage first seen in last week's Nintendo Minute episode, with the...
Preview Buckets Of Fun With Paper Mario: Color Splash
Colour us impressed
Paper Mario: Color Splash is one of the Wii U's last major releases of the year, and by all accounts it should be cause for some real excitement among fans. It's the latest entry in a series that's filled with humour, character, charm and amazing environments, with an interesting new paint mechanic to keep things fresh. Our time...
Video Nintendo Minute Shows Off a New Area of Paper Mario: Color Splash
"You got Bone"
In terms of major retail releases, you could quite easily count the number of notable Wii U titles still due in 2016 on one hand. Perhaps quality can make up for a lack of quantity, though, and we're hopeful that Paper Mario: Color Splash can bring some added colour to the release line-up. Nintendo Minute's latest episode takes a...
Video Catch the Second Episode of the Paper Mario: Color Splash 'Rescue V' Series
Poor old purple
Not all long-term fans are necessarily delighted at the prominence of Toad characters in Paper Mario: Color Splash, yet the little Fungi could nevertheless be entertaining companions. We'll see in good time, but Nintendo's certainly keen to put the cast of coloured Toads front and centre in early marketing ahead of the 7th October...
Video Daring Toads Come To The Rescue In Paper Mario: Color Splash
Rescue V save the day again!
While it's slim pickings for the rest of the year on the Wii U retail side of things, we always have Paper Mario: Color Splash to look forward to. We love the charming little faux-retro trailer which Nintendo have put together for this upcoming game. Rescue V are a group of daring Toads who are out to save the world -...
Hands On Painting a Clearer Picture of Paper Mario: Color Splash
"This is more of an adventure game"
There was an elephant in the room inside of Nintendo's off-site Comic-Con Nintendo Play Lounge. Not to be confused with a small stage shaped like an oversized Nintendo 3DS console, or the mammoth, room-sized inflatable Kirby set up to greet guests, this elephant took the shape of a video game kiosk. The game was...
News Nintendo Producer Highlights How Paper Mario: Color Splash Improves on Sticker Star
No more aimless wandering?
It's no secret that Paper Mario: Sticker Star wasn't the best received Paper Mario game to date. Taking a different approach to the established and much-beloved RPG system, Sticker Star came under fire for the somewhat removal of experience points and stats, necessity of using "Thing" stickers to progress further, and...
E3 2016 Check Out the Paper Mario: Color Splash E3 Trailer
The final cut
After its brief tease earlier in the year, we finally got a good look at Paper Mario: Color Splash thanks to the Nintendo Treehouse Live broadcast from E3. We saw aspects of the story and gameplay, with the segment ending with some rather entertaining (and creative) sequences. Key details include the lack of formal 'XP' points, but...
E3 2016 Paper Mario: Color Splash Dated for 7th October
Treehouse will fill us in on more soon
While The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has taken up the majority of Nintendo's Treehouse Live time in its first day, the second day holds looks at a wider variety of games. One of the titles up for a look, Paper Mario: Color Splash, has been given a release date as well. According to a North American...
Video Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Has a Surprising Number of Glitches
Still a classic, though
No matter how hard developers and quality assurance staff try, glitches are a normal part of gaming. They're unavoidable, but also potentially entertaining - after all, finding quirky moments and areas in game worlds can be highlights of a gaming experience. It can be fun learning about the range of glitches in classic...
News Paper Mario Colour Splash Coming to Wii U
The next entry in the beloved series
After much anticipation, the next console title in the Paper Mario franchise was announced during the most recent Nintendo Direct - Paper Mario Colour Splash. Equipped with his new weapon, the Paint Hammer, Paper Mario must help the citizens of Prism Island bring colour back to their home. Once in battle, using...
Rumour Intelligent Systems Is Working On New Paper Mario For Wii U
Game is currently being localised and tested
Nintendo fans and miners of insider information Emily Rogers and Liam Robertson (the latter of whom is a regular contributor to Nintendo Life) have apparently uncovered details on a Paper Mario sequel for Wii U. According to the report - which is based on information from five different sources - the...
