Paper Mario: The Origami King

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  1. yousesshomaru
    Jul 18, 2020
    10
    Visualmente hermoso, sonido grandioso, traducción impecable.

    juego imprescindible
  2. Jax360
    Jul 18, 2020
    10
    Presentation. 8/10
    Graphics TV. 8/10
    Graphics Handheld. 10/10
    Music. 10/10
    Controls. 10/10
    Gameplay. 9.5/10
    Funfactor. 10/10
  3. Digibutter64
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    I struggled upon whether to give this game a 7 or an 8. I ultimately decided on the latter, though it's a low 8; an 8.0 or an 8.1.

    First, I'll go over the positives. The graphics are great, really making the paper aesthetic stand out. The story is a definite improvement over those of Sticker Star and Color Splash, featuring a new villain and Bowser as an anti-hero. The characters are    I struggled upon whether to give this game a 7 or an 8. I ultimately decided on the latter, though it's a low 8; an 8.0 or an 8.1.

    First, I'll go over the positives. The graphics are great, really making the paper aesthetic stand out. The story is a definite improvement over those of Sticker Star and Color Splash, featuring a new villain and Bowser as an anti-hero. The characters are generally likeable (including main companion Olivia), and their lines can be pretty funny. There is also some character variety, though still not to the level or creativity of the first three games.

    Now for the negatives. The battle system, in which you move panels to attack enemies, feels quite convoluted, especially in boss battles. In addition, battles usually seem rather pointless from a progression perspective as there are no experience points; usually, the only rewards for completing them are confetti (used to fill in parts of the world) and coins, which are found in abundance in the world anyway.

    Overall, The Origami King is a fine entry in the series. An improvement over Color Splash, but it doesn't reach pre-Sticker Star heights.    … Expand
  4. icharlyi
    Jul 18, 2020
    1
    It's a fun game, it actually is, the dialogue is clever and funny, to the point of making the story and everyone a joke, which can be ok depending on who is playing, the visuals are gorgeous, even tho for me paper Mario was never about the pape, it was called Mario story for a reason in Japan, this game has a story so simple it's even simpler than pm64. It is in the gameplay where thisIt's a fun game, it actually is, the dialogue is clever and funny, to the point of making the story and everyone a joke, which can be ok depending on who is playing, the visuals are gorgeous, even tho for me paper Mario was never about the pape, it was called Mario story for a reason in Japan, this game has a story so simple it's even simpler than pm64. It is in the gameplay where this game is lackluster or mediocre at most it is tedious, tiresome and it's not required even tho the game forces them on you because in other way, they would be pointless. So, for me, the game is fun, and may be worth a rent. I imagine it like going to a theater to go see the phantom of the opera and you get a musical without the story just random people dancing with the costumes of the characters, it's fun, and it's still awesome to look at but it's not the phantom of the opera. It's a kids show, and that's what this game is. It's just a game, not more, not less, it does as much wrong as it does good, so it's a 5. Just mediocre. That said, as people are giving it 10s, I'll fight back those with a low score of my own, even if it doesn't represent the score I believe it deserves.… Expand
  5. Sxkrato
    Jul 18, 2020
    9
    Paper Mario The Origami King is a Good game, nice graphics, story again interesting, finally a world that is connected. The combat system is acceptable, I think the boss combat system is very good. Paper Mario fans should now realize that the Paper Mario series is no longer an RPG series. There are already 4 Paper Mario games that are based on Action Adventures and less on an RPG. The gamePaper Mario The Origami King is a Good game, nice graphics, story again interesting, finally a world that is connected. The combat system is acceptable, I think the boss combat system is very good. Paper Mario fans should now realize that the Paper Mario series is no longer an RPG series. There are already 4 Paper Mario games that are based on Action Adventures and less on an RPG. The game also has sad moments that I don't want to spoil For me it is the second best paper Mario. Paper mario TTYD is still the Best.I recommend buying Paper Mario The Origami King it's very fun.If you want to Play an Real Mario RPG then Play Mario & Luigi… Expand
  6. gecko_9
    Jul 18, 2020
    10
    A masterpiece. True innovation, a fresh air to the saga paper mario. Soundtrack is absolute amazing with a lot catchy tunes of diferent genres, new combat style is so much fun and original, graphics are incredible beautiful and the best part its the dialogues, full of humor, you will laugh a lot!
  7. Schery2
    Jul 18, 2020
    0
    Good soundtrack and thats it. Terrible Story. No partners. No EXP. Bad gameplay, and no creativity. Not even that funny.
  8. FlyingPoliceBox
    Jul 18, 2020
    9
    I was very nervous to purchase this game after the last few, but I am so glad I did. I don’t even know where to to start. Great soundtrack with throwbacks to the original Super Mario Bros. Fun battling system. Funny dialog. Fresh story. Lots and lots of collectibles. Tons of weapons, accessories, and items to use. I am livening this game! A couple of things to note if you’re just startingI was very nervous to purchase this game after the last few, but I am so glad I did. I don’t even know where to to start. Great soundtrack with throwbacks to the original Super Mario Bros. Fun battling system. Funny dialog. Fresh story. Lots and lots of collectibles. Tons of weapons, accessories, and items to use. I am livening this game! A couple of things to note if you’re just starting out. The first couple of hours are rather simple. The puzzles are easy and the battle system seems like a joke. KEEP PLAYING. I’m sure this is by design, but I can see how this would put people off at first, myself included. But after about 90 minutes of gameplay last night I was completely hooked. I have since poured approximately eight hours in and am still finding new things to love about this game. The game is a joy to play. Do yourself a favor, and pick it up.… Expand
  9. BizChungus7
    Jul 18, 2020
    0
    This game is an absolutely terrible game, the battle system is awful, not only is it too simple and easy, you already get tons of coins and confetti (The main incentive to battle), outside battle. In the end, the battles are a joke. The bosses are extremely lazy in design which ruins the fight, they literally have a hole puncher and literal tape as the bosses! However, my biggest problem,This game is an absolutely terrible game, the battle system is awful, not only is it too simple and easy, you already get tons of coins and confetti (The main incentive to battle), outside battle. In the end, the battles are a joke. The bosses are extremely lazy in design which ruins the fight, they literally have a hole puncher and literal tape as the bosses! However, my biggest problem, is the absolutely PATHETIC final boss, the only reason he is a villain is because of a TOAD SCRIBBLED ON HIM. That kind of story you would find in a fan game!

    Yes the music blasts, but just listen to it on youtube. Besides that, I hate this game    … Expand
  10. Marnandez
    Jul 18, 2020
    9
    Great Game! This is NOT Sticker Star 3 as it has more story and atmosphere than that game ever had. The game is filled with gorgeous visuals. While it may not have the deepest of stories it is filled with both semi dark moments and humor. Rather than tossing humor left and right, there is some deeper moments, especially with the initial dark tone. At first I thought I would hate battles,Great Game! This is NOT Sticker Star 3 as it has more story and atmosphere than that game ever had. The game is filled with gorgeous visuals. While it may not have the deepest of stories it is filled with both semi dark moments and humor. Rather than tossing humor left and right, there is some deeper moments, especially with the initial dark tone. At first I thought I would hate battles, but I have been enjoying them. While it may not hit the highs of TTYD, it is still fun with some good characters and great to just look at. If you like d Color Splash this is a must play. As a fan of the original paper Marios, I still think this is a great game in it's own way.… Expand
  11. Aldeberuhn
    Jul 18, 2020
    5
    The story and visuals are nice, but the gameplay is very boring and tedious. The battles in this game are kind of fun at first due to the unique setup, but after only a few fights, they became more annoying than fun. Unfortunately, since enemies are scattered everywhere, blocking you from reaching other areas in order to complete other tasks like finding Toads, repairing holes, orThe story and visuals are nice, but the gameplay is very boring and tedious. The battles in this game are kind of fun at first due to the unique setup, but after only a few fights, they became more annoying than fun. Unfortunately, since enemies are scattered everywhere, blocking you from reaching other areas in order to complete other tasks like finding Toads, repairing holes, or advancing through the story, you can’t really skip the battles. A quick 30-seconds-or-less fight becomes a tedious 5 minute battle because you spend so much time trying to align enemies on every turn, and if you don’t get it perfect on the first try, you are forced to do even more turns because you can’t possibly attack in all directions.… Expand
  12. Batty99
    Jul 18, 2020
    10
    As much as I miss old Paper Mario, this one is also pretty dope. Good job IS
  13. orodri1
    Jul 18, 2020
    9
    Buen juego. Mantiene partes del clásico pero es una nueva aventura interesante. Buenas gráficas, podría mejorar un poco el sistema de pelea.
  14. minipivi
    Jul 18, 2020
    9
    First of all, I'm justa couple hours into the game, I defeated the first streamer boss and just started the second ''chapter''. So far the game is really really good. There are a couple things I would change in term of the comabt system, but except that part of the game, I wouldn't change anything (except maybe the extreme amount of hand holding at the start of the game.)

    First of all,    First of all, I'm justa couple hours into the game, I defeated the first streamer boss and just started the second ''chapter''. So far the game is really really good. There are a couple things I would change in term of the comabt system, but except that part of the game, I wouldn't change anything (except maybe the extreme amount of hand holding at the start of the game.)

    First of all, every artistic aspects of the game are great, the visual, the music, the writing, it all deserves a good 10/10 just by itself, I love how the world feels like an actual world and not just an art project like Color splash (how the sky, the horizona nd all were also, paper, now it is pretty much a normal sky). I am a huge collectathon fan, so finding each and every toads, fishing, filling up every empty spots with confeties is amazing.

    Basically, the game would get a good 10/10 from me if it wasn'T for a couple things with the combat. Don't get me wrong, this is one of if not THE best and most interesting combat system I have played yet, even the lack of experience points, I don'T particularly mind because pretty much every ''chapters'' have it's own progression. The thing with it lies in how easy it is and how redundant it is at some points. What do I mean by how easy it is? The moment you start the fight, the enemies are already positioned in the most optimal way and you just recreat it super easily, get a damage buff and 1 shot all of them, there are more enemies than usual? don'T worry, the system gave you a free extra action. The other part is how you pretty much only jump and smash with your hammer, it is redundant and I hope later in the game you get something more amazing than ''shiny boots'' or ''metal boots''. Boss fights are amazing, no problems with that.

    I give it a 9/10 despite it'S flawed combats because I bought it because I wanted to play an adventurous puzzle game and on that part, it more than delivered, the combat is mind numbingly easy and redundant, but I still like to do them and I love to see the coins pile up (thank you for removing the 9999 coins cap) and see it as a high score.    … Expand
  15. mostwantedylmz
    Jul 18, 2020
    10
    This game is masterpiece, I love the colors and world. I played paper mario for the first time
  16. FranciscoPlayer
    Jul 18, 2020
    9
    Excelente entrega de la saga, muy pulida en todos sus apartados. El toque puzzle en los combates sienta de maravilla y añade una nueva capa de complejidad. La aventura está llena de humor y desborda creatividad por todos lados, 100% recomendada
  17. SuperLuigi
    Jul 18, 2020
    0
    Another huge dissapointing paper mario game... No experience points, no unique character designs, horrible battle system that gets extremely tedious and has no point, sick of the paper world go back to where paper was just an artstyle rather than it actually being paper, where are the flower points and badge points? Game is extremely easy too... This series got all of its creativity andAnother huge dissapointing paper mario game... No experience points, no unique character designs, horrible battle system that gets extremely tedious and has no point, sick of the paper world go back to where paper was just an artstyle rather than it actually being paper, where are the flower points and badge points? Game is extremely easy too... This series got all of its creativity and soul sucked out of it and all that is left is an empty husk of what used to be greatness.… Expand
  18. Tankgunner132
    Jul 18, 2020
    0
    This is not a paper Mario game, my memories of paper Mario started with the thousand year door and that game made me fall in love with paper Mario, this game is nothing like the older games. Oragami king barley qualifies as an RPG
  19. Xavier360
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    Ok, after SS and CS i expected a return to the roots of the series, but then they show TOK, and i was like "really man? Ugh". But after it came out im actually surprise, the game fix the boring enviroment of the other two games, now the game is huge and connected, the combat is punishing but not hard, if you **** it up in the puzzle, the enemies hits you HARD, and everything in the gameOk, after SS and CS i expected a return to the roots of the series, but then they show TOK, and i was like "really man? Ugh". But after it came out im actually surprise, the game fix the boring enviroment of the other two games, now the game is huge and connected, the combat is punishing but not hard, if you **** it up in the puzzle, the enemies hits you HARD, and everything in the game cost A LOT of money so the combat is not totally worthless, the games feels like an adventure and is something i enjoyed sooo much than the past two, is not a masterpiece but is surprisingly very ****ing good… Expand
  20. THEGRIFFINATOR1
    Jul 18, 2020
    5
    After several hours in of gameplay, I just gotta be honest— This game gets a resounding ‘meh’.
    Main complaint: If you make a battle system, give me a better reason to use it.
  21. Pkm21
    Jul 18, 2020
    10
    Gran diseño de mundo, muy colorido, humor inteligente, jefes desafiantes y combates originales da como resultado un título con muchas horas de diversión, Paper Mario vuelve con gran fuerza
  22. KevinOrellana
    Jul 18, 2020
    10
    Es gráficamente hermoso. Su banda sonora fenomenal, el mejor paper Mario para mi
  23. AaLit
    Jul 18, 2020
    9
    Whilst paper mario the origami king is a massive deviation from the first two games, this game still brings great writing, presentation, and innovative battle system, granted the game is far from perfect, but it does bring a great deal of fun, to list a negative, the battle system does use a lot of brain power so fighting enemies can get annoying, i have only touched the surface. forWhilst paper mario the origami king is a massive deviation from the first two games, this game still brings great writing, presentation, and innovative battle system, granted the game is far from perfect, but it does bring a great deal of fun, to list a negative, the battle system does use a lot of brain power so fighting enemies can get annoying, i have only touched the surface. for example the fun collectibles and open world is great , but i think overall this game is a great romp that deserves a purchase… Expand
  24. Valleyofquacks
    Jul 18, 2020
    2
    No badges, no exp, no unique characters or playable sidekicks, lame "puzzle" battles. +1 point for beautiful artwork and +1 for a beautiful soundtrack. Please let someone else design the battle system and quests. Perhaps team up with square enix again?
  25. Drawnimo
    Jul 18, 2020
    4
    Origami King has so much potential to be a great game, but is held back by really questionable design decisions that I can't see myself defending. If you enjoy this game, I am very happy for you. I wanted to enjoy this game too, but I don't want to lie to myself either. Battles that aren't mandatory feel pointless and are usually not worth the effort, since the only reward you get isOrigami King has so much potential to be a great game, but is held back by really questionable design decisions that I can't see myself defending. If you enjoy this game, I am very happy for you. I wanted to enjoy this game too, but I don't want to lie to myself either. Battles that aren't mandatory feel pointless and are usually not worth the effort, since the only reward you get is coins, coins, coins, and more coins. The confetti mechanic feels wrong, since confetti is so common, I have no idea why there is even a limit to how much confetti you can hold. "Oh, I ran out of confetti. Time to walk over to some trees to get some more." The confetti mechanic feels like it's there mostly to pad out time. Bosses, while admittedly creative, aren't all that memorable and are laughable in comparison to some of the stronger designs in the series. There are many other issues with this game, but it's a good time-waster if you're looking for that. As for me, I was hoping for a more robust, involved Paper Mario. While the world exploration scratches that itch, the combat, the confetti, the character designs being mostly lackluster, and the pointless combat encounters crawling through the stages leave a bitter taste in my mouth, where I expected a sweet one. 4/10 for me, but again, if you like this game, don't let me rain on your parade. This game definitely has its merits, although it wasn't enough for me to excuse its many flaws.… Expand
  26. powerofviva
    Jul 18, 2020
    10
    The best Paper Mario till now. Perfect music, colorful and nice story. Game play is also amazing. I can't understand why peopledont like any change with the game play! how can a game keep the same game play after about 20 years!!! if you dont like any change, play first Paper Mario only. Otherwise this game is amazing.
  27. Gx00
    Jul 18, 2020
    10
    I the battle system and the graphic style, and the locations are wonderfull!!
  28. Lalo925039
    Jul 18, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good game 9/10 its very good but needs xp and original characters and post game extras… Expand
  29. Rory_is_sexy
    Jul 18, 2020
    10
    This game is absolutely atrocious. I hate it greatly. Paper Mario should go back to the pong formula seen in the game Pong. Overall, not a fan but I respect the opinions of anyone who likes or dislikes this game. Add shuckle to smash bros. There are no bug or rock types on the smash roster and I think the game suffers because of it. Also shuckle does the most damage in the game so itThis game is absolutely atrocious. I hate it greatly. Paper Mario should go back to the pong formula seen in the game Pong. Overall, not a fan but I respect the opinions of anyone who likes or dislikes this game. Add shuckle to smash bros. There are no bug or rock types on the smash roster and I think the game suffers because of it. Also shuckle does the most damage in the game so it deserves to be in.… Expand
  30. pittu
    Jul 18, 2020
    10
    This video game is pure art, the art style and level design are pure magic. Another gem to complement the Switch lineup which has been a bit scarce lately.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 116 Critic Reviews

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  1. Ninty Fresh Magazine
    Dec 21, 2020
    70
    The Origami King is a game greater than the sum of its parts. It reaffirms Nintendo’s status as king of innovation, even if the folds don’t quite align. [Issue #2, p.66]
  2. Universo Nintendo
    Dec 16, 2020
    95
    Paper Mario: The Origami King arrives on Nintendo Switch with very high quality graphics, a pleasant soundtrack and a plot full of very good humor, typical of the Paper Mario series. Among countless places to visit, bosses to win, and puzzles to solve, the game can be considered one of the best in the franchise.
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  3. Hey Poor Player
    Oct 29, 2020
    70
    Paper Mario deserves better. The prestige of a Final Fantasy veteran appropriating his magic onto a handicraft world deserves better. The unforgettable wit and lovable cast expanding Mario lore deserves better. And we know that Intelligent Systems can do better than committing themselves to a misguided identity crisis.
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