Paper Mario: The Origami King
Join Mario and his new companion Olivia on a comedic adventure that will take you to the far corners of a papercraft world in Paper Mario: The Origami King on Nintendo Switch! Face off against the Origami King…
Paper Mario: The Origami King is an adventure developed by Intelligent Systems, released 17 July 2020 on Nintendo Switch. The main story takes about 20 hrs to finish.
What Paper Mario: The Origami King is
Paper Mario: The Origami King is an adventure game developed by Intelligent Systems and released in 2020. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
It’s tear-able! The devious King Olly has transformed Princess Peach into origami, uprooted her castle and sealed it shut with magical paper streamers. Never fear, as our moustachioed hero Mario and his new friend Olivia are here to save the day! Journey across the land – from scorching deserts to sailing the high seas – and recruit a revolving cast of wacky travel buddies, as you seek to sever these sinister streamers and save your paper pals from being turned into one of the Folded Soldiers!
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, fantasy and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Mario series
Paper Mario: The Origami King is the 614th of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Dr. Mario World: Version 2.0.0 in 2020. Its critic score of 81 is 4 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.
How it was received
Paper Mario: The Origami King holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 8 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 79, across 78 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 20 hrs.
What it launched against
Paper Mario: The Origami King launched on 17 July 2020, within three weeks of Ghost of Tsushima, Fortnite, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout and Fall Guys. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Ghost of Tsushima, Fortnite, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, Fall Guys.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Paper Mario: The Origami King yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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