With their office-supply-themed bosses, the newest Paper Mario title, The Origami King, has a slate of enemies that are some of the more interesting opponents in comparison to the series at large. One ...

Paper Mario: The Origami King introduced players to a new way to fight enemies through its ring-based puzzle battles. It added an extra layer to the typical turn-based combat system of the early days ...

In a country stacked with folklore and legends, the Japanese reverence for origami cranes stands the test of time. One tradition in particular — “senbazuru” or “a thousand cranes” — rewards patient ...

With Paper Mario: The Origami King, developer Intelligent Systems has once again found a clever new angle from which to explore its spinoff papercraft universe, pitting Mario against an army of ...

Hodey is a published writer based out of the Rocky Mountains. He's had a passion for video games and literature since he was a child growing up along the beaches of California. With a graduate degree ...

Following the release of the first two Paper Mario games in the early 2000s, a single question has haunted each subsequent release: “Does it play like the first two?” The answer for each game, from ...

Paper Mario: The Origami King’s boss fights introduce a twist on the game’s spinning ring-based combat. In every fight against a Boss or a Vellumental, like this fight against Tape in Sea Tower, ...

Playing Mario games was a lot different when I was young. I would play as much as I was able, and then hand the controller to someone else — a sibling, a cousin, a friend, or a parent — and say, “Can ...

The latest Paper Mario outing is likely to come under fire for not returning to the RPG mechanics that made the series beloved in the first place - but The Origami King is its best outing in some time ...

Paper Mario: The Origami King tries its darndest to straddle the line between what fans of the original games love and a desire to move the franchise in a new direction. In many ways, it succeeds.