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 and his army of paper invaders, team up with some extraordinary companions and master magical powers on your quest to save the world. Unwrap an epic quest! Travel the land, repair the damage done by the Folded Soldiers and rescue Toads trapped in all manner of wacky scrapes! With the help of Olivia’s paper-folding powers, use the far-reaching 1,000 Fold Arms and other paper transformations to save those imprisoned by the Origami King’s henchmen, and help restore peace to the world. Put a stop to King Olly's plans by engaging in battles which will put both your tactical thinking and puzzle solving skills to the test – against his origami army, as well as humongous bosses under his command!
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but the story of this game is funny as hell. sticker star sold well due to unsuspecting paper mario fans and newcomers. being the most polarizing game to ever hit the market. then gets a sequel on a dying console where paper mario fans dont even bother. then revealing this game literally a month before release and giving fans cautious optimism only for it to be crushed by the reality of it being a modern paper mario game is funny. it sold well because people were optimistic and actually bought a switch. people really told nintendo we dont fw this and they finally budged and gave us a whole ass remake to ttyd. crazy.
The moment-to-moment experience of playing Origami King was intensely frustrating. The story feels like an endless series of roadblocks, needing to go to a different location to remove the obstacle blocking the path in the previous location. That combined with the truly just OK fights made any sort of progress feel agonising.
The game's saving grace - the League of Stationary. People apparently hate these guys for lacking "character design", but out of context problem scissors and hole punches and what not fucking rule, what a great concept. The ways they switch up the combat is great (way better than the elemental beast guys) and they have the best tracks in the OST.
soundtrack is insane, check it out even if you never want to play the game. some of my favorite music from any game ever
"autumn mountain" + "autumn mountain battle theme", "the shifty sticker", "the final battle" are all personal favorites
main complaint is that battles outside of boss fights only serve one purpose and it's to listen to more of the soundtrack
I went in expecting a turn based game but it had a lot more action combat than i thought. The wheel-based combat was very hit or miss. I think even the devs knew it was a bit much considering there's a button you can hold that can play the game for you so you can just attack and move on. The boss fights are also confusing. It's great since they put a spin on the normal combat but they force you to take down each boss in a very specific way. It took away from the encounters a lot.
The world looks great, the situations the game puts you in are insane and they make just walking around exploring fun. I know a lot of people say this is a mid paper Mario, but I kinda loved it