It’s difficult to review any Paper Mario game without discussing The Thousand-Year Door, but – this opening sentence aside – that’s exactly what we’re going to do here.
Each Paper Mario game pulls the series in a slightly different direction, so it feels important to judge each entry on what it is, not on how it measures up to a 2004 GameCube game we all loved.The Origami King is brilliant in its own way.
While it definitely has flaws, they seem to be put there by design, although some for reasons that are difficult to understand.
It’s not the pitch perfect blend of Mario, world wandering and RPG elements that some fans are desperate for, but it never particularly tries to be.
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