The Paper Mario series thrives on a clever irreverence that can be hard to maintain. Its outlandish scenarios mash the absurdist, dreamlike world of the Mushroom Kingdom and the mundanity of the real ...

Paper Mario: The Origami King is a great game that makes some silly mistakes that echo the missteps from previous Paper Mario installments. The issue isn’t that developer Intelligent Systems ruined ...

At this point, Nintendo and Intelligent Systems have the Paper Mario recipe down to a science: Start with a beloved cast of characters, mix in a new battle system, add a dash of RPG elements, blend ...

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 ...

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Danny loves watching movies, playing campaign games, and losing online. At least that's what his constantly middling Rocket League performances suggest. For those who are unfamiliar with the core ...

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.