Paper Mario returns with The Origami King, coming this July
Out of nowhere Nintendo has announced an all new Paper Mario game, called The Origami King, it sends Paper Mario on an all new adventure, filled with some familiar faces and some new ones, check it out. The game is coming to Switch on July 17.
The Princess has invited Mario and Luigi to the attend the Mushroom Kingdom’s Origami festival, but there is one little problem, the Princess has folded for some reason. There is a new villain in the form of King Olly, ruler of the Origami Kingdom and has crafted a devious plan and it is up to Mario to stop it.
“Paper Mario: The Origami King delivers a grand new adventure on Nintendo Switch for players to wrap themselves up in,” said Nick Chavez, Nintendo of America’s Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “This game marks the debut of the Paper Mario series on Nintendo Switch, expanding the vast library of games with another standout entry in a beloved franchise.”
Mario faces one of his most thrilling challenges yet in Paper Mario: The Origami King when the dangerous King Olly unleashes his plan to fold the entire world. Just when matters couldn’t get worse, he’s bound Princess Peach’s Castle in giant, coloured streamers and transported it to a distant mountain. He’s even transformed Bowser’s minions into Folded Soldiers and enlisted them in his treacherous cause.
Luckily, Mario is equipped with a range of new tools at his disposal to help secure victory. One of Mario’s new abilities, called 1000-Fold Arms, allows you to interact with the landscape by stretching out and pulling, peeling and revealing new locations, helping you to solve puzzles and uncover unexpected surprises. Along the way, you’ll enlist the help of characters old and new, such as King Olly’s good-natured sister, Olivia, along with a range of unlikely allies, including Bowser himself! If they haven’t yet folded to the whims of King Olly’s origami will, Mario will accept all the help he can find with open arms!
If this sounds like a game for you, you can pre-order it now via the eShop and if you have vouchers still, the game is cover with them as well.
