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 ...

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 ...

To set the scene, The Origami King follows Mario and Luigi on a family road trip to Princess Peach’s Castle. Toad Town, the outlying city surrounding the castle, is preparing for its annual Origami ...

Paper Mario: The Origami King, the Paper Mario series’s sixth entry, is set to release shortly as a possible comeback for the series that has lost its luster by many fans’ accounts. Since its ...

Nintendo has released a new trailer detailing Paper Mario: The Origami King's positioning-based combat system. The upcoming title shakes up the traditional Paper Mario affair with a new ring-based ...

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 ...

Gamers have come to expect a lot of things out of the Mario franchise, but “get emotional over a bob-omb” is not on the list. It’s things like that separating Paper Mario: The Origami King from its ...

Paper Mario: The Origami King is quietly terrifying. Its story involves threats of grievous torture, a megalomaniacal dictator bent on ruination, and the murder of the soul. Thankfully though, ...

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.

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Paper Mario: The Origami King is celebrating its five-year anniversary today, July 17, 2025. Below, we examine the ways the Paper Mario series has ...

As much fun as Mario's platforming antics have been over the decades, some of his greatest moments have come in the RPG space. Dating back to Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, the RPG genre ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The Paper Mario series thrives on a clever irreverence that can be hard to maintain. Its outlandish scenarios mash the absurdist, dreamlike world of ...