Customer Ratings & Reviews

This game got me very excited. Since ive been a fan of the series for quite some time. I was disappointed with the last 2 entries. However, I was pleasantly surprised by this game! The story is great, the gameplay feels good, and the progression is solid. Overall its a great that you should give a shot!

One of my favorite paper marios ever! Absolutely love the music

I particularly loved how the earlier Paper Mario games (the 1st three) brought RPG elements into Mario's world, being a spiritual successor to Squaresoft & Nintendo's collaboration, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the 7 Stars. However, IMO, after the 3rd game (Super Paper Mario), this series started to go downhill. Sticker Star & Color Splash were both major disappointments to me. This game, Origami King, is better than both of those, but nowhere near as good as the 1st three games. There's a lack of the RPG genre (exp, etc) that made this series what it is to begin with. I surmise Nintendo is focusing too much on trying fresh new ideas, as opposed to evolving the RPG elements that made the 1st three games great, especially The Thousand-Year Door. IMO, this is better than the last two entries, Sticker Star & Color Splash, but doesn't bring the series back on track enough to come close to comparing to the 1st three games. Rating the whole series. 1. Paper Mario = 2 thumbs up. 2. The Thousand-Year Door = 2 + thumbs up. 3. Super Paper Mario = 1 thumb up. 4. Sticker Star = 2 thumbs down. 5. Color Splash = 1 thumb down. 6. Origami King = 1 thumb held halfway.

The game looks great, runs great, and is good fun.....until you get into the standard battles. Boring at best, these battles serve little purpose other than to get in your way as you get nothing out of them other than things you get for free outside of battle. Just blow through or avoid the regular battles and have fun exploring the world and finding hidden Toads. Boss battles are interesting at least and can be fun.

Good Game, it's a Paper Mario Classic with a good adventure, the game is so beautiful.

Writing this for the review points great game that highly

If you’ve played the previous Paper games this one is a bit different in format and battle style but still challenging overall. Definitely worth your money when it comes to length and difficulty. My favorite part is the dialogue and visuals. Hilarious character dialogue and beautiful imagery in each land.

Fun at first, but gets repetitive and tedious as it goes by. You’ll find yourself using the Toad shortcuts pretty frequently in combat.

This game is hilarious. I play while my five year old watches with glee. There is quite a bit of text to read, which is annoying for a small child. However, the story and the colors and the game play are all very engaging for any age.

This game is a sleeper hit. didnt hear much about it didnt even know it came out but its a blast to play.

Bought at as gift for family member. Played it a while and very fun and challenging.

Really fun game, definitely worth your time. Has lots of fun mechanics and environments.

Amazing story, and the game looks great! Definitely recommend this game

I had so much fun playing this game! I prefer the graphics in paper Mario to the original Mario games and I loved the story line! It was a pretty long game but I wish it was longer just because I enjoyed doing it so much !

I feel like the last two generations of all Mario games have turned into cartoony, linear, non-skill based, fetch quest interactive cartoons. With a partial exception to odyssey. Paper Mario’s of old required planning, strategy, tactic, resource management, consequence, and an open world feel. They were RPGs! I love Spyro and skylanders etc (played later Spyro and SkL with my kids and loved them even as an adult), but there was little challenge and consequence (I know they are aimed at kids, so it makes sense). the origami king feels a lot like those games. Skylanders at least provided a better illusion of variety and there was incentive to go back to some worlds for meaningful upgrades. I rarely feel challenged in battles anymore. And there is little incentive to explore the limited cul de sacs off the linear main road or go back, other than completion. Also when did the paper aesthetic get so…3D? Maybe I have outgrown these, but I replayed PM64 and PM:TYD in the past few years and both felt more challenging than this. Still a recommend, but I do miss Japanese game design where “cartoony” wasn’t synonymous with “kid stuff”. Your mileage may vary.

This one of my favorite game....I would love to play this and this was a next level. Love it

I've been a lifelong fan of the Paper Mario games. The original and The Thousand Year Door were big parts of my childhood and though I was late to the party, Super Paper Mario was very unique and enjoyable as well. Then, Sticker Star happened. I'm willing to bet most of you know the rest. I came to really resent that title and skipped Color Splash altogether when it looked like more of the same. However, from it's reveal, something about The Origami King captivated me and when I finally got my hands on it, it didn't disappoint. The adventure aspects and soundtrack of this game are absolutely fantastic and I can't express how glad I am that they committed to King Olly as the main antagonist rather than having Bowser randomly go crazy for a third time. For those Paper Mario faithful out there, this is not the return to form you're looking for, but if you can get past that, I'll bet you'll discover a really enjoyable game that feels like more than the sum of its parts.

I bought this game to play with my kids. They love the story and helping me spot origami toads in the game. I think the art style in this game is really great. Would definitely recommend. It’s not necessarily a Mario RPG so much as a fantastic Mario adventure game.

From the moment I saw the trailer for this game, I knew I had to have it. I really like the story, the gameplay and design of this game. It brought back that feeling I had when I played "The Thousand Year Old Door" on gamecube. It's a worthy inclusion in your collection.

Amazing Mario game that continues to innovate a series that makes a Mario RPG fun for all ages