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20 Years after the series started, *Paper Mario: The Origami King* was quickly revealed and then released in Summer 2020. Max and Logan examine the creases and folds that lead to *Paper Mario* being represented on the Nintendo Switch in this way. Has much really changed from the N64 game?
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# *Paper Mario: The Origami King*
- Developer – Intelligent Systems
- Platform – Nintendo Switch
- Release Date – July 17, 2020
- Producers – [Kensuke Tanabe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensuke_Tanabe) and [Atsushi Ikuno](https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Atsushi_Ikuno)
- Game Director – [Masahiko Nagaya](https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Masahiko_Nagaya)
- Composers – [Yoshito Sekigawa](https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Yoshito_Sekigawa), [Shoh Murakami](https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Shoh_Murakami), [Yoshiaki Kimura](https://vgmdb.net/artist/34309), [Hiroki Morishita](https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Hiroki_Morishita), and [Fumihiro Isobe](https://vgmdb.net/artist/34047)
Metacritic – 80/100
# Links
- [*Paper Mario: The Origami King* Wiki](https://www.mariowiki.com/Paper_Mario:_The_Origami_King)
- Soundtrack
- [YouTube](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2XjmdkuVL-0sVtW_3fGxhUPx5z0B7NOI)
- [The Promised Tweet](https://twitter.com/heyitscorinth/status/1374685709848678403)
- [Line Them Up! A *Paper Mario: The Origami King* Concert](https://youtu.be/zCXrspb-qLg)
- [Mario & Luigi RPG Developer AlphaDream Has Gone Bankrupt](https://kotaku.com/mario-luigi-rpg-developer-alphadream-has-gone-bankrup-1838692022)
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*This episode was originally recorded on March 24, 2021.*
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