Paper Mario: The Origami King announced for Switch!

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Slownenberg said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

I love this reveal for so many reasons.  First, I find the origami angle to be hilarious.  It's paper, but "Now in 3d"!  LOL.  I also love how Nintendo can just unveil their second biggest game of the year so far without a direct or anything.  Like a boss.

Most importantly this all gives the impression that they have plenty more games coming this year.  I didn't think I would see any new releases this summer, especially not first party physical releases.  I figured we'd get a direct in a few months and nothing until that time.  Nope.  Nintendo is just going to drop this game on us 2 months ahead of time, because they have way more other stuff to put into their next direct.  That's awesome.

Funny thing is I still haven't played Super Mario RPG.  Time to dust off the old SNES mini and give it a play first.

Yeah hopefully this puts to bed people's worries that Nintendo just wasn't gonna release any games the rest of the year. If they didn't have a Fall / holiday lineup then this would have gotten pushed back there to fill the gap. So now we know they'll have good stuff lined up this Fall.

And omg you haven't played Super Mario RPG? It's a million times better than any paper mario game. Paper Mario is actual shit compared to Mario RPG. You're gonna love it!

Yeah, that is what I expected would happen until I saw this trailer had dropped.  I thought any potential summer releases would be pushed back until fall and just let Animal Crossing do all the heavy lifting in the summer.  But this trailer shows they have summer games.  Awesome!  They've still got a full slate of games for the year.

Also, yeah I've heard good things about Super Mario RPG, especially since Squaresoft was involved in their prime.  This pandemic has really given me a chance to make a serious dent into my backlog.  I finished several Switch games first.  Then I went and finished Phantasy Star 4, and I'm on Shining Force 2 right now.  Since I'm already in the 16-bit era of RPGs, Super Mario RPG seems like a good next choice.  It will also give me a chance to see if it has aged well or not.  I've often heard people compare Final Fantasy 6 and Phantasy Star 4.  I only finished FF6 a few years ago, but it was awesome.  It aged far better than PS4.  On the other hand I'm really loving Shining Force 2 right now.  It has also aged well.  I hope Super Mario RPG has aged well too.