General Information

• Release date: May 23, 2024
• No. of players: Single System (1)
• Genre: Role-Playing, Adventure
• Publisher: Nintendo
• ESRB rating: Everyone
• Supported play modes: TV mode, Tabletop mode, Handheld mode
• Game file size: 5.1 GB
• Supported languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese

Overview (from Nintendo eShop Page)

Join Mario and friends on an epic paper adventure

A classic story unfolds on the Nintendo Switch system.

Collect the Crystal Stars before the bad guys do

The X-Nauts are after the treasure behind the Thousand-Year Door! With a map from Princess Peach—and the help of a few locals—Mario must journey through a colorful world made of paper to find it first.

The stars of the show

Surprises abound in this deep and engaging tale, where everyone’s got something to say and it’s often not what you’d expect! Here are just a few of the colorful characters you’ll encounter along the way.

• Mario: (A man of few words, Mario rarely speaks and prefers to let his hammer do the talking.)
• Peach: “I cannot believe this! You X-Jerks kidnapped me before I could even begin to enjoy my vacation!”
• Bowser: “Princess Peach and the legendary treasure will be MINE!”
• Goombella: “My name's Goombella. I'm a junior at the University of Goom. Nice to meet ya!”
• Koops: “My tummy's getting upset... Let's find the guy in charge before I lose my nerve!”
• Madame Flurrie: “I shall ever love the stage! I must feel the spotlight shine on me again! I MUST!”
• Yoshi: “I can hold my own! I'll swallow any opponent whole, honest! Just leave it to me!”
• Three Shadows (Beldam, Marilyn, and Vivian): “Mmmmwee hee hee hee! Time to go to work, lovelies!”
• Lord Crump: “OK, you pests! One pummeling, coming up...with extra fists!”
• Grodus: “All will kneel before the X-Naut regime! And then I, Grodus, will build a new world!”

Know when to fold ‘em

Master your badges and timing-based attacks to impress the audience in a theatrical twist on turn-based RPG combat. Make use of all the abilities that come with being cursed—er, conveniently made of paper—like folding into a plane to cross big gaps or turning sideways to slip through narrow openings.

• Badges: Earn and equip badges to customize your stats and abilities.
• Special Moves: Collect Crystal Stars to unlock powerful moves.
• “Cursed” Abilities: Find a Black Key to unlock a chest and get “cursed” with abilities that turn Mario into a plane, a tube, a boat, and more!

Leaf through a storybook world

Explore a colorful paper world with charming characters in every fold.

A classic turns the page

Twenty years after the original game on the Nintendo GameCube™ system, this version for the Nintendo Switch™ system has revamped graphics, an updated soundtrack, and gameplay additions like updated quick-travel pipes and a Partner Ring to swap characters in a jiffy.

Reviews

Aggregators

• Metacritic - 90
• OpenCritic - 90

Articles

• COGconnected - 90 / 100
• Checkpoint Gaming - 9.5 / 10
• ComicBook.com - 4.5 / 5
• Console Creatures - Recommended
• Daily Mirror - 4 / 5
• Digitec Magazine - German - 4 / 5
• Enternity.gr - Greek - 10 / 10
• Game Informer - 8.3 / 10
• Glitched Africa - 9 / 10
• God is a Geek - 10 / 10
• IGN - 9 / 10
• Nintendo Life - 9 / 10
• Press Start - 9.5 / 10
• SECTOR.sk - Slovak - 8.5 / 10
• Saudi Gamer - Arabic - 9 / 10
• Spaziogames - Italian - 8.2 / 10
• Stevivor - 9 / 10
• TheSixthAxis - 9 / 10
• VGC - 5 / 5
• Video Chums - 9 / 10

^{This list was last updated via exported from OpenCritic at 9:57 AM ET}

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The /r/NintendoSwitch mod team