Paper Mario: The Origami King will offer a new open world – News

The Paper Mario franchise will soon return with a brand new episode called The Origami King. This will inaugurate the presence of a new open world.

In an interview with our colleagues from GameInformer, the development team of Paper Mario: The Origami King spoke at length about the configuration of the game. Among the statements made, those of the integration of an open world; unlike the chapters that made up the old episodes, here, Mario will indeed be able to travel through an open world in order to approach a new regionnot. Masahiko Magaya, director of Intelligent Systems, explains:

One major feature that makes the world of this adventure special is that there are huge maps to explore at every turn.

Since the game is presented this way, we have been careful during the design phase to ensure that there will always be something in the player’s field of vision to catch his attention.

Note that” a number of vehicles will be made available to the player to facilitate his movements. It is also stated that the open world will offer some secondary activities, and will invite you, for example, to rescue Toads transformed into origami and scattered on the map. Once saved, they can join Toad Town or accompany you in the battle.

As a reminder, in The Origami King, Mario will face King Olly and his paper warriors, while Princess Peach and her castle have been transformed into origami. The hero can count on “long-time allies“but also on his new ally Olivia, sister of the antagonist endowed with”origami powersBowser himself will lend his help, his henchmen having been transformed into “origuerriers” in order to serve Olly.

Paper Mario: The Origami King will be available on July 17, 2020 on Nintendo Switch.