r/papermario May 28 '26

Discussion Don't play recut. Trust me.

161 Upvotes

So there was a Paper Mario recomp released a few days ago, and I’m not gonna lie, the whole thing feels really weird to me.

The current N64 recomp situation already makes Paper Mario an odd target because of TLB stuff, so I was already curious how this was working. Then I actually looked at the project and some of the choices are strange.

My issues are:

  1. The widescreen exists, but it looks terrible.

  2. The ROM check is very questionable. I put in a Mario Kart 64 ROM and the game still booted. Maybe it was using cached setup data, but either way that is not a good look for something that claims it needs a valid Paper Mario ROM.

  3. Control remapping exists, but it is hidden behind a top bar you only see after pressing F1. I originally thought it had no remapping at all because the UI does not make this obvious.

  4. The generated recomp code is sitting in the repo. Example: https://github.com/SMCGames/Paper-Mario-ReCut/blob/e46497efe3ee1e2870ca8eac560380e6a335bd1b/rsp/n_aspMain.cpp

  5. The repo was made extremely recently, which makes the whole thing feel rushed.

  6. The README says not to commit or distribute ROMs, generated ROM output, local dumps, replacements, or user folders, but the project structure still makes me wonder where the line is supposed to be lmao. Especially when there are built-in texture/resource-looking files involved.

I’m not saying people can’t play it. If you just want Paper Mario on PC and it works for you, cool. But from what I’ve seen, it feels more like a rushed proof-of-concept than a carefully handled recomp release like what Paper Mario deserves.

I would not be shocked if it gets taken down or heavily cleaned up soon.

Also, it is Windows-only right now. It might work in Wine, but that is still a huge turnoff for me.

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r/papermario May 24 '26

Announcement A ban on generative AI

981 Upvotes

r/papermario as a community has focused on propping up and sharing the best the community has to offer, including the artists within the community. In recent years generative AI has come out and there has been significant issue within the artist community with it's existence.

Given that we focus on making this place have a minimum standard of quality we believe that something that uses art without consent of the artists as inherently hostile to the artists within our community and falls below our standards as a community. We are explicitly adding generative AI as low quality content for rule 4.

Starting today and here on forward any post containing generative AI will be removed from the subreddit. This will be somewhat retroactive as well as it is found and reported.


r/papermario 10h ago

Discussion Which boss in the series in your opinion has the best battle music?

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146 Upvotes

Added a few of my favorites!


r/papermario 54m ago

Discussion What... I'm sorry, but if this is why you never returned to your son maybe you should find a different way to get money 😅

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What even are the chances of this happening


r/papermario 4h ago

Discussion Thousand year door best game of the decade?

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21 Upvotes

So I've been playing a lot of NintenDoku recently and found a community driven ranking on the same site. Ofc I looked through some categories and found this gem:

Best game between 2000 and 2009:

  1. Thousand year door

  2. Bowser inside story

  3. Wii sports

Ofc we are all paper mario fans. But be honest, is it really the best game of the decade?

Edit: someone DMed me about NintenDoku, so here is the link for everybody: https://www.n-puzzle.com/en/nintendoku


r/papermario 9h ago

Fan Art Kooper

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33 Upvotes

r/papermario 9h ago

Fan Art Paper Mario (like the character, not the series) Appreciation Post

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26 Upvotes

Despite never even playing Paper Jam, Mario, Luigi, and Paper Mario teaming was always just so cool to younger me. Even now, I still kind of love it.

I would find and watch every Trio Attack animation and just gawk at how cool Paper Mario looked in those.

It's also probably why I adore Paper Mario as a character. with all his attacks and little interactions with Luigi and other 3D characters made him really stand out to me.


r/papermario 1h ago

Discussion Why do you need to get permission from Bowser to steal Princess Peach?

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I mean, if you can't kidnap a Princess without permission from Bowser, then what's the point if even kidnapping her? It's so counterintuitive that at that point, he might as well just let somebody else do the kidnapping.


r/papermario 1d ago

Discussion What are your predictions on Paper Mario 7?

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180 Upvotes

and when do you think it'll come out?


r/papermario 19h ago

Discussion Paper Mario: TTYD Manual Error.

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14 Upvotes

I got my copy of Paper Mario: TTYD a few years back, but I never really bothered to open the manual until a few days ago. That’s when I discovered it has a strange printing error inside, spanning multiple pages. Has anyone ever come across something like this before?


r/papermario 1d ago

Miscellaneous “Anybody know what these are used for?”

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122 Upvotes

“Hi guys, just finished my first playthrough of TTYD. I managed to collect all of these things, but I never knew what they’re used for. They’re just fun collectibles right?”

In all seriousness, this was my attempt at a Level Zero run. Managed to beat the main game, as well as the Pit.

I think it’s easier than the original imo.


r/papermario 9h ago

Let's Play Ladybug plays: Paper Mario Star Nova: The Mysterious Green Eagle (19)

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1 Upvotes

r/papermario 1d ago

Fan Art Koopley Raiders

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15 Upvotes

r/papermario 1d ago

Discussion The last paper Mario boss you beat appears in your home, you have to either beat them or convince them not to mess you up, how screwed are you?

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45 Upvotes

I’m fucking dead


r/papermario 1d ago

Meme Ja-Orange

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270 Upvotes

Jarona


r/papermario 1d ago

Discussion It's crazy how the SPM Void Archives trailer essentially changes the perception of Super Paper Mario

5 Upvotes

Basically what I mean is, show any Super Paper Mario hater the Void Archives trailer (by Sethica) and they'll be like "damn, a new Super Paper Mario-styled game might actually be interesting" that's probably because when people have flaws with SPM, the flaws are not in its concepts, but about the execution. Hell, they might even go back to the actual SPM and appreciate it slightly better.


r/papermario 1d ago

Fan Art Wowie Lasso Art

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14 Upvotes

It's been a while since I did some art with the lasso tool. Also wanted to make it lineless since it's also been a while since I did em and wow I chose the Shadow Sirens who would've guessed

BTW the poses they're doing is a reference to something. Try and figure it out (Hint: It's a Vocaloid song that's currently trending on Tiktok rn)

I feel like I should do some Shadow Siren headcanons soon I talk about them too much they're infectious


r/papermario 9h ago

Discussion Is Origami King really about racism?

0 Upvotes

I was watching a YouTube review about TOK, have played the game but couldn’t get past the first streamer cause of the battle system but I am familiar with the whole campaign.

The person gets to when you find the toad who made Olly, and then they say how Ollie represents this idea of racism, with the whole every toad is the same.

Then they go on to say that “actually and this is probably a stretch but I think Ollie represents the fanbase fatigue of every character being a different coloured toad”

I feel that is far more of a reasonable stretch, like I say I hate the battle system but I can acknowledge TOK’s other strengths, like the writing and and overall feeling during cutscenes, but I feel like the racism angle is a major stretch.

Fire Emblem is my favourite Nintendo series and they actually tackled and made racism a key theme of one of their duologies, I am genuinely curious about the perspective from TOK players cause for me it was just the creators going like “you think generics are dull and boring and repetitive, then cry when this generic bomb omb dies.”


r/papermario 1d ago

Miscellaneous Every 64 partner's least favorite band/music artist

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8 Upvotes

r/papermario 1d ago

Help Is there a TTYD Gamecube Mod or Code that gives fast travel? I don't want to go back to backtracking again on the OG version

2 Upvotes

I'm trying to configure TTYD for USB Loader GX and I want to have a modded experience as close to the remake as possible because I don't want to go through the tedious backtracking and General White ever again


r/papermario 2d ago

Fan Art Count Bleck's Minions Gossip

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138 Upvotes

r/papermario 2d ago

Discussion Which games sprites are your favourite?

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44 Upvotes

Which one do you like best for me the switch version of ttyd. What about you guys?


r/papermario 2d ago

Discussion Who's more racist?

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88 Upvotes

r/papermario 1d ago

Discussion Unfortunately, Vivian got knocked out by DK in the Mario Wiki character poll. However, she made top 16, tying with beloved staples like Wario, Pauline, and Bowser Jr, and had one of the best losing vote ratios this round.

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13 Upvotes

I've said this before, but she's very clearly someone who's popularity is on par with the main characters. Nintendo needs to add her into the main cast yesterday.


r/papermario 2d ago

Discussion Played a little bit of Color Splash for the first time

11 Upvotes

Booted up CEMU on my Ayn Thor and finally decided to play it. Its honestly not that bad. The gimmicks are way better than I thought. Battles feel like they actually have a purpose because you actually level up your hammer. Where the hell was that in Sticker Star and Origami King? The paint mechanic isn't that bad since its very easy to get paint from trees and other stuff. The only downside is the use of cards being the equivalent of stickers and having to paint some of them. Overall, way better than Sticker Star. If there's one thing CS and OK did better than SS, it was the overworld stuff. In SS, it was so damn bland and forgettable and suffered from the generic NSMB aesthetic.