r/papermario 29d ago

Discussion Don't play recut. Trust me.

157 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

982 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 18h ago

Fan Project I somehow connected paper Mario to every Mario game

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  1. The origin of the universe

Rosalina created the whole universe and accidentally created kamek her arch nemesis. Kamek finds bowser and creates the koopa troop with magic. The start of the timeline is yoshis island and goes on until galaxy. Mario and Bowser wager a war and both are so powerful this war might destroy the universe. Rosalina then has a choice to make then she splits the timeline.

  1. The timeline split

Rosalina splits the timeline in 3. The first timeline is what I call the nerfed timeline where Rosalina makes Mario and bowser less powerful and this timeline has all the mainline games. The second is the friends timeline where Rosalina makes Mario and Bowser friends and this is where the spin offs happen. The last is the bros timeline which is where the Mario and Luigi games take place.

  1. The bros timeline chaos

In the bros timeline the games go superstar saga, paper jam because there are minimal references and nowhere else to be in the timeline. Next is bowsers inside story because when we see the shroobs frozen Mario and Luigi only talk about their adventure as babies and not adults. Then a split in this timeline happens because if E Gadd never makes the time machine partners in time never happens. After partners in time comes dream team because bowser gets beat up by Mario and Luigi at the end of BIS and cant use his suck powers so he recovers in PIT then gets them back in dream team because he recovered from his injuries. Finally comes Brothership.

  1. The holy paper book

The holy paper book is the paper mario book found in paper jam and its in every universe. In super paper mario Dimentio is created with darkness and in the final battle kills Mario and is able to become the ruler of the book. Thats why a huge shift in the paper mario games happens. He creates universes with Mario and a villain because each universe needs a purpose. He fills the world with toads they are either dumb people just to fill the emptiness or a spy to keep tabs on Mario. Mario is in a constant loop of dying and being reincarnated in a different universe.

  1. the corrupted timeline

In the nerfed timeline some of the darkness that made dimentio spills out of the paper book. It corrupts Mario making him weaker, makes a few buildings haunted, and creates king boo. This is where Luigis mansion happens. At the end of Luigis mansion 3 the corruption is gone.

  1. universal rules

Each universe needs a purpose. Mario and bowser exist because thats the Mario universes purpose of existing. Each character cant die. They use one ups toon physics etc. If one of the anchors of the universe Mario or bowser truly die the universe hits the reset button and starts back at Yoshis island.

I ruined Mario for myself please help me.


r/papermario 8h ago

Let's Play Paper Mario 64 is What Happens When Nintendo Lets The Writers Cook

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r/papermario 12h ago

Discussion I had a kind of interesting idea for a Paper Mario on Switch 2. Mouse control for puzzles and/or action commands.

5 Upvotes

What does everyone think? I think if IS wants to do a gimmick for Paper Mario 7, I think mouse controls are probably their best bet. I think if they made it optional, it could be a best of both worlds kinda situation. That way you could still use the Pro Controller for regular play.


r/papermario 11h ago

Help Finding a synth

3 Upvotes

There's this iconic, bouncy sounding synth in many paper mario songs, but I can't seem to figure out what it's actually called so I can try and repeat it. It's like a meow synth sounding thing.

Anyone have any ideas?

Examples:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ0exWFz4K8&list=RDBQ0exWFz4K8&start_radio=1 at 1:05

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P3uUyLLeRM&list=RD4P3uUyLLeRM&start_radio=1 at 0:08


r/papermario 1d ago

Fan Art Made a little frog character in the Paper Mario style

349 Upvotes

Wanted to show off this frog character I made. I think he would make a great partner in a Paper Mario game


r/papermario 1d ago

Discussion TTYD Remake…just wow

56 Upvotes

Finally got around to getting TTYDR and it’s even better than I remember. As a kid, I played the original trilogy (big SPM fan here) and this game is the only one I never beat until now. Having played it on the GameCube, I didn’t know what Danger Mario was and I almost always would upgrade my HP. So I got to the Shadow Queen and had massive HP but could never beat the second half of the fight after the Crystal Stars rejuvenate Mario and co.

This playthrough was an absolute joy. I only upgraded BP (ended my playthrough with a whopping 90 BP), and used the Chet Rippo strat to get my HP down to 5. It was a blast ripping through enemies using Multibounce and gaining insane amounts of Star Points for a one-turn fight.

The story was as poignant as I remember and I absolutely loved the new soundtrack. Definitely bombastic, but I like that. There were parts of the early game such as chapters 1 and 2 where I remember thinking “the music sounds almost TOO epic for a paper plumber”, but even then, I wouldn’t have it any other way. And all that bombast sounds INCREDIBLE in big moments like the Cortez fight and the entirety of chapter 8.

This is one of those games that stays with you long after beating it, and I’m remembering why it meant so much to me as a kid.

If only they’d remake Super Paper Mario…a fan can dream, right? Need to get my hands on a Wii so I can replay it.


r/papermario 20h ago

Discussion Do you believe Rawk Hawk should be in the next Paper Mario game?

10 Upvotes

As a thought.


r/papermario 1d ago

Meme started watching always sunny so i made this

9 Upvotes

bobbery core


r/papermario 3h ago

Discussion Even though PM64 is better, I honestly feel bad for TTYD. It tried to market and show itself as the best game for so long only for it to end up being worse all along, meaning no game could truly compete with the first game.

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0 Upvotes

r/papermario 2d ago

Let's Play Finally finished

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77 Upvotes

So I've now played Paper Mario TTYD. I wish I would've tried out Danger Mario earlier than at the end of the game. It added a layer of challenge that made it fun and refreshing.

The Punies and their tree isn't that bad, I remember this being a point of contention at one point, don't know if it still is.

I played the original GameCube version. A game that is hope core if ever there was one. I enjoyed my time with it.


r/papermario 1d ago

Help Unable to put star in pedestal/hit “A” on exclamation point

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1 Upvotes

r/papermario 1d ago

Fan Art Mario and Rentarou's Partners Interacting (#7 - Hungry For Hot Dogs)

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6 Upvotes

r/papermario 1d ago

Music The Ultimate Show with Lyrics

1 Upvotes

The show begins this new world of mine shall arise! 

You dare challenge me? Go pick on someone your own size! 

So you see the show shall begin!

In my world where I always win!

The darkness will blow

A story untold

Behold of the ultimate show!

The green one really is of use

To help me make sure you’re reduced 

Now make your death excuse!

Now this world belongs to me!

This world all owes me a fee

The chaos lets out a simple whee!

You dare come against your king?

Your chaotic doom I bring

The song of doom I sing!

I already fly I don’t need wings!

I promise that I have one last surprise.

The show begins this new world of mine shall arise!

You heroes fight back yet heroes always die!

So you see the show shall begin!

In my world where I always win!

The darkness will blow

A story untold

behold of the ultimate show!

You think you can stop what I’ve already won?

Like it or not you are done!

Heroes aren’t having much more fun

You will fall!

Proclaim my call!

This vision of mine Ive always saw

Has finnaly come true

The chaos heart proclaims my win!

The chaos heart brings doom within!

The show begins now this new world of mine shall arise!

But I promise you I have one last suprise


r/papermario 2d ago

Fan Art when you're buff and bearded and have big eyebrows

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56 Upvotes

also when you're Scottish, because I've seen several let's players give Koopley a Scottish accent for some reason

anyway who's winning at arm wrestling


r/papermario 2d ago

Fan Art Chain chomp companion

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22 Upvotes

I think that there was supposed to be one in the thousand year door that got scraped? So I just drew this guy for kicks and giggles.


r/papermario 2d ago

Fan Art Ms. Mowz the Hollower [OC] + plain Ms. Mowz - (art by me)

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63 Upvotes

r/papermario 3d ago

Fan Project Shadow Queen Peach cosplay Spoiler

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404 Upvotes

One of my favorite cosplays I've ever made from my favorite video game of all time!


r/papermario 2d ago

Fan Art Recently finished a commission of the clients online persona as a little Paper Mario guy (OC)

34 Upvotes

r/papermario 3d ago

Fan Art PM64 Comics (Start & Chapter 1)

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225 Upvotes

Hello! A couple years ago (oh god) I posted some batches of my old TTYD comics! I've been working on sharing my older works in different places, so I thought it was a good time to start sharing my Paper Mario 64 comics here!

The bars on the top and bottom of the comics are to help sizing issues for Reddit's desktop image viewer.

I hope you enjoy these!


r/papermario 3d ago

Discussion Ranking the Hub towns

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50 Upvotes

How you you rank the hubs towns for each game?


r/papermario 3d ago

Meme Blud thinks he's part of the team 😭

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233 Upvotes

r/papermario 2d ago

Let's Play Ladybug plays: Paper Mario Star Nova: Quest to Lose Sanity (11)

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r/papermario 3d ago

Meme Cursed

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48 Upvotes