Paper Mario: The Origami King: Director's Cutout

Paper Mario: The Origami King: Director's Cutout is a rom hack of the Nintendo Switch game, Paper Mario: The Origami King. The rom hack mainly aims to address Paper Mario: The Origami King's flaws with the gameplay to help it fit better in line with earlier titles in the Paper Mario series as well as changing some aspects of the story to develop the emotional core even further.
== Gameplay ==
Paper Mario: The Origami King: Director's Cutout makes a lot of changes to the original version's battle system, changing it from its puzzle aspect, to the survival RPG aspect that the series was known for and giving it a bigger incentive other than receiving a fixated amount of Coins. It also makes some changes in other aspects of the gameplay in order to make it more palatable for players. 
=== Battle System ===
In battle, Mario no longer has to solve any puzzles in the ring to beat the enemies faster, the enemies in the ring never move. However, the number of turns he gets to attack the enemies, is always one, meaning that the goal of the battle system is to work out which set of enemies is the strongest and the weakest and how much damage, Mario can take. As a result, Mario no longer gets any coins for Puzzle completion as that's no longer a bonus. 
Selecting one of the two permeant Jump and Hammer options opens up a selection interface with the weapons equipped in the two options. These two selection interfaces include the temporary weapons that would be already equipped, sorted into stacks. The temporary weapons no longer break, but they become less powerful the more Mario uses them. They can be fixed in Toad Town for an expensive price of Coins. 
As well as winning a set amount coins from fighting enemies, ranging from 400 to 1020 coins, Mario can win Accessories. Accessories are no longer sold through the Fun, Funky, and Functional chain, they are now only exclusive to fighting enemies a certain number of times. As a result, the achievement "Beat the game without equipping accessories" is no longer in the game. Confetti is also only exclusive to enemies, meaning that objects in the overworld, i.e, crates, trees and stones, no longer give out confetti and that fighting enemies is the only way to get it. 
Boss Battles don't follow this change. However some instructions in some of the boss fights are more clear for the player to pick up and the timer has been removed completely, allowing the player to build the path to the middle of the ring at ease. Partners are also included in the fights as well and attack after Mario's turn if he lands on the Fight Space. 
=== Professor Toad ===
Professor Toad is the one of the two permanent partners who stay with Mario, throughout the entire game. Unlike the original version, he joins Mario after defrosting Captain T.ode, using the excuse that he wants to see the world and chase his bigger dreams other than "finding the ancients". He offers assistance in battle and in the overworld. In battle he is able to use his "Dig This" attack to attack a wider range of enemies after Mario has finished his turn. In the overworld, he uses his shovel to dig up coins and trophies, just like he did in Scorching Sandpaper Desert. 
From the point on where he joins Mario, he gets along well enough with Kamek, Bowser Junior and Bowser despite being initially being looked down upon by these three respectively. 
=== "Bobby" ===
Bob-omb (commonly referred to as "Bobby") is the one of the two permanent partners who stay with Mario, throughout the entire game. Unlike the original version, he doesn't blow himself up to blow up the boulder in Sweetpaper Valley and sticks with Mario, Olivia and Professor Toad throughout the game. He only offers assistance in battle, using his "Bomb Bump" attack one of the enemies on the field after Mario has finished his turn. 
From the moment he meets Professor Toad, the two of them act as a double act, but more is added to his relationship between Olivia. 
== General Changes ==
* Loading times have been cut down significantly.
* Falling onto spikes only damages Mario by 1 HP.
* Yoshis are added as NPCs
* Partners no longer wait outside of a building with a vellemental in them, they follow Mario inside of the building and experience the cutscene. Any mention of Olivia telling Bob-omb or Professor Toad what happened is omitted reflecting this change. 
* In-battle audience dialogue has been rewritten. 
* There are more NPCs in areas that would've been empty in the original game. 
== Level, Event and Dialogue Changes ==
=== Peach's Castle (first visit) ===
* Olivia doesn't take any residence in Mario's pockets so any mention of this in the dialogue is removed.
* The tutorial battle is shortened down to only focus on the aspect of fighting the enemies. 
=== Whispering Woods ===
* A button prompt appears when Mario is in the tree. 
* The scene where Mario rescues Olivia is removed, following how confetti now works.
=== Toad Town ===
* The Shy Guy who has the hook to the manhole cover leading to Graffiti Underground, now has a broken mask, so that he can be easier to find. The dialogue talking about him reflects this change as well. 
* There is a tent near the manhole where Mario can upgrade his temporary weapons for an expensive price of Coins.
=== Overlook Mountain ===
* The prices that the Monty Mole offers at the auction stops going down at 4,000 Coins as his final offer. 
=== Earth Vellemental Temple ===
* If Mario revisits the area when Bob-omb is still with him, Bob-omb follows him in. The dialogue reflects this change as well:
** "I'm going to go in there as well for a peak Big M. It's been a while since I've seen this place. Hope it's as boring as I remember." 
=== Overlook Tower ===
* The chef who runs the cafe is named Gino and supports a waxed mustache along with his attire. 
=== The Cable Car ===
* The owner of the cable car is Toadette.
=== Water Vellumental Shrine ===
* Bob-omb follows Mario into the shrine after pressing the switch. The dialouge that reflects this change is.
** "Listen guys, can I come in too? I think the sight of brown is starting to annoy me a little bit and I'd like to see some more color." -Bob-omb
** "Okay Bobby, if you're sure.- Olivia
** "The name is Bob-omb, m'am- Bob-omb
* In the scene where Olivia transforms into the Water Vellumental, Bob-omb is surprised to see the transformation. The dialogue that reflects this is:
** "That was wonderful! Sorry I ever doubted you m'am!" 
* After coming out of the shrine, the dialogue where Olivia tells Bob-omb what happened is omitted. 
=== Shogun Studios ===
* There are more residents in the area dressed in cosplays than there was in the first visit in the original version, who are hiding in the buildings in the first visit. These residents are:
** The seven Koopalings
** Some Yoshis
** The four Broodals
** Madame Broode
** Sixteen New Donkers
** Toadsworth
** Goombario
** Kooper
* Upon the second visit, they are seen walking in the district of the park
* Mario can also climb on the roofs of the buildings.
=== Ninja Attraction ===
* Bob-omb follows Mario into the building, as such, the scene were he doesn't come in is omitted. 
* After leaving the building, a Ninja Toad approaches Mario telling him that he saw Luigi run out of the door. The dialogue for this is:
** "Just saw your brother run out of the building Mario! Never knew he wanted to try his hand at being a ninja!"
=== Big Sho Theatre ===
* Upon a second visit to the area, Mario can face against the Pit of 100 trials, underneath the stage. The boss for the pit is the White Handaconda. 
=== Sweetpaper Valley ===
* Since the plot point where Bob-omb blows up the boulder with his friend's fuse omitted from this version of the game. King Olly doesn't show up. 
=== Fire Vellumental Cave ===
* Professor Toad follows Mario further into the cave, as a result, any mention of him being too scared to go in, is omitted. 
* When Professor Toad first sees the Fire Vellumental he is astounded and tells Mario and Olivia that this is one of the ancients that he was looking for. The dialogue that reflects this is:
** "Okay, this is it! This is what I have been looking for all of these years! Shame she was too crazy to control.."
=== Temple of Shrooms ===
* The DJ captured by Hole Punch is a yellow Yoshi with sunglasses and black trainers with rainbow shoelaces. 
=== Sea Tower ===
* The structure of the Sea Tower is changed completely. Instead of being a mixture of all four of the vellumental areas, the interior design is a golden hotel room, run by a Lion and a Falcon, named "Largen" and "Fajita", who give the story of the vellumentals and how they had protected the Mushroom Kingdom for centuries. 
=== Spring of Rainbows ===
* The entrance to the Springs is no longer blocked by the game Shy Guy's Finish Last, that game is now a temporary option that Mario can play, once he revisits the suite. 
=== Peach's Castle (final visit) ===
* Luigi doesn't fall down the hole and instead, continues with Mario along the length of the castle. His contribution to Bowser's speech in the room before the final boss reflects this change along with Professor Toad and Bob-omb's contribution. 
**"And besides, you basically congratulated me for finding the wrong keys. To me my friend, that's a no failure at all." - Luigi
** "That's the spirit! Let's go in and show that scoundrel who's boss!" - Professor Toad
** "I promise we'll get a nice meal after this kiddo."- Bob-omb
* In the final fight, Luigi joins as a partner. His only attack is High Jump.
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