Paper Mario is a video game spinoff series of the Mario franchise, developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for its various video game consoles. The series began when Square took its Final Fantasy franchise to Sony's PlayStation console, leaving Nintendo without a role-playing game (RPG) for the Nintendo 64. The series follows Mario on various quests to defeat one or more antagonists (including Bowser) in worlds created with papercraft materials. The first game in the series, Paper Mario, was released in August 2000. The series has received praise for its writing, characters, and graphics, but garnered criticism for its transition from traditional role-playing to action-adventure, starting with Super Paper Mario for the Wii. The newest game in the series, The Origami King, was released on July 17, 2020.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1771:

Dene men, acting as guides to Samuel Hearne on his exploration of the Coppermine River in present-day Nunavut, Canada, massacred a group of about 20 Copper Inuit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Falls_massacre

1968:

Led by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party overthrew Iraqi president Abdul Rahman Arif. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17_July_Revolution

1981:

A structural failure caused a walkway at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., to collapse (damage pictured), killing 114 people and injuring 216 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt_Regency_walkway_collapse

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

justice delayed is justice denied: If a wrong is not corrected within a reasonable time, it is as though the wrong were not corrected at all. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/justice_delayed_is_justice_denied

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

First-time novelists have a tough row to hoe. Our publishers don't have a lot of promotional budget to throw at unknown factors like us. Mostly, we rise and fall based on word-of-mouth.   --Cory Doctorow https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cory_Doctorow