Paper Mario: The Origami King is a cross-genre video game, developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo; it was released exclusively for the Nintendo Switch console in July 2020. The story follows Mario teaming up with his new ally Olivia to prevent the Mushroom Kingdom from being folded entirely into origami. The game is designed to look entirely like paper, with multiple open-world areas allowing for exploration and puzzle-solving. Turn-based combat is organized into circular rings, which can be rotated to line up enemies to deal more damage. The producer, Kensuke Tanabe (pictured), anticipating that he could not satisfy every fan, opted for entirely new gameplay and concepts compared to previous games in the series. The game received generally positive reviews, being praised for its graphics, writing and characters, and critiqued for the lack of other elements of role-playing games, such as experience points. Reception on gameplay, mainly the puzzle-style combat, was mixed.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1842:

Awaking from a nap under a tree at Rancho San Francisco, Francisco López made the first popularly documented discovery of gold in California. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rancho_San_Francisco

1946:

Thirty-three people were killed in a human crush at Burnden Park, a football stadium in Bolton, England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnden_Park_disaster

1967:

Svetlana Alliluyeva, the daughter of former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, defected to the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlana_Alliluyeva

1978:

The Jagorawi Toll Road, the first toll highway in Indonesia, was inaugurated by President Suharto. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagorawi_Toll_Road

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

ply: 1. (transitive, obsolete) To bend; to fold; to mould; (figuratively) to adapt, to modify; to change (a person's) mind, to cause (a person) to submit. 2. (intransitive) To bend, to flex; to be bent by something, to give way or yield (to a force, etc.). […] 3. (transitive) To work at (something) diligently. 4. (transitive) To wield or use (a tool, a weapon, etc.) steadily or vigorously. 5. (transitive) To press upon; to urge persistently. 6. (transitive) To persist in offering something to, especially for the purpose of inducement or persuasion. 7. (transitive, transport) To travel over (a route) regularly. 8. (intransitive, obsolete) To work diligently. 9. (intransitive, nautical, obsolete) To manoeuvre a sailing vessel so that the direction of the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to work to windward, to beat, to tack. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ply

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

America has always been a nation of fearless explorers who dream bigger and reach further than others imagined. … There are no limits so open your eyes and open your imagination. The next great discovery could be yours.   --Barack Obama https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Barack_Obama