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Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam

Amazon Japan has posted a number of screenshots from Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam. View the full set below.

Note that some of these screenshots have scenes that were featured in the original E3 images. However, they’re still different from what was shown a few months back.

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Earlier today, we learned that Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam is heading to Japan on December 3. We now have a look at the Japanese boxart as well, which seems to hint at some sort of online functionality.

amiibo support is also now confirmed for Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam. The following figures will work with the game:

– Mario (Super Smash Bros. series)
– Peach (Super Smash Bros. series)
– Yoshi (Super Smash Bros. series)
– Luigi (Super Smash Bros. series)
– Bowser (Super Smash Bros. series)
– Dr. Mario (Super Smash Bros. series)
– Mario (Super Mario series)
– Peach (Super Mario series)
– Toad (Super Mario series)
– Luigi (Super Mario series)
– Yoshi (Super Mario series)
– Bowser (Super Mario series)
– Green Yarn Yoshi (Yoshi’s Woolly World series)
– Pink Yarn Yoshi (Yoshi’s Woolly World series)
– Blue Yarn Yoshi (Yoshi’s Woolly World series)
– Mega Yarn Yoshi (Yoshi’s Woolly World series)
– Mario Classic Color (Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary series)
– Mario Modern Color (Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary series)

By scanning any of the amiibo above, players will receive a special card that can be used in battle.

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Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam now has a final release date in Japan. The game will be available on December 3, Nintendo’s official schedule listing reveals.

In the west, Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam is due out sometime during the spring.

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Nintendo Life has posted its preview of Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, which comes with a few new details. Find them rounded up below.

– Begins with the Mario & Luigi cast in the castle
– The group sees a paper version of the pricess
– Lots of humor
– One of the E3 demo had a giant, robotic Mario held up by little Toads battling robotic Goombas
– Terrain and inhabitants in the game are rendered in 3D
– Perspective follows more closely that of Mario & Luigi rather than Paper Mario
– Folding effects into the matches like the Paper Mario games
– Card decks are new to the title
– Earn cards by gaining points
– This seems to be based on a star meter in the top left corner
– Up to three types of cards take up the entirety of the bottom of the touch screen
– Touch them to add an effect to the battle
– Ex: making you stronger, disarming your enemy in some way
– Cards are sort of like a Hearthstone element
– Options of items, jump and hammer attacks, specials and run are available in battle
– Mushroom houses, levelling up Mario poles after matches and identical items are back
– Each enemy has a text box beneath showing what level they are
– Ex: level 7 sand monster at the beginning of the E3 demo

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Nintendo World Report has shared a new video of Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam. It’s 34 minutes in length, and has audio from the game. Check it out below.

– Quest mode: find seven Toads in a field area
– This has traditional Mario and Luigi gameplay
– Control Mario with A
– Control Luigi with B
– Control Paper Mario with Y
– E3 demo has players going through a small field on the lookout for these missing Toads
– 3 of the Toads eventually pop out disguised as a wooden gate to shield themselves from Bowser
– You then learn a dash move to help catch a Toad running around rapidly
– The final Toad is located through a hidden pathway
– Use Paper Mario to slide past some rocks to find the last Toad
– Paper Mario’s abilities open up how puzzles are solved
– Boss mode also included
– In the demo, a magikoopa sets you on Petey Pirhana
– Use cards during battle
– Collect stars each time you hit an attack successfully that lets you spend points on cards that helped the gang in a number of ways
– Use cards to do things like increase defense for a few turns
– At one point in the battle, Petey Pirhana chases Mario and Luigi
– Paper Mario saves the day by turning into a paper airplane that helps lift the brothers as Petey flung mud balls at them
– Once stopped, Paper Mario returned to his current form and smashed him for more damage
– Different set of battle commands for Paper Mario than Mario and Luigi
– Mairo and Luigi have then traditional moves like jump and hammer
– Paper Mario has copies
– Copies disappear as Paper Mario is hit
– The more copies he has, the more damage he can dish out with his jumping attack
– Papercraft Mode: Mario, Luigi and Paper Mario control a paper mecha that is moved around to attack giant, paper-shaped Goombas on the field
– To charge up the mecha’s power, there are pads strewn about that initiate a rhythm-based game where you press Y each time a wave reached the end of the circle
– The better you’re at it, the quicker the meter will charge
– Once charged, you can wipe out the Goombas by charging at them with the B button
– Once the enemy is down, the Mario mecha can spring out of its pad and unleash a devastating pounce that often destroys the enemy
– Mecha King Goomba is the boss of this mode
– When you dodge from him, Goomba leaves open an opportunity to attack

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