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Xbox X|SWe've documented 21 accessibility features for Paper Mario: The Origami King, including Large Subtitles, Low Pressure, No Button Combos, No Repeated Pressing and Audio Cues. Its accessibility is strongest in Controls and Reading but it also has features in Getting Started, Visual and Navigation to reduce unintended barriers.
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Our accessibility examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Paper Mario: The Origami King (Series) accessibility 2 years ago. It was re-examined by Angela Hickman Newnham and updated 2 years ago.
Accessibility Notes
You can get a hint at any time relevant to your current situation from Olivia by pressing the X button, and on the menu Help screen, Olivia has a lot of additional helpful hints and information to supplement the game tutorials and explain some features.
The game can be saved manually at the Save Blocks located periodically throughout the game and is saved automatically when you enter and exit different areas.
Game Details
Release Date: 11/08/2000, updated in 2020
Price: 30% off
Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, DS, GameCube, Switch, Wii and Wii U
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Battle, Role-Play, Sequencing (Action, Adventure, Collecting, Fighting, Narrative, Platform and Traversal)
Accessibility: 21 features
Components: 3D Third-Person and Hand-Made
Developer: Nintendo (@Nintendo)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 6 accessibility features for Controls in Paper Mario: The Origami King which deal with how you control the game, different options for alternative inputs and whether you can remap these settings to suit your needs.
Gamepad
Can play with the following:
Multiple Buttons & Two Sticks: Can play with multiple buttons and two sticks.
Motion
Games that can be played with different sorts of motion controllers.
Motion Gesture: Can motion with the controller to direct an in-game action. This can be a one-to-one motion for analogue sword or camera movement. It can also be a simple shake to trigger a one-off action. This is sometimes known as Waggle or Shake controls, as popularised by the Wii.
Button Combinations
Specific button operation required to play
Rapid Repeated Pressing Optional: Quick, repeated button pressing (more than 2 times a second) is not required, can be skipped or switched to holding a button to trigger a repeated action.
No Simultaneous Buttons: Only one button or key required at a time, in addition to direction stick(s).
Controller Vibration
Vibration Optional: Controller vibration not used in the game or you can disable it.
Informative Vibration: Controller vibration indicates events or interactions in the game, echoing visual and audio cues. This can provide additional information about progress, approaching enemies or hitting a target.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls
If you want to play Paper Mario: The Origami King, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Paper Trail (13 Controls Features)
- The Outbound Ghost (11 Controls Features)
- Wildermyth (11 Controls Features)
- Paper Animal RPG (10 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Paper Mario: The Origami King which deal with how you can adjust the challenge of play, and whether this is locked once chosen or can be adjusted as you play. The following games are similar to Paper Mario: The Origami King, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:
- Rainbow Billy (3 Difficulty Features)
- Neo: The World Ends with You (3 Difficulty Features)
- Wildermyth (3 Difficulty Features)
- Born of Bread (2 Difficulty Features)
Getting Started
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Getting Started in Paper Mario: The Origami King which deal with what support is offered to get started with the game. This includes customising the experience when you first open the game via any onboarding processes it provides as well as tutorials and other assistance when you first start playing.
Assistance Getting Starting
These features aid your play of the game in terms of cognitive load on learning controls, dealing with pressure and coping with the environment and challenges.
Tutorials: There are helpful tutorials and instructions on how to play. Information is provided in a timely manner, with appropriate level of detail.
View Control Mapping: You can view a map of controls during play. This clearly displays the mappings of actions to buttons/keys/mouse/keyboard without having to leave the game. This includes games that always display buttons to press during play.
Low Pressure: Game tasks aren't time-limited or there's a low-pressure mode. This avoids the pressure of being put on the clock for overarching missions, or failing tasks because you didn't reach a destination in time.
No Jump Scares: No sudden loud noises or popping-up scary visuals that unexpectedly appear without warning, or the option to disable them.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started
If you want to play Paper Mario: The Origami King, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Paper Trail (8 Getting Started Features)
- Beastieball (7 Getting Started Features)
- The Outbound Ghost (7 Getting Started Features)
- Ikenfell (7 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Reading in Paper Mario: The Origami King which deal with how much reading or listening comprehension is required, how well the game provides visual and audible access to the text and whether subtitles and captions are a good fit for purpose.
Reading Level
How much reading is required to play the game's main path or story and how complex the language is. The presence of voiced characters doesn't reduce this requirement, as it's recorded as a separate datapoint.
Moderate Reading: Moderate reading required. The quantity and complexity of reading are at a level that a high school student (14-year-old) would appreciate.
Text Visibility
High Contrast Text: Text colour contrasts to the background or can be adjusted to be. The text in menus, instructions and other information is presented in high contrast with a solid background.
Subtitles
Large Clear Subtitles: Subtitles are large, clear and of good contrast. They are at least 1/20 (46 pixels on 1080 screen) the height of a landscape screen and at least 1/40 height on portrait screens, or can be adjusted to be. We base this on the full line-height, including the space above and below the letters. Considered separately from the general text of the game, the subtitles are large, clear and of good contrast.
All Speech Subtitled (Or No Speech In Game): All spoken content has subtitles, or there is no speech in the game. This means there is no requirement to hear spoken dialogue or narrative to play the game.
Captions
Speaker Indicator: Textual captions indicate who is speaking (or there is only ever one person speaking). This can also be indicated visually in the game with character icons or placing text in speech bubbles next to the person speaking.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading
If you want to play Paper Mario: The Origami King, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- Paper Trail (7 Reading Features)
- New Super Lucky's Tale (7 Reading Features)
- Tinyfolks (6 Reading Features)
- The Outbound Ghost (6 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Navigation in Paper Mario: The Origami King which deal with how the game provides guidance and assistance to navigate its worlds. These are only for games that have traversal and exploration in 2D and 3D spaces.
Head-Up Display
Game Map: View a map of the game world during play, with the landscape, points of interest and missions highlighted throughout the entire game. This enables the orientation of the player and the world, confirming a direction of movement and the location of destinations or points of exploration.
Menu Navigation
Menu Audio Cues: Navigating menus provide an audio cue for each selection.
Menus Don't Wrap: Menus don't wrap and stop the cursor at the bottom of the list if you press down. Or menus do wrap but make it clear that you are back at the top of the list with sound or narration.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation
If you want to play Paper Mario: The Origami King, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:
- Ruffy and the Riverside (6 Navigation Features)
- Paper Animal RPG (6 Navigation Features)
- Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (6 Navigation Features)
- Wildermyth (5 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Visual in Paper Mario: The Origami King which deal with how you can adjust the visuals to suit your needs, and offer additional information if you can't hear the game.
Contrast
Medium Contrast: Game uses generally well contrasting and bright visuals, or has a slider to make this the case.
Audio Cues for Visual Events
Audio Cues for Visual Events: Audio is provided to indicate visual events. Game events or progress highlighted by visual icons, effects or animations are also accompanied by audio to signify that progress. This is useful for blind players.
Menu Audio Cues: Navigating menus provide an audio cue for each selection.
Motion Sickness Friendly
Motion Sickness Friendly: Doesn't have 3D movement elements that may trigger motion sickness, like motion blur, depth of field and field-of-vision. Or includes the ability to disable motion blur, depth of field and field-of-vision effects.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual
If you want to play Paper Mario: The Origami King, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- Tinyfolks (8 Visual Features)
- Ikenfell (8 Visual Features)
- A Tiny Sticker Tale (7 Visual Features)
- The Outbound Ghost (7 Visual Features)
Audio
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Audio in Paper Mario: The Origami King which deal with how you can adjust the audio of the game and whether audio cues compensate for aspects of the game that are hard to see. The following games are similar to Paper Mario: The Origami King, and offer accessibility features for Audio:
- Weaving Tides (4 Audio Features)
- Paper Trail (3 Audio Features)
- Neo: The World Ends with You (3 Audio Features)
- Dodgeball Academia (3 Audio Features)
System Accessibility Settings
In addition to the accessibility features provided in the game, you can also use system-wide accessibility settings:
Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch has some built-in features, including a lockable zoom, that can be used on all games.
Nintendo Wii
The Wii has a few helpful settings, like disable rumble, but you have to use gesture controls for most games and the system menu.
Nintendo Wii U
The Wii U has some limited settings, such as disabling rumble and selecting mono audio.
Read more about system accessibility settings.
Accessibility Report supported by VSC Rating Board, PlayabilityInitiative and accessibility contributors Andy Robertson and @growingupgamers
