King -0100a3900c3e2800-... — Paper Mario The Origami

SAVE CORRUPTION OVERWRITTEN. NEW PLAYABLE CHARACTER: PRINCESS PEACH.

WARNING: SAVE CORRUPTION DETECTED. ORIGAMI KING’S LOOP ACTIVE. TIME REMAINING: 00:03:22 Paper Mario The Origami King -0100A3900C3E2800-...

The console beeped. A new line of text appeared beneath the save file. SAVE CORRUPTION OVERWRITTEN

Not a crack. A cut . Perfectly circular, with edges so clean they looked laser-scribed. Paper Mario The Origami King -0100A3900C3E2800-...

0100A3900C3E2800 was now 0200A3900C3E2800 .

The world snapped back into color. Mario unfurled with a gasp. The hole in the square became a door.

The save file was named simply: MARIO_1 . But the data signature was wrong.