'Paper Mario: Color Splash' News and Updates: Nintendo Accidentally Unlocks Pre-Loaded Game
Many people have been aching to get their hands on the upcoming action adventure video game "Paper Mario: Color Splash". However, a certain mistake made that very wish happen, allowing the eager fans to play the game when they were still not supposed to.
"Paper Mario: Color Splash" Leaked
Twitter has been the go-to platform of users to break immediate news to their followers. This microblogging site was fully utilized the very moment "Paper Mario: Color Splash" became unlocked to those who pre-loaded the game on their consoles, much to the users' delight.
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So if you bought Paper Mario Color Splash digitally and pre-loaded it you can start playing NOW
— BY2K (@TheBY2K) September 23, 2016
Looks like my pre-loaded copy of Paper Mario: Color Splash is letting me play it 2 weeks before release. pic.twitter.com/jFPtDgDR7c
— Abel Esqueda (@abelstar9) September 23, 2016
Paper Mario: Color Splash is officially the best Paper Mario game out there folks. pic.twitter.com/DfoMmbvumW
— KrazyBones (@KrazyBonesTV) September 23, 2016
"Paper Mario: Color Splash" should have been available next week globally. It will then be playable through the Wii U platform. However, those who have pre-loaded the game early on September 22 found that the full game was unlocked and already available to play.
It appears that Nintendo's very own systems have malfunctioned, allowing for the glitch to take place. Some users have tried to play the game to make sure that the Twitter trend was indeed real and not just a demo version. Upon playing the unlocked game, some users have made it through Worlds 1 to 4 without encountering any issues. Some even took the console offline and found out that the game still worked.
European players, however, were not able to take advantage of the accidental opportunity as it seems to have been exclusive to the North American region. Also, those who were intending to download "Paper Mario: Color Splash" while the game was unlocked could not do so; it appeared to have been removed to prevent further damage. Nintendo still has not made an official statement regarding the matter.
Official Game Details
"Paper Mario: Color Splash" was first revealed on a Nintendo Direct presentation at the first quarter of the year. However, it received highly negative reception from the public. Some say that the roleplaying elements have been drastically downplayed and stripped from the first few games in the series.
The game is also often compared to the Nintendo 3DS game "Paper Mario: Sticker Star". However, as seen from the tweets above, fan reactions who played the game are actually quite good. The official release of "Paper Mario: Color Splash" is on October 7, exclusive to the Wii U platform.
