It’s first foray into the Nintendo Switch, Paper Mario: The Origami King hopes to bring its familiar brand of comedy and RPG gameplay to Switch owners when it releases later this week.

With the embargo lifted on early reviews, we’ve rounded up a handful we’ve found, which you can read below.

IGN - 7.0

IGN’s Cam Shea gave Origami King a solid 7 out of 10 score and calls the environments and characters of this new Paper Mario game “charming.” However, the problem comes in the battling and overall design of the game.

Shea feels the combat is the weakest part of Origami King as many of the attacks and items do the same thing and the lack of character-specific experience gains makes battles even more “perfunctory.”

“Combat is largely unfulfilling, and your journey as a whole lacks meaningful choices,” writes Shea. “For a series with RPG roots, that’s a real shame.”

Read IGN’s full review, here.

THE VERGE - NO SCORE

The Verge’s Andrew Webster really enjoyed the comedy and overall “goofiness” of Paper Mario: The Origami King while also praising how the game’s battling is snappy and fun.

“The Origami King strikes a nice balance between being approachable but still having depth,” writes Webster.

Read The Verge’s full review, here.

GAME INFORMER - 7.75

Game Informer’s Ben Reeves gives this new Paper Mario game a respectable 7.75 out of 10 score.

Like many other reviewers, he likes the characters and world of Origami King. However, Reeves recalls having to backtrack through worlds to find a key or talk to a specific character

Reeves is also not as sold on the battle system as others writing, “by the time I was halfway through the game, I was trying to avoid combat whenever possible because it had grown so boring.”

Read Game Informer’s full review, here.

KOTAKU - NO SCORE

Kotaku’s Chris Kohler is a big fan of the Paper Mario series and that love permeates through his review.

While he enjoyed the new battle system and that actually going into battle rewards you more than in past Paper Mario games, it was the environments, story and characters that really won him over.

“I don’t know what the people who write Paper Mario’s English-language scripts are getting paid, but I know that it is not enough. I can’t remember the last game that made me laugh so hard so many times,” writes Kohler.

Read Kotaku’s full review, here.

Paper Mario: The Origami King is scheduled to release July 17 on Nintendo Switch.

Are you excited for this new adventure in the world of Paper Mario? Which of the previous games was your favorite? Let us know in the comments section.