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{{Infobox_Software |
   software_name  = Like a Dragon|
   software_name  = Paper Mario|
   software_image  = [[File:Like_a_Dragon_logo.png|300px]]|
   software_image  = [[File:Paper Mario logo.jpg|300px]]|
   developer      = [[NE R&D Dept.]], [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]], [[Sega CS1]]|
   developer      = [[Intelligent Systems]], [[AlphaDream]]|
   publisher      = [[Sega]]|
   publisher      = [[Nintendo]]|
   systems        = As noted below|
   systems        = As noted below|
   release        = 2005-present|
   release        = 2000-present|
   added_to_museum = As noted below|
   added_to_museum = As noted below|
}}
}}
'''''Like a Dragon''''' ('''''龍が如く''''', '''''"Ryū ga Gotoku"''''') is a multimedia series by [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]] consisting of [[video game]]s, films, a television show, magazines, books, comics, and music.
'''''Paper Mario''''' is a two-dimensional paper version of [[Mario]] that is part of a Japanese series of role-playing [[video game]]s.  


[[File:Yakuza_logo.png|200px|left]] The series was known outside of Japan as '''''Yakuza''''' until the official reveal of in-progress projects by Ryū ga Gotoku Studio on September 14, 2022.
The majority of the games he appears in are spun-off from the [[Mario RPG series|''Mario RPG'' series]]. Those games are themselves spun-off from the [[Mario Bros. series|''Mario Bros.'' series]] and the [[Super Mario series|''Super Mario'' series]].


It was spun-off into the [[Judgment|''Judgment'' series]].
[[File:Paper Mario.png|left|140px]]
==Fictional character biography==
Paper Mario is made of paper.


==Fictional character biographies==
As such, he can fold and crumple himself, and slide under thin spaces.
[[Kazuma Kiryu]], the main protagonist in most games in the series, is a former yakuza based in the Kamurocho district of Tokyo nicknamed the Dragon of Dojima. Kiryu took the blame for a murder that he didn't commit and spent ten years in prison. He became the sixth chairman of the yakuza organization named the Tojo Clan. He left to raise the daughter of his only love, who was murdered by her ex-husband, a crooked politician.


[[Ichiban Kasuga]], the series protagonist of the series after ''[[Yakuza 6: The Song of Life]]'', is nicknamed the Rock-Bottom Dragon. He was abandoned at birth and raised in the streets of Tokyo, leading him to become a low-level yakuza in the Tojo Clan. Like Kiryu, he took the blame for a murder he didn't commit. However, when he was released from prison eighteen years later, he was shot after trying to reconnect with his yakuza family and was left for dead in the Isezaki Ijincho district of Yokohama.
He is a character of his own, appearing in the ''Paper Mario'' series.  


Other playable characters include:
He met his [[Mario|main universe counterpart]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]''.
*[[Koichi Adachi]], a former police officer: ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'', ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon|7]]'', and ''[[Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth|8]]''
*[[Shun Akiyama]], a loan financier that ran Sky Finance: ''[[Yakuza 4]]'', ''[[Yakuza 5|5]]'', ''[[Yakuza: Dead Souls|Dead Souls]]'', and ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]''.
*[[Daigo Dojima]], Sixth Chairman of the Tojo Clan: ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'' and ''[[Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name|Gaiden]]''.
*[[Ryuji Goda]], the main antagonist of ''[[Yakuza 2]]'', the Dragon of Kansai: ''[[Yakuza: Dead Souls]]'' and ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]''.
*[[Joon-gi Han]], a villain in ''[[Yakuza 6: The Song of Life|Yakuza 6]]'' that is an identity assumed by many people: ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'' and ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon|7]]''.
*[[Eri Kamataki (character)|Eri Kamataki]], the owner of Ichiban Confectionary: ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'' and ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon|7]]''.
*[[Goro Majima]], Kiryu's rival, the Mad Dog of Shimano: ''[[Yakuza 0]]'', ''[[Yakuza 2|Kiwami 2: Majima Saga]]'', ''[[Yakuza: Dead Souls|Dead Souls]]'', ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]'', and ''[[Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name|Gaiden]]''.
*[[Saeko Mukoda]], a mama of a hostess bar: ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'', ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon]]'', ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]'', and ''[[Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth|8]]''.
*[[Miyamoto Musashi]], a historical rōnin: ''[[Like a Dragon Kenzan!]]''
*[[Yu Nanba]], a homeless man that was formerly a nurse: ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'', ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon|7]]'', and ''[[Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth|8]]''
*[[Sakamoto Ryōma]] ([[Saito Hajime]]), two historical samurai combined into one: ''[[Like a Dragon Ishin!]]''
*[[Taiga Saejima]], Majima's sworn brother, and shooter in the Ueno Seiwa massacre: ''[[Yakuza 4]]'', ''[[Yakuza 5|5]]'', ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]'', and ''[[Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name|Gaiden]]''.
*[[Haruka Sawamura]], Kiryu's adopted daughter and a former idol: ''[[Yakuza 5]]'' and ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]''.
*[[Tatsuo Shinada]], a former baseball player for the Nagoya Wyverns: ''[[Yakuza 5]]'' and ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]''.
*[[Masayoshi Tanimura]], a member of the Tokyo police that is of Japanese and Korean descent: ''[[Yakuza 4]]'' and ''[[Like a Dragon Online|Online]]''.
*[[Tatsuya Ukyo]], the Mad Dragon of Kamuro: ''[[Black Panther: Like a Dragon New Chapter|Black Panther: Like a Dragon 1]]'' and ''[[Black Panther 2: Like a Dragon Ashura Chapter|2]]''.
*[[Tianyou Zhao]], the leader of the Yokohama Liumang: ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]'' and ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon|7]]''.


==Video games==
He also appeared in some games in the [[Super Smash Bros. series|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]].
 
==Video games featuring Paper Mario==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
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!| Notes
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza (video game)|Yakuza]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Paper Mario (video game)|Paper Mario]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega CS1|Sega New Entertainment R&D Dept.]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Intelligent Systems]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 2|PS2]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 64]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2005
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2000
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2005, with former yakuza [[Kazuma Kiryu]] as the playable character.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 2]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega CS1|Sega New Entertainment R&D Dept.]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 2|PS2]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2006
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2006, with former yakuza [[Kazuma Kiryu]] as the playable character.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon Kenzan!]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega CS1]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2008
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 1605, with the historical rōnin [[Miyamoto Musashi]] as the playable character. Released in Japan only.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 3]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega CS1]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2009
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2009, with [[Kazuma Kiryu]] as the playable character.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 4]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega CS1]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2010
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2010, with [[Kazuma Kiryu]], [[Masayoshi Tanimura]], [[Shun Akiyama]] and [[Taiga Saejima]] as the playable characters.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Black Panther: Like a Dragon - New Chapter]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega CS1]]<br />[[Syn Sophia]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2010
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2010, with [[Tatsuya Ukyo]] as the playable character. Released in Japan only.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza: Dead Souls]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega CS1]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2011
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2011. A zombie shooter with [[Shun Akiyama]], [[Goro Majima]], [[Ryuji Goda]], and [[Kazuma Kiryu]] as playable characters.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Black Panther 2: Like a Dragon - Ashura Chapter]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]<br />[[Syn Sophia]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2012
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2012, with [[Tatsuya Ukyo]] as the playable character. Released in Japan only.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon 1&2 HD Edition]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]]<br />[[Wii U]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2012
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Japanese-exclusive remaster of ''[[Yakuza (video game)|Yakuza]]'' and ''[[Yakuza 2]]''. Known as ''Like a Dragon 1&2 Wii U Edition on [[Wii U]]: Takes place in 2005 and 2006, with former yakuza [[Kazuma Kiryu]] as the playable character.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 5]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2012
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2012, with [[Kazuma Kiryu]], [[Shun Akiyama]], [[Taiga Saejima]], [[Haruka Sawamura]], and [[Tatsuo Shinada]] as the playable characters.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza (video game)|Yakuza Kiwami]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]], [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox One]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2013
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Remake of ''[[Yakuza (video game)|Yakuza]]'': Takes place in 2005, with former yakuza [[Kazuma Kiryu]] as the playable character.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 2|Yakuza Kiwami 2]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox One]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2017
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Remake of ''[[Yakuza 2]]'': Takes place in 2006, with [[Kazuma Kiryu]] as the playable character. The unlockable ''Majima Saga'' adds playable chapters as [[Goro Majima]].
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon: Ishin!]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]], [[PlayStation 4|PS4]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2014
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 1863, with the historical samurai [[Sakamoto Ryōma]] as the playable character. Released in Japan only.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 0]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]], [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox One]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2015
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 1988, with playable characters [[Kazuma Kiryu]] and [[Goro Majima]]. Released on PS4 worldwide and on PS3 in Japan only.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 6: The Song of Life]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox One]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2016
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2016, with [[Kazuma Kiryu]] as the playable character.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 3|Yakuza 3 Remastered]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox One]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Remaster of ''[[Yakuza 3]]'': Takes place in 2009, with [[Kazuma Kiryu]] as the playable character.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon Online]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Android]], [[iOS]], [[Windows]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2018. An online turn-based RPG with gatcha mechanics, with [[Ichiban Kasuga]] as the main character.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 4|Yakuza 4 Remastered]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox One]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Remaster of ''[[Yakuza 4]]'': Takes place in 2010, with [[Kazuma Kiryu]], [[Masayoshi Tanimura]], [[Shun Akiyama]] and [[Taiga Saejima]] as the playable characters.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza 5|Yakuza 5 Remastered]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox One]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Remaster of ''[[Yakuza 5]]'': Takes place in 2012, with [[Kazuma Kiryu]], [[Shun Akiyama]], [[Taiga Saejima]], [[Haruka Sawamura]], and [[Tatsuo Shinada]] as the playable characters.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[PlayStation 5|PS5]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox One]], [[Xbox Series X/S|Series X/S]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2019. A turn-based RPG with [[Ichiban Kasuga]] as the playable character.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza Remastered Collection]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox One]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Remaster of ''[[Yakuza 3]]'', ''[[Yakuza 4]]'', and ''[[Yakuza 5]]'': Takes place in 2009, 2010, and 2012, with [[Kazuma Kiryu]], [[Shun Akiyama]], [[Taiga Saejima]], [[Masayoshi Tanimura]], [[Haruka Sawamura]], and [[Tatsuo Shinada]] as the playable characters.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon: Ishin! Kiwami]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[PlayStation 5|PS5]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox One]], [[Xbox Series X/S|Series X/S]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2023
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Remake of ''[[Like a Dragon: Ishin!]]'': Takes place in 1863, with the historical samurai [[Sakamoto Ryōma]] as the playable character.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon: The Man Who Erased His Name]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[PlayStation 5|PS5]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox One]], [[Xbox Series X/S|Series X/S]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2023
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place between 2016 and 2019 with [[Kazuma Kiryu]], as Joryu, as the playable character.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[PlayStation 5|PS5]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox One]], [[Xbox Series X/S|Series X/S]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2024
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Takes place in 2024 with [[Ichiban Kasuga]] and [[Kazuma Kiryu]] as the playable characters.
|}
 
==Films==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Production company
!| Distributor
!| Release
!| Notes
|-
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon: Prologue]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Art Port]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Intelligent Systems]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[GameCube]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2006
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2004
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Prequel to ''[[Yakuza (video game)|Yakuza]]''.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
|-
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon (film)|Yakuza: Like a Dragon]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Art Port]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Intelligent Systems]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Toei]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Wii]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2007
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2007
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Based on ''[[Yakuza (video game)|Yakuza]]''.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Blended platforming with role-playing elements.
|}
 
==Television series==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Production company
!| Distributor
!| Release
!| Notes
|-
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Black Panther: Like a Dragon - New Chapter (television series)|Black Panther: Like a Dragon - New Chapter]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[TBS Television]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Intelligent Systems]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[TBS Television]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 3DS]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2010
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Adaptation of ''[[Black Panther: Like a Dragon - New Chapter]]''.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Black Panther 2: Like a Dragon - Ashura Chapter (television series)|Black Panther 2: Like a Dragon - Ashura Chapter]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[TBS Television]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[TBS Television]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2012
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2012
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Adaptation of ''[[Black Panther 2: Like a Dragon - Ashura Chapter]]''.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Blended role-playing with adventure elements.
|}
 
==Other games with Like a Dragon characters as playable characters==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Developer
!| System
!| Release
!| Notes
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Everybody's Golf 6|Everybody's&nbsp;Golf&nbsp;6]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Clap Hanz]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[AlphaDream]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]], [[PlayStation Vita|Vita]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2011
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Kazuma Kiryu]] is a [[downloadable content|DLC]] character in the Japanese version of this golf game.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Binary Domain]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]], [[Xbox 360]], [[Windows]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2012
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Kazuma Kiryu]], [[Shun Akiyama]], [[Goro Majima]], [[Taiga Saejima]], and [[Ryuji Goda]] were available as [[downloadable content|DLC]] in the Japanese version of this third-person shooter set in 2080 in a Tokyo that has been ravaged by global warming.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Project X Zone 2]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Monolith Soft]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 3DS]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 3DS]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2015
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2015
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Kazuma Kiryu]] and [[Goro Majima]] are in this crossover tactical role-playing game with characters from franchises by [[Bandai Namco Entertainment|Bandai Namco]], [[Capcom]], [[Sega]], and [[Nintendo]].
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Crossover of the ''Paper Mario'' series and the [[Mario & Luigi series|''Mario & Luigi'' series]].
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ryū ga Gotoku Studio]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Intelligent Systems]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Wii U]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2016
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | A [[Kazuma Kiryu]] skin for [[Kenshiro Kasumi]] is available as [[downloadable content|DLC]].
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Blended role-playing with adventure elements.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Streets of Kamurocho]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Empty Clip Studios]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Intelligent Systems]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Windows]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Switch]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Endless Beat-em 'up in the 16-bit ''[[Streets of Rage]]'' style, with [[Kazuma Kiryu]], [[Goro Majima]], and [[Ichiban Kasuga]] as the playable characters.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
|}
 
==Pachinko games==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Developer
!| Release
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon Kenzan! 2]] <br />Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan! 2<br />(龍が如く 見参!,  "Like a Dragon Arrives! 2")''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Taiyo Elec]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2014
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Pachinko game.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon: Of the End]] <br />Ryū ga Gotoku OF THE END <br />(龍が如 OF THE END, "Ryū ga Gotoku")''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Taiyo Elec]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2015
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Pachislot game.
|}
 
==Soundtrack albums==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Studio
!| Release
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Dragon Song: Like a Dragon - Karaoke Best Selection]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2011
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Preorder bonus for ''[[Yakuza: Dead Souls|Like a Dragon Of the End]]''.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Dragon Song: Like a Dragon 5 - The Best Songs Selection]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2012
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Preorder bonus for ''[[Yakuza 5|Like a Dragon 5]]''.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Like a Dragon Series: Best Soundtrack]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2014
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Preorder bonus for ''[[Like a Dragon Ishin!]]''.
|}
 
==Magazines==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Publisher
!| Release
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Kamutai Magazine]]''<br />([[Kamutai Magazine|December 2006]])
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2006
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Preorder bonus for ''[[Yakuza 2|Like a Dragon 2]]''.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Kamutai Magazine]]''<br />([[Kamutai Magazine|March 2008]])
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2008
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Preorder bonus for ''[[Like a Dragon: Kenzan!]]''
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Kamutai Magazine]]''<br />(''[[Kamutai Magazine|February 2009]]'')
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2009
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Preorder bonus for ''[[Yakuza 3|Like a Dragon 3]]''.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Kamutai Magazine]]''<br />(''[[Kamutai Magazine|March 2010]]'')
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2010
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Preorder bonus for ''[[Yakuza 4|Like a Dragon 4]]''.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Hot•Dog Press]]''<br />([[Hot•Dog Press|March 2015]])
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2015
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Preorder bonus for ''[[Yakuza 0|Like a Dragon 0]]''.
|}
|}


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[[Category: Characters]]
[[Category: Characters owned by Nintendo]]
[[Category: Series]]
[[Category: Series]]
[[Category: Series owned by Sega Sammy Holdings]]
[[Category: Series with books]]
[[Category: Series with comics]]
[[Category: Series with films]]
[[Category: Series with magazines]]
[[Category: Series with music]]
[[Category: Series with television shows]]
[[Category: Series with video games]]
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Revision as of 06:14, 7 September 2023

Paper Mario logo.jpg
Paper Mario
Developer Intelligent Systems, AlphaDream
Publisher Nintendo
Platforms As noted below
Released 2000-present
Added to
Museum
As noted below

Paper Mario is a two-dimensional paper version of Mario that is part of a Japanese series of role-playing video games.

The majority of the games he appears in are spun-off from the Mario RPG series. Those games are themselves spun-off from the Mario Bros. series and the Super Mario series.

Paper Mario.png

Fictional character biography

Paper Mario is made of paper.

As such, he can fold and crumple himself, and slide under thin spaces.

He is a character of his own, appearing in the Paper Mario series.

He met his main universe counterpart in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam.

He also appeared in some games in the Super Smash Bros. series.

Video games featuring Paper Mario

Title Developer System Release Notes
Paper Mario Intelligent Systems Nintendo 64 2000
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Intelligent Systems GameCube 2004
Super Paper Mario Intelligent Systems Wii 2007 Blended platforming with role-playing elements.
Paper Mario: Sticker Star Intelligent Systems Nintendo 3DS 2012 Blended role-playing with adventure elements.
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam AlphaDream Nintendo 3DS 2015 Crossover of the Paper Mario series and the Mario & Luigi series.
Paper Mario: Color Splash Intelligent Systems Wii U 2016 Blended role-playing with adventure elements.
Paper Mario: The Origami King Intelligent Systems Nintendo Switch 2020