Paper Cut builds on Emulation King

Paper Cut v0.4.1

Sat, 07 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000

for Windows, for Linux (AppImage), for Android (Japanese disc), for Android (European disc), for Android (US disc), for iOS, unsigned (Japanese disc), for iOS, unsigned (European disc), for iOS, unsigned (US disc), for macOS (Apple silicon)

Paper Cut 0.4.1 is a fix release for 0.4.0, and the Android apps now play the game: a disc picked in the file manager opens, and the game runs, in optimized builds like the computers’. Phones also check for updates from now on. It fixes the crashes players hit late in the story (the Excess Express after chapter 6, the Shadow Queen, Grodus and the ship in the ending), the freeze in long cutscenes when playing as Peach, the online file select dropping the session, and the open world’s seeds that couldn’t be finished. It also fixes many smaller problems found by running every room and story beat of the game unattended. It plays the Japanese (G8MJ01), US (G8ME01) and European (G8MP01) versions of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, from the game’s C decompilation, with no emulator.

THANK YOU TO ALL FOR BETA TESTING! I APPRECIATE YOU! 😎

Downloads


Windows (x64)	`papercut-0.4.1-windows-x64.zip`
macOS (Apple silicon)	`papercut-0.4.1-macos-arm64.zip`
Linux (x86-64)	`papercut-0.4.1-linux-x64.zip`, `.AppImage` or `.flatpak` (glibc 2.39 or newer: Ubuntu 24.04, Fedora 40, Debian 13 and later)
iOS and iPadOS	`papercut-0.4.1-<us\|jp\|eu>-ios-unsigned.ipa` (unsigned: install with AltStore, SideStore or Sideloadly)
Android (arm64)	`papercut-0.4.1-<us\|jp\|eu>-android-arm64.apk` (debug-signed)

Saves, settings and replays from 0.4.0 carry over. Online, both players need 0.4.1: a 0.4.0 game and a 0.4.1 game can’t play together.

Highlights

No more late-story crashes: train, Shadow Queen, ending.
Long scenes no longer stop; Peach no longer freezes.
Online, the file select no longer drops the session.
MSAA no longer crashes after Professor Frankly.
Android: discs picked in the file manager open.
Every open-world seed can be finished.
B+X+Start goes back to the title instead of freezing.
German and French text that shows; menus that fit.

What’s new

Phones check for updates too, from 0.4.1 on. Android downloads the new APK, checks it against the release’s checksum and hands it to Android’s installer, which asks first. On iOS, add Paper Cut’s source to AltStore or SideStore once (the notice’s Add to AltStore or Add to SideStore, or `), and they offer each new version.

Fixed

Crashes and freezes

The Excess Express after chapter 6: boarding at Rogueport crashed, and so did later rides through the train’s cabins. (#2)
Long cutscenes: a scene that waited more than 53 seconds stopped for good, and playing as Peach could freeze. Waits are measured in 32 bits again, as on the GameCube.
The Shadow Queen’s second phase crashed as it started. (#2)
Grodus: crowded battle scenes ran out of room for their poses, and his fourth satellite overwrote his current target. (#2)
The ending: the ship leaving Rogueport crashed. (#2)
The 1000 Dry Bones room could crash after the swarm had pushed Mario about.
More message windows: a scene with more than seven open at once stopped closing them.
When the game’s memory is full, Paper Cut now gives it more instead of crashing.
Lookups whose target is gone: a missing event, item, partner, NPC or battle unit no longer crashes the game.
A partner’s blend effect with no partner out crashed.
Versus: Gale Force could blow Mario or Luigi out of the fight and crash it.
Play as: a move the character’s model doesn’t have now plays one it does, instead of freezing.
B+X+Start, the soft reset, goes back to the title instead of freezing. It’s refused online.
No crash on a position or speed that isn’t a number: an angle to such a point, or a Puni slowing to a stop.

Online

The file select: the mouse in the game’s menus now goes with the controller, so a click there no longer drops the session.
Starting an online game, or Restart now, keeps the window until the new one has drawn.

The open world

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Paper Cut v0.4.0

Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000

for iOS, unsigned (Japanese disc), for iOS, unsigned (European disc), for iOS, unsigned (US disc), for Android (Japanese disc), for Android (European disc), for Android (US disc), for Linux (AppImage), for macOS (Apple silicon), Source code, for Windows

Paper Cut 0.4.0 brings versus battles, Mario’s side against Luigi’s on one screen, online or against a computer that plays every Star Power, and Paper Cut’s own open world, a randomizer where Rogueport and all eight chapters open in any order. Luigi, Peach or Bowser can take Mario’s place for the whole game, name and all. The title screen gets a menu of its own (Play, Modes, Online, Settings), and the new Modes page gathers an action-command dojo, the dungeon master, the boss rush, party games and more. Up to four players can play together, Luigi can join Mario as a second hero in Brothers mode, and Mario and his partners have duo moves. Online play moves into the game’s own Start menu, with a room list, paper notes, leaderboards checked by replays and a weekly raid boss. It also adds Master Quest, a Director’s Cut of what the game left out, things to do after the story, costumes, paper looks for the picture, button icons for your controller, a new launcher, Lua mods, and much more. It plays the Japanese (G8MJ01), US (G8ME01) and European (G8MP01) versions of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, from the game’s C decompilation, with no emulator.

Downloads


Windows (x64)	`papercut-0.4.0-windows-x64.zip`
macOS (Apple silicon)	`papercut-0.4.0-macos-arm64.zip`
Linux (x86-64)	`papercut-0.4.0-linux-x64.zip`, `.AppImage` or `.flatpak` (glibc 2.39 or newer: Ubuntu 24.04, Fedora 40, Debian 13 and later)
iOS and iPadOS	`papercut-0.4.0-<us\|jp\|eu>-ios-unsigned.ipa` (unsigned: install with AltStore, SideStore or Sideloadly)
Android (arm64)	`papercut-0.4.0-<us\|jp\|eu>-android-arm64.apk` (debug-signed)

On a computer, one download plays every version. A phone app can only run its own code, so phones have one app per version.

Highlights

Versus battles against a friend or the computer.
Paper Cut’s open world: chapters in any order (US).
Play as Luigi, Peach or Bowser, all the way through.
A title menu: Play, Modes, Online and Settings.
Modes: a dojo, dungeon master, boss rush and more.
Four players, and Luigi as a hero in Brothers mode.
Master Quest, and a Director’s Cut of what was cut.
Online in the Start menu, easier to host and join.
A paper-theatre launcher and a new star icon.
Button icons for your controller; a touch C-stick.

What’s new

The title menu and the launcher

A title menu: after Press Start, four buttons along the bottom of the title screen, in the Start menu’s own look, with the logo and the whole cast still in view: Play (your files, as before), Modes, Online and Settings. Stick, D-pad, keys, mouse or a tap move through them. Settings and Online open the Start menu’s own tabs over the title, with no file loaded. General > Title menu turns it off, for Start straight to the files as in the original.
Modes from the title: party games and battles (versus battles, the raid boss, the quiz party, Tattle cards, the dungeon master, the boss rush with a loadout, battle puzzles, the dojo and the fun toggles) on a file of their own that is never saved, with the Tattle Log lent for card decks. When the mode is over, you’re back at the title.
The launcher, dressed as the game’s menus: paper windows on a stage, the Start menu’s coloured tabs, a white glove that glides to whatever is chosen, torn-paper buttons, a page turn between tabs and soft paper sounds (General > Launcher sounds). Each disc shows its own banner with a JP, US or EU tag. A short window keeps Play in sight, and on a phone the tabs shrink to fit.

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