さよならエバーアフター: Onboarding

Paper Mario has drifted away from its RPG roots, and this 1 hour 22 minute video essay argues that Escape from Ever After recaptures what the early games did well. It goes chapter by chapter, starting with the prologue and Chapter 1 that make up Onboarding, and covers the combat, the hard mode and the writing.

出典：YouTube / Bringle / 2026-10-15

The game's first physical release came out on September 10 through Super Rare Games, limited to 4,000 Switch copies and 2,000 PS5 copies. The article also recaps the game: it was made by a two-person team in Montreal and holds a 96% positive rating on Steam.

出典：HappyGamer / 2026-09-11

A long review by a player who finished the game in about 30 hours. It explains how the game builds on the Paper Mario formula, and it reads the themes of work and creativity in the story. It also gathers strategy tips that run into the late game.

出典：note / req / 2026-02-01

A review of the Switch version that scores it 8 out of 10. It praises the combat, the densely packed world and the humorous writing, and points to the odd timing windows and the short length as weaknesses. It also notes a 60fps performance mode on Switch 2.

出典：Nintendo Life / 2026-02-13

An interview with developer and composer Daniel Whitworth. He talks about where the idea of a company exploiting storybook worlds came from, the jazz direction of the soundtrack, and the thinking behind making the battles more strategic than in the games that inspired it.

出典：Video Chums / 2026-01-30

A reviewer with more than 350 reviews on their blog files this game under masterpieces. They cover the action-input defense system and the varied, distinctive enemy movements with specific examples.

出典：JEMCゲームレビュー / 2026-02-08

A spoiler-free review published right after launch, together with strategy information. It sorts out the premise of working inside a corporation to take it apart, how the battles mix real-time inputs into turn-based combat, and the many small design touches.

出典：KeepGamingOn / Taca KGO / 2026-01-28

A review of the free Onboarding prologue itself, released in July 2024. It looks at how far the prologue and the shortened Chapter 1 go, how strong the companion characters are, and what the combat still needs, such as clearer on-screen cues.

出典：Gaming Furever / 2024-07-22

A critical review that starts from the opening of the story and its storybook-takeover premise. It weighs how closely the game reproduces Paper Mario against what it does on its own, and discusses how the satire and the characters work.

出典：Source Gaming / 2026-02-17

After reaching the ending, the author rates the Paper Mario-style combat as very polished. They are also specific about the weak points: puzzles that are strangely difficult, and battles where you can't attack the way you want.

出典：note / JAKE / 2026-01-29

A longtime fan of the Mario RPGs writes about the homages in the dialogue, music, characters and combat, and compares the hub to Rogueport from The Thousand-Year Door. The second half gives impressions chapter by chapter.

出典：note / さんだくてん / 2026-02-09

After finishing the game, the author compares how closely its systems and map design follow Paper Mario 64 and The Thousand-Year Door. They also look at how the slightly underground look of the graphics fits the story of a storybook world taken over by a corporation.

出典：note / 染谷真衣 / 2026-02-24