She pressed 'Load'.
Mario was there, frozen mid-jump. Not in his usual heroic pose, but twisted—his left arm folded behind his back, his cap folded into a sharp point. He wasn't made of paper anymore. He was the fold. Paper Mario The Origami King -0100A3900C3E2800-...
The console beeped. A new line of text appeared beneath the save file. She pressed 'Load'
SAVE CORRUPTION OVERWRITTEN. NEW PLAYABLE CHARACTER: PRINCESS PEACH. She pressed 'Load'. Mario was there
It was the loop itself.
The save file was named simply: MARIO_1 . But the data signature was wrong.