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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Intelligent Systems, Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 6

2024•RPG•PEGI 7•About 32 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurefantasyvehiclesfastlightimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questrescue/escape/jeopardyunlikely connections

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Boxlist takeExpansive and otherworldly: a glossy RPG, light rather than heavy. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: very undemandingHow we score

IGDB rating

95 / 100

45 ratings

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About This Game

A remake of the second game in the Paper Mario series, originally released for the Nintendo GameCube. Turn the page and join Mario and friends in an RPG adventure to discover the legendary treasure behind the ancient Thousand-Year Door. Will Mario complete his papery quest, or will he crumple under the pressure?

Summary: IGDB

Story

In the seedy port town of Rogueport, Princess Peach comes across a mysterious treasure map rumored to lead to a fabled fortune hidden behind the ancient Thousand-Year Door, sealed within ruins built atop a town that sank into the earth after a long-ago cataclysm. Peach sends the map to Mario and then vanishes, prompting him to travel to Rogueport in search of her. There he learns that the map can reveal the seven Crystal Stars needed to unlock the Thousand-Year Door, and that a sinister organization known as the X-Nauts is also hunting for its power. Gathering new companions along the way,...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureFantasyVehiclesAll consuming questRescue/escape/jeopardyUnlikely connections

Keywords

Multiple playable charactersPaper plane

Where to play

Nintendo eShop

Details

Developers: Intelligent Systems, Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 6
Publisher: Nintendo
Released: 23 May 2024
Series: Mario
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Side view
Time to beat: 32h normally, 35h complete
Age rating: PEGI 7
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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