Later Paper Mario games moved away from turn-based combat, but The Thousand-Year Door fully embraces this mechanic. As in Super Mario RPG and Paper Mario, the combat has players selecting moves and ...

Recently, I had the chance to attend a virtual preview of the upcoming Nintendo Switch remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. I haven’t played any of the Paper Mario titles, as my experience ...

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door’s Nintendo Switch remake is here, and that’s a big deal for fans of this Mario subseries. Paper Mario has been around since the Nintendo 64 days and has seen many ...

Remaking a classic is always tricky. Video game development is like alchemy; that anyone happens upon the exact right combination of elements to make a true classic title is practically a miracle.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is the perfect follow-up to Super Mario RPG that released last November. Widely regarded as the best Paper Mario game, The Thousand-Year Door is the ideal ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

A lot changes in 20 years. Fashions come and go, tastes mature and diversify, and things we once loved look a bit less shiny and lovely when viewed from such a distance. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year ...

Amid all the talk over the years about Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, it’s a game I’d never tried out. It’s one of the true hidden gems of the GameCube era: a game where you had to be there, and ...

RPGs evolved more than most genres over the years, and it’s pretty tough to revisit some. I was curious and maybe a little apprehensive to see how well Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door aged after ...

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There are seven characters who can be possible partners for Mario in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Some are necessary at times, due to there being chapter-specific gimmicks their out-of-battle ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...