Summary
Nintendo has given fans another glimpse at the remake of 2004’sPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Doorafter releasing the intro cutscene from the game. The video focuses on the jump in visual quality that thePaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Doorremake will bring.
Back in September last year, during a Nintendo Direct stream, the Japanese gaming giant announced that it was developing a remake ofPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Doorfor Switch. The reveal trailer showed the graphically improved versions of Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and more. While the original game released in 2004 for GameCube, thePaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Doorremake is set to arriveon June 30, 2025 – nearly 20 years later.
On its official YouTube channel, Nintendo has posted the intro cutscene ofPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Doorremake, showcasing the game’s enhanced graphics and animation. The cutscene introduces the player to the game’s setting and its plot, acting as a sort of quick start guide before the actual gameplay kicks off. Notably, the opening clip gives off an impression of a fairytale novel. In the comments section, a majority of fans praised the new look at the remake and expressed feelings of nostalgia. A fan wrote, “I started crying, not only hearing the opening music but having the entire intro animated touched my childhood so much …”
Apart from visual improvements, Nintendo has incorporated somenew gameplay features inPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Doorremake. This information was confirmed in a press release in which the company stated that the remake contains “enhanced graphics as well as new gameplay features.” While it isn’t yet clear what exactly these new additions to gameplay are, revisiting Nintendo’s work onSuper Mario RPGremake, fans can expect to see changes such as a fresh inventory system, autosaving, and the like.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Remake Shows Strong Promise
In the GameCube era, the originalPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Doortasted significant success, quickly emerging as one of the best games on the console. Unsurprisingly, fans had been clamoring for a remake for the past few years. The original game’s status amongMariofans has ensured that there is a strong hype for its Switch remake. As a matter of fact,Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Doorremake has already sold outat certain online retailers months ahead of launch.
The strong number of pre-orders and the general anticipation leading up to the launch ofPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Doorremake is promising, to say the least. For Nintendo, which is navigating through the final years of its Switch console, the game could likely be one of the last blockbuster launches on the platform. Moreover, as it facessteadily dwindling Switch sales, the forthcoming remake could give the console one of its final sales boosts.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2024)
WHERE TO PLAY
Join Mario and friends on an epic paper adventure: A classic story unfolds on the Nintendo Switch system.Collect the Crystal Stars before the bad guys do: The X-Nauts are after the treasure behind the Thousand-Year Door! With a map from Princess Peach—and the help of a few locals—Mario must journey through a colorful world made of paper to find it first.Surprises abound in this deep and engaging tale, where everyone’s got something to say and it’s often not what you’d expect! Here are just a few of the colorful characters you’ll encounter along the way.Master your badges and timing-based attacks to impress the audience in a theatrical twist on turn-based RPG combat. Make use of all the abilities that come with being cursed—er, conveniently made of paper—like folding into a plane to cross big gaps or turning sideways to slip through narrow openings.
