Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

July 22, 2004·Single player
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Ratings

92
User Score
560 ratings
90
Critic Score
2 reviews
91
Total Score
562 combined

About

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is a turn-based role-playing game and the second entry in the Paper Mario series, set in a world styled to look like paper. Players guide Mario through themed locations, solving puzzles and battling enemies in a timing-based combat system where well-timed button presses strengthen attacks and defense. Battles play out on a stage before an audience whose reactions can help or hinder the player, and Mario recruits a party of companions with unique skills while equipping badges that grant new abilities. Brief segments also let the player control Princess Peach and Bowser between chapters.

Storyline

In the seaside town of Rogueport, Princess Peach acquires a mysterious treasure map said to point to a great fortune hidden behind the fabled Thousand-Year Door, sealed beneath ruins built atop a town that sank long ago. Peach sends the map to Mario, but she is soon kidnapped by an alien group called the X-Nauts who are after the same treasure. Mario travels to Rogueport and learns that the map reveals the locations of seven Crystal Stars needed to open the door. Gathering allies along the way, he sets out to collect the stars, rescue the princess, and uncover the secret of what lies behind the Thousand-Year Door.

Release Dates

PlatformDate
Nintendo GameCubeJul 22, 2004
Nintendo GameCubeOct 11, 2004
Nintendo GameCubeNov 12, 2004
Nintendo GameCubeNov 18, 2004

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Game Info

Developer
Intelligent Systems
Publisher
Nintendo
Release Date
July 22, 2004
Franchise
Mario
Collection
Paper Mario
Perspective
Third person

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Platforms

Nintendo GameCube

Genres

Role-playing (RPG)Adventure

Themes

ActionFantasyScience fictionComedy

Game Modes

Single player

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