Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

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Released Jul 22, 2004

By: Intelligent Systems, Nintendo

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What sleeps behind the door? Time passes, the pages turn… and a new chapter unfolds in an unfamiliar land! Get ready for a two-dimensional role-playing adventure for the ages as Mario returns to paper form to discover a mystery that sleeps behind an ancient, legendary portal called the Thousand-Year Door. The quest is long, the dangers many, and this time, Mario will have to make full use of his papery qualities just to survive.

Genres: Adventure Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube
Themes: Action Comedy Fantasy Science fiction
Franchises: Mario
Collections: Paper Mario
Game modes: Single player
Perspectives: Third person
Engines: In-house engine
Keywords: 2.5d alternate costumes anthropomorphism backtracking bats battle screen blocks boomerang bros.boss assistance boss fight breaking the fourth wall character growth collectibles cooking counter system creature compendium damsel in distress dark second act death detective dialogue trees dinosaur riding dinosaurs easter egg evil organization fetch quests fire manipulation floating island foreshadowing ghosts gliding gravity greatest hits hammer bros.hidden room high score human in-game e-mail interactive achievement awards 2005 interactive battle system interconnected-world kidnapping level cap leveling up linear gameplay magic mascot maze melee moat moving platforms nintendo gateway system non-player character not-so-bad guys parrot party system platform exclusive poisoning polygonal 3d princess professional wrestler real-time waiting recurring boss resized enemy restoration royalty save point sealing your own fate secret area self-referential humor sequel ship deck battle side quests silent protagonist slavery sleeping sleeping enemies surprising character switches temporary invincibility tentacles train level transforming boss treasure chest turn-based turn-based combat turn-based rpg turtle unbeatable enemies undead unskippable cutscene upgradeable weapons using dialogue to avoid combat villain violent plants vore yoshi
Languages: English · Interface Japanese · Interface
Age ratings: ACB PG ESRB E PEGI 7 USK 0

Complete release history (4)

Nintendo GameCube · Jul 22, 2004
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Nintendo GameCube · Oct 11, 2004
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Nintendo GameCube · Nov 12, 2004
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Nintendo GameCube · Nov 18, 2004
Australia · Exact date · Full release · IGDB