Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)

Intelligent Systems

Nintendo GameCube

4.48 from 1987 ratings · #41 top rated on Grouvee

4292 members have it in their collection · 146 playing now · 1231 backlogged · 1101 wish listed

How long? Main story 28h · with extras 33h · 100% 46h (from 18 logged playthroughs)

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, … Read more
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. Read less
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Release dates

  • Jul 22, 2004 (Full Release) (Japan) Nintendo GameCube
  • Oct 11, 2004 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo GameCube
  • Nov 12, 2004 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo GameCube
  • Nov 18, 2004 (Full Release) (Australia) Nintendo GameCube

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Community All Reviews Statuses

kasparius

Status kasparius May 5, 2019

I saw the game stare at me from my collection yesterday and decided it was time to finally play it. I've never played a Paper Mario game and I heard this was the best. I like the Mario & Luigi RPG series so I was fairly sure I would like it. I hooked up my Wii with the Component cables …

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I saw the game stare at me from my collection yesterday and decided it was time to finally play it. I've never played a Paper Mario game and I heard this was the best. I like the Mario & Luigi RPG series so I was fairly sure I would like it. I hooked up my Wii with the Component cables and off I went.

I've just beat chapter 2 now, and I'm really loving this game. The GameCube was truly one of the great Nintendo consoles, what a lineup!

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rbeort

Status rbeort Feb 9, 2019

Better than the first "Paper Mario" adventure on the N64, but it's still no where near as good as the SNES' "Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars."

hyrumsutton

Status hyrumsutton Jan 12, 2019

Now that I have a 3DS and a Wii U, I wanted to play through all the Paper Mario games sequentially, starting with a re-play of the first three. However, I no longer have a copy of Thousand Year Door, and they go for like $90 on Amazon, so I'm using an emulator. It's going pretty well, but I have …

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Now that I have a 3DS and a Wii U, I wanted to play through all the Paper Mario games sequentially, starting with a re-play of the first three. However, I no longer have a copy of Thousand Year Door, and they go for like $90 on Amazon, so I'm using an emulator. It's going pretty well, but I have to switch back and forth between two versions of Dolphin in order to bypass glitches in the game. I'm making it work, but it's pretty annoying.

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