Nintendo Reveals Box Art And New Screens For Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door On Switch

The screens are looking nice !! But I am not so sure about the box art.

There's no "real" preorders started yet, right? Beyond people like Game?

I enjoyed origami king, thats really my first paper mario game - but I've heard that this one is the best of the series so am really looking forward to finally being able to play it

In the gaming equivalent of shrinkflation, gone are the days when we'd get a new smaller game like Bowser's Fury or Bowser Jr.'s Journey to accompany these.

I never played this one during the GameCube days so I’m stoked to experience it for the first time.
I loved Super Paper Mario on the Wii that one should be the next to get an HD makeover

looking Dr. Sexy.

I must say, I like the use of the old Japanese boxart for the remake, even if I do like the international boxart for the original release. And the screenshots? Gorgeous. The perfect blend of the original pop-up book artstyle with the modern paper-craft style, without shoving the latter in your face like the modern games.

Also, this is a small thing, but thank goodness the white outlines on the characters are gone! I know I'm not the only one who found them obnoxious and immersion breaking.

It looks good, but too bad the Switch version will be 30 FPS while the GameCube version is 60 FPS.
Oh, well...
I already have the GameCube version so the Switch version will be my double dip purchase because I know the games are really rare for the games collector.

@ozwally Well its amazing but its hard to pick best between Paper Mario one, Paper Mario Color Splash and this.

That box art goes hard! This is the game that I have most wanted to play for the longest period of time, and I cannot wait to finally experience it. The original game is one of my favorites, and this will likely surpass it, considering its enormous reputation.

This is probably the first ever Nintendo game with naked boobs on the cover? 😄

I looks beautiful! I'm so happy this is happening!

I'm so freakin' excited for this game, man. Very happy it's coming sooner rather than later. This is literally my favorite video game of all time, and I can't wait to get lost in the world again. If you've never played this game before, you're in for such a treat. I know Origami King has its fans, and people can like what they like. But I think a lot of people will play this game for the first time and say, "Oh... NOW I get it!" The characters in this game hold such a special place in my heart, and the fact they regressed from this to a talking box of colored pencils was more than a slap in the face. I'm so happy we can put those days behind us, and I desperately hope that a few years from now we can experience a brand-new story in the Paper Mario universe that captures the same magic from TTYD that captivated me all those years ago.

As much as I love the original european boxart, this looks also great!!

@JohnnyMind Yeah, that's one if my few gripes with the remake is that I also prefer the North American box art which admittedly may have a lot to do with nostalgia. I hope this game has a reversible cover like Metroid Prime Remastered did--that was so cool.

@Thomystic it might be controversial, but I always hated when they did that.

I bought the game first time around, paid full price, supported it. Now there is some extra content and if I want to access it...I must pay full price again? Whilst everyone who ignored it first time gets rewarded for waiting?

That sucks. Would be fine if there was a free or cheap DLC update for the original, but there never was.

I played about 90% of this game a few years ago on the GameCube, before accidentally formatting my memory card when trying to play a Japanese game. Never had the will to start it again. I’ll use the Switch version to rectify that.

This is the first I'm hearing/seeing of this Madame Flurrie, and am I the only one a little weirded out by the presence of a bare-breasted sexpot thing in a family game, let alone one that's featured prominently on the cover?

I'm surprised that the American censors let her slide the first time around.

@Ogbert : You can make the same argument about UHD movies that come with superior A/V quality, supplements etc. that weren't included in earlier releases. It would be nice to get some kind of "loyalty discount" or whatever, but you can just as easily sell your older physical copy and put it toward the newer release (which can easily pay for the new version several times over if it's in good condition).

I am stoked for May!

@Sisilly_G She's an amorphous blob. It's not like she's got nipples.

Hmm. That red border gives it a “selects” rerelease vibe that the Japanese GC original didn’t have. It’s not ideal that part of the standee artwork is hidden behind the frame.

@Ogbert haha what? The game came out 20 years ago. Why are you entitled to getting the game on a whole new platform?

Naked boobs on the boxart is gonna make this an M rated game.

Pre-ordered from shopto this morning for £34. Not sure if it was an error as it's now up to £43. Looking forward to this!

There's no reason this shouldn't run 60fps when the original did and they're charging $60

I still haven't played Origami King, but this game is great. Can't wait to finally beat it. The first time I played it, I got to the final boss but never finished the job!

@NintendoWife : It's not a red border. It's a stage/theatre aesthetic.

And speaking of Selects, I'm a little glad that such a range has yet to surface, if for no other reason than to spare us from ugly cover art. There have been a few "Best Price" releases in Japan (by Capcom), and they are utterly hideous.

@abbyhitter You might be joking, but the game is rated E on eshop listing in case you weren't.

@Sisilly_G There's already a red stage curtain framing the characters within the image proper. Adding an extra red frame to the cover to frame the red curtains feels a bit odd and superfluous.

@Sisilly_G I know, but it kind looks like it.
@Polvasti Exactly!

@Polvasti : Ah, I see what you guys mean now. My blonde eyes missed it the first time. D'oh.

@Thomystic Most people that played Bowser Jr's Journey didn't seem to think it was particularly good. Although it would have been cool to have like a Paper Luigi side story, Nintendo is never consistent with whether or not their ports/remakes have any new features, ao there's no reason to think Nintendo has abandoned that idea altogether. Just last year we had Return to Dream Land Deluxe, which had a TON of new content like the Magolor Epilogue, but we also had Metroid Prime Remastered which was just the same game but with better graphics. It really just depends on the game.

this announcement still feels like a fever dream. all signs pointed to this game style never coming back, like they were SO insistent of it never happening. but here it is and it looks stunning, i can wait to experience this game again

This game seriously could be contender for most beautiful game on the system, judging by these screenshots. It looks so good.

@Ruthchild here's hoping that there are ports of those in the future too at some point for a nintendo console

Using the old Japanese design I see ...Oh well. I do prefer the one we got over here ...but the game itself still looks fabulous. Shame it's only 30 FPS on the ancient Tegra X1, but at least I can see why. It's really pushing it.

wow those screenshots look amazing.

TTYD is a top 10 game of all time for me so i cannot wait to play it again!

This cover makes it look, like a classic. I am happy, that I can play this game for like 60€, instead of 150+€. Thanks again for making this remake Nintendo.

I enjoyed 64 on switch online, so I'm interested to see what all the hype is for this one.

Love the original so, so much so I cannot wait for this. Loving the glow-up so far.

@cmdrmarc you completely misunderstand me.

The original poster was complaining that with this remake, they haven't added anything extra like, more levels or a new world etc.

I was saying I didn't like that practice. The worst offender was Yoshi's Woolly World, which 2 years after release on Wii U was ported to 3DS with additional levels. But there was no way to play those new levels on the WiiU, it was DLC locked behind repurchasing the game at full price.

I don't expect the remake for free, and never stated that.

@IronMan30 Go play Origami King, then! Highly recommended.

That boxart is amazing… I am tempted to buy the physical release… on the other hand I need to use the voucher or it will expire…. (100% First world problem… I know)

How can they justify $60 for this when Prime remastered was $40 and a much larger upgrade?

I hope I'll be able to use my last voucher for this.

The hype train has officially left the station! Choo choo motherfu(censored)! Also i really should play both origami King and the original on the expansion pass.

@Eggolor

"Also, this is a small thing, but thank goodness the white outlines on the characters are gone! I know I'm not the only one who found them obnoxious and immersion breaking."

(suggestion: check outlines of characters within the images of this article)

I can hardly wait to experience this game for the first time! And all without selling a kidney.

Literally one of my fav games, can’t wait!

@Eggolor Look, you're entitled to your opinion, but I don't get how people can get so miserably fixated on what is, for all intents and purposes, an insignificant visual element.

@Mario500 That's not even an outline, that's just the thickness of the paper.

Game looks gorgeous, but with how spoiled we are with some other modern remasters of older games, I wish we could toggle between modern graphics and Gamecube original visuals, also including a CRT filter option.

That border is reminiscent of the Nintendo Selects line-up, I miss the pretty red ribbon of discount
It's good to see more gameplay at last, now I'm awaiting the release date!

The game looks absolutely stunning though it is disappointing that the framerate takes a hit, as mentioned before i would have been cool with having an option of a "performance" mode option. (though not expecting it since first party games can be hit or miss when it comes to options, pretty sure mario vs DK remake didnt even have an options screen at all)

Am curious though if with the lower framerate with how it will effect things like the timing elements. some of those had a pretty small window iirc so the more responsive controls were really helpful.

@N00BiSH

"outline" definitions (from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outline ):

"a line that marks the outer limits of an object or figure: BOUNDARY"

"SHAPE"

@Anti-Matter usually I don’t care about stuff like this - but this is pretty gutting if true - especially considering it then makes this version slightly inferior in such a ridiculous way to a system from 3 generations ago.

This is also a game that relies on timing during battles - so this really sucks balls at the expense of the what I’d consider to be a slight visual upgrade into HD.

Metroid Prime Remastered exists as proof that it doesn’t need to be this way with remastered ports. What’s going on Nintendo?

I'm generally not a fan of remakes or remasters, but I have to say that this game looks nice.

I also didn't like the "paper look" in some Genesis and NES titles on the 3DS when you put it into 3D mode, but for games that was designed for it like this one, it looks very stylish.

@Sonicka

Maybe this remake will also be released for the next Switch or perhaps it will be backwards compatible with the games of this generation. For games that have framerate problems with current tech, I would definitely wait for the next system to play them.

@Sonicka
Yeah i feel like the fact that the original was 60fps makes it a lot more noticeable alongside the timing stuff.

It can feel like a lot of the time in comments sections that 60fps is treated like some big new thing (its why you see people lump it with 4k saying things like "i dont care about 4k60fps" despite people not even mentioning 4k) when its been around for decades its just that it took a while for it to become more common in 3d (and later HD) games.

@Perpetual_Change
This is another thing im curious about, while i imagine games with framerate issues may be hitting their target by virtue of increased power, games which are locked at 30 would need an update or something to hit 60 (kind of like how some 360 games got patched to run better on newer Xbox systems when played via backwards compatibility)

@Mario500 It's clearly the edge of the paper the characters are made out of, to emphasize the fact that they're--OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD NOW YOU'VE GOT ME DOING IT

@Mgalens

That is a good point. If it is a locked framerate issue, one can't take for granted that it will be resolved.

@Perpetual_Change that’s something that did cross my mind - its just a shame this sort of thing is happening on a system that honestly feels like it could handle it (given the right devs / game engine).

@mgalens exactly, and seeing the side by side comparisons was pretty noticeable for me.

Whilst I do like the overhaul, but the game was always pretty to me anyway. I probably wouldn’t have cared as much if the original ran the same, but if you are upselling me a remaster to be a definitive version, then there shouldn’t be compromises or downgrades (especially for the performance). It sort of defeats the purpose.

@N00BiSH Allow me to explain it you, if you don't mind. In the original Paper Mario trilogy, none of the characters were actually made out of paper in-universe. The paper theming was merely a stylistic choice that was entirely divorced from the story, characters, writing and gameplay outside of a few visual gags.

The white outlines seen in Colour Splash onwards demonstrate a much bigger problem, that being a fundamental misunderstanding from the modern Paper Mario team on how the worlds in these games were originally presented. The paper theming was taken too far to the point where everyone and everything is now literally made out of paper, and this permeates almost every other facet of the newer games, from the writing mostly boiling down to "dude, we're paper, get it?!" to the stories revolving entirely around arts and crafts. The end result of this is stuff like fighting real-world office supplies in Origami King.

And before you bring up the curses in TTYD, they're just that, curses. They're not presented as natural within the context of TTYD's world.

@Eggolor I understand the frustration from a writing perspective(I also prefer the writing and tone from the first two even if I enjoyed OK's story just fine) but I don't understand why people obsess over the white outline and associate it with "EVERYTHING WRONG WITH MODERN PAPER MARIO" when if anything the outline and the overall aesthetic(note: aesthetic) are some of the best things to come out of the current set of games. It's not the outline or the art style that's the problem, it's the writing.

Looks like they also improved the lighting and added god rays

i would love if the Paper Mario the Thousand Years Door remake, add a mini campaing based on the Luigi story on the game, cant wait to replay this masterpiece on my extended battery Switch

@Perpetual_Change
For some reason cartoon boobs are perfectly fine as long as there's no nipple showing. On a male character nips don't matter but if it's a girl they are somehow sacred. Look at mario Odyssey when he's wearing the swimming trunks with no shirt it's a total nipple rama.

I never understood the obsession with covering a woman's chest but men or boys can prance all over with no shirt on. Heck even on regular TV shows boys are seen all the time shirtless.

Whoever decided on that rule didn't think it through.

Waiting for reviews. I wish they had kept 60fps and just ticked down the visual quality.

The use of the original Japanese red frame cover art makes it look like a Nintendo Selects title.

@Thomystic I don't mean to be rude but did anybody really asked for the side modes in the Superstar Saga and Bowser's Inside Story remakes? I didn't play Bowser Jr.'s Journey but I really did not like Bowser's Minions at all.

Looks good, but with those vouchers, I have suckered and gone digital.

@Eggolor
Paper Mario is made of paper so it will looks better when Paper Mario walking on made of paper worlds.
Looks very natural paper craft creations.

The new cover art is gorgeous, can't wait to revisit this ageless classic!

@Thomystic this isn't the gaming equivalent of shrinkflation. The real gaming equivalent of skrinflation is Persona 3 Reloaded, remastering but removing features and now selling back one of those features for an extra $35.

@JohnnyMind No I don't really mind either, it's not going to spoil the game for me Just thoughts about their artistic decision.

The box looks absolutely fantastic. I'm glad the original Paper Mario is on NSO, because I never had access to the series as a kid. Might pick this one up in a sale!

I might get this game if it has an easy difficulty option since I’m not a fan of turn based combat.

though i am older i realy liked origami king better, imo it is how the perfect world of paper mario should look like, and how it should ve played, but paper mario: thousand year door is still a fantastic game wich you should own.
i will give you the same graphical experience, people had when they played it for the firsttime on gamecube, it is perfectly remaked for this generation, and i am glad that conpanies make remakes to make them more updated for future playback, some amazing classic games need a remake imo.
although i am not a man dwelling in the past and have youth sentiment, these games deserve to be maintained at all cost.