Description
A thousand years ago there was a city. One day the city was buried. Another city was built on top, and all that remains of the previous city is a door. This is where the title "the thousand-year door" comes from. It's not known what could be behind this door, but everyone has different theories.
Princess Peach finds a map and mails the map and a letter stating that Mario must come. So Mario comes to place called Rogueport where Peach was last seen. There he meets a female goomba named Goombella. Mario shows the map to Goombella. Goombella then takes Mario to her archeology professor. The professor decides to take Mario to the thousand-year door. When Mario stands in front of the door, the map begins to show the locations of stars which open the door. The adventure begins from this point.
Mario can jump, run, hammer, talk to people, etc.. Mario finds many partners on his quest. Battles play out on a stage in front of an audience. In battle, Mario must keep his fans happy by executing action commands (hitting buttons at the right time during his attacks). Occasionally, in battle, the crowd will throw things at Mario. The player can attack the crowd at this time.
Alternate Titles
- "马里奥物语2" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
- "ペーパーマリオRPG" -- Japanese spelling
- "Paper Mario RPG" -- Japanese Title
- "Paper Mario: La Puerta Milenaria" -- Spanish title
- "Paper Mario: La porte millénaire" -- French Title
- "Paper Mario: Il Portale Millenario" -- Italian title
- "Paper Mario: Die Legende vom Äonentor" -- German Title
- "Paper Mario 2" -- Informal Name
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User Reviews
The Press Says
| Planet GameCube |
Sep 15, 2004 |
9.5 out of 10 |
95 |
| Gamerz-Edge |
Oct 13, 2004 |
9.3 out of 10 |
93 |
| GameSpot |
Oct 11, 2004 |
9.2 out of 10 |
92 |
| Gameplanet |
Dec 03, 2004 |
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90 |
| Kombo.com |
Oct 25, 2004 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| Gamezine |
Aug 01, 2004 |
17 out of 20 |
85 |
| 1UP |
Oct 11, 2004 |
8.5 out of 10 |
85 |
| GameSpy |
Oct 07, 2004 |
4 out of 5 |
80 |
| Game Informer Magazine |
Nov, 2004 |
6.75 out of 10 |
68 |
| Game Informer Magazine |
Nov, 2004 |
6 out of 10 |
60 |
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Trivia
A small toad in Petalburg will rave about his favorite video games if you talk to him. When you go into the town for the first time, he will talk about Fire Emblem for the Game Boy Advance. Later, around the time you make it into Hooktail's castle but before you beat Hooktail, he'll be talking about Paper Mario for the Nintendo 64. Finally, when you come back to the town after beating Hooktail, he'll tell you that he's playing Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. All three of these games were developed by the company Intelligent Systems.
This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by
gamewarrior (5118) on Oct 14, 2004.
