This is Paper Mario's MOMENT

With the remake for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door finally out now, I can't help but wonder the factors and odds this RPG formula will stick and I believe this is the highest odds Paper Mario will ever get...

Timestamps:
0:00 The Dream Has Started
2:06 What It Took to Get Here
10:32 This Remake is the BIGGEST CHANCE EVER
19:01 There's Real, Genuine, Big Hope Yet

Music:
All Aboard - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Rogueport's Underground City - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Boggly Woods - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Riverside Station - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Peaceful Petalburg - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Excess Express at Dusk - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

[Fanofmanything]

Even as someone who likes origami king, I really hope this sells a lot more so Nintendo could hopefully go back to the old formula of the first 2 games.

[AllOfTheAbove]

I've been following him ever since Color Splash, and people like him Arlo and Chuggaaconroy being so vocal about going back to the Old Paper Mario games to be honest you deserve it sir congrats!🎉

[funkermonker]

I just popped in the game a few hours ago and without leaving Rougeport i'm able to understand what the hype was all about

[Miccat]

Yeah, this remake is fantastic. It looks amazing, fixes some notable flaws from the original, and strikes an almost perfect balance between being new and being faithful to the original. My only nitpick thus far is that you can't mash B to skip past text anymore. This could be mildly annoying on repeat playthroughs, but it won't bother anyone experiencing the game for the first time, and I think it's something I can get used to and learn to live with.

Above all, I'm just very glad that this phenomenal Mario game is now accessible to a whole new audience.

[FSAPOJake]

I really hope the TTYD remake almost acts like a soft reboot to the series. Like Intelligent Systems essentially starting over from TTYD and going from there. I'll keep my expectations in check though.

[YuseiTheSynchroHero]

"Don't do don't give me hope"

[Savvysnek]

I really think Paper Mario could have EASILY become a core franchise for Nintendo, up there with traditional Mario, Zelda, Animal Crossing, Splatoon etc. if the series had kept the battle/partner system and continued to improve the quality and charm after Thousand Year Door. Innovation is great, but when you try to reinvent the formula each game, you lose the foundation that appealed to people in the first place. Hopefully TTYD remake is a launchpad for a return to form, and not a "last hurrah".

[Antonio-iscn]

*The true Paper Mario 4 may actually come eventually...*

[bluewulv]

Some ideas of my own.

Main town: being like a big metropolitan city maybe.

Important collectables: Maybe something like quasar stones or something. Similar to Crystal stars (edited)
[11:41 AM]
Partners:

A shy guy scholar
A Boomerang Sis
A timid Bullet Bill
An Ice elemental friend
An honorable Ninji
A sentient living Wizzerd
Bowser
Luigi


Ideas for a ttyd successor revamped

Badges: Some new ones that can apply special side effects to your attacks. Fire flower, Hammer suit, Cape Feather

Upgrade badges: Some badges oughta be upgradeable and have better attack power and new properties too

Challenges: more in depth and difficult than put of 100 trials. And every set of challenges done rewards you something great and different

Upgradeable badges: Some badges like said can be upgraded to newer better badges

Examples:

Quake Hammer to power quake then mega quake

Fire Drive Upgraded to blaze drive then inferno drive

Power bounce jump and smash to mega bounce jump and smash.

And the badges would still cost the same fp and bp. But getting said upgrades would be specific and difficult to gain requirements.

Speaking of...

Three badges in particular to add more to your fight style

Fire flower: Adds fire properties to all of Mario's attacks. Also causing burn to enemies. Some moves that were already fire based are now double in damage and can also damage and burn armored and fire enemies.

Hammer suit: Adds hammer properties to attacks and hammer attacks are now thrown. Some moves that were already hammer based can ignore targets' defense

Cape feather: Adds air priority to all attacks, also ups attack of jump moves by 2. Moves that are jump attacks hit multiple enemies at once

Paper aesthetic level: Keep it at the same level as Thousand Year Door. That amount is just right. Not too much or too little.

Animations of characters: smooth and fluid like Thousand Year door and no white borders around the characters.

Paper aesthetic: To be on the same level as Thousand Year Door. That's just the right amount. The latest games went too overboard with the paper theme. (edited)
April 8, 2022



I mean the gamecube version. Not the switch version.

[waled]

Nintendo switch 1st party games lineup ends on high note, very nice

[slayerstarx]

You know funny enough with this being this series biggest, and i want to say final chance to get it back on track. This is easily the most scared i've been in seeing where the future is heading now lmao

[homiepikachu]

I'm almost done with chapter 3 and I give the remake 9.5/10 if they added extra fights like if you can fight prince mush that would probably push it up to 10/10

[CaelenSawyers]

If they want this remaster to hold out for a while they NEED to patch in the ability to skip text or speed it up in some way. There's no way speedrunners and people planning on playing multiple times are going to go through the effort when this version adds like an hour of just trying to get through text.

[Xnaut]

I'm thankful above all else that not only has TTYD been remade for Switch, but that Nintendo and Intelligent Systems are actually giving this remake a fair chance in the modern gaming landscape.

I have been a proud member of the old guard for this game for the last two decades, and I was always worried/prepared for the possibility that if the cry to remake TTYD was ever granted that Nintendo would half-ass the production just to say that did it, or even worse try to "reinvent" the game by hybridizing the old formula with mechanics and ideals of the modern PM games. But virtually everything old fans loved about the original game is here for new gamers to experience. The streamlined turn-based combat, the unique designs of non-generic Toads and original npc races and characters, the risqué dialogue and scenarios that push the boundaries of a Mario game is all here for the vast majority of examples. It truly is a revival of the past in the present and I hope this can finally unite the entire Paper Mario fanbase on common ground.

I really hope that this is a turning point for a new direction for Mario games in the future. Nintendo needs to stop being so conservative with what a Mario game is and allow studios creative freedom to world build on the franchise. Mario is so much more than just what you can fit into a platform game, and that is a title that Nintendo needs to embrace and encourage, not fear and restrict. I yearn for a day where Paper Mario characters and locations are just as iconic and recognized as those from the mainline platformers, and to perhaps see ideas from Paper Mario influence events in other Mario subseries or even cross over in games like MarioKart, Mario Party, or even the platformers or daresay a future Mario movie would be a literal dream come true for me.

[ZepBladez]

I hope this makes Nintendo make a new classic Paper Mario game, but more than anything I hope this inspires developers to make their own RPGs that excell where Paper Mario flounders like Bug Fables.

[dmann]

If you told me this was gonna happen four years ago, I would've highly doubted it. Now that the remake is here...man I just hope it does super well. I'll be sure to spread the word so friends and family pick it up as well.

[kinoleogeo]

I think they can blend modern paper craft and classic pop up storybook elements for the future that maintain the turn based with new gimmicks that vary up the gameplay for the next entry. As long as the same flexibility of the badges and partners stay, you can add whatever new elements. I’d be interested in seeing using the capture cards from SPM as ways to summon older party members for a single encounter, or using stickers to mod your weapons, or paint to them add elementals attributes like red paint on a hammer for fire drive. Hell, bring back origami rings, but make it so the turn based works and your just setting up for advantage like a tactics field.

[Xmanant_Mr]

Got my copy last night and I’m in chapter 3 and been loving it so far. Man it looks so good!

[bluewulv]

Star artifacts: the new special moves

Star Boots: Let Mario attack twice per turn with limited uses
Star Cloak: Automatically evade a set number of enemy attacks
Star Armor: upgrade attack and defense for a few turns. (like power lift)
Star Sword: Attack all enemies with a sword slash
Star Shield: Create a barrier around yourself and your partner like koops' shell shield
Star Helmet: uses random status ailments on enemies (Not sure. Might change this one.)
Star Crown: Reduce fp usage

[StuffwellakaTy]

I am never complaining about Paper Mario ever again. We now have what is considered to be the greatest Paper Mario game ever remade and it’s all what the classic fans have been asking for and it’s all I could ever want and at this point, if Nintendo decides to return to their new Paper Mario formula of new, experimental games like Sticker, Color and Origami, I’ll be alright with it and if they truly return to form like TTYD and the original or even Super Paper Mario, I’ll be more than happy but also chill about it because no matter the outcome after this remake, I’ll be content and happy with just that since they finally returned to this amazing game and made it better than it could ever be. And that’s something I couldn’t never trade. Can’t wait to share this wonderful game with others and I will certainly not sell or trade my Switch nor this TTYD remake. It’s too precious to me and it’s meant to be shared.

Thank you Nintendo for listening and delivering. I can die a happy Paper Mario fan and you will no longer hear me complain about the series ever again. Thank you.