Shadow Queen (Phase 2) | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door OST

And, if she uses her breath on us, we could be poisoned
-Goombella

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[SubSilence]

Using Supernova to finish off the Shadow Queen made me feel like Sephiroth's worst nightmare

[angrycinnabon]

I'm in love with this entire track but 1:40 really embodies the whole "I sank an entire kingdom to oblivion and I'm gonna do it again once I kill you." vibe, Mario has no choice here, he *MUST* win....for the sake of all those whom empowered him and Peach to this moment.

[TheShadyBoi]

They really did a good job of adding a “HOLY SHIT THE WORLD WILL END IF WE DON’T WIN RIGHT HERE AND RIGHT NOW” aspect to the song

[Kylestien]

The bad: No metalic echo sound
The good: Literaly everything else.

[kjolt]

2:06 those strings that come in…initially it sounds like it’s taken a tiny piece of count bleck’s motif. extremely cool if intentional

[SomeGalNamedEve]

Dude, they did so freaking well on the music for Chapter 8.
The way the Palace theme escalates throughout the chapter is so good, battles keeping the Palace theme gives them a completely different feel, Dark Bones and Gloomtail got their own themes, the song for when everyone gives you their support captures so much emotion, and Shadow Queen's themes are genuinely some of the best songs in the entire game

[Kebbo]

0:17 is it just me or does this part give off a WAY bigger sense of urgency

[astriverofstrengthandknowledge]

Never in my life have I been so pumped to fight a final boss again in ages. This one used to give me so much trouble as a kid. Coming back as an adult and beating her first try on the remake was beyond satisfactory.

[ThunderMouse]

2:19 I finished Shadow Queen off with Yoshi’s Stampede right here, and the resulting dopamine… was… *GLORIOUS.*

Especially since I couldn’t get past Chapter 7 in the original.

[amiiboguy]

I like how the Shadow Queen, Dimentio, and King Olly are all royal members with a purple and yellow color scheme. A king, queen and court jester.

Imagine a world that the three of them ruled together… yikes…

[HarbingerYT]

That little bit they added at the end before the loop is just perfect.

[randkami]

I feel like the original kept the somber tone from the starting shadow queen fight, but this one feels more like "Yeah, everyone's backing you up including Peach, beyond all odds". It's more like a triumphant rush to stop her once and for all. Starts off somber but slowly transitions into an almost triumphant ending.

[nicegoodstylish]

I'm sorry, but I don't know if I've ever played a remake that was made with more love and care. They did so good at bringing this game back with an amazing polish

[coltonk.]

Going full heavy metal was an amazing choice.

[marconde]

Every part of the last chapter was done amazing in terms of music.
Love how the music lowers when you come close to Gloomtail. Love how the music for when you open the door doesn't change, even in the title for chapter 8.
I still prefer the opening of the door in the 2004 one, the stars appearing on the door had a creepy noise that made me as a kid say out loud "Is this a... Mario game?"

[JovialEclipse]

The moaning of the chorus at 1:13.. Literal Chills..

[bowling]

I don't care if I get hate because of this opinion, but this is my favorite paper mario final boss song.

[MrGameguyC]

Damn, they slammed this mother with metal!

My guess is the TOK final boss composers worked on this track.

[rylade]

0:02 Autobots, transform and roll out!

[Sulphoraes]

I played the entire game gleefully anticipating how good this theme would be.
*And I was not disappointed.*