Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door review: papercrafted perfection
Review info Platform reviewed: Nintendo Switch Available on: Nintendo Switch Release date: May 23, 2024 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch is a faithful remake of the fondly-remembered Gamecube classic. A turn-based role-playing game (RPG) that sees Mario partner up with several colorful characters in an entirely papercraft world, it’s one of the most charming games from Nintendo’s sixth-generation purple cube. It’s also a game that’s held up tremendously well for the most part, as demonstrated handily by this phenomenal remake for Nintendo Switch. Developer Intelligent Systems has decided to keep things extremely faithful with this remake, keeping the engaging turn-based combat and general flow of the original largely intact. But that’s not to say there aren’t improvements. A number of welcome quality-of-life changes - not to mention an absolutely stunning update to the game’s presentation - make Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door essential pl...