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Vol. I · No. 3349 · 2004
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
“Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is a turn-based role-playing game and the second entry in the Paper Mario series, se…”
Role-playing (RPG)Adventure
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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is a turn-based role-playing game and the second entry in the Paper Mario series, set in a world styled to look like paper. Players guide Mario through themed locations, solving puzzles and battling enemies in a timing-based combat system where well-timed button presses strengthen attacks and defense. Battles play out on a stage before an audience whose reactions can help or hinder the player, and Mario recruits a party of companions with unique skills while equipping badges that grant new abilities. Brief segments also let the player control Princess Peach and Bowser between chapters.
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In the seaside town of Rogueport, Princess Peach acquires a mysterious treasure map said to point to a great fortune hidden behind the fabled Thousand-Year Door, sealed beneath ruins built atop a town that sank long ago. Peach sends the map…
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Single player
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ActionFantasyScience fictionComedy