Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (GCN)
GameCube sequel to the unique 2.5D role-playing game for N64. Known as Paper Mario RPG in Japan (the original was called Mario Story), Paper Mario 2 combines turn-based battles with action elements. You select commands from a command ring atop your characters' heads, such as jumping or swinging a hammer, then have to time yourself just right to defend or pull off maximum damage. Throughout their adventure, Mario and friends find help in a few items and places. You can heal your party at an inn and purchase items at a shop, collect coins by defeating enemies, and buy new special abilities in a badge shop. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door also features a lot of different mini games, such as a quiz show, a lottery, or the ability to control Bowser in a sides-crolling action sequence.

Developer	Intelligent Systems
Publisher	Nintendo
Genre	RPG
Release Date	October 11, 2004
ESRB	Everyone
GameSpy Score	(Read Review)
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Articles

• GameCube in 2004 (04/08/04) - What to expect from Nintendo's first-party line-up for the rest of this year.

Movies

• Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (09/08/04) - Wafer-thin Mario RPGs R Us.
• Paper Mario 2 Trailer (05/13/04) - Sequel to the unique 2.5D roleplaying game for N64.

Previews

• Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (08/06/04) - Highly stylized and highly promising RPG action hits Japanese GameCubes.
• Paper Mario 2 (05/13/04) - Nintendo's pop-up-book style action-RPG returns! Everything that was charming about the N64 version is back and better than ever.

Reviews

• Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (10/07/04) - Is Mario's latest RPG adventure heavy duty, or just paper thin? Exclusive review!

Special Features

• Fall Preview Guide 2004: GCN (09/21/04) - Day three of our fall console preview looks at 20 of the hottest 'Cube properties on the horizon.