Heeeeeeere’s T-Man! Before reviewing, I must talk to Mario. What happened, Mario? Six years ago, you became papery, and you’re papery again. THIS IS HORRIBLE! CALL THE DOCTOR! Just kidding. Paper Mario is one of the best divisions of the Mario series, part of a bigger series consisting of every other Mario R.P.G., from Super Mario R.P.G. on the Super NES to Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time on the DS. However, most just consider the three Paper Mario games (Paper Mario, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and Super Paper Mario) their own separate series. This review is for the second game in the series, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and it will begin now.
Oh, papercut!
The graphics are great, with the 3-D environments looking good and the 2-D character models looking better than in the first. The game actually references the fact that the characters are made of paper through a few powers Mario gets throughout the game. One bad guy, Hooktail, has two “sheets of paper” making up his head, with a large hole where the top of his head should be.
Turn Mario into an R.P.G.
and you’ve got a great game.
Gameplay in this game is great. Timing is the key to winning. The Action Command returns, but what Mario R.P.G. doesn’t have the Action Command? Anyway, you have two basic attack commands, jumping and hammering, which each have their own Action Command. You can also use an item or select “Tactics” to defend, run away, change partner, etc. You can also save after beating the final boss, and there are troubles to solve and the Pit of 100 Trials to complete.
A Mario game with a deep plot? Nah.
The game has a much deeper plot than past Mario games, and Bowser (although he still appears, so don’t be disappointed, old-school gamers!) is no longer the main villain. Peach sends Mario a letter telling him that she is heading somewhere on vacation and the first stop was a town called Rogueport, built over the ruins of a once-great city, with a large door in it. She has a map that she found with it, and wants to look for treasure with Mario. Mario goes to Rogueport and Princess Peach is nowhere in sight. After rescuing a girl Goomba, he, the Goomba, and a professor take the magical map to the Thousand-Year Door in the sewers, which are also the ruins of the once-great city I mentioned earlier, and it points to one of the Crystal Stars, seven objects that must be collected to open the Thousand-Year Door and get the treasure within. Mario later learns that Princess Peach has been captured by the X-Nauts, a group of evil people led by Grodus, who Mario must defeat. That’s all I can say without spoiling.
Mario has a voice!
There’s nothing wrong with the music or the sound, and guess what? Mario has a voice in this one!
Annoying at times, but still fun.
As for fun factor, this game is very enjoyable. There are a few annoying things you have to do (mostly with the troubles. Other than that, the story is quite linear, which isn’t a problem). For instance, in chapter 2, there’s one part where you are in these woods and you have to go to this big tree only to find that the door inside it is locked, but there’s a secret entrance blocked by an invisible thing that only a certain character can move, so you have to continue through the forest to that character’s house only to find that she won’t leave her house until her necklace that she lost is found, so you have to go all the way back through the forest filled with enemies whether you killed them before or not to the second section of the forest where you have to fight three girls, one of which has the necklace. Then you have to go ALL the way back to the character’s house and deliver the necklace.
T-Man’s Pros and Cons:
Pros:
+ Good graphics, with improved character models
+ Good gameplay
+ Good story
+ Really fun
+ Music is fine
+ You can save after the last boss and continue the game
Cons:
- Last boss doesn’t give many Star Points
- Some things you have to do are annoying
Buy It/Rent It/Skip It/Smash It:
Definitely a buy. If you loved the first, you’ll probably love this. However, if you didn’t, you won’t like this one. However, this game is better than the first, so rent it, even if you didn’t like the first.
Rating: Awesome
Oh, papercut!
The graphics are great, with the 3-D environments looking good and the 2-D character models looking better than in the first. The game actually references the fact that the characters are made of paper through a few powers Mario gets throughout the game. One bad guy, Hooktail, has two “sheets of paper” making up his head, with a large hole where the top of his head should be.
Turn Mario into an R.P.G.
and you’ve got a great game.
Gameplay in this game is great. Timing is the key to winning. The Action Command returns, but what Mario R.P.G. doesn’t have the Action Command? Anyway, you have two basic attack commands, jumping and hammering, which each have their own Action Command. You can also use an item or select “Tactics” to defend, run away, change partner, etc. You can also save after beating the final boss, and there are troubles to solve and the Pit of 100 Trials to complete.
A Mario game with a deep plot? Nah.
The game has a much deeper plot than past Mario games, and Bowser (although he still appears, so don’t be disappointed, old-school gamers!) is no longer the main villain. Peach sends Mario a letter telling him that she is heading somewhere on vacation and the first stop was a town called Rogueport, built over the ruins of a once-great city, with a large door in it. She has a map that she found with it, and wants to look for treasure with Mario. Mario goes to Rogueport and Princess Peach is nowhere in sight. After rescuing a girl Goomba, he, the Goomba, and a professor take the magical map to the Thousand-Year Door in the sewers, which are also the ruins of the once-great city I mentioned earlier, and it points to one of the Crystal Stars, seven objects that must be collected to open the Thousand-Year Door and get the treasure within. Mario later learns that Princess Peach has been captured by the X-Nauts, a group of evil people led by Grodus, who Mario must defeat. That’s all I can say without spoiling.
Mario has a voice!
There’s nothing wrong with the music or the sound, and guess what? Mario has a voice in this one!
Annoying at times, but still fun.
As for fun factor, this game is very enjoyable. There are a few annoying things you have to do (mostly with the troubles. Other than that, the story is quite linear, which isn’t a problem). For instance, in chapter 2, there’s one part where you are in these woods and you have to go to this big tree only to find that the door inside it is locked, but there’s a secret entrance blocked by an invisible thing that only a certain character can move, so you have to continue through the forest to that character’s house only to find that she won’t leave her house until her necklace that she lost is found, so you have to go all the way back through the forest filled with enemies whether you killed them before or not to the second section of the forest where you have to fight three girls, one of which has the necklace. Then you have to go ALL the way back to the character’s house and deliver the necklace.
T-Man’s Pros and Cons:
Pros:
+ Good graphics, with improved character models
+ Good gameplay
+ Good story
+ Really fun
+ Music is fine
+ You can save after the last boss and continue the game
Cons:
- Last boss doesn’t give many Star Points
- Some things you have to do are annoying
Buy It/Rent It/Skip It/Smash It:
Definitely a buy. If you loved the first, you’ll probably love this. However, if you didn’t, you won’t like this one. However, this game is better than the first, so rent it, even if you didn’t like the first.
Rating: Awesome
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