The upcoming remake of Nintendo’s role-playing game, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, will feature revamped visuals and Quality of Life changes.
The official listing for the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door remake on Nintendo’s official website mentions that the upcoming Switch version of the 2004 original will feature revamped graphics and a suite of additional changes that make the game easier to enjoy.
Nintendo has yet to reveal specifics regarding new features that will be included in the remake. Going by the wording on the official store listing, there will likely be plenty of Quality of Life changes that streamline the experience and make it more accessible. Meanwhile, the visual enhancements are self-evident from the pre-release footage.
Rumors regarding Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door began to surface around a year ago, when a Famiboards user named PikminSnezkov claimed to have been in contact with three Intelligent Systems employees via LinkedIn for information regarding the remake.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is the second game in the Paper Mario series, and it shares several RPG elements with its predecessor. The game features turn-based battles, puzzles, platforming challenges, and a party of friendly characters known as partners. The story follows Mario’s quest to collect the seven Crystal Stars and rescue Princess Peach from the evil X-Nauts. It remains the only game in the series to share the same battle system as the original Paper Mario, as subsequent installments shifted their focus to different gameplay mechanics. The game introduced several enhancements to the battle system, including more in-depth partners with their own health pools and the ability to negate all damage via Superguarding. Battles now take place in front of an audience, whose reactions can affect the player. Additionally, Mario can fold into various paper forms to explore and solve puzzles in the overworld.