Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door cover
FranchiseMarioSeriesPaper Mario

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Critic score2 critics
First release
Jul 22, 2004
Publisher
Nintendo
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Adventure · Action, Fantasy, Science fiction, Comedy

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.

Also known as Paper Mario : La Porte millénaire, Paper Mario 2, Paper Mario: La Puerta Milenaria, Paper Mario: Die Legende vom Äonentor
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Details

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Storyline
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 to Mario, but she is soon kidnapped by an alien group called the X-Nauts who are after the same treasure. Mario travels to Rogueport and learns that the map reveals the locations of seven Crystal Stars needed to open the door. Gathering allies along the way, he sets out to collect the stars, rescue the princess, and uncover the secret of what lies behind the Thousand-Year Door.Read more

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 to Mario, but she is soon kidnapped by an alien group called the X-Nauts who are after the same treasure. Mario travels to Rogueport and learns that the map reveals the locations of seven Crystal Stars needed to open the door. Gathering allies along the way, he sets out to collect the stars, rescue the princess, and uncover the secret of what lies behind the Thousand-Year Door.

Release dates
Nintendo GameCube
Jul 22, 2004
Nintendo GameCube
Oct 11, 2004
Nintendo GameCube
Nov 12, 2004
All 4 release dates
Nintendo GameCube
Nov 18, 2004
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
15h
Main + Extras
25h
Completionist
40h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Keywords
ghosts, dinosaurs, gravity, detective, magic
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At a Glance

Critic Score
90
Main Story (IGDB)
15h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
25h
Completionist (IGDB)
40h

How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface
  • 日本語interface
IGDB · recorded 18 Oct 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 18 Oct 2026