Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is a 2004 role-playing video game for the GameCube developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. Following Paper Mario, The Thousand-Year Door is the second game in the Paper Mario series and is part of the bigger Mario brand. When Mario and Princess Peach become entangled in the quest for a mysterious gateway containing immense riches, Peach is kidnapped by an extraterrestrial gang known as the X-Nauts; Mario sets out to retrieve the treasure and save the princess.

The Thousand-Year Door incorporates several gameplay aspects from its predecessor, including a drawing-based graphic style and a turn-based fighting system with a focus on perfectly timing actions. The player controls Mario for the duration of the game, however, Bowser and Princess Peach are available at times. The game was unveiled during the 2003 Game Developers Conference and was published in Japan in mid-July 2004 and worldwide in late 2004. Critics liked the game, praising it for its compelling storyline and gameplay. The Thousand-Year Door was named "Role-Playing Game of the Year" at the 2005 Interactive Achievement Awards and is widely regarded as the series' greatest game.

Platform: GameCube

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