Paper Mario: Die Legende vom Äonentor

Das letzte Paper Mario mit RPG-Einschlag, reizend überarbeitet und in Form gebracht für eine neue Generation, leider nur marginal gestrafft.

Natürlich müssen bei einem getreuen Remake auch die schwächeren Passagen, wie bspw. die Aufträge des Job-Agentur übernommen werden, doch fallen diese bei dem tollen Gesamtpaket kaum ins Gewicht. Die Story, die Charaktere, das Kampfsytem, die brandneue Grafik – ein Sieg für Super Mario auf ganzer Linie!

A faithful enhancement of one of the best RPGs of its era, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is once again one of the best RPGs of its (new) era.

For all the annoyances of repeating areas and slow (but engaging) combat, Thousand-Year Door is now a series highlight. It marks the first instance of where I didn’t want a Mario RPG to go (I generally prefer the Mario & Luigi direction), but the constant fourth-wall breaking, myriad colorful and unique characters, and its willingness to just be weird all lead to a joyful journey.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is a wonderful remake of a GameCube classic. Now in a modern game engine, but with all the quirkiness and charm of the original story and characters, and with a return to the original Paper Mario combat style, it's great for Mario RPG fans and newcomers alike.

While I wasn’t there for the original, I now completely get just why Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is so revered among Mario fans, and why demands for a remaster were practically ceaseless. It’s the absolute pinnacle of Mario RPGs, and if it was a bit more focused as an overall narrative experience, in the discussion as one of the plumber’s best-ever games.