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GAME: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Video Game Review

The original Paper Mario on N64 is just as much a must-play game as TTYD, especially modded to have the QoL and mechanics that the sequel got, so it's hard to say that this isn't a golden age once more for Mario RPG fans with all of these stellar options available now - no option is particularly inferior at this point.

As far as TTYD specifically: they again make it even easier despite the original not being hard either, but I'm especially not a fan of all the changes and censorship done in the remake which removes a lot of the charm 0f the original and what helped make TTYD stand out originally. And like Tokyo Mirage Session's remake most of it is present in the Japanese version too although some of it seems to be only in English from the comparisons people have been compiling.

Me over here waiting for Nintendo to remake Partners in Time.

These so called censorship changes are minimal from what I can grasp.

But I really wish the Bump Attack badge was re-tooled to be acquired a lot sooner, because having to deal with weaker enemies while backtracking is a PITA and a half.

They're pretty severe in my eyes. Not that censorship would be okay even if they were minimal. The worst part is a lot of it is now in the Japanese version as well which is what I usually play so I ended up skipping out on this remake since now we have to deal with the censorship from the American version. But the 30fps downgrade is also a dealbreaker. It's especially bad since people found out there's code in the game to support 60fps and people are guessing it's being held off for a re-release on the next Nintendo console which seems extremely scummy to me.

I blame the middling quality and sales for the remakes for AlphaDream's bankruptcy.

They're pretty severe in my eyes. Not that censorship would be okay even if they were minimal.

I thought the updates to the script translation were all incredibly well done, even better and more accurate than the original in so many places even.

I absolutely adored this remake and all the little updates and touch ups, the remixed and now dynamic music for each area was incredible, the visuals were beautiful, and I thought the updates to the script translation were all incredibly well done, even better and more accurate than the original in so many places even. Really happy that Super Mario RPG and this have just had phenomenal remakes on the Switch, and been such perfect ways to revisit and play these games.

It's one thing to like or prefer the edits that were made for modern audiences but to say it's "more accurate" is just misinformation. Especially if it's something that's still present in the Japanese version of the remake and easy to check.

While I'm glad they included a way to experience the game's old soundtrack the new remake's OST just blows it out of the water especially the battle music!

I don't know what you mean at all, but I meant things like making it obvious Hooktail is a female dragon with Twintails, and how her least favourite sound is actually Frogs not Crickets. All things that were weirdly mistranslated or seemingly changed for no reason in the original Gamecube release, fixed up and made far more accurate in the Switch version.

Oh, I thought you meant all the other stuff people were talking about like the removing any dialog associated with flirting, crossdressing, beauty, weight, age, and other jokes and scenes that were originally in the Japanese version and original Gamecube translation but got removed in the remake.

Yeah, they kept Hooktail's thing with frogs instead of making it about crickets this time though. Hooktail was still a girl in the original translation it was just never mentioned until later in the game when you meet her siblings and the towns people just refer to the dragon as an "it"...I guess they wanted it to be a surprise or something.