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Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door

Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door Switch outsells GameCube

Based on the latest financial data from Nintendo, it turns out that sales of the Nintendo Switch version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door have already surpassed the original GameCube release.

Total sales of the GameCube edition stand at 1.91 million units. To compare, on Nintendo Switch, the game managed to hit 1.94 million copies already. That number is based on data collected through September 30, 2024, meaning that the feat was accomplished in only four months.

Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door update 1.0.1

Nintendo just issued a first update for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, bringing the game to version 1.0.1.

A number of issues have been addressed across the board. One of the more notable problems addressed is for a bug in which players could get past the fallen tree near Twilight Town without Tube Mode. 

For the full rundown of the new update, continue on below.

Partner upgrades Paper Mario Thousand Year Door

If you’ve been playing Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, we’ve got the full rundown on how to upgrade partners.

Partners are sort of the cornerstone of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and its battle system. Each one has their own unique set of attacks, and swapping between them at the right time can make or break a tough boss battle. Mario can constantly level up and increase his stats, but the same isn’t true for partners. Instead, you’ll need to collect and use Shine Sprites to initiate a partner upgrade. Every partner can be upgraded twice, and doing so increases their attack power and grants them access to a new move. There are just enough Shine Sprites to fully upgrade all of your partners, so don’t worry about having to make any difficult choices. 

Money Money Badge Paper Mario Thousand Year Door

The Money Money Badge is one of the most useful Badges Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door has to offer. It drastically increases the number of Coins you earn after a battle, and there are two instances of these Badges that you can collect. You can get the first one by grinding Piantas at the Pianta Parlor, which is fairly self-explanatory. The second one, however, is given as a prize via a Boo in the Creepy Steeple. If you can pass his quiz, you’ll eventually receive a second Money Money Badge.

There’s a wide variety of Badges to use in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and today we’re going over a list of some of the best ones you can get. Badges are extremely helpful, and when Mario levels up, you can choose to increase his HP, FP, or BP. While most players understandably aim for a balance between the stats, BP is actually so useful that you can focus solely on increasing it and still be fine.

Paper Mario Thousand Year Door icons

May 22: Starting today, Nintendo Switch Online members can obtain new icons for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. This celebrates the release of the Switch remake.

The first wave just went up a couple of minutes ago. As we typically see, there are designs for characters, backgrounds, and frames. Characters cost 10 Platinum Points each on My Nintendo. It’s 5 Platinum Points each for backgrounds and frames.

Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door review

System: Switch
Release date: May 23, 2024
Developer: Intelligent Systems
Publisher: Nintendo


Switch has proven itself quite the bastion for turn-based RPGs, but the GameCube of over two decades ago didn’t get quite the same treatment. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door was one of just a handful of games where the eager adventurer could whet their appetite for grinding battles to level up, collecting money, and adding to their item stash at every new town. Now with a fresh coat of paint and a host of new features, is the title worth returning to after two decades?

Gold Medal Paper Mario Thousand Year Door guide

There’s a lot to do in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, including the ultimate quest of obtaining the Gold Medal Badge. If you’re looking to 100 percent complete the game, this is actually a fancy (albeit cosmetic-only) reward for those of you looking to go the extra mile. Here’s how to 100 percent complete Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and earn the Gold Medal Badge, which you can equip for 0 BP to turn Mario golden.

happy lucky lottery paper mario thousand year door

The Happy Lucky Lottery is available from the very beginning in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. As its name implies, you purchase a 4-digit lottery ticket and check the board each real-world day to see if your number matches. There are several prizes available for matching one, two, three, and even all four digits. The Happy Lucky Lottery isn’t as complicated as it may seem, however, and we’ve put together a guide on how to get all of its prizes in just a few minutes.

whacka boss fight guide paper mario thousand year door

For those playing through the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on Switch, we have a guide explaining how to defeat the game’s secret postgame boss.

There are two secret bosses newly introduced in the game. One of them becomes available after Chapter 5, while the other becomes available after clearing the Pit of 100 Trials for the very first time. Since these bosses are new to the game, we aren’t spoiling their identities right out the gate. That being said, this guide will contain full spoilers on how to defeat this boss, so you may want to come back later if you’d rather not learn its identity just yet. This particular boss is rather difficult (and takes a long time to get to), so you’ll want to prepare yourself as best you can. Here’s how to defeat the secret postgame boss in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.


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