Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

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📝 Description

What sleeps behind the door? Time passes, the pages turn… and a new chapter unfolds in an unfamiliar land! Get ready for a two-dimensional role-playing adventure for the ages as Mario returns to paper form to discover a mystery that sleeps behind an ancient, legendary portal called the Thousand-Year Door. The quest is long, the dangers many, and this time, Mario will have to make full use of his papery qualities just to survive.

🎮 About Game

🎮 Genre: Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)

🕹️ Platform: Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Switch

🗓️ Release Date: 22 Jul 2004

🗓️ Last Updated Date: 26 Nov 2025

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