Nintendo has released a new trailer for Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, titled “Our Story Begins.” The trailer highlights the game’s storybook-style intro before the game launches in May.
Nintendo initially released The Thousand-Year Door in 2004 for the Nintendo Gamecube. The entry marked the last time the series stuck to a more traditional turn-based battle system. In the years since, Nintendo would release follow-ups with drastically different combat systems, such as Super Paper Mario, Paper Mario: Color Splash, Paper Mario: The Origami King, and more. In late 2023, Nintendo announced that The Thousand-Year Door would be getting a Switch remaster. They confirmed the game’s release date of May 23 earlier this month.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Showcases Intro in New Trailer
In a new trailer, Nintendo highlighted the intro for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. The trailer, titled “Our Story Begins” highlights the history of Rogueport, the titular thousand-year door, and the treasure that lays beneath. Check out the new trailer below to see the upcoming game’s intro:
Here’s an overview of the upcoming Nintendo Switch remaster, via the game’s eShop page:
Join Mario on an epic paper-adventure to collect the Crystal Stars before the X-Nauts do!
The nefarious X-Nauts are after the treasure behind the Thousand-Year Door! With a map from Princess Peach, and the help of a few locals, Mario journeys through a colorful world made of paper to find them first. To prevail in this quest, you’ll have to level up Mario and his friends, master timing-based attacks and badges to impress the audience on the stage of combat, and make use of all the abilities that come with being cursed—er, conveniently made of paper—like folding into a plane to cross big gaps or turning sideways to slip through narrow openings.
Lastly, the remastered version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door will come to the Nintendo Switch on May 23.