Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year ... The well-written dialogue and expressive text effects (letters shake when characters are scared and blow up to super-size font when angry) ...

At the time of this writing, the new release of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door has an 89 on Metacritic, and it doesn’t appear to have cut any of the story beats or dialogue that has stuck ...

Mario and his fellow residents of PM2 are all 2D, cel-shaded paper cut-outs, who flip round 180 degrees when they turn on their heel, and move and attack in a cartoonish, almost South Park-esque ...

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year ... Thankfully, The Thousand-Year Door still holds up 20 years after release, thanks to some hilarious dialogue, timeless visuals, and an approachable RPG battle system.

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.