Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door

GMR gave it a bad score and said they did because it wouldn\'t be a popular game for people over 8.  This was in a latter issue after the review btw.

The link I gave in my post above, Quddus, will give you all the reviews you need.

I couldn\'t get the hardware specifications like you requested, THX, because Gamespot got rid of their hardware section that they had four years ago.  Gamespot deals in strictly games now and any hardware specs would be posted as news articles (all recent hardware related news anyways).  That\'s why many of the spec sheets would be missing for the older consoles from there.  However, in 15 seconds, I found it on their affiliate and a link to it from Gamespot\'s site via gamefaqs.com.  

Originally posted by The Hurricane
ummm I don\'t remember Geno or Mallow in Paper Mario, am I missing something?

Let\'s see, in Mario RPG, Mario, Bowser, Peach and friends unite through a series of plot twists to fight against a common evil and search far and wide to locate seven stars.

In Paper Mario, Mario, Bowser, Peach and friends unite through a series of plot twists to fight against a common evil and search far and wide to locate seven stars.

But other than that, they\'re only similar.

-Dan

Let\'s see, that\'s what every Mega Man game is like.  That\'s about as different as Vice City is from GTA III.  Probably the same difference there is from Street Fighter II to Street Fighter III.  I\'ll go out on the limb and say it\'s probably about as different as GT3 will be from GT4.  Oh and Final Fantasy games always have the same story line with new characters.

Your argument sucks.

With such a huge thread about how much other people love it, I figured it\'d be nice if we had some actual forum-goers post if they like it or not... anyone?  Anyone?  Bueller?

Anyways, I like it a lot so far and I\'m just starting Chapter 3.  The backtracking that you have to do in some parts (As new parts become available with new abilities) is annoying and way too much like Zelda for my tastes, but so far, it\'s a pretty unique title.  The paper elements are used to some nice effects during the game and some characters are more enjoyable then others.  No parts have made me "laugh out loud" as yet, but I can definitely see the humorous appeal, especially with young children.

Quirky aspect I enjoy: Luigi pops up from time to time to tell you about his adventures without you and it turns out, he is on a very similar fetch quest just like yourself but he is saving a difference princess for a different kingdom.  Go figure.  After each chapter you complete, he has a story to tell you and he has new companions to correct his faulty logic from time to time as well.  Really well done.  I definitely would not mind playing Luigi\'s adventure in a new Mario RPG game featuring Luigi and using the same hub that Mario visits in this game.  That would be a joy to play.

I picked it up the other day and just finished Chapter 2.  It was such an easy game to pick up in play, I really only got stuck in two parts, and truth be told there\'s a lot of secret stuff to do.  The whole having one partner thing bothered me, but it actually turned out pretty cool.

If you switch partners when in town, people\'s responses change based on who\'s behind you.  That\'s pretty neat.  Yes, there are plenty of secrets, but I think  a lot of them have to do with just new items you\'ll acquire as you play like a new stronger hammer or a new paper ability.  Kind of a cheap way to hide "Secrets" imo.

I got the game last weekend, haven\'t played it. I\'ll try and finish my run in Pikmin 2 first, or maybe Tales of Symphonia.