Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Overview

Story

The title screen.

Prologue: A Rogue's Welcome

The Mario Bros. residence.

Mario arriving in Rogueport.

Rogueport.

The Magical Map.

It resembles this somewhat. We don't wanna give away any spoilers now!

Where is this? Play the game to find out!

Characters

Main Characters

• Mario: Mario is the main character of the game. All of the ladies are apparently very attracted to him. He is silent throughout the entire
  
  

  Ladies love the 'stache
  game, but you can make some dialogue choices during the game for him. He can level up after getting 100 star points (experience points) and choose to upgrade his health, his flower points, or his badge points. The only way you can increase how much damage he gives and receives is by finding equipment throughout the game to upgrade his boots and hammer. You can also find badges that upgrade his stats.
• Peach: Peach is captured in the X-Naut base. There are portions of the game where you play as Peach to find out more information a bout the X-Nauts to help out Mario.
• TEC: TEC is the mega-computer for the X-Nauts and is built under the notion that it is absolutely perfect in every way. TEC is capable of having emotions although it is not exactly sure what those are and uses Peach to find out what it is. Despite being "perfect", TEC overrides its original programming and begins helping Peach by letting her find out more information about the X-Nauts and then relaying that information to Mario on his cell phone.

Partners

• Goombella: Goombella is the first partner you will get in the game after saving her from a group of X-Nauts. Out of battle, she will give you information about the place you are in, and tell you some information about the NPCs. In battle, she can use the same jump ability that Mario can, but she also a Tattle ability which gives you information about the enemy including HP, Attack, Defense, and a funny description
• Koops: Koops will join your party after he gains enough courage to go into the dangerous Hooktail castle and look for his dad, who has been missing for a long time. Out of battle, you can shoot Koops' shell to hit switches and retrieve items that are far away. In battle, you can also shoot his shell to cause damage, or use it to cover Mario from a dangerous attack.
• Madame Flurrie: By far, the weirdest looking of the partners, Flurrie will join your party when a local tree-dwelling group gets trouble from the X-Nauts.  Out of battle, she can blow away enemies so you don't have to go into combat. In battle, she can end the match by literally blowing the enemies away. She can also hide Mario in a thick sheet of fog.
• Yoshi: During one of the chapters, you find an angry hot dog stand owner who can't control one the jumping eggs he was going to use as an ingredient. After Mario saves the egg from being eaten, he later discovers that it has hatched into a little baby Yoshi. You can actually name the Yoshi, and the color of the Yoshi you get varies by the dialogue you choices you have made up until that point. Out of battle, you can jump on Yoshi's back to move twice as fast. He can also hover for small distances to get Mario across gaps. In battle, he can do a ground-pound, throw eggs, or gulp one enemy and toss his at the other.
• Vivian: Vivian initially starts off as an enemy. She then later joins your group because it turns out that Mario was the only person that ever really cared about her. Out of battle, she can hide Mario underground to avoid combat. In battle, she can do a stealthy punch attack or conceal Mario underground to avoid a big attack for one turn.
• Admiral Bobbery: Unlike all of the other partners, Mario is seeking to add him to the party, not the other way around. After you break into his house and convince him to get out and stop grieving about his wife, he will join your party. Out of battle, you can toss him and he will walk straight and then blow up to flip switches or break weak walls. In battle, he blows himself up to deal damage.
• Ms. Mowz: While you do see her around in the game, you have to do an optional side-quest to get this mouse-thief to join your party. Out of battle, she can find treasures and hidden items for you, while during combat she can slap her enemy or steal its item.

Enemies

• Lord Grodus: The leader of the X-Nauts. His plans are to capture all of the Crystal Stars and use them somehow to take over the world. Peach is  involved in these plans.
• Lord Crump: Lord Crump is Grodus' right hand man. Apparently very skilled, he enjoys stroking his ego on various occasions.  He has a personal mechanized suit entitled Magnus Von Grapple.
  

  Somehow, the Goomba still hurts you if you walk into it
• Bowser: Bowser might not have the lead villain role, but he still plays a big role. Mario fights him a couple times during the game. Bowser is on a mission to kidnap Peach from the people that have already kidnapped her. There are also portions of the game where you play as him. These portions are tributes to the Super Mario Bros. games for the NES.
• Kammy Koopa: This witch Koopa is one of Bowser's higher-ups who fights along side him. She addresses Bowser by funny names such as "Your Chunkieness". She mostly serves comic relief throughout the game.
• Shadow Sirens: The three sisters: Beldam, the short one with a blue hat; Vivian, the one with a red hat; and Marilyn, the big one with a yellow hat. This highly dysfunctional group is helping Lord Grodus by trying to remove Mario from the picture and are often fighting each other. Beldam is very mean towards Vivian and often blames her for things that are her own fault. Marilyn is the strongest group and the least social, usually only speaking with various grunts.
• Shadow Queen: The game's final boss. She must use the power of darkness to defeat Mario & co. but to use the power of the 7 Crystal Stars to be awaken.

Gameplay

Battles

Mario engaged in combat.

Mario using the special move, Earth Tremor.

Paper plane Mario.

Levels

Other Info