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| Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door HD | ||||
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| Developer(s) | Intelligent Systems | |||
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo | |||
| Director(s) | Masahiko Nagaya | |||
| Producer(s) | Kensuke Tanabe | |||
| Designer(s) | Shingo Igata | |||
| Artist(s) | Chie Kawabe | |||
| Composer(s) | Yoshito Hirano Yuka Tsujiyoko Ryo Nagamatsu Yoko Shimomura | |||
| Platform(s) | Nintendo Switch | |||
| Genre(s) | RPG Strategy | |||
| Series | Paper Mario | |||
| Predecessor | Paper Mario: The Origami King | |||
| Release Date(s) | TBD | |||
| Age Rating(s) |                  
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| Media Included | Nintendo Switch game cartridge Digital Download
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| Storage Needed | 8 GB | |||
| Cost | $59.99 | |||
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door HD is an HD enhanced remake of the 2004 Nintendo GameCube game, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. This game retains the old RPG mechanics from its original version with some added content. This game is being developed by Intelligent Systems, the same developer of the GameCube version.
Story[]
The game is exactly the same as the original, Mario must collect eight Crystal Stars before the X-Nauts do, and reach the Thousand-Year Door to access its treasure. Along the way, he meets various, each with their own unique abilities, who agree to help him on his quest.
Prologue: A Rogue's Welcome[]
The story starts out with a letter from Princess Peach, delivered to Mario by a familiar friend. The letter tells Mario he must travel to Rogueport, and attached with the letter is some sort of map. Upon getting there, Mario will need to fight a "Lord Crump". He meets a Goomba named Goombella will take Mario to Professor Frankly, and they all go down into the Rogueport Sewers (getting a Paper Airplane "curse" along the way) to find the mysterious Thousand-Year Door. They then lift up the Magical Map and learn where the first Crystal Star is.
Chapter 1: Castle and Dragon[]
Chapter 1 starts in a small town called Petalburg, near Petal Meadows. There is a dragon named Hooktail up in a nearby castle that eats any-one who comes to slay her. Mario goes to the Schwonk Fortress and plays the 65th annual quiz show. They then get the sun and moon stones and fight the Golden Fuzzy. When Mario and co. get back to Petalburg, Koops becomes Mario's Partner, after recurring hesitation. Mario then goes to Hooktail Castle to slay the dragon. Receiving a "curse" along the way that allows him to become paper-thin. After Mario beats Hooktail, Koopley, Koops's father, emerges from the dragon's belly. He gives Mario the Diamond Star he found in Hooktail's stomach.
Meanwhile, Princess Peach awakes in a strange, unfamiliar, futuristic-looking place. She has been kidnapped by a group of aliens called the X-Nauts, and their leader, Sir Grodus. After Grodus is informed that someone has found the first Crystal Star, Peach instinctively lets slip the name 'Mario'. Grodus overhears this and has his troops investigate immediately. He orders the Shadow Sirens to steal the treasure map from Mario. meanwhile, Peach is taken to her sleeping quarters. She decides to take a shower. She then approaches a set of doors, which open automatically. Intrigued, she gets dressed and follows a corridor to another set of doors, which, again, open automatically. She then finds a computer with artificial intelligence, called TEC-XX, or TEC for short. He is intrigued by her concept of love, and asks her to help him understand it. In return, he lets her send an email to Mario, informing him of what has happened.
Far away, in Bowser's Castle, Kammy Koopa informs the Koopa King that Mario has begun collecting Crystal Stars. Feeling that they sound like useful tools for world domination, Bowser is certain he wants them for himself. He also learns that someone else has captured Princess Peach. Outraged, he leaves for Rogueport.
Back in Petalburg, Mario informs the Koopas that he has slain the dragon Hooktail, and Koops informs Koopie Koo that, against her wishes, he is going with Mario to hunt the Crystal Stars, and he is going to return a much stronger Koopa. Back in Rogueport, Mario learns that Peach has been kidnapped by the X-Nauts. He heads to the Thousand-Year Door, where he is directed to the Great Tree.
Chapter 2: The Great Boggly Tree[]
Chapter 2 begins in Boggly Woods. You are guided by a small creature called a Puni named Punio to the Great Tree. The X-Nauts have locked up the main entrance however, so team Mario employs the help of a cloud-like actress named Flurrie to access the secret entrance. Using the help of the other Punies and the Puni Elder, Mario and friends are able to defeat Lord Crump (in the form of Magnus Von Grapple), and drive out the X-Nauts. They then recover the Emerald Star. Back at the X-Naut Fortress, Sir Grodus discovers Mario's capture of the Emerald Star, and is furious! Meanwhile, TEC uses a hologram for Peach to dance with, so he can understand the emotion of love.
Bowser, meanwhile, turns up in Petal Meadows searching for the Crystal Star. He travels through World 1-1 of Super Mario Bros, ending up in Petalburg. He spots Princess Peach, but discovers it is merely a poster.
Back in Rogueport, Mario receives an email from Princess Peach informing him that the X-Nauts are also after the Crystal Stars, and to be careful. Wasting no time, Mario presses on, being directed to Glitzville. However, the town is suspended in the air. Mario goes to Don Pianta, who, in return for finding his daughter, Francesca, and his mobster, Frankie, will give him a Blimp Ticket to Glitzville.
Chapter 3: Of Glitz & Glory[]
Mario heads to the Glitz Pit of Glitzville, where he watches a fight between Rawk Hawk, the reigning champion of the Glitz Pit, and his challenger. Mario notices that on Rawk's championship belt, there is a Crystal Star. They decide that the only way to get that Crystal Star is to sign up to be a fighter, and win the belt by defeating Rawk Hawk. Mario is entrusted with the ring name, "The Great Gonzales". After going up in the ranks and conquering the Minor League, Mario discovers a lone Yoshi Egg, and cares for it until it hatches, and Mario gives it a name. A series of mysterious E-mails, written in different sized letters (reminiscent of the threat letters often seen in crime dramas) alert Mario to suspicious activity in the pit, and the instructions in these E-mails lead Mario to the truth behind the Glitz Pit. He then defeats Rawk Hawk, only to find that the Crystal Star is fake and that the real one is held by Grubba. After defeating Grubba (as Macho Grubba), they take the Gold Star, and the long-thought-retired Prince Mush emerges from Grubba's machine. Mush is reunited with Jolene, who becomes the new Chairwoman of the Glitz Pit. Mario is forced to retire as a Glitz Pit fighter, but is invited to make a comeback anytime he likes. The Yoshi Kid agrees to follow Mario, referring to him as "The Great Gonzales".
Back at the Fortress, TEC asks Peach to find out information of Grodus's plans. He guides her to the dressing room, where the princess removes her dress and disguises herself as an X-Naut using a spare uniform. After making her way to Grodus's room, she tries finding out what Grodus's plans are. Although Grodus is suspicious of Peach's voice, she fools him and returns to the dressing room. After once again putting her dress on, she sends another e-mail to Mario.
Bowser, meanwhile, is still searching for Crystal Stars, with little success. He comes across the Punies of The Great Tree, who are frightened to death of him. Unfortunately, he discovers that Mario beat him to it.
Back in Rogueport, Mario receives Peach's email, learning of the X-Nauts' plans. He then decides that time is of the essence, and therefore proceeds to the Thousand-Year Door, where he is directed to Creepy Steeple. Professor Frankly informs him that Creepy Steeple is near Twilight Town, a town permanently covered in darkness. To get there, Mario has Darkly, a Twilight boy, write Mario's name on his pants so the plumber can get to Twilight Town.
Chapter 4: For Pigs the Bell Tolls[]
The first thing Mario notices is that the town is under a curse that forces members of the town to randomly be transformed into pigs. In a shed, Mario finds a Black Chest Demon who, after once again tricking Mario (though he knew what was coming), sets a curse upon the plumber, forcing him into the shape of a paper tube so that he can bypass small gaps. After reaching Creepy Steeple, Mario comes across a horde of Boos (including an Atomic Boo who is an optional boss with a cool prize), as well as some puzzles, and the culprit of the curse of Twilight Town, a Duplighost! It transforms into Mario and engages in battle. Despite losing, the Mario copy steals Mario's name, body and Partner, leaving Mario as a mere shadow. Shadow Mario seeks help from the neglected and bullied Shadow Siren, Vivian. With her help, he manages to discover the name of the Duplighost - Doopliss! After revealing his name, Mario battles Doopliss again and gets his body and name back. Vivian flees, ashamed that she has been helping her enemy all along. Doopliss also flees, back to his castle. After returning to the castle, Mario defeats Doopliss and the Shadow Sirens, with the help of Vivian, who joins Mario because of his kindness. They defeat Doopliss and reclaim the Ruby Star, and after getting his name and body back, Mario's Partners apologize for being misled by the Duplighost (Doopliss).
Back at the Fortress, TEC asks the princess a few questions, leading to her discovery of the treasure behind the Thousand-Year Door - the soul of a 1000-year-old demon! And the Crystal Stars will lock the demon away! Peach sends this information to Mario, wondering why on earth TEC revealed it to her.
Meanwhile, Bowser attempts to reach Glitzville in his Koopa Clown Car - failing spectacularly! He passes an underwater level in a similar platforming fashion to Super Mario Bros, only to reach Rogueport angry and wet. Kammy Koopa boasts about the merchandise she bought in Glitzville, so Bowser douses her with flames in a comical fit of rage!
Chapter 5: The Key To Pirates[]
On the other side of Rogueport, Mario goes to the Thousand-Year Door to find that he must go overseas to Keelhaul Key. He recruits Flavio and Admiral Bobbery (after a touching tale of his deceased wife) as his crew, to sail to the Key. However, along the way they get shipwrecked and are stranded (conveniently, on Keelhaul Key!). Using Flavio's Skull Gem, they enter the Pirate's Grotto. After learning to transform into a sailboat (via a Black Chest Demon) Mario comes across a horde of stranded Toad Sailors, rescuing them and Piantas on holiday, Frankie and Francesca. The crew then infiltrate Cortez's lair, waking him up in the process. In his anger, he attacks them, but they are victorious. When he learns that all they wanted was the Sapphire Star, he is only too happy to get rid of the thing! Back on the beach, Cortez provides them with his own ship, helping them defeat Lord Crump (who was hidden in the ship's crew all along) and the X-Nauts. Cortez then takes Mario & Co. home to Rogueport.
Back in the X-Naut Fortress, TEC requests that Peach find a disk containing secret information hidden in Grodus's room. To accomplish this task in secret, TEC instructs the princess to make an invisibility potion. Not long after drinking it, Peach realises it does not affect her clothes. Although she initially refuses, Peach eventually agrees to remove her visible clothes and carry out the mission. After streaking through a hallway, Peach enters Grodus's room. After finding the data disk, she takes a seat and waits for it to load on Grodus's computer. She puts the disk away and returns to safety after another invisible run down the hall. The princess then drinks a green potion after TEC instructs her to do so. She soon after slips her dress back on and returns to her room. After this, TEC analyzes the disk and Peach once again sends an E-mail to Mario.
Bowser and Kammy Koopa run into Lord Crump in Twilight Town while searching for a Crystal Star. The X-Nauts had been looking for the Shadow Sirens' Superbombomb, and before you know it the Koopa Troop and X-Nauts have a face-off. However, Bowser inadvertently sets off the bomb with his fire breath, destroying everything!
Back in Rogueport, Mario receives an email from Peach concerning TEC's analysis of the secret disk. The Thousand-Year Door points the group towards Poshley Sanctum. However, to get there they need a Train Ticket from Don Pianta, and Don is too sick with worry to care. Mario and Co. head back to Keelhaul Key to help Frankie and Francesca find their wedding ring, and returns them to Don Pianta in Rogueport. Francesca offers to continue the family business, meaning Don can finally retire! In his joy, he presents Mario with his Train Ticket.
Chapter 6: Three Days of Excess[]
Chapter 6 starts in the hustle-bustle of a train called the Excess Express. A Penguin detective (by the name of Pennington) in the train suspiciously identifies your name as Luigi and assists in strange mysteries of the rickety express, which are very similar in style to the mysteries faced by characters such as Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. Mario also comes across an old foe- Doopliss! who flees claiming Beldam will be upset and revealing his own membership in the shadow sirens. Eventually, Mario reaches Riverside Station, an abandoned desert that used to be filled with fresh water. The train stops here, short of its destination, because the bridge is gone. Inside, Mario learns the Spring Jump and retrieves a lever to operate the bridge outside swarmed by Mini-Smorgs. The next day, a dusty enemy from the station entitled Smorg infests the train and its passengers. Mario and Co. fight the Smorg and win. Later after the battle, Mario and the tourists stop at Poshley Heights to retrieve the Garnet Star from Poshley Sanctum.
Back at the X-Naut Fortress, TEC requests Peach to disguise herself as an Elite X-Naut and obtain a disk that contains sensitive data. Peach brings the disk over to TEC and reveals the truth on how Grodus started the X-Nauts from the past. Peach then sends an e-mail to Mario again.
Bowser and Kammy Koopa are at Keelhaul Key, searching for clues on what is on the island, only to be informed by Cortez that Mario had already gotten the treasure. Infuriated, Bowser retreats.
Chapter 7: The Island Trials[]
In this new chapter, exclusive to the HD remake, Mario heads for a location known to be Circuit Break Island. There, he is tasked to collect four shards in red, blue, yellow, and green. The path from the entrance leads to Circuit Break Village, where a Buzzy Beetle named Torque joins Mario as the next party member. The next path leads to Jazzafrazz Town, which is at the center of the island. The town features a shopping mall known as Shopping Mall 7 and other select areas. Mario also meets Hayzee there, who joins his party. Mario can take paths from the town that lead in a select compass direction. Southwest leads to Plumpbelly Village via Pudding Road, where Mario encounters a Bob-omb named Jerry, who joins his party. Southeast leads to Broadshroom via Strudel Road, where special performances take place. West leads to the Abandoned Mansion via Waffle Road, where Mario battles Dark Atomic Boo for the Blue Shard. Northwest leads to the Hatesong Tower via Flora Zara Path, where Mario battles an Anti Guy to receive the Yellow shard. East leads to the Rapturous Ruins via Grimble Forest, where Mario meets Screamy, who joins his party before battling against Wiggler for the Green Shard. Northeast leads to Rumblebump Volcano via Ravaged Badlands, where Mario meets Blooey, who joins his party and battles against a Big Buzzy Beetle for the Red Shard. After gathering all four shards, Mario can go north from Jazzafrazz Town to access the Goomstar Temple via Stone Canyon. Once there, Mario battles against the Goomboss for the seventh Crystal Star, the Silver Star.
Back at the X-Naut Fortress, Peach learns that the X-Nauts plan to sacrifice her to the demon of the Thousand-Year Door! TEC tries to help Peach escape, but is shut down by Grodus.
Bowser finds a passage to a workout room in the sewers, belonging to Rawk Hawk. He finds a Crystal Star, but it breaks, proving it is artificial. Bowser attacks Rawk out of anger.
Chapter 8: Mario Shoots to the Moon[]
Mario heads to Fahr Outpost where the only population is Bob-ombs. They have a cannon, but the Mayor denies its existence. After persuasion by Bobbery, the mayor agrees to allow Mario access to the cannon, on the condition that he locate General White. After traveling the world looking for him, they find him in his house, asleep. Mario wakes him up, and the crew are shot to the Moon. There they bypass the X-Naut Fortress, play the 66th quiz show, and defeat Lord Crump a third time, who this time uses an upgraded version of his mechanical robot, Magnus Von Grapple 2.0! Defeating him gains Mario his final Crystal Star!
Bowser and Kammy arrive in Poshley Sanctum, and break the fake Garnet Star. A Paragoomba flies in to inform Bowser that Mario is heading for the treasure behind the Thousand-Year Door! Bowser plans to beat Mario there, and defeat him and steal all of his Crystal Stars, so Bowser can have the treasure.
Chapter 9: A Millennial Showdown[]
Lord Crump sets the Fortress to self-destruct. However, with the assistance of TEC (who is now on standby), Mario finds a teleporter that gets him out of the Fortress alive and back into Rogueport Sewers. Mario heads for the Thousand-Year Door, conquers the Palace of Shadow, defeats Gloomtail, (who is related to Hooktail and Bonetail) Beldam, Marilyn, and Doopliss (who is as mistreated as Vivian was), Grodus, Bowser, and Kammy Koopa (hint: have at least 69 Star Points before fighting Grodus), and engages in battle with the Shadow Queen, who reveals she is a distant relative of the Shadow Sirens, who have been plotting against Grodus and the X-Nauts all this time! After failing to defeat the Shadow Queen, Mario is on the verge of defeat, but with the power of the Crystal Stars and the support of his numerous friends from all the places he visited, Mario defeats the Shadow Queen, who is locked away forever!
All the Partners go their separate ways: Goombella works as Professor Frankly's personal assistant; Koops has returned, like he said, a much braver Koopa, and is running for mayor of Petalburg; Flurrie is in a play called Paper Mario, also involving Doopliss; The Yoshi Kid is a fighter in the Glitz Pit, under the ring name 'Great Gonzales Jr.' Vivian is getting along better with her sisters. Ms. Mowz works in the Lovely Howz of Badges in Rogueport; and Bobbery lives in Keelhaul Key, though he spends most of his time at sea.
Peach sends Mario a letter inviting him to go on another treasure hunt. Mario passes out.
Characters[]
Protagonists[]
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Mario is the main protagonist of the game, and he is going on a quest again to collect the seven stars before the X-Nauts do and reach the Thousand-Year Door to access its treasure. |
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Luigi is Mario's twin brother. He is seen at some places in Rogueport promoting his Super Luigi novels chapter after chapter. |
Party members[]
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Goombella is the second-year University Of Goom student who is able to consult her Tattle Log to learn more of her opponents and surroundings. She is the first partner Mario and friends encounter and becomes a really great friend towards Mario and friends. |
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Koops is one of Mario's partners and comes from his hometown, Petalburg. He was depicted as very shy until he begged Mario to join him on his adventure. |
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Madame Flurrie is a cloud spirit actress who is disillusioned with the world and retires to the secluded Boggly Woods. When the Puni of the Great Tree are in danger, she teams up with Mario to save them. |
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Yoshi Kid is a spunky Baby Yoshi who is found outside the Glitz Pit. |
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Vivian is a mysterious shadow and uses fire-based attacks. |
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Admiral Bobbery is a soldier Bob-omb fighting for the Mushroom Kingdom military in the war in Shroomistan. |
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Ms. Mowz is in love with Mario and his friends, as she kisses them several times and calls them "her little cheese hunks". |
| Blooey is an orange Blooper who has a rather feisty and cocky attitude. He is skilled in spraying ink at opponents. | |
| Jerry is a red Bob-omb who is somewhat calm and jolly. He is skilled in tackling and exploding. | |
| Torque is a Buzzy Beetle with a wrench on its shell. Anyone who tries to jump on top of it will get hurt. Torque is immune to getting flipped over and can attack by spinning its shell. | |
| Hayzee is a Crayzee Dayzee who is somewhat shy and stubborn. It is skilled in singing lullabies to put foes to sleep. | |
| Screamy is a Moa who is somewhat vicious and aggressive. He is skilled in tackling, jumping, and even producing cream to heal teammates. | |
| Hamburg is a Spinnia who has an average attitude. He is skilled in spinning. | |
| Raincor is a Spania who has an average attitude. Anyone who tries to jump on top of it will get hurt. He is skilled in spinning. | |
| Toadette is a female Toad who can run at a fast speed, but doesn't have good power. |
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Supporting[]
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Peach gets a magical treasure map to find a legendary treasure and she summons Mario to help. Though before he gets there she is this time captured by the X-Nauts because they need a host for the Shadow Queen. Mario must go and save Peach from the X-Nauts. |
Villains[]
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Lord Crump is Grodus's chief general in the X-Naut race. He is not very bright. |
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Sir Grodus is the main antagonist and the supreme leader of an extraterrestrial organization known as the Secret Society of X-Nauts, whose sole mission is to conquer the world. In order to achieve this goal, Grodus and his underlings intended to obtain the seven Crystal Stars, break the seal on the Thousand-Year Door, and use Princess Peach as a vessel for the spirit of the 1,000 year-old demon, the Shadow Queen. |
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X-Nauts are an intergalactic force who are determined in finding the Crystal Stars. They are comprised mainly X-Nauts who serve Lord Crump and Grodus. Their main base is stationed on the Moon. |
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The Shadow Queen is the final boss and true main antagonist of the game, fought at the end of the Palace of Shadow. |
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Bowser is a villain in the game, often described as dim-witted, silly, and funny. Kammy Koopa summons Bowser to tell him that Mario his attempting to find treasures known as the Crystal Stars. Bowser decides to find them himself because he believes they are "good world-conquering tools." She also states that Princess Peach has been taken by someone else, after having just been told herself, so he makes it his mission to find and kidnap her himself. |
Subpages[]
- Items
- Badges
- Locations
- Glitz Pit
- Shops
- Bestiary
- Party Members
- Audience
- Recipes
- Pit of 100 Trials
- Fashion
- Amiibo Use
Reception[]
| Aggregate Scores | |
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| GameSpot | 9.5/10 |
| IGN | 9.5/10 |
| EGM | 39/40 |
| Game Informer | 29/30 |
| GameFan | 196/200 |
| GamePro | 19/20 |
| X-Play | 5/5 |
Ratings for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door HD was extremely positive. Many reviewers felt that the remake was far better than the original GameCube version as its graphics and enhanced elements pleased many. Those who experienced cooking with Zess T. felt that the amount of recipes was far more than anyone expected, especially with a variety of items being only obtained via Amiibo feature. The fashion line that customizes Mario was another feature that pleased many. Many considered The Thousand-Year Door HD the best of the Paper Mario series that only got far better than usual, and the greatest of all time.
Names in other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
| Spanish | Paper Mario: La Puerta Milenaria Remasterizada | Paper Mario: The Millennium Door Remastered |
| Italian | Paper Mario: Il Portale Millenario Rimasterizzato | Paper Mario: The Millennium Portal Remastered |
| French | Paper Mario: La Porte Millénaire Remasterisé | Paper Mario: The Millennium Door Remastered |
| German | Paper Mario: Die Legende vom Äonentor überarbeitete | Paper Mario: The Legend of the Aeon Gate Remastered |
| Japanese | ペーパーマリオRPGリマスター | Paper Mario RPG Remastered |
| Korean | 페이퍼 마리오 RPG 리마스터 | Paper Mario RPG Remastered |
| Simplified Chinese | 纸片马里奥 RPG 重制版 | Paper Mario RPG Remake |
| Traditional Chinese | 紙片馬里奧 RPG 重製版 | Paper Mario RPG Remake |
| Russian | Бумажный Марио: Дверь тысячелетия Обновленный | Paper Mario: The Millennium Door Remastered |
| Ukrainian | Паперовий Маріо: Двері тисячоліття Ремастеризовано | Paper Mario: The Millennium Door Remastered |
| Arabic | ورقة ماريو: باب الألفية رمستر | Paper Mario: The Millennium Door Remastered |