If you think the remake has too much backtracking you should see the original game. That pipe room just isnt there.

This is what Paper Mario should be, build upon on these mechanics and design philosophies.

TTYD is the best battle system hands down. I still own my original copy of the game, and I cherish it immensely

I'm glad to see this video exist. I hope to see this sentiment expand within the newer fanbase. One of the best aspects of TTYD is the lives of the residents of Rogueport. As you go through the chapters you watch a broken family of Toads repair their relationship. Podley once had a relationship with Eve in Twilight Town. You can even talk to Lahla and learn her interests and dreams for the future.

Nice to see some newer fans understanding why we loved the og's so much now :)

Me replaying the remake made me realize how much I love Madame Flurrie, I loved having her in my party at all times just hearing what she had to say, I absolutely adore her personality. she is a queen you rock on Flurrie.

16:56 i can hear the "hear me out" so badly here XD

Honestly it will be a bigger disappointment than Sticker Star if they make another Paper Mario not in this style after the success of the remake.

Honestly, I am very excited to see where Modern Paper Mario 4 can go. They really sharpened the "many memorable moments"-style of the modern games by the time of Origami King(I mean, just look at all the ways Mario can just die brutally for instance, lmao. That certainly left an impression), while this remake has proven that the old elements are still in demand and the fanbase isn't just capping. If they decide to combine the two, we could have the greatest Mario RPG ever on our hands.

If you’re desperate for more Paper Mario combat, you should try Bug Fables! It definitely scratches that itch while also having a cute and enjoyable adventure with strong characters. Also I’m glad newcomers are finally seeing why TTYD is so great! Hope Nintendo notices!

White yoshi. Named him Milk

I think what has kind of stung all this time is this is really the only franchise they're treating this way. Yes Nintendo does change things up pretty drastically in some ways, but mainline 2D Mario is always going to be platforming to a flag, 3D Mario is always going to be a star collectathon, Zelda is always going to be a lone-hero action adventure game, etc. But Paper Mario just hasn't had a firm identity for a while. Is it a turn based RPG? Is it a sidescroller? Is it a collectathon? Does it involve platforming? Does Mario have a party of unique friends? You can't really tell from the sum of the series' games at this point. It was best when it had a strong identity, and I hope it goes back to that identity soon. It was pretty special.

I am absolutely in love with this remake. Not even halfway through, I knew I'd be replaying it. Also, I got a Pink Yoshi- missed the first interval, but it loops every 20 minutes so I just waited 36 total to be safe and named him Luigi

Pink Yoshi named Kirby

I also played TTYD having not played the original. I already knew most of what was coming, but experiencing the story and characters firsthand was such a fun experience, and the climactic ending was the best. With the influx of Mario RPGs we’ve been getting, I really hope Nintendo takes a hint and makes more peak 🙏 Also I got a Black Yoshi, and named him Dash (bc that’s what he does lol) 😎

I took the Black Yoshi and named him Joshua

I would genuinely lose my shit if Nintendo remade Super Paper Mario, that game is so peak

I admit I'm a little surprised you didn't delve much into the "stage play" style and especially the audience interaction of TTYD's battle system compared to the original 64's. While you do get some points for Special Moves for doing well on action commands, interacting with the audience by doing stylish moves and appealing gives you more. It adds an extra layer to the combat that I've yet to see elsewhere, even more so when some bosses interact with them, too (like Hooktail eating them to heal once).

My favorite partner was Goombella. I got the white Yoshi and named him Cyrus. I loved the Waluigi outfit and used for the rest of my playthrough. Reaching 100% completion was fun, challenging, and satisfying. Couldn’t care less about the 30fps. Music, Battle, Story made this game a magical experience. Peak and GOTY.

Glad you understand our frustration (for 20 years mind you) and elation of finally beating getting it remastered.

I kept the honored tradition of naming my yoshi Segway and he came out pink this time.

I got a pink yoshi and I named him “Champer”

Super Mario RPG if you haven’t played is what the Paper Mario games were the spiritual successor to. It has the action command prompts too for attacking and defending, has a story that gives a few twists (I don’t recall another game prior to it that had friendly npcs that were goombas, koopas, etc). All sorts of hidden stuff, and while overall it’s a smaller game it’s still worth checking out.

1:51 It's worth mentioning that Bowser being the main antagonist in Mario RPGs isn't necessarily a bad thing, the problem with Sticker Star is that it gave him no personality whatsoever. My memory is fuzzy (because the game isn't memorable) but I'm almost sure he has zero lines of dialogue in the whole thing. He's practically just a wall, an obstacle for you to get through to complete the game. For this to happen 3 years after Bowser's Inside Story (arguably his peak as a character) is just extra salt in the wound. He spends most of TTYD being a comic relief side character who has very little to do with the main story, and even _here_ he gets more focus and comes across as more threatening than he ever does in Sticker Star. Dunno about Color Splash because I never played that one, even as one of the 28 Wii U owners. Also, white Yoshi, named Gin-chan.

Black Yoshi, I named him Dashell to honor Super Paper Mario which will hopefully one day get a remake. And my favorite partner is Vivian it pretty much always has been.

Prior to this, my only experience with Paper Mario was Super for the Wii. And While not a bad game, I didn't find it clicking with me all too well (softlocking my save file was probably to do with it). TTYD on the other hand is an absolute masterpiece that I could not agree more with the hype train on. It may not be perfect (whenever the enemies had fog on their side I wanted to spontaneously combust), but I can confirm: More of this Paper Mario Please

This narration is the voice I imagine when I use the 🤓 emoji and repeat back what someone just said in a mocking tone in a comment reply

Glad you got to enjoy such an amazing game. Great video summarizing the beloved (and a couple less so) parts of TTYD. Blue Yoshi named "Lil Gonz" for Little Gonzales ~

it's great that you see what us PM vets are getting at, hopefully with TTYDR selling as well as it did in May, Nintendo will see how badly we want Paper Mario back to it's roots. i know that Nintendo has a quirk about wanting to innovate when they do sequels, and that's not a BAD mindset to have per se, but SOMETIMES all we fans want is more of the same that we love about a game, just a solid RPG experience with great characters, story, customization and maybe some collectables. minigames wouldnt hurt either though for that matter.

My yoshi was red and I called him Hikari after the character from Octopath Traveler 2 😊

Fantastic video. Happy to be a Mario RPG fan atm. Can't wait to get my hands on TTYD remake. Edit: Forgot to say, the original TTYD didn't have that warp room, you used to have to walk back everywhere to backtrack. 😅

It is amazing to watch a video from a newbie's perspective, because I thought this game was incredible twenty years ago, and I'm loving history repeating itself! So glad you made this video! Are there any elements of Origami King that you'd like to see carried over to a hypothetical Paper Mario 3?

I would be all in favor for a Super Paper Mario remake because I literally grew up with Super Paper Mario. Also I got the black Yoshi, and named him "Preston", hehe.

White yoshi named him whiteout

I think what developers miss when they try to change the formula for a sequel, is it still has to, as you said, "scratch the same itch" The battle system is what really does it. This is why Luigi's Mansion 1 will always be superior to me. They removed skill from the combat in the sequels.

I got dark blue, and named him Scrapper.

The Mario RPG gimmick is that you can press buttons with good timing to do more and take less damage. It sounds minimal, but it matters a lot - non-Mario RPGs, when you get stuck, it's level up, get lucky, or find some strong/cheesy strat, but Mario makes you go "man if I had only hit a few more action commands" and run it back and try to play better. I'm glad you get that TTYD is an excellent game. It's a beautiful thing to experience. Also, in my humble opinion, Kersti is the best damn one man I gotta put some respect on the sticker tsundere.

My yoshi in the remake is green and I named him Hoshino. Hoshino Yoshi. Hoshi means star, and Hoshino sounds like "hoshi no". So Hoshino Yoshi sounds like "hoshi no Yoshi", meaning "Yoshi of the Stars".

Yoshi kid is THE GOAT I love my green yoshi (Hunter) and his snarky/sassy personality. I just really vibe with him in and out of battle

I tried to go for a red Yoshi, if I remember correctly, but I didn’t properly understand how the timing system worked-I thought you could just hatch him whenever you wanted by breaking his egg with a hammer strike or something. Turned out he just hatches on his own when you reach the threshold where you need him to progress. He ended up green. I named him “Tyranno”, after “Tyrannosaurus”.

delibertately got orange, "Goshy"

Great video. I got the green yoshi and named him Junior 😄

I got blue Yoshi too. I named him Boshi named after the Blue Yoshi with Sunglasses in Super Mario RPG :) My favorite ally is probably Bobbery tho

This does give me hope that the team might make the next paper mario game that pleases both fans. Origami King was the step in the right direction but not nearly enough for spme players. The fact they remade this game might be their way to see what made this game work and bring it to their next entry? Lets hope anyways.

Glad to see this be received well all these years later. One of my all time favourite games.

Black and Jefe. That way we can be Gonzalez and Jefe.

Vivian is my favorite partner. I got a blue yoshi and named him Tom

for Yoshi, I ended up with Green, & named the lil' fighter 'Ares';

A blue yoshi, I named RazBoshi. Because blue raspberry, and Boshi

Growing up I played both the original TTYD and Super Paper Mario, having gotten pretty far in both but not completed either (I think it was always the last area that gave me trouble? Not gonna say either names here due to spoilers but both are pretty dark "royal" locations). Both times I had so much fun with the adventure I wondered if finishing the game was worth it if it meant separating myself from that fun crew and leave that entire adventure behind (one of my biggest fears in games is enjoying the finale only for it to not matter because the postgame is like "oh you thought that was cool? Bruh that never even happened lmao", leading me to almost never finish RPGs in fear of that). With Super I would later come back to the game just fine and actively find out that it wasn't the case there either (I first found out I wouldn't have to worry about that in this series when I played the N64 game last and was pleasantly surprised with a postgame actually taking place AFTER the game), and I could fully enjoy the worlds I once traversed in a hurry and find out how things have held up since I saved said entire world. The grandiose adventure with all the new friends I had made along the way was worth it, and that feeling was one I rediscovered here with the TTYD remake (I had put off the original due to the aforementioned fear as well as struggling to get past a certain obstacle in the last area)-- every ounce of that grandiose adventure was still there for me to freely roam around, talk to the folks that were important to my journey before and see how things have held up since, while still enjoying extra challenges (both ones from the og game and ones new to the remake) to take advantage of the game's interesting combat mechanics. This is the Paper Mario I've always known and loved. The big, adventurous Mario RPG series that feel like Mario's fun world being given the depth of Zelda's. None of that wannabe arts-&-craft BS where the only folks I could talk to were the same generic Toad designs ad nauseam like Sticker Star had me experience (no matter how much its two successor tried to improve things; sadly you can't remove a feeling of cheapness like that easily). This is the kind of Mario world I want to see-- no "it's actually just a stage play" or "it was a dream" loopholes, and no "haha this world is paper!" immersion-breaking humor, just a real living world that happens to be the wacky Mario universe. Just like its brethren Mario RPG and Mario & Luigi, and I think all three deserve to coexist due to their different but equally as good takes. Mario RPG set the groundwork for such an excellent idea, PM brought it to life even further with more partners willing to join and have their own arcs as well as even more ambitious storylines in general, and M&L brought its own comedic storytelling into the mix by just being a quirky but fun adventure. My favorite partner is the Yoshi kid, followed by Koops. Both have been an amazing aid in combat (Koops especially helping with the Pit of 100 Trials while Yoshi was amazing at bosses), and I do find Koops to have a solid arc of mustering up strength by going on a journey with Mario to be a satisfying character development. The Yoshi Kid is one I really enjoyed the interactions with due to the rough style of speaking he has (which btw is another highlight of every partner; Goombella is sassy af, Koops and Vivian are both more bashful, Flurrie talks in a way that's so rosy it can become hilarious in certain contexts ["gibiers de potence" in the French version upon beating the Shadow Sirens for the second time LMFAO], Bobbery with the sailor speech in general, even Ms Mowz has unique lines befitting her flirtatious thief image), but just the idea of having gotten the egg (which is mysteriously multicolored unlike regular Yoshi eggs) always raised the interesting question of "who's child is this" imo (and if our unfortunate circumstances of hatching him in the middle of a gladiator pit isn't exactly a good parenting strat. '^^). I got the default green Yoshi due to how fast I was trying to go through the Glitz Pit by optimizing every fight. I named him Yo'ster in reference to the name of Yoshi's Island in the original localization of Super Mario RPG, and have this fun little headcanon where he might be related to the Yoshi (Mario's best bud) from Super Mario World and the spinoffs, just ended up separated due to circumstances (the egg moving on its own could've lead to an unfortunate timing of him getting onto a ship leaving the original island or smth).

I got the white yoshi and I named him Krystal :3 (I love this game so much, Im so happy I get to play it again after all these years, as of right now I'm sitting at a pretty 75 hours of playtime :3)

Only caused you asked favorite partners are Goombella (rally wink is so good) or Yoshi kid with Vivian, Koops, and Admiral Bobbery I got a black one and named him Scrap works on a number of levels Scrap can refer to a small animal, as soon as he hatches out of the egg he's waiting to get into a fight or Scrap, and he's made from a Scrap of Paper I even came up with names for the other colors for future playthroughs White - Icarus Orange - Rocket Pink - Honeydew Blue - (now do it again with Manly) Gusto Red - Scorch Green - Midoriya (shounen) (Personally, I prefer Zoro, but sadly, Yoshi's don't weild swords)

Green yoshi named tide pod

I finally managed to finish TTYD for once as I pirated the original a few years ago but I never finished chapter 7 but this time I ventured through the thousand year door into the palace of shadow and beat the shadow queen

Black Yoshi, named Shanks (One Piece) bc of his red hair. Also his color scheme sort of matches Shank’s white shirt and black cloak

0:18 I agree 17:23 Pink, and I named him "DJ Pink", after a lucky chosen stream viewer who contributed to my stream of the game.

Red Yoshi: Scrimbly

Goombella is just a FANTASTIC ally. Her personality, while more respected in the original, is quirky and also smart. Reinventing usual enemies as allies is just wonderful.

Paper Mario 64 is my favorite paper Mario, it’s probably mostly nostalgia but I LOVE paper Mario. Also, this was a really good video, you’re underrated

Fun fact, TTYD is the true first Paper Mario game. The original was actually going to be Super Mario RPG 2 (there's even a scrapped title screen in the game's files), but Rare was bought out only halfway through development, so the game had to vastly change. That's also why the art style for it is so different, and is at times derivative of other Mario titles, it was essentially to save time and resources. The "Paper Mario" title was a western translation error even, and Nintendo only committed to that title because while it didn't sell that well in Japan, it was a massive hit with western audiences. Even then, you could tell they wanted to make the TTYD feel like a sequel to the original, and just have a few cheeky nods to what was originally just a mistake - like the gimmicky gameplay was the last thing they leaned into to make the subseries feel unique to anything else Mario. Modern Paper Mario games however, are the opposite, their gimmick is immediately in your face, baked into the story, world, characters, etc. Just the titles and box art alone give off a different vibe.

8:11 In the GameCube version, Bobbery was only partner who would not fall asleep during Luigi's tales. It have him more character. I'm not sure if this is true, but I've seen some people say it was due to a coding error on the GameCube. Overall though, the remake was fantastic, and they added so many little details, it added a lot to the experience as a whole!

Glad you like the original Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door And since you plan on playing the first Paper Mario game, I would also recommend playing Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling A game that Paper Mario fans claims as the true successor of the first two Paper Mario games. I recommend that since that game shared the same “paper aesthetic,” great characters and interesting story It’s hard to choose my favourite party member, but I do want Nintendo using these characters more. If Toadette, a character who first originated from Paper Mario, remained relevant and used throughout the various Mario spin-offs. I don’t see why the same can’t happen with Goombella, Koops, Flurrie etc To my knowledge Nintendo made these games, therefore shouldn’t have any legal issues like Geno and Mallow As for my Yoshi I got an orange one. I wasn’t really picky which color I got, it just happened. I named them “Oranjshi” which is a combination of both orange and Yoshi. And fun little pun to Japanese word for Orange “oranji”

I ended up getting the Black Yoshi and named him Viro

I went with Blue Yoshi and named him Keldeo

Nice review! I played Paper Mario 64 at launch time and played Paper Mario TTYD in 2010 and loved it. I beat the remake TTYD 100% and after that I beat Paper Mario 64 100% on the Switch it was just pure joy nostalgia. Paper Mario 64 is like Super Mario Bros for NES and Paper Mario TTYD is just like Super Mario Bros 3 like improved. But I always love Paper Mario 64 as my favorite Paper Mario. By the way I choose orange Yoshi because it's one of my favorite colors and call guess what "Yoshi" 😅

Just because you asked, I got a Red Yoshi. I named him Red Hot because way back when I first played OG TTYD, I got a Red Yoshi.. and named him Red Hot. It just felt right, even if the name is silly.

You got blue on your play, too? I didn't bother watching the time when I had my egg, choosing to leave his color to chance, so I didn't really have a name planned out either. So when I got my blue boy, I just looked up online what "blue" is in Italian and...named him Blu. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Had a orange yoshi named mango just for the pun (as in Man he can go). And a black yoshi named Yo yo as a reff to one of the GG's in Jetset Radio. Both from my save files on my GC ver. As for the remake i got a green yoshi that i named Yo yo again.

I just replayed TTYD and I purposely got the Pink Yoshi and named him Boulder, because he from my og playthrough

i ended up with a red Yoshi and named him Roshi, similar to Boshi from Super Mario RPG~

I highly recommend playing the fan made TTYD64 mod that adds a ton of content to Paper Mario 64

Only having 1 partner and no customizable badges makes replays little fun. I played thru TTYD dozens of times but only twice thru Super Paper Mario it is obvious which style is better.

i got the blue and pink yoshi, and i named him Vore

dude, you are really undersubscribed. keep it up! 👍

Wanna try something similar to Paper mario thousand years door, while also being more modern than standart paper mario? I suggest you try Bug Fables The Everlasting Sapling. It was what we ate while waiting for this remaster xD.

My favorite video game of all time right here. Words alone can't express how grateful I am for this remake and for new players to experience it and have a similar reaction that you did. It only gives me hope for the future of Paper Mario, and that's something we classic fans thought was pretty much gone back in 2020. Referring to a certain interview, not bashing Origami King. Anyway, I got a red Yoshi and named him Alastor.

In 2004, my Yoshi kid was pink, and I gave him the name Gonzales, fully expecting the game to prevent that, since he's born in the Glitz Pit where _Mario_ is called Gonzales. Not only did the game not stop me, it didn't even ask if I was sure. In 2024, my Yoshi kid is green, and I gave him the same name. I can't think of anything more fitting than the name he'd eventually pick for himself in the epilogue anyway.

I'm hoping and praying for Paper Mario to get triumphant new entry like Mario & Luigi in the future. A new PM on the Switch 2 could be the most insanely creative Mario RPG to date.

2:15 I think they completely messed up the fighting sysetm. And I think there would have been an easy fix. Instead of a repetitive puzzle game, they could just have made it an actual strategic fighting game. The simplest change would be this: Just leave all attacks as they are. Make it possible to know how much damage each attack does. Don't have the one perfect solution. Just spread them randomly on the board. And especially don't reward the player with twice the damage output for lining up perfectly. The enemies being lined up perfectly should be reward enough. And then it could be expanded from there by adding attacks or items which hiit a specific shapes on the board. For example one complete circle, or a boms on 3×3 grid. Also extra move items seems like a good idea. The boss battles already were much better in my opinion. There wasn't the one perfect solution (or at least it wasn't that obvious). It was more like coming up with the best route oneself. And maybe these routes were intended, but it wasn't that obvious. And there often were multiple routes.

Im an OG TTYD huge fan. Absolutely love the remake too. My partner yoshi, no matter what color he ends up, is always G. Junior (Gonzalez Jr is too long). He's a black yoshi this time

I think most people enjoyed Super... but everything after not so much.

Im just looking forward to a 'Paper Mario 3'. Origami King's freshness with the combat style and partners of TTYD... Yes please.

I got a blue Yoshi, named him Baxter 😎

I got a blue Yoshi and named him Gone

Dashie the Black Yoshi

The goat has now played the goat video game! glad you liked it!

My Yoshi color was orange and I named him Amigo

my blind run on gamecube was a black yoshi named spike, and no, i didnt have the context of 64 at the time to see the irony about naming his replacement the "cool" name. XD From then on, i was always green on replays simply because knowing what to do and keeping relatively consistent strategies resulted in a very consistent time frame that aligned with it. I am hoping the randomization is a bit more random in the remake (even if just shortening the windows so minor quirks of each battle change the consistency enough to change colors), but i havent taken the plunge yet, though i likely will if nothing new catches my eye soon.

happy you enjoyed it i got the red yoshi and named him "hodog"

It should say something that when I have 130hours in splatoon3 but I have 190 hours in paper Mario TTYD. That should say how good this game really is X3

Todd is a red yoshi

Same here, after playing Paper Mario TTYD I understand why it's the best game and why it's so good

I am so happy more people are mentioning the first paper mario and willing to give it a shot again. I loveee that game too!!! and some ppartners there rock too :D

i kinda laughed when you showed your yoshi's name cause that's literally my name lol

Vivian, who will always stay the girl I believe she was.

You’ve been brought back to the light

I hope you enjoy Paper Mario 64! It has aged exceptionally well, perhaps better than any other game for its console. It used to be tied with TTYD near the top of my favorite games of all time, but the remake treatment of TTYD put it over the top. I hope that 64 also gets the remake treatment, as it absolutely deserves it!

I'm gonna enjoy this video I'm sure. I love seeing new players try it out and confirm that we original TTYD fans haven't been gaslighting ourselves with rose-coloured glasses for the last 20 years lol

I see what you did there 16:08

I got a black yoshi and named it…. Yoshi lol