Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door has been out for a few days now, and it’s been doing incredibly well based on key insider reports and snapshots of the best-sellers on the Nintendo eShop. However, ...

If you ask any Paper Mario fan, there are two distinct eras in the 25-year history of the subseries: The golden age of character-driven RPGs, and the more experimental games with simpler gameplay and ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Paper Mario was released in Japan 25 years ago today, August 11, 2025. Below, we look back at how the dynamic battle system and an unusual approach to ...

Back in 2010 during E3, Nintendo showcased a trailer at the gaming event to show off a Paper Mario game for the Nintendo 3DS. Despite it being shown off there, the trailer all but disappeared ...

Christina Roffe is an Anime Features Writer from the United States. She has experience writing on games on all platforms, including PC, Nintendo, Xbox, and PlayStation. She is especially knowledgeable ...

Erin Rice is a Writing Specialist from the United States. She has a Master of Arts in Composition and Rhetoric and works as a professor and Academic Success Coach, teaching students about writing and ...

The ability to flee from any encounter in Paper Mario games helps solve some accessibility issues. In 2004, video game accessibility was in its infancy. Accessibility menus were few and far between, ...

Matt Anderson (He/Him) is a Features Writer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He's been gaming as far back as four years old on the original PlayStation and writing in the industry for several years.