The Thousand-Year Door Exploits Your Nostalgia (and That's Okay!)

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is one of Nintendo's most fiercely beloved games. While many people are nostalgic for the game itself, its story is all about the power of nostalgia. It's a game that makes its own rose-tinted glasses.

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Games Discussed:
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004) / Platform: Nintendo Gamecube / Developer: Intelligent Systems / Publisher: Nintendo / Genre: RPG, Role-Playing Game, JRPG, Turn-Based RPG, Platformer, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2024) / Platform: Nintendo Switch / Developer: Intelligent Systems / Publisher: Nintendo / Genre: RPG, Role-Playing Game, JRPG, Turn-Based RPG, Platformer, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy, Remake

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Games Referenced:
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (2023) / Platform: Playstation 5 / Developer: Insomniac Games / Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment / Genre: Action Adventure, Open World, Superhero, Story-Driven, Fantasy

Elden Ring (2022) / Platform: Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PC (Windows) / Developer: FromSoftware / Publisher: Bandai Namco / Genre: Action RPG, Open-World, Soulslike, Action Adventure, Role-Playing Game

Celeste (2018) / Platform: Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4, Xbox One, PC, MacOS, Linux / Developer: Maddy Makes Games / Publisher: Maddy Makes Games / Genre: Platformer, Indie, Story-Driven, Precision Platformer

Animal Crossing: New Horizons (2020) / Platform: Nintendo Switch / Developer: Nintendo EPD / Publisher: Nintendo / Genre: Social Simulation, Cozy Game, Sim

Mirror's Edge (2008) / Platform: Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Windows / Developer: DICE / Publisher: Electronic Arts (EA) / Genre: Platformer, First-Person, Parkour, Action, Action-Adventure, Dystopian

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) / Platform: Nintendo Wii U, Nintendo Switch / Developed & Published by Nintendo / Genre: Open-World, Action-Adventure, Action RPG, Survival, Fantasy

Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001) / Platform: Nintendo 64 / Developed & Published by Rare / Genre: Comedy, Platformer, Parody, Subversive, Third-Person Shooter

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Additional References:
From The Earth to the Moon: A Direct Route in 97 Hours, 20 Minutes (1865) / A Novel by Jules Verne

A Trip to the Moon (1902) / Written & Directed by Georges Méliès / Based on the Novel by Jules Verne

The Matrix (1999) / Written & Directed by The Wachowskis / Starring Keanu Reeves, Lawrence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) / Directed by Stanley Kubrick / Written by Arthur C. Clarke & Stanley Kubrick / Starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, Douglas Rain

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) / Written & Directed by George Lucas / Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, David Prowse, James Earl Jones

Murder on the Orient Express (1934) / A Novel by Agatha Christie

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Topics Discussed:
Nostalgia, memory, nostalgia bait, rose-tinted glasses, video games, retro video games, Nintendo GameCube, remake, remakes, Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Goombella, Koops, Flurrie, Yoshi Kid, Vivian, Bobbery, Ms. Mowz, TEC, Professor Frankley, X-Nauts, Bowser, parody, reference, literary genres, fantasy, pro wrestling, sports, professional athlete, sports commentary, horror, horror movies, scary, survival, Treasure Island, pirates, pirate treasure, Peter Pan, train, trains, express rail, science fiction, moon, legends, sci-fi, urban legends, lost media, video game soundtracks, music, video game music, ost, Paper Mario, Direct Sequel, Nintendo games, new Nintendo games, Super Mario RPG, Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga, Mario & Luigi Brotherhood, Mario RPG, best games ever made, video essay, essay, personal memory, 2000s, 2000s nostalgia, Nintendo Direct, stories never die, emotional, backtracking, game design, video game design, game review, video game review, ttyd, TTYD, PM: TTYD