# S1E3 - *Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door*
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It feels like it has been 1,000 years since *Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door* came out for the Nintendo GameCube; mostly because there hasn’t been a game like it since. Max, Logan, and special guest Scott White return to the seedy town of Rogueport to see if *The Thousand-Year Door* is a grand, epic stage production or a sloppy side show in the series.
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# *Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door*
- Developer – Intelligent Systems
- Platform – Nintendo GameCube
- Release Date – July 22, 2004 in Japan, October 11, 2004 in North America
- Producers – [Shigeru Miyamoto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Miyamoto) and [Ryouichi Kitanishi](https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Ryouichi_Kitanishi)
- Game Director – [Ryota Kawade](https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Ryota_Kawade)
- Composers – [Yoshito Sekigawa](https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Yoshito_Sekigawa), [Yuka Tsujiyoko](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuka_Tsujiyoko), and [Saki Kasuga](https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Saki_Kasuga)
[Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/game/gamecube/paper-mario-the-thousand-year-door) – 87/100
# Links
- [*Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door* Wiki](https://www.mariowiki.com/Paper_Mario:_The_Thousand-Year_Door)
- [*Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door* Prices](https://www.pricecharting.com/game/gamecube/paper-mario-thousand-year-door)
- Soundtrack
- [YouTube](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAE1E7981ABE768F6)
- [*Paper Mario*‘s Happy Lucky Lottery is Rigged](https://www.polygon.com/nintendo/2018/8/25/17781786/paper-mario-happy-lucky-lottery-odds-scam-ripoff-video)
- [*Paper Mario Color Splash* Developer Interview with GameXplain](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dlcNubU6bYA&t=373)
- [*Paper Mario*‘s Development Team Lays it All Out](https://www.videogameschronicle.com/features/interviews/paper-mario-origami-king/)
- [RPG University Episode 29 – *Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door* with David Brevik](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rpg-university-episode-29-paper-mario-thousand-year/id1477910451?i=1000490750649)
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*This episode was originally recorded on May 5, 2021.*
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Researcher, Editor, and Producer – Max Roberts
Hosted by Logan Moore & Max Roberts
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