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.

Later Paper Mario games moved away from turn-based combat, but The Thousand-Year Door fully embraces this mechanic. As in Super Mario RPG and Paper Mario, the combat has players selecting moves and ...

If you own a Nintendo Switch and have been hankering for some quasi-2D turn-based RPG action that would make parchment-thin PaRappa the Rapper blush, then today is your lucky day. A remake of 2004 ...

Even though I knew people with N64s back in the ‘90s, and admittedly spent a good deal of time wielding that divisive, three-pronged analog controller (monstrosity?), I never personally owned Nintendo ...

Today, Paper Mario is perhaps best-known as the Mario series that can't seem to pick a genre. But The Thousand-Year Door, much like its N64 predecessor, follows the tradition of Super Mario RPG and is ...

There’s an apocryphal folktale that fans of Mario RPGs are fond of sharing. Somewhere along the line, the internet urban legend goes, someone at Nintendo — Miyamoto himself, maybe — had it out for ...

Watch the latest trailer for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door to get a deep dive into the upcoming RPG remake. Learn about the story of this storybook adventure, see various locations, and meet ...

20 years ago, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door became one of the best games on the Nintendo GameCube. Now, 20 years later, in the twilight years of the Nintendo Switch, Paper Mario: The ...

For many players, the appeal of a certain style of RPG is not about massive open worlds or endless loot grinds. It is about charm, timing-based combat, expressive characters, and stories that balance ...

It’s criminal that there’s been no way to play Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for over a decade. The only way to experience the original 2004 Gamecube title was on that console or the Wii, which ...

Plenty of indie games riffing on Paper Mario's craftsy style and turn-based, timing-sensitive combat have come out in the last few years, but Escape from Ever After is a rare one that seems to have ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The past few months have been filled with high-profile video game launches, but if you're looking for something off the beaten path, Born of Bread is ...