With Paper Mario: The Origami King officially out today and with a snazzy new gameplay trailer, fans have taken to Twitter to express their feelings regarding the franchise. More specifically, they are expressing their wishes to see past Paper Mario titles get re-released on the Switch.
Fans have seemingly banned together in attempt to get the older entries in the Paper Mario series released on Nintendo's newest console. Most are asking for the GameCube entry, The Thousand-Year Door, but some have also asked for the original Nintendo 64 game as well as the Wii game Super Paper Mario.
Around this time last year, The Thousand-Year Door started trending on Twitter thanks to a little blue gaming puppet called Arlo, a popular gaming YouTuber who created his own hashtag #RemasterThousandYearDoor. In his video last year, Arlo stated that Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door was his favorite Paper Mario title and one of his favorite games of all time, emphasizing how much he wanted it to be re-released for the hybrid console.
But it appears that the game is trending yet again on Twitter, with this time it coming directly from the fans, without any popular muppet behind the scenes. Nearly all of the fans are saying the same thing: if Nintendo doesn't want to make new Paper Mario games that match the originals, then just re-release the old ones with a fresh coat of paint. And that's a valid point.
The Paper Mario franchise has been around for two decades, spawning six titles across six systems, never skipping a generation. It's established itself as one of Nintendo's mainstays in its gaming lineup, without more than five years between entries, which is more than one can say about many of Nintendo's other IPs. With that said, the franchise has seen very little in re-releases, with The Thousand-Year Door only available to play on the GameCube.
It remains to be seen whether TTYD or any of the other past games will be re-released, but one thing is clear: if they are ported over, there is an audience waiting to buy them. It's all in Nintendo's court now.
Paper Mario: The Origami King is out now for the Nintendo Switch.
Source: Comicbook