Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door is an almost flawless game.
It is a pure joy, from the very moment we arrive in rogueport, until we defeat the very final boss.
Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door is such a complete package, such a wonderful journey an almost flawless game in which each part of it works together to create something greater than the sum of its parts.
With The Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door Nintendo simply struck gold.
They came up with an almost perfect formula for a game.

And then they never did it again.
Every single Paper Mario game that came after, altered or removed parts of the formula that made Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door
And every single Paper Mario after ended up being worse in one way or another.

And you know, that is really interesting.
Why is Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door door such a great game?
Why did all the later Paper Mario’s that changed this formula ended up being worse for it.
What is it that makes The Thousand Year door such a great game and why did Nintendo have such a hard time to replicate this success?

In this video we will try to solve this little mystery.

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====== Timestamps
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:18 I: The Sum Of Its Parts
00:17:14 II: An Epic Adventure
00:42:36 III: Why Can’t A Goomba Be A Bro Anymore?
01:07:13 IV: The Thousand Year Door

====== Sources
Wikipedia: First Wave Feminism, Second Wave Feminism, Simon De Beauvoir
Chapter 3:
https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance...
   • Simone de Beauvoir Explains "One is N...  
https://www.juracademy.de/rechtinter....
ESRB ratings:
https://www.alistdaily.com/media/excl...

The artwork shown when talking about the DnD campaign Vecna Eve Of Ruin are official artworks from the book.

====== Credits for the Music
Paper Mario TTYD OST: “A Famous Actress’s Necklace”, “An Awfully Long Time Ago”, “Grifty The Travelling Minstrel”, “Shops”,”The Crystal Stars”
Paper Mario Origami King OST: "Sweet Paper Valley”, "Sweet Paper Last Stand”
TLO Zelda Ocarina Of Time OST: “Gerudo Valley”, “Song Of Storms”
TLO Zelda Link’s Awakening OST: “Title Screen”

Additionally the video uses licensed music from productioncrate.com and motionarray.com