And the Winner of the RPG of year 2004 is . . .

D.A.Lewis · Post by **D.A.Lewis** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 2:37 am

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (GameCube)

Read about it here

here is a taste of RPG goodness

For the GameCube sequel, the development team took that awesome foundation and expanded on it to create an even more extensive adventure that puts Mario's unique paper qualities to use in many creative ways.

but just to show the review was fair and balanced

The story may kick off a bit slowly in the beginning, but it really opens up soon thereafter

Man, sometimes life just writes itself.

Ummagumma · Post by **Ummagumma** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:26 pm

I still love their "ads integrated right into the site design" advertising method. Gives the content such a feeling of corporate impartiality....

*cue CSL's "mouth-fountain of rolly-eyes" graphic*

Freezer-TPF- · Post by **Freezer-TPF-** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:44 pm

I could really go for a Butterfinger right now.

What if Nestle and McDonald's combined to develop a PS2 game based on their IP? Call it "Brandquest." Would IGN implode upon itself?

CSL · Post by **CSL** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 1:24 pm

Ummagumma wrote: *cue CSL's "mouth-fountain of rolly-eyes" graphic*

bluefugue · Post by **bluefugue** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 1:59 pm

Well, I've heard nothing but good things about Paper Mario...

Kaigen · Post by **Kaigen** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 3:41 pm

Paper Mario is awesome. I don't know if I'd say it's the best RPG of the year, but it's in a close second at least.

Rincewind · Post by **Rincewind** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 3:56 pm

Oh my god, Im shocked that this can even be considered an RPG. Sheesh.

yossar · Post by **yossar** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 6:36 pm

Rincewind wrote:Oh my god, Im shocked that this can even be considered an RPG. Sheesh.

Why? Doesn't characters with upgradeable stats + turn-based combat + story automatically equal RPG? What other genre could it be?

Meghan · Post by **Meghan** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 6:45 pm

as someone who doesn't have a gameboy - what's "Paper" Mario? Why paper?

DiscoJason · Post by **DiscoJason** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 7:43 pm

Meghan wrote:as someone who doesn't have a gameboy - what's "Paper" Mario? Why paper?

It's not a Gameboy game, it's a Gamecube game. The "paper" part has to do with the art of the game. For instance, Mario can fold into a paper airplane to fly and such.

Kaigen · Post by **Kaigen** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 8:23 pm

Rincewind wrote:Oh my god, Im shocked that this can even be considered an RPG. Sheesh.

Quite frankly I'm shocked than any console RPG can really be considered an RPG.

But Paper Mario still pwnz.