Retail launch sales of the Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door remake in Japan are slightly above those of The Origami King.

This doesn’t include digital, and a bigger % of sales are digital every year, so the real number is bigger overall and likely an even bigger lead

Yesssss

Might have more to be credited from the lack of other major releases from Nintendo. What else you gonna play Endless Ocean or Princess Peach Showtime?

The Origami King combat ruined the game. The Thousand Year Door is one of the best games ever. I haven’t gotten the Switch version because I still have it on Gamecube and have played through a few times over the years.

Here are Japan’s First Week Sales comparing the previous Mario RPG games, for those who don’t want to click on the link (Or can’t…. because it’s X…)

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars: 335.872

Paper Mario: 118.322

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga: 63.839

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door: 137.750

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time: 133.229

Super Paper Mario: 156.055

Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story: 220.055

Paper Mario: Sticker Star: 130.009

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team: 108.055

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam: 50.105

Paper Mario: Color Splash: 28.436

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions: 25.788

Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story + Bowser Jr. Journey:
9.178 (RIP AlphaDream)

Paper Mario: The Origami King: 109.092

Super Mario RPG (Switch): 301.334

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Switch): 115.649

I bought 4 copies and gave em to friends/family. I’m doing my part!!

Hopefully we will get a good mix of The Origami King (TOK) and The Thousand Year Door (TTYD) in a future game.

There’s 0 chance they won’t stop experimenting, but with TTYDs success, they’ll likely include elements that are present with it, that aren’t in TOK.

So big open world, superior orchestral music, unique and vast characters, partners and clever story.

The witty writing and fun gameplay is still about, and even if the battle system is mediocre with TOK, it can still be a bit better than that in the next one, but include a proper XP system and you’re solid.

Finally, I fully expect 2 paper Mario games on the switches successor. It COULD be 2 new games, considering the possibility a sequel to TOK is already in the works and the Remake of TTYD isn’t the main project. But even if it isn’t, we could see 2, definitely at least 1.

I fully expect a new gimmick, whether it’s origami, plastic, or just really digging into the Paper world some more, a new battle system and more, but we can be much more hopeful for older features making a return and an overall return to form.

It’s physically sold out around all my local stores. Bestbuy, gamestop, walmart, target didn’t have it in stock when i checked online this morning. I really wanted to get one today but not bad enough to drive to the town over