The game has a terrific sense of humor, thanks partly to a first-rate English translation. That's exactly the effect that Paper Mario goes for, and it's hugely successful at achieving it. The effect is reminiscent of Pixar's computer-animated movies (such as A Bug's Life or Finding Nemo), whose fantastic storybook worlds are believable partly because, in a lot of ways, they're mundane-not so different from real life. On the whole, the world of the game is brilliantly imagined and fully realized: It's filled with just about all the weird characters you may have seen in past Mario games, and yet here they're mostly just going about their day-to-day business, trying to make ends meet. It would be spoiling some of the fun to even briefly describe these various episodes, since each one provides a thrill of discovery, and the stark contrast from one episode to the next makes for a great experience. While the overarching storyline is typical of a Mario game, the smaller subplots are what give Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door so much of its own charm and personality. That means Paper Mario is structured much like classic Mario games, in which each main level has a distinctively different tone and style to it. So, in turn, the process of finding each one is like a unique and self-contained storyline in which Mario will meet some colorful new friends and foes and solve various puzzles using his ever-growing number of special abilities. The stars are all tucked away in different parts of the world. Soon enough, the quest develops a clear episodic structure involving the search for seven crystal stars, each one a powerful artifact. Mario will gradually uncover Rogueport's secrets as he attempts to decipher a treasure map that Princess Peach left in his care. She was last seen in Rogueport, a seedy and mysterious coastal town far from the familiar reaches of the Mushroom Kingdom, and this place serves as the game's central location.
The adventure begins conventionally enough: Princess Peach has gone missing again, and it's up to Mario to find her. Now Playing: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Video Review
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