Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door - Critique

[@Anto-qv6kt]

Nothing can compare to the sheer joy of getting home after a long week of backbreaking work, to see that my favourite content creator has made an hour+ long video about one of my favourite games.

[@cheezylettuce3360]

the joy of seeing ceave upload makes my hairline grow back by an inch

[@Narteketh]

@@cheezylettuce3360 💀

[@Aidan174]

Just got home from an interview where i got a fun new job, then saw this vid excited and was like😁😁😁😁 best day ever

[@ImperatordeElysium]

Getting an introduction to the philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir in the middle of a Paper Mario TTYD retrospective is *exactly* the reason I'm subscribed to this channel.

[@YourCrazyOverlord]

Likewise. Hoo-ray.

[@TheRealRidley12]

Ceave always sidetracks to almost completely unrelated topics in his videos, and it's actually quite interesting how he connects such random topics to the main topic of the video.

[@xSessrumnir]

Holding back the paper puns until the last 2 minutes of the video? Our man Ceave really didn't fold.

[@crashveretia8046]

"german buzzblob isnt real, it can't hurt you" german buzzblob: NIE OHNE KONDOM

[@ortherner]

lmao

[@JudgeVenat]

Well cant say it lied to us just spitting facts

[@timmygilbert4102]

Darn skibidi!

[@thaizoo]

@@timmygilbert4102 ...

[@trashtrash2169]

You have to imbue your plane with the infinite power of friendship.

[@deltatkg5380]

The thing I love about the friends cheering you on in the last fight is that it's a diagetic extention of the audience mechanics within normal gameplay.

[@MoonlitChris]

2:05 "That's just Princess Peach cooking something up" you absolute clever madlad.

[@illyon1092]

I'm not going to lie, I was wholly expecting Togepi to be the culprit as a metaphor for something innocent or childlike or an otherwise abstract idea. Not that I mind. Chapter 3 was such a long break from the game design analysis, but I was fascinated by everything you featured there. As always, thank you for shedding this much light on such an amazing game I never even played. Truly a joy to watch.

[@ridgenyan-botxv367]

Honestly feel that Ceave missed the mark a bit on that. Would the group so vocal about women's representation not have any influence on how they are depicted in media? To call them "woke" is probably the most accurate way to describe these people. They are ironically very conservative in a lot of their ideas of gender and they often work on a mob mentality, i.e, without much individual thought towards what is actually being presented. To be fair, I am not trying to label every one of these people as an idiot, but the majority certainly are. They are akin to the ones calling for religious censorship in media that you hear about happening all the time in the 90s, I'd say. I personally think the new dialogue is funnier and a bit more appropriate for the target age.

[@KingTwelveSixteen]

The Age Rating that restricts babies like Togepi from playing games with mild sexual themes is the real culprit. In other words...IT WAS TOGEPI ALL ALONG!!!

[@KhepriProd]

About Vivian’s transness, I feel like bad faith actors (the “anti-woke” crowd) use the idea of “bad translation” to make awful statements about transgender people (See Bridget Guilty Gear just as one other example) just like they use the idea of “censorship” to make awful statements about women and feminism.

[@aturchomicz821]

@@ridgenyan-botxv367 "Conservatives want to put Women into the Kitchen and Progressives dont want to do that. There is obviously a good middle ground here" Worlds smartest Centrist🤣🤣

[@ridgenyan-botxv367]

@aturchomicz821 "Conservatives want to put women in the kitchen. Women are weak creatures and are unable to face challenges in any way. Progressives want to put women in the throne room. Women are perfect beings and are unable to face challenges in any way." Now, was that so hard? To apply any bit of thought to the crap in front of you? To look at the two extremes of the same coin?

[@cosmicskydragon333]

Something about the Goomba bit, it may actually be important to show those scenarios to children with vagueness. Children, like it or not, end up victims of behavior like that. Saying no to strangers who try to get close or say weird things is a great lesson to teach especially since if Tik Tok is anything to go by as children aren't being raised by their parents. It is why even topics like death are addressed through stories to help prepare children or help them come to terms. We don't live in a utopia, and innuendos have been used to add double meanings so kids could understand this person was bad while protecting them from those innuendos being used against them all while adding a deeper story for the entire family. Knowing this stuff can literally save lives, a kid can save their friend or know to say no. There is a line to be drawn, a kid doesn't need to see someone using a Donut for example as it won't help and is just weird.

[@PoopHobbit]

I think this is why the game was changed though, because the goal is to sell as many copies as possible. You're describing a debate parents have all the time "how much sheltering is too much shelter?" But that's for parents to decide, right? If you want to sell your game, you make it as "uncontroversial" as possible so parents don't worry about the type of scenarios that might be lurking in games they aren't going to play themselves. They don't have to worry about their kids asking "why are these Goombas making goombella uncomfortable?" If they're not ready to discuss it. So... idk man. I would be considered a hard-core feminist and self identify as a communist and I don't give a shit about this kind of thing, but I'm not about to start telling my friends to start exposing their kids to shit I was because I turned out fine. Worrying about this is just tilting at windmils.

[@jeluenhayo2410]

I would say that in the "who's the real culprit" segment - the Corporate Greed actually faked his own death because he was the reason behind it all. I want to remind you that the "ratings system" primarily affects the sales of the game, cutting part of its audience, hence Nintendo literally removed game's initial artistic vision to get more preferable rating to sell more copies.

[@King_Luigi]

Except that Europe & Japan gave it a "higher than Everyone" rating and it's doing just fine. I doubt bumping it up to an E10+ over here would've done all that much to it. Quite a few Mario-related games have had that rating over the years and you don't see them hurting.

[@Dash123456789Brawl]

While we’re on the topic, why would his death less anyone to draw a conclusion about his guilt or innocence? If there’s any given connection, I missed it. If there isn’t, then there’s some kind of logical fallacy going on here.

[@King_Luigi]

@@Dash123456789Brawl I doubt he actually put _that_ much thought into that whole section. I think he was just looking for an excuse to get rid of him, since he couldn't easily dismiss his possible involvement otherwise. (Honestly that never needed to be a near 30 min section anyway.)

[@jeluenhayo2410]

@@King_Luigi That's correct, but even if they did good - with lower rating they could've done even better. You know, "no limit to corporate greed" after all :D I'm sure that any game would bring generally more profits the less its age rating is (cuz more people would buy it for their kids).

[@maromania7]

​@@King_Luigi The original was Japan's lowest rating, it only got bumped to Cero B (higher than everyone) with the rerelease. Which they couldn't really do anything about, since the issue was rating system changes, they'd have to remove entire systems and basically all of rogueport. As for EU, Nintendo mostly just cares about the Japanese market and (to a degree) the North American market. The NA market is 45% of the global gaming market (with the US being the vast majority of that). Add in all the extra money you need to spend on localization and advertising in Europe, it's worth selling in but they don't care nearly as much about it. They'll consider shifting some details to get a bigger chunk of NA, if they'll remove the game corner in pokemon they'll happily change a few lines of dialogue. Hell, they did that in the original version too. The vivian lines everyone talks about weren't added, just actually translated this time. You might think it wouldn't do much, but they have the numbers not just conjecture. And even if you were right...why risk less money when you can change a few words and be more likely to have more money? "Not hurting" isn't good enough for a company, the "more money" option will always be picked unless there is a strong reason.

[@WaluigiGoesWa]

I may be innocent, but that doesn’t mean I’m happy. 🥺

[@AnonymouslyAnonymousAnonymity]

The train segement of this video was one of the most creative parts of a video essay I've ever seen. Great job!

[@AbruptAvalanche]

40:30 They were going for a glossy cardboard look, which can be shiny like that in real life. It's a case where I get what they were going for, but I'm just not a fan of it. I prefer to feel like I'm in the scene rather than feel like I'm looking at a diorama of the scene. I realize that's kind of silly considering the entire game has a paper aesthetic, but for whatever reason, the reflections hit differently. With that said, they bothered me less and less the more I played, so it's really not that big of a deal.

[@deraile]

I think it's not a case of either "go for a paper aesthetic" OR "fit the scene". It can totally be both... Matte paper exists, they don't NEED to go for a glossy finish on every ground surface... I don't see how that's so important towards having a paper aesthetic. It's just ONE of the ways to achieve it. And yeah in many cases it simply doesn't fit. With that said, like you it didn't bother me much. In fact, I only noticed it when I had a quick look online about 3/4 of the game in, and saw people were mad about it. So now I see it, and I agree it doesn't fit, but it's definitely one of the smallest flaws the remake has, IMO.

[@heyhonpuds]

Glad you're still uploading, one of the greatest gaming channels on KZbin. Hope the algorithm favours you again soon as you definitely deserve it.

[@cheezylettuce3360]

yes

[@oldpernilong0]

A funny speculation is that Nintendo has an ongoing project of leading new talented development teams to do remakes of their most successful titles so they can reverse engineer their success while trying to prove their worth. So then Nintendo demands this Dev team that made an AMAZING remake to do a new game similar to the remake and they make some kind of masterpiece (Metroid Dread, BoTW, etc) The one thing that made me HYPE, is that speculation says the same team that worked on Origami King is the team that worked on TTYD remake and will probably work in the next paper mario games. If that is true, we are for sure getting a new banger of Super Mario RPG and Paper Mario (in the style of the first two games).

[@JoseViktor4099]

@@oldpernilong0 Makes sense Indeed. I also Heard that Super Mario Bros Wonder has a similar case for this, and thats why the Game got so weird on the best side.

[@YannickJur]

Intelligent Game has been making the Paper Mario games since the beginning, so there is no new team. Nintendo reviving all Mario RPG games is still insane tho, and I totally hope that the next Paper Mario will be based on the TTYD Remake.

[@oldpernilong0]

@@YannickJur intelligent systems isn't a paper mario only team, it makes dozens of titles and has dozens of dev teams. And heck, even if you go in the wikipedia page you can see that directors, producers, artists and directors changed between games (particularly 64, TTYD -> SPM -> Stickestar, Colorsplash -> OK ).

[@YannickJur]

@@oldpernilong0 Yeah I know but it's not like the TTYD Remake was made by a new team

[@AbruptAvalanche]

Another special aspect of this game that isn't talked about much is how how much continuity there is with the previous game. A bunch of characters mention Toad Town; Kolorado's dad's corpse is in Hooktail castle; the rat guy travels to Dry Dry Desert and Mt Rugged and encounters Buzzar; Jr. Troopa shows up in one of the email photos; and even Lady Bow shows up in Poshley Heights. It really makes it feel like you're in the same world as before. I haven't played all of the Paper Mario or M&L games, but I don't think any of them reference each other nearly to this degree.

[@plushdragonteddy]

that’s so cool !! i have only played super paper mario, so i can’t say if it refecences anything else, but i think that game was really trying to feel strange and alien, so i wouldn’t be surprised if they purposefully avoided any references to the previous games in the series. like, i remember the first level feeling very deeply mario-like, but after that, it was so incredibly unique and otherworldly. i think that worked in the game’s favor. not sure if i added anything to the discussion, but there u go lol

[@GoldDragon20]

Dream Team referenced back to Superstar Saga and Bowser’s Inside story, and Bowsers inside story refers back to Partners in time where we learn these versions of the bros fought Princess Shroob as babies Other than that…uhhh…. Not much. But Superstar saga(the remake specifically) happened for them, so Not like the timeline is borked or anything.

[@Ah0yKatie]

A lot of the PM64 mentions were mistranslated to something else in the Gamecube release - Toad Town to "Mushroom Town," Crystal Palace to "Goomstar Palace," etc. The remake went out of its way to restore all of those mistranslations and further cement the continuity which was pretty cool.

[@volvoman5262]

Most of these are not continuety, they are references, there is a diffrence

[@rainpooper7088]

Having played both, I'd say Mario&Luigi had much stronger continuity than the OG Paper Mario games. Dream Team alone is so full of references to the first three games, there's no point in even trying to name them all. There is also the occasional overarching development like Starlow joining the main cast starting with BIS or Fawful spending the first three games going from the villain's sidekick to a shopkeeper trying to swear off evil but struggling with his insanity driving him to plot revenge due to the events of the first game (more or less against his will, that game is surprisingly dark) to him losing said struggle and becoming main antagonist of the third game where he blows himself up trying to take Mario&Luigi with him and subsequently stops appearing. The Shroobs from the second game also get a boss fight in the third one with a little recap of that game's story from the characters, so yeah, these games are in chronological order and all of these things happened. Mario&Luigi was also always very keen on referencing the events of other Mario games, such as Kamek in Partners in Time acknowledging that he tried to kidnap the Baby Bros not too long ago (Yoshi's Island) or even Toadette mentioning that she's an adventurer herself (Captain Toad) in Paper Jam. The remakes of these games even added little side stories that not only tie into the plots of their respective games but ALSO have continuity between games, even doing things like playing the battle theme from Minions Quest when the protagonists of that story come to Bowser Jr's aid in Bowser Jr's Journey. This kind of continuity was a wonderful thing and I hope Brothership will have both new lovable characters while also remembering its AlphaDream roots.

[@KingTwelveSixteen]

I knew that darn Togepi was to blame from the start. Their eyes were the eyes of a CRIMINAL!

[@bprocrast]

That paper pun at the end should have never made the *cut*

[@vilx7259]

But it was such a nice way to *wrap up* the video!

[@Noipara38]

As a Gentleperson-in-general, I appreciate this video essay very much.

[@HiyaJemma]

interested to see if bug fables gets brought up or not, being an indie game based heavily around the older formula of paper mario (moreso 64 than ttyd, but still cool that an indie dev replicated it before nintendo did) edit: this isn’t brought up, but also isn’t really important to what is talked about

[@Pebphiz]

I love Bug Fables so much. I don't even care what direction Paper Mario goes in anymore, I just want a Bug Fables sequel.

[@HiyaJemma]

@@Pebphiz honestly same, but it was the devs’ first game and they’re working on something else first iirc

[@Ironpecker]

Ok no this video is crazy, even as a longtime Ceave fan I couldn't have anticipated the chapter 3 and how all the "random tangents" could fit in a video about ttyd. Like this is such a cool way to do video essays, you've really outdone yourself!

[@SayisSpeakin]

Your videos are so fucking phenomenal man, seriously in my top ten KZbinrs of all time. Your writing is so sharp and silly and gripping you got a great head on your shoulders

[@ArnLPs]

I wish I knew how to write videos like you do. It is amazing the way you order these kinds of thoughts into a skript that just perfectly lightens the path to follow you along for an interesting ride in philosophic discussion about a piece of media. I have a ton of thoughts similar about pieces of media I just adore, but I have never been able to put them all out there for someone to share in like that.

[@nicolasmccarter5395]

Bro I was THINKING "Wait WAIT WHAT'S IN THE CHEST YOU NEVER SAID" And then I was rescued 😌 This is was good! I have nothing but praise Every time, without fail, that I was beginning to feel you were yapping about something, you instantly acknowledged it, and summarized. It really helps to be so aware of when tangents are becoming such, and I appreciate it The progression of the video and what topics were covered in what order was logical as well, it all flowed into the next thing super well the last thing I noticed was how well the call backs worked: You would introduce new things or concepts, then admit it all feels very random and explain. This was good for clearing the confusion and finishing the explanation, which made the educational moments very effective. All in all, this was a great watch all the way through, and I hope u can keep doing what you're doing with these videos 👍

[@QuackTeamJames]

I absolutely loved the detective chapter, incredible work hiding topical discussion inside a video game retrospective once again, that's what I come here for and I'm never disappointed. Keep up the fantastic work, Ceave!

[@diabeticman2194]

I honestly wasn't fussed on the detective chapter; some fun moments and a killer battle theme, but moving around the train got grating really quick imho

[@bird_obsession]

@@diabeticman2194Moving around the train wasn’t even a fraction as exhausting as the backtracking in chapters 4, 5, and 7 imo. Though this is coming from someone whose favorite chapter in the entire series is TTYD chapter 6.

[@diabeticman2194]

@@bird_obsession 5 did have some exhausting backtracking, however once you got into the cave the chapter became great (it’s one of my favourite chapters tbh). 7 at least had the epic moon canon moment and the vibes of 4 were great, even if it has the most annoying backtracking in the game. With 6, it had annoying backtracking and the ending to the chapter fell flat, leaving a sour taste in my mouth

[@bird_obsession]

@@diabeticman2194 I'm someone who thinks atmosphere and music plays a huge part, and when it comes to those aspects, chapter 6 is phenomenal. I also think interacting with this chapter's characters is super fun. And what do you have against the ending? I think the chapter bossfight taking place before reaching the location of the Crystal Star was a fun divergence from the existing formula. Reaching Poshley Heights knowing you've already beaten Smorg and being free to find the star without having to worry about another bossfight was a nice change of pace, at least for me.

[@diabeticman2194]

@@bird_obsession I guess with the ending, I was excited by the prospect of doing another boss fight, and it being the two shadow sisters and Doopliss seemed like a great climax. I expected once I got the star there'd be something else, and there wasn't so I was surprised, and not in a good way

[@madhyama5016]

the chapter about the Goomba Bros & Censorship was amazing lol

[@TiltCntrlz]

Meanwhile you have Goom Goom's trouble where he can be threatened with murder if you try to have him date Ms Mowz. ... or the newborn Yoshi. And Hooktail still wants you to smell her feet.

[@aturchomicz821]

To quote Joseph Anderson from his Undertale playthrough "You people are all INSANE!! " 🤗🤗

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

@@TiltCntrlz And Heff T. still at least mentions putting on weight to the point he can't get out of his cabin post-Chapter 6.

[@witherschat]

I laughed at the fuzzy joke, seeing it as a callback to the old Ceave Gaming channel, it made me smile. And then, a bit over half an hour later, you actually reveal that it was a brilliant setup for a chapter that somehow includes feminist theory. This might be your best video on this channel so far.

[@xian2themax]

I’m surprised you didn’t mention the remake’s removal of skipping text. It was so impactful for me that I couldn’t bring myself to finish the game

[@RedStoneMatt]

Thanks for this awesome video! TTYD was a very important game for me during my childhood and I'm so glad to hear you talk about it! Now we can all rest in peace knowing that Togepi was innocent.

[@Voxicat]

youre a god, love your content, this video is awesome. thank you that im allowed to breathe the same air as you

[@mogusman3]

I genuinely thought you were going to use Togepi for some grand metaphor for the state of gaming as a whole, but no. That goober was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. Gotta love it.

[@xanathar8659]

Hour and a half well-spent. I've still never played TTYD but this definitely makes me want to change that. I loved your analysis of the ESRB rating system and how you did that whole section in such a lighthearted way, which really helped alleviate any tension that I find can be common in videos like this when discussing issues of feminism and "wokeism". So for what it's worth I think you did a very good job with that whole section. As always I'll be looking forward to your next video. Thank you for continuing to make such high quality videos on this platform!

[@MOGULPRIME-1987]

NEW CEAVE UPLOAD!!!! goodness gracious ceave i love your videos and i just put them on in the background while i work. love you man, hope you're doing well!

[@Lost_01]

"Why can't a goomba be a bro anymore" lmaooo

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

Bro hasn't made it to Chapter 3 yet I take it

[@blackasthesky]

I like your take on the catcalling scene debate. You had me real good, I thought you were going to skip over this, and in the end it makes up a fourth of the essay.

[@cameron4225]

Ceave thank you for this amazing video. I recently played the remake for the first time and the scene at the end with all the characters cheering on Mario brought me to tears 😭 ❤it made me wonder too why this game was kind of forgotten 😢I’m glad you brought some attention to that😊

[@xarim4769]

A Ceave video about my favourite game? Count me in!

[@zuetme1146]

wait, who is everyones favourite bounty huntress then?

[@trashtrash2169]

Me.

[@Aurora_Veill]

KZbin user @trashtrash2169

[@deltatkg5380]

Yeah it's trashtrash2169

[@silvncr]

i had the same question, maybe we'll get an answer someday...

[@Aurora_Veill]

@@zuetme1146 trashtrash2169 ofc

[@Skillaway]

watched this video as soon as i saw it was uploaded!!!!!! like bro whenever you upload i just cancel whatever plans i have and sit down for the next hour and a half you are the greatest channel ever i love you ceave

[@TricBrosStudios]

I just made the biggest change of my life so far… moving into college. Thank God my boi Ceave uploads and remains as analytical and familiar as ever.

[@Stonesword_]

Excited to watch this one, I have always had a love-hate relationship with paper mario games. Love your videos man, keep it up!

[@philosoaper]

right.. I was so into watching a video with you again.. that I had forgotten that this would spoil a game I haven't played yet.

[@resultedchutoy3353]

This should be trending or going viral. Always Always a oleasure to see you posting a video and the fact that it is about one of my favorite games from my childhood makes it all the better. Amazing video, I watched/listened all the way to the end. 😊

[@itzcookie05]

Great video and analysis of this game. Just wanted to point out the double usage of the word door in the third paragraph of the video description, in case you had not noticed it yourself yet.

[@Poochyvert]

Amazing as always, also you seem to know everything you need to know for plane 700m but you just need practice, my pb is 674

[@meta4knight]

He sounds so positive about the game, that means the tv click off noise is coming

[@StarBeam500]

I've never seen someone go THIS out of their way to make a point like this. Good lord.

[@evanmarcus5975]

I'm subscribed with notifications, KZbin, I want to see this guy's videos when they come out!

[@viridisspielt]

Whatever you pick for this channel, it's always one of my absolute favorite games. It's crazy :D

[@Justin-ym4pm]

I had no idea this second channel was created. I love the original channel and am glad to see you back. It might be worth making a short video on the original channel letting people know this exists, or at least a community post

[@Ratmo_beewee]

We now need a third Ceave channel dedicated to the history of feminism Or actually? Ceave philosophy would be unironically amazing I guess this channel already kinda is that

[@nathanielkershner5904]

i think this may be the first episode to not directly reference nietchie (forgive the bad spelling)

[@hansgunsche2177]

@@nathanielkershner5904 Nietzsche

[@galdoug8918]

I want to be clear, this is nitpicky, but ive heard it said in multiple videos, and also ive heard natives make way worse mistakes. The word is 'lighting', not 'lightning' or 'lightening'. The way video games are lit and coloured is the lighting. No extra n.

[@Salvatawr]

Oh my god!! I was rewatching your old videos recently and was missing your content. TTYD is one of my favorite games ever, so I'm super excited to watch this :)

[@TheBalthassar]

Defenestration is the word they were after. It's the act of throwing something or someone out of/through a window.

[@Music_Eating_Fox_Productions]

1:11:54 - if that's not Metroid, I don't know what is 🤣 Brilliant as always, amazing job! Can't wait for more :)

[@AbruptAvalanche]

21:21 Another one is the partner wheel. A nice addition overall, but I just hate how you have to wait for the animations to finish before you can start moving or open a menu again. If I accidentally select the wrong partner, I have to wait for the current partner to curl up, wait for the wrong partner to come out, open the menu again and navigate to the right partner, wait for the wrong partner to curl, and then wait for the correct one to come out. It could have easily been designed to be much faster without sacrificing anything.

[@ramiel555]

This is the sort of thing I've noticed in alot of more recent Nintendo games, though they've probably been around longer than I realize. Small, unskippable, repetitive animations that are kinda nice at first, but after the 100th time, you're just mashing the buttons in futile hope that it'll make it go faster

[@caywind7]

Another banger of a video. Ceave, the greatest compliment I could give you is that you always want to make me play more games. Paper Mario never seemed interesting to me before - but now I’m excited to give it a try!

[@JhettJones]

The surfaces are reflective because they've been laminated.

[@Cultnatise]

your channel is truly the greatest one on this platform. I love your videos :)

[@Benni_aka_Yoshi]

I love it how you always say „In my Onion“ instead of „In my oπnion“

[@PhantomAarantula]

This video made me laugh a lot. Really happy with your analysis, Ceave.

[@Dracas42]

I'm always happy to watch one of your videos! I was surprised that the fuzzy bit was actually relevant...

[@maromania7]

Honestly I saw the chest the first time and immediately forgot about it because I couldn't do anything about it. By the time I could get it, it was so familiar in my gaze I couldn't see it, and I went through all the trouble center and checked the whole map before looking it up. Now things like the cracked walls, things I could obviously use my powers on? Absolutely remembered all of them no matter how much time past or how minor their location. I can always remember a locked door. But that didn't register as "locked door," the registered as "area I'll eventually find past a locked door" and was promptly ignored.

[@Aurora_Veill]

I loved the smm content you used to do and I’m loving the video essays you do now even more! Shout out Vivian best girl!

[@cartronw5775]

ceave i feel like we like the same games every game you covered so far on this channel has been life changing for me and it gets backed up with this video now too lol keep it up

[@JoseViktor4099]

Personally Paper Mario TTYD and Super Paper Mario are my favorite Mario related games. The latter is one I have an a very found love with, even if gameplay wise is very flawed.

[@xaviersavard6343]

Glad to see another super paper mario enjoyer. I played it and the first one and enjoyed them both.

[@plushdragonteddy]

super paper mario is one of my faves !! the aesthetic of it is burned into my brain forever, i adore it

[@fawfulthegreat64]

Same. And that's also why I personally consider the strongest divide in the PM series to be after SPM, not before it.

[@Temulgeh]

super paper mario has the best soundtrack too!

[@aturchomicz821]

SPMs gameplay isnt "gameplay", it is a crime😭😭

[@manspence2203]

3:05 sorry SECOND favorite? Blasphemy

[@RikouHogashi]

I still vouch for Super Paper Mario myself imho sure its not As Good as TTYD but its after that is the real fall

[@brutalbjoern]

You made me add another game to my "will love, must play one day list" which is definitely not too long already. Greatly and thoroughly enjoyed the video, and here's hoping the evil and unpredictable algorithm is kind to it. Much love

[@coltonk.3086]

This second channel is hands down one of your greatest ideas.

[@Zachruff]

Id love more insight into stuff about localization/translations in future videos that woild be cool and is something often underappreciated

[@gregorg282]

When you mentioned that you played Link’s Awakening in German, I, being German myself, immediately knew what you’ll talk about. I may be too young to have experienced that myself, but this translation is legendary.

[@Warficus]

shoutout to simpleflips

[@JustJulyo]

This channel still severely underrated

[@deraile]

All your videos are filled with very clever wordplay. Constantly dropping very subtle but sly word substitution. You often brilliantly play around saying anything but the word you should be using. Such a low-key yet bright way to enhance your videos. Truly a very *smart scheme.* A perceptive procedure. A genius structure. An erudite arrangement. I'm closing the thesaurus.

[@eviloverlord2244]

Was just looking for something to watch, perfect timing!

[@cartronw5775]

You have in my opinion such a nuanced taste in games id love if you made a video similar to supereyepatch wolf where you just talk about your favorite medias from the past of your favs from 2024 :)

[@JaCaBrA144]

You know you have good taste in games when Ceave makes videos about your favorites

[@daytadpole4855]

I love the Mario Maker easter eggs in the train section, nice work

[@DrBluestone]

I really like the way your videos are structured, particulary this one! It's also always nice to get to know some philosophers.

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

6:54 Hey, that's that guy that says "You dumb video game heroes always pull this stuff. It's ridiculous! You think violence solves everything, don't you? Huh? DON'T YOU?!?" And I couldn't agree more

[@thewiseoldfox]

Gus is the most based character

[@c00kie.m0nster.w0w]

What an awesome video! Now, I didn't watch it yet, but whenever Ceave uploads, I know it will be a banger. Otherwise, I will edit this comment later. Edit: Watched 5 minutes, it already exceeded my expectations.

[@evanmarcus5975]

I love that Bowser's story is so thematically pointless that it doesn't merit a mention

[@zeddessell]

Almost all of the UI problems you talk about at 21:21 only exist in the Switch remake. In the original Gamecube version the menus and stuff are much snappier and less laggy. You said "the UI is the one area of the game that could still be improved significantly" for a possible direct sequel, but it was already significantly better back in 2004.

[@GeoSage1137]

Nothing to add except algorithm points for Ceave

[@gdcolwell]

this was an absolute masterpiece 👏👏👏

[@loafzero]

this video was, quite fittingly, stellar.

[@SuperSunshine321]

Oh my, how did I miss this? Better turn on bell notifications from now on, looking forward to watching this about one of my all-time top ten games!

[@laytonjr6601]

Ceave and Moon Channel posting the same day? Now I know how to spend my evening

[@InterruptingOctopus]

the beauty of this game is that it was nostalgic out the gate so many tropes from right out the gate are played totally straight in a way that only mario can do, to this day i want to have a dnd session with a train mystery because of this game

[@PeachyFanboy]

I bought this game in June, and I didnt absolutely massivly loved this game, but I was very glad I finally got to play this after always hearing so much good stuff really a great gem

[@RPG_Hacker]

I actually played through the game with almost the exact same glass cannon build, lol. Invested like two level-ups into HP, and then everything else went straight into badge points. Honestly a super fun way to experience the game! A few bosses could easily wreck me in just one or two hits, which prompted me to use the parry more often, thus creating some intense risk-reward situations.

[@path6733]

Love to see a new video I get excited every time great work

[@creativenametxt2960]

The final boss of paper mario: NO, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO OBEY ME! The 7 crystal stars: anyway, the different phylosophical and historical background in every single one of those is quite interesting, I can't wait for Ceave to solve all of phylosophy 10 videos down the line as well as uncover all of the video game conspiracies

[@ForteGX]

I honestly don't know why they got rid of the partners and badges. I'm just glad games like Bug Fables and Sea of Stars are filling that void.

[@graceggale]

I actually like the reflections--dirt and unfinished paper aren't reflective, yea. But glossy print paper is for sure. You can even tell on some traditionally non-reflective surfaces, the reflections is really dull or blunt, like it's more of a magazine page and less of a sheet of construction paper.

[@tomlion0116]

The Remake was the first time I played TTYD and it became my Game of the Year. It's really that good!

[@thegarchamp6958]

Menuing and text speed are definitely the biggest downgrades to me between GameCube TTYD and the remake. Battling commands and pause menu movement were super quick and snappy in the old version, but now there is so much unnecessary delay. You also used to be able to button mash through all game text to skip it, but that’s just not possible now at all. Such a simple change hurts replayability so significantly.

[@Sugar3Glider]

I had fun watching you have fun making this video