Why do I love Paper Mario TTYD so dang much?..

[@Reecee]

Great video! Paper Mario TTYD is my favorite game of all time and I'm ecstatic that the remake is actually happening. I was first introduced to Paper Mario as a kid with Super Paper Mario but I actually didn't play TTYD until the pandemic. But when I finally played it, it was definitely an unforgettable and impactful experience for me. It really encapsulates everything that I love about the Mario franchise while also incorporating a lot of really unique aspects that you would never expect from a Mario game at the same time.

[@wdcvfergbnht]

Nintendo remaking Super Mario RPG and now TTYD makes me wonder if they have a new mario RPG game in the works

[@buzzytrombone4353]

Hopefully a remake of Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

[@questionmarkquestionmarkques]

@@buzzytrombone4353 after all these remakes i would rather see something original

[@runningoncylinders3829]

The Dream successor, even though SPM is good in my eyes. But give it some time.

[@elmanozx]

SPM is actually bad tho, and I guess that should have eventually next a new Mario RPG as well as remakes of Paper Mario (N64) and Mario & Luigi Partners in Time (DS), both of them were skipped

[@CaptainRaccoonWhitly]

Funny you should say that...

[@biggarffan37]

It is hard to put into words the feeling of seeing that trailer and realizing it was a faithful remake. After the series seemingly spiting this game for nearly half of my life, and Nintendo refusing to acknowledge it, I genuinely never thought something like this could ever happen again.

[@DisableYT]

Man, I love hearing people gush about things they love. Super delightful video!

[@Pancake_lad]

Excellent video! Your backstory with the Paper Mario series was really touching and I could feel your love for the series! I hope the remake beings you lots of joy!

[@naturalnova69]

1. DUDE- I LOVE YOUR AVATAR ITS SO PRETTY AND I LOVED HOW TO REDID THE PAPER MARIO STYLE. 2, i loved paper mario since i was a kid- infact i think the original was the first game i ever played, so its very special to me! not to mention certain recent developments about a certain purple charecters identity has made me really happy since i relate to it very much, overall great video! im glad others are as excited for the game as i am.

[@Melzinoff]

This game means so much to me i made a whole paper mario series of 64 styled models... Just to play as vivian in mario 64...

[@Enthusiasm441]

I still can't believe this remake is happening. TTYD was my first Mario game, RPG and non-licensed game besides Sonic. It was also the first game I played with a story and dialogue. It essentially taught me and my brother how to read. It was instrumental in making me who I am today, from my humor, to my love of writing, to my taste in art style. I hope it gets a huge resurgence in popularity with new people. I'd love it to be as impactful to people as it was to me as a 7 year old. Also, glad I'm not the only one who looked at manuals as a kid. I broke my Wii when we finally got Super and reread the manual over and over for a year until we got a new one.

[@Jacks_game_room]

I loved hearing how important the game is to you and how excited you are for the remake. I remember feeling the same way when Pikmin 4 came out. Seeing Pikmin get the attention it deserved made me happier than the game itself. Love your content and seeing what topics you talk about next.

[@WarmMattyJ1]

Sounds silly to hear you get so serious about a video game then I realize I feel the exact same way. This game key to my childhood and making friends through bonding over this game. I cannot wait for the remake! Great video

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

A lot of the people who worked on this remake probably played the original as kids.

[@NICKtendoReviews]

Oh we’re eating

[@jasoncporter]

Just discovered your channel! Great video, cute avatar, chill vibe. Keep it up! ❤️

[@ericbarlow6772]

Dragon Warrior for the NES is the game that impacted me most. I learned the home consoles weren’t just for arcade ports which were tough and boring after a while for me.

[@bristolwork]

Glad to know that the transition to TTYD was challenging to someone else after playing the original and also had a proper play through on the Wii! Fun parallel & great video 😊

[@PipeGuy64Bit]

My absolute favorite game of all time and I still can't believe the remake is real. Also as a kid, I got stuck during the interlude before Chapter 3. For years I joked with my sister about how the reason the advertisements in North America for TTYD never showed anything past Chapter 2 was because the marketing team also got stuck.

[@buzzytrombone4353]

Your experience with learning how to be creative from playing the game reminded me of my experience from going to see Toy Story 4 in the cinema. I was seventeen when I had seen that film and I was going through a period in my life where I was petrified of the idea of being an adult because of the general aura of the education system where children are raised their entire lives with everything provided for them and it being cut off all of a sudden at the age of eighteen with the fear of not having a roof over their heads looming over them if they don't do their jobs without asking any questions. When I was watching Toy Story 4 in the cinema, I felt really uncomfortable seeing Woody have the same internal struggles that I was having at the time play out as his case in the film's story was dealing with his fixation of being there for a child and letting it bite him on the arse mentally and my case was pushing myself to produce the best work I could for my teachers and parents just to shut them up instead of having a personal opinion on it for myself. I also felt uncomfortable seeing Buzz go through a moment where he was fighting himself about what to do because I had thought "what if that's me when I'm in university?". The ending of the film where Woody decided to do the deed with Bo Peep as Buzz encouraged him to listen to his inner voice was the moment that "changed my life" and it taught me a lesson about managing my mental health, and in the days and in the months after watching it in the cinema, it gave me some stamina to produce my own content on TikTok and on this website and to push myself outside of my comfort zone in the world of social media. Even during covid 19, it was a film that I would often watch on Disney Plus in my spare time although that stamina that I had gotten from watching it in the cinema was long gone. I think that I would classify it as the first animated film directly about someone's mental health and I would easily label it as the conclusion of the parent/child foundation of the series because of what Woody went through and what Buzz did for him at the end. I still hold it as one of the best films that I have seen in my life to this very day because of how its message had softened my experience in university and my last year of secondary school and had resulted in me pushing myself to make some stuff that I could look back on and be happy with. Toy Story 2 is still my favourite in the series because of the elevator that the toys ride on and the airport sequence, but Toy Story 4 is the only one of the series that I think had managed to push me in a direction that I don't think that I would have taken.

[@ColaSquared]

Super used to be my favorite game of all time but everything just clicked with TTYD like I actually cried at the end, that's just how good the game really is

[@sonicboss5716]

Im so excited to replay my childhood game, all the years waiting for a remake or rerelease was worth it.

[@kiwiicreature_]

Finally, the REAL Paper DawN!

[@paperdawn]

my true form has been unleashed...

[@lillyy256]

this is literally how I feel about Super, it's encapsulated me so bad as a kid and it still DOES! It's such a shame it was held back by the innovative genre mix they tried to put in, but even with its flaws I love that game completely

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

Just 6 days and 13 hours!

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

I did the math wrong so I edited my comment.

[@ShyGuyXXL]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who felt like Nintendo did not care about the games made by their smaller studios, even though the fans care about them passionately. They may just be videogames at the end of the day, but we form a bond with these games when we play them, we get immersed in these worlds, we share our love for the characters and stories, ...and what does Nintendo do? They'd rather reference Mario 3 again for the 9000th time. They almost act like these games were made by the competition. If they acted like this back in the day, then we wouldn't even have characters like Wario or Daisy as part of the main cast now. They would've been tossed aside because they were not from a "REAL" Mario game. Just a side series by different developers. Nintendo needs to realize that Mario's fame doesn't just come from the first party platformers alone.

[@mousetoons22]

10:06 I immediately got goosebumps as soon as that started

[@Sharpteeth32]

TTYD is my favorite video game of all time and I have a somewhat similar experience with this game that you do. Sort of. Basically, in 2007, I was 10 and I had to undergo hemo dialysis due to having kidney failure. Let me just say, it was NOT fun. I had to go to a children's hospital an hour and a half away from my home 3 days a week for six months. But while I was there, they had a GameCube I could play during my treatments, and it was there during arguably the lowest point in my life that I discovered TTYD. I would play it every day there that I could, and eventually, I got the game for myself to play at home. And I played it NONSTOP, loving everything about it. So...yeah. TTYD helped me get through such a tough time and I treasure it greatly for that. And also because its just such a damn good game in general. The battle system, story, music, just...all of it is perfect. I actually shed some tears at the remake trailer back in September. So, yeah. That's pretty much it.

[@The_Sip]

Glad to know i wasn't alone in bringing game manuals to school, i vividly remember having the nsbw manual on me in elementary

[@gooeydude574]

I wish the Wario Land series also got respect from Nintendo

[@FSAPOJake]

You should play Bug Fables, DawN. It honestly has a heart and spirit closer to the original Paper Mario, with writing as heavy and emotional as Super Paper Mario, and a battle + RPG system that uses Thousand Year Door as the basis but makes everything even better. It was my personal game of the year 2019 and is my 2nd favorite game in this style, behind Thousand Year Door and I think you'd love it, if you haven't played it.

[@Luckyrabbit1927]

Your avatar is precious!!!

[@elkarlo1593]

When watching the initial reveal trailer I also held the opinion of "oh god no" as I immediately thought about the sanitization of Superstar Saga and the massive downgrade of Bowser's Inside story, plus with the Mario RPG remake being co-owned and developed by Square, I thought the amount of faithfulness present there was more of their involvement and a non-factor for this one, but by the end of the trailer I completely 180d into the "day 1 purchase" mindset it looks amazing

[@tawumpas]

God I keep rewatching! Amazing job on this one

[@peridrawland5955]

New avatar looks so amazing

[@sunnycideup4725]

If this signals a mentality shift on Nintendo’s part regarding all of these story based and interesting mario games i will be SO happy 😭😭 Super Paper changed my life

[@IndustrialParrot2816]

Super Paper Mario introduced me Story Driven games and helped encourage me to look back towards older games and is how I discovered the Original paper Mario and Later TTYD

[@roxygaming5968]

it will not!

[@GalekC]

if one of the majora's mask things is about the zora swimming mechanic - that never really bothered me since i would always drink chateau romani & get infinite magic, negating the weird twilight princess modern-swimming lol

[@smasher8uhx932]

I agree with the fact that Nintendo has a thing against Paper Mario TTYD (I would say the same for Super) Nintendo wants their Mario games to feel "Mario" not deep

[@9-VoltGaming]

For years I always saw the first two Paper Mario's combat systems as "Like Mario & Luigi but not as fun", then recently I played Paper Mario 64 and I realized that... I was absolutely right, the action commands are not nearly as fun and engaging as in M&L were you make crazy moves and dodge attacks with 2 characters, but then... I played the game a bit more, and even tho the combat is not as fun, still is a really fun RPG combat but I realize that the combat is not the main appeal of Paper Mario, at least for me, is the overworld and the adventure type gameplay with amazing story and solving mysteries that is the main soul of these games, and after that I was finally able to see Paper Mario as more than "Like M&L but with less fun combat" which is the way I saw those games for years. Even if I still like M&L a lot more still, I'm happy I was finally able to appreciate the other side of the Mario RPGs, looking at these games separated from M&L that I love so much and as their own thing. Me not caring that much for the combat is probably why Super is my favorite Paper Mario so far from the ones I played (all but TTYD) but let's see if that changes soon when I play the remake

[@9-VoltGaming]

Sorry if my grammar sucks btw, I'm typing this on my phone and english ain't my first language so is hard to explain my point.

[@pokepress]

I appreciate that Paper Mario isn’t just trying to replicate the SMRPG/M&L battle formula, but I do find it less engaging. I liked in Origami King when they added the ring mechanics to give it a more distinct feel.

[@tommyh8462]

I feel the same about being more excited for others to play this incredible game. I first played it in 8th grade in 2016 when my friend lent the game to me and I was so blown away that even after I gave the game back I went and bought my own overpriced copy on eBay just so I could play it again.

[@avery-u1w]

bc its incredible!!

[@Kittenfox_55]

I remember I got a used copy of Thousand year door back in the middle of the Wii era and I'm super lucky I got it then cause it's was like pretty cheap at the time.

[@tomapple64]

Only a week left, I can’t wait ;)

[@iliyas6805]

better than mainline mario tbh

[@AdventureAndySnM]

I remember seeing ttyd on the Block Buster shelves without knowing it existed lol. I also rented for a few days and I think I finished it!

[@beatziegraham6928]

I WAS ALSO STUCK ON CHAPTER2!!!!! I didn’t know to use Flurrie’s wind on the tree and gave up. I’m hyped for the remake to finally get past that part!

[@Tacom4ster]

I read game instruction manuals at buses as a kid too

[@JackitK]

Since you brought up Pro mode... If you're ever curious of having another Paper Mario 64 experience with a little bit of spice, I would highly recommend checking out the modding community for that game. So much has happened in the Paper Mario scene since the days of Pro Mode. My personal recommendations include Dark Star or Black Pit. Master Quest is probably the hardest Paper Mario mod out there, but personally I feel Dark Star is a lot more balanced with options that make the game harder if you want, while being fairly challenging without them. Black Pit I recommend just due to how different it is, it takes the concept of the Pit of 100 Trials from TTYD and really evolves off it. It's most iconic feature is a rouge-like mode which like it sounds turns the pit into a rouge-like where you start with nothing and collect badges and partners to use along the way. Heck, if you just flat out want Paper Mario to play exactly like Thousand Year Door, you REALLY need to check out TTYD-64. It keeps basically everything from 64 while implementing all the game-play mechanics from Thousand Year Door. You wish partners took damage and could use badges? TTYD-64 added it in. You want the newer badges and items? TTYD-64 reworked most of them in. Enjoyed Stylish and Super Guards? Yep, they're in TTYD-64. I believe the only two things from Thousand Year Door that's not implemented into TTYD-64 are the stage hazards and bingo. Beyond mechanics its a pretty faithful recreation of 64, though there are a few things added like one-off rooms that let you get the new badges and shine sprites, and some extra gameplay options, like difficulty options or a randomizer. TTYD-64 alone is a very good way to revisit Paper Mario 64 if you're a big fan of the sequel's additions.

[@nekonomicon2983]

I will say I'm more interested in what the reception of the game will be more than the game itself. (I've already played the original)

[@ZunkleFunkle]

Wake up, babe new PaperDawN just dropped

[@novafiregalaxy204]

We had something in common 😂😂😂 I got stuck in boggly woods as well for YEARS. When I hit 14 in 2012, I finally looked it up (I had never thought about doing that despite having my own laptop for 3 years at that point.) Even though i knew what to do, I still got stuck because Flurrie would NOT push all of the punis in the bubbles. It caused me to die while reading the dialogue not 5 seconds before the stop button was going to be pressed...

[@RescueHornet]

I can't wait to play this game, I can't believe we play this some months after finally gettin a Mario RPG remake too.

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

If you like pro mode, Master Quest and Dark Star Edition are also pretty good.

[@MellowTan1985]

I’ll be back after I play this ish, it’s always interested me for years. Also I really like the new character art is nice

[@CaptainRaccoonWhitly]

I happened to really like Paper Mario: The Origami King, but yeah...though I also vehemently despise the Bowser platforming sections of this entry, so I'm in the minority on that too.

[@projectz358]

All my years being in tubes and I can say every game has save someone.

[@HeyKyle]

Because it’s goated

[@Directsandarchive3020]

The passion folks have for this game is wild, this must be one special game... What am I missing when I play it? I gave the Super Mario RPG remake 30 minutes and it got me for 10 hours, I loved it to death. I gave TTYD two hours and I dropped it. Maybe the remake will change my mind, I really hope it does, but it has a lot to live up to. The expectations set by content creators and fans are astronomically high for me, I'm expecting the best Mario RPG experience period. I hope that's what I get, I want to see videos like this and be like, "yeah, I totally get it!" Instead of, "Am I wired differently that everyone else?"

[@paperdawn]

It will never hit the same for everyone. Everyone has their favorites! So I wouldn't go into it expecting anything but a charming game!

[@Directsandarchive3020]

@@paperdawn Huh, that's a refreshingly calm take, thank you. Honestly, you're probably right. I shouldn't take it too seriously. People love it, but I shouldn't force myself to try and love it too. I will say, the remake sure looks and sounds pretty, as long as the game doesn't confuse me too much, maybe I will end up loving it too. Nothing against the original, I'm just a sucker for pretty new graphics and whatnot.

[@pokepress]

I’m in a similar boat to you. I thought TTYD was just decent, and it just didn’t grab me like SMRPG or the M&L games. I don’t know how much of the audience it will be, but some folks who pick up the remake will come to the conclusion that, “it’s hardly bad, but definitely not the masterpiece online influencers made it out to be.”

[@keithplayzstuff2424]

dawn has a gf confirmed

[@DistrictIvory]

I hate there's not good way to refer to the remake vs the original. TTYD-GC and TTYD-Switch?

[@HeyKyle]

Remake? lol what

[@saygoodbye-sfm]

love the new artsyle for the avatar! also, on the note of the game and the remake, I didn't think I'd ever see the day where I'm happy a remake a game re-instated transphobia, now the American version of Vivian isn't cis-washed. edit: the remake has officially released and Vivian is confirmed trans "Truth is, took me a while to realise i was their sister... not their brother. Now their usual bullying feels heavier" transphobes cope and seethe

[@questionmarkquestionmarkques]

its not confirmed yet but from what we have seen (chapter 2), vivian does not seem to be explicitly trans its kind of an "if you know you know" thing

[@Loner098]

There were also some story sections that I felt needed to be handled better in some way. (SPOILERS DOWN BELOW) Now, I know this game was intended for children, but let's be honest; Grodus should've died. It kind of takes away from the whole final battle, in my opinion. It would've been a stronger scene showing that the game's main villain was wiped from existence in a split second by the Shadow Queen, who is clearly much stronger than him. That right there would set Shadow Queen up just a little bit better (even though she was kinda one-dimensional as a villain). Like, Hooktail and Gloomtail were killed off for real, and it seemed likely that Grubba was too, so why was Grodus getting the axe too dark to make the cut? Along with the ridiculous reveal, what also didn't sit right with me about the epilogue was Beldam suddenly becoming a good person just because the Shadow Queen was destroyed when resurrecting the Shadow Queen was Beldam's master plan from the very beginning. Unless they were implying that she was being influenced or mind-controlled in some fashion, they should've done a better job at explaining it. Otherwise, it just comes across as bizarre at best and mind-fumblingly dumb at worst because you have to remember that Beldam had still verbally abused and tormented Vivian, that you seriously trust she'll never do anything to Vivian again? If you ask me, having a family abuse victim join back with their abusers... doesn't feel like a good lesson to teach to children, especially children who are victims of abuse (maybe even by their own family members) like Vivian. Like, Beldam, Marilyn, and Doopliss, pretty much get away with no consequences for their actions. So, instead, what I would like to do is have Goombella tell Mario that Vivian has been trying to socialize with more people now (her being a transgender female could also work well, too) and also have Vivian helping out others who feel like they're unwanted. As for Beldam and Marilyn, why not have a post-game side quest where you choose to help them seek redemption when they (mostly Beldam) feel like there's nothing left for them in the world now that they're plan has failed? Maybe it could even involve the Palace of Shadow again where they even talk about their own lives as well and you could help them see that there's more to a world than just following orders and/or taking it over. Actually, they should be punished for their crimes somehow. I know they probably don't deserve to be redeemed, and it's pretty cheesy, too, but, honestly, anything could've worked better than that part of the epilogue we got in the base game.

[@graveyardsmash2711]

@@Loner098 … except Doopliss and Marilyn didn't do anything except what they were told, and Sir Grodus was a victim of being gaslit/manipulation. Killing him off and letting Beldam live would be objectively WORSE.

[@Loner098]

@graveyardsmash2711 Now that I think about it, I wouldn't let any of those three live, considering they had effectively attempted world domination, which can be a serious crime that is punishable by execution, the fact that both Marilyn and Doopliss still bothered to participate in Beldam's plan, knowing very well of what they were doing, AND how both Beldam and Marilyn can seemingly teleport anywhere. Grodus may have also been tricked by Beldam, too, but that does NOT excuse his corrupt desire for world domination either. It also doesn't help how one-dimensional the main villains in TTYD were.

[@graveyardsmash2711]

@@Loner098 We don't get the full context for what his world domination consisted of other than building it in his image. This is also… Paper Mario you're talking about. Super Paper Mario had villains that did way worse than them (sans Beldam) and were all forgiven in the end, except for Dimentio. At least none of them are "he was a racist, murderous dictator but it's okay because he said sorry before dying" like King Olly. :U

[@AdventureAndySnM]

Bro I fucking love paper mario

[@bandicootsauce4569]

TTYD is the Persona 5 of Mario games... only without the rip-off Pokémon creatures. Lol!

[@MellowedGrooves]

We are not a few days away from TTYDR

[@paperdawn]

i must be stuck in a different time dimension my bad

[@GarryDumblowski]

It comes out in a week... Is that not acceptable as a "few days"?

[@DE23]

​@@GarryDumblowski7 is more than a few

[@GarryDumblowski]

@@DE23 Why are we even debating this. It's not like it's not coming out until Christmas or whatever

[@IndustrialParrot2816]

​@@paperdawnless than a week

[@NintenDub]

Hopefully she enjoys it

[@eddieanderson9399]

I hated Majoras Mask and LOVE it's remake. Whether I'm in the minority or not I don't care. I never loved a game re-done more than MM3DS.

[@Lia_da2904]

Just found this channel you look so cute 🥰

[@squirrellboy21]

It’s piranha plants side b not down b

[@gooeydude574]

I just hope there’s no censorship

[@Blupanda46]

Would you ever make a playthrough of you talking and watching your gf play paper Mario ttyd remake?

[@paperdawn]

Probably not, we're just gonna expierence it on our own accord. I may do a stream or rambly video about the remake after the fact!

[@Vulnzz]

I wasnt expecting that voice LOL

[@ChrisWilliams-ur7fn]

You have a tendency for interesting phrasing, haha.

[@ScatterBrainedYouBetterFollow]

🏳️‍⚧️ ❤️

[@Paladin_564]

I was not expecting you to sound like that

[@poliswag6666]

honestly i got jumpscared by your deep voice lmao i expected a really fem voice because of your avatar :3

[@RachelRichards]

When I saw the thumbnail and title of this video, I somehow knew that I'd hear a distinctly male voice. I noticed a lot of creators with cute feminine avatars with typically male hobbies make no effort to feminize their voices, such as: Lily Orchard, SolarPellets, and this person.

[@welldoopwelldoop]

okay but like genuinely who asked

[@welldoopwelldoop]

@barradechocolate7810 its not about being creative its about genuinely wanting to know why this person is being rude and weird for no reason.

[@buzzytrombone4353]

@barradechocolate7810 Your granny has worms, shut up.

[@manoyal]

Are u they/them, he/she, whe/whey, ne/ney

[@iTotofogo]

Maybe don’t! Enjoy hell

[@Braver.]

What the hell are the last two? This has got to stop 😂

[@iTotofogo]

@@Braver. they’re being an asshole

[@jackatk]

Bro is a predator 💀

[@internettoon]

i think they were jump/scare

[@etasjo]

VOICETRAIN

[@evanedwards1889]

No one has to voicetrain.

[@etasjo]

@@evanedwards1889 well she should

[@hulaj__dusza]

​@@etasjo you don't have to be mean about her voice for no good reason

[@buzzytrombone4353]

@@etasjo You watch anime, go buy yourself a treadmill.