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@wheeljack2017.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 10:48 AM

Paper Mario 64, 25 years old

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The October 5, 2001, Paper Mario 64—the first installment in the Paper Mario series developed by Intelligent Systems in partnership with Nintendo was released in Europe. I got it on the day of its European release and finished it around the third week of November 2001.

This game was a fantastic experience, especially since it was my first Mario brothers RPG at the time—unfortunately, we poor europeans never had the chance to play Super Mario RPG : The legends of 7 stars due to its delayed release on the Super Famicom. Fortunately, this injustice was rectified thanks to the Wii Virtual Console version released on August 22, 2008, the Wii U Virtual Console version on December 24, 2015, and the remastered version released on Switch 1 on November 17, 2023.

It also offers excellent replay value, with the option to complete side quests to extend the fun if you’re determined to achieve 100% completion and its greatest strength is its soundtrack, which ranks among the best I’ve heard from Nintendo.

This game also laid the groundwork for what would eventually become Luigi’s Mansion 1, as revealed in one of the pages of Luigi’s diary found in the secret basement he dug while Mario was away during chapter 3 where the green plumber mentions that he’d really like to have his name in the title of his future game— a dream that eventually came true, as he became the mascot for the Game Cube launch.

To all european gamers, how does it make you feel to look back on this excellent Nintendo 64 game that marked the beginning of the Paper Mario series ? As for me, it certainly brings back memories of that time when I had just started middle and high school and was gradually beginning to recover from the tragedy of the September 11, 2001, attacks. I love this game so much that I downloaded the OST over 11 years ago and saved it on a USB drive.

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