Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Patreon)

The year is 2004, the Gamecube is out, and the Mario... is paper (for the second time).
Yes, it is Paper Mario TTYD!

I've always been aware of TTYD's critical acclaim, and through general osmosis absorbed a great deal of the games plot points but nay, it was not until last year did I myself play through the game. And to everyone's shocking surprise, it is in fact.... quite good! 

I think if there was one thing that truly stuck out to me was beginning the game, heading into Rogue port and just saying the gallows right there front and center, like, people got hung/hang/hungeth/hangedeth in this world, that's just a part of the world. The game's also surprisingly horny. Pushing death and horns aside however, the games just a very charming romp through undisclosed section of the mushroom kingdom with a host of quirky and memorable characters. 

If you've not played the TTYD, I do recommend it. It's ever so slightly padded in a / "go to point A, oh you need an item well you should go back to where you started now, and then back to point A and sometimes back to where you started again" way but doesn't do it so much it becomes annoying. (Outside the search for General White...that's pretty egregious haha)

My favourite part of the demake is probably a tie between the reimagined/take on the title screen or the inventory screen. More specific, my favourite part might be the tiny spiral on Hooktail's head which is 80% cut off :D.

As for the next demake...I'm thinking some PS2 vs PS2....;D.