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Pre-Release Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2024) — Pre-release Discussion Thread (UPDATE: launch trailer, see threadmarks)

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Jersh said:
Yeah, tying inputs to frames 1:1 is a bit dated. It made enough sense in the earlier, single core CPU days where basically all code ran in a single loop (generally: read all inputs, compute how everything should react, draw the frame, repeat; this is why old games tend to slow down when they drop frames instead of just getting choppy) - especially when the CPU had a heavier hand in the rendering process - but that's not really the case in modern game engines. If you want subroutines to run at a faster rate than the frame rate, that's plenty doable.

Just a matter of whether they actually did, lol. It's fully possible it is 66.67 ms now.
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This wouldn't even be a question if they'd just targeted the original frame rate... 😖 Lol I appreciate the breakdown though, it's fascinating stuff
 
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What's going on with the Physical sales for this game man. Did Nintendo understock it, or am I coping and the demand is high?

 
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I seldom ever preorder games anymore, even a remake of my all-time favorite one with this. I plan on just going to the store, or stores, however many it takes, on release day until I find it.
 
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It’s also possible Walmart under ordered and this happened when they asked for more stock.

The lack of amazon stock is on the returning beef
 
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Wockio said:
After SMRPG overprinting it's likely they underestimated demand for this and overcorrected
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I'm willing to bet it's this. I don't know about SMRPG overprinting, but I think NoA decided to underprint physical copies.

Between this and the NWC collection not being as givey as Japan, I think NoA is getting a wee cheap this final year of Switch.
 
Mer.Saloon said:
I'm willing to bet it's this. I don't know about SMRPG overprinting, but I think NoA decided to underprint physical copies.

Between this and the NWC collection not being as givey as Japan, I think NoA is getting a wee cheap this final year of Switch.
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SMRPG overshipped in Japan, dunno about other territories.
 
Mer.Saloon said:
I'm willing to bet it's this. I don't know about SMRPG overprinting, but I think NoA decided to underprint physical copies.

Between this and the NWC collection not being as givey as Japan, I think NoA is getting a wee cheap this final year of Switch.
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Mekanos said:
SMRPG overshipped in Japan, dunno about other territories.
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3.31 shipped vs 2.60 sold

Pikmin 4 is at 3.48 shipped vs 3.30 sold

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Ricimer said:
Nintendo about to self-sabotage Paper Mario back to the Sticker Star dark ages :(
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it's intentional. it's a move by Nintendo to make sure the market falls in line and say we don't care about Paper Mario RPGs. we only care about Paper Mario games in the vein of Sticker Star and Origami King
 
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The Nintendo News tab had an article that teased a couple of surprises in the remake in addition to everything that we know. There has to be a boss rush or new game plus mode after the endgame. Very excited for next week
 
Wockio said:
3.31 shipped vs 2.60 sold

Pikmin 4 is at 3.48 shipped vs 3.30 sold

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Yup, NoA are just being overly cautious here then. Which fair enough, but I think they're not taking into account the different circumstances between RPG and Paper Mario.
 
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Noticed a news post on the Switch news feed advertising seven features new to the remake:
  1. Updated graphics and soundtrack (+ Nostalgic Tunes Badge)
  2. Quick-travel pipes
  3. Partner Ring
  4. Gameplay hints
  5. Ian Foomus
  6. Battle Master
  7. Art and sound galleries
but at the very end there's an obvious tease of "a couple more surprises". Likely small additions but it's nice they're saving at least some new stuff to be discovered by players.

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MondoMega said:
Noticed a news post on the Switch news feed advertising seven features new to the remake:
  1. Updated graphics and soundtrack (+ Nostalgic Tunes Badge)
  2. Quick-travel pipes
  3. Partner Ring
  4. Gameplay hints
  5. Ian Foomus
  6. Battle Master
  7. Art and sound galleries
but at the very end there's an obvious tease of "a couple more surprises". Likely small additions but it's nice they're saving at least some new stuff to be discovered by players.

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Truno said:
Y'know, I'm starting to convince myself that this game will have something new for its post-game. What might that be? No clue, but:

Ash Paulsen of Good Vibes Gaming asked a Nintendo Rep that demo'd the game if there'd be postgame content similar to Super Mario RPG, and they answered, "You'll have to play to find out!".

IGN teased:


Polygon outright stated in their preview:


There's gotta be something... right?
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Just gonna quote myself and huff some copium that there's something post game,
 
MondoMega said:
Noticed a news post on the Switch news feed advertising seven features new to the remake:
  1. Updated graphics and soundtrack (+ Nostalgic Tunes Badge)
  2. Quick-travel pipes
  3. Partner Ring
  4. Gameplay hints
  5. Ian Foomus
  6. Battle Master
  7. Art and sound galleries
but at the very end there's an obvious tease of "a couple more surprises". Likely small additions but it's nice they're saving at least some new stuff to be discovered by players.

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Still putting stock in a boss rush mode
 
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It’s also possible Walmart severely under ordered on the original estimates to Nintendo. Remember it’s not just Nintendo making copies, it’s retailers making initial allotment requests, usually months before release
 
I still believe that the rest of the original 64 party members will appear like they were originally intended to
 
Mandos said:
It’s also possible Walmart severely under ordered on the original estimates to Nintendo. Remember it’s not just Nintendo making copies, it’s retailers making initial allotment requests, usually months before release
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Wal-Mart's shifting blame to Nintendo here, so it sounds like they're not being allowed to order what they want. But Target, Best Buy, and GameStop are all fine, so it sounds like Nintendo's singling out Wal-Mart (and Amazon) here. Why they have these disputes is beyond me, but NoA has done this with Amazon many times before.
 
Jersh said:
Wal-Mart's shifting blame to Nintendo here, so it sounds like they're not being allowed to order what they want. But Target, Best Buy, and GameStop are all fine, so it sounds like Nintendo's singling out Wal-Mart (and Amazon) here. Why they have these disputes is beyond me, but NoA has done this with Amazon many times before.
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Walmart probably under ordered their original allotment. Preorders then could have exceeded both their retail and preorder stock. Nintendo doesn’t do a huge amount of extra inventory for a launch wave so if Walmart then only requested more a month out, Nintendo just doesn’t have the stock to fill it as it takes months to get more shipped. So since Walmart doesn’t have the stock to fill preorders even if they cut retail entirely, they just fully cancel preorders because they don’t have a system in place for partial cancellations
 
Here's a silly thought; is this the type of game that's likely to get reversible cover art for the physical game case?

I don't know if it's not yet been confirmed or if it's still up in the air, but what do you imagine the alt art could look like? I could see an homage to the Gamecube art on the reverse, or maybe a recreation of the storybook at the beginning intro video but made to look leatherbound and imprinted outlines of the many partners
 
Brofield said:
Here's a silly thought; is this the type of game that's likely to get reversible cover art for the physical game case?

I don't know if it's not yet been confirmed or if it's still up in the air, but what do you imagine the alt art could look like? I could see an homage to the Gamecube art on the reverse, or maybe a recreation of the storybook at the beginning intro video but made to look leatherbound and imprinted outlines of the many partners
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I think one of the preorder bonuses is a swappable cover with the GameCube cover.

Here:
 
ComradeKoopa said:
I think one of the preorder bonuses is a swappable cover with the GameCube cover.

Here:
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WAIT WHAT FR

Oh my god I was just gonna pick it up from Gamestop after I got back from my vacation, but if I can place a pre-order and they'll hold onto it with the bonus when I get back at the end of the month...hoo boy I want me some sweet, sweet nostalgia.

I didn't think Canada was getting any pre-order bonuses; I just kept seeing the ones for US and Europe lol
 
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