Paper Mario: A Thousand Years’ Door is set to return to the Switch next year, and we’ve already seen some reviews online, and now it’s been rated by the ESRB as well.
Rated “E” for “Everyone” and contains “mild fantasy violence” and “mild suggestive themes.” “No interactive elements”. The description below also mentions how there are “short flirtatious conversations” and “exaggerated proportions.”
“This is an adventure role-playing game in which players help Mario rescue Princess Peach from a group of aliens. Players travel through a whimsical world, interacting with characters and playing turn/puzzle-based games with paper creatures. Participate in combat. Players use a variety of attacks (e.g. Boot Stomp, Hammer Strike, Fireball) against cartoon-like enemies that disappear into stars and coins. engage in conversation (e.g., “Aren’t you a great example of a man?”, “Maybe if I…caught you and gave you some sugar”), and/or large breasts/exaggerated proportions. It is designed with. ”
By comparison, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door’s original ESRB GameCube rating was similarly an “E” rating for “everyone,” featuring “no interactive elements” and “mild cartoon violence.” This latest rating for the Switch version follows ratings in Brazil and South Korea in October.
There’s no specific release date for The Thousand-Year Door on Switch, but we hope this latest review means it’ll arrive as early as 2024. Detailed dates for upcoming Nintendo titles can be found in our previous article.