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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (ペーパーマリオRPG, Pēpā Mario Ārupījī^?, Paper Mario RPG) is a role-playing video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube video game console in 2004. It is the fourth game in the Mario RPG series, and uses the same gameplay and visual style as its predecessor Paper Mario for the Nintendo 64 but with improved visuals.

Storyline

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door opens with a short introduction about a prosperous seaside town that was destroyed by a cataclysm and then sank into the depths of the earth. After the site of the town was completely purged of all evidence of its existence, another, new town called Rogueport, was built there. A legend about a mysterious treasure soon spread through the town. Princess Peach, who was on vacation, visits the town and meets a merchant. The merchant gives her a small box, which is said to only open for one with a pure and noble heart, and says that if Peach can open it, she may have whatever is inside. Peach is, of course, able to open the box, and she gains possession of the magical treasure map. She then sends it to Mario, accompanied by a letter telling him to meet her in Rogueport to join her for a treasure hunt.

Mario sets sail for Rogueport, and after arriving at the docks, he does not find Peach. He soon encounters Goombella, a Goomba girl, being harassed by a mysterious figure named Crump, whom he helps her escape from. Upon showing Goombella the map, she asks him to take it to her archaeology professor, Professor Frankly. The two meet with Frankly, and he identifies the map as the magical map that reveals the location of the seven Crystal Stars. The Crystal Stars are the key to unlocking a magical door, located in the ruins beneath Rogueport, known as the Thousand-Year Door, behind which the legendary treasure of Rogueport is believed to lie. He asks Mario how he came upon the map, and Mario tells him that Peach sent it to him. The three then enter the sewers and unlock a chest that has someone asking for help, but when he opens it he gets cursed with the ability to transform into a paper airplane. When they approach the door with the map, the map shows a castle with the star to the east of Rogueport. Mario's only hope of finding her is to pursue the Crystal Stars, hoping that he will encounter her along the way.