Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A remake of my Dark Aspects of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door analysis for GameCube, now covering the remake on Switch! In this episode, I discuss the fate of the Mario world's most perfect computer (TEC-XX), and his relationship to the kidnapped Princess Peach.

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Music used (in order):

♫ Win Battle, Partner Fainted - TTYD [GameCube]
♫ The X-Naut Fortress
♫ Honeylune Ridge [Moon Kingdom] - Super Mario Odyssey
♫ Battle Against a Machine - EarthBound
♫ Meanwhile, Princess Peach... - TTYD [Switch]
♫ Grodus's Lair - TTYD [GameCube]
♫ Princess Peach's Undercover Operation - Princess Peach: Showtime!
♫ A Waltz with TEC (Nice) - TTYD [Switch]
♫ Grodus's Ambitions
♫ Mini Hana - Super Mario 64 DS
♫ Princess Peach and TEC's Quiz - TTYD [Switch]
♫ Assassin Disco - Princess Peach: Showtime!
♫ Into the Darkness
♫ A Message from Princess Peach - TTYD [Switch]
♫ Goodbye, TEC (Part One)
♫ Pokey Means Business/Cease to Exist - EarthBound
♫ Goodbye, TEC (Part Three)
♫ Greetings from the Mushroom Kingdom (Lady Bow)
♫ X-Naut Fortress (First Floor)

Sources & further reading

Additional video clips:

⍟ Super Mario Bros. 3 commercial archived by SpoopieVAULT
youtu.be/HU80R7jGanE?si=Blv1DdM8K1idk8V4

Images:

⍟ Official TTYD sprites in thumbnail uploaded by fawfulthegreat64
spriters-resource.com/nintendo_switch/papermariothethousandyeardoor
⍟ Heart, Flower, and Badge Point Paper Mario (N64) artwork archived by Zaku for the Super Mario Wiki mariowiki.com/Gallery:Paper_Mario
⍟ Mario Kart 8 emblems artwork archived by Ray Trace
mariowiki.com/Gallery:Mario_Kart_8
⍟ Stella art (Princess Peach: Showtime!) archived by Blhte
mariowiki.com/File:PPS_Stella.png

Articles/videos referenced:

⍟ "A Tiny Critique of The Thousand-Year Door Remake's Music" by @AurumAlex, mentioned in this video
youtu.be/8M6pYMp_xaM?si=dVQNYrdcTRSI0T7x

Sound effects & music:

⍟ TTYD GameCube music uploaded by ViviVGM
⍟ TTYD remake music uploaded by Charisma entertainer
⍟ Princess Peach: Showtime! music uploaded by Danny_Boy90
⍟ Minecraft door opening sound uploaded by Gaming Sound FX
⍟ Super Mario Sunshine (GCN) sound effects uploaded by The Mushroom Kingdom
themushroomkingdom.net/media/smsunshine/wav
⍟ "Excuse me Princess" clip from WildBrain Superheroes

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