7 x Fun facts about The Thousand-Year Door

7. Different colour Yoshi

The promotional material for The Thousand-Year Door always only included a green Yoshi, but in the original version of the game it is actually possible to get a variety of different coloured Yoshi’s. What colour of the creature you get, depends on how much time passes between obtaining the egg and its hatching. This happens after you lose to the Armored Harriers in chapter 3. 

Depending on how much minutes go by, you get a different Yoshi:

• 0-6 minutes= Green Yoshi
• 6-9 minutes= Red Yoshi
• 9-11 minutes= Blue Yoshi
• 11-15 minutes= Orange Yoshi
• 15-18 minutes= Pink Yoshi
• 18-19 minutes= Black Yoshi
• 19-20 minutes= White Yoshi
  
  

6. Spin Hammer attack

In the Paper Mario series, a hammer is Mario’s weapon of choice. He uses it to fight all sorts of enemies as well as break different types of blocks. In The Thousand-Year Door, the move Spin Hammer is introduced to break larger blocks, a move that is continuously used in later games in the Paper Mario series. 

To use the move, players had to press B and spin the control stick to let Mario twist up. When you release the stick Mario would spin around, and he’d be able to destroy the large blocks.

5. Bunny Boo

The Thousand-Year Door introduces all sorts of characters, including some outstanding Boo’s. In Rogueport Mario meets the sisters Peeka and Lahla. They both work for a game hall called Pianta Parlor run by Don Pianta. The first thing you’ll notice about these Boo’s is their striking outfits, as they both wear a pink bow and cute cat ears. 

In the Japanese version of the game, Lahla wears bunny ears instead of cat ears. This was likely changed in the English version due to similarities to Playboy Bunnies.

4. A calculated lottery win

Winning the lottery in The Thousand-Year Door is not really a matter of luck. In Rogueport, you’ll find a Bulky Bob-omb named Lucky who holds the Happy Lucky Lottery. To win this gambling game, you don’t have to be lucky, you just need to be patient. What prize you win depends on how long you wait to check your ticket.

It works like this: 

• Check within 4-10 days= 4th prize
• Check within 25-35 days= 3rd prize
• Check within 85-115 days= 2nd prize
• Check within 335-395 days= 1st prize
• Check any other day= you lose and get a consolation prize
  
  

Buying a new ticket will reset this system, and any modification to the GameCube’s clock will result in Lucky accusing you of cheating.

3. The game almost caused a lawsuit

In an advertisement for The Thousand-Year Door Nintendo used the song You’re So Cool from Morgan Creek Productions. The gaming company allegedly had no rights to use this song, and so Morgan Creek productions filed a lawsuit.

However, the claim was dropped after only six days. Nintendo revealed that they indeed had the proper licensing through the advertising agency that produced the commercial, and thus could use the song.

2. Fire Emblem Toad

Toad is a confirmed Fire Emblem fan, or at least one Toad in The Thousand-Year door is. In the original English version of the game, you’ll encounter a Toad strolling around Petalburg. When you talk to the small creature, it will tell you how much it loves the game Fire Emblem. It was basically an in-game advertisement, but Fire Emblem Toad became a true icon among fans of the series.

And there is more good news: the YouTube channel Nintenduo World played through the new version of Petalburg. And we’re stoked to see Fire Emblem Toad make an appearance and is still chatting about his favourite Nintendo game!

1. Vivian is transgender

One of the key characters in Mario’s posse, Vivian, is canonically transgender in the Japanese version of the original Thousand-Year Door. The other Shadow Sirens and is often misgendered by her sisters who bully her for actually being a boy. Vivian eventually comments on this when she stands up to her sisters and says she is proud to have become a woman.

In the English versions of The Thousand-Year Door, the dialogue regarding Vivian’s identity is scrapped. It seems that in the remake of the game, Nintendo will include the characters' trans background, but nothing is officially confirmed. So, we’ll have to see for ourselves whether Vivian’s true self will shine in the remake!

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