The previews are officially out for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and it looks like we now have a better idea of the performance.
In case you missed our ‘hands-on’ here on Nintendo Life, the upcoming Switch release works great on both handheld and docked devices. In terms of frames per second, it appears to be 30 frames per second – so it might take some time to adjust if you played the original on GameCube. Here’s exactly what we had to say:
“The game also works perfectly in both formats, at least in the 15 or so hours we played. We didn’t notice a single frame drop, both docked and undocked. However, one issue with the GameCube version is that the Switch version only works at 30 frames per second, compared to the original GameCube’s 60 frames per second.At first, it took us a while to adjust, especially in combat where you have to time your button presses – our brains somehow remember the timing of the original release – but overall, the reduced speed frames wasn’t detrimental to our experience. This is still Thousand-Year Door at its best—at least from what we played.”
According to Nintendo’s official description, the Switch version of Thousand-Year Door comes with “refreshed graphics”, which could explain the changes in performance. This newer edition also includes an updated soundtrack, gameplay tweaks, and some additional improvements (which you can learn more about in our review).