The millennial version of the door switch surpassed the GameCube original

Key conclusions

The Switch remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door has sold over 1.94 million units.
The original GameCube's all-time sales total is 1.91 million units.
Thousand-Year Door is one of Nintendo's best-selling games released in FY2025.

Nintendo Switch game remake Paper Mario: The Millennium Door has now sold over 1.94 million units, surpassing the all-time sales of the original GameCube release. While this sales figure may not rival those attached to Nintendo's biggest in-house titles, e.g. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Animal Crossing: New Horizonsthis indicates that there is a marked interest in Paper Mario series.

Remake Paper Mario: The Millennium Door was released to critical acclaim on May 23, 2024, and the game sold 1.76 million units in its first month. This information was presented in Nintendo's financial results for the 1st quarter of the fiscal year 2025, and it confirmed that sales of the remake are off to a good start.

Paper Mario's millennial door is 20 years old

Relatives

Paper Mario: the millennial door will remain relevant for another 20 years

Paper Mario: Thousand-Year Door is 20 years old, but for many reasons it remains a beloved game even though it's no longer on the GameCube.

Paper Mario: The Millennium Door However, sales for the Switch haven't stopped since the Q1 report came out, with Nintendo moving an additional 180,000 units of the game during the second quarter of FY2025. Thus, as of September 30, 2024, the game has sold a total of 1.94 million units, meaning that the remake has now surpassed the GameCube original's lifetime sales. A GameCube release indeed Paper Mario: The Millennium Door achieved a total of 1.91 million units sold, and the remake is sure to increase its sales lead as it goes on sale in the coming months.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Remake achieved 1.94 million sales

While the remake Paper Mario: The Millennium Door performed well, it's not Nintendo's best-selling release of FY2025. This title holds The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdomwhich sold 2.58 million units in just one week after its release. Millennium door for Switch is selling better than Luigi's Mansion 2 HDhowever, if Nintendo moved 1.57 million units of this game between its June 2024 release and September 30, 2024.

There are also some releases in the third quarter of Nintendo's fiscal year 2025 that could match or exceed the sales of the remake Paper Mario: The Millennium Door. Recently released Super Mario Jamboree Partyfor example, it's confirmed to be selling well, and it'll be interesting to see where it stands when Nintendo releases its Q3 financial results. And the future Mario and Luigi: Brotherhoodthe first entry in Art Mario and Luigi series since then Paper jam in 2015, may well be on display when it hits shelves on November 7th.