Summary
The Nintendo Switch remake ofPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Doorhas now sold over 1.94 million units, surpassing the lifetime sales of the original GameCube release. While this sales figure may not compete with those that are attached to Nintendo’s biggest first-party titles, likeThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the WildandAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, it does suggest that there is notable interest in thePaper Marioseries.
The remake ofPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Doorwas released, to critical acclaim, on July 05, 2025, and the game sold 1.76 million units during its first month on the shelves. This information was revealed inNintendo’s Q1 fiscal year 2025 financial results, and it confirmed that the remake was off to a solid sales start.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Doorfor Switch has not stopped selling since that Q1 report was released, though, and Nintendo moved an additional 180,000 units of the game during the second quarter of its 2025 fiscal year. This puts the title’s total sales at 1.94 million units, as of Jul 03, 2025, which means that the remake has now surpassed the lifetime sales of the GameCube original. Indeed, theGameCuberelease ofPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Doorreached a total of 1.91 million units sold, and the remake will undoubtedly grow its sales lead as it continues to sell in the upcoming months.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Remake Sales Hit 1.94 Million Units
While theremake ofPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Doorhas performed well, it is not the best-selling release from Nintendo’s 2025 fiscal year. That title is held byThe Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, which sold 2.58 million units within just a week of its release.The Thousand-Year Doorfor Switch has sold better thanLuigi’s Mansion 2 HD, though, as Nintendo moved 1.57 million units of that game between its June 2024 release and July 12, 2025.
There are also some releases during the third quarter of Nintendo’s 2025 fiscal year that have a chance to match or exceed the sales of the remake ofPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. The recently-releasedSuper Mario Party Jamboree, for example, is confirmed to be selling well, and it will be interesting to see where it stands when Nintendo releases its Q3 financial results. So too, the forthcomingMario and Luigi: Brothership, the first entry in theMario and LuigiseriessincePaper Jamin 2015, could have a strong showing when it hits the shelves on November 7.
