If you grew up in the early 2000s as a Nintendo fan, you likely loved your GameCube. While the console didn’t sell particularly well compared to the original Xbox and PlayStation 2, that generation had some truly amazing Nintendo games released. That’s true with Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, which is finally on Nintendo Switch. While the new cover art for it is good, a small group of people was able to get their hands on a slipcover of the original Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and it’s annoyed quite a bit of the community.
For whatever reason, Nintendo is being Nintendo and making it very hard to get your hands on the original Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door cover. Instead of including the cover as a reversible in every physical copy of the game, only people who pre-ordered the game at the Nintendo Store in New York City or live in Canada got their hands on a slipcover. Of course, with that kind of exclusivity, people are already selling the cover on online shops for prices nearing and exceeding the cost of the game itself.
How to download the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door original cover art for Switch
While the vast majority of Americans can’t get their hands on the official slipcover, you can print a version from My Nintendo. Go to this page and sign in with your account. For 30 Platinum Points, you can download and print the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door original cover for your Switch case. Redeem the reward, print it out, and cut it to fit the case.
By no means is a paper cover of the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door cover going to be as good as the slip art given to some people, but it’s at least something. It really would have made more sense to have every physical copy have a reverse cover with the original art, but it doesn’t look like Nintendo planned that far ahead when they produced the copies.
