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I always love when Arlo's love for the Muppets is brought in.

I choose to believe that Arlo’s outcry is responsible for this remake

Kit & Krysta were talking about this on their podcast recently, and they said that Nintendo does definitely stay aware of fan sentiment and campaigns, even though that may not often result in fans actually getting what they want. So I’m sure they were aware of your campaign Arlo - and maybe, just maybe, in this case it did just help to boost an internal proposal for a remake. Certainly won’t have harmed it!

This video feels like the climax of arlo’s character arc, the conclusion after the climax of the initial reaction and the falling action of the core thoughts video he posted afterwards. So much rising action for 6 long years and now the story is complete.

My headcanon for the current Raycon story arc is that Arlo getting everything he's wanted over the last decade in a single year has contradicted natural law so much the universe is breaking down

Obviously why else would they do this? You’re just that powerful Arlo

That ending tho. Right in the Muppet nostalgia feels.

I think the main reasons they chose to remake TTYD over PM64 are these: 1) PM64 is on NSO, and it's been rereleased on Virtual Console on both Wii and Wii U. TTYD has never been rereleased 2) GameCube remakes/remasters are hot right now 3) TTYD doesn't have to remake character sprites. They have all the old vector artwork from the OG game. That meant much less of a workload than PM64 would require. It's just adding onto the models to have fancy new back poses and extra animations.

I hope the fine people at Raycon appreciate the work that Arlo puts into these sponsor segments. 😂

I'm not sure the hashtag actually worked, but the outcry for older Paper Mario in general was definitely heard

This is exactly what I thought of when the remake was announced. I was just thinking "Arlo won!"

Loved the ending bit. The editing in general is a lot more creative!

I’d say it played a big part for sure at the bare minimum. A lot of us were just very vocal about TTYD & the classic formula for so long & a lot of people’s voices ringing that, us included, spread like wildfire so it was clear most people rung those same or similar tunes across Nintendo/Mario/Paper Mario fans. The fact they’re raising the call to remaster TTYD in making it a remake instead feels like it’s signifying more. At least we know they heard us & are throwing us a bone but between TTYD’s MO is everything Mario couldn’t be throughout the 2010s, a lot of Mario games on Switch breaking from those standards/rules (Odyssey, Rabbids, Wonder, Peach Showtime, etc.) and Nintendo’s re-embracing the one Paper Mario they couldn’t replicate by even a decent margin (& they repurpose assets for these games alot, CS is for TOK so this remake doing the same’s likely), I think this dare I say maybe a safe bet we’re getting what we want when the next new Paper Mario comes around. Full hope has been restored & for good reason. ❤

The movement you started did gain a pretty big following. Surely, it must have at least somewhat lead to Nintendo's final decision. The important thing is, you won. We won. And soon, we shall bask in the spoils. Congratulations.

That ending was brilliant Arlo. I can tell that you’ve been waiting a long time to do that.

I'd say that it probably played a role, but the fact that it's also coming after a Super Mario RPG remake suggests to me that there has also been an overall change in incentives at Nintendo in regard to Mario RPGs.

The thing that's still nuts to me is how we went from color splash's reveal like "hey look guys, new paper mario. Anyways here's Pokemon..." to the TTYD Remake being the *BIG CLOSING ANNOUNCEMENT* for the Direct Also, gotta love the muppets movie reference at the end

That's possibly one of the best ads you've ever done and I love it! Arlo is a comedic genius.

The combined efforts of Arlo, Chuggaaconroy, and the rest of the community truly worked

I remember watching the original a few days before a smash tourney, and wrote the hashtag on a white t-shirt and walked around the venue with it. Got a lotta heck yeahs from people.

This may have been the most perfect ending to a RU-vid video I've ever seen. Congrats, Arlo...this is the year that all your dreams came true.

I'm so invested in the raycon storyline

It’s impossible to not smile while watching this, especially the ending! We really did it :)

The ending warmed my heart. We love you, Arlo!

it's honestly a little inspiring when outcries like these actually work and big companies make a change. Love to see it

I've never played a Paper Mario game myself, always was more into the Mario & Luigi series (RIP) but from what I've heard from their fans, the first two aren't just good, they're truly magical experiences. The pure excitement from everyone rejoicing over The Thousand Year Door remake was enough to get me to download Paper Mario 64, and try it for the first time, absolutely cannot wait to try this series!

Now imagine a special thanks in the credits of the remake towards the movement and Arlo for being so passionate about the game.

Hearing that song at the end almost made me emotional...You started as a Muppets fan, now you get to do what you love and make so many people happy. Congratulations Arlo! 😊

Arlo fading out to a Muppets song is... pretty great

I think the GX interview likely kicked the ball off. Talking to someone involved in the studio giving them some notice. Then things like the fan campaign drawing up attention (that _maybe_ NoA informed them of), PM64 coming to NSO (less reason to choose that), GC remakes/remasters getting pushed out and it being TTYD’s 20th anniversary. I think a bunch of smaller reasons built up at just the right time for it to all come together.

Arlo even makes his ads enjoyable

I honestly wonder if it was a combination of things. Like, you even mentioned the interviews asking about a Thousand Year Door remake or talking about the restrictions put on them. So they were seeing this from a few sides. I kinda wonder if one of those sides was internally. I can't imagine a lot of the developers were happy being so hamstrung on what ideas were allowed, especially when you see other games getting away with being weird with Mario. And even Origami King felt like it was really trying to push up against that line as hard as it could with the dumb restrictions they were limited by (for... some reason? I still don't understand what happened there). I just kind of wonder if this is a battle they've been trying to fight internally for awhile now and the fan outcry maybe gave them some extra ammunition to say "see, people want this!" Pure guess on my part mind you. Either way, I think the biggest reason is probably just the timing working out perfectly. Nintendo needs cheap, easy to produce stuff to put out in the Switch's dying years while the main dev teams move on to Switch 2 projects. They had Origami King on the Switch that they could probably cannibalize an engine from to do this port (and subsequently that might also be a reason it wasn't a Super Paper Mario remake - that game is too different). There's obvious interest in Thousand Year Door while Paper Mario 64 can easily be played on Switch already and the game is old enough that a remake makes sense. In a way, the stars kinda aligned for this one I think.

I really want more alternate universe Arlo to make more appearances. Maybe in his universe there's remakes that aren't in ours...and vice versa.

I'm fully convinced you and Chugga are 100% the reason this game is coming. So thank you both!! I can't wait!

Loved the Rainbow Connection Finale, congrats Arlo, you deserve this win

I really hope that if it did work, Nintendo will be open to even more fan requests!

It does make sense timeline wise. Back when your video was posted they were probably in the middle of finishing up Origami King. And they might have seen the hashtag and movement during their next game's planning stage (alongside probably having been asked for YEARS besides the interview), and then went ahead with TTYD~ and I feel like its more of a "Okay lets see how well it would actually do. Are the fans right?"

That sudden burst into the muppets was hilarious and I wouldn’t have had the ending be any other way

There was no one person or movement that single-handedly made the TTYD remake real, but voices like yours were very influential to those who may not have been willing to take a side without some guidance, and definetely boosted morale of the old guard like myself to know that we weren't alone in our seemingly futile stance. So thank you for everything you have done to help the community Arlo.😁 I have always stood tall and proud for my love for this game and what Paper Mario could become if Nintendo would just re-embrace their past success, and have fought countless people who were blissfully unaware of the nature of the situation or just couldn't bear the sight of someone telling Nintendo that their philosophy is wrong but the outcry of fans in the West and the East by ensuring that new PM games didn't sell too well has finally persuaded Nintendo to at least try the old formula again. And now that the our time had come we need to milk it for all its worth. Tell every Nintendo fan you know to buy this game everyone!!! If this fails now by falling into obscurity we have no one but ourselves to blame if Paper Mario just goes back to being gimmicky and bland. Speak with your wallets now or forever hold your peace, that that speaks louder to Nintendo than any social media post.

whether it was because of you or not, I am happy it actually happened

3:26 Something tells me we won't be hearing about that RU-vidr again anytime soon... Congrats on being the new Paper Mario ambassador, Arlo

Nintendo is a company, companies generally enjoy profits, they realized "hey, re-releasing thousand Year door will make profits" and did so.

I didnt even knew that Arlo started the whole Thousand year door remake movement. It gives me way more respect towards you!!

And my dream came true- Arlo sang a cover of The Muppets. Now dude just needs to get into a movie with them.

We did it gang... I remember hearing this from Slick Frame James, and I feel so happy that everyone is finally getting the remake. Let's-a-go.

Not only I think the outcry and movement helped TTYD get a remake, but I like to believe Intelligent System is aware of the complains and want to come back to the original RPG formula, so a remake of the best one will help them understand what made it great to then let the next entry be an actual RPG

That remake news brought me back to my childhood. The joy I felt playing games before and after school. On the bus and on trips. Yes it worked and I'm so happy.

Muppet Mention:at the end of this video, Arlo sings the Rainbow Connection finale from the Muppet Movie.

Hopefully, it outsells Sticker Star and Origami King.

That may be the best ending to a video I've seen in YEARS. That was fantastic. Also, Arlo sings really well. You should consider doing a musical episode one day. Just for fun.

15:18 Arlo complets his transition to a muppet

Arlo, videos like this are why I just love your channel. You're very down-to-earth, but also very positive and it's just such a breath of fresh air. That said? I think you totally played a part in this happening.

I'll be honest, my favorite Paper Mario game is actually Super Paper Mario on the Wii. The storyline and music from that game was so incredibly good.

I’m writing before watching the video. If I had to guess, Nintendo saw that people didn’t like the style of sticker star and color splash and assumed that meant people specifically didn’t like that style. And at that point they switched to the Origami King format until somewhat late in development of that game they found that people were more so just looking for the old style back and that’s why we’re getting TTYD (also 20th anniversary helps that).

8:47 Still Arlo, congratulations. TTYD's remaster is one of the few Mario games I will play as of late despite how mentally and emotionally taxing Mario has been for me as of late (alongside Super Mario RPG) BECAUSE I want to support this and give them the message that THIS is what they will be getting money for. Congratulations to classic Paper Mario fans (even if one deranged classic Paper Mario fan made me extremely angry on Twitter today, why do I even bother? I hate the Mario fandom so much lately) I'm glad you guys won after all this time! I want a Koopaling game or at least a Larry Koopa game because the Koopalings have so much personality that making them protagonists is the perfect way to use them... Well... I might give them individual modes so their personalities can shine on an individual level because THAT'S the right way to use them... I know it'll never happen though...

First Metroid, then Pikmin, then this. Arlo is having the year of his life rn

Omygod THE ENDING I can’t. I love it

Overall, I think Intelligent Systems listens to the fans of their franchises a lot more than we think they do. In terms of FE, Fates was a response to how Awakening's map design was a little lackluster in a lot of places and didn't quite feel like an "old-school" FE game with Conquest, while with Birthright, still catering to those who started with Awakening and wanted more of what it had to offer, while overall trying to make the story more complicated and interesting in comparison to Awakening (though mostly for worse.) Then, seeing the fallout from Fates, Shadows of Valentia was made to get a better focus on story and characters and then with Three Houses, even though IS didn't directly make that game, was made to fully capitalize on the potential Fates had with multiple routes that you didn't have to additionally buy. Heck, even Warioware: Move It seems like a response to how Get It Together wasn't quite a "traditional" Warioware game and that the Joycons have a lot of potential for microgames. It seems that Nintendo as a whole, while still definitely not always listen to what fans have to say, seem a lot more receptive to what fans have to say now than they did in the last two generations, given how many of the Switch's titles are exactly what fans are asking for. Even Pokemon might make some changes to their internal development cycle if some recent interviews are to go by. I can absolutely see how the Switch's successor, probably due out next year, could have even more of this and I couldn't be more excited. Who knows, maybe even an FE4 Remake DOES exist (though that might just be hopeful thinking on my part.)

15:19 Arlo singing a Muppets song puts a beautiful touch to this situation, I love it.

For what it’s worth, I more thought of Arlo as the “Pikmin Guy”

I love the raycon storyline! I do think that Arlo should do a compilation video for those not familiar though.

That ending was perfect. Thanks Arlo as usual.

the muppet ending was genuinely beautiful when you think of how fitting it is for the ttyd fanbase's journey

I’m reminded of the “Operation Starfall” campaign (that also launched in 2019, coincidentally enough), the whole point of which was to get a sequel to Super Mario RPG, have the original game remade, and/or see Geno and Mallow in more modern games. They even sent Nintendo a book of all the signatures, letters, and fan art they collected right to Nintendo of America (who sent back a bunch of neat stuff like bookmarks and pins). We did eventually get that remake, but was Operation Starfall partially responsible for it? Hard to say, to be honest. You never know with these kinds of things…

I think that you specifically (and a few other RU-vidrs) are a massive reason we are receiving this game. This is my favorite game of all time and it almost brings me to tears to hear someone who loves it as much as I do speak on it. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.

I choose to believe you had some hand in this becoming reality, even if it was just one developer who saw your video, brought it up to just enough people that it eventually reached the ears of the higher ups, and it got the ball rolling that way

That ending made me feel happy, like we might see arlo and the muppets some day perform together, ttyd is coming, and i truly belive you did that arlo, so thanks blue man

The ending: When Arlo officially became a Muppet.

In my opinion, yes, in the sense that it showed Nintendo that this was the Paper Mario game to remake specifically. I’m sure they wouldn’t have if they weren’t planning on a remake, but they were probably planning on remakes as the games other than Wonder to wind down the Switch’s life cycle, and it would not surprise me at all if TTYD was considered before 64 or Super thanks to its very vocal fanbase

The editing feels really fresh on this video, well done Kane!

That ending...brought a massive smile to my face. Hey Arlo...do more of that stuff. Better yet, make a dedicated channel for it. Just give us more of it.

Oh my GOD Arlo got me at the end with the Muppet movie song!!!!!!!! I started singing along immediately! Even teared up a little 😂

I've never played TTYD and haven't played a Paper Mario game outside of 64, but the infectious adoration for this game from you and many others has convinced me to at least support the release and give it a go. I may have passed on Pikmin since I don't like time constraints, but I'm gonna give TTYD a fair shot.

i think its very likely that they remade The Thousand Year Door because the original is on NSO N64, and they wanted to avoid that affecting sales.

Arlo please we need more scenes like the ending! (And more muppets references) I would honestly watch an entire video of you just messing around and singing. Some of my favorite videos are you singing the songs of ocarina of time and playing with zelda action figures. And I always look forward to your christmas songs

When time collapses in on itself, we wont be able to play Metroid Prime 4. But it WILL exist.

That ending! I love it

ARLO YOU MADE THIS HAPPEN

One of the quests in TTYD where you have to take a routing slip for Mayor Dour, theres a little line he says at the end after the quest saying "Maybe youll be joining us in 20 years? Haaaaaaaar" which... maybe... this was something in the making for that time...

bro the muppets reference gave me chills and somethin in my eye, ALWAYS absolutely delightful when he gets to reference the fact he's a muppet

I remember being part of that trend. I never felt so boiled when I saw the newest paper mario game. Then, I moved on. So thankful the remaster happened.

Idk but I do expect a 5 hour video essay on the game after it releases lol

If you look at the development timelines of recent Paper Mario games, there is actually a lot of evidence that Nintendo ARE aware, at least somewhat, of fan reception to these games. Color Splash was stated, I think in the same 2016 interview referenced in this video, to be started work on IMMEDIATELY after Sticker Star, leaving no time to gauge critical reception. And after that game came out, we got Origami King, which does feel like it attempts to respond to the criticisms of Sticker Star and Color Splash by creating a new battle system and adding partner...ish characters. The way I see it, Origami King comes out and gets a mixed reception, Intelligent Systems doesn't have a new idea for a PM game or are looking for something to make for Switch before the next system comes out, and they throw their hands up and say "Alright, let's remake the one people keep asking for"

For the record, there was at least one other occasion where fans caused a change with Nintendo. It’s how we finally got Xenoblade Chronicles in the West, after all.

You predicted this remake.

I honestly feel like they were going to do a paper Mario remake of either the original or TTYD but because the vocal majority was paper Mario TTYD and Arlo’s influenced helped drive it, I would say it definitely helped decide which title would get the remake.

I'm very thankful to arlo for making the video of ttyd and without him this would not be possible

i did not expect this video to turn into a musical. we need more of Arlo singing.

Ok who else just loves the arlo ads they are so fun.

Nintendo is on the website, so it makes sense that they heard the petition. We want Super Paper Mario next though, we're not done squeezing out this sponge.

Omg the dramatic music over the raycon ad 😂

That ending really brought everything full circle

I love you cookie monster

Kinda funny how the masses rallied behind a literal puppet and things actually turned out well! That finale too. Perfect.

that's one heck of an ad read, Arlo is so dedicated to making his videos entertaining, even at the end of the universe

Arlo is as responsible for this as JoCat is for the Klonoa remakes. Which is to say entirely and completely, shower them both in praise and gratitude, if we do it hard enough JelloApocalypse will resurrect Skies of Arcadia!

This was definitely a gift from the gods at Nintendo

Flibber jammbled?! That’s my new phrase. “I’m flibber jammbled”

beautiful use of rainbow connection's repriese as soon as i realized where you were going i was singing along. (i actually have a painting by my friend using that part as a quote with kerkit singing next to a rainbow)