History YMMV / PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor

** Grodus, who you finally right near the end of the final Chapter. While his attacks deal a lot of damage and come with annoying status effects, he has only 50 HP and 1 Defense, [[GlassCannon which isn't much for this late in the game]]. Additionally, the [[GoddamnedBats Grodus X]] minions he summons can draw out the fight, but they go down easily to pretty much any attack that hits all enemies. For a fight that was built up for virtually the entire game, it's not unheard of for it to be over in less than five turns. In fairness, Grodus is likely intentionally made relatively easy because of the [[ThatOneBoss very difficult fight with]] [[spoiler:Bowser and Kammy]] immediately afterwards, with no chance to heal beforehand.

** In regards to Marilyn, is she really as dumb and brutish as she looks, or is it just an act to prevent and/or cope with punishments from Beldam? Supporting the latter is the "Three Shadow Beauties" scene in chapter 2, where Marilyn actually speaks in coherent English during their introductions. However this is the only time in the game where she does so, and it gets no acknowledgement whatsoever due to Vivian angering Beldam in the moment.

** Despite being Mario's arch enemy, Bowser doesn't have much of a role in this game, with a majority of his appearances being him just bumbling around and generally failing to accomplish anything. His only interaction with the BigBad X-nauts is a single intermission with Lord Crump that's quickly forgotten about right afterwards and is little more than comic relief. [[spoiler:Even after he ends up saving Mario near the end of the game, Bowser never realizes Grodus is in the room, and Grodus simply takes advantage of the distraction and flees rather than trying to figure out who Bowser even is]]. Bowser never even learns about the X-nauts or the true nature of the Crystal Stars either, and he simply vanishes from the game entirely after his final battle with Mario.

** More than a few fans would have enjoyed a defictionalized version of [[HeroOfAnotherStory Luigi's adventure]]. That there's a Toad kid in Petalburg who was playing the ''Paper Mario'' games and speculates if they'll release a "Paper Luigi" doesn't help.

** Despite being Mario's arch enemy, Bowser doesn't have much of a role in this game, with a majority of his appearances just bumbling around and generally failing to accomplish anything. His only interaction with the BigBad X-nauts is a single intermission with Lord Crump that's quickly forgotten about right afterwards and is little more than comic relief. [[spoiler:Even after he ends up saving Mario near the end of the game, Bowser never realizes Grodus is in the room, and Grodus simply takes advantage of the distraction and flees rather than trying to figure out who Bowser even is]]. Bowser never even learns about the X-nauts or the true nature of the Crystal Stars either, and he simply vanishes from the game entirely after his final battle with Mario.

** [[spoiler:Beldam, not Grodus, was the one behind everything. While the Shadow Queen turning on Grodus is to be expected of [[EvilIsNotAToy a demon as powerful and wicked as her]], the subsequent reveal that Beldam was using Grodus and knew this would happen comes completely out of left field, with the only evidence in support of it being that the Shadow Queen is also a LivingShadow.]]

** Transphobic Beldam[[labelnote:Explanation]]When pre-release audiences noted the TruerToTheText localization to the English script with the Three Shadows, fans of the original Japanese and European translations translations were hopeful the remake would affirm Vivian's localized [[TransgenderTropes trans woman identity]], including keeping Beldam's [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain transphobic abuse]]. Amusingly, and given how terrible [[ViolationOfCommonSense hoping for transphobia]] is at face value, fans of the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' franchise likened it to hoping they would see [[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog Maria get shot]] in the then-upcoming ''[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehogFilmSeries Sonic 3]]'' movie.[[/labelnote]]

** The Shadow Sirens are now called the "Three Shadows" in the Switch remake due to them being called that in the original Japanese script, which has led to immediate responses from fans on how they preferred the original name.

** Fake Censorship[[labelnote:Explanation]]Quite a few fans were [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks displeased]] to learn that some of the dialogue in the remake has been {{Bowdlerized}}--in particular, the catcalling Goombas early in Rogueport Sewers. Some fans (especially on Website/{{Reddit}}) took to parodying this by editing screenshots of the remake to seem even ''more'' expurgated, or editing screenshots of the original to seem [[RuderAndCruder far more obscene]].[[/labelnote]]

** Fake Censorship[[labelnote:Explanation]]Quite a few fans were [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks displeased]] to learn that some of the dialogue in the remake has been {{Bowdlerized}}--in particular, the catcalling Goombas early in Rogueport Sewers. Some fans (especially on Website/{{Reddit}} took to parodying this by editing screenshots of the remake to seem even ''more'' expurgated, or editing screenshots of the original to seem [[RuderAndCruder far more obscene]].[[/labelnote]]

** Fake Censorship[[labelnote:Explanation]]Quite a few fans were [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks displeased]] to learn that some of the dialogue in the remake has been {{Bowdlerized}}--in particular, the catcalling Goombas early in Rogueport Sewers. Some fans (especially on Website/{{Reddit}} took to parodying this by editing screenshots of the remake to seem even ''more'' expurgated, or editing screenshots of the original to seem [[RuderAndCrasser far more obscene]].[[/labelnote]]