Paper Mario World Demo from late 2001 found.

[Namedude]

I'm glad you appreciate PMW as much as I do. I agree with Vitiman in that it most certainly could work as a fun little game if it had some more polish. It's a shame that most fan projects kinda fell apart. (Excluding GeneralGuy's PMW2, but that doesn't really have anything to do with the first game.)

On that topic, the fact that Paper Mario World is one of the only fangames that gets fangames just shows the cultural impact it's had on MFGG. The premise is fun, and I think people know that. Hopefully, one day, a Paper Mario World remake or sequel will come about. Who'll make it? Who knows! Anyone can do anything; you could make it, I could make it! I feel like it's bound to happen one way or another.