A full 1.35 GB ISO is fine. But for storage, convert it to RVZ (Dolphin’s native compressed format) to shrink it to ~500 MB with no quality loss. In Dolphin: Tools > Convert ISO to RVZ.
Before we dive into emulation, let’s address the elephant in the room. Downloading a Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door GameCube ISO from a public website is legally murky. Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door Gamecube ISO...
In Dolphin: Right-click the game > Properties > Patches. Enable: A full 1
Pro Tip: If the game freezes during the Glitz Pit intro movie, switch to the OpenGL backend just for that scene. Before we dive into emulation, let’s address the