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Mario Chat / A Thread about Super Mario RPG
« on: May 01, 2011, 08:04:08 PM »
Super Mario RPG.....one of the weirdest yet most lauded titles in Mario lore.
Remember back when everybody was clamoring for a GBA release? Remember how big of a deal it was when they finally put it on the VC in Europe?
I still see people everywhere who love this game. I myself loved it in my youth, but I can't help but feel nowadays that it's somewhat out of place amongst the rest of Mario's library. Square certainly came up with a...."unique" crop of characters to put in it. Ever wonder why they looked or acted the way they did? I certainly have. Some of them don't even look like Mario characters!
Heck, I sometimes wonder if Miyamoto himself was displeased with the game. Based on the story behind Yoshi's Island's development, apparently Hiroshi Yamauchi pressured him into making a Mario game with pre-rendered graphics. As if that weren't enough, Paper Mario, what with it's working title of "Super Mario RPG 2" feels an awful like an attempt to remake the first game except with much more "Mario-fied" content given all the similarities it has (wishing stars as the major plot point, seven star-shaped objects, a wizard that tells you where to go next, a party member that gives info on enemies, etc. etc.).
So what do you folks think of Super Mario RPG? Discuss whatever you want surrounding the game. Favorite memories, oddities, grievances, personal beefs, likes/dislikes, you name it. The floor is open.
Remember back when everybody was clamoring for a GBA release? Remember how big of a deal it was when they finally put it on the VC in Europe?
I still see people everywhere who love this game. I myself loved it in my youth, but I can't help but feel nowadays that it's somewhat out of place amongst the rest of Mario's library. Square certainly came up with a...."unique" crop of characters to put in it. Ever wonder why they looked or acted the way they did? I certainly have. Some of them don't even look like Mario characters!
Heck, I sometimes wonder if Miyamoto himself was displeased with the game. Based on the story behind Yoshi's Island's development, apparently Hiroshi Yamauchi pressured him into making a Mario game with pre-rendered graphics. As if that weren't enough, Paper Mario, what with it's working title of "Super Mario RPG 2" feels an awful like an attempt to remake the first game except with much more "Mario-fied" content given all the similarities it has (wishing stars as the major plot point, seven star-shaped objects, a wizard that tells you where to go next, a party member that gives info on enemies, etc. etc.).
So what do you folks think of Super Mario RPG? Discuss whatever you want surrounding the game. Favorite memories, oddities, grievances, personal beefs, likes/dislikes, you name it. The floor is open.