Author Topic: Favorite Mario RPG (Read 18324 times)

Latias Dita · « **on:** April 24, 2005, 10:40:30 AM »

Yay, my first topic on here! Anyway, the subject is pertty self-explanitory.

My favorite right now is Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door easily. Maybe it's not entirely fair since I never palyed SMRPG, but I can't get enoguh of PM:TTYD. It easily has the best story of the ones I've played and better developed, more endearing characters. I like all of PM2's partners better than PM1's. It's alot of fun to play and I can't wait to finish it!

After PM:TTYD, I like Mario and Luigi, SuperStar Saga then the orgianl Paper Mario.

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BP · « **Reply #1 on:** April 24, 2005, 11:35:50 AM »

You must play SMRPG. Get it on Amazon or Ebay or wherever, but you must have it.
I wrote a walkthrough on M&L, but now I don't know what to do with it.

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Latias Dita · « **Reply #2 on:** April 24, 2005, 11:48:48 AM »

I'll have to get an SNES first but I'll see what I can do.

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NintendoExpert89 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 24, 2005, 12:31:29 PM »

I've played through PM:TTYD twice. The second time I am trying to 100% the game.

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BP · « **Reply #4 on:** April 24, 2005, 01:06:34 PM »

Ooh, you don't have a SNES? Ouch.

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Vidgmchtr · « **Reply #5 on:** April 24, 2005, 02:58:10 PM »

I've only played two, both being the Paper Mario games.

Both were done nicely. The characters from Paper Mario: TTYD were cooler, but the music from the first Paper Mario was a lot better.

Screech · « **Reply #6 on:** April 24, 2005, 04:12:02 PM »

Mario and Luigi is my favorite for that reason.
Mario AND Luigi.

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Suffix · « **Reply #7 on:** April 24, 2005, 05:59:52 PM »

Heheh, right! I love PM:TTYD the most.

The Blue Toad · « **Reply #8 on:** April 24, 2005, 07:11:33 PM »

Paper MArio 2. The game is SO fun, and I love the story most of all. The charactors are great, and the plot is intruiging. My very partner of MArio's is definantly the Yoshi. I like his red mowhawk like thing.

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Toddathon · « **Reply #9 on:** April 24, 2005, 08:35:04 PM »

Super Mario RPG was top notched.

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A Link to the Past · « **Reply #10 on:** May 01, 2005, 12:38:08 PM »

Super Mario RPG is synonymous with overrated.

Let's rank the four.

Graphics: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door > Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga > Paper Mario > Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Gameplay: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door > Paper Mario > Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga > Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Storyline: Paper Mario > Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door > Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga > Super Mario RPG: The Legend of the Seven Stars

Charm: Paper Mario > Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door > Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga > Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Ingenuity: Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga > Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door > Paper Mario > Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Honestly now, how do you rank SMRPG above any of the others? It had crappy pretend 3D. It tried to mimic Mario's platforming genre, but fails miserably compared to the latter three. Remember Vines? They're the only one who phailed at that kind of gameplay. And if you took the Mario out of the RPG, it would still be intact; it doesn't have a Mario feeling. Switch the Mario characters to original characters, and the gameplay won't make you think Mario.

BP · « **Reply #11 on:** May 01, 2005, 01:09:18 PM »

If you took Mario out of SMRPG, there would still be mushrooms and goombas and Toadstool and Bowser and toads and yoshis. Therefore, you are entirely wrong. SMRPG had a great storyline and a very Mario-ish feel. Oh, and "Super RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars" doesn't sound too appetizing. Mario belongs in that game.

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A Link to the Past · « **Reply #12 on:** May 01, 2005, 01:17:04 PM »

You KNOW what I meant when I said Mario. I meant the Mario SERIES. Paper Mario wouldn't be the same without the Mario series, but Super Mario RPG could survive very easily without Mario in it, because it doesn't have any sort of a Mario feel. And don't tell me "but you can jump!" You can jump in Zelda: Link's Awakening. Doesn't make it a platformer. SMRPG is a failed attempt at a Platformer/RPG; in battle, the Timed Attacks were limited to 'Tap this button so many times!' 'Push A when you land!', whilst Paper Mario and the others had more advanced timed hits. Plus, the enemy's characteristics have nothing to do with the battle. Each enemy feels like the same enemy, but with different visuals and different names for their attacks, except for Spinies. But their Spiked tops make them invulnerable from damage, but you take no damage. In Paper Mario, spiked enemies can't be jumped upon without the right badge, you can't hit a flying enemy with your Hammer (can't reach), a Koopa Troopa's shell raises their defense unless they're flipped onto their back, but a Shady Koopa is still dangerous on its back. What does SMRPG have? Enemies are barely unique at all.

Sqrt2 · « **Reply #13 on:** May 01, 2005, 01:33:04 PM »

Since I haven't played SMRPG (I am unlucky enough to live in a PAL region) or Superstar Saga, I am going to go with PM:TTYD.

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NintendoExpert89 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 01, 2005, 01:57:47 PM »

I have played and beaten all four of the Mario RPGs. I personally thought PM:TTYD had a more developed storyline than PM did, then again M&L:SS probably had the most plot twists. SMRPG also had a great storyline, too. I absolutely enjoyed the music from all four games. My favorite musics out of the games are:

Smorg Battle and ????? Battle from Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door

Parade/Credits and Shy Guy's Toybox from Paper Mario

Bowletta Battle and Credits from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Ending and Boss Battle from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

What are all of your favorite musics?

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Latias Dita · « **Reply #15 on:** May 01, 2005, 03:40:18 PM »

Hmm, I love the music form the first Papaer mario the most. I especially love the music for Yoshi Village on LavaLava island and Shy Guy's Toy Box.

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A Link to the Past · « **Reply #16 on:** May 01, 2005, 05:29:39 PM »

The only two musics I can remember are the Bowser music and the Shy Guy's Toy Box music. So those. :D

Mr. Wiggles · « **Reply #17 on:** May 01, 2005, 09:52:50 PM »

Since I've never played SMRPG, I can only speak for the other 3. PM:TTYD is my favorite of all three. It pretty much outranks the other 2 in all categories in my opinion. Plus it has Bobbery and Vivian who are pretty much the best partners ever. That's followed up by M&LSS and then PM1.

HolyAarom · « **Reply #18 on:** May 03, 2005, 06:35:15 PM »

I love the music for practically every Mario RPG. One of my favorites is Shy Guy's Toy Box, the battle music in M&LSS,and Yoshi Village.

Tingrio · « **Reply #19 on:** May 04, 2005, 01:34:50 PM »

I love all the Mario RPGs, but I still want to get Super Mario RPG so bad, it makes my head spin.

NintendoExpert89 · « **Reply #20 on:** May 04, 2005, 05:58:28 PM »

Yeah, Vivian was and still is my favorite partner in the PM series. She fought alongside me the most the first time I played. I was very pleased when she joined my party, and decided not to take any more abuse from Beldam.

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Markio · « **Reply #21 on:** May 04, 2005, 06:43:33 PM »

http://smrpgremix.ytmnd.com/'>Super Mario RPG, it is the only one just for me!

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A Link to the Past · « **Reply #22 on:** May 05, 2005, 08:27:45 AM »

Vivian's a dude, dude.

Latias Dita · « **Reply #23 on:** May 06, 2005, 04:32:54 PM »

Uh, seriously?

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Suffix · « **Reply #24 on:** May 06, 2005, 05:19:21 PM »

In the American version, she...he...err... She's a girl. But in the Japanese version, it seems that "he" wasn't.

Latias Dita · « **Reply #25 on:** May 06, 2005, 05:22:48 PM »

I guess I can see why they would change it considering "she" looks like a female thing. I guess Sailor Moon isn't the only Japanese media where they change characters' genders.

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Red Paratroopa · « **Reply #26 on:** May 06, 2005, 05:40:40 PM »

Sailor Moon's a guy?

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Latias Dita · « **Reply #27 on:** May 06, 2005, 06:07:36 PM »

NO!!! In Sailor Moon, two villians had their genders changed. In the first series was a man named Zoisite, but he loved a man named Kunzite (Malacite) and because he looked like a woman, they made hima woman. Also in Sailor Moon SS (season 4), there was the villain Fish's Eye. He liked and targeted men so of course they ahd to make hima woman since he looked like one. With their dubbed women voices, they can fool just about anyone.

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Screech · « **Reply #28 on:** May 06, 2005, 10:54:56 PM »

Heh. I remember reading about a dub of Yuyu Hakusho that had the character Kurama as a female. Apparently he is played by a woman in japan, and they just went ahead and made him a girl.

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BP · « **Reply #29 on:** May 07, 2005, 12:18:20 AM »

Vivian's a dude in Japan? ...Siren is sometimes referred as a group of attractive women who mysteriously lull their "victims" to sleep and go away. Like if you saw the movie Oh Brother, Where art Thou? they "turned Pete into a toad!!!" I loved that movie. Want some gopher?
On a related topic, I was letting my friend play PM2, and he thought Marilyn was a guy.

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Tingrio · « **Reply #30 on:** May 08, 2005, 03:07:06 PM »

Vivian a guy??? That remids me of a song from the Beetles. Within that song, it said that a girl named Loretta was really a man. The song's name is called Get Back.

BP · « **Reply #31 on:** May 08, 2005, 03:19:52 PM »

Besides, look at her figure. One of the most distinguishing female characteristics. I don't mean to sound perverted, but what guy has a chest like that? That's like saying Flurrie's a man, too.

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Chupperson Weird · « **Reply #32 on:** May 08, 2005, 09:57:44 PM »

Bird Person = incorrect.

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HolyAarom · « **Reply #33 on:** May 31, 2005, 04:43:20 PM »

This also reminds me something weird about
Birdo. In her first appearance in SMB2, many people thought she was a boy so in certain areas, like Europe, Birdo's bow is replaced with a hat.

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Latias Dita · « **Reply #34 on:** May 31, 2005, 06:07:57 PM »

They went that far to make her a guy...when she's really a girl. Why in the world did Nintendo make a change like that? Vivian is understandable.

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Hirocon · « **Reply #35 on:** June 01, 2005, 01:43:13 AM »

Back to the topic of which Mario RPG is best...

I don't care to comment on gameplay, but nintendoexpert brings up a good point about the music. For some reason, I just really like the music from SMRPG. My favorite tunes are all of the battle tunes (normal enemy, big enemeny, and Smithy minion) and the theme from Booster's tower. I also like how the "town in trouble" music and the Smithy minion music feature the exact same melody, but played in completely different moods. I a big fan of this sort of theme development (think John William's score for Star Wars), so I really got a kick out of the SMRPG music.

HolyAarom · « **Reply #36 on:** June 01, 2005, 04:07:57 PM »

Square Enix made the music for SMRPG. They use orchestra music in every game they make.

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goodie · « **Reply #37 on:** June 01, 2005, 04:48:58 PM »

All four were okay, but I liked SMRPG the most. It was really fun, and the story was great. To me, Paper Mario seemed like it was totally posing off of SMRPG, only watered down. But it was still okay. Mario and Luigi was funny, but too hard. I really hate the real-time attacking and defending. Paper Mario 2 was good. It was also quite funny and fun. I just wish it wouldn't have had to get "darker" towards the end. As far as gameplay is concerned, here's how I see it:
SMRPG > PM2 > PM > M&L
And graphics:
PM2 > SMRPG > PM > M&L
I always liked the "fake-3D" graphics of SMRPG. You have to keep in mind that real 3D was next to impossible on the SNES. So they worked with what they had, and it came out looking quite nice.
As for music, I pretty much like all Mario music equally, with the exception of a couple really short repetitious songs in M&L.
The stories of all four games were good, with the exception of PM2's ending, which I mentioned earlier.

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Chupperson Weird · « **Reply #38 on:** June 01, 2005, 10:12:01 PM »

> Square Enix made the music for SMRPG. They use orchestra music in every game they make.

Yoko Shimomura composed the music for SMRPG, and I don't hear an orchestra in any of it. And also, Square Enix doesn't use orchestra music in games like Cyber Org. And also, this was back when it was just Squaresoft.

Also: 3D was quite possible on the SNES. Just not very detailed 3D.

Fifth · « **Reply #39 on:** June 02, 2005, 12:01:46 AM »

Yay! Go Yoko Shimomura!

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Hirocon · « **Reply #40 on:** June 02, 2005, 04:18:46 PM »

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I'm sorry but I must respectfully disagree with you, goodie, regarding the ending of Paper Mario 2. I thought it had one of the best endings I have ever experienced in any game. I don't exactly why you feel it was "dark"...perhaps because Peach got possessed by a witch? Bowser got possessed by a witch in M&L:SS, would you also consider that ending to be dark? I loved the dramatic tension created by the fact that Mario had to fight Peach. What I really loved most about the ending, however, was the montage in which all the characters from throughout the game cheered you on. I was almost brought to tears of joy when I saw the punies jumping up and down, saying "You can do it, Mario! Don't give up!" It was just so...beautiful.

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goodie · « **Reply #41 on:** June 02, 2005, 05:58:35 PM »

"I don't exactly why you feel it was "dark"...perhaps because Peach got possessed by a witch?"

If I recall correctly, it was supposed to be a demon, not a witch. That is why. (although witches are bad too...)

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HolyAarom · « **Reply #42 on:** June 10, 2005, 08:47:55 PM »

Well, that witch or whatever is evil so that is dark.

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Advanced Mario · « **Reply #43 on:** June 26, 2005, 10:31:28 AM »

SMRPG is my favorite because it is made from Nintendo and square enix.Good graphics,storyline,gameplay,sound actually everything is good on SMRPG.

Mushroom Outcast · « **Reply #44 on:** June 26, 2005, 11:28:19 AM »

My favorite Mario RPG is either PM or PM:TTYD. Paper Mario had great Music but, PM:TTYD had a longer Quest. Super Mario RPG was great when I bought last year but got boring after awhile.

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UM+SF · « **Reply #45 on:** June 28, 2005, 08:19:43 PM »

Oh, man. Hard thinking. I've played every single Mario RPG, and they were all so great. I can't choose! Well, I guess I'll choose Paper Mario - The Thousand-Year Door. It was just so great, but the others were great, too. I guess it wins by a nose. As for this "argument" over Super Mario RPG, I don't care. It may not be real 3D, but it was still great in every way, unlike other games. As for the music, all was great, but I choose the song that comes up if you leave it on the file select screen for a while. You know what I'm talking about.

The Blue Toad · « **Reply #46 on:** June 28, 2005, 08:48:14 PM »

I honestly don't think The Thousand Year Door can be beat. Every single thing about that game, I loved. It was one of those games where you are sad to see it end and wish you never beat it. But I'm glad I did. Vivian was an awesome partner. I loved her design, how she almost floated next to Mario. Her design reminded me of a genie, and I hope they keep the Shadow Siren species (you know what I mean) going throughout more Mario games (most likely RPG's).

Latias Dita · « **Reply #47 on:** July 01, 2005, 01:08:45 AM »

Yeah I felt that way after beating PM:TTYD. Not as much as with ToS though.
I miss that game, and I mean miss it. Still, just having played such an awesome game makes me happy, even if I would like ti to be longer. I am going to miss Mario's parnter alot more than his first parteners in PM 1.

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HolyAarom · « **Reply #48 on:** July 14, 2005, 04:20:37 AM »

That pains me too. It even pains me more that I beat TTYD and ToS at 100%. They should hurry up and make sequels to these games as much as they do to Mario Party!

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NintendoExpert89 · « **Reply #49 on:** July 14, 2005, 06:04:18 AM »

Despite the similarites of abilities, PMTTYD had much, much better allies than in PM. The allies in PMTTYD joined for a reason and usually had a big involvement with the plotlines.

For example, Goombella was looking for the same treasure Mario was, Koops intially wanted to join Mario in order to defeat Hooktail and avenge his father (and to prove he isn't a coward), and Vivian intially joined to get Mario's name and body after it was stolen, since he was kind to her.

The allies in PM lacked personality and just joined the party because they were there. They just walk up and say "I'm going to travel with you now."

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kurtvegita · « **Reply #50 on:** July 25, 2005, 04:36:59 AM »

7 starts is my favorite, Mario and Luigi was close, then Paper mario

SolidShroom · « **Reply #51 on:** June 01, 2006, 02:19:34 PM »

You all have to agree that Mario makes for some great RPG's. Which one did you fellow fans like the most?
My favorite is PM:TTYD.

yoshimastar · « **Reply #52 on:** June 01, 2006, 09:41:43 PM »

I played PM, then PM2, then recently the first again.

PM has a MUCH better beggining than PM2 and better Mario feel to it.

Raccoon Sam · « **Reply #53 on:** June 02, 2006, 09:28:54 AM »

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neotev · « **Reply #54 on:** June 02, 2006, 10:16:49 AM »

I know this was posted quite a long time ago but I just have to say something.

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Super Mario RPG is synonymous with overrated.

I totally disagree with that statement. I have not played M&LPIT or PMbut I'm going to get M&LPIT on my birthday in 27 days. SMRPG was a great game the storyline was awesome. There were several very interesting and awesome special attacks and characters. And it is the only Mario game where Bowser actually joins you. PMTYD comes in a easy second on my list. It was funny and kind of boring in the first couple of chapters, not to mention kinda wierd at times but still was an awesome game. SMRPG has not been beaten yet on my list.

SolidShroom · « **Reply #55 on:** June 02, 2006, 10:48:19 PM »

Glad to see that people actually posted on this after it was merged with a 1 year old topic.

billy chilly · « **Reply #56 on:** June 03, 2006, 04:07:21 AM »

My personal faves of the Mario RPG's are as follows:

1. Mario and Luigi: SuperStar Saga
2. Super Mario RPG
3. Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
3. Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time
4. Paper Mario

The top three were practically tied though, honestly. They all rule. M&L:SS gets an edge though, mainly for it's awesome humor and TONS of old school Mario cameos, plus my favorite battle system by FAR. Mario RPG is classic and Epic, and Thousand Year Door is everything Paper Mario 1 SHOULD have been.

SolidShroom · « **Reply #57 on:** June 03, 2006, 10:31:37 AM »

Hey the first Paper Mario was a lot of fun. Even though it lacked a perfect combat system like the one TTYD had,and humor like TTYD had, it was pretty good! I managed to finish it, which, at the time was a great accomplishment for me, since the only other RPG I could beat at the time was pokemon. Still, I like TTYD better. It was everything a Mario RPG should be.

MechanicalMonarch · « **Reply #58 on:** June 07, 2006, 02:57:05 PM »

1. Super Mario RPG
2. Paper Mario 2 (Bobbery Rules)
3. Paper Mario 1
4. MLSS
5. MLSS 2 (simply because I haven't played it yet.)
Super Mario RPG was my first RPG, my first game that I lost sleep over, and my true first favorite game that alot of average people have no idea exists. The Paper Mario games were just plain fun, 2 is better because of the new content, more modern outlook, and just better graphics. The MLSS games are good, very good in fact, just not as good as the other three.
I'm also working on a Mario MMORPG called Super Mario Bros: Kingdom at War, but, I'm not to good at programing so it'll be a decade before I get anywhere.

Clark Beyer · « **Reply #59 on:** June 07, 2006, 03:38:48 PM »

Paper Mario: TTYD is my favorite. I think Blue Toad hit the nail on the head; I hated to see the game end, and I thought Vivian was the best character. I dunno why, it was such a cool sound effect when she goes underground....also, she has cool powers. Bobbery was also cool. This was also the darkest Mario RPG game; I mean come on, Bobbery's wife dies! You never find an actual character "dead" in a Mario game except for this one. I personally found this game to be the most challenging, too. Everything about it, I guess, is awesome. I hope the Shadow Sirens come back in another RPG game. This is also the only Mario game with an optional character to choose.

Mario RPG games have some of the best quality that I've seen from many games. They are always so thought-out and there's plenty to do in each one. But if I had to pick a favorite, I'd pick Paper Mario: TTYD.

Kojinka · « **Reply #60 on:** June 08, 2006, 08:40:44 PM »

You should've warned us about that spoiler, Clark. I'm only on chapter 4 on PM:TTYD.
Anyway, as for my favorite, it's a tie between PM:TTYD and M&L:SS. I love the humor, characters, and plot twists on both. And on PM:TTYD I love the Super Bowser platformer thingy!

The Chef · « **Reply #61 on:** June 08, 2006, 08:55:21 PM »

Great, another poll where I can't decide. >:'|

BP · « **Reply #62 on:** June 08, 2006, 10:45:52 PM »

Hmmm... I've already voted PMTTYD, yes, and this seems like a good place for me to leave my thoughts about M&L:PiT. While it was a fine game, I do have a few comments.
1. Mario + Time travel + War of the Worlds = M&L:PiT. Anyone notice? In both cases, the aliens had been planning to attack because of their jealousy of Earth's beauty compared to their own planets. In both cases, the aliens needed our blood... well, in M&L:PiT the word "blood" was never used, but the Shroobs used the Toads' vim to power their ships. The WoTW aliens needed human blood to fertilize the red weed. That's another thing--the red weed that covered the land in WoTW is kind of like the purple mushrooms that made The Mushroom Kingdom a wasteland, particularly in Toad Town.
2. Not enough background. Look at PMTTYD's story behind the Crystal Stars and the Thousand-Year Door. Every little detail is filled in. But where did the Cobalt Star come from? Why were we expected to believe that the Cobalt Star, which was hinted to not be one of a kind, had a power over the inhabitants of a far-off planet? Hmmm...
3. You never got to go to Planet Shroob!! Sorry if that's a spoiler of some sort, but it was really disappointing. I'm not revealing the ending, but I really think it should've ended with the Bros. and babies warping to Shroob to destroy the last of them.

fuzzy · « **Reply #63 on:** June 09, 2006, 11:17:24 AM »

I love all of the Mario RPGs. Each one of them is great and wonderfully made.

SMRPG: New characters, a new villain, a great story, fun battle system, creative places, you can't stop playing the game.
PM: Simple battle system, felt like you were really there in the Mushroom Kingdom, colorful, simple, and classic.
M&L: New kingdom, lots of twist and turns for a fresh game, challenging battle system.
PM2: Fun chapters, cool and unique places and characters, Bowser is playable.
M&LPIT: Neat graphics, aliens, babies, Kamek, past, fun enemies.

Notice that most all of these aspects are the same for every one of the games. This is why Mario RPGs are so fun!

The Chef · « **Reply #64 on:** June 09, 2006, 06:15:25 PM »

Quote from: Bird Person on June 08, 2006, 10:45:52 PM

Hmmm... I've already voted PMTTYD, yes, and this seems like a good place for me to leave my thoughts about M&L:PiT. While it was a fine game, I do have a few comments.
1. Mario + Time travel + War of the Worlds = M&L:PiT. Anyone notice? In both cases, the aliens had been planning to attack because of their jealousy of Earth's beauty compared to their own planets. In both cases, the aliens needed our blood... well, in M&L:PiT the word "blood" was never used, but the Shroobs used the Toads' vim to power their ships. The WoTW aliens needed human blood to fertilize the red weed. That's another thing--the red weed that covered the land in WoTW is kind of like the purple mushrooms that made The Mushroom Kingdom a wasteland, particularly in Toad Town.
2. Not enough background. Look at PMTTYD's story behind the Crystal Stars and the Thousand-Year Door. Every little detail is filled in. But where did the Cobalt Star come from? Why were we expected to believe that the Cobalt Star, which was hinted to not be one of a kind, had a power over the inhabitants of a far-off planet? Hmmm...
3. You never got to go to Planet Shroob!! Sorry if that's a spoiler of some sort, but it was really disappointing. I'm not revealing the ending, but I really think it should've ended with the Bros. and babies warping to Shroob to destroy the last of them.

It seems like each of these RPGs are a parody of something. SMRPG felt like a spoof on Final Fantasy and MLSS felt like some sort of Disney movie.

Insane Steve · « **Reply #65 on:** June 09, 2006, 09:42:46 PM »

These are all very great games -- the Mario series of RPGs have all been really, really fun to play. However, I'm still going with Super Mario RPG. The plot is much, much deeper than "OMG SOMEONE KIDNAPPED THE PRINCESSSSSSSSSSSS" -- which is important for an RPG. The maps and puzzles are a bit trickier in SMRPG, also -- I remember trying to figure out the password to that door in the Sunken Ship for days. The only gripe I had with TTYD, and this is what prevents it from being #1 ahead of SMRPG, is that there's a bit too much walking back and forth between the same area several times to advance the plot. Chapter 4 suffered from this a LOT. (Of course, I thought Chapters 3 and 6 were both rather fun, personally, because they were just different.) The Mario and Luigi games are also quite fun... although I still like SMRPG most, personally.

MechanicalMonarch · « **Reply #66 on:** June 09, 2006, 10:07:18 PM »

SMRPG was developed by Squaresoft and was meant to be the Final Fantasy of Mario.

BP · « **Reply #67 on:** June 10, 2006, 12:41:42 AM »

Ah! You're right, traveling took too long in PMTTYD. I don't see this as something to hold it down from being #1 though. There are still pipes in the sewer accessed later, but chapter 4 did get boring going back and forth.

coolkid · « **Reply #68 on:** July 08, 2006, 01:03:48 PM »

Well I vote Paper Mario2:The Thousand Year Door because I played Mario&Luigi(Not Partners in Time, I'm talking about Superstar Saga)And it is SO hard!

fuzzy · « **Reply #69 on:** July 08, 2006, 06:57:45 PM »

Well, the final boss was hard in M&L:SS.

Chupperson Weird · « **Reply #70 on:** July 09, 2006, 12:25:50 AM »

Meant to be the Final Fantasy of Mario?
Source?
Forget source, where's the logic?

BP · « **Reply #71 on:** July 09, 2006, 04:53:34 AM »

Quote from: fuzzy on July 08, 2006, 06:57:45 PM

Well, the final boss was hard in M&L:SS.

You fools need to level up. One RPG law even I don't always follow: Kill anything that moves. Also, become a Bros. Attack warlord.

fuzzy · « **Reply #72 on:** July 09, 2006, 03:20:56 PM »

I do kill anything that moves, but Cackletta was hard.

n-fani · « **Reply #73 on:** July 09, 2006, 06:20:20 PM »

SMRPG. I just... enjoy it more than other Mario RPGs. Paper Mario and PM:TTYD are pretty much equal in my opinion. PM:TTYD didn't really wow me after playing PM, but it sure wasn't worse than the first game. I don't like M&L games as much as I like the others, but they're pretty fun too.

fuzzy · « **Reply #74 on:** July 09, 2006, 06:23:51 PM »

How did you get your hands on a copy of SMRPG?

n-fani · « **Reply #75 on:** July 09, 2006, 06:29:45 PM »

I used an Emulator when I learned that the game existed. I didn't know any other method back then. I don't have to use an emulator anymore since my sister has owned an American SNES and SMRPG cart for a few years now.

Ludwig · « **Reply #76 on:** July 09, 2006, 07:53:15 PM »

Paper Mario all the way.

Kojinka · « **Reply #77 on:** July 09, 2006, 08:02:09 PM »

I've played and beaten all of the Mario RPGs except PM and SMRPG, and I'd say my favorite is PM2

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