It’s a big contrast from most RPGs which were typically overhead views, and other Mario titles that were exclusively side scrollers at this time. It’s nothing fancy outside of battle the environments are all isometric which gives the title a nice sense of depth. It’s interesting to note that this is the first 3D Mario game. The story overall is quite enjoyable it follows many genre staples but is infused with the franchise’s signature style and humor. These characters blend well in to the Mario universe, and it’s sad that they never returned in any future games. Soon into the adventure Mario is joined by Kirby wanna-be Mallow as well as a sentient puppet named Geno. The first time I played I was surprised to see that, rather than using classic characters and references, most of the locales and characters are brand new. In a rather odd twist Bowser is not the antagonist in this story, and he actually joins your party because that’s his best chance of defeating Smithy and regaining his keep. This sword, named Smithy, soon blocks access to the castle, and it’s up to plumber in red to travel across the mushroom kingdom to rescue the princess and eventually collect seven stars scattered throughout the land. After duking it out a giant talking sword comes crashing down from the heavens separating Mario, Toadstool and Bowser. Bowser has kidnapped Princess Toadstool, and it’s up to the plumber to launch a one man assault on his keep in order to rescue the damsel in distress. I was surprised to find that, despite the out of style pre-rendered graphics the game has aged exceptionally well.ĭespite the change in genres this Mario title starts out just the same as most of the others. Since then I haven’t so much as picked the game up in years, but I had a sudden and random urge when I found it buried in a box of my old things. Fortunately this one released close to my twelfth birthday, but I’ll tell you that the month of waiting was excruciating.
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The two huge developers coming together to create a full fledged RPG based on this most famous franchise was a big deal, and I absolutely had to have it.
Before this release the only thing Mario was leveraged for was either educational games or the ill fated Hotel Mario on the CD-I. In addition Nintendo and Squaresoft had never teamed up before on a project this big. Mario had not yet mastered tennis, golf, nor become the model party host yet. First of all, it was released in a time before Nintendo had flooded the market with spin-offs for its marquee franchise. Super Mario RPG was a surprising game for a number of reasons.
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