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[jshackles]

Welcome to the Super Mario RPG (Remake) NeoGAF OT!

Platform: Nintendo Switch
Release Date: November 17th, 2023
Price: $59.99

The biggest change in this release is that the graphics have been updated and modernized, but remain faithful to the original game. The game is also now in widescreen format.

Here are some comparisons:

Reveal trailer:


Overview Trailer:


IGN Review:

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[Danjin44]

Great OT, I'm there day one. This will be first experience with this game.

 

[mcjmetroid]

I'm not really sold on this. I never played the original. I mean how does it compared to the Paper Mario games?
It looks like a faithful remake but the game looks I dunno basic?

 

[kingwingin]

Never played the original. Had an NES and then jumped to N64. Will definitely be picking this up Friday

 

[Zelduh]

Can't wait! Already predownloaded and ready to go for midnight tomorrow

 

[Krathoon]

You have to be the kind of person that enjoys childish games to play this game.

It is very light hearted.

It is like a light hearted Final Fantasy.

 

[Danjin44]

You have to be the kind of person to enjoy childish games to play this game.

It is very light hearted.

It is like a light hearted Final Fantasy.

So being "lighthearted" makes it childish? Not every game we play needs to be rated "M" with gore and blood.

 

[protonion]

I played a bit over an hour until Kero Sewers.

A lovely 1 to 1 remake, nothing more nothing less.

One obvious flaw is some really bad frame drops here and there.

 

[RoboFu]

I'm not really sold on this. I never played the original. I mean how does it compared to the Paper Mario games?
It looks like a faithful remake but the game looks I dunno basic?

this looks basic compared to paper mario??!! .. are you high???

 

[Krathoon]

So being "lighthearted" makes it childish? Not every we play needs to be rated "M" with gore and blood.

You have to be the kind of person that enjoys the singing piranha plants in Mario Wonder.

That is the test.

I think I will use that as a girlfriend test.

 

[jshackles]

I'm not really sold on this. I never played the original. I mean how does it compared to the Paper Mario games?
It looks like a faithful remake but the game looks I dunno basic?

Fun fact, Paper Mario was originally designed to be a sequel to this game (but Nintendo and Square couldn't settle on the rights).

If you enjoy the original Paper Mario, you'll probably like this game a lot. The level-up system here almost identical to Paper Mario. Combat is, as you say, pretty "basic". Combat you have the standard

• Fight
• Spell
• Item
• Defend

Setup similar to a classic Final Fantasy game. Each character learns different spells as they level up. The max level is 30, and you only have 5 party members throughout the game, so again pretty limited combinations here. You can equip each character with a weapon, a single piece of armor, and a single accessory (similar to badges in Paper Mario). Some spells and monster spells, will trigger status effects: poison, fear, silence, etc.

Also like Paper Mario, if you time the button presses right when the attack lands, you can score additional damage or your spells do different abilities. In this game, doing that enough will build up a power meter that lets you unleash a big attack.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Got a big train journey on Friday and Saturday so I'll be playing it then.

 

[Kiya's Guard]

Now if you time the attacks, they do aoe damage. I wonder if the secret boss is in this edition

 

[Mortisfacio]

So being "lighthearted" makes it childish? Not every we play needs to be rated "M" with gore and blood.

Mallow reminds me of my 6 year old, so yes, childish.

 

[Danjin44]

Mallow reminds me of my 6 year old, so yes, childish.

I guess so called "mature" should only play dark and gritty games. I enjoy Mario games, if that makes me "childish" then fine by me.

 

[Mortisfacio]

I guess so called "mature" should only play dark and gritty games. I enjoy Mario games, if that makes me "childish" then fine by me.

Well as a content rating, yes, that's mature. You can still be a "mature adult" and enjoy Mario, but Mario is childish in theme, story, characters and appeal. This doesn't mean only children should play it, though.

 

[Krathoon]

Playing a childish game does not make you childish.

You are just old enough to still enjoy childish things.

 

[Danjin44]

Well as a content rating, yes, that's mature. You can still be a "mature adult" and enjoy Mario, but Mario is childish in theme, story, characters and appeal. This doesn't mean only children should play it, though.

Mario is type of game appeals to everyone kid or adult, thats whats great about it. I enjoy playing dark games like Bloodborne and also enjoy games like Mario, I want and need both type of games.

edit: How much you want to bet more kids play games like Fortnite and COD over game like Mario RPG with tun based combat.

 

[AJUMP23]

Game is a good time, we should all play it.

 

[64gigabyteram]

if you are worried about looking childish in your 30s you're a child. especially since once you have kids you're gonna be exposed to "childish" media, anyways

 

[Scotty W]

Now if you time the attacks, they do aoe damage. I wonder if the secret boss is in this edition

Culex? Yes. I have seen him in an ad.

 

[Chuck Berry]

As someone that was strictly PC and Sega in 1996, Im super hyped to finally check this out in its entirety. No fucks given on how "easy" it's supposed to be. Seems like a chill as fuck game without any bullshit.

 

[Barakov]

We're going home, ladies and gentlemen.

 

[Vyse]

Flying home from vacation on Saturday. Perfect game to download for the ride! Loved the original.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

The original is one of my favorite games of my childhood. I can finally relive that childhood, 26 years later. It's regarded as a classic for very good reasons but let's hope they fix some of the reported frame rate issues a bit with a launch day patch.

 

[Pallas]

People calling the game childish really have no clue who the smithy gang are, there are certainly some dark undertones compared to your typical Mario games and villains.

 

[Deerock71]

Just staking a claim on the first page. This will be edited later with my 12 year-old's impressions.

 

[SegaManAU]

Never played the original so I'm pumped to jump in!

 

[jshackles]

Just got my shipping notice - apparently it's scheduled to arrive tomorrow! I have tomorrow off so that would work out great.

 

[Krathoon]

Yeah. Walmart has mailed off my game.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

I would like a DLC like the lost chapter, where the new character was Luigi with new scenarios

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

 

[Krathoon]

Yeah. People are getting a little too triggered from me saying the game is childish.

 

[rkofan87]

do we have a unlock time yet?

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Análisis de Super Mario RPG, un merecido regreso para uno de los juegos más especiales de SNES

Review de Super Mario RPG Remake, la nueva versión para Nintendo Switch del clásico de Square para SNES.

as.com

-When asked, it wouldn't have hurt to add some more news.

-We are missing an option to make the dialogues progress more quickly.

-Although the game has aged well, the passage of time makes some levels excessively simple today.

To Meristation

To the Review Magazine
8.5

These millennial crystal generation video game analysts know nothing about video games.

I don't care,... Super Mario RPG is one of the best games I've ever played.

 

[DryvBy]

This game used to be slightly difficult too so I'm hoping that stays. Nintendo is great but the games are too easy these days.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

This game used to be slightly difficult too so I'm hoping that stays. Nintendo is great but the games are too easy these days.

It was only difficult because you were a kid. Now you're an adult and you know RPG mechanics inside and out. Don't expect it to be like how it was when you were like 8 years old.

 

[bender]

Props to Nintendo for an amazing year.

 

[amigastar]

I really wanna play the game but i still have many other games to finish.

 

[Alexios]

Calling someone childish is never used as a compliment or something positive. Now sure, the word can also simply mean "suitable for kids" but, it's Mario, we kinda know that already even before getting to the E for Everyone rating. It's normal if some assumed the negative meaning of the remark for the developer, the end product and whoever likes it, instead of the captain obvious impression when even after several posts there's been a failure to explain if it simply meant to say "kid friendly" and just happened to use and double down with a less common term that is also a common insult.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

 

[Dr.brain64]

 

[Krathoon]

I would draw the line at a Teletubbies game.

Though it might be interesting.

 

[Krathoon]

I watched this video of this 40 year old getting pissed off at the singing piranha plants in Mario Wonder.

I laughed my ass off. What a douche. He totally could not take it.

 

[Celine]

A great OT for a great game.

I always suggest to read the developer interview before the game release (late '95) translated in english by the good guy at Shmuplations to understand how Super Mario RPG from the start aimed to be a different kind of "RPG" from what Square was used to produce like Final Fantasy VI:

Super Mario RPG – 1995 Developer Interviews - shmuplations.com

Super Mario RPG – 1995 Developer Interviews This October ’95 interview with Super Mario RPG director and then-Square employee Chihiro Fujioka sheds some light on the collaborative process and the division of duties between Square and Nintendo, with a particular focus on expressing the “essence...

shmuplations.com

However stuff like in-game tutorial through NPCs, timed hits in the battle system, a plethora of mini-games with actions uncommon for the genre at the time which was based mostly on reading text and stats would trickled down to later Final Fantasy games (and of course it was the first Square RPG fully based on CGI graphics).

 

[StueyDuck]

When this was first announced I was like... meh, ok dying console getting a remake.

But now we've gotten here and how sterile gaming has been this year I can't fucking wait to play this again, definitely helped by sea of stars I imagine

 

[Robb]

Just got notified that my order is on the way!

 

[Lumpyoatmeal]

I deadass didn't even knew this was being remade.

 

[manzo]

Funny thing that this is the only game I'm probably ever buying for Switch day 1. Already told my daughter that Animal Crossing time is very limited in the upcoming days.

One of the rare remakes, after Trials of Mana that I'm actually giddy about. If not the game, but the remade Yoko Shimomura OST that is sublime in this game.

 

[BlackTron]

If not the game, but the remade Yoko Shimomura OST that is sublime in this game.

The updated drums in the boss theme are almost TOO good.