Nintendo’s first-party overhaul remakes are a rarity, especially when it comes to Mario, which made the first Super Mario RPG announcement for the Nintendo Switch a welcome surprise. The new release is a complete soup-to-nuts rebuild of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, the character’s first foray into turn-based RPGs, a format which would eventually lead to its better-known spiritual offshoots in the Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi series. Whether or not Squaresoft’s quirky classic can still match blows with contemporary turn-based offerings, it remains a delightful rendition of a historic treasure, packed with the same irreverently weird humor and novel gameplay as before.
Super Mario RPG introduced a slightly sarcastic edge to temper the generally saccharine and straightforward Mario mythos. In some ways, this game’s Mario evokes the work of Buster Keaton and other silent film stars, mutely gesturing as wildly as the tech allowed, frequently transforming into other characters to communicate with NPCs in something akin to charades. In a way, the game gave Mario a “voice” in spite of his lack of dialogue, effectively expressing his earnestness, heroism, and continued exasperation at surrounding events.
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In addition to the expected toads, goombas, koopa troopers, and the Princess – updated here as Peach instead of Toadstool, one of several name changes in the text – Super Mario RPG brought in a clutch of other characters and species unique to this entry. There’s the thieving rascal Croco, the cloud prince Mallow (once raised as a frog), and a roster of original beasts and bosses to trounce. Simply rediscovering the game’s bizarre flora and fauna is one of the best parts of this remake, which adds finer visual detail while sticking close to the muddier-looking SNES version’s character models.
The story begins with a classic princess-kidnapping by Bowser, but quickly diverts after an enormous sword with a face shatters a glowing star and stabs into the villain’s castle, seting up a takeover for the Smithy Gang. Eventually, Bowser himself begrudgingly joins Mario’s party, which will includes Peach, Mallow, and Geno, a Pinocchio-like toy with guns granted life by a mysterious presence from the Star Road. The five of them will travel through distinct biomes and dungeons in their quest to relinquish seven lost stars, eventually sabotaging the Smithy Gang’s plans to manufacture anthropomorphic weapons to take over the kingdom.
2023-11-15 12:00:06
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