I have found that the final boss is ten times easier with Toadstool, and the hidden boss impossible without her. How can you not love a game where a boss is a cake?Īs soon as Bowser joins the party, my brother, Dad and I would only use Mario Geno and Bowser, so you’d have a strong offensive party but no support or magic. You can use most items and certain abilities that heal however. Jumping should be a standard in RPGs in my opinion, but they don’t always have it… You can only control Mario outside of combat throughout the entire game, and you can’t use any weapons outside of battle which would have been a nice touch. Mario can still jump outside of combat, so you won’t have to figure out which path will get you where as you do in a lot of other RPGs. The timed-hits mechanic does wonders for taking the grind out of the battle system. There’s different timings for every character, every character’s new weapons, and every enemy, so you’ll have to figure them out through to the final boss. You can completely change the tide of the battle, just with a well timed extra hit or defense move. However, with the timed hits system, it changes the way a traditional RPG does battle. If you’re not a fan of the traditional turn based RPG battles, then you probably will have a hard time getting into this game. I’m sure most fans of the game are aware of one special move in particular, allowing you to do 9999 with a properly timed hit. At a certain point in either attacking an enemy or being attacked, you could hit one of the face buttons, and depending on your timing (and character’s stats) you could deal extra damage or defend against an attack. As the game progresses, battles would become more complex as you must learn and master several dozen “timed hits”. The enemies didn’t drop items or give experience, but it still was perfect way of easing us into the fighting mechanics of the game. Immediately you are pitted against enemies to fight, as a kind of tutorial. After you input your name, there is a brief scene depicting Bowser capturing Peach and bringing her back to his castle. There is a beautiful opening scene with the one of the best audio scores of the game right upon firing up this masterpiece. The nice thing about it was how quickly it got started. I remember when I first picked up this game. While I could bore you with a narration of the development of the game, let’s get right into the review. It was also one of three games to utilize the SA-1 chip, that allowed quite a few upgrades as compared to a standard cartridge at the time.
#SNES9X FOR WII SUPER MARIO RPG SERIES#
Working under Shigeru Miyamoto, Square worked to create a game that blended the RPG element they had made famous in their Final Fantasy series and Chrono Trigger, as well as using the Mario universe and adventure game concept. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars was the last Mario game for the Super Nintendo. However on March 9, 1996, Mario would appear in what is in the humble opinion of this reviewer, his best game of all time. He got his start as “Jumpman” in the DK arcade game, and eventually revitalized the video game industry with Super Mario Bros. Even if you don’t play video games, chances are you know who the plumber is. Warning: There will be minor spoilers in this review! You have been warned…Īsk anyone who Nintendo’s mascot is. Platform: Super Nintendo Entertainment Systemĭeveloper: Square (Before it was Square-Enix!)
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