Super Mario RPG 3D Remake

[MetManMas]

This is a thing the Direct announced and absolutely worth its own thread. Discuss.

 

[Ludendorkk]

Time for Mallow to prove he's always been the superior Original Character

 

[Pajaro Pete]

Time for Mallow to prove he's always been the superior Original Character

really excited for streamers to play this game for the first time and pretend to sob when mallow finds out he's not a tadpole

 

[Mogri]

The "Can't block!" message on magic attacks is such a huge QOL improvement. Kid Mog always thought he just couldn't figure out the timing.

 

[R.R. Bigman]

This is The Good Stuff. Super Mario RPG means a lot to me, like it does to many people, so I can’t wait to see how this turns out.

 

[ASandoval]

Of all the rumored SNES remakes that were being paraded through the rumor mill, I'll admit this was the one I thought was least likely.

I replayed about half of the original game on the Super NT last year or so - it's still great but the faux 3D artstyle has not aged well, especially on modern displays! So of all the potential remakes, this one feels most fitting.

 

[Kazin]

What the hell, wow

 

[Paul le Fou]

When that music kicked in I took a boot straight to the nostalgia centers and my mouth dropped open.

Will I actually get it? Probably not. But I'm very glad it exists.

 

[muteKi]

I often forget how fuckin weird the enemy designs in this game were. I tried playing it on WiiU and after the first gimme battle had no fuckin idea what I was doing.

 

[Vaeran]

I never owned this game as a kid, but I've played it off and on throughout the years and always enjoyed my time with it, though I've never beaten it. Looking forward to actually finishing it.

 

[Exposition Owl]

1.) I really wonder whether the Culex sequence will be in this remake.

2.) The chances of Geno actually being in a future Smash Brothers title just went up considerably.

 

[SpoonyBard]

1) It damn well better be, I wants more remixes of that FF4 Battle 2 track. Yes I know I recently got new versions in both the Pixel Remaster and FFXIV but I don't care, I want more!

2) It damn well better not. Geno sucks. Put Mallow there instead.

 

[Mogri]

I'll miss the inscrutable old Geno sprite, where you couldn't tell where his eyes were.

 

[Octopus Prime]

Time for Mallow to prove he's always been the superior Original Character

Close but no;

As in nature; The Frog is no match for the Crocodile

 

[Issun]

Lokii PMed me and said that, in honor of this remake, he would like us all to change our avatars to Geno for a week.

 

[RT-55J]

kids will be able to understand what in the world is going on with geno's character design?

unacceptable

 

[muteKi]

Lokii PMed me and said that, in honor of this remake, he would like us all to change our avatars to Geno for a week.

I'm doing my part! Geno Cidecity, just like you asked boss

 

[FelixSH]

Nice. This is one of the games that never came to Europe (or at least not to Austria, I think it doesn't even have a German translation on the SNES). So when I learned about emulation, back in 2001, it was one of those games that I learned about, found out that people considered it a classic, and loved that I would now be able to play it. An RPG that never came to Europe! Exciting!

Together with all the other SNES RPGs, seriously, we got nearly none of those. No FF for us. A crime.

Anyway, always loved the artstyle, and I enjoyed the game. Never ever understood why anyone would use Geno (or Mallow, for that matter). With three party member, and both Bowser and Peach playable, there was never a question who would be in my party.

Oh, right, back when I got the game, my mother got a CD with the song "Something Stupid" on it, a song that I liked back than, and wanted to listen to. So, while playing the game, during the part where you try to catch the crocodile at the start, I didn't listen to the music in the game, but to Something Stupid.

So, yeah, glad that this exists. I should replay that game at some time.

 

[Ludendorkk]

A bit odd to see Geno finally emote after all these years but I dig it

 

[madhair60]

Zero soul in the new visuals but as long as they don’t change the game this will still be very good and fun

I wonder if that one unbelievably obtuse chest you can only get for like a single instance of game time will still be a thing

 

[Pajaro Pete]

what does "zero soul in the new visuals" even mean here

you can just say you don't like the way it looks lmao, it's fine.

 

[Tato]

What a cool surprise! I think the designs look good. Literally the only thing I could ask for is including the original game as an unlockable or putting it on Switch NSO, but it's certainly not something I expect.

 

[fanboymaster]

Looks like a "we updated the graphics and left most of the rest alone" remake which I personally find kinda dull, but it is at least the one SNES RPG that a 3D facelift makes perfect sense for and this looks nice. Worth it for the soundtrack at the least.

 

[Beta Metroid]

Anyway, always loved the artstyle, and I enjoyed the game. Never ever understood why anyone would use Geno (or Mallow, for that matter). With three party member, and both Bowser and Peach playable, there was never a question who would be in my party.

The game's easy enough that it doesn't really matter, but Bowser is sadly not very good, even at most of the things he's supposed to be good at. When you first get him, he's effective at both taking and dishing physical damage, but he quickly loses ground and is underserved by his equipment as the game goes on. As a kid, I usually kept him in my party anyway because I like him, and rarely struggled because, again, the game's very forgiving. But that's one likely reason Geno and Mallow get play time. One of the things I'm most rooting for in this remake are some stat tweaks/new equipment to improve Bowser.

Looks like a "we updated the graphics and left most of the rest alone" remake which I personally find kinda dull, but it is at least the one SNES RPG that a 3D facelift makes perfect sense for and this looks nice. Worth it for the soundtrack at the least.

I wouldn't say that. There's definitely different stuff going on with the combat, with what appears to be splash damage from regular attacks and a currently unexplained meter.

 

[FelixSH]

The game's easy enough that it doesn't really matter, but Bowser is sadly not very good, even at most of the things he's supposed to be good at. When you first get him, he's effective at both taking and dishing physical damage, but he quickly loses ground and is underserved by his equipment as the game goes on. As a kid, I usually kept him in my party anyway because I like him, and rarely struggled because, again, the game's very forgiving. But that's one likely reason Geno and Mallow get play time. One of the things I'm most rooting for in this remake are some stat tweaks/new equipment to improve Bowser.

Huh, didn't know that. I do remember Bowser being pretty strong and durable when you get him, I don't remember him not keeping up. But considering I never even tried to put Geno in instead might explain this.

Doesn't matter, even if I had known, no way am I not using Bowser if I have the chance. This is true in every game that is a thing, Bowser is great.

 

[Falselogic]

Oh this looks fun. Hoping it means we see more of the cast from this game in future Mario/Nintendo titles.

 

[Phantoon]

kids will be able to understand what in the world is going on with geno's character design?

unacceptable

Wait, Geno's nose isn't that twirly bit?

Zero soul in the new visuals but as long as they don’t change the game this will still be very good and fun

I wonder if that one unbelievably obtuse chest you can only get for like a single instance of game time will still be a thing

The visual style looks really close to the original, it's got the same semi chibi style.

 

[MetManMas]

If anything, the move to proper polygons allows the cast to emote better than they did with early rendered models.

 

[SpoonyBard]

I hope the pantomime cutscenes aren't compromised. The trailer still showed a moment where Mario morphs into Bowser so hopefully they'll still be as manic and ridiculous as always.

One thing just occurred to me, though, it's going to be weird to play through this whole game with Peach referred to as, well, Peach. Mario RPG was the last major game to use Princess Toadstool (or, just 'Toadstool') as her primary name.

 

[madhair60]

what does "zero soul in the new visuals" even mean here

you can just say you don't like the way it looks lmao, it's fine.

i did