As a kid, the fact that this version of Mario had a temper was always amusing to me as well as fitting given all of the BS he goes through. A bit ironic, however, that I don't think any of that temper ever really gets directed at Bowser outside of the prologue despite he and Bowser being the main pain in each others' sides.
Geno's got a little shuffle and it's kinda cute. Mallow just has the best time ever, Mario cuts his own jig, Bowser is Bowser, I honestly expected him to go even bigger with his dance cuz that's who he is, and Peach is so elegant with hers. Love this game!
The way Mario tries to explain things to NPCs in this game is like whenever Courage the Cowardly Dog tries to explain something to Muriel and Eustace. Masterclass
I’m just happy that we’re getting two Mario RPG’s back to back. You know what grinds my gears? The fact that Square Enix owns the characters made for Super Mario RPG like Geno and Mallow despite them being specifically made for that game. Like why hold onto the rights to the Mario characters you made for the Mario RPG?
I feel like when assets to an IP don't get used for long enough time they should go to public domain where its free game for anybody to make that content if the publisher refuses to. F-Zero for instance.
Its nice to see that we'll see a new generation of Geno and Mallow art. I wonder if they would ever consider doing a sequel with more original characters.
Given how many bombs Square Enix has had of late, they might *finally* cave to a sequel too. Let's hope this isn't a monkey's paw situation (and that they don't stick NFTs in it).
Only thing I'm annoyed about is the lack of the poker card symbols when special moves are activated. Yeah, that's weird to notice, but I loved that kind of aesthetic choice.
F to the card suite being gone, but not forgotten. Those that were unaware of it, Mario had the Blue Spade, Peach's Pink Heart, Mallow's green Club, and Bowser's Diamond, and the outsider of the suite, Geno's Red Star
The Mac reference was taken out and had his name changed because no one really knew that one. And the people who do our few and far between, and Mr. Spear got his name changed to keep with the english weapon name motif. You gotta remember, back then, the translation team wasn’t really a team, it was just one dude. Or, localization team, rather.
"You are factually incorrect if you ever try to tell me that Sticker Star is better than this or Thousand Year Door." Somewhere, [REDACTED] is smiling right now since someone is throwing Sticker Star in the wringer. Comment edited due to the original TH-camr I mentioned having gotten into a huge controversy back in January 2024.
@@somerandomdude7815Sticker Star is actually a bad game tho, it's too cryptic. It's actually one of the few games from 3DS that can be considered shovelware.
the most interesting change between the original and the remake is you can block essentially everything that isn't AoE or has "Can't Block." now. in the original mario rpg for snes, you couldn't block any single target magic at all, or stuff like croco's bomb toss or Birdo's egg. but in the remake you can perfectly guard all of that. the mack skip being gone, flower tabs being unable to be sold, and item limits in mario rpg remake will be interesting for low level runs, especially because its possible to block almost everything and the triple move will actually be useful somewhat for it
He’s really good for early game, but Peach outclasses him in terms of healing and Genius and Bowser are great for damage dealing. Not to say Mallow’s later abilities aren’t useful, just that he has trouble finding a spot in the party after the rest of the crew shows up.
Mallow has the cheapest multi-target attack in the game; he was arguably the best one to have in your party if you wanted to get through normal battles as quickly as possible (especially in the pirate ship area where a lot of things are weak to lightning). But now you target multiple enemies just by doing the action command, so...
@gravity8120 his star rain ability may outclass any of Mario's jump abilities which is kinda a diss on mario. 😅 Sorry dude I know half your abilities are jump but you get trumped by this little marshmallow who can pull a party star off the sky without flinching. If jump wasn't it's own element then mario late game would be just a fire guy. 🔥
0:44 There is one big change from the original in peach’s castle, there is a hidden chest with a collectable coin above her door, and the only way to get it is jumping on a toad’s head and using that as leverage… but that toad only appears once, and you only have 10 seconds to get on their head before they are gone forever… but in the remake, when you come back, the toad just walks in the hallway and is there forever
In the original, there were a couple of NPC Toads in that room. I remember when I was little, finding out about that coin and realizing I had missed it, and spending an hour slowly blocking the Toad's path to force him to wander right up to that wall. Turns out, they actually put an invisible wall up there after the very first time you enter that hallway.
Okay as much as I love the thumbnail, it brings up a good point that the white background and static characters was the worst possible box art they could have gone with. Obviously this remake is catering to fans, but it's going to really have trouble sticking out amongst other box covers and make the game a hard sell for potential new fans.
Something else about the party members that can be swapped in: if you somehow wipe, the other character(s) will automatically jump in so you can keep the battle going, use a Pick-Me-Up on Mario, swap in the original (downed) crew and get them back up, too. I only ever had this happen on the upgraded boss rematches, but it's a super nice mechanic to have.
The original is on virtual console. I submit that if you enjoy this playthrough, it's worth playing the original. The charm of the original -- the animations, art style, and music -- are different enough for me to like them both on their own merits. Granted, the game and story are the same, but the general experience is pretty different. Also I have mindbogglingly strong nostalgia goggles for the original, so YMMV.
2:53 This is 100% correct. Playable Bowser > just about any other character. Add Peach having a guaranteed place as well, and that you can't drop Mario no matter what, and there just isn't any room for the OCs. You'd better knock it out of the park with the new characters if you expect me to use them instead of Bowser and Peach. My response to "Geno in Smash" has always been "Who? Wait, there were other party characters in Mario RPG? I... guess that seems right now that you mention it?" My utter disinterest in Mallow and Geno aside though, I really can't praise the visuals of this remake enough. I'm pretty okay with updating or changing gameplay in a remake, but art direction and aesthetics are where my nostalgia lives. If I want a remake of a beloved classic, there's only one way to do it right: Update the technical aspects of the visuals, but make absolutely no change to the art direction. I want it to look like the same artists, with the same creative intent, had tried to accomplish the same vibe they had gone for originally, but on today's hardware. Fail to do that, and I'm out. Good riddance to retro technical limitations, but without the original visual style under those limitations the soul is gone. And I really can't think of any remake that has recreated the original style more faithfully than this one. It's unfortunately a bittersweet success though, since Mario RPG never exactly had my favorite art style in the first place. I've always loathed the prerendered 3d thing, and none of its original ally or enemy designs did much for me. But at least I finally have one remake I can point to as a perfect example of updating the visual presentation while maintaining the original art direction. (If anything it stuck visually closer to the original than needed, since it didn't just maintain the art direction, it even kept the same fixed top-down camera and other purely presentational aspects that I'd be fine with updating. But at least it absolutely NAILED style recreation specifically.) If only the FFVII remakes had stayed even half as faithful to the creative style of the original version, I might have actually cared about them. I'm 100% okay with the radically changed gameplay, but the characters look so very wrong now. On top of that, it really hurts that the upcoming Thousand Year Door remake didn't get the Mario RPG level of stylistic accuracy, because I liked its original art direction much more than Mario RPG's. But of course, as per all the newer Paper Mario games, it had to be "updated" into going way too hard on the actually, literally in-universe made of paper aesthetic. So yeah, super cool that the game fffaarrr less near and dear to my heart gets its visuals perfectly recreated, but the one I LOVED as is does get its style messed with. I'm pretty sure they only did Mario RPG so correctly to make messing up the more important one sting even harder.
Also of note is that this is where Bowser first got anything resembling a personality as a character, and honestly it's still one of the best versions of him. This is the lovable bully frenemy Bowser I can see joining in for go-karts and tennis in between kidnappings and over-the-top villainy as his day job. He's so much less interesting when he just kidnaps the princess, scoots off to World 8, takes three hits with a roar each time and dies.
It feels so weird seeing Scott significantly more toned down than usual, considering I like to rewatch a lot of older videos from channels I enjoy, I'm not complaining about it mind you, it just definitely caught me off guard the first time, but I'm always happy to see self improvement in people!
For some reason, I like Scott's new older character model for his videos. In general, I like how much more detailed it is from shapes to color. I'm an illustrator myself, so I appreciate these kinds of things. The animation is toned down, which you are right. It's something to get used to.
4:12 that’s actually a lot of peoples big gripes is a lack of sound effects like there should be sounds or even voice acting but what makes it even more Jarring is one Boss does have sound effects in his intro Czar Dragon roars in his cutscene like what happened
Glad to see someone mention the lack of sound effects. The boss intro scenes all looked so awesome but there was also just something uncanny about how silent they were. Like, Yaridovich is a giant walking spear made of metal. Why does he have have no... clanging footsteps or anything in his little intro? I don't need them throughout the entire fights, just in those intros.
great vid as always, i just wanted to say you can fill in the bestairy on the mole hill area as theres a hidden guy near a sign taking about enemy info
0:26 That was like, my first thought I had about these game, yet you are the only TH-camr I've seen who shared that notion. I remember how much effort SmallAnt put into playing the shit out of that game.
if anyone ever told me that sticker star was better than this or thousand year door i would be escorting them to the psych ward to get their brain checked and corrected for such heresy
The added addition of the indicator for timing actually makes the game a bit harder for me. It only sticks around until the game decides you've gotten good enough with the weapon or are good enough at blocking an enemy's attack and then it disappears (although I think it comes back if you start doing badly again). However, it sticks around just long enough for me to get used to using it to time my attacks.
I’m loving the fact that younger gamers are getting the same experience I had in the 90’s! Mario’s pantomime was one of my favorite things and they do such a wonderful job translating it all. Such a treat! ❤️
1:10 ooh... Pokemon and Fire Emblem felt that lol, but not sure on Final Fantasy, only played 7 so far and that came out what a year after the original Mario RPG?
Gonna be honest, I feel the only people who had a strong opinion on Geno without playing mario RPG are the Zoomers who hate Geno as a character and not the ones who like him.
Them having the enemy stats/weakness gives me some hope for the TTYD Remake, since that game has a ton of statuses and each enemy has a different percentage chance to be affected by them, yet the game tells you none of this. There's basically no easy way to tell whether something was immune to a status or you were just unlucky beyond just trial and error.
0:45 Not just Bruce Lee, Confucius was removed as well, with Frogfucius getting renamed to "Frog Sage". Toadstool got renamed to Peach to fit her true name. King Koopa got renamed to Bowser (localization name) and "Koopa Troop" got renamed to "Bowsers Minions". It's rather jarring when Bowser starts talking in 3rd person to mention "Bowser's Minions". Link in Rose Town, Samus in the Castle guest room (I originally feared they wasn't added, but they show up late game), Culux in Monstro Town, and the Donkey Kong references were kept thankfully, though their dialog was changed to the Japanese version. The Arwing and Blue Falcon are still there as well
Regarding the divergent levels of popularity between the two characters introduced in the original SMRPG, the Remake is Mallow’s coming of age story, to quote OG speedrunner Pidgezeroone. With the addition of the chain buffs, Mallow is not only useful, but actually a god. Geno fans, prepare to be shockered-err, _shocked_ by the number of new additions to the Mallow Camp thanks to the Remake’s new mechanics!
this does seem to be a weird sort of consistent thing: "we added a bunch of new mechanics to spice up battles" "hey that seems like it would make things overly easy, did you rebalance the base game?" "NOPE, the original game is pretty easy, but we thought it should be a cake walk! but in case that not enough for you, we made an even EASIER difficulty for a brain dead stroll!" also that ending is great. especially having watch Chuggaconray's tear down of Sticker Star on why its one of the worst games. the dude is actively showing facts of comparison to what came before of what makes a good Mario RPG and how it just fails at almost every possible step, he does find very little good in the game, he does not deny the existence that SOMETHING in the game is done well, but it is far outweighed by everything else. the best part of his videos was his big highlight about the mandates for the lack of unique characters being entirely on the people making the games. it is entirely self inflicted despite that nobody told them to do it much less keep doing it.
tbf, the new anhanced enemies kinda are the balance adjustment for how easy everything else is. I've just collected the 3rd star and so far, enhanced enemies have been harder than any boss. I mean, some of them straight up one shot you, unless you perfect guard.
The hard transition from baby Falco to late-30’s Falco is A: Pretty cool, and B: Probably hard to believe for both you as the creator and is as an audience realizing how long this has been going. Still, very funny video as always! Great work!
As a lover of harmless chaos, I would LOVE to see someone try and make the argument that Sticker Star is better than this or Thousand Year Door. It would be like watching a 10 year old try to pull off an Olympic Pole Vault.
Some of the visual gags are too quick for me to register what’s happening. Maybe it’s a Zoomer thing, but I require more than a picosecond to read a meme.
iv noticed mario doesnt do the peace sign but tips his cap now. he also spins slower. some of the sound affects dont show up when they use to. like when croco jumps and runs his feet, it doesnt make the tiking sound before the fast weeoo sound. small nitpicks, i know.
Glad to see someone other than I noticed the extreme drop in difficulty. If you perfect time a Jump Attack you can kill the Hammer Bros bosses in three Jumps. I don't mean three each. Three total. The first Hammer Bro gets one-shot, the second one casts Valor Up and takes two. The damage/HP scaling even on normal is WAY tuned down even without the extra additions of AOE timed hits. This game was never nut-crushingly challenging but it is definitely way, way easier now overall. Which is a weird choice for what I consider the most beginner-friendly JRPG-style game ever made who's name isn't Mystic Quest. Also they removed a few more things, Mario's Pad is now called 'Mario House' on the sign instead of 'Pipehouse' and Kinklinks are now Chaindeliers. Looks like they hard-edited anything that could have been used for innuendo.
Okay you’re right about Bobby but it was absolutely hilarious how long it got played out, was totally not expecting them to hold a mini funeral and everything, had me laughing so hard.
i would really love if they went with the art style that was on the box art of the gba and ds ones, it would look sick and save the consoles battery life lol
People seriously don't give Mario's mannerisms in this game enough attention, they're hilarious.
He has more character here than most recent spinoffs.
As a kid, the fact that this version of Mario had a temper was always amusing to me as well as fitting given all of the BS he goes through. A bit ironic, however, that I don't think any of that temper ever really gets directed at Bowser outside of the prologue despite he and Bowser being the main pain in each others' sides.
I always shouted "praise the sun? Praiiiiiise jeezus!" Whenever I saw him assume the y-pose
You mean Mario's moderately mischievous mannerisms?
They really don’t, and it’s actually criminal
I also really like the dances the characters do in the level-up screen. Everyone’s a little guy!
Geno's got a little shuffle and it's kinda cute. Mallow just has the best time ever, Mario cuts his own jig, Bowser is Bowser, I honestly expected him to go even bigger with his dance cuz that's who he is, and Peach is so elegant with hers. Love this game!
I can’t get enough of it
I just celebrate when any character levels up because they are just schmoovin!
They’re doing the Mario
The way Mario tries to explain things to NPCs in this game is like whenever Courage the Cowardly Dog tries to explain something to Muriel and Eustace. Masterclass
That is what it reminded me so much!
I honestly would like to see that return in other mario games, lol
omg your right!
I like how menacing mario looks when holding the salt
Mario finna do some heinous things to a slug
Gonna Salt Ya!
He doesn’t look menacing, but it’s funny to imagine that expression he is making in a menacing manner.
Like: uh oh…. What he gunna do?
Honestly thought he was flipping us off.
He’s going to a-salt you
I’m just happy that we’re getting two Mario RPG’s back to back.
You know what grinds my gears? The fact that Square Enix owns the characters made for Super Mario RPG like Geno and Mallow despite them being specifically made for that game. Like why hold onto the rights to the Mario characters you made for the Mario RPG?
I feel like when assets to an IP don't get used for long enough time they should go to public domain where its free game for anybody to make that content if the publisher refuses to. F-Zero for instance.
You realize this is Square we're talking about, right? One of the most infamously stingy game companies out there?
@@DoJayMi and thats why it should be taken away forcefully
@@dylansylvester4719based af
Like child protective services for IP’s 😂😂😂
Money lmao
Luigi was the one to write the instruction booklet in the original. So he at least participated in the adventure, even if he's not in the game.
yes and no. The Japanese N64 version doesn't have luigi's narration at all; that was a localisation choice for the english release.
N64?
I’m pretty sure Luigi was supposed to be in the game
Its nice to see that we'll see a new generation of Geno and Mallow art. I wonder if they would ever consider doing a sequel with more original characters.
If this is a commercial hit? It could very well make a return with more sequels
@@Polomance862and the original director wants to make a sequel to be his final game before he retires
I wonder if we could see merch
Yeah this seems like a good one to go alongside Mario & Luigi and Paper Mario, there's never enough mario rpgs
Given how many bombs Square Enix has had of late, they might *finally* cave to a sequel too. Let's hope this isn't a monkey's paw situation (and that they don't stick NFTs in it).
Only thing I'm annoyed about is the lack of the poker card symbols when special moves are activated. Yeah, that's weird to notice, but I loved that kind of aesthetic choice.
The playing card suits are gone now?? That’s like one of my favorite parts from the old game! :(
F to the card suite being gone, but not forgotten. Those that were unaware of it, Mario had the Blue Spade, Peach's Pink Heart, Mallow's green Club, and Bowser's Diamond, and the outsider of the suite, Geno's Red Star
@@lozangekitten-gamer7626 *Bowser’s Orange Diamond
@@RealOriginalJ True, forgot to mention the color there XD
They did good with some of the minor changes like giving you the Signal Ring early or giving Mario's House a way to store excess items
But they f'ed up some of the character names, Mack, Yaridovich, Frogfucius. R.I.P
The Mac reference was taken out and had his name changed because no one really knew that one. And the people who do our few and far between, and Mr. Spear got his name changed to keep with the english weapon name motif. You gotta remember, back then, the translation team wasn’t really a team, it was just one dude. Or, localization team, rather.
"You are factually incorrect if you ever try to tell me that Sticker Star is better than this or Thousand Year Door."
Somewhere, [REDACTED] is smiling right now since someone is throwing Sticker Star in the wringer.
Comment edited due to the original TH-camr I mentioned having gotten into a huge controversy back in January 2024.
Sticker star is not a bad game. But I will admit it is not a good one.
Anyone who thinks Sticker Star wasn't god awful is fooling themselves and neither Origami King or the weird paint one were much better
@@somerandomdude7815Sticker Star is actually a bad game tho, it's too cryptic. It's actually one of the few games from 3DS that can be considered shovelware.
@@victorford5047Which is ironic since it is a first party Nintendo game!
@@zacharylandrum4789 It's so weird, it feels like they intentionally developed the game to be bad.
In terms of voice acting, I STILL hear chuggaaconroy's voices from like, 15 years ago while I'm playing the game.
Love that little nod at the beginning of the video to the old mario rpg fan song
There are many secrets in this game!
@@USSPythonsome that drive some peeps insane
Theres a remake
Nice catch. Didn't even notice that the first time.
3:26 is the part of the game where realised this Mario wasn't afraid to throw hands and that made me laugh pretty hard.
the most interesting change between the original and the remake is you can block essentially everything that isn't AoE or has "Can't Block." now.
in the original mario rpg for snes, you couldn't block any single target magic at all, or stuff like croco's bomb toss or Birdo's egg.
but in the remake you can perfectly guard all of that. the mack skip being gone, flower tabs being unable to be sold, and item limits in mario rpg remake will be interesting for low level runs, especially because its possible to block almost everything and the triple move will actually be useful somewhat for it
4:52
Booster engine 023: allow me to introduce myself.
That was a nice moment of self reflection at the end, with Scott mentioning how the saltiness of his persona has been toned down.
Mallow's magic is nothing to scoff at. Don't know why people dislike him.
He’s really good for early game, but Peach outclasses him in terms of healing and Genius and Bowser are great for damage dealing. Not to say Mallow’s later abilities aren’t useful, just that he has trouble finding a spot in the party after the rest of the crew shows up.
Yeah, Mallow isn't bad, but he's rather quickly outclassed unfortunately. Bowser somewhat has the same issue to be honest.
Mallow has the cheapest multi-target attack in the game; he was arguably the best one to have in your party if you wanted to get through normal battles as quickly as possible (especially in the pirate ship area where a lot of things are weak to lightning).
But now you target multiple enemies just by doing the action command, so...
@gravity8120 his star rain ability may outclass any of Mario's jump abilities which is kinda a diss on mario. 😅
Sorry dude I know half your abilities are jump but you get trumped by this little marshmallow who can pull a party star off the sky without flinching.
If jump wasn't it's own element then mario late game would be just a fire guy. 🔥
@@rabbidguarddog doesn't Mario's super jumps hit the damage cap if you can time it well enough?
Mario fans try not to buy the game for geno challenge
You already know
Yo what’s up
(Failed)
Geno fans can finally play Super Mario RPG for the first time
I already failed but I don't regret it.
0:44
There is one big change from the original in peach’s castle, there is a hidden chest with a collectable coin above her door, and the only way to get it is jumping on a toad’s head and using that as leverage… but that toad only appears once, and you only have 10 seconds to get on their head before they are gone forever… but in the remake, when you come back, the toad just walks in the hallway and is there forever
In the original, there were a couple of NPC Toads in that room. I remember when I was little, finding out about that coin and realizing I had missed it, and spending an hour slowly blocking the Toad's path to force him to wander right up to that wall. Turns out, they actually put an invisible wall up there after the very first time you enter that hallway.
Mario's lil dance when other characters level up is a masterpiece
0:00-0:04 Loving that Rawest Forest reference
I love how mario repeatedly proves he’s Mario to other characters by doing his classic trademark Mario jump
Okay as much as I love the thumbnail, it brings up a good point that the white background and static characters was the worst possible box art they could have gone with. Obviously this remake is catering to fans, but it's going to really have trouble sticking out amongst other box covers and make the game a hard sell for potential new fans.
Oy, vey. The marketing department dropped the ball on this one
Granted it mimics the Japanese box art, but also they just announced you can get a classic style alt cover via platinum points!
Something else about the party members that can be swapped in: if you somehow wipe, the other character(s) will automatically jump in so you can keep the battle going, use a Pick-Me-Up on Mario, swap in the original (downed) crew and get them back up, too. I only ever had this happen on the upgraded boss rematches, but it's a super nice mechanic to have.
3:58 HELL NAW!! We don't need another "How dare you disturb our family vacation" moment! Keep the voices in the movies, those are ACTUALLY good!
Lol, Mario looks so cute and memeable with that salt shaker! 😄😂😆
Think every kind of meme you can make with that picture!
I’ve always wanted to play this game, I can’t wait to play it
same here
The original is on virtual console. I submit that if you enjoy this playthrough, it's worth playing the original. The charm of the original -- the animations, art style, and music -- are different enough for me to like them both on their own merits. Granted, the game and story are the same, but the general experience is pretty different.
Also I have mindbogglingly strong nostalgia goggles for the original, so YMMV.
You could just emulate it on your phone or pc ya know.
1:00 Fun Fact: Yasuyuki Hasebe, the designer of the combat system, also directed Legend of Dragoon, a game that also had action commands
"Two peach. Maybe more!"
Bro been working on a medley of all 17 Pokemon theme songs.
"We could've had two Peach! Maybe more!!"
Imagine.
Also, really like that Scott is slowly turning into Jack Fenton
Woah new editing style jumpscare
Scotts hair is filling with Salt now.
2:53 This is 100% correct. Playable Bowser > just about any other character. Add Peach having a guaranteed place as well, and that you can't drop Mario no matter what, and there just isn't any room for the OCs. You'd better knock it out of the park with the new characters if you expect me to use them instead of Bowser and Peach. My response to "Geno in Smash" has always been "Who? Wait, there were other party characters in Mario RPG? I... guess that seems right now that you mention it?"
My utter disinterest in Mallow and Geno aside though, I really can't praise the visuals of this remake enough. I'm pretty okay with updating or changing gameplay in a remake, but art direction and aesthetics are where my nostalgia lives. If I want a remake of a beloved classic, there's only one way to do it right: Update the technical aspects of the visuals, but make absolutely no change to the art direction. I want it to look like the same artists, with the same creative intent, had tried to accomplish the same vibe they had gone for originally, but on today's hardware. Fail to do that, and I'm out. Good riddance to retro technical limitations, but without the original visual style under those limitations the soul is gone. And I really can't think of any remake that has recreated the original style more faithfully than this one.
It's unfortunately a bittersweet success though, since Mario RPG never exactly had my favorite art style in the first place. I've always loathed the prerendered 3d thing, and none of its original ally or enemy designs did much for me. But at least I finally have one remake I can point to as a perfect example of updating the visual presentation while maintaining the original art direction. (If anything it stuck visually closer to the original than needed, since it didn't just maintain the art direction, it even kept the same fixed top-down camera and other purely presentational aspects that I'd be fine with updating. But at least it absolutely NAILED style recreation specifically.) If only the FFVII remakes had stayed even half as faithful to the creative style of the original version, I might have actually cared about them. I'm 100% okay with the radically changed gameplay, but the characters look so very wrong now.
On top of that, it really hurts that the upcoming Thousand Year Door remake didn't get the Mario RPG level of stylistic accuracy, because I liked its original art direction much more than Mario RPG's. But of course, as per all the newer Paper Mario games, it had to be "updated" into going way too hard on the actually, literally in-universe made of paper aesthetic. So yeah, super cool that the game fffaarrr less near and dear to my heart gets its visuals perfectly recreated, but the one I LOVED as is does get its style messed with. I'm pretty sure they only did Mario RPG so correctly to make messing up the more important one sting even harder.
Also of note is that this is where Bowser first got anything resembling a personality as a character, and honestly it's still one of the best versions of him. This is the lovable bully frenemy Bowser I can see joining in for go-karts and tennis in between kidnappings and over-the-top villainy as his day job. He's so much less interesting when he just kidnaps the princess, scoots off to World 8, takes three hits with a roar each time and dies.
I just realized that the opening line of this is a reference to the fist line of rawest forest
Frackles did a great job! Looking forward to future salts
*ScottFalco:* "I love these little guys!"
*ScottFalco's Editor:* "I hate Mallow."
It feels so weird seeing Scott significantly more toned down than usual, considering I like to rewatch a lot of older videos from channels I enjoy, I'm not complaining about it mind you, it just definitely caught me off guard the first time, but I'm always happy to see self improvement in people!
For some reason, I like Scott's new older character model for his videos. In general, I like how much more detailed it is from shapes to color. I'm an illustrator myself, so I appreciate these kinds of things.
The animation is toned down, which you are right. It's something to get used to.
6:35 bro predicted it 💀💀💀
They Gotta Do A Mario And Luigi RPG Game For The Switch, If all the Mario Rpgs Got a remake, That Series Deserves One.
Man I really want another Mario & Luigi game, those are my favorite!
Same
Loved the vid! I really liked how you worked your new avatar into it, thanks for being awesome!
4:12 that’s actually a lot of peoples big gripes is a lack of sound effects like there should be sounds or even voice acting but what makes it even more Jarring is one Boss does have sound effects in his intro Czar Dragon roars in his cutscene like what happened
"Super Mario RPG" with absolutely no title difference. No "Remake" or "Rejumped" or "Returned". Just "Super Mario RPG"
Glad to see someone mention the lack of sound effects. The boss intro scenes all looked so awesome but there was also just something uncanny about how silent they were. Like, Yaridovich is a giant walking spear made of metal. Why does he have have no... clanging footsteps or anything in his little intro? I don't need them throughout the entire fights, just in those intros.
this game looks so amazing, i hope it does really good in sales so we could get a sequel
7:06 Correct. Even as an SS fan I won’t defend how absolutely garbage my favorite game is.
Yeah, that’s true. I really like sticker star, I played it a lot on my 3DS, but the game sucks, straight up.
If anyone else enjoys a jrpg like this with mini games on the side I’d highly recommend Yakuza like a dragon
Mario is really standing like "can i offer you some salt in these trying times?"
great vid as always, i just wanted to say you can fill in the bestairy on the mole hill area as theres a hidden guy near a sign taking about enemy info
Being able to swap out heros mid-battle goes a long way towards making use of them all equally.
i like how scott's character looks like a tired old lighthouse keeper now
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That was like, my first thought I had about these game, yet you are the only TH-camr I've seen who shared that notion. I remember how much effort SmallAnt put into playing the shit out of that game.
if anyone ever told me that sticker star was better than this or thousand year door i would be escorting them to the psych ward to get their brain checked and corrected for such heresy
I'm really enjoying the new Scott model! Super happy you went through with it.
The added addition of the indicator for timing actually makes the game a bit harder for me. It only sticks around until the game decides you've gotten good enough with the weapon or are good enough at blocking an enemy's attack and then it disappears (although I think it comes back if you start doing badly again). However, it sticks around just long enough for me to get used to using it to time my attacks.
You can now play as Luigi.
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What kind of bugs me is the change in button mapping pushing the new quick menus to X and Y, and the dash button relegated to shoulder buttons.
when pokemon chibi: everybody angry
when mario rpg chibi: everybody happy
I’m loving the fact that younger gamers are getting the same experience I had in the 90’s! Mario’s pantomime was one of my favorite things and they do such a wonderful job translating it all. Such a treat! ❤️
Yes, but us oldheads had been waiting for a proper sequel for 27 years. We really should've came first
Mario’s little dance when another character levels up is my favorite thing in all of gaming 2023.
Group Exp in Mario: 😁
Group Exp in Pokemon: 😠
1:10 ooh... Pokemon and Fire Emblem felt that lol, but not sure on Final Fantasy, only played 7 so far and that came out what a year after the original Mario RPG?
7:06 Nah fam, bro is just speaking facts right about now 💀
Always here for the Luigi love 💚. I'm glad you mentioned the lack of sound effects I was wondering what was off while playing it.
"people clamouring for Geno for smash will be playing this for the first time"
Hahaha man thats just a joke that NEVER GETS OLD.
Buzz lightyear meme
Gonna be honest, I feel the only people who had a strong opinion on Geno without playing mario RPG are the Zoomers who hate Geno as a character and not the ones who like him.
Them having the enemy stats/weakness gives me some hope for the TTYD Remake, since that game has a ton of statuses and each enemy has a different percentage chance to be affected by them, yet the game tells you none of this. There's basically no easy way to tell whether something was immune to a status or you were just unlucky beyond just trial and error.
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Not just Bruce Lee, Confucius was removed as well, with Frogfucius getting renamed to "Frog Sage".
Toadstool got renamed to Peach to fit her true name. King Koopa got renamed to Bowser (localization name) and "Koopa Troop" got renamed to "Bowsers Minions". It's rather jarring when Bowser starts talking in 3rd person to mention "Bowser's Minions".
Link in Rose Town, Samus in the Castle guest room (I originally feared they wasn't added, but they show up late game), Culux in Monstro Town, and the Donkey Kong references were kept thankfully, though their dialog was changed to the Japanese version. The Arwing and Blue Falcon are still there as well
Regarding the divergent levels of popularity between the two characters introduced in the original SMRPG, the Remake is Mallow’s coming of age story, to quote OG speedrunner Pidgezeroone. With the addition of the chain buffs, Mallow is not only useful, but actually a god. Geno fans, prepare to be shockered-err, _shocked_ by the number of new additions to the Mallow Camp thanks to the Remake’s new mechanics!
this does seem to be a weird sort of consistent thing: "we added a bunch of new mechanics to spice up battles" "hey that seems like it would make things overly easy, did you rebalance the base game?" "NOPE, the original game is pretty easy, but we thought it should be a cake walk! but in case that not enough for you, we made an even EASIER difficulty for a brain dead stroll!"
also that ending is great. especially having watch Chuggaconray's tear down of Sticker Star on why its one of the worst games.
the dude is actively showing facts of comparison to what came before of what makes a good Mario RPG and how it
just fails at almost every possible step, he does find very little good in the game, he does not deny the existence that SOMETHING in the game is done well, but it is far outweighed by everything else.
the best part of his videos was his big highlight about the mandates for the lack of unique characters being entirely on
the people making the games. it is entirely self inflicted despite that nobody told them to do it much less keep doing it.
tbf, the new anhanced enemies kinda are the balance adjustment for how easy everything else is.
I've just collected the 3rd star and so far, enhanced enemies have been harder than any boss. I mean, some of them straight up one shot you, unless you perfect guard.
@@Alexia-ys6yx that sounds like very bad balancing actually. wtf
@@ArcRay20 Never said it was good. Some enhanced enemies are definitely way overtuned.
Somehow I thought the thumbnail was Mario flipping off the infinite abyss.
Thanks for that intro, im glad im not the only one with that song stuck in my head.
The hard transition from baby Falco to late-30’s Falco is A: Pretty cool, and B: Probably hard to believe for both you as the creator and is as an audience realizing how long this has been going. Still, very funny video as always! Great work!
ScottFalco: I love all of these little guys!
Also ScottFalco: I hate Mallow!
description shows that his editor hates mallow, not him
Mario:
I'm Right, I'm left.
I'm Right, I'm left.
Side note, that missable coin....NO LONGER MISSABLE! D:
As a lover of harmless chaos, I would LOVE to see someone try and make the argument that Sticker Star is better than this or Thousand Year Door. It would be like watching a 10 year old try to pull off an Olympic Pole Vault.
Thanks to you I'm now listening to the rawest forest animation on loop.
3:26 "Like, he was gonna canonically gonna SMACK A CHILD, before getting stopped." Why do I always find that line funny?
YEAH Little Guy Mario wants to FIGHT
For real
The editing in this videos is sublime
Some of the visual gags are too quick for me to register what’s happening. Maybe it’s a Zoomer thing, but I require more than a picosecond to read a meme.
@@thisiswhatilike54 big agree couldn't keep up at all
That ‘Super mario-o rpg is the only game just for me’ reference at the start really caught me off guard nsjwnxj
They also moved the Mack/Claymorton event trigger up to the first Shyster. So, the skip can’t be done in a speedrun
iv noticed mario doesnt do the peace sign but tips his cap now. he also spins slower. some of the sound affects dont show up when they use to. like when croco jumps and runs his feet, it doesnt make the tiking sound before the fast weeoo sound.
small nitpicks, i know.
Mario peach mallow super revealing malloot tooth was adorable!
Nintendo acknowledging thousand year door is wild. Id assumed that game was buried for eternity
Glad to see someone other than I noticed the extreme drop in difficulty. If you perfect time a Jump Attack you can kill the Hammer Bros bosses in three Jumps.
I don't mean three each. Three total. The first Hammer Bro gets one-shot, the second one casts Valor Up and takes two.
The damage/HP scaling even on normal is WAY tuned down even without the extra additions of AOE timed hits. This game was never nut-crushingly challenging but it is definitely way, way easier now overall. Which is a weird choice for what I consider the most beginner-friendly JRPG-style game ever made who's name isn't Mystic Quest.
Also they removed a few more things, Mario's Pad is now called 'Mario House' on the sign instead of 'Pipehouse' and Kinklinks are now Chaindeliers. Looks like they hard-edited anything that could have been used for innuendo.
The reference to the song in the beginning really brought back some memories
You forgot to mention that the super jump frames are no longer just 3, they doubled them so it's easier to get the super suit.
I was wondering about this. Took me a day or two of nonstop battles to get the super suit as a kid.
Of course Scott would want multiple Peaches
"if they picked the peach doll we could have hade 2 peach. Maybe more." Dont you dare scott... I HAVE SEEN YOUR TWITTER!!!
NO WAY Waltz of the Forest REFERENCE?!?!!?!?!? 0:00
Preach! Can't wait to get my hands on this game and the eventual thousand-year door remake.
Introducing… the only game where you can fight a cake
Okay you’re right about Bobby but it was absolutely hilarious how long it got played out, was totally not expecting them to hold a mini funeral and everything, had me laughing so hard.
Pretty sure that Sticker Star is the best RPG for paper mario or mario in general the story had me crying tears of joy at the end cause it was over
Here’s hoping we get some surprise remakes of the Mario & Luigi games
i would really love if they went with the art style that was on the box art of the gba and ds ones, it would look sick and save the consoles battery life lol
Beat it last night. I wish it had a hard mode off the bat but I enjoyed it and had fun.
Great reference at the start!
That is literally the greatest thumbnail I've ever seen. I mean, I'm not even sure why, it just is.