while i watch in the the square enix part of the forums, all you talk about are final fantasy, chrono trigger, vagrant story, KH, etc. Though the game that i rarely hear (or ever heard?) is "Super Mario RPG".
Man this game brings good memories.... but for neone who hasnt played it heres a quik review :
Story- Well The story starts out very simple, Toadstool has been captured by bowser and its up to mario to save the day. While trying to beat bowser, a Big-ass sword pops in the castle saying that its taking over, later you find out more into the game that the sword was brought up by Smithy, the leader, and that you must search for 7 stars to get so you can finish the star raod, since when the sword crashed into bowswers castle, the star road was broken. Thats basically the story, it isnt the best story but its pretty interestingly cool.
Graphics- This game came out just a couple of months before the N64 was going to be released, the dying days of the Snes. The graphics are in fake 3-D, but they are really well done. Plus you know u want to play as Mario in a fake 3-D world.
Music- Well what can i say about the Music...its awesome. Theres some catchy tunes in the game, like the intro, or others well there just plain fun to hear (like in marry more), overall the music was done really well.
Characters- There are 5 characters that you can choose to join your mission. There is Mario, Toadstool, Mallow, Geno, and Bowser. All of these have their own special abilites, though IMO i preferably choose Mario,Toadstool, and Bowser. Another thing i really liked about the character system is that even though you are not using the character ( you can switch between characters when you want), they are still gaining experience and levels.
Controls- The controls are pretty basic in this game. Since its a 3-D world, you can move around in 360 degrees. its easy, just like in a good majority of all the rpg's.
Battle System- This system is basically an average system that SNES rpgs used. In a battle you can only have 3 characters, just like in final fantasy VII. To battle its pretty simple Pressing A while make you want to attack the enemies, B is for running away or defending, Y is for Magic attacks ( instead of MP theres FP(flower Power) which you can advance it by finding "flower Tabs" or "Flower Boxes" by doing special jobs, or by just plain finding them in chests, and as for the X is where you can use items. Another thing i really like about the system is that when someone is about to attack you, you can defend the attack if you press A at the precise moment to lessen the attack, or to not damage you at all, while you can do the same as pressing A in the right moment of the attack you can double the damage you are giving to the enemy.
Fun Factor- What can i say about the fun factor of this game...Its The Best, its one of my favorite rpg's of all time. Even though if you get tired of doing the main Objective, you can do some fun mini sidquests like yoshi races, or in moleville, you can race on the mining cart for better time. You can also fight optional bosses like Culex (I've heard somwhere that he is from final fantasy, though i really have never found him in any final fantasy game?) or Jinx, which you really have to time his attacks so you can block them with the A Overall This game is really fun, though maybe its fun for me since it reminds me of good memories. Some of my friends dont like this game because they say its "too kiddie" but whatever i really dont care, its one of my favorite games of all time
Well what did you think about the game?
(P.S- i hope my review was helpful to convince the people that havent played this game play this game)