Perhaps it was for the best that it never got a sequel. I’d come to play other iconic RPG flagship series – Finial Fantasy, Ogre Battle, Legend of Zelda, and even the more recent Elder Scrolls – but Super Mario RPG simply had special place in my list of completed games. From the weapons to the story to the fights – everything transitioned smoothly from 2D platforming to 3D RPG. The facets taken from original Mario games translated into an RPG setting worked wonderfully. The mythical Star Road that granted wishes to everyone breaks apart, and an enemy greater than Bowser threatens all the realms of the colorful world. In a world where Mario is a legendary hero that constantly saves his Princess from the villain Bowser (the prelude level actually plays on this running gag of a game plot from previous Mario iterations), something goes terribly wrong. Indeed, what truly lent a quirky fun side to the game was its simple yet entertaining plot. I only read it again for two specific puzzles that involved actually knowing what the hell was written on the screen. Shamelessly, I devoured it and as soon as I finally figured out what the game wanted me to do at that halfway point (return to a previous enemy-free zone to get something in exchange for something else from a particular shopkeeper – come on, how could I have possibly figured that out without help?), I dumped it. My older sister came to the rescue a year or so later with a printed out walkthrough. I needed to do something very specific to trigger the next levels. Halfway through the map I’d come across a language barrier I just can’t overcome. This dissonance inevitably led to failure. Like my insane journey through the war-torn interstellar space in R-Type, my first journey through the world of Super Mario RPG was in Japanese. It was called, simply, Super Mario RPG (in its western hemisphere releases, the full title was Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars). Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.Final Fantasy and Legend of Zelda might be the most well-known role playing game titles in the video game industry, but the iconic platforming plumber sporting a macho mustache in a red jumpsuit has had his shot too. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.
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