1:40 its important to understand that remakes can be a good way for companies to see if something has still value. In this case Mario RPG's have been declining since Sticker Star. So this could be a new beginning for Mario RPG's with Mario + Rabbids and (hopefully) a series that has the style of this game
28:50 Luigi if they add him would probebly have a moveset inspired by Luigi's Mansion. That is a thing many games do if the devs want Mario and Luigi to be different from eachother
There's a thing with Culex... The Japanese version. Culex is kind of a joke where he is the supreme being from the 2D dimension as the prerendered characters are considered "3D" and that's kind of the joke that he's not powerful enough because he's flat. More or less... Now I don't know how they'll handle that... If they're going to make it as it is in the Japanese version and make him a flat texture or change him or go with the English script
That's actually really interesting. Never knew that. If they do keep Culex, I wonder if that means he'll be a 16 bit sprite, a 2D piece of artwork, or just a 3D model.
I haven't played much of Super Mario RPG because RPGs are usually 1,000-plus hour-long but what I have played of it I really enjoyed I'm excited as heck for the remake. all I played was what half an hour of the game I haven't played much RPGs and the only RPGs I played in my life so far is like I said Mario RPG and what I think it's called Breath of Fire 1 and 2 I played like 2 seconds of Chrono Trigger and immediately got lost I have not completed any of those games. I have not even played any Final Fantasy game not even the remakes so yeah I really believe you when you say Mario RPG is a outstanding game I don't get why people say this game is too short even though it's 50 hours long or something I can't wait to play this remake no I'm serious I can't. also I cannot wait for my man fat Yoshi to return in the remake and also Bowser and booster kissing Mario that is going to be golden
It's like 30 hours long, or even less if you know what to do, for RPG standards it's pretty short, which is a shame because I love this game so much, and I have replayed it multiple times through the years.
i mean square wasnt doing too hot i think not that long ago and they sell off there American side so is not too out of possibility that they might of caved in and sell the rigths
Remember playing the SNES version back in the 90s. It was a rental from a grocery store (imagine that still being a thing) so I had like five days tops before having to give it up, but I have fond memories of playing it, and I regret that the 64 immediately abolished popular memory of it and the SNES in general. Absolutely glad this is a second chance and I'll pre-order shortly.
It was crazy what kinds of places you could rent games from back then. I recall renting them from the local library a lot. And, yeah, I was always bummed that plans for a proper sequel were scrapped and it faded away. Glad to see it back!
Dude I'm so stoked for this game. It's easily a top 5 RPG of all time for me. It was one of the first RPG's to resonate with me as a kid and playing it as an adult I got to appreciate how charming it is and it was still just as fun even though it is as simple as an RPG can be. Hopefully now that they have these assets and engine they might do something else with them.
this man loves geno, i too am a big fan of geno and never understood why neither him nor mallow ever appeared again. this game was a huge part of my childhood
I never expected to but a ninte do switch, cuz I dont really have the money to waste as a responsible adult. But the need for this game to be a economica sucess worldwide make it imperative of me to but the console and our beloved remake. ❤
With the older games on the switch theres a bunch i went back to play and realized a lot didnt age well AT ALL thats why i like the idea of a remake...... only i hope they did the ff7 RE and put more stuff into it just to expand it a bit
Listen - some of the attacks and when your supposed to press the button are so detached from when it looks like and sounds like your supposed to press the button that you might as well be randomly pressing it to see when you should be pressing it - even if it only appears once, letting there be a visual indication for these that you *know* is *the* indiction is a good thing This being said it appearing until you roughly know what you are doing is probably also a good thing
That's a fair point, for sure. I can completely see what you mean. But I do feel some harder moves, like Jynxed or magnum, the player isn't necessarily supposed to know it can be blocked. Finding out you can - and the perfect time to do so - makes, what are meant to be devastating moves, really easy to turn into 0 damage moves (magnum being instant death normally). My main issue is just that SMRPG was already too easy, and I'd prefer Nintendo not spoil some of the few things that added difficulty. I'd honestly be OK with them changing it so that perfectly timed blocks only halve damage, or something along those lines, because, when you learn the block times in SMRPG normally, the only attacks that actually deal damage anymore are magic attacks, and even then, there's the safety ring, and so many accessories that protect against status effects. I'd prefer if they upped the challenge and made more of a need to heal and feel threatened by enemies.
@@brendansrambles9464 I would argue the difficulty should not be bs on not knowing how the game works - Imagine if the game just didn't have button mapping at all and you had to guess how to actually play the game! Difficulty by obscurity is a bad thing. Making the game difficult for OTHER reasons other than just making you have to play 'guess the button' is better than 'guess the button' difficulty. (see also 'pick a pipe/door/path') It's not difficult - it's annoying because once you do know this (and it can be looked up) there's no point in hiding it
the REAL question is whether or not you'll turn into classic NES Mario when you go behind the curtain or turn into the SNES Mario RPG version. I think that would be hilarious to turn into SNES Mario and would be a fun nod to the original joke
Yeah, it definitely was too loud there. It always sounds quieter in my editing software than it seems to in the final video. But, thanks! Glad you liked it!
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion whether people disagree or not. Here is mine. I am a huge fan of Super Mario RPG and I believe it was necessary for a remake to capture the old and new fans. Especially since the Switch is nearing its end and moving on to the next big Nintendo console. I always said that this game is a treasure between Square and Nintendo that has been locked away for over 20 years and a sequel with Mario Odyssey graphics would be insane for both companies and the fans. When Paper Mario was announced for the N64 I always thought it would have been better to release a sequel for Mario RPG despite the success. Yoko Shimomura to make music for the sequel, bring Mario’s gang back for it including Bowser and new ones, cameos from other Square games, and continue with turn base. This would be Mario’s pinnacle RPG game. Again, my strong opinion. Who knows…maybe this is there plan with the remake of Super Mario RPG. Will see what the sales are on this.
Thanks! I made a few rom hacks back in the day, but never fully made the fully original one with the queen bosses in it that I showed here. That was a long time ago, and I'm currently developing my own game, so I don't really plan on ever making that Mario 4/5 game I planned, but ho knows. Maybe some day. I do plan to upload playthroughs of one or two of the rom hacks I did make back then to this channel at some point, though.
I feel reMAKES when done correctly, like recent Resident Evils, we benefit more from them. The experience is different, we get a better bang for our buck, etc. Ports and reMASTERS feel like the company is just being greedy and lazy and spitting in your face to top it off when re-releasing those. Even when it's $10-20 off. That's just my opinion. Remakes > Ports and/or remasters.
I like remakes and remasters because I want to play those old games, and a lot of these games aren’t available, and porting doesn’t always work that well.
I agree. I am hoping we get extra content. If they remake an old game, but improve or add nothing, it doesn't really warrant charging gamers full price.
If they leave the ! that appears, the game is going to be a joke in difficulty, but they should make it so you can enable it or disable it or make it so it appears if you put it in easy just saying. I know there was no difficulty selector, but at least make it so you can turn it off.
remakes is because so much crap is released now the stuff that was super good (if they stick to the story and keep 100% true to the original) is far better than stuff now. mario rpg is a game that 20 years later i still remember playing it as a small kid and was sad when i beat it because of how good it was. (kotor 1 being another, dude that story at 13 was like being dumped and kicked in the balls the same day. it was good to where you remember it the rest of your life)
I remember the sadness of when a childhood RPG ends. I didn't want SMRPG or Chrono Cross to end when I first played them XD I never played much of the Star Wars games, but I've heard KOTOR is amazing.
The problem is Nintendo is no longer selling us ports for these old games and not everyone wants a subscription service where half these games are missing anyway.
The subscription service idea is very flawed, especially since, whenever the Switch's online functionality comes to an end, we'll essentially lose all of those past games. I would have rather had them just go the virtual console route again.
And this, THIS is how you explain why the remake is such a big deal to us SMRPG players!!
1:40
its important to understand that remakes can be a good way for companies to see if something has still value. In this case Mario RPG's have been declining since Sticker Star. So this could be a new beginning for Mario RPG's with Mario + Rabbids and (hopefully) a series that has the style of this game
The possibilities are endless with this remake. Thanks for the video.
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Luigi if they add him would probebly have a moveset inspired by Luigi's Mansion. That is a thing many games do if the devs want Mario and Luigi to be different from eachother
There's a thing with Culex... The Japanese version. Culex is kind of a joke where he is the supreme being from the 2D dimension as the prerendered characters are considered "3D" and that's kind of the joke that he's not powerful enough because he's flat. More or less... Now I don't know how they'll handle that... If they're going to make it as it is in the Japanese version and make him a flat texture or change him or go with the English script
That's actually really interesting. Never knew that. If they do keep Culex, I wonder if that means he'll be a 16 bit sprite, a 2D piece of artwork, or just a 3D model.
I haven't played much of Super Mario RPG because RPGs are usually 1,000-plus hour-long but what I have played of it I really enjoyed I'm excited as heck for the remake. all I played was what half an hour of the game I haven't played much RPGs and the only RPGs I played in my life so far is like I said Mario RPG and what I think it's called Breath of Fire 1 and 2 I played like 2 seconds of Chrono Trigger and immediately got lost I have not completed any of those games. I have not even played any Final Fantasy game not even the remakes so yeah I really believe you when you say Mario RPG is a outstanding game I don't get why people say this game is too short even though it's 50 hours long or something I can't wait to play this remake no I'm serious I can't. also I cannot wait for my man fat Yoshi to return in the remake and also Bowser and booster kissing Mario that is going to be golden
It's like 30 hours long, or even less if you know what to do, for RPG standards it's pretty short, which is a shame because I love this game so much, and I have replayed it multiple times through the years.
This game is fast paced since you don't have to grind to beat it. I wouldn't say 50 hours . More like 30hrs
i mean square wasnt doing too hot i think not that long ago and they sell off there American side so is not too out of possibility that they might of caved in and sell the rigths
Hey man, this was pretty great. You must be around my age. I hope we get a true SMRPG 2.
Thank you! I'm hoping for that as well!
Remember playing the SNES version back in the 90s. It was a rental from a grocery store (imagine that still being a thing) so I had like five days tops before having to give it up, but I have fond memories of playing it, and I regret that the 64 immediately abolished popular memory of it and the SNES in general. Absolutely glad this is a second chance and I'll pre-order shortly.
It was crazy what kinds of places you could rent games from back then. I recall renting them from the local library a lot.
And, yeah, I was always bummed that plans for a proper sequel were scrapped and it faded away. Glad to see it back!
Dude I'm so stoked for this game. It's easily a top 5 RPG of all time for me. It was one of the first RPG's to resonate with me as a kid and playing it as an adult I got to appreciate how charming it is and it was still just as fun even though it is as simple as an RPG can be. Hopefully now that they have these assets and engine they might do something else with them.
Yeah, it's definitely in my top 2 RPGs. Sometimes simple yet charming is the best. I really hope they do do more with it.
11/17 is gonna be legendary
@@brendansrambles9464very very well made video. Pretty much sums up my thoughts on the last 27 years. Ever since I was 9. Redemption.
@@ctt4lfecw Thanks so much!
@@ctt4lfecw Absolutely! I can't wait!
this man loves geno, i too am a big fan of geno and never understood why neither him nor mallow ever appeared again. this game was a huge part of my childhood
They're both great characters. I really hope this marks their permanent return.
I never expected to but a ninte do switch, cuz I dont really have the money to waste as a responsible adult. But the need for this game to be a economica sucess worldwide make it imperative of me to but the console and our beloved remake. ❤
I'll be 39 in January and I'm super excited for this! I can't wait until the 17th. I already have my roster picked out
With the older games on the switch theres a bunch i went back to play and realized a lot didnt age well AT ALL thats why i like the idea of a remake...... only i hope they did the ff7 RE and put more stuff into it just to expand it a bit
I would have preferred Super Mario RPG 2. Like they did with Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity, which was amazing in the music and characters.
Me too. I would much rather have gotten a sequel, but I'm just happy to see it back in any form.
Listen - some of the attacks and when your supposed to press the button are so detached from when it looks like and sounds like your supposed to press the button that you might as well be randomly pressing it to see when you should be pressing it - even if it only appears once, letting there be a visual indication for these that you *know* is *the* indiction is a good thing
This being said it appearing until you roughly know what you are doing is probably also a good thing
That's a fair point, for sure. I can completely see what you mean. But I do feel some harder moves, like Jynxed or magnum, the player isn't necessarily supposed to know it can be blocked. Finding out you can - and the perfect time to do so - makes, what are meant to be devastating moves, really easy to turn into 0 damage moves (magnum being instant death normally). My main issue is just that SMRPG was already too easy, and I'd prefer Nintendo not spoil some of the few things that added difficulty.
I'd honestly be OK with them changing it so that perfectly timed blocks only halve damage, or something along those lines, because, when you learn the block times in SMRPG normally, the only attacks that actually deal damage anymore are magic attacks, and even then, there's the safety ring, and so many accessories that protect against status effects. I'd prefer if they upped the challenge and made more of a need to heal and feel threatened by enemies.
@@brendansrambles9464 I would argue the difficulty should not be bs on not knowing how the game works - Imagine if the game just didn't have button mapping at all and you had to guess how to actually play the game!
Difficulty by obscurity is a bad thing. Making the game difficult for OTHER reasons other than just making you have to play 'guess the button' is better than 'guess the button' difficulty. (see also 'pick a pipe/door/path') It's not difficult - it's annoying because once you do know this (and it can be looked up) there's no point in hiding it
the REAL question is whether or not you'll turn into classic NES Mario when you go behind the curtain or turn into the SNES Mario RPG version. I think that would be hilarious to turn into SNES Mario and would be a fun nod to the original joke
OH, that would be really clever, actually! I'm kinda hoping that's what they actually do
Music was a bit too loud starting at around 12:40, overall great video tho!
Yeah, it definitely was too loud there. It always sounds quieter in my editing software than it seems to in the final video.
But, thanks! Glad you liked it!
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Everyone is entitled to their own opinion whether people disagree or not. Here is mine. I am a huge fan of Super Mario RPG and I believe it was necessary for a remake to capture the old and new fans. Especially since the Switch is nearing its end and moving on to the next big Nintendo console. I always said that this game is a treasure between Square and Nintendo that has been locked away for over 20 years and a sequel with Mario Odyssey graphics would be insane for both companies and the fans. When Paper Mario was announced for the N64 I always thought it would have been better to release a sequel for Mario RPG despite the success. Yoko Shimomura to make music for the sequel, bring Mario’s gang back for it including Bowser and new ones, cameos from other Square games, and continue with turn base. This would be Mario’s pinnacle RPG game. Again, my strong opinion. Who knows…maybe this is there plan with the remake of Super Mario RPG. Will see what the sales are on this.
On a side note, your rom hack idea and sprites are amazing! I'd play it in a heartbeat! Please tell me you haven't scrapped it 😭🙏
Thanks! I made a few rom hacks back in the day, but never fully made the fully original one with the queen bosses in it that I showed here. That was a long time ago, and I'm currently developing my own game, so I don't really plan on ever making that Mario 4/5 game I planned, but ho knows. Maybe some day.
I do plan to upload playthroughs of one or two of the rom hacks I did make back then to this channel at some point, though.
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didn't Shovel Knight also have that boss cameo in King Of Cards (the most recent DLC)
correct me if i'm wrong
If it does well, which it will.. then I really hope they make a sequel. Not another paper mario game
I agree. never played the Paper Mario games, so I'd much rather have a sequel to SMRPG
Wow that Mario fan game you showed about the 7 queens looks REAL interesting!! Did you ever finish it? Is it available??
Unfortunately, no. That was back in 2006. The game was never more than concept art and mock up graphics. Glad you liked em though.
@@brendansrambles9464 I def did. Wished it was real though. Definitely one of the best looking and unique fan concepts I've ever seen
@@brendansrambles9464Would you be open to collaborating with a dev to make it a reality?
I hope this game sells well
Me too!
I feel reMAKES when done correctly, like recent Resident Evils, we benefit more from them. The experience is different, we get a better bang for our buck, etc. Ports and reMASTERS feel like the company is just being greedy and lazy and spitting in your face to top it off when re-releasing those. Even when it's $10-20 off. That's just my opinion. Remakes > Ports and/or remasters.
Yeah, I basically agree with all of that.
I like remakes and remasters because I want to play those old games, and a lot of these games aren’t available, and porting doesn’t always work that well.
They could make the timing being shown toggleable to allow people to choose.
Im gonna get it just in the hopes we finally get a sequel for it
I'm hoping for that too!
I am TOTALLY buying this
People beg for remakes then complain when they get them 😂
I've never begged for a remake. I've appreciated some we've gotten, but never really ever asked for one.
I prefer “reboots” over remakes… like I hope the new Super Mario RPG is made with gameplay improvements and a good amount of new content.
I agree. I am hoping we get extra content. If they remake an old game, but improve or add nothing, it doesn't really warrant charging gamers full price.
If they leave the ! that appears, the game is going to be a joke in difficulty, but they should make it so you can enable it or disable it or make it so it appears if you put it in easy just saying. I know there was no difficulty selector, but at least make it so you can turn it off.
I agree. That's actually a really good solution to it
remakes is because so much crap is released now the stuff that was super good (if they stick to the story and keep 100% true to the original) is far better than stuff now. mario rpg is a game that 20 years later i still remember playing it as a small kid and was sad when i beat it because of how good it was. (kotor 1 being another, dude that story at 13 was like being dumped and kicked in the balls the same day. it was good to where you remember it the rest of your life)
I remember the sadness of when a childhood RPG ends. I didn't want SMRPG or Chrono Cross to end when I first played them XD
I never played much of the Star Wars games, but I've heard KOTOR is amazing.
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The problem is Nintendo is no longer selling us ports for these old games and not everyone wants a subscription service where half these games are missing anyway.
The subscription service idea is very flawed, especially since, whenever the Switch's online functionality comes to an end, we'll essentially lose all of those past games. I would have rather had them just go the virtual console route again.