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Man, it's still not real to me that they remade this game AND are doing it in seemingly the best way possible.
It literally makes everything in gaming feel better. I’m shocked it’s a thing
Legit still hyped about this. I've listened to the soundtrack twice since it was announced.
I wonder if there's anything going on in this remake that fans would seriously miss when going back to the original. I never finished it and if there's any significant improvements like that, then I may just wait.
But I LOVE the charm of SNES-era RPGs.
The only think I think would be missed are the cameos, I hope they still do that!
My only real critique is that this shot looks super rough:
No shading, the castle background looks like rough CG straight outta the 90's, etc. Weird when the rest of the game doesn't seem to have this issue.
See, the thing is, that the game has the strike the balance between modern graphics and some of that snes style from the original, so that might be what's happening there.
It isn't consistent with the rest of the game. The rest of the game has characters casting shadows, with asscheek-smooth 3D assets. If it wants to set a mood or commit to a style, it objectively doesn't mesh.
We can be excited without huffing on that copium, lol. I'm not saying it doesn't otherwise look perfectly suitable for what it's going for or that I'm not excited (I am, despite being actually mostly ho-hum on the original), I'm just nitpicking the one thing that stuck out as wrong to me.
One summer me and my cousin traded systems. He got my Genesis w/games and I got his SNES for a couple months. Talk about masterpiece overload, he had Mario RPG, Link to the Past, EVO (neat little game), and Super Mario World. Me and a buddy rolled through all of them, plus Super Metroid and Actraiser, which I rented a couple times.
Insane going from one 10 out of 10 straight into another!
I'm stoked we're getting a legit remake! 2023 trying to beat out 2007 for rad game releases.
That's a hell of a trade. My neighbour had a genesis, came over, and thought I got an N64 when he first saw the graphics of this one lol
Yeah, me and my buddy were either at my house or his--multiple sleepovers, lol. I wish I was as dedicated to my backlog now as we were that summer. No Nintendo power for maps and stuff, so some parts were tougher than they needed to be.
I literally played through Actraiser within the day and a half rental time.
Still missed out on a bunch of games on the system, but I was lucky enough to play arguably a few of the absolute best of the entire generation, regardless of system.
Good times, ha ha.
I remember seeing Mario RPG for sale at FUNCOLAND in 1997 or 1998. I didn’t know what the heck an RPG was but I wanted it — those stubby character models on the label looked so cool and claymation-y. I was intrigued. So, I asked my mom if we could get it, and she said…
NO!
Which, fair enough Ma. Eventually played the game on Wii Virtual Console after having fallen in love with the Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi series. If only I had gotten my first taste with Mario RPG though, I bet it would have hit so much harder.
For about two seconds I was put off by the compressed chibi characters models.
And then they started moving and I just wanted to cuddle them because they're adorable. It instantly clicks in motion, and I think it's lovely.