I loved seeing Square's take on Super Mario, and this game definitely left an impression on me.
Engaging combat, bright graphics, and just a touch of secret hunting makes for a nice light JRPG. As usual for Square/Nintendo, the music is great.
Engaging combat, bright graphics, and just a touch of secret hunting makes for a nice light JRPG. As usual for Square/Nintendo, the music is great.
Squaresoft took control of this RPG with Mario characters with a hope of it doing better outside of Japan. However, it was never released in Europe due to the RPG genre being very niche.
The story does not take it seriously because the people have seen this before. Bowser is definilty a highlight, this is because he has lost his castle and he wants to keep up his image. Whenever Mario needs to describe something he puts up a show and changes characters which is very funny.
Each character has different abilities. Mario is an all rounder, Bowser being pure strength, Princess Toadstool is a healer. Newcomer Geno can boost a party members attack power and also has offensive magic abilities. Newcomer Mallow can also use healing abilities and offensive magic abilities.
The game uses the classic turn-based battle system. You have all the time in the world to make a turn. You can choose to attack the enemy, defend an upcoming attack, use a magic attack or use an item. If you use an item there is a chance you could obtain a freebie. At the right time if you hit the A button you could deal some extra damage. If you hit the A button at the right time you could take less damage from enemy attacks, if you hit the button at the exact right time, you won't take any damage.
This is a very easy RPG, so if you have played other RPGs then this one would be very basic and nothing interesting. Mario fans will find something fun about it.
The story does not take it seriously because the people have seen this before. Bowser is definilty a highlight, this is because he has lost his castle and he wants to keep up his image. Whenever Mario needs to describe something he puts up a show and changes characters which is very funny.
Each character has different abilities. Mario is an all rounder, Bowser being pure strength, Princess Toadstool is a healer. Newcomer Geno can boost a party members attack power and also has offensive magic abilities. Newcomer Mallow can also use healing abilities and offensive magic abilities.
The game uses the classic turn-based battle system. You have all the time in the world to make a turn. You can choose to attack the enemy, defend an upcoming attack, use a magic attack or use an item. If you use an item there is a chance you could obtain a freebie. At the right time if you hit the A button you could deal some extra damage. If you hit the A button at the right time you could take less damage from enemy attacks, if you hit the button at the exact right time, you won't take any damage.
This is a very easy RPG, so if you have played other RPGs then this one would be very basic and nothing interesting. Mario fans will find something fun about it.
An incredible little JRPG thats got so much charm to it. The character writing that's there is brilliant (especially Mallow) and its just a clean 12ish hour experience. Bowser also kind of carries here Nintendo gotta let him show more personality