Super Mario RPG confirmed for VC

[kingslime80]

I have to ask if anyone has experianced this on SMRPG.
My friend and I rented the game from a video store when it was still on the console. When we got to Seaside Town before fighting Yaridovich there was an item called the Spear in the shop saying it was for Toad on the equip window. We baught it figuring it would be good to have a weapon when we got him, but we ad to return it later that day. I've never seen this item on any other copy, either on the console or the emulator.
Was I seeing things, or has someone else seen this item? I figure this was probibaly a glitch or perhaps a late Beta that was shipped by accident, but I can't be sure.

[Shadowblind]

Hm...is there anything they won't humiliate Mario by doing?

Mario is now just being used to sell games that otherwise wouldn't be bought if they didn't have Mario. This is what Miyamoto wanted, huh....

[grossaffe]

I have to ask if anyone has experianced this on SMRPG.
My friend and I rented the game from a video store when it was still on the console. When we got to Seaside Town before fighting Yaridovich there was an item called the Spear in the shop saying it was for Toad on the equip window. We baught it figuring it would be good to have a weapon when we got him, but we ad to return it later that day. I've never seen this item on any other copy, either on the console or the emulator.
Was I seeing things, or has someone else seen this item? I figure this was probibaly a glitch or perhaps a late Beta that was shipped by accident, but I can't be sure.

Does your friend remember it? I've done pretty much everything there is to do in that game and i've never heard of the spear, and *spoiler kind of* toad never joins your party.

[masterchief929]

Hm...is there anything they won't humiliate Mario by doing?

Mario is now just being used to sell games that otherwise wouldn't be bought if they didn't have Mario. This is what Miyamoto wanted, huh....

at first i thought it was a regular sidescrolling mario game until some of the other posts made me realize that u are right. they use mario to just sell games now. :/

[firedragon_jing]

I almost forgot about this game, and I still haven't beat it yet, I'll put it on my Wii in the morning

[The Hombrew Hunter]

Hm...is there anything they won't humiliate Mario by doing?

Mario is now just being used to sell games that otherwise wouldn't be bought if they didn't have Mario. This is what Miyamoto wanted, huh....

Are you f**king kidding me?

Please tell me that was a joke.

Both Square and Nintendo collaborated on this game to make one of Mario's deepest (and actually funniest...The third Star Piece still makes me laugh a bit each time.) adventures. Strange monsters, living blue dolls, yellow whiny puffballs, etc.

Regardless, this game was made way back in the day and it's one of the best Mario games out there, AND one of the best SNES RPGs made.

I mean, this was the first time Bowser assisted Mario and they did a /good/ job of it.

Play it before you bash it, because you've obviously never touched it before.

[ninja9393]

Are you f**king kidding me?

Please tell me that was a joke.

Both Square and Nintendo collaborated on this game to make one of Mario's deepest (and actually funniest...The third Star Piece still makes me laugh a bit each time.) adventures. Strange monsters, living blue dolls, yellow whiny puffballs, etc.

Regardless, this game was made way back in the day and it's one of the best Mario games out there, AND one of the best SNES RPGs made.

I mean, this was the first time Bowser assisted Mario and they did a /good/ job of it.

Play it before you bash it, because you've obviously never touched it before.

I 2nd that, sorry shadow, I usually agree on your posts but that one was not cool

[goshogun1]

I think SMRPG is a fantastic game and a nice addition to the series. Feels like Final Fantasy a la Mario. And the fact that the battles actually have you do more than just hit the fight option is great. Back in the day I remember trying to get an absurd amount of super jumps on an enemy.
Oh, and the Mario RPG series that followed, like Paper Mario and the Saga ones are some of the classiest RPGs I have ever played. A great use of the franchise IMO. Whoever hasn't bought Paper Mario yet on VC, BUY IT! It looks 10X crisper than it did on N64. When SMRPG comes out, buy that too! :thumbup:
As for unnecessary franchise games...that GBA Mario pinball, or Mario hoops DS felt kinda like a misuse of the Mario name to make money.

[Shadowblind]

Are you f**king kidding me?

Please tell me that was a joke.

Both Square and Nintendo collaborated on this game to make one of Mario's deepest (and actually funniest...The third Star Piece still makes me laugh a bit each time.) adventures. Strange monsters, living blue dolls, yellow whiny puffballs, etc.

Regardless, this game was made way back in the day and it's one of the best Mario games out there, AND one of the best SNES RPGs made.

I mean, this was the first time Bowser assisted Mario and they did a /good/ job of it.

Play it before you bash it, because you've obviously never touched it before.

Then i was obviously not talking about this game, but the idea in general. Its like throwing Mario in front of a sports game and then selling it because they know it wouldn't sell any other way. Oh wait, they already have...many times. Just glad they haven't done a Super Master Chief Tennis or Ultra Kratos Soccer EXTREME.

Thats construing my post to fit one game only. Things aren't that black and white. Do you think the majority of people buying the game would even look at it if it featured a normal cast like other Square games?

[kingslime80]

Do you think the majority of people buying the game would even look at it if it featured a normal cast like other Square games?

I would have. I judge games based on the potential for fun, and sometimes the level of challenge, but NEVER on what franchise they belong to. Final Fantasy 2 on the NES is god-awful, poor play stile anf no real character development, even the remake didn't really correct this. Kingdom Hearts from all accounts is a good, fun RPG with a decent level of challenge that just HAPPENS to be set in the Disney Universe, so why judge the Mario RPG to be a typical Mario-centric rip-off? If it never was made would we have the Paper Mario games? And just because you don't like more recent Mario spin-offs, not all games should be painted with the same brush, even in the same series.