Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
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Overview
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (often abbreviated to Super Mario RPG) is a 1996 collaboration between Square (before their merge with Enix) and Nintendo. At the time that Super Mario RPG was developed, Square and Nintendo had an excellent relationship, with Square making several great games on the Super Nintendo and NES. Super Mario RPG was a more story-centered version of the Mario titles on the NES and Super Nintendo beforehand.
Super Mario RPG was added to Nintendo's digital download service on the Wii, the Virtual Console, on Labor Day in the United States on September 1, 2008. It was added to the Virtual Console in Europe on August 22, 2008, making Super Mario RPG available for the first time overseas. This happened during the Hanabi week, a release week Nintendo dedicates to games, previously unreleased in Europe. The original Super Nintendo cartridge wouldn't work with import adapters available back then, so the game couldn't be played without an American Super Nintendo. Super Mario RPG costs the standard Super Nintendo price of 800 Nintendo Points to purchase the game (900 Nintendo Points in Europe). The game takes up 59 blocks of Wii Memory in the United States and 64 blocks of memory in Europe. The game is compatible with the Wii Classic Controller and the Nintendo GameCube controller.
The changes made to the Wii version of the game from it's original Super NES release are few and fairly insignificant, but here is a short list of some of the changes or differences:
The game is seen from an isometric perspective and the game gives the player the freedom to jump on objects. Not only does this allow one to reach places which can only be hit by jumping, but the game also has many hidden treasure chests strewn throughout the game. These chests can only be found by jumping into them from below, at which point they will appear and reward players with the contents.This is very typical for a Mario title, as in the platforming games, invisible blocks would give the players rewards like stars.
Unlike most RPGs of it's time, Super Mario RPG does not contain random battles. Instead, one can see enemies walking around on the overworld. If one touches them, then the battle will take place on a separate battle screen. Naturally, this means one can avoid fighting. Battles are menu based, which makes the game feel like a typical RPG, but setting it apart are what the game dubs " Timed Hits". Time Hits come into play when both attacking and defending in battle. When one attacks, whether it's with a normal attack or a "Special Attack", one can do more damage if one presses a button at just the right time. This also goes for defending against attacks from an enemy. This requires one to press the "A button" at the right time to reduce the effect of damage, or even take no damage at all.
Outside of those aspects, Super Mario RPG is a very conventional role-playing game (RPG). One traverses the world, both towns and " dungeons", chatting with townsfolk, taking part in a very large number of mini-games, fighting enemies and bosses to level up, purchase or find items and equipment to increase the stats or help in a battle and keying story sequences to move the game's plot forward (although there are no "cut-scenes", most of the dialogue and story takes place within the game's text windows as various characters speak). It's also significant to note that Mario is mute in this game, although he will "act out" what he wants to say at certain points to often hilarious effect, as he will even morph into other characters, which is never explained as to how he does this, it just happens.
Mini-games of all kinds can be found throughout Mario's adventure for the Seven Stars. Some of the mini-games are part of the story and one will experience them in one form or another before one can play them at a time of your choosing, while other mini-games are completely optional. In addition to the many mini-games, there are numerous side-quests that will reward one with items and equipment that can significantly help in this adventure.
Melody Bay
Melody Bay can be found at Tadpole Pond and allows you to compose "songs" by jumping on tadpoles that represent different notes (stand on the rock in front of the music lines to summon them) and each make a different sound (Mi, Do, So, Do, Re, La, Ti, Do). There are three songs one will be able to compose in order to win an item from Toadofsky (a composer with composer's block). They are relatively easy to find except for the last one. One will gain clues to the songs one need to compose from various characters in the game.
Goomba Thumping
Like the name suggests, the goal of this game is to stomp on Goombas to rack up the most points. The Goombas pop out of four pipes. Mario stands in the middle with a green pipe in each corner, and one is tasked with jumping onto the pipe to smash a Goomba when they pop out. A small handful of Spineys will also pop out of the pipes. If one smashes a Goomba, a point if given. If one smashes a Spiney, three points shall be taken.
Mushroom Derby Racing
One will find the Mushroom Derby in Yosh'ter Isle. First one will need to talk to Yoshi and ride him, in order to speak to the Yoshi residents, as Mario can't understand their language. One then will need to talk to the pink Yoshi near the GOAL letters, who will give out three cookies. These are what you'll need to race the crowning champ of the Mushroom Derby, Boshi. One needs to talk to Boshi, the racing champion of the whole Island, to challenge him to race.
To race against Boshi, one needs to alternate pressing the A and B Buttons to the beat of the music. Press the Y Button to eat a cookie, which will give one a boost of speed. Beating Boshi will net "Yoshi Cookie" items that one can use to summon Yoshi in battle (he will then eat the enemy) and allow one to race against other Yoshis on the island.
Moleville Mountain Mine Cart Ride
This minigame, found on Moleville Mountain has Mario riding a mine-cart through a twisting 3D track (which uses Mode 7 effects for the 3D look). A timer in the upper right keeps track of how long it takes one to reach the end of the track. The track has a general path although one will encounter side rides one can enter by holding right or left when one passes by them as well as turns in which one will need to break to avoid going off the track. If one goes off the track it takes a bit for Mario to return to the track, thus cutting down finish time. Twice one will enter a side-scrolling section which plays much differently than the 3D parts as there are platforming elements. As one goes through the track one can collect coins as well as Mushrooms, which one uses to boost. Initially one will play this mini-game as part of the story, and whatever time is gotten is the time one will need to beat in order to earn more coins when the mini-game is opened later on as a game you can play anytime at a cost of 10 Coins. Beat your previous time to earn coins. If you wager 30 coins and beat your old time you'll earn 50 coins.
Beetle Mania (Listed as "Game" on your Menu when you get it)
Beetle Mania is a shooter in which you control a Beetle who can move left and right along the bottom of a static screen as Koopa Shells fall in from all angles from above. You can shoot Stars out of the Beetle as quick as you can press the buttons in order to break the Koopa shells. Doing so will cause them to shatter and release stars which will break any shells they hit. But be careful! If the stars from a shattered shell hit you, then you will die as well. To revive yourself you must rapidly press the buttons, you can use either A or B to fire. As stars from shattered shells hit other shells they will cause them to explode if you keep tapping the fire buttons. Before long, the screen will fill with more and more shells and you can gain extremely huge combos by rapidly tapping the shoot buttons. If you make a big enough combo you will hear a unique sound and hearts will start falling from the sky. Collect them to increase your score and the ability for you to revive yourself once you've been hit. After being hit, you must rapidly tap the fire button to come alive before the count of three. At count three you will burst into stars, giving you one last chance to rack up some points. At the top of the screen you will see your current score (on the left) and your "Hi-Score" on the right. Played successfully with quick fingers and you'll easily be able to beat the original set high score. This game can be played at any time once you have purchased the Game Boy from the kid playing it in the Mushroom Kingdom Inn.
Sky Bridge
The sky bridge is a bridge made of floating blocks that you need to jump across, if you stand on them too long they will fall. As you jump across, bullet bills will shoot from the other side toward you and will literally push you off the bridge if you don't jump over them. Since they literally push, it means that if you jump fast enough you can still save yourself even if a bullet hits you. In fact, you can even ride atop them! There are three courses: Normal, Special and Expert. With each one, the bullet bills will shoot faster and the blocks will fall quicker when you stand on them. And once you complete the bridge the first time, you can try it twice more, each time the amount of coins you will win if you succeed is doubled, but if you fail you lose it all, and the course will be harder. The first two courses give you regular coins, while the Expert course gives you Frog Coins.
Lands End Cliff Scaling
Koopa Paratroopas line a tall stone cliff with Sergeant Flutter at the top. You need to use the Koopas as platforms to make it to the top. When you stand on a Koopa it will move along a line to the next Koopa. However you can move freely and jump whenever you wish to get a faster time.
Characters
Throughout the game you run into a number of characters that join your party. Some of which you know from past Mario games, while others are totally new.
Super Mario
After being flung from Bowser's keep, Mario tries to return, only to find that a large sword now sticking out of the keep will have none of it. While Mario is trying to open the doors, the large sword rocks the keep so hard that the bridge Mario is standing on begins to fall apart. At this point it is no longer possible to enter Bower's Castle until much later in the game.
Mallow
Mallow joins the party vary early in the game. After speaking to the Chancellor about the issue at Bowser's Castle, Mario meets Mallow as he is chasing a biped crocodile thief named Croco. He has stolen Mallow's shopping money that was given to him by his grandfather Frogfucius. Once Mario defeats Croco and gets Mallow his money back, Mallow opts to join your party back to his home. Once they arrive and meet Frogfucius he tells Mallow that he is not a tadpole (he resembles a cloud wearing pants). Mario agrees to help him in his quest, and Mallow joins your party for the rest of the game.
Geno
Mario first encounters Geno as a doll. In Rosetown, Mario will enter a pub and find a child named Gaz playing "Super Mario" with a Mario, Toadstool, Bowser, and Geno doll. It is during that time the otherworldly traveler decides to utilize the body of the doll to quest against Smithy. He/She/It then runs off into the Forest Maze while everyone is asleep. Mario eventually finds Geno in the Forest Maze, where they team up to defeat Bowyer, a lunatic bow-like creature that is raining hell upon Rosetown by firing arrows that freeze people in place.
Note: Geno is merely a name of convenience, the actual name of this character is ♥♪!?; it's much easier to say Geno in conversation.
Princess Toadstool
After the incident at Bowser's Castle, Princess Toadstool landed on the lap (literally) of the man-child Boosterin Booster's Tower. Booster is the 7th male in the family as indicated by the 6th other portraits in his palace. He believes that Toadstool was a gift from above - a woman that he could marry.
King Bowser
With his keep destroyed, Bowser seeks to dominate other venues after landing near Booster's tower. He shows up a few times in passing while Mario is questing in Moleville, but they don't make contact until the arrival at Booster Tower. Bowser constantly and consistently fails at getting inside of the Tower and ultimately decides to team up with Mario.
Humor
Super Mario RPG is well-known for its laugh-out-load hilarity. The game's humor and style are all its own, and will likely continue to be funny in future generations of gaming. Lots of the game's charm and comedy come from Mario himself, despite his silence, who has a wide range of funny and expressive animations, from shaking his head violently when saying no, to the way he (and other characters) "fall down" when a very obvious point is made. The game is also full of hilarious moments that are also very unique:
For example when Geno is first encountered, he is just one "action figure" in a line-up of action figures that includes Mario, Bowser and Princess Peach. A young child, Gaz, is playing with them in the Rosetown Inn and when he discovers that Mario is "THE MARIO" (which is proved by an elaborate jump, something that happens throughout the game, and future Mario RPGs, in order for Mario to "prove" who he really is) he asks that Mario join him. What proceeds is Gaz playing with Mario as Gaz and Mario exchange "blows." In the end, Mario gets "knocked out" from a super attack that Gaz unleashed on him with his "secret weapon", the Geno doll.
Samus Aran Cameo
Samus Aran is located in two places in Super Mario RPG. First, she is in the top room in Booster's Tower where there is a toy box in the room. Inside, there is a Samus Aran action figure. The second location is at the bottom of the Mushroom Kindom Castle's guest house. She is only there after the party finishes defeating Yaridovich, and before going to Land's End. Upon speaking with her, she will say that she is resting up for Mother Brain.
After getting the third star, Link will be in Rosetown's inn. In the top floor's farthest bed he will be sleeping there. Upon speaking with him, a familiar Legend of Zelda sound effect plays.
Culex is located in Monstro Town. There is a sealed door there that can be opened with the Shiny Stone. In Moleville, there is a person who will sell the party fireworks. After purchasing some, the party must go outside to where there are five crates and a little girl mole sitting down. She is willing to trade her Shiny Stone for the party's fireworks.
Culex is a throw-back to classic Final Fantasy bosses, and is the hardest boss in the game, even more so then the final boss Smithy. Culex is described as a Dark Knight form Vanda, and he has crossed over to Mario's realm in order to defeat the Dark Mage. Culex is not able to stay in Mario's world for long, for if he does it will lead to his destruction. Before Culex departs, he wishes to battle the strongest knight of the world.
While fighting Culex, the boss battle theme from Final Fantasy IV plays, and upon defeating Culex the pre- Final Fantasy VII victory theme plays. There are also other references to Final Fantasy in the game, but Culex is the most prominent. Upon defeat, Culex rewards the player with the Quartz Charm and departs.
Soundtrack
Join Mario in his first RPG adventure! Explore new and previously unseen areas of the Mushroom Kingdom on a quest to stop the mechanical Smithy on a path of conquest.
Overview
The title screen
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (often abbreviated to Super Mario RPG) is a 1996 collaboration between Square (before their merge with Enix) and Nintendo. At the time that Super Mario RPG was developed, Square and Nintendo had an excellent relationship, with Square making several great games on the Super Nintendo and NES. Super Mario RPG was a more story-centered version of the Mario titles on the NES and Super Nintendo beforehand.
The title screen
Super Mario RPG was added to Nintendo's digital download service on the Wii, the Virtual Console, on Labor Day in the United States on September 1, 2008. It was added to the Virtual Console in Europe on August 22, 2008, making Super Mario RPG available for the first time overseas. This happened during the Hanabi week, a release week Nintendo dedicates to games, previously unreleased in Europe. The original Super Nintendo cartridge wouldn't work with import adapters available back then, so the game couldn't be played without an American Super Nintendo. Super Mario RPG costs the standard Super Nintendo price of 800 Nintendo Points to purchase the game (900 Nintendo Points in Europe). The game takes up 59 blocks of Wii Memory in the United States and 64 blocks of memory in Europe. The game is compatible with the Wii Classic Controller and the Nintendo GameCube controller.
The changes made to the Wii version of the game from it's original Super NES release are few and fairly insignificant, but here is a short list of some of the changes or differences:
- There is more slowdown in the game, which is pretty significant in some portions, such as the boss fight with JJJ.
- There are a few spots where one will see weird visual glitches, such as in battles where it will cover the main characters for a bit.
- The Fire Wall attack from enemies has changed color. Instead of being red/orange and white it is now red and black/translucent.
- The Mokuka enemy in Land's End can appear as a blue cloud instead of just white
- Timed Hits can be made harder to perform when playing with a Classic Controller due to the face buttons on the controller being raised higher. Thus it takes a longer amount of time for one to press the button down all the way. This can make timing harder to do if one is playing with the Classic Controller or Nintendo GameCube Controller.
Gameplay
Super Mario RPG is one of the most unique RPGs for its time, and is still unconventional today. The reason is due to the fact that Super Mario RPG incorporates jumping elements into all aspects of its gameplay; from traversing the overworld, to fighting battles, the developers worked hard to make the game feel like a Mario game, and that meant a significant portion of the game needed to utilize the typical Mario gameplay of jumping. The gameplay is similar to that of later game Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga on the Game Boy Advance.The game is seen from an isometric perspective and the game gives the player the freedom to jump on objects. Not only does this allow one to reach places which can only be hit by jumping, but the game also has many hidden treasure chests strewn throughout the game. These chests can only be found by jumping into them from below, at which point they will appear and reward players with the contents.This is very typical for a Mario title, as in the platforming games, invisible blocks would give the players rewards like stars.
A traditional battle. This particular battle is with the boss Belome
Unlike most RPGs of it's time, Super Mario RPG does not contain random battles. Instead, one can see enemies walking around on the overworld. If one touches them, then the battle will take place on a separate battle screen. Naturally, this means one can avoid fighting. Battles are menu based, which makes the game feel like a typical RPG, but setting it apart are what the game dubs " Timed Hits". Time Hits come into play when both attacking and defending in battle. When one attacks, whether it's with a normal attack or a "Special Attack", one can do more damage if one presses a button at just the right time. This also goes for defending against attacks from an enemy. This requires one to press the "A button" at the right time to reduce the effect of damage, or even take no damage at all.
Walking around the overworld, the enemies are visible
Outside of those aspects, Super Mario RPG is a very conventional role-playing game (RPG). One traverses the world, both towns and " dungeons", chatting with townsfolk, taking part in a very large number of mini-games, fighting enemies and bosses to level up, purchase or find items and equipment to increase the stats or help in a battle and keying story sequences to move the game's plot forward (although there are no "cut-scenes", most of the dialogue and story takes place within the game's text windows as various characters speak). It's also significant to note that Mario is mute in this game, although he will "act out" what he wants to say at certain points to often hilarious effect, as he will even morph into other characters, which is never explained as to how he does this, it just happens.
Mini-Games
Mini-games of all kinds can be found throughout Mario's adventure for the Seven Stars. Some of the mini-games are part of the story and one will experience them in one form or another before one can play them at a time of your choosing, while other mini-games are completely optional. In addition to the many mini-games, there are numerous side-quests that will reward one with items and equipment that can significantly help in this adventure.
Melody Bay
Playing the Melody Bay minigame
Playing the Melody Bay minigame
- Price: Free
- Prizes: Alto Card, Tenor Card and Soprano Card
Melody Bay can be found at Tadpole Pond and allows you to compose "songs" by jumping on tadpoles that represent different notes (stand on the rock in front of the music lines to summon them) and each make a different sound (Mi, Do, So, Do, Re, La, Ti, Do). There are three songs one will be able to compose in order to win an item from Toadofsky (a composer with composer's block). They are relatively easy to find except for the last one. One will gain clues to the songs one need to compose from various characters in the game.
Goomba Thumping
- Price: 10 Coins
- Prizes - 20: Flower Tab, 23: Flower Jar, 25: Frog Coin, 28: Frog Coin
Like the name suggests, the goal of this game is to stomp on Goombas to rack up the most points. The Goombas pop out of four pipes. Mario stands in the middle with a green pipe in each corner, and one is tasked with jumping onto the pipe to smash a Goomba when they pop out. A small handful of Spineys will also pop out of the pipes. If one smashes a Goomba, a point if given. If one smashes a Spiney, three points shall be taken.
Mushroom Derby Racing
Mushroom Derby Racing
- Price: 3 Cookies
- Prizes: 3 Yoshi Cookie Items, the ability to race other Yoshis.
One will find the Mushroom Derby in Yosh'ter Isle. First one will need to talk to Yoshi and ride him, in order to speak to the Yoshi residents, as Mario can't understand their language. One then will need to talk to the pink Yoshi near the GOAL letters, who will give out three cookies. These are what you'll need to race the crowning champ of the Mushroom Derby, Boshi. One needs to talk to Boshi, the racing champion of the whole Island, to challenge him to race.
To race against Boshi, one needs to alternate pressing the A and B Buttons to the beat of the music. Press the Y Button to eat a cookie, which will give one a boost of speed. Beating Boshi will net "Yoshi Cookie" items that one can use to summon Yoshi in battle (he will then eat the enemy) and allow one to race against other Yoshis on the island.
Moleville Mountain Mine Cart Ride
Riding in a mine-cart
- Cost: Initially free. 10 Coins later
- Controls: A and Y to break, B to jump, X to use a Mushroom speed boost.
- Prize: Coins
This minigame, found on Moleville Mountain has Mario riding a mine-cart through a twisting 3D track (which uses Mode 7 effects for the 3D look). A timer in the upper right keeps track of how long it takes one to reach the end of the track. The track has a general path although one will encounter side rides one can enter by holding right or left when one passes by them as well as turns in which one will need to break to avoid going off the track. If one goes off the track it takes a bit for Mario to return to the track, thus cutting down finish time. Twice one will enter a side-scrolling section which plays much differently than the 3D parts as there are platforming elements. As one goes through the track one can collect coins as well as Mushrooms, which one uses to boost. Initially one will play this mini-game as part of the story, and whatever time is gotten is the time one will need to beat in order to earn more coins when the mini-game is opened later on as a game you can play anytime at a cost of 10 Coins. Beat your previous time to earn coins. If you wager 30 coins and beat your old time you'll earn 50 coins.
Beetle Mania
Beetle Mania (Listed as "Game" on your Menu when you get it)
- Cost: 500 Coins to purchase the Game Boy, free to play afterward
- Prizes: Coins for Male and Female Beetles, a Frog Coin per Golden Beetle
Beetle Mania is a shooter in which you control a Beetle who can move left and right along the bottom of a static screen as Koopa Shells fall in from all angles from above. You can shoot Stars out of the Beetle as quick as you can press the buttons in order to break the Koopa shells. Doing so will cause them to shatter and release stars which will break any shells they hit. But be careful! If the stars from a shattered shell hit you, then you will die as well. To revive yourself you must rapidly press the buttons, you can use either A or B to fire. As stars from shattered shells hit other shells they will cause them to explode if you keep tapping the fire buttons. Before long, the screen will fill with more and more shells and you can gain extremely huge combos by rapidly tapping the shoot buttons. If you make a big enough combo you will hear a unique sound and hearts will start falling from the sky. Collect them to increase your score and the ability for you to revive yourself once you've been hit. After being hit, you must rapidly tap the fire button to come alive before the count of three. At count three you will burst into stars, giving you one last chance to rack up some points. At the top of the screen you will see your current score (on the left) and your "Hi-Score" on the right. Played successfully with quick fingers and you'll easily be able to beat the original set high score. This game can be played at any time once you have purchased the Game Boy from the kid playing it in the Mushroom Kingdom Inn.
Sky Bridge
Sky Bridge
- Cost: 5 Coins
- Prizes: Coins or Frog Coins
The sky bridge is a bridge made of floating blocks that you need to jump across, if you stand on them too long they will fall. As you jump across, bullet bills will shoot from the other side toward you and will literally push you off the bridge if you don't jump over them. Since they literally push, it means that if you jump fast enough you can still save yourself even if a bullet hits you. In fact, you can even ride atop them! There are three courses: Normal, Special and Expert. With each one, the bullet bills will shoot faster and the blocks will fall quicker when you stand on them. And once you complete the bridge the first time, you can try it twice more, each time the amount of coins you will win if you succeed is doubled, but if you fail you lose it all, and the course will be harder. The first two courses give you regular coins, while the Expert course gives you Frog Coins.
Lands End Cliff Scaling
- Cost: None
- Prizes: Troopa Pin, beat previous time to earn Frog Coins
Koopa Paratroopas line a tall stone cliff with Sergeant Flutter at the top. You need to use the Koopas as platforms to make it to the top. When you stand on a Koopa it will move along a line to the next Koopa. However you can move freely and jump whenever you wish to get a faster time.
Mario gazing upon Bowser's recently captured castle
Story
This Mario game starts out like any other. Princess Toadstool has been kidnapped by Bowser and you must fight your way through his castle to bring her back. During this highly familiar sequence you fight and defeat Bowser. Right as you are about to claim victory and return home with the princess a huge magical sword, Exor, crashes through the castle sending all parties flying off into the horizon. The crash is so mighty that it flings Mario so far that he falls into the Warp Pipe on the roof of his house. Mario immediately sets off to inform the Chancellor of the happenings, and from there it becomes a whirlwind adventure to save not only the Mushroom Kingdom, but Star Road and wishes to come true.Characters
Throughout the game you run into a number of characters that join your party. Some of which you know from past Mario games, while others are totally new. Super Mario
Super Mario
After being flung from Bowser's keep, Mario tries to return, only to find that a large sword now sticking out of the keep will have none of it. While Mario is trying to open the doors, the large sword rocks the keep so hard that the bridge Mario is standing on begins to fall apart. At this point it is no longer possible to enter Bower's Castle until much later in the game.
Super Mario
Mallow
Mallow
Mallow
Mallow joins the party vary early in the game. After speaking to the Chancellor about the issue at Bowser's Castle, Mario meets Mallow as he is chasing a biped crocodile thief named Croco. He has stolen Mallow's shopping money that was given to him by his grandfather Frogfucius. Once Mario defeats Croco and gets Mallow his money back, Mallow opts to join your party back to his home. Once they arrive and meet Frogfucius he tells Mallow that he is not a tadpole (he resembles a cloud wearing pants). Mario agrees to help him in his quest, and Mallow joins your party for the rest of the game.Geno
Geno
Mario first encounters Geno as a doll. In Rosetown, Mario will enter a pub and find a child named Gaz playing "Super Mario" with a Mario, Toadstool, Bowser, and Geno doll. It is during that time the otherworldly traveler decides to utilize the body of the doll to quest against Smithy. He/She/It then runs off into the Forest Maze while everyone is asleep. Mario eventually finds Geno in the Forest Maze, where they team up to defeat Bowyer, a lunatic bow-like creature that is raining hell upon Rosetown by firing arrows that freeze people in place. 
Geno
Note: Geno is merely a name of convenience, the actual name of this character is ♥♪!?; it's much easier to say Geno in conversation.
Princess Toadstool
Princess Toadstool
Princess Toadstool
After the incident at Bowser's Castle, Princess Toadstool landed on the lap (literally) of the man-child Boosterin Booster's Tower. Booster is the 7th male in the family as indicated by the 6th other portraits in his palace. He believes that Toadstool was a gift from above - a woman that he could marry.King Bowser
King Bowser
With his keep destroyed, Bowser seeks to dominate other venues after landing near Booster's tower. He shows up a few times in passing while Mario is questing in Moleville, but they don't make contact until the arrival at Booster Tower. Bowser constantly and consistently fails at getting inside of the Tower and ultimately decides to team up with Mario.
King Bowser
Humor
Super Mario RPG is well-known for its laugh-out-load hilarity. The game's humor and style are all its own, and will likely continue to be funny in future generations of gaming. Lots of the game's charm and comedy come from Mario himself, despite his silence, who has a wide range of funny and expressive animations, from shaking his head violently when saying no, to the way he (and other characters) "fall down" when a very obvious point is made. The game is also full of hilarious moments that are also very unique:
Geno is actually a doll.
Cameos
During the course of the game, many Easter eggs and hidden characters are available will encounter.Samus Aran Cameo
Samus Aran is located in two places in Super Mario RPG. First, she is in the top room in Booster's Tower where there is a toy box in the room. Inside, there is a Samus Aran action figure. The second location is at the bottom of the Mushroom Kindom Castle's guest house. She is only there after the party finishes defeating Yaridovich, and before going to Land's End. Upon speaking with her, she will say that she is resting up for Mother Brain.
Samus Aran in the Mushroom Kingdom
Link Cameo
After getting the third star, Link will be in Rosetown's inn. In the top floor's farthest bed he will be sleeping there. Upon speaking with him, a familiar Legend of Zelda sound effect plays.
The battle with Culex
The battle with Culex
Culex
Culex is located in Monstro Town. There is a sealed door there that can be opened with the Shiny Stone. In Moleville, there is a person who will sell the party fireworks. After purchasing some, the party must go outside to where there are five crates and a little girl mole sitting down. She is willing to trade her Shiny Stone for the party's fireworks.
Culex is a throw-back to classic Final Fantasy bosses, and is the hardest boss in the game, even more so then the final boss Smithy. Culex is described as a Dark Knight form Vanda, and he has crossed over to Mario's realm in order to defeat the Dark Mage. Culex is not able to stay in Mario's world for long, for if he does it will lead to his destruction. Before Culex departs, he wishes to battle the strongest knight of the world.
While fighting Culex, the boss battle theme from Final Fantasy IV plays, and upon defeating Culex the pre- Final Fantasy VII victory theme plays. There are also other references to Final Fantasy in the game, but Culex is the most prominent. Upon defeat, Culex rewards the player with the Quartz Charm and departs.
Soundtrack
Super Mario RPG Original Sound Version
Super Mario RPG Original Sound Version
- Happy Adventure, Delightful Adventure
- Let's Try
- In the Flower Garden
- Koopa Castle (First Time)
- Fight Against Koopa
- The Sword Descends and the Stars Scatter
- Super Pipe House
- Where Am I Going?
- The Road Is Full of Dangers
- Fight Against Monsters
- Victory!!
- Hello, Happy Kingdom
- Explanation!
- A New Partner
- Still, the Road Is Full of Dangers
- Invincible Star
- Fight Against a Somewhat Stronger Monster
- Here's Some Weapons!
- Fight Against an Armed Boss
- Got a Star Piece
- The Dungeon Is Full of Monsters
- Let's Go Down the Wine River
- Grandpa and the Delightful Tadpoles
- Shock!
- Song about Tossing.
- Let's Play "Geno"
- Mount Sploogemore.
- Beware the Forest's Mushrooms
- Rose Town
- From Inside the Earthen Pipe
- Welcome! Yo'ster Island!!
- Let's Race
- Hard-Working Moles Are Good Moles
- Docaty Mountain Railroad
- Welcome to Bukki Tower
- And My Name's Bukki
- Long Long Ago...
- Heart Beating a Little Faster
- Slope
- The Merry Mary Bell Rings
- Celebrational
- The Starlight's Flower
- Sunken Ship
- Going Shopping in Ripple Town
- My Paradise -Monstro Town-
- Fight Against Culex
- Victory over Culex
- Conversation with Culex
- You and Toadofski Create Exquisite Music
- Let's Do the Fooka-Fooka! (Fluff Fluff)
- Margarie Margarita
- Dodo's Coming!!
- Barrel Volcano
- The Axem Rangers Drop In
- Koopa Castle (Second Time)
- Weapons Factory
- Fight Against Kajidoh
- Fight Against Kajidoh, Who Likes Transforming
- Goodbye Geno/Seeing Dreams Through the Window of the Stars
- Happy Parade, Delightful Parade/And the Parade Draws to a Close...
- The End!
| Game Name | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars |
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| Original US Release |
May 13, 1996
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| Aliases |
Mario RPG SMRPG |
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