Super Mario RPG: Difference between revisions

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* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]: Kero Sewers. The same goes for the Pipe Vault, though most of that space is lava pits and a large, sprawling void beyond the platforms that you walk on.

* [[Action Commands]]: Every attack, spell, and item use has a benefit if you time a button press right. You can even reduce or negate the damage from an enemy attack using the same method.

* [[Actually Four Mooks]]: Like most of RPG's of its ilk, running into a single enemy on the overworld will usually result in a battle with that guy and several unseen friends. The bestiary entry for the Hammer Bros in the remake even lampshades this by openly wondering where the extra guy ~~even~~ came from.

* [[Actually Four Mooks]]: Like most of RPG's of its ilk, running into a single enemy on the overworld will usually result in a battle with that guy and several unseen friends. The bestiary entry for the Hammer Bros in the remake even lampshades this by openly wondering where the extra guy came from.

* [[Addressing the Player]]: You're required to have a profile name. It ends up being the password to the balcony in Booster's Tower. However, Mario doesn't know this, which causes problems for a player doing a second playthrough.

* [[After Combat Recovery]]: Dead characters are revived with 1 HP ''and even gain experience'' at the end of battle.

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* [[Arbitrary Headcount Limit]]: You're limited to 3 active party members.

* [[Armor of Invincibility]]: The Lazy Shell. It doesn't make you ''invincible'', but you may as well be since most attacks won't even break the double digit threshold.

* [[Artistic License]]~~-Biology~~: Star Hill features an enemy called Mastodoom, which is an elephant skeleton, complete with a trunk.

* [[Artistic License Biology]]: Star Hill features an enemy called Mastodoom, which is an elephant skeleton, complete with a trunk.

* [[Ash Face]]: A ''massive'' bomb in the mines goes off, but thankfully only inflicts this.

* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: Peach's Psych Bomb attack (the last attack she earns). Hits everyone and definitely makes her a bit of a [[Badass]] but it burns a lot of FP that could be better used for her healing abilities.

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* [[Betting Minigame]]: Grate Guy's Casino has blackjack and a slot machine in the original. Unfortunately, the remake replaced them with a simple Memory Match game.

** If you get a "Lucky" flower, you can play a mini-game after battle where you can potentially double or lose all the experience points or coins you earned from that battle

* [[BFS]]: Exor. Though in his case, calling him "big" isn't doing him justice considering that he's bigger than ''Bowser's goddamned castle!''

* [[Bicep-Polishing Gesture]]: Bowser does this in the Japanese version. It was changed in the other versions because the gesture also resembles the slap-the-crook-of-your-elbow gesture, which is roughly the equivalent of the middle finger to many Western cultures.

* [[Bonus Boss]]: Culex, the Dark Knight of Vanda, as well as dojo master Jinx. The remake adds a bunch of these in the form of rematches against many of the game's major bosses. {{spoiler|Culex is one such boss, now boasting an awesomely intimidating 3D form that looks like it came straight out of a modern Final Fantasy game.}}

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* [[Cowboys and Indians]]: Toys of Mario and Bowser.

** Humorously, Gaz has Bowser kill the Mario doll.

* [[Critical Research Failure]]/[[Blind Idiot Translation]]: It seems that the translators had little knowledge of Mario games, that they gave different names to familiar enemies. These include Sky Troopa (Koopa Paratroopa), Goombette (Microgoomba), Goby (Cheep Cheep), Shy Away (Beezo), Chompweed (Nipper Plant), The Big Boo (a ''small'' Boo).

** Also, Yoshi's Island is known in this game as Yo'ster Isle (it is known as Yoster Island in Japan for this game and [[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]).

** The translations for a few of the enemy spell names are also weird, in particular the "drain" series. Drain's original name was fireball, though renaming it drain can be forgiven since the spell ''does'' have an hp-stealing effect. Mega drain and drain beam, however, do not have an hp-stealing component, and their original names were ''light saber'' and ''geyser'' respectively.

** This even extends to some of the weapons. The NokNok Shell should have been the Koopa Shell (Koopa Troopas are called Nokonoko in the Japanese).

*** This particular (lack of) translation is justified by the precedent set in [[Super Mario Bros 3]] with Kuribo's Shoe and Jugem's Cloud.

** Most of these would be fixed in the remake, with all the recurring Mario enemy names listed above being translated accurately (Sky Troopas are now Paratroopas, THE Big Boo is now just Boo, etc) while many spell names are a lot less weird and unintuitive. Interestingly though, Yo'ster Isle was left as-is.

* [[Crying Wolf]]: Gaz... or so his mom thinks.

* [[The Cutie]]: Mallow, especially in the remake where along with his usual crybaby tendencies, he's a lot more silly and adorably expressive.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: One of the Toads in <s>Toad Town</s> Mushroom Kingdom who delivers this line regarding why he didn't stop the thief Croco.

{{quote|"''[[Sarcasm Mode|Because I left my bazooka at home.]] Sheesh! Cut me a break here!''"}}

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** Also the Mine Cart mini-game. You get a prize each time you get a new record time. Since you are guaranteed to eventually reach the end of the course no matter how badly you screw up, the best strategy for the first run is go as slow as possible: hold down the brakes the entire time, leap off the track at every turn, and deliberately miss every jump.

* [[Dual Boss]]: Loads. You've got the Hammer Bros, Knife Guy and Grate Guy, Dodo and Valentina, Cloaker and Domino...

* [[Duel Boss]]: A couple. The battle with Johnny with eventually escalate to the boss insisting on going one-on-one with Mario (unless you exploit an oversight in leaving at least one if his flunkies alive, in which Johnny will never speak up about this). Then there's the last throwdown with Valentina, where Dodo will inevitably whisk whichever ally you put in the middle away for a little session of single combat until you tire him out.

* [[Duel Boss]]: A couple. The battle with Johnny with eventually escalate to the boss insisting on going one-on-one with Mario (unless you exploit an oversight in leaving at least one if his flunkies alive, in which Johnny will never speak up about this), while the rematch against him in the remake is a duel against Mario by default. Then there's the last throwdown with Valentina, where Dodo will inevitably whisk whichever ally you put in the middle away for a little session of single combat until you tire him out.

* [[Easter Egg]]:

** In the Mushroom Kingdom, there's a young Toad running around quickly in a square path. Jump onto his head and stay on for a few laps, and Mario will eventually fall off and collapse out of dizziness.

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* [[Flying Car]]: It's made out of clouds and driven by a Lakitu.

* [[Gainaxing]]: Queen Valentina, when she's struck in combat. Only in the original, her boobs lost their bounciness in the remake.

* [[Generic Doomsday Villain]]: Smithy, kind of. While far from a [[Flat Character]] thanks to his serious anger issues, his evil plan doesn't really amount tomuch more than getting rid of wishes and filling the world with weapons because he just really, really likes weapons.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: In the battle at Nimbus Land, every time you hit Queen Valentina, her breasts [[Gainax Bounce|shake.]] Seriously, this happens in a game approved for ''everyone'', kids and adults alike. Unsurprisingly, the radar picked this up and they no longer jiggle in the remake.

** Her hair is also a dead parrot.

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** Finding Grate Guy's Casino, and for that matter getting in. There's a guy in the Marrymore Inn that will give you hints, but not very helpful ones. First, you have to beat Knife Guy 10 times to win the Bright Card. He gives you useless items, so casual players would just ignore him after a couple tries. Then, go to Bean Valley and enter the top pipe in the group of five. If you stand in a certain spot and jump ''three'' times, a platform will appear that when jumped on takes you to a secret area that holds Grate Guy's Casino.

*** By the same token, if you talk to Grate Guy several times he'll finally ask if you want to play a game of "Look Away". If you guess right a total of 100 times, he'll reward you with the Star Egg, an item that deals 100HP of damage to ''all'' enemies on the field and can be used again and again.

** Also the Mystery Egg's use. You equip Peach with the B'tub Ring, a random item bought from a Mole kid, and use the Mystery Egg on her turn ten times... On the tenth time, it will turn into the Lamb's Lure. Use it another 48 times, and it will turn into the Sheep Attack, an item that turns most non-boss enemies into sheep and ends the battle.

** Also the Mystery Egg's use. You equip Peach with the B'tub/Nurture Ring, a random item bought from a Mole kid, and use the Mystery Egg on her turn ten times... On the tenth time, it will turn into the Lamb's Lure. Use it another 48 times, and it will turn into the Sheep Attack, an item that turns most non-boss enemies into sheep and ends the battle.

*** What to do is a bit more obvious in the Japanese version as the Mystery Egg's description says that [[The Power of Love|it needs to be raised with love]] which mean you need to equip the Love Love ring which possess [[The Power of Love|Love Love power]].

** In fact, most of the weapons and accessories have very vague in-game descriptions, often not mentioning what their most important effects are! Indeed, the game is notorious for the sheer crazy steps needed to complete secrets, or even activate the ability to even start the steps for those secrets. Many of the secrets, like the above Star Egg, are piled onto other secrets where you wouldn't expect to look for them. Super Mario RPG definitely gives the old Pokemon PokeGod rumors a run for their money.

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* [[Instant Plunder, Just Add Pirates]]: Johnny and his gang in the sunken ship.

* [[Instrument of Murder]]: Mallow's cymbals.

* [[Invisible Monsters]]: Mokura, who starts out as the invisible Formless. The game treats it like an obscure [[Bonus Boss]].

* [[Invisible Monsters]]: Mokura/Gassox, who starts out as the invisible Formless. The game treats it like an obscure [[Bonus Boss]], complete with the standard boss theme playing when you fight him.

* [[Isometric Projection]]: The game's presentation, though there are a handful of cutscenes that don't use this sort of view. The remake adds several more, mainly when you get a new party member or begin a major boss fight.

* [[Item Get]]: The Star Pieces, as illustrated by the page picture.

* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: This is the first game to show that underneath all the rude, bullying bluster, Bowser's got a softer side. He's reasonable enough to let a Goomba leave his service and follow his own path in life, and is surprisingly sweet when he frees a Chain Chomp from captivity in Booster's Tower and lets her fight with him.

* [[Jungle Japes]]: Yo'ster Isle, a tropical island paradise. Fully optional, though, and there aren't any enemies to be seen.

* [[King Mook]]: King Calamari, a huge Blooper living in the Sunken Ship. Megasmilax is well, a giant Smilax, an enemy never encountered until you fight it, but both the normal and mega varieties are species of Piranha Plant.

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* [[Lost Forever]]:

** An invisible chest in the Mushroom Kingdom castle can ''only'' be reached at the ''very beginning of the game'' when Toad is running down the hall, by jumping onto his head and then leaping up to a platform where the chest is. Besides the fact the platform is part of the doorframe and nothing would indicate you can step there, you don't even find out the chest was there until late in the game when you acquire an accessory that alerts you to hidden chests, and for some reason you get a higher boost off of Toad's head than anyone else, so only he can get you up there that one time. [[Guide Dang It]] to the extreme.

** Samus's cameo is only available during a certain period in the game. However, as soon as Link appears in a similar manner, he stays there the whole game.

** Samus' cameo is only available during a certain period in the game. However, as soon as Link appears in a similar manner, he stays there the whole game.

** Some of the items you can buy from Seaside Town can ''only'' be acquired before you liberate it. On the bright side, most of them aren't that good so you won't miss much.

* [[Lost in Translation]]: During the second battle with Belome, if Princess Peach (called Toadstool back then) is active in your party and Belome eats her, he'll say, "Mmm, tastes peachy..."

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** The '''[[An Axe to Grind|Axe]]'''m [[Psycho Rangers|Rangers]] name speaks for themselves.

** Smithy himself is a weapon maker, i.e., a '''blacksmith'''.

* [[Minecart Madness]]: After working your way through the ~~Coal~~ Mines and beating the chapter boss, you must escape via a mine cart over three courses. This later becomes a mini game if you talk to the mole outside.

* [[Minecart Madness]]: After working your way through the Mole Mines and beating the chapter boss, you must escape via a mine cart over three courses. This later becomes a mini game if you talk to the mole outside.

* [[Mini Game]]: Buttloads of them: you've got the Midas River trek (first riding a waterfall, then riding a barrel down the river itself), the Moleville Minecarts, chasing Booster...

* [[Minigame Zone]]: Grate Guy's Casino. It's actually hard to find and access, not very large, and not very profitable. Booster's Tower is also supposedly a very fun yet eccentric amusement park, with clowns, an indoor railroad, and dolls.

* [[Monster Town]]: A near-word-for-word example in Monstro Town.

* [[Motor Mouth]]: The Gardener in Rose Town.

* [[Mr. Exposition]]: Geno, who usually fills the party in on matters related to the stars and their relation to wishes.

* [[My Rules Are Not Your Rules]]: Averted, enemy groups have an FP pool too. Usually you'll either win or lose long before theirs runs out, though. (Usually - see [[Zero Effort Boss]] below.)

* [[Mythology Gag]]: Walking behind a certain column in Booster's Tower will cause Mario to transform into his 8-bit self.

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** [[Power Rangers|GO GO]] [[Super Sentai|AXEM RANGERS]]!

* [[Smooch of Victory]]: Zig zagged, depending on how quickly you find Peach's accessories after she drops them.

* [[Smug Snake]]: Yaridovich, an arrogant [[Professional Butt-Kisser]] obsessed with getting into Smithy's good graces, and is totally convinced of his own superiority.

* [[Snot Bubble]]: The "sleep" status effect gives slumbering characters this.

** Lampshaded by the Big Boo of the Three Musty Fears: "Check those bubbles coming out of his nose!"