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* [[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 came from.
* [[Adaptational Villainy]]: The remake has an interesting example in how it handles Valentina. As far as her actions themselves go, they're no worse than they were in the original game on the SNES. But new context added in the Switch version makes her abusive behavior towards her henchman Dodo a lot worse. His Thought Peek entry states that he imprinted on Valentina when he hatched, and that he views her as his adopted mother. Now she isn't ''just'' a vain [[Jerkass]] [[Bad Boss]], she's an [[Abusive Parents|Abusive Parent]] who hits and insults her adoptive son, who can't bring himself to fight back despite how much he hates her since he still feels indebted to the woman who raised him.
* [[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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* [[Bag of Sharing]]: Exists in the traditional sense, but also strangely for an RPG, Flower Points (the game's equivalent of [[Mana]]) are also shared between everyone.
* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: Your party members can be turned into Mushrooms and scarecrows. Scarecrows can still cast spells, but are unable to use physical attacks, while Mushrooms can't do anything, period, though they'll recover HP after each turn.
* [[Beetle Maniac]]: Booster loves beetles, and will have his Snifit minions run out and hunt them down for him.
* [[Behind the Black]]: There are some hidden passages that exploit this.
* [[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.
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* [[He Knows About Timed Hits]]: [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Heroic Mime]]: Mario. He even transforms into Princess Peach and Bowser during his pantomimed explanation of what happened.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: While it's [[Played For Laughs]], the haiku Bowser recites after defeating The Manager shows that he can be surprisingly poetic when he wants to be.
* [[Hold Your Hippogriffs]]: When first entering the Moleville Mines, one of the moles there reacts at Mario's presence with the line, "Well, I'll be a Goomba's uncle!!"
* [[Infinity-1 Sword]]: The Ultra Hammer, found in the last dungeon. The Lazy Shell can be found before you even get the sixth star.
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* [[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 Clown]]: Knife Guy and Grate Guy, a pair of jester minibosses that attack you during the trek through Booster's Tower.
* [[Monster Town]]: A near-word-for-word example in Monstro Town.
* [[Motor Mouth]]: The Gardener in Rose Town.
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** After a conversation is supposedly concluded, all the characters prepare to step back inside Mario. The speaker then remembers something and when he says, "Oh and one more thing..." all the characters bump heads. A moment later, when the speaker has finished for real, they start to move into Mario again, and Mario makes them stop until he's ready.
** The other party members are also apparently literally inside Mario (or merged with him, or ''something''), rather than metaphorically. Check out the reaction of the Mushroom Chancellor and his court when Bowser steps out. You'd think they'd have noticed the giant turtle-dragon if he'd actually been present prior to this.
* [[Perverse Puppet]]: Remo Con/Dollox and Puppox, puppet enemies that bludgeon you with hammers.
* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]: Jinx. He may only come up to Mario's knees, but he's the master of Monstro Town's dojo and knows plenty of moves that deal a ton of damage or kill you outright.
* [[Pirate]]: Pirate ''sharks'', in fact. Surprisingly logical combination, actually...
* [[Plot Coupon]]: Star Pieces.
* [[Pop Quiz]]: Dr. Topper's Quiz.
* [[The Psycho Rangers]]: The Axem Rangers. Not only are they an evil version of the Power Rangers, but they're also kind of an evil equivalent to Mario's party.
** Axem Red shares Mario's color scheme, is the leader of the group, and a [[Jack of All Stats]] with equally powerful physical and magical attacks.
** Axem Green is frail and physically wimpy, yet a powerful spellcaster. In that sense, he's just like Mallow.
** Axem Black is the resident cool guy and [[Glass Cannon]], just like Geno.
** Axem Yellow is a big, bulky, physical powerhouse who happens to be kinda rude. He's Bowser's counterpart.
** And finally, Axem Pink is... well, pink, and a [[White Mage]] whose fighting style revolves around recovering her buddies' HP and inflicting status conditions. Just like a certain princess on your team...
* [[Puzzle Boss]]: Some:
** The fight against Bowser in the game's start. You can attack him but his HP is so high that Mario will be down before he can even knock Bowser out. The princess tells Mario to attack the chain instead, since breaking it will cause the chandler Bowser is standing on to fall.
** The battle against Birdo qualifies. Although you can beat Birdo by sheer force, it will take a lot of level grinding to bypass her defense and her egg attacks can seriously damage your party. [[Guide Dang It|What isn't told about the fight]] is if you have your characters use Defend, the eggs will bounce back to Birdo's nest and become targets. Destroying the eggs afterwards creates an explosion that severely hurts Birdo.
** Punchinello's rematch in the remake is a harder take on Birdo's boss fight. Much like her, you can barely hurt 'Nello yourself, so instead you have to turn his minions (Bob-Ombs in his case) against him. Unlike Birdo, however, you have to deal a certain amount of damage before they attack if you want to make them target their boss instead. And while you're trying to whittle down his HP, you need to master the Perfect Block timing for Punchinello and the Bob-Omb's attacks, since they're likely to one-shot you otherwise.
* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: A middle-aged Italian plumber, a child made of clouds, a doll possessed by a star, a giant turtle, and a [[Everything's Better with Princesses|princess]].
* [[Rainbow Motif]]: The seven star pieces are colored this way.
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