That’s sort of the point of the best type of remake, isn’t it? It looks how you remember. Nintendo’s vision and presentation of the Mushroom Kingdom has changed a fair amount since 1996, but the temptation to sanitize Square’s unique vision of this world has been resisted here. Some 90s slang has been stripped away, but this is the same old story with the same old characters, which includes appearances from fan-favorite characters whose popularity has endured despite seldom appearing since. What is presented is actually closer to and more respectful of the original than I’d have imagined modern Nintendo would manage with a Mario game, but at the same time, that propensity to nip and tuck – and especially to make things easier - imposes itself on the experience. But it’s not faithful to a fault - and that, in fact, is paradoxically its greatest fault. To see this content please enable targeting cookies.įor the most part, this new version of Super Mario RPG feels very faithful.

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