Game of the Week: Taking the varnish off Mario
Our game of the week is Super Mario RPG!
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Our game of the week is Super Mario RPG!
Nintendo offers a perfectly judged remake of the 1996 SNES game by Square — Mario’s first role-playing story adventure — but there’s no disguising its age.
Super Mario RPG is a carefully crafted remake, shining new light on a game that many will have missed, taking nothing away in the process.
Beginner-friendly RPG is true to the original, but with new graphics and sound.
There are a ton of elusive and intriguing JRPGs out there. Some are stuck on one console, and some have never been translated. Other times, it is just a matter of being forgotten. Sometimes they don’t emulate well, and other times they cost an absurd amount of money in the second-hand market. With a team of scientists, we have been able to assess 20 obscure JRPGs. Maybe you’ve heard of some of these. Maybe you haven’t. At least a few are guaranteed to pique any JRPG fan’s interest.