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Mario RPG might possibly be my favorite video game of all time. I grew up pretty poor and really wanted an N64 for Christmas. We couldn’t afford it at the time so I found an alternative - I remember being sad about it, but I found a used copy of Mario RPG for something like $30, this was at the end of 1996. When I sat down with it it’s like something clicked. I didn’t get the N64 for another year but it didn’t matter. I still remember everything about this weird and wonderful game. I haven’t gotten the remake yet, maybe partially because I don’t want to ruin those memories…

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It's right up there for me as well. I remember getting it for the SNES and not understanding it. I was quite young. I knew Mario, but I had no concept of an RPG. I didn't touch it for years then picked it back up and loved it.

I also have very fond memories of the game.

I only played it through emulation (on ZSNES, in Windows 98!) but I was very young, and I'm a non-native English speaker so the gameplay felt even more obscure to me. It's crazy how now, that I have a better understanding of English, some things I got stuck for a long time when I was a kid were actually quite simple.

The most fun to me, it's that still retains the magic, the OST is still great (and the option to use the classic one is quite a gift), it feels mysterious and magical. They did an amazing job.

The SMRPG cartridge comes with a processor that is faster than the SNES one.

Sure, but the snes game came with a second processor, you might not have counted that. (But it probably doesn't matter)

What I mean is that the SNES cartridge for Super Mario RPG had a SA1 enhancement chip which is a processor that's faster than the one shipped with the original console, the Ricoh 5A22.

So unlike most games today which are mostly a ROM device, SNES games were actual computers on a cartridge.

Oh I see.. I thought you were saying that the switch cartridge had an embedded controller that was faster than the SNES processor (and probably the SA1 chip too)

In a roundabout way, yes.

But I think they were saying the chip in the cartridge this time is faster than the chip in the cartridge last time (which was still faster than the SNES's processor)

There was also a host of anti-ripping tech in there too. We had bad rips for like 2 years after it came out.

For what it's worth, the remake is faithful and careful. The menu even allows you to restore the original music (though I think the updates are awesome).

I think it helps that the updates to the music were done by the original composer.

Finding the three Boo flags and getting into crate guy’s casino are some of my most treasured memories of childhood…

Being angry you missed that hidden chest in Toadstool's castle...

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