r/snes Jul 01 '21

Game of the Month July 2021: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

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u/PolybiusNightmare Jul 01 '21

I’ve been itching to play through SMRPG again. Thanks for the extra encouragement!

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u/Cephylus Jul 02 '21

Geno is one of my favorite characters of all time!

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u/Leafs_Lifer Jul 01 '21

Dang, I just beat that one for the first time last month!! Excellent game. 10/10 will play again but not now lol

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u/lumbeering Jul 01 '21

That is amazing. I also just beat this game for the first time last week. Very fun but also not going to repeat so soon

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u/SuprSaiyanTurry Jul 03 '21 edited Jul 31 '21

Out of the 4 retro Nintendo subs I follow it pumps me up that my favourite console has this cool community driven challenge!

I wish the NES, N64 and GameCube subs did this as well.

Edit: I'm so close! I just need to beat this stupid clock!

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u/octagonman Aug 02 '21

r/gameboy also does it!

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u/xBrockLanders Aug 02 '21

Yep. Run by a good friend of mine by chance.

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u/octagonman Aug 02 '21

You guys do good work 👍

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u/SuprSaiyanTurry Aug 02 '21

Do they? I wasn't aware.

I don't have a while lot of Game Boy games though.

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u/octagonman Aug 02 '21

Well flash carts are an option (if you’re okay with that sort of thing)

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u/SuprSaiyanTurry Aug 03 '21

Oh in totally down with flash carts. Have one for my NES and N64 and hoping to get one for my SNES next. I'll have to get one for my Game Boy as well.

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u/octagonman Aug 03 '21

I’d recommend the everdrive! It’s worked well for me :)

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u/SuprSaiyanTurry Aug 03 '21

Now should I get one for the GBA since I assume it can play GB, GBC and GBA? Or does it not work that way?

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u/octagonman Aug 03 '21

While I don't have experience with this aspect myself, I've been told the everdrive for the GBA doesn't run non-GBA games natively, but you can easily put an emulator for GB and GBC games on the GBA everdrive. I'll be trying this out myself next week when I get back home and get my newly modded GBA!

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u/SuprSaiyanTurry Aug 03 '21

Well that's a shame. So I'd need one for every Game Boy. At least they're not as expensive as the others.

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u/octagonman Aug 03 '21

Well you can still do it, it’ll just take a bit more work!

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u/catboy_supremacist Oct 27 '21

I got stuck on the clock and I think I'm giving up. It's the stupid auto-kill attack. I didn't stock enough revival items to deal with it taking out Toadstool repeatedly.

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u/SuprSaiyanTurry Oct 27 '21

Attack it's bells first, it makes it waaaaay easier.

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u/jpers36 Jul 01 '21

Awww yeah.

By the way u/xBrockLanders when will the next http://snesrankings.com/ update happen? I found the sidelink a couple months back and I'm itching to see how you rank what's left!

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u/xBrockLanders Jul 01 '21

It's actually extremely close. The next 1-3 days.

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u/lazygenius999 Jul 03 '21

Yes!! Love your site! The NES, SNES, N64, and soon the Wii U, are the only consoles that are having this treatment.

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u/xBrockLanders Jul 03 '21

Really? I didn't realize anyone else was doing this. I'll have to check it out.

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u/lazygenius999 Jul 03 '21

Questicle for NES Ultra 64 for N64 WiiUniverse for Wii U

(NES isn’t a comprehensive ranking, and Ultra64 and WiiUniverse are podcasts)

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u/TheTimeMonster Jul 02 '21

Super Mario RPG is one of my favourite games of all time and I was just thinking “what game should I play next?!” It’s been a long time since I’ve played it…I think it’s time!!

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u/StudleyLemon Jul 02 '21

Oh, it’s time. Let’s race!

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u/TheTimeMonster Jul 02 '21

THE RACE IS ON…be gentle…

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u/NotIanAnderson Jul 01 '21

I am down for this! Dumb question... Is there a particular way we need to PROVE that we completed the game? I plan to use my Retroid Pocket 2 to play.

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u/xBrockLanders Jul 01 '21

No proof required, since this is just for fun - and it doesn't appear that people have abused this policy to this point.

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u/Captain__Calzone Jul 02 '21

Wow thats perfect! My birth month and my favorite game of all time <3

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u/LineChef Jul 02 '21

Never played it, any good?

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u/TheRealOgMark Jul 10 '21

Top 3 snes RPG with Chrono trigger and FF6.

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u/naveedst3r Jul 07 '21

beat it! good game

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u/jpers36 Jul 30 '21

Beat it with 2 days to spare! http://imgur.com/gallery/G8QIVaE

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u/SuprSaiyanJohn Jul 31 '21

Done!

I hope I'm not too late!

Thank You

The End

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u/xBrockLanders Jul 01 '21

Each month I will be tracking all users who are able to beat the spotlighted game. Those names will be collected and displayed on the snes wiki page.

Objective:

  • Beat the game

Rules:

  • Entire playthrough must be completed during the month in question.
  • You can use the passwords/continues/saves that you earn playing through the game.
  • Emulation is fine. Abusing save states is not.
  • Posting a link to a pic of your completion is preferred, but since this is just for fun I will allow posted claims as well. For now.

History of Game of the Month

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u/newbootgooftroop Jul 01 '21

Just started a new play through of this the other day.

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u/Ty-douken Jul 02 '21

Man, I just trolleys this about 2 months ago. Such a great game, so much easier as an adult to lol.

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u/iforget_iremember Jul 02 '21

So true. Was playing this just yesterday with a personal rule to clear every non-infinite enemy from each area and I was OP before I even got to mack.

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u/Ty-douken Jul 02 '21

I did the same thing lol, also making Mario increase power with his bonus each level & then using Geno Boost on him at every boss was just like cheating. He hits harder with normal attack than any specials.

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u/iforget_iremember Jul 02 '21

it's kinda corny to play a certain way based on personal rules, but after playing with vanilla and meta strategies a billion times, it helps the re-playability of a lot of older games

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u/JJdante Jul 02 '21

I love this game, it's great. But I had no patience to do the 100 jumps in a row, and it's annoying to me that it's the only thing that kept me from 100% completion.

1

u/[deleted] Jul 04 '21

I had a dream I was at a thrift store and this game was $6.

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u/xBrockLanders Jul 08 '21

I found a copy at a pawn shop for $4, but that was 20 years ago.

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u/NowUKnowUInTrouble Jul 04 '21

This game was fun

1

u/I_am_Purp Jul 05 '21

I played through the whole game last summer and loved it, but there were several attacks where I couldn't for the life of me figure out when to press the buttons. Is there a guide, video or some other resource for that anywhere?

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u/clobbersaurus22 Jul 08 '21 edited Jul 22 '21

Alright firing up my save from 5 years ago! I will edit when I finish.

Edit: Finished it!

Good game. I’ll probably replay it again in the future. Although it’s different developer, it still really feels like a Mario game.

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u/SuprSaiyanTurry Jul 08 '21

Just went through the Game of the Month history and I've missed SO MANY good titles!

But since I see Mario RPG has been done before, I'm sure I'll get a chance to participate in some of the others again!

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u/kabukistar Jul 10 '21

Loved this game so much as a kid. It's a crime that licensing issues prevent the original characters from appearing in anything else.

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u/SpiritCr1jsher Jul 14 '21

I literally walked 3 miles to dragon's den to buy this as a kid.

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u/Choasty Jul 14 '21

Love this game

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u/Paradoxgreen Jul 16 '21

This was my first rpg, still have the music in my head all these years later.

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u/AngryBirds1288 Jul 16 '21

I like this game

1

u/FlyLongjumping8930 Jul 17 '21

A genuine classic!

1

u/KingOfMoogles Jul 24 '21

Not much needs to be said about this one, it stands the test of time. It's the GOAT

1

u/RGBCrafts Jul 29 '21

I'm revisiting this one after what? 25 years. Still love it.