Trends in the Mario RPGs?

My pleasure : D

There are many trends in Mario RPGs... I cant even think of them all hahaha

Luigi ends up wearing a dress in both series.

All the RPGS have some great cameos like Samus and Link in Mario RPG, and 8-bit Mario in Thousand-Year Door.

Blooper is a boss in every PM game. He had become a tradition.

Birdo has appeared in each series.

Where was Birdo in PM? (Never got to play those games sadly, I only have Handheld Consoles and PM4:SS is not gonna cut it for me).


Each M&L has a final boss that's either Bowser himself, a possessed Bowser or something resembling Bowser. (a good trend but I hope that the next M&LRPG has something that doesnt have anything to do with Bowser, it's getting a bit stale)

Each M&L game has a few ''Demonic Spiders'' (TV Tropes term for enemies that are sorta unfairly OP, usually due to unintentional balancing issues and a big diffculty jump if you didn't grind)
For SSS: Paratroopeas, Elite Paratroopeas (hated those things so much), most enemies in Bowletta's Castle
For PiT: (IIRC) Love Bubbles/Soul Bubbles, Lethal Bob-Ombs
For BiS: Pwallops (oh Geeez)
For DT: Well a lot of enemies, the game's bizarrely unbalanced IMO (sorry). For one: those bomb-throwing enemies in Dreamy Dozing Sands and their R equivalent, the rock enemies in Dreamy Mount Pajamaja, most enemies in Neo Bowser's Castle, Cocoknights and Beehosses

Each M&L game has an annoying quest/minigame that HAS to be completed:
For SSS: Peach in Teehee Valley escort mission (oh Geeez)
For PiT: The dark parts with the Shine Sprite blocks that light it up
For BiS: The Nose Deck minigame and the part with the Liftglobin in the Airway
For DT: The quest on the construction site in waking world Dozing Sands and a few of the Luiginary Works in various Dream Worlds

(Some of these things are maybe no issue for you guys but I have kinda slow reaction speed and I'm sorta an impatient person)


A good trend:

Each M&L game has Yoko Shimomura as the OST composer
She's really talented and her music just fits the games so well and seems as if it's right out of Kingdom Hearts!

For me OST means a lot, almost more than graphics tbh

Birdo was in Sticker Star, if you count that as a Paper Mario game.

Yep!

Also, all the Mario RPGs (IIRC) have recolored more powerful versions of enemies.
And every M&LRPG from 1-3 starts with Bowser as a tutorial boss. (Same in my fangame probably)

I have none.

I cannot find any.

What underground maze? I haven't played Sticker Star in quite a while.

Every M&L RPG has a really original location that you never ever see again.

M&L1: Stardust Fields, Woohoo Hooniversity, Chucklehuck Woods, Oho Oasis.
M&L2: Shroob Castle, Shroob Mothership, Vim Factory/Toadwood Forest
M&L3: All of Bowser's body
M&L4: The dream world

Possibly this is a good thing, maybe not tho, kinda divided on it. Areas like Stardust Fields are really beautiful and interesting and would be cool to see returning, but idk if a second time would break the effect or not. I might make an Expy (very very similar thing) of Stardust Fields in one of my games or more tho :-)

There is always a creepy stalker faithful friend following you. It's sometimes a doll, a generic monster, or even your own brother.

Syrup is apparently popular as a beverage.

Mario always goes through a design change. Super Mario RPG counts as a design change because everyone looks so hideous.

Mario's artworks never ever portray him with a mouth.

Inns. Just, inns. They're always there for some reason and they pointlessly cost money. You probably have a net gain by selling Inn Coupons in Thousand-Year Door.



I don't know, those trends are so generic, you might as well say that Luigi is a cowardly loser (jk... sort of).

I'd like the games to explore other lands, like outer space, food, etc., but if they do make a forest and make it, like, art-supply themed, that would be pretty cool. Either way, I don't want anything that resembles New Super Mario Bros. in terms of theme style. You can't believe how many times they reused its themes and gimmicks.

I don't know, it doesn't look like a clay model as much as a super primitive 3D model. Remember, 3D modeling was extremely primitive for its time. I personally think Mario looks creepy. Don't get me started on Valentina.

Good smiley taste. Use wisely.

Might I pitch in that Mario RPG had outstanding graphics? Seriously, when I first saw the screenshots from the Wii eShop I thought it was an N64 game! Although, I gotta say I love myself simple graphics like EarthBound's.

The old Planet Shroob was a huge missed opportunity and the time concept was lazily used.

I still think Toadwood Forest and the VIM Factory were great areas and horrifying.

I personally do like the NSMB style but I prefer old SNES 16 bit SM-All Stars & SMW anytime!

I really hate the SM64 graphics. I love the game tho but only SM64DS. Not only has it better graphics, it also has 3 more playable characters, extra content and more secret stars and its portable.