ok from a Is It Faithful/Correct standpoint i kinda dislike how this tune greatly softens the harsh/nasty vibe of the original, instead being more fun/hip. these are VILLAINS they are supposed to be VILLAINOUS
from a purely musical standpoint holy shit it goes so hard tho good job yoko
spoiler though because new culex is the only thing im avoiding to get the element of surprise. i have looked up every single detail of every single event that i care about except for culex haha. im about 50/50 on excitement and disappointment now
you can still go too fast on a turn and spill the fuck out (and the sound effect is good)
mode 7 is obviously not present haha, but it seems like it controls exactly the same? (this is like the only game i get excited for the minecart in, i think its those WOOSH sounds when you use mushrooms and the theme)
I know yāall hate it, but I really love Nintendoās minimalistic UI that this game and nearly every other Nintendo published game has had this entire Switch generation. Ties them all together into a unified clean look. Itās like if the western SNES box art template carried over inside into every game.
Iād love to see what the company UI guideline book must look like for this, because to be this consistent across so many games means it isnāt an accident.
im down for classy minimal UI in general, but nowhere near as much as im down for garish parallax scrolling chunky fonts UI. they couldve sought a middle ground, is all
like when they analyzed the stomach contents on that neolithic ice mummy and discovered they had eaten bread made with like 30 types of wild grain. thatās the type of ui this kind of game needs
Now that I think about it, thereās quite a bit of overlap between these two games: they both came out in 1996, mashup genres from an isometric perspective, feature a minecartā¦the list goes on Iām very sure.
All recollection of Mario RPG was wiped out by the bouncy minigame. Beetle shooter? Shell bouncer? This is the only part of Mario RPG I can remember, and I canāt even remember that.
the one where youāre running up and to the left after boosters tower?? HOW COULD YOU FORGET BOOSTERS TOWER i can blame you for that but i cant blame you for forgetting ābeetle raceā
i kinda like the floaty island levels. it reminds me of mario galaxy so i was hoping theyād just make the backgrounds more detailed and like show different worlds and be WEIRD ABOUT IT but theyāre being really super safe about everything (sometimes too safe you motherfucking level up screen)