A Super Mario RPG RETROSPECTIVE | The Great Mushroom Kingdom Conspiracy

[@ratioretrospectives]

This is my video essay on one of the greatest games ever made! (and about the dark conspiracy behind the scenes...). Hope you enjoy! NEXT VIDEO will be maybe: FRONT MISSION 3, CHRONO CROSS, or something ELSE. Dunno yet. Might be a while tho. Sit tight.

[@travisleabeck2572]

Half way through and enjoying the video. At 1.11.30 there is some background mumbles happening. Is that a hidden back masked message or just uncut audio from your twitch stream of the fight with yardivitch?

[@ratioretrospectives]

probably just a clip i forgot to mute...@@travisleabeck2572

[@shivur5073]

Chrono cross chrono chrono crosssss. I love you freaking content

[@ratioretrospectives]

thanks man! i'm thinking i might do chrono cross next...sometimes after the holidays? stay tuned! : )@@shivur5073

[@PringleTheOne]

Gonna need that chrono cross man. Your stuff is great!

[@Blasdrimal]

Something I'd personally love to see in the future is a 10 million hour long retrospective on Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, I bet you'd nail it. That said, I love your narration style, keep up the amazing work

[@ratioretrospectives]

10 million hours long would be around 1.1k years, so a millenia and some change. yeah. i think i can do it. i got enough beer and coffee and rice. lol thanks a lot for the watch!

[@Nuka13]

The Front Mission Series are pretty good as well.

[@ratioretrospectives]

TIME STAMPS: 00:00 -- 16:28 ( Intro / Thesis ) 16:29 -- 30:55 ( First Star ) 30:56 -- 48:10 ( Second Star ) 48:11 -- 53:15 ( Third Star ) 53:16 -- 1:04:32 ( Fourth Star ) 1:04:33 -- 1:10:52 ( Fifth Star ) 1:10:53 -- 1:31:05 ( Sixth Star ) 1:31:06 -- 1:42:06 ( Seventh Star ) 1:42:07 -- 1:49:14 ( The Great Mushroom Kingdom Conspiracy ) 1:49:15 -- 1:55:57 ( Outro / Final Thoughts )

[@leshokm]

Came here when youtube recommended your Final Fantasy Tactics Video, good stuff! Keep it up, love long form video essays like this.

[@ratioretrospectives]

thanks, man! will do. thanks for watching !

[@wallymeatson4430]

Pretty underrated channel, love your videos! Would you do a retrospective on Symphony of the Night? Or Dark Souls 1?

[@ratioretrospectives]

SotN is a classic and i am a fromsoft fanboy since demon souls. dark souls 1 would be an idea...

[@WendrielLeFay]

I discovered your channel a few weeks ago and made my way through the wonderful Final Fantasy Tactics video before moving on to this. I don't often comment, but I just had to say how much I enjoy your style, particularly your sense of humour and the quality of your voice work. Your content is going straight onto my list of videos to relax to. :) Thank you for putting out work of such excellent quality.

[@ratioretrospectives]

hey man, thanks so much for that comment and the good vibes in this holiday season. i'm a little under the weather ATM and video production has stalled a bit until I get better (a week or so), so I appreciate the watch and words! I'm glad my talking (i.e. diction) isn't grating and seems to, more or less, be liked -- even tho the audio quality isnt as great as it can be (getting a new mic after the new year!). thanks so much!

[@WendrielLeFay]

@@ratioretrospectives My pleasure, and very sorry to hear you're not feeling well. I actually find your voice very pleasant to listen to, and I'm eager to see what you can do with a new mic. As far as production time goes, I understand the drive to produce within a certain time frame, and the KZbin game of regular uploads being important to the success of a channel, but I always advocate for the sustainability of channels I enjoy and I never mind waiting a bit longer for a quality product. Take care, and happy holidays!

[@ObsessiveBadguy]

Who could've seen it all along? Luigi was practically the Delita to Mario's Ramza!? Fascinating!

[@ratioretrospectives]

the turtle beats the hare. patience wins in the end. 👁

[@ObsessiveBadguy]

@@ratioretrospectives *cue the post credits scene of Toadstool surprising Luigi after their arranged marriage with a surprise glove slap timed hit to which he responds with a poison mushroom before he looks over the swamp where the pipe house once stood* "Mama-mia, Mario, did you truly get yours in the end...?"

[@ratioretrospectives]

directed by martin scorsese (god willing lol) @@ObsessiveBadguy

[@jcethan2859]

KZbin suggested your FFT full retrospective this morning, and later in the day you upload this. The algorithm is becoming precognitive.

[@ratioretrospectives]

pre cogs are real apparently. and so is tom cruise...hmmmmmm. it's all coming together...

[@PattyOflan88]

My guy FF6 and Super Mario RPG in one week? You're little mind must have been so blown. My uncle owned both (and many other bangers) so I played them over a long time. Them, FF4, and Chrono Trigger also spawned my love for menu based RPG combat. Have never finished Mario RPG but have the other 3 in due time. I should find a rom or something and give it another go.sub well earned

[@ratioretrospectives]

oh yeah, my brain didn't know how to comprehend the utter magnitude of what was happening -- but i'm glad it happened, because they are the two greatest RPGs ever made, and it set me along a path of RPG stardom. 4 and Trigger are also instant classics, and no matter what age, are ripe for consumption. thanks for watching my man!

[@ryantavarez1673]

Stoked YT showed me you channel! Keep em coming. This was a lot of fun. I had a friend in school who had this game and it was like discovering a weird secret artifact. It had Mario in it, but looked nothing like any Mario game I had heard or seen before. Even from my older family members, which made this game seem even more occult. The "friend" was a real doofus, hated reading, and thus hated this game. Or so he said. He traded it to me for some pokemon cards. And for about a month, I was blown away by this game. That was... until his mom called my mom demanding that we trade back. As a kid this was very heartbreaking and frustrating. But as an adult it all makes sense. The $60 game cart was worth way more than the $10-$12 worth of cardboard that the kid had received in trade. But as a kid, at that time N64 was already out everyone had moved on. Pokemon madness was in full swing. And for one Month, I was the king of the Mushroom Kingdom. The next time I saw this game was in a retro game store price tagged well over $100. Out of reach for me at the time. It wouldn't be until becoming adult that I would finally be able to complete and play this game. The entire experience feeling like a total fever dream.

[@ratioretrospectives]

back in the day where physical media was still important, trading or renting was still a viable and often normal way to procure games -- as you said and as i mentioned in the video, sometimes a buddy would have a game you could borrow or even play off the same save file! and like you, i was still playing with SNES even as the 64 released ( i would get a plyastation a couple years later), so super mario RPG was still very important in the videogame landscape. thanks for sharing your story, man!

[@Cool750Boy]

Wow! I haven’t seen a bunch of singing deadly plants since Audrey 2.

[@ratioretrospectives]

the Japanese commercials are A+ in my book

[@retrodadtim6403]

One of my favorite games and your last video on secret of evermore was also great you did two of my favorite games in a row also that was the order I played them in the nineties keep up the good work. It is nice to watch content from someone who was actually able to play these games when they where new

[@ratioretrospectives]

thanks, man! glad i could entertain. the 90s were a special time for gamers

[@empiar5481]

The Quartz Charm is hardly the most broken accessory in the game, but it is in the top 5. Its biggest drawback is that if you get hit by Shredder you lose the stat buff. The Safety Ring makes you immune to elemental magic and status ailments, the Attack Scarf is stupidly good (also you only need 30 jumps, not 100, you're thinking of the Super Suit), Troopa Pin has the attack boost and a giant speed boost, and the Safety Badge at least makes you immune to (most?) status ailments. I'd rate it 3rd best behind Safety Ring and Attack Scarf. I don't usually bother with Super Jumps so I usually just get the Troopa Pin and leave these three accessories on my party from that point onward.

[@ratioretrospectives]

good info. but i feel the accomplishment also ads to the greatness of the item. i've heard the remake has new bosses! i'm curious to play that eventually.

[@diverger00]

So, I've gotta say, I enjoyed the retrospective, Super Mario RPG was my first SNES cartridge along with Super Mario, and it's the literal reason I learned how to read before Pre-K, bc my family got tired of reading it to me but I DID NOT WANT TO STOP PLAYING AT ANY COST, so I just sat there and sounded them out. Lol That being said, I just wanted to mention that I was listening to this video in my car on a long drive, and there is this light... microphone hiss, or something, that doesn't seem to be as prominent on my mobile phone / Bluetooth headphones as it is on larger speakers, and it was kinda driving me nuts! But, I stuck it out xD And glad I did. Loved the content, I'll be moving on to final fantasy tactics now. That one's another classic for me too.

[@ratioretrospectives]

yea, i needed to buy a new mic -- my other one died and I was using my older mic and it isn't so good (as you can tell). hopefully next video I'll have a better mic! (also, that's awesome that you listened to this on a long car ride haha that's what the video is for -- gaming, working, or other long stretches of time you have to burn!)

[@diverger00]

@@ratioretrospectives Actually I don't think your mic is that bad, the sound I'm hearing can be edited out pretty easily after you're done recording. Idk what audio editor you use but if you don't already know what I'm talking about, I'd be down to help out! I've basically caught up on all your videos and am already a fan 🙋‍♂️ And well, you nailed it bc those are basically all the times I listened to them. Also, my almost 2 year old, my GF and our dog were all in the car, so basically everyone either watched or heard it in some form 😂

[@ratioretrospectives]

haha that's awesome, man. got the whole family on board! @@diverger00

[@DirkHoeppner]

loved the FFT video. there's a black box and video artifacts coming through at the bottom left of the video. video remake coming soon?

[@ratioretrospectives]

it was when i was streaming it and had my cam in the corner -- i didn't want my face to be in the majority of the video, that's why the black box is in the corner there

[@DirkHoeppner]

@@ratioretrospectives gotcha. too bad the gameplay couldn't be separated. in either case still a fun watch although the percussion in the background music constantly made me think my cats were clawing at furniture somewhere

[@andrewday4008]

Please do as many of these as you are able. I will watch all of them in their entirety. FF8 would be so good by you. Thank you

[@ratioretrospectives]

I would love to do ff8 -- I'm still deciding what to do next tho (be it XENOGEARS, CHRONO CROSS, FF8, etc...). I have a deep love/hate relationship with FF8 -- it's one of my favorites and also one of my least favorites lol. it's complicated.

[@demiurgentcare]

Of course! It was all there right in front of us all along...

[@ratioretrospectives]

👁

[@durothean]

watched your three hour FF tactics video, and now this video. Look forward to more content from you. And maybe a possible Castlevania SoTN retrospective?

[@ratioretrospectives]

thanks for watching, my man! Castlevania would be a good one, too...still deciding on the next one tho...

[@DeepThought420]

Pogs... That brought me back 😅

[@ratioretrospectives]

times were easier back then...

[@amariofan64]

Y'know, the whole Luigi conspiracy theory reminded me a lot of Super Paper Mario and how Luigi was the perfect host for the Chaos Heart. Wonder if that was intentional. In any case, great video, really hyped for the remake of SMRPG.

[@ratioretrospectives]

👁 as am I, freind. As am I! 👁

[@ghostofva1987]

The remake has leaked.. so anybody with a modded switch can play a week early now. I wonder what I'll be doing the next few days ;) I remember being 10 years old and renting this game from the video store during spring break from school. I quickly got hooked and played it all spring break of 1998 with my uncle. Good memories of simpler times. Nostalgia is a trip back down memory lane...

[@ratioretrospectives]

nostalgia is one of the most powerful of drugs, for sure. also, sucks that it leaked a week early, but also great that it leaked a week early :P good times indeed!

[@ironarcana970]

Posting at 426 subs so I can say I was here after you get to 426k subs.

[@ratioretrospectives]

haha maybe, maybe...

[@rebeccahamner8795]

I wish Sony would release ff tactics on the ps store. 🤞

[@ratioretrospectives]

ME TOO!

[@ratioretrospectives]

The REMAKE is coming out soon! Go purchase that!

[@rebeccahamner8795]

Well done 👍

[@ratioretrospectives]

thanks muchly!

[@lloydmeadors]

So what's the little black square on the left of the video of the playback? It's slightly mesmerizing, did THEY do that on purpose to distract me from your x file hypothesis?

[@ratioretrospectives]

👁 (it was a video of me playing the game but i thought it was too distracting so i blacked it out)

[@lloydmeadors]

@@ratioretrospectives or is that what THEY want you to believe?

[@lloydmeadors]

@@ratioretrospectives BTW watched secret of evermore, then immediately watched this one. Automatic subscribe. 2 things 1 you going to do final fantasy 3/6 retrospective since you played that and Mario the same weekend. I would love to hear your take on it, my second favorite game behind Xenogears. B. Played the remake/remaster for the switch yet? And finally Secret of mama, secret of evermore, secret is singular but you kept saying it plural

[@ratioretrospectives]

one day i will do ff6, but i think im still deciding if i should do xenogears or front mission 3...hmmm. i have not played the remaster yet, those i hope to sometimes in 2024! speech impediment. lol@@lloydmeadors

[@ratioretrospectives]

truuuuuu@@lloydmeadors

[@Anthroyd]

I may be in the minority here, but this was extremely hard to listen to after the first maybe 15 minutes. I understand you're reading from a script and your style is intentionally to sound intelligent and clear, but it's just way too much. I'm a normal person trying to follow along, and your vocabulary and needlessly complicated sentences are really hard to follow. It's as if the script was run through ChatGPT, asking it to replace as many words as possible with more sophisticated ones. I'll continue trying to get through it if I can, but I recommend that you use more down-to-earth language in the future. Again, might be a minority opinion, but I'm in no way special or nitpicky so I don't think I'm alone on this.

[@Nuka13]

So what you're saying is blame SMRPG for Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy now being an action rpg lol.

[@Nuka13]

Also what podcast were you watching behind the black box lol.

[@ratioretrospectives]

@@Nuka13 no podcast -- was me streaming on twitch. just didn't want my face to be annoyingly in the corner the whole time lol

[@GeeWizDude]

First and looking forward to this

[@ratioretrospectives]

it's a good'un : )

[@GeeWizDude]

@@ratioretrospectives Your articulation is absolutely superb, makes me wonder if you are an English or Science major or something.

[@ratioretrospectives]

thanks, man haha. not a teacher or anything, just like watching a lot of podcasts and whatnot (so i hear a lot of people talking, if that makes sense). and, obviously, i like to write ; )@@GeeWizDude

[@GeeWizDude]

@@ratioretrospectivesDo you by any chance have a discord server :P