How Super Mario RPG Forged Its Crown As The King Of The Mario World 👑

🎮 Welcome to Why Do We Like: Super Mario RPG Edition! 🎮
At the start of 1996, Mario already sat atop the video game throne. But just before Super Mario 64 catapulted us into the 3D era, there was a 16-bit wonder that shook the Mushroom Kingdom from its very roots. A unique blend of platforming excitement and RPG depth, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars was more than a game; it was a revelation. And one soon to be remade for the Nintendo Switch at that!
🌟 Why is this gem still beloved decades later? Why did it hit so differently? Sit tight for an hour-long deep dive into my favorite game of all time! 🌟
👇 TIMESTAMPS 👇
00:00 - Introduction
00:46 - Smurpglotts
01:35 - The Seven Content Kingdoms
02:29 - About SMRPG
04:03 - Into The Land of Story
37:40 - Camp Character
45:10 - Gameplay Grove
56:59 - Music Mountain
59:04 - The Hamlet of Humor
01:00:22 - The Realm of Replayability
01:02:38 - The Lost Lounge of Legacy
01:04:24 - Conclusion
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🎮 Game Background 🎮
Released in 1996 and developed by Square, Super Mario RPG set the stage for future Mario RPGs and won our hearts with its quirky characters, strategic gameplay, and compelling narrative. Rediscover this classic as it makes its way back into our lives with a Nintendo Switch remake releasing on November 17, 2023!
Created, written, and edited by Grant Lease
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🎵 Music Credits 🎵
Outro: Original composition
Background: Super Mario RPG OST, Hollow Knight OST
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[@somebaker2613]

this was amazing, and such a fascinating format, turning the different chapters into "story beats". i'm so happy it crossed my feed. thank you for this

[@WhyDoWeLike]

Thank YOU for the kind comment! I wasnt super sure on the Content Kingdom thing originally but I’m glad I ran with it. It was a fun framing and super gratifying to see others enjoyed it too 😊 appreciate the comment!

[@robbiewalker2831]

@@WhyDoWeLike I'm happy to announce that with the Chain tally counter in the remake, we could be able to pull off that challenge.

[@WhyDoWeLike]

Oh shidddd, I hadn't seen that yet. Hell yeah. Maybe after 25 years I can finally use the Super Suit 🤩

[@ricofabello]

I always appreciate a new channel putting out high-quality content like this. You've earned my subscription. Looking forward to more!

[@WhyDoWeLike]

Thanks Rico, I really appreciate it. I've got two deep dives out already and more cookin as we speak. Excited for you to see what's next!

[@WhyDoWeLike]

Whaddup Likeheads! Very excited to share my newest deep dive, and my first video game episode. With this 3rd video, I've completed my Triforce of Shit I'll Review -- movies, music, and video games. I've gotten some great feedback across the board so far but please do weigh in with any kind of thoughts or response to this or any of my vids. I want to keep making the content that people are responding to so I really want to hear your voices. Thanks for watching and see you on the next one!

[@amariofan64]

Super Mario RPG is very near and dear to my heart, and I cannot wait for the remake. Great video.

[@WhyDoWeLike]

Same here (clearly lol). Forever a favorite and I’m really excited to relive the old stuff and see what other elements the remake might add. Appreciate the comment and the kind words!

[@bleau_aloed]

I like Mario

[@WhyDoWeLike]

He's vewy strong and doesn't afraid of anything

[@swordheartstudios]

You did an amazing job on this! I like the analysis format you did that divides the game into what makes it good with the story, the gameplay, the characters, the music, and the humor is what makes Super Mario RPG one of the most memorable in Mario RPG series and beloved by many new and old fans alike.

[@WhyDoWeLike]

Thanks so much! So happy you dug it. It was a fun challenge trying to get the Adventure World conceit to work, really glad it came through 😊

[@ScrimaGames1]

Phenomenal and in-depth analysis on one of my favorite games of all time -- can't wait for the remake! Can't believe the remake actually exists! Your passion for the game definitely came through!

[@WhyDoWeLike]

Hell yeah! Thanks Scrima, so glad you liked it. Everything I see about the remake just gets me more and more excited, dying to play!

[@AaronJLong]

As someone who discovered how to get the fertilizer on my own, yeah, it felt awesome in the moment, but it took me longer to figure out where I needed to bring it. Still, it felt awesome to be able to refight the final boss and the super boss with the help of a super powerful Mario and a nearly invincible Princess on heal duty. Yeah, it feels like the game is calling you out by calling the weapon and armor "Lazy" but I enjoyed the power fantasy.

[@WhyDoWeLike]

Good shit. I love that they call you out with the titling too. The Lazy Shell: For Those Who Live Up To Its Name. But yeah at this point, I never play without it. Too rad, sorry. I can't fight the rule of cool.

[@scientistsalarian480]

Me and you are on the exact same page about mario rpg. Now that the remake is out, it is my favorite game if all time. I probably beat the original one 25 times on snes. It was so amazing to see the new graphics kept so true to the original art style and atmosphere.

[@WhyDoWeLike]

Hell yeah dude. Its just a timeless classic. I’m a few hours into the Remake already, its a trip to relive the glory in HD.

[@RyanJWilliams]

You mentioned a faulty emulated version, where you couldn't make a booster tower jump. I had the same thing happen, the emulator just wouldn't recognize more than 3 simultaneously pressed keys, making it impossible to press left, down, y (run) and b (jump) at the same time. You need all 4 to make that jump. Solved it by writing y and b to the same key temporarily.

[@WhyDoWeLike]

Holy shit. You just blew 13 and 31 year old me’s mind. That must have been it. Incredible find and fix!

[@Openreality]

When i ever played through the original game, i knew in RPGs, grinding is a thing so i took it on myself to say least grind to level 5 or level 10 before i advanced to mushroom kingdom. Also Booster Tower has not one, but two themes. One for the lower half and a separate one for the upper half.

[@WhyDoWeLike]

No way! I had no idea about the two separate themes and I went pretty thorough on this. Just another thing to make Booster Tower the GOAT

[@oscarcaballeromiranda4585]

Amazing!! first time watching, love this!

[@WhyDoWeLike]

So happy you're digging it, thanks for the kind comment!

[@YariTheImpaler]

Fun fact: Mack is now named "Claymorton" in the remake.

[@WhyDoWeLike]

I just saw this the other day! I'll miss the simplicity of Mack but I'll still take a silly pun. Yaridovich is gonna be Speardovich too!

[@co88120]

They are using the actual Japanese translation. Claymorton is his actual name.

[@apollolux]

I'm pretty sure it was acknowledged either in-universe or by Miyamoto or Tezuka possibly around the time of Galaxy or one of the RPGs like Bowser's Inside Story or something that Bowser was indeed the most powerful singular creature in that world until the outsiders Mario and Luigi arrived at the Mushroom Kingdom to kick off the events of the original SMB on the NES. I wish I could find the source for that, but it was so long ago that it escapes me where I first heard it, and clearly ever since then the story has evolved to the point where Peach herself is acknowledged as a Star Child (thanks to Yoshi's Island DS, among other things) and on a potential power level equal to the Bros and Bowser, also confirmed Star Children, and even Daisy is getting up there if her recent playable inclusion in Wonder is any indication.

[@WhyDoWeLike]

LMAO, little did we know, Mario has some Naruto level lore going on behind the scenes haha

[@djml_]

Great video, love SMRPG and can’t wait for the remake!

[@WhyDoWeLike]

Thanks friend, me too, its so close!!

[@TheOneFreakservo]

'King' of the Mario Word, eh...? _~Remembers a commercial about a bunch of kids chanting 'Mario' to the skies. Super Mario Bros. 3. Now you're playing with power~_ ~Sighs~. ...KIngs often stand on the shoulders of the gods they follow. ~Walks away~

[@WhyDoWeLike]

*dissolves into dreamscape*

[@MaxR52]

Let it be known that I'm team smurp glotts

[@WhyDoWeLike]

My MAN

[@Marsmac48]

Dude yes. The second I hit this in the video I had to come comment on its beauty

[@WhyDoWeLike]

S M U R P G L O T T S

[@mr_fuji_mintsmr_fuji_mints9873]

A man of culture

[@WhyDoWeLike]

Indubitably 🧐

[@hereelabs]

Wow... This is LE EPIC....

[@WhyDoWeLike]

*holds up spork*

[@unclebrian8156]

with exor you can one shot it if you time geno whirl perfectly i hope we can do that in the remake

[@WhyDoWeLike]

Hell yeah. Report back when you do it!! So excited

[@gracemcquillan]

What a ride! #smurpglotts

[@WhyDoWeLike]

lfg, Team Smurpglotts is already dozens strong

[@hbananah]

SMURPGLOTTS !!! letsa gooooo

[@WhyDoWeLike]

The people are here for SMURPGLOTTS and so am I gosh dangit

[@quietjester154]

In the remake, SPOILERS, DO NOT EXPAND IF YOU DON'T WANT IT (It's not major but yknow-) Mack is renamed to Claymorton, which is kinda sad, but also, to be fair: Claymorton does fit a bit better than Mack, since I didn't understand why it was called Mack- lol)

[@WhyDoWeLike]

Haha yes, I saw/heard about this! Definitely a fitting rename for the 2020s, since Mack The Knife was dated even in the 90s.

[@quietjester154]

@@WhyDoWeLike also, fantastic video, you covered everything that really does make the game enjoyable, and certainly looking forward to getting Geno on my team in glorious HD

[@WhyDoWeLike]

Thanks so much! Really happy you enjoyed and appreciate you engaging :)

[@Marsmac48]

SMURP GLOTTS XD

[@WhyDoWeLike]

I Smurpglott, you smurpglott, he, she, we smurpglotts. Its first grade!

[@Wendy_O._Koopa]

@@WhyDoWeLike You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.

[@NitwitsWorld]

Love how you use the ai art to describe Super Mario RPG. Cute 🥰

[@WhyDoWeLike]

Haha thank you, it was a really fun exercise and I think it added some nice flavor. Glad you enjoyed it!! 🤩

[@NitwitsWorld]

@@WhyDoWeLike No problem let’s hope the remake gets great reviews

[@WhyDoWeLike]

Amen! 🙏🏻

[@NitwitsWorld]

@@WhyDoWeLike yahoo

[@andrewvisser5409]

This game gives me hope for an Earthbound remake.

[@WhyDoWeLike]

From your mouth to NintenGod's ear!

[@nekonomicon2983]

Are you sure it's even possible? We can't even get a Mother 3 localized right?

[@WhyDoWeLike]

Me at least, I never said possible, hence the prayer 😂

[@thekurgan14]

No Mention of Birdo as a boss battle man? cmon

[@WhyDoWeLike]

Omfg you’re right, I totally dropped the egg on that

[@thekurgan14]

@WhyDoWeLike don't let my cranky old man-Ness fool ya, you did good work man.

[@WhyDoWeLike]

Haha np, I appreciate it, and you were totally right!

[@user-ff3kd6tt7i]

Is this anything like Pokémon?? These are at least characters I recognize in my old age haha 🤪Cheers.

[@WhyDoWeLike]

Lets get you to bed grandma

[@BudofSharon]

💜‼️🤠

[@WhyDoWeLike]

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

[@bleau_aloed]

You don’t suck that much. 7/10

[@WhyDoWeLike]

C's get degrees!

[@bleau_aloed]

Lol

[@danielpayne1597]

Fave game gang lezgoooooo

[@WhyDoWeLike]

Hell yeah 😎

[@user-ri6pp4nf9s]

You might wanna look at the camera instead of the script

[@WhyDoWeLike]

Got a teleprompter in the works! These are long scripts and I want to do justice to any piece that I analyze which is why I do the heavy writing. Already better in coming vids!

[@dr.sciencewizard1518]

It's okay that you're reading your script while you record. Everything you do with your face is not okay.

[@WhyDoWeLike]

Lmao not my usual feedback but thanks for weighing in 😂

[@deadvikingtrolls]

Personally glad Peach isn't a "feminist icon" in this game. She's much more enjoyable when she isn't belittling Mario or being an insufferable b$#%@.

[@WhyDoWeLike]

Lots of degrees of characterization between those two extremes! Peach has only gotten better as a character as the Mario universe has given her more dimensionality.

[@deadvikingtrolls]

@@WhyDoWeLike Yeah, there are degrees but Peach was clearly kind of crap towards Mario for really no reason. Japan hates girl boss movie Peach for a good reason. Trouble is we had to modernize her and make her into what we've made of modern women before they're 40 and alone and making tiktoks about it.

[@tessaPMpro]

@deadvikingtrolls lol what is this incel tangent? Who hurt you? Also making generalisations about a country with 125 million people (such as making insane claims like "Japan hates..." or "Japan likes..." because apparently you speak for 125 million people now) that you have never been to and likely don't actually know anything about outside of what you have seen on anime or what you read on the internet from other westerners who fetishise Japan despite also not actually knowing anything about the country or how the people there actually are is insanely ignorant and closed-minded.

[@deadvikingtrolls]

@@tessaPMpro What is this whorish rebuttal? I can use insults too. Check opinions for yourself, there are videos and what have you. Truth is no one really likes a girl boss except for members of the woke crowd. Check the box opening for the marvels which even you didn't go see. You can dislike facts and imply there's something wrong with me because your sensibilities are hurt but honestly we're tired.

[@tessaPMpro]

@deadvikingtrolls "whorish"? lol you sure do love throwing around words you don't know the meaning of, and only further proving my point about you being a bitter incel. You claim all these "facts" yet fail to provide evidence for any of them. What are you basing your "facts" on? Because if it's sales, the Mario movie did exceptionally well across the world, including Japan. Also define "woke", because it has no clear definition and even the people who throw the word around to describe anything they don't like can't even agree on a definition. "Woke" is nothing but a meaningless buzzword used by keyboard warrior neckbeards to describe anything they don't like.

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

This game's mid.

[@WhyDoWeLike]

Coming in hottttttt

[@Big_Dai]

Why do new youtubers think that putting their dumb face so close to the camera (and on the viewer's screen) is a good idea!? Has no one watched nakey jakey?

[@WhyDoWeLike]

So what you're saying is I should get even closer 👀