A Game Worth Paying For

[Sengir]

Because I enjoyed the story and characters

and the Traditional Battle System is quite fun

The other Mario RPGs are fun too, but they aren't THE Super Mario RPG

As a matter of fact, SMRPG was the game that first really introduced me to the genre all together
Before that, I wouldn't give an RPG the time of day


Thanks SMRPG

Just as I thought. It's just nostalgia. So many people want to see a new game like this but I think it would just be going backwards. You see I think SMRPG started off with some great ideas of how to capture Mario in an RPG setting, but wasn't perfected until Paper Mario.

The gameplay of the later RPGs managed to fully grasp the Mario style of attacking (the whole jumping on spikey enemies hurt). The very designs and world and characters of the later RPGs capture the Mario-esque mood too.

To go back to that style and gameplay would be like going back to make Mario platformers with the same physics as the first SMB. With the camera not going backwards and everything!

I think it's okay to want to have Mallow or Geno or whoever come back in some new game, that would be great! But to completely go back to that kind of gameplay and style just seems foolish.

I'm gonna have to disagree. SMRPG was never part of my childhood and I'd really like to see another SMRPG. The gameplay of most modern Mario RPG's are very Mariocentric; even in Dream Team (where Luigi was given a huge role in the story) it's all about Mario with Luigi powering him up. Partners were more like abilities in Super Paper Mario, and Sticker Star didn't even have any partners! I think a Mario RPG where the battle strategies take a number of partners into consideration would be really cool.

Also I think the "Mario-esque" mood shouldn't be a restriction. I'm sure if Miyamoto wanted to make a SMRPG sequel he could make it feel like SMRPG while retaining the "Mario feel". Honestly I preferred the mood of SMRPG over M&L:BIS, though.

Edit: It's not like he's asking for a SMRPG series to replace the current RPG series. Heck, Nintendo could even collaborate with Square Enix and not have to sacrifice much dev resources at all.