July/August Community Playthrough: Super Mario RPG

[singlebanana]

An excuse to play an RPG. Nice, count me in.

[JerryGreenwood]

I'm in. Maybe I'll finally finish it this time.

For whatever reason, I could never get into this game. I bought it when it came out, got really far, then stopped playing. I've tried to play through it about 3 other times in my life and after about 5 hours I retire. I love Mario and I love RPG's and I've tried to love this game, but I always become disenchanted. Maybe it's because I'm a big Bowser fan and they make him seem like such a wuss.

[Shadow Kisuragi]

I'm in. Maybe I'll finally finish it this time.

For whatever reason, I could never get into this game. I bought it when it came out, got really far, then stopped playing. I've tried to play through it about 3 other times in my life and after about 5 hours I retire. I love Mario and I love RPG's and I've tried to love this game, but I always become disenchanted. Maybe it's because I'm a big Bowser fan and they make him seem like such a wuss.

You haven't gotten far enough into it then to see Bowser make himself into a badass.

[Razor Knuckles]

Well, as a guy that sucks at RPG's and has never played this game in my life, I figured I should give it a go.

Should give you guys someone to laugh at. Just beating this game alone would be an achievement to me.

[Fleach]

I'm in. Maybe I'll finally finish it this time.

Hopefully playing along with a bunch of people will motivate you to push on. I'll add you to the head count.

Well, as a guy that sucks at RPG's and has never played this game in my life, I figured I should give it a go.

Should give you guys someone to laugh at. Just beating this game alone would be an achievement to me.

I don't think it's possible to suck at RPGs. You can only be under-leveled. Just remember if you're having trouble fight enough bad guys until you level up some more.

[Shadow Kisuragi]

It's very easy to power level once you reach a certain part of the game. Shouldn't be a problem.

[singlebanana]

So will this playthrough have checkpoints or will we just play as we have time? Either way is fine with me, just curious.

[JerryGreenwood]

You haven't gotten far enough into it then to see Bowser make himself into a badass.

Nice, because I'm not into Geno or Mallow

[Fleach]

So will this playthrough have checkpoints or will we just play as we have time? Either way is fine with me, just curious.

I think this will work well with checkpoints. But anyone can play ahead if they want to. Just don't post spoilers.

[Silent Scythe]

Sounds fun, instead of working on my backlog fulltime I'll join up with you guys.

[techwizard]

if i can find a copy i'll be in, but i don't think i could bring myself to play the virtual console version

[Shadow Kisuragi]

Actually, the Virtual Console version is almost flawless. It's also much cheaper, unless you own a Super Famicom/know how to get it to run on an NTSC console.

[techwizard]

Actually, the Virtual Console version is almost flawless. It's also much cheaper, unless you own a Super Famicom/know how to get it to run on an NTSC console.

i know but i'm one of those guys who just has to play old games on the original hardware where possible, it doesn't feel right to me otherwise. i only make exceptions when it's a game i've already beaten in it's original form and just want to play it again any way i can. for first experiences with games i much prefer going all original if possible.

[JerryGreenwood]

What exactly do you guys mean by "checkpoints"? I think I have an idea but I don't want to assume.

[SirPsycho]

What exactly do you guys mean by "checkpoints"? I think I have an idea but I don't want to assume.

Kind of like a book club or a class will only assign 'Chapters' to read and study for the week I'm guessing this is along the same lines. "Beat X boss and save ASAP" is the type of checkpoint I'm thinking of, and its about all that makes sense.