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burninmylight on 15 May 2020
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The_Liquid_Laser said:
Slownenberg said:

Yeah hopefully this puts to bed people's worries that Nintendo just wasn't gonna release any games the rest of the year. If they didn't have a Fall / holiday lineup then this would have gotten pushed back there to fill the gap. So now we know they'll have good stuff lined up this Fall.

And omg you haven't played Super Mario RPG? It's a million times better than any paper mario game. Paper Mario is actual shit compared to Mario RPG. You're gonna love it!

Yeah, that is what I expected would happen until I saw this trailer had dropped.  I thought any potential summer releases would be pushed back until fall and just let Animal Crossing do all the heavy lifting in the summer.  But this trailer shows they have summer games.  Awesome!  They've still got a full slate of games for the year.

Also, yeah I've heard good things about Super Mario RPG, especially since Squaresoft was involved in their prime.  This pandemic has really given me a chance to make a serious dent into my backlog.  I finished several Switch games first.  Then I went and finished Phantasy Star 4, and I'm on Shining Force 2 right now.  Since I'm already in the 16-bit era of RPGs, Super Mario RPG seems like a good next choice.  It will also give me a chance to see if it has aged well or not.  I've often heard people compare Final Fantasy 6 and Phantasy Star 4.  I only finished FF6 a few years ago, but it was awesome.  It aged far better than PS4.  On the other hand I'm really loving Shining Force 2 right now.  It has also aged well.  I hope Super Mario RPG has aged well too.

Don't let anyone tell you that SMRPG is a million times better than "any" PM game (PM has gone in so many directions that you can't look at all the games in the same manner). It's a classic game that is well worth your attention if you can still appreciate RPGs from the 16-bit era, but all the ones hyping it to the moon are the ones wearing nostalgia-glasses. There are plenty of reasons why someone would enjoy a PM game more, be it the first two in the series that are more akin to SMRPG, or even the one that began the series' deviation, Super Paper Mario.

I know this goes without saying, but the best judge is yourself.