One of my favorite RPG's of all time. So great. Square and Nintendo's collective masterpiece. PLEASE come to the VC!!
Gameplay: basically a pretty standard RPG. it uses attacks, spells, defenses everything in a good rpg. you control a slew of characters but all lead by the silent protagonist mario. you will platform, fight random enemies, play minigames, even control a minecart. it is one of the most random RPG's ever but thats why i like it, it is so different and has all the nintendo charm.
Story: Mario, on his way to find and rescue Princess Peach, he meets up with the cloud-like being, Mallow, who believes he's a tadpole. He travels with Mario to find his stolen Frog Coin. Later, he learns the truth that he was found floating in a river by his adoptive father, Frogfucius, and sets off with Mario in the hope of finding his true parents. On their search, they end up meeting Geno, a being from Star Road, who possesses Gaz's doll, Geno, and takes on the name and persona. He explains that the must find the seven stars and stop Smithy who is the main villain of the game. The eventually run in to Bowser, and save Princess Peach. Bowser decides to help Mario, so he can reclaim his castle from the Smithy Gang, and Peach, desperate to help, sneaks out of the Mushroom Kingdom to help on their travels.
Sound: the game has great audio. it has the usual mario sound effects and the usual mario jingles and even remixed. it also has some great battle sequence songs and all around it is really good. its not at a FF level but its still really good.
Graphics: the game looks really good. the characters and environment kindof have this claymation like texture to them and it looks very cartoony and colorful. there have been better looking SNES games but for the most part the graphics are done very well and it adds to the experience.
Value: Its an RPG so the game will take you probably longer than 20 hours. it is also quite challenging in some spots and the boss battles can be really hard at points which is a good thing. so you get a lot out of this game. also in game you can teach your crew many different skills and spells and attacks so you never play the same game twice. so it has replay value.
Tilt: basically i just love this game. it is so fun and it brings back a lot of great memories. it has tremendous charm and is unrivaled in goofy nintendo antics. its not just a nintendo game it is actually a very in depth RPG so dont be turned off by anything. its kind of like KH in a way.
Overall: this game is fantastic. buy this game. it is a lot of fun. 9.8 overall i say and it is almost rarely topped off to this day. seriously give this game a chance and pick it up. its still better than a lot of rpgs right now and just as fun as any other mario platformer. i cant wait until it comes to the VC.