Weekly Mario Mod #3 - Super Mario RPG Revolution (SMRPG)

[Valigarmander]

If you're anything like me, you spend more time replaying old games than buying new ones because you're cheap nothing beats the classics. But you can only save the princess so many times before the game starts to lose its luster. Like an egg, though, there are a hundred ways to cook a Mario game, and the internet has countless mods, hacks, patches, and randomizers to provide fans with new ways to play old favorites. This weekly feature will take a look at some of the more... interesting mods I've come across.

There are a lot of amazing level packs and total conversions out there, but for the most part this thread will be focused on cosmetic or gameplay mods. The core game will remain the same, just with some kind of added twist. Feel free to make suggestions, if you know any good ones. So without further ado...


Weekly Mario Mod #1 (9/29/18)
Frog Suit Challenge
(Super Mario Bros. 3)
Author: ssjtroly



Remember the Frog Suit from SMB3? Remember how awkward it made movement, and how it was only situationally useful? Wouldn't it be super fun to play the entire game with it?

Well, with this mod, you can! The romhack forces you to play the entire game as Frog Mario. Collecting other powerups does nothing but give you points, and if you take any damage whatsoever, you die immediately. Thus the added challenge comes not only from maneuvering in the unwieldy Frog Suit, but having to do a no-damage run on top of it. Apart from a few necessary changes to certain stages that would otherwise be unbeatable as Frog Mario, the levels are exactly the same. Are you a bad enough dude to make it through all eight worlds as a frog?

Gameplay Video
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[Marilink]

Hmmm. I’m intrigued. Panfan can attest to my, uh, mastery of the SMB3 Frog Suit movement

[steeze]

Your avatar is but a mere taste of your ability toad sage. ^^

[mushroom]

going to give this a shot soon

[mushroom]

oh my god frog mario sucks

e: game over in world 1. welp.

I will get thru all 8 worlds. I have this on my 3DS now so it will happen, sometime somewhere. Yeah

[mushroom]

ok this hack is worth playing if only to see frog mario hop to the airship

[Valigarmander]

Weekly Mario Mod #2 (10/6/18)
Super Pika Land
(Super Mario Land)
Author: Philip Reuben



This one is a classic. Super Pika Land transforms Mario's quest through Sarasaland to rescue Princess Daisy into Pikachu's quest through Johto to rescue Red. Almost all of the game's graphics have been replaced. Mario is now Pikachu, natch. Item blocks have become Pokémon. And the game's enemies are now rival Pokémon such as Digletts, Geodudes, Unown, and Bulbasaurs. Rocket Grunts even pop up eventually. It's a really cute, well-made graphics hack that would satisfy any Pokémon who for some reason also has an urge to replay Super Mario Land.

Fun fact: this was the first romhack I ever encountered, around the turn of the millennium. At the time I had no idea it was even possible to alter roms, so I assumed it was some kind of promotional re-release of Super Mario Land.



Gameplay Video
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[Valigarmander]

Weekly Mario Mod #3 (10/13/18)
Super Mario RPG Revolution
(Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)
Author: Waddler-D



As great a game as Super Mario RPG is, it's very easy, and very unbalanced. But what if there was a way to rebalance the game, and up the difficulty? What if you could make SMRPG... hardcore?

That's what Super Mario RPG Revolution aims to do. It overhauls the game's battle mechanics to produce a more challenging experience. Among the changes made by this romhack are increasing the level cap, adjusting character and enemy stats, altering spells (such as their strength, the cost to use them, the order they're learned in, etc.), changing enemy battle scripts, making item descriptions more helpful, and even adding in a few new items, enemies, and attacks. This includes some enemies and spells that were dummied out in the original game. If you're a fan of SMRPG, these changes will keep you on your toes, and give you a whole new way to revisit this classic.



Gameplay Video
More Gameplay (courtesy of @s1x)
Download Link

[Marilink]

I’ve been interested in this mod for so long, but never got around to it...