Game:

Super Mario RPG (1996)

Duration: 11:00

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Super Mario RPG Armageddon is a hack for Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars by darkkefka. Much higher difficulty, rebalanced characters, new spells & equipment, and even new content are just a few of things this hack does.

Since the latest version's patch comes with a rom you must apply said patch to, a link can't be provided. Go and fire up the Google engines to locate it.

Right away at the file select screen, you'll hear the first significant change. The music has been replaced with the Final Fantasy theme most everyone is familiar with.

As the game begins...surprise, Peach is kidnapped by Bowser. I swear this has to be a regular occasion for her every month.

Of course, her hero is going to rescue her, none other than Mario himself. He chases Bowser to his own lair and control is handed to you.

Pretty simple controls here. You can run, you can jump onto things, and you can touch enemies to begin combat. Nothing in this intro gives exp so avoid fights if you can.

The only forced normal fight is a group of four Terrapins. Decent damage from their attacks, but there's a mechanic where if you time a button press just right, you'll take half damage or even no damage. Some attacks can't be blocked like this though.

As for killing the Terrapins? Use Mario's initial skill, Jump. You can guess what this does, but the catch is that if you time the button press right, Mario will keep on jumping, potentially on to other targets during the process. Not a bad move for only 3 fp.

Anyways, after the Terrapins, don't bother healing. You get a full heal at the start of the boss fight. No surprise, Mario runs into Bowser. Cue a boss fight!

Bowser switches between one of two attacks this fight. He starts off with a claw swipe that does light damage, then on his next turn, will do a fire spell that hits hard (12 dmg). Mario only has 30 hp to start out with and three Mushrooms (heals 100 hp to a single target). Best to attack on the turns he uses the claw swipe, then defend (Whatever button is assigned to B) on the turns the fire spell comes out.

After doing enough damage, Peach mentions to hit the chain. Do so and, after it takes enough damage, cutscenes will take over. Bowser is foiled...but so is Mario. He gets vaulted back to his pad where he meets a Toad. Simply put, he tells Mario to go save the princess.

It'd seem easy, but upon returning to the keep, there's a mambo sized sword that has burrowed into it. It also is of the talking kind, stating that the keep is now property of the "Smithy Gang" and, get this, they want to take over the world. Not at all surprised by that one.

A quake occurs after that claim, destroying the bridge to the keep. Mario has no choice but to return to his pad and talk to Toad. He suggests that Mario go to the Mushroom Kingdom via Mushroom Way and tell the chancellor what happened.

If you try to exit, Toad basically breaks the fourth wall and tells you that, yes, you are playing a hack.

Before going much further, go and save by jump on the block with a huge "S" and a star on the top.

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