Super Mario RPG - DF Tech Review - The SNES Classic Shines On Switch VIDEO
Nintendo's 1996 collaboration with Square yielded the excellent Super Mario RPG for the Super NES and now, decades later, the game has been remastered into full 3D for Nintendo Switch. John Linneman goes back to the original, stacks it up against the new game, then critiques it on its own merits as a 2023 Switch release.
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00:00 - Introduction
01:18 - The Original Game's Visual Design
02:21 - Comparisons between Switch and SNES
08:49 - Visual Features and Image Quality
11:15 - Performance Analysis
13:52 - Music Comparison - Arranged vs Original
15:09 - The Wrap-Up
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