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Grex Rpg Item 12: Mario RPg
Entered by kain on Sun Aug 18 14:19:36 UTC 1996:

Mario RPG: anybody played it yet?
I rented it and thought it was cute.  True RPg tradition? questionable it's
a bit expensive now so I don't know about getting it.  what did you guys
think?

13 responses total.

#1 of 13 by bjorn on Sun Aug 18 14:34:58 1996:

Right now I'm too busy cheating with other games (reading hint book sections
and putting the book back, then leaving the store).  Personally, I just don't
go for Mario.

#2 of 13 by snafu on Sun Aug 18 19:10:06 1996:

YES!! I'm not the only person who does that!! I thought I was all alone!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!

#3 of 13 by kain on Mon Aug 19 02:40:05 1996:

alone? what do you think I do evreyday I go to the book store ;)

#4 of 13 by jsr on Tue Aug 20 21:00:56 1996:

Well, I confess I liked it.  It's definitely not for RPG purists.  It
doesn't take itself too seriously.  (I thought the parody of the Power
Rangers was pretty funny).  It's got some platform-style game elements
in it -- not pure RPG at all.  But I liked it.  Never played a Square
game I didn't like.

#5 of 13 by snafu on Tue Aug 20 22:16:20 1996:

Jon, stop blowing your own horn. You go to bookstores less frequently then I
do, much less every day.

#6 of 13 by coyote on Sat Aug 24 22:30:47 1996:

I watched plork play for a little, and watched him fight that FF2 sort-of guy.
Anybody know who he/she's supposed to be?  Or is it just a generic FF2
crystal/weird/elemental boss?

#7 of 13 by kain on Mon Aug 26 21:57:41 1996:

I ment evreyday that I go to the bookstore which is about once a week.  I stop
at websters everytime I go to Y&S

#8 of 13 by bjorn on Tue Aug 27 13:58:13 1996:

Hmm.  Which reminds me that I'll be stopping by Websters either what's left
of this morning or this afternoon.

#9 of 13 by gandalf on Wed Aug 28 22:14:47 1996:

I don't know.  I haven't actaully played it, but I've seen a lot of screen
shots and some stuff from Nintendo's website.  The graphics aren't bad, but
if you're looking for a true RPG, you'd probably be better off with another
game.  Plus, it's $79 price tag does make it a little hard to get a hold of.
I'd suggest renting it first.

#10 of 13 by snafu on Fri Aug 30 18:12:25 1996:

God. I don't see how they can get away with such prices. Those people skipped
capitolism and went straight to highway robbery. Most computer games don't
cost that much...

#11 of 13 by jsr on Fri Aug 30 21:11:48 1996:

Yeah, they overcharge a lot, and apparently there are people who'll pay.
I could afford to pay $79 per game, but I won't as a matter of principal.
The markup on these games must be tremendous, because lots of places
frequently sell at a discount and must still be turning a profit.  As
for SMRPG, I bought it at Target for $53.

#12 of 13 by snafu on Fri Aug 30 22:20:40 1996:

well, I'm GLAD I don't own an SNES. It's pointless and time consuming. (like
computers aren't, but who's going to argue that point?)

#13 of 13 by kain on Fri Aug 30 23:17:27 1996:

Hmm.. Partially agreed.

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