

In fact, a lot of rooms before the bosses have a chest, hidden or visible, with a Mushroom inside to fully restore your stats. Die and you respawn with your levels retained, and there's always a chance to save and heal before major bosses.Most effects only last a few turns and they disappear out of battle, so they are minor inconveniences if she's not in the party. Antidote Effect: Princess Toadstool starts with two healing spells that make the status-curing Able Juice/Freshen Up nearly worthless.There's also a giant carrot enemy in Booster Pass. Anthropomorphic Food: Bundt, the surprisingly difficult cake boss.In the Japanese version, Culex's talk of dimensions instead refers to the fact that he's a two-dimensional being who cannot comprehend Mario's three-dimensional world. The standard meaning of this trope only applies in the English version. Culex is from another dimension, and remains in a strange dimensional rift in Monstro Town because Mario's world is uninhabitable for him.Smithy's Factory is located in a dark and gloomy void dimension, with Exor serving as a bridge between the worlds.Many other accessories can be considered as such, like the Amulet ( sacrifice speed in favor of all other stats), the Jinx Belt ( speed and physical attributes), and both scarves (one for both kinds of attack, the other for both kinds of defense).The Quartz Charm's Flavor Text is "A shining source of power!", and boosts attack and defense by 50% ( although it doesn't tell you so).After-Combat Recovery: Dead characters are revived with 1 HP and still gain experience at the end of battle.However, his role is pretty minimal, and you can play the whole game without ever running into him. Advertised Extra: Yoshi appears with the main cast on the Japanese box art, suggesting that he's pivotal to the story.However, Mario doesn't know this, which causes problems for a player doing a second playthrough. It ends up being the password to the balcony in Booster's Tower. Addressing the Player: You're required to have a profile name.Considering Mario is explicitly capable of (somehow) concealing several other characters on his person while he walks around, it's possible others in this world have the same ability. The lone-on-the-overworld Hammer Bro faced as the Warmup Boss somehow becomes two in battle. Actually Four Mooks: Mostly seen with enemy encounters scripted fights and boss battles usually have the same number of enemies both on the map and in battle, though not always.Naturally, both of Super Mario RPG's Spiritual Successors, Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi, take this mechanic and elaborate on it in different ways.

You can even reduce or negate the damage from an enemy attack using a timed button press.

Mario has no speaking role (because he's the silent RPG protagonist), so he has to act out all of his "lines" in mime (including doing an impression of Bowser). The game was one of the first to engage in a full-on Lampshade Hanging frenzy regarding the tropes of both the Mario series and Square's own RPGs.
