Trivia
It was named #103 out of 200 of the "Greatest Games of Their Time" by EGM Issue #200 (Feb. 2006).
There were a number of enemies which were designed and coded for the game but didn't make it into the final version. The related links section has a site that contains pictures and information on these enemies (as well as other things).
A big misconception (poor dialog?) with this game is that the giant sword's name is "Smithy". That is incorrect.The sword's name is "Exor". Smithy is the person who made the sword and head honcho of it as well as several other of the enemies.
Contributed by
WildKard (11891) on Oct 23, 2003.
Mario doesn't have any dialog in this game. Not one word. He will however nod his head yes/no and act out previous events in order to explain things to other characters. He'll even dress up for the occasion.
Contributed by
WildKard (11891) on Jul 20, 2003.
The developer name and the publisher name may read Nintendo, after all Mario is their trademark character, but the majority of this game was made by Squaresoft, who have had a lot more experience in creating RPGs.
Contributed by
WildKard (11891) on Jul 20, 2003.
There are lots of cameos and game-related appearances in this game: Link is sleeping in Rose Town Inn, Samus Aran appears in a bed at the Mushroom Kingdom Castle, models of Arwings from Star Fox and F-Zero racecars can be seen in Hinopio's Shop, Final Fantasy IV's boss music plays while fighting Culex and last, but not least, there's a boy in the Mushroom Kingdom playing on a Gameboy!
Contributed by
atadota (9) on Aug 10, 2002.
