What if the average Mario story of Bowser kidnapping Peach was told in the form of an RPG? Well there's now more notable characters than the traditional platforming Mario games have but ultimately it felt like it was a game that played it safe. The story doesn't get as crazy as the next game in the series The Thousand Year Door and a lot of SNES era RPGs had greater stories too. Gameplay wise this game was a little unique but some ideas were borrowed from Mario RPG which had a better cast, story, and mechanics. Overall this is just an alright RPG.