First time player here, always heard about Mario RPG. I think the thing I enjoyed most about this game is oddly its age. The way Mario feels, the snappiness of the story and dialogue, the ridiculous extra challenges like getting the Super Suit and how obtuse and annoying things like the Toadofsky songs are... it's all so 1996 in a way that brings a smile to my face. The music is great, the visuals are charming, and I sure did like Mallow a hell of a lot more than I expected to. Battles were mindnumbingly easy but the chain system and how fast everything was made it an extremely relaxing comfort-game experience... I just had a darn good time with this thing! Its slightness and clunkiness made the game much more enjoyable than it would have been if it were a grander, more polished adventure. I love a good RE4-style ground-up big-balls modernization remake, but this is great too. I hope more remakes in the future decide to just... be the old game, but shiny. It's homely.