Super Mario RPG has an item straight-up called the Exp. Whoever equipped it gained double EXP from each fight. Mar 05, 2019 Super Spike this enemy does not normally appear in the game, but he's identical to the regular Spikey anyway BF: Heavy Troopa (×3) C0: Shows the scene where Toadstool is shown on top of Booster Tower. Her speech is replaced with Count Down's attacks for some reason. C1: Shows the scene where Mario goes up to rescue Toadstool.

Releases

The U.S. version has a subtitle.

Intro

As always, Bowser is 'Koopa' in Japan...

...and Princess Toadstool is 'Peach.'

Side note: Bowser is only referred to as 'King' Bowser on the title screen.

Title screen

In the U.S. version, the banner under 'Super Mario RPG' displays the new subtitle, replacing the Japanese title translation. The copyright date was also updated.

File Select screen

The File Select screen in the U.S. version gives more room for the level names; 'Mushroom Kingdom' and other long names wouldn't fit in those small squares. Unfortunately, the neat moustache icons did not survive the redesign.

Menu screen

On the menu screen, the upper-right box was enlarged to make room for more letters in the U.S. version. Also notice the slight height difference in the numbers and Roman letters between both versions.

The red boxes on both sides of the items sub-screen also changed sizes.

Battle buttons

On the battle screen, the Y-X-B-A icons on top of your character match the button colors on your controller. The button colors on the Japanese Super Famicom controllers are different, so these had to be recolored.

The Super Famicom: Japan's 'Super NES'

NokNok Shell

The U.S. version has a weapon called the 'NokNok Shell,' which is just a shortened version of its Japanese name: 'Nokonoko Shell.' Koopa Troopas are known as 'Nokonokos' in Japan, so an item like this would normally be renamed to 'Koopa Shell.'

Bowyer's lockout

Similar to the controller situation above, the buttons that Bowyer can lock with his arrows changed color.

Geno's identity crisis

The symbols used for Geno's real name are different in each version. In the Japanese version, the word in half-brackets is his name.

It's interesting to note that the symbols used in Geno's English name are used freely throughout the game and are also seen in the Japanese version, but the symbols in his Japanese name are only used for this scene.

Yūbinbutsu ga todokimashita! (You've got mail!)

On the mailbox's door, the 'T' with the line over it is the symbol for the postal service in Japan. This symbol is also present in the U.S. version.

Bukkī's Tower

On Booster Tower's welcome sign, you may have noticed weird scribbling above the word 'Welcome.' It is actually Japanese, and it reads Bukkī, which is Booster's Japanese name. The sign is the same in both the Japanese and U.S. versions.

A kinder, gentler Bowser

Bowser's victory pose was changed in the U.S. version. We'll let the screen shots speak for themselves here...

Sunken Ship password

Though the correct choices are in the same spots, the password is different in each version. It changed from suizokukan (aquarium) to 'pearls.'

X?

In the U.S. version, Mario finds Princess Toadstool's '???,' but in the Japanese version, Mario finds her 'XXX.'

Royal bus

In the Japanese version, the bus is called 'Jugemu's Bus,' hence the initials 'JB' on its side and trunk. 'Jugemu' is the Japanese name for Lakitu.

Bowser's poem

After your party defeats the Manager of Smithy's factory, Bowser composes a poem, which was changed to a 17-syllable haiku in the U.S. version. Translated, Bowser originally thought, 'Why does everyone say 'Mario, Mario'? My heart is very sad.' In the Japanese version, Bowser's name follows the poem, instead of '~Haiku.'

Areas

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Notes:

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• Kerokero is the Japanese equivalent of 'ribbit.'
• Hana-chan is the Japanese name for Wiggler, the caterpillar enemy.

Characters

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Notes:

• The first Apprentice listed is a Shy Guy. The second is Chef Torte's apprentice.
• Chef Torte's Japanese name is a combination of noko (Koopa Troopa) and kokku (cook).
• Hinopio is a combination of hi (fire) and Kinopio (Toad's Japanese name).

Enemies

Notes:

• Yaridovich's name starts with the Japanese word for 'spear' (yari).
• The bee enemies' Japanese names, which start with the number '8,' share an interesting play on words. 'Eight' and 'bee'—both read as hachi—are homonyms in Japanese.
• 'Pukupuku' is the Japanese name for Cheep-Cheep, but for some reason the red fish is called 'Goby' in the U.S. version.
• Similar to the note above, 'Teresa' (The Big Boo) is usually translated to just Boo.

Items

Special attacks