#Frogfucius

[missd476]

SMRPG Tarot Cards

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[flowertab]

Baby Mallow doodles! ^w^ I

[scraftcat]

Happy Mallow Monday!

It's been some time since he's seen his beloved Grandpa and old home. Hopefully a cricket pie and some tea would be a nice start.

(Music cover by Purple1222119 Music - Tadpole Pond)

[beauzos]

only played about an hour of SMRPG remake last night, stopped after i got to the frog pond but i was surprised to see they changed Frogfucius's name. i'm not upset or anything, it's not immersion breaking or game ruining like i literally don't gaf but like... y'all couldn't have given Frogfucius a new name? he's literally just called "Frog Sage" in the remake.

like idk if they were worried about it being racially insensitive, but like, if they wanted to keep the same kind of Wise Philosopher name they could've just named him after a different philosopher. like they could've called him Frogcrates or some shit. i came up with that in ten seconds after thinking about it like i really think we could've done more than "Frog Sage." bro why does this important NPC not have a fucking name anymore.

[smallmariofindings]

Officially licensed 1996 Super Mario RPG figurine of the Frog Sage (known as Frogfucius at the time of the original game's release), from Japan.

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[nintendonut1]

So, today's Court of Roses update has a cameo in it...

...which I then turned into an actual AU OOPS!

Geno (half elf/half gnome) is a wizard/scholar living in Calcin who studies the stars, and Mallow (gnome) is his apprentice studying air magic under his wing~

Geno came from a far-off land outside of Prismal after a ruthless gang of bandits destroyed his home (hackcoughsmithygangcough) His clan worshiped the stars, and he honors their memory by studying to unlock their fullest potential. Once Geno's had a chance to move, settle in, transition (yes, the face marks are transition ritual tattoos, he's transmasc here too :>) and start over, Frogfucius brings Mallow to him, asking him to take him in as an apprentice, and try to help him control his inner magic.

Meanwhile, Mario is a mercenary coming to Calcin looking for honest work, and answers a job posting about clearing out some old ruins to help further celestial research...

SO UHHHHHH idk how lame and nerdy it is to make an AU contained within your own original work BUT. HERE IT IS I HOPE YOU GUYS LIKE IT JGKFLHKGHJF

[the-iron-shoulder]

My opinions on name changes in the SMRPG remake: an incomplete list

Mack / Claymorton: yeah, I can respect this. “Mack the Knife” is probably kind of an obscure reference, and Claymorton is a reasonably clever name.

Kerokerocola / Croaka Cola: hnnnng FINE. USAmericans mostly don’t know that “kerokero” is the sound frogs make, and yes, pun on Coca-Cola, fine. But I still like the original better even if it makes perfect objective sense why they would change it.

Frogfucius / The Frog Sage: doesn’t bother me. I can definitely see, now that I’m not in elementary school like I was when the original took over my life, that “Frogfucius” is probably just a liiiiittle bit culturally insensitive. I’m fine calling this an improvement.

B’tub Ring / Nurture Ring: bah, the B’tub Ring was perfect! One, “bathtub ring” is an actual preexisting phrase and so that’s some fun wordplay, two, the idea of the princess wearing a bathtub-shaped piece of jewelry is hilarious, three, “nurture ring” doesn’t convey what it does any better than B’tub Ring did. (Yes yes, I get “nurture ring / nurturing;” doesn’t help.) Thumbs down.

Remo Con / Dollox: eh, why did we bother? I liked the implication that the monster was being controlled from afar. If “dollox” is a pun (doll + ???), I’m not getting it.

Fire Orb / Fireball: I mean, I can’t really argue here, Mario throws fireballs, that’s a Thing.

Psychopath / Thought Peek: genuine improvement.

Static E! / Static Electricity: Boooo. I miss having an exclamatory E! in the name of an attack. That was fun! Bring back the bang!

Yaridovich /Speardovich: JAIL FOR TRANSLATOR! JAIL FOR TRANSLATOR FOR ONE THOUSAND YEARS

[princess-of-the-corner]

"...He'd probably realize he wasn't like them real quick."

Frogfucius: "Mallow, my boy, I've kept this from you until now, but you're not a tadpole."

Mallow, the tadpoles, and even Lakitu: Surprised Pikachu Face

(Super Mario RPG)

I mean no offense to Mallow but I thiiiink Link might me a touch smarter.

[scarlet-riot]

me: huh, mallow doesn't really look like a tadpole or frog imo but ig it's a stylization thing me: oh, there are other tadpoles! guess mallow doesn't look like them bc he's a main character lol frogfucius: mallow... i'm sorry for hiding this from you but you are in fact NOT a frog me: :O !!!!!

[anonfeather]

Super Luigi RPG: Curse of the Seven Stars

So.. I participated in the 2019 Narowrimo, but I didn't have a lot of story ideas, but I still wanted to make words. So I typed out my idea for a sequel to Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, one of my favourite RPG... I decided might as well share it... I wrote it as if I was talkin' to folks.

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While playing Legend of the Seven Stars, I had a very important desire for a sequel. Sadly there is none. I mean, I know we got the 'paper Marios' and 'Mario and Luigis', but I really wanted something back in the same universe as Legend of the Seven Stars. So, I came up with my own sequel to which I’ll share with you guys. 

It’s not completely planned or organized, because we all know this will never come true, but here’s my delirium. 

So, the title of this sequel would be Super Luigi RPG; The curse of the Seven Stars. It makes it very clear that it’s the sequel, doesn’t it? And, well, Mario isn’t the Main, his bro is! Yay!

Anyways, the beginning would be almost frame by frame, the same as Super Mario RPG. Toadstool (-err I mean Peach) is in the field, playing with flowers and butterflies, then Bowser appears in the sky, kidnapping her with Mario rushing out to save her. Then, there’s a zoom-out, and Luigi there gardening or something with a bored look. Saw the scene. Shrugs. He resumes his activities. 

After a while, Toad rushes in:

“Luigi! Something terrible has happened!” And Luigi, like Mario, did in Legend, pantomimes everything.

“No! Mario’s gone! Come to Mushroom Kingdom and we’ll explain everything!” 

So, little adventure zone, some tutorials, etc, etc. Luigi gets to the castle. There, the Princess is fuming, pacing around in the throne room, anger rolling off her. And Bowser’s there too. His expression shifts between annoyed, angry, and crying (I love his big tear drop emote). It’s obvious the Princess is yelling at him!

When she spots Luigi she goes, “Oh! Luigi, thank goodness you're here!” And she explains what going on. 

When Mario came to save her, Bowser strapped him on a rocket and blasted him off! They can’t find Mario anymore! There’s a hole in the sky to boot!

Bowser tried to defend himself, saying he expected Mario to free himself and win. But his arguments do not placate Princess, and she orders him in the "dungeon". More on that later.

To Luigi, she asks if he can escort her to Nimbus Land. They might have seen Mario or have more info on the hole in the sky. Of course, Luigi agrees!

Oh, before I forget, I need to tell you guys that none of the main characters in Mario RPG are going to be party members. They’ll play prominent roles, but won’t be playable. So, Luigi’s trek with the Princess is an escort mission. He fights alone when a fight occurs for the moment.

As they go to Nimbus land (not via cloud car because of reasons) they find the place filled with dangerous beasts. 

At Nimbus land, they are welcomed by panic. Mainly about the hole and the beasts. They reach the castle and they talk to Prince Mallow. He’s the one in charge right now because his parents have gone on vacation. 

“Oh, man! Why is this happening? it’s my first day!”

The princess recounts what happened. Mallow explained they didn’t see Mario, but he agrees that investigation is needed. The princess and Mallow get excited about the adventure. However, it’s short-lived because the Nimbus chancellor (or maybe Frogfucius) tells them they can’t go! It’s not proper for royalty! Mallow complains, but Peach agrees and whispers something like ‘Just play along’ to Mallow. More on that later.

Luigi is asked to check on the hole.

When he gets there, it’s finally time to meet his first party member! And it’s none other than… Gaz!

Yep, kid Gaz is now a teen and he got "strong and cool" because his dream came true (okay not really..). He’s ready to be a hero, however, there haven’t been a lot of opportunities. Until today.

Seeing as Luigi has the same goal, they team up. 

Little about Gaz: He’s the team tech guy. To reach the hole, he builds something… A flying machine or scaffolding or something. In fights, he uses huge mechanical arms, and maybe some cannons or steampunk lasers. The reason, well, I always wondered who made Geno’s weaponry that managed to knock Mario out. I decided it was Gaz, so he has some building knowledge.

Anyways, Gaz and Luigi adventure up and out of the world. 

Out there, there are in space and Star Beings investigating what’s going on. A meeting is held.

Seems the star road got blasted beyond into other worlds!

In the Star meeting, a Star stands out more, and it happens to be…! Geno’s true from! Gaz finds it super cool, and asks Geno to come with them and find the stars piece! He even got his old doll that he carries around as a good luck charm!

Geno’s interested, however… He can’t. He’s like the minister or something… He’s got too many responsibilities now. 

“Aw, shucks,” Gaz says. He’s a bit put off but understands. Geno informs them that he think he knows where the first star can be found. Gaz and Luigi set off to go there. 

And unbeknownst to them, a little star being follows them. - It’s not Geno. More on that later.

Now, I haven’t determined all the worlds, nor all the adventure. I thought that maybe the first star would have fallen between Sarasaland and Beanbean Kingdom. For a reason that would be discovered later, the Stars tend to corrupt and turn hostile to everyone that gets in contact with them. 

So, Sarasaland and BeanBean Kingdom are starting up a conflict, whereas they always were friendly before. Luigi needs to be the diplomat, going from one to the other to calm them down before war breaks out. (And seeing as Luigi pantomimes everything, it'll be funny when he just... jumps around to explain his points of peace)

And, in case you didn’t know, Sarasaland is Daisy’s kingdom and BeanBean Kingdom is Prince Peasly - Luigi’s "love" interests. Course, they don’t know him in this game, but they’ll be fighting over him for his diplomacy until the star is found. When the star is found, the hostility between Peasly and Daisy immediately goes away and they return to being best friends again. 

Another world I thought would be nice to visit would be Donk City and meet Mayoress Pauline. 

Another fun world would be a ghost world. Throughout the game, most people would ask Luigi who he is and find it unbelievable that THE Mario has a brother, etc. Y’know, the typical joke. However, when he gets into the ghost world, all the ghosts know HIM and they are equally frightened and honoured by his presence. Luigi stays mostly frightened - but it’d be a nod to the Luigi’s Mansion franchise, basically. 

I thought that one world might be Smity’s original world. Smity was a criminal there, so the people are happy he’s gone… Except maybe some surviving lackeys that might still be up to some nasty things.

Other than that, the worlds are rather vague…

Hum, anyway, let’s get back to the story details.

Remember when I said a small star being followed Luigi and Gaz out? That star will become the 3rd party member. The star follows them, and secretly helps them a bit (turning a switch, opening a door). As the story goes on, the star gets a littler bolder and stops hiding. It says it wants to be a Star Warrior or some such, but hasn’t passed the academy requirements. It wants to help! It wants to be a hero! Wants to get recognised! Wants to do a good job. 

(( By the way: that’s one of the game’s themes between all party members. To be recognized/to achieve something/to surpass/to not be in someone else's shadow. ))

Anyways, at some points, probably during a boss fight, the star gives a huge help! And they invite it to join the party. 

“Oh! Can you inhabit this doll? Like Geno did?” Gaz asks. The star can. (the doll = Geno's doll that Gaz still carries around for luck).

So, the star agrees, but they don't feel right to have Geno's appearance, so they customize the look.

((I tried drawing the character. I’m not totally satisfied with the look I doodled. I’ve been calling her Luna mainly because I saw the hair be a lot like Luna from My Little Pony. To recognise the star from the other stars, I wanted it to trail a starry sky sparkles around - so it’s cool for that aspect to stay. Their true name is probably ✶☾♪ ))

And I’m using she/her pronouns even though she’s non-binary, just like Geno was, but he still used he/him. The rest of the clothing looks like Tifa from FF7. She’s the team’s bruiser. Her hands are overly large for better punches and kicks.

Anyways - Let’s get back on another story element. 

Remember Princess Toadstool and Mallow? Well, they, of course, ran away. And they donned some very bad superhero costumes! Sometimes the party would encounter them when they reach a star and they would steal it before. Who are those masked heroes! I don’t know if Luigi and the others noticed who they were or not…

Okay, let’s rewind again! Remember Bowser? So he got locked in Mushroom kingdom’s dungeon. Which, by the way, it isn’t much of a prison… It’s honestly, just a very nice guest room. Kinda like the dungeons in Brightmoon from Shera…

Anyways, Kamek and his apprentice come in to free him. Kamek takes his place (he sees it as pampering time while Bowser is impressed by the sacrifice.)

Bowser does an epic oath that he’ll show the Princess he’s a cool dude and save Mario! And then he’ll boot him off again to show he’s powerful! It’s a skewed logic-type thing. He orders the apprentice to teleport them into the sky hole. So, the party members will occasionally encounter Bowser as they try to get the stars. Sometimes Bowser, the Princess Mallow, all appear together for some confusing hijinks... 

When the group encounters Bowser, it’s often a boss fight and Bowser orders the apprentice to boost him up, like Kamek is known to do. Though, it might not be perfect… Chaos time!

Now, I mentioned earlier that the stars had strangely corrupted the people from Sarasaland and BeanBean Kingdom. Well, it’s mainly because Bowser used EVIL fuel (left over from Smity’s gang) and when the rocket passed through the star road, it coated the stars with the gunk). 

Now, please remember that Mallow, the Princess and especially Bowser have been getting in constant contact with the corrupted stars, taking them away before the Party gets them. Well, it’ll have an impact. (So the Party never collects a star. It's always snatched away from them right before they touch it. Running gag type).

Bowser’s going to be acting, worse and worse over time, each time he gets another one… He’ll become so mean. 

So mean, and the apprentice will eventually abandon him and joins up with Luigi, Gaz and Luna to be the fourth and final party members. ((I thought of having five members but couldn’t figure out who to add that would fit thematically. So, they’ll be four and they’ll all fight together with a small twist. There’s going to be a front and back row. The person in the back acts as support. Each character in the back has a different way of supporting to make needed strategies.  The mechanic will probably exists before the full party, via guest members))

The apprentice, has the placeholder name of Magi, is the team’s spellcaster and healer. She wants to do a good job and prevent her Boss from becoming too evil. He was always borderline - but tolerable. Could be talked down from going too far. 

Anyways,  near the end of the game, Mario’s going to be found, next to the last evil fuel-soaked star. And evil Mallow, Princess, Bowser and Geno (he got corrupted at some point by touching a star) show up to fight for the star. So, it’s the start of the last boss fight, divided into three stages.

The first stage is against all five original party members from the 1st game. They’ll have their abilities like in the first game, so the showdown should be frustratingly hard. 

The second stage occurs, and then they are all defeated. They come back to their senses, except Bowser! He’s been exposed for too long. So he does the whole evil laugh and forces Magi to boost him super-sized. 

The third stage occurs after he is defeated. He shrinks and all the evil fuel he was exposed to and all the evil fuel on the stars coalesce into an evil ooze similar to Ferngully’s villain. 

Once the fight is won, it is' conclusion time. The stars' pieces are clean, the road is rebuilt. The star folks recognise Luna as being good enough to join the ranks. Gaz is also invited to become the Star Hero (a star appears on his mushroom cap). Magi isn’t fired and even gets a ‘You did a good job’ from Kamek and Bowser. Luigi gets his bro back and everyone celebrates in his honor!

So, yeah, that’s the sequel my mind created! It’s very incomplete because, well, it serves no purpose to create more, for it’ll never come true (unless Nintendo a fan… If so, Nintendo, please hire me!)

[missd476]

I kind of wished this flashback had cutscenes. Oh well.

[flowertab]

Late posting this but happy Grandparents’ Day!! Don’t forget to hug your adoptive frog grandfather today

[iam-back]

Mallow: Are we there yet?

Frogfucius: I'm no good at poetry. Oh, you?

Mallow: Are we there yet?

Frogfucius: Uh, we could be if we so desired.

Mallow: Are we there yet? I wanna use my Thunderbolt.

Frogfucius: Grandson, Mallow, why don't you stop talking and get us there faster by doing the split thing?

Mallow: But if I did, Grandpa, I wouldn't be attached to you no more...

Frogfucius: Grandson, that's what I've been dreaming for, dreaming of for 27 f^=|ing years, cuz apparently Mallows take a long time to grow up, shoulda thought about it with the adoption process, now I'm 70 years old--

Mallow: I'M ADOPTED!?!?!?

[smashingveteransandnewcomers]

"Huh...you learn something new everyday..." Mario comments quietly before looking back at the wise old frog.

"R-Right! Frogfucius, you know why we're here, right?"

The Smithy Gang appears! Find the Legendary Seven Stars!!

@astral-multiverse

It was a nice sunny day in the Mushroom Kingdom. The warm air blew along the fields of flowers as Princess Peach made her way towards the home of the Mario Brothers, along with her was her dear friend and Princess of Sarassaland, Daisy.

"Wasn't it nice of the brothers to invite us for a picnic, Daisy?" Peach asked

[smallmariofindings]

Rare official front-facing render of Frogfucius from Super Mario RPG. In-game, as the majority of characters, Frogfucius only faces diagonal directions.

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[punz4lyfe]

A Super Mario RPG Blog

So I just replayed and refinished Super Mario RPG out of sheer boredom and election stress, and honestly? There’s A LOT of good from this game. Playing it again from beginning to end was an amazing pleasure and it was quite the nostalgic experience, too! Let’s go over some things:

1. One thing I absolutely LOVE from this game is the personality added to Mario, Peach, and Bowser. Aside from cartoons, comics, and such, the three never really had much going on with them in terms of character in the games until this one. And honestly speaking, I feel this game was the main seed of personality development for the three, as well as their usual group of friends, that was eventually re-implemented in future RPGs, spin-off/sport titles, and even some mainline games as well. From the start of the game to the ending, I enjoyed Mario’s charm, Peach’s independence, and Bowser’s stubbornness and all three of them made me laugh so hard throughout my playthrough.

2. Mallow and Geno are such gems in the Mario world. While it’s understandable they never made a reappearance after this game (sans SSBU and A LITTLE for Superstar Saga), what we got alone from this game was charming. Each of their arcs as well as their own personalities AUUGHH! Square Enix, please let me see these two play tennis and go go-karting someday!

3. They don’t lie when they say there are a thousand of secrets in this game. Even though I’ve already played it years ago, there were multiple instances where I had to rely on a guide to help me find certain things, whether it be hidden items or particular sidequests. Hoo! Things like beating Look the Other Way 100 times can really take a lot out of you! F*ck achieving 30 or 100 Super Jumps, though.

4. You just gotta love how unique the enemy designs are in this game, man.

5. The music, even to this day, is ON-POINT!! Whether it be everybody’s favorite Forest Maze, the cheerful Nimbus Land theme, or the ominous Bowser’s Keep track, every song in the game is a blessing to the ear.

6. Hey, so I really love Boshi, Croco, and Johnny for over 100 reasons. Is there something wrong with me? Probs.

Overall, I love this game. A lot. If you haven’t played it, PLEASE do yourself a favor, get out your Wii U, buy the damn game on the eShop, and play it to your heart’s content. It’s..... AUGH!! A flippin’ masterpiece! This game also has a lot of Shy Guys and I effin’ luv Shy Guys.

also get it while you can cause i kinda have doubts it’ll ever be on switch online play cuz square enix but hey gotta be positive