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Right off the bat, Super Luigi RPG has a simple premise: it's Mario RPG, but you play as Luigi. No frills, no plot beats changed, nothing radically altered about the core game here.

To that end, the hack is a great idea. Well-made protagonist swaps are always a good bit of fun, especially comprehensive ones.

Unfortunately, that's where I have to dock some points. Quite a few sprites were overlooked right off the bat - the map sprite and some of the small Mario graphics remain in use. The intro has an unchanged Mario exiting the house. There's probably a lot more, I haven't gone through a great majority of the game yet.

It's surprising what IS changed, though. It's by no means a lazy effort, don't get it twisted! Perhaps some of these other graphics are difficult to change or the work already put into changing all of the dialogue was taxing as-is. Hard to say.

Check it out if you want a neat twist on an old classic. The existing sprite work is phenomenal, I just wish the creator took some more time before pushing out a 1.0 release to tidy up the odds and ends for a really immersive experience. As it is, it's a great little curiosity - I just wish it went that much further.

I always thought Luigi is the cooler of the two brothers (despite the forced scaredy-cat reputation modern games seem to want to attribute to him) and I'm always happy to see him being given his dues.

While Super Mario RPG has more or less faded into obscurity due to Paper Mario and later Superstar Saga and its related games, I always preferred this one as my RPG experience with this franchise.

This hack is made with great care since it actually resprites the main character properly - it's no mere palette replacement. The nose shape and 'stache both properly belong to the taller brother, and I applaud the creator for this.

Maybe replace Peach for Daisy in a subsequent version? I don't know how much is possible with SMRPG, but a whole new adventure starring Luigi with different events and dialogue would be amazing at some point.