Super Mario RPG

Contrary to popular belief, Smithy is not the same of the sword that plunges into Bowser's Keep. The sword is called Exor, and it is actually Smithy's means of transportation and way of linking the two universes. Even a commercial promoting the game got the names wrong.

You fight Yaridovich, on the main map screen, on what appears to be a small coastal beach area at midday. But the actual fight takes place on a cliffside, at sunset.

During the credits we see that the Mushroom Kingdom is celebrating the defeat of Smithy by holding a parade. As Luigi leads the parade (yes, Luigi makes a cameo in this game), we see humorous scenes that involve Bowser and his minions fixing the castle, Booster with his new wife Valentina and her henchman Dodo, Johnathan Jones and his crew on his ship, prince Mallow with his real parents, and finally Mario and Peach together. The sky turns dark and the Mushroom people's costumes glow a la Disneyland electrical parade and it shows the Mushroom castle (resembling "Sleeping Beauty castle") and ends with fireworks (another Disneyland reference). How many fireworks you bought in Mole village determines which firework is shown. The whole thing ends when Geno returns to his home in the stars, while the music from the original "Super Mario Bros" game plays.

In the Japanese version Bowser's win pose is him giving the "up your's" sign (a single fist held up with the other hand placed on the upper arm), but in the American version he simple holds up both fists in victory.

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