{"id":122329,"date":"2020-12-20T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/12\/random_sakurais_nod_to_super_mario_rpg_in_his_latest_smash_ultimate_photo"},"modified":"2020-12-20T10:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T10:45:00","slug":"random-sakurais-nod-to-super-mario-rpg-in-his-latest-smash-ultimate-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/12\/20\/random-sakurais-nod-to-super-mario-rpg-in-his-latest-smash-ultimate-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Sakurai&#8217;s Nod To Super Mario RPG In His Latest Smash Ultimate Photo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5e01794f7a102\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5e01794f7a102\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Smash Bros\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0b90ef5e87194\/smash-bros.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 900 506'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0b90ef5e87194\/smash-bros.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Smash Bros\"><\/a><span class=\"image-credit\" title=\"Image Credit\">\u00a9 Nintendo<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Geno&#8217;s Mii Fighter costume made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/12\/random_smash_bros_fans_react_to_genos_return_as_a_mii_fighter_costume\">return to the <strong>Smash Bros.<\/strong> series this week<\/a>, and although it&#8217;s a bit of a letdown for <em>some<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/12\/super_mario_rpg_character_designer_shares_original_concept_art_for_geno\">as we&#8217;ve already said this weekend<\/a>, it&#8217;s arguably better than nothing.<\/p>\n<p>To acknowledge the return of this outfit, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_smash_bros_ultimate\">Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/a><\/strong> director Masahiro Sakurai has now shared one of his photos, which is seemingly a nod to the Super Famicom title, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/super_mario_rpg_legend_of_the_seven_stars\">Super Mario RPG<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; the game Geno originally appeared in.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aQf7qBEnB2\">pic.twitter.com\/aQf7qBEnB2<\/a><\/span>\u2014 \u685c\u4e95 \u653f\u535a \/ Masahiro Sakurai (@Sora_Sakurai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sora_Sakurai\/status\/1340492120973447169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/gonintendo.com\/stories\/374457-sakurai-shares-a-sly-reference-to-super-mario-rpg-in-his-latest-s\">GoNintendo<\/a> does a good job explaining what all the fuss is about (below is the original Super Nintendo scene):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;you can see Mario, Bowser, and Genu facing off against the Final Smash of Sephiroth. This image is a direct reference to Super Mario RPG, as it features three characters you can have in your party. Sephiroth&#8217;s inclusion is a nod to Culex, a hidden boss in Super Mario RPG that was meant as a nod to the Final Fantasy series.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30de\u30ea\u30aaRPG\u306e\u30af\u30ea\u30b9\u30bf\u30e9\u30fc\u6226\u3058\u3083\u306a\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304b\uff01 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q9GczgAf3Q\">pic.twitter.com\/q9GczgAf3Q<\/a><\/span>\u2014 haru(\u7d75\u898b\u306b\u304d\u3066\uff01) (@harusyoui) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/harusyoui\/status\/1340492567423565826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Of course, there were mixed reactions to the above tweet from Smash Bros. fans:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sakurai knows how we feel but honestly would you rather have the Geno Mii Costume or no Geno at all? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dlbtX8q30f\">pic.twitter.com\/dlbtX8q30f<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Brenda (@TrippyBrenda96) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrippyBrenda96\/status\/1340494167550676992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sakurai is just messing with us now lmaoo<\/span>\u2014 McTrOiD \u2744\ufe0f (@McTroid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McTroid\/status\/1340492521001127936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hes probably referencing this boss battle. A real disapointment he and Nintendo didnt actually go and put him in the roster, the fanbase for the game have waited incredibly long with high hopes. At the end of the day Nintendo is full of business men and devs, not gamers <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WWuES18pow\">pic.twitter.com\/WWuES18pow<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Clapp\ud83d\udc1d (@Clapp97925200) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Clapp97925200\/status\/1340503877985185803?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Regardless of what you might think about this photo, it&#8217;s clear Sakurai knows his stuff when it comes to classic game releases. How are you feeling about Geno returning as a Mii Fighter costume? <em>Share your thoughts down below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9 Nintendo Geno&#8217;s Mii Fighter costume made a return to the Smash Bros. series this week, and although it&#8217;s a bit of a letdown for some &#8211; as we&#8217;ve already said this weekend, it&#8217;s arguably better than nothing. To acknowledge the return of this outfit, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai has now shared [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}