Nintendo's 1996 collaboration with Square yielded the excellent Super Mario RPG for the Super NES and now, decades later, the game has been remastered into full 3D for Nintendo Switch. John Linneman goes back to the original, stacks it up against the new game, then critiques it on its own merits as a 2023 Switch release. Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe Join the DF Patreon to support the team more directly and to get access to everything we do via pristine quality downloads: https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx Want some DF-branded tee-shirts, mugs, hoodies and more? Check out our store: null For commercial enquiries, please contact business@digitalfoundry.net 00:00 - Introduction 01:18 - The Original Game's Visual Design 02:21 - Comparisons between Switch and SNES 08:49 - Visual Features and Image Quality 11:15 - Performance Analysis 13:52 - Music Comparison - Arranged vs Original 15:09 - The Wrap-Up