History Trivia / SuperMarioRPG

** Prior to this game, Yoko Shimomura had worked on the soundtracks for ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' and ''VideoGame/BreathOfFire'' under Capcom, with her first Squaresoft soundtrack being ''VideoGame/LiveALive''. She would later go on to work on the ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' series, the ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi'' series, and ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1''.

** A number of enemies exist in the coding that never actually spawn in-game. Many of them have equally unused Psychopath thoughts, and a few even utilize unused attacks. The majority of them are PaletteSwaps of already existing enemies. The most interesting of these is probably the Drill Bit, a red variant of the Jabit enemy that appears in Smithy's factory. This enemy technically ''does'' appear in game, but only in the overworld during a cutscene. In addition, the Machine Made version of Yaridovich has an attack called "Multiply!", where he splits into four Machine Made versions of this enemy. It is also mentioned in both the Japanese and English strategy guides with the Japanese one placing it in between the fake Yaridovich and the second Belome BossBattle while the English one has it in world 5. The real Drill Bit, however, remains unfought.

* ExecutiveVeto: Ted Woosley wanted to name Punchinello "[[Franchise/JamesBond James Bomb]]", but that name was rejected. A fragment of this idea remains in the final game, however, as Punchinello says "The names's Nello... Punchinello!"; this was removed from the remake's script.

* HeAlsoDid: Prior to this game, Yoko Shimomura had worked on the soundtracks for ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' and ''VideoGame/BreathOfFire'' under Capcom, with her first Squaresoft soundtrack being ''VideoGame/LiveALive''. She would later go on to work on the ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' series, the ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi'' series, and ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1''.

* ExecutiveVeto: Ted Woosley wanted to name Punchinello "James Bomb", but that name was rejected. A fragment of this idea remains in the final game, however, as Punchinello says "The names's Nello... Punchinello!"; this was removed from the remake's script.

** Character designer Kazuyuki Kurashima has shared concept art for multiple ''SMRPG'' characters and creatures, including [[https://twitter.com/kurashimakaz/status/1339775358522912769 concepts for Geno focusing on him wielding a sword rather than projectile weapons]], [[https://twitter.com/kurashimakaz/status/1369697859868659714 early designs for several of the enemies, bosses, and other characters both affiliated and unaffiliated with the Smithy Gang]], [[https://twitter.com/kurashimakaz/status/1236892698608455685 and concepts for Belome and Punchinello alongside some unused creatures]]. Smithy was originally designed as a genie, whose design was likely reused for the Fautso (Jinnie in the remake) enemy.

** Character designer Kazuyuki Kurashima has shared concept art for multiple ''SMRPG'' characters and creatures, including [[https://twitter.com/kurashimakaz/status/1339775358522912769 concepts for Geno focusing on him wielding a sword rather than projectile weapons]], [[https://twitter.com/kurashimakaz/status/1369697859868659714 early designs for several of the enemies, bosses, and other characters both affiliated and unaffiliated with the Smithy Gang]], [[https://twitter.com/kurashimakaz/status/1236892698608455685 and concepts for Belome and Punchinello alongside some unused creatures]].

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: American television commercials, Nintendo Power's first walkthrough article and the magazine ads for the game referred to the sword that embedded itself in Bowser's Keep as "Smithy the Sword." The sword's name is Exor, while Smithy is a completely different character. In addition, the magazine ads hinted at a subplot involving Geno becoming a "[[BecomeARealBoy real boy]]".

** A number of other enemies, standard to the Mario series, were also corrected from the {{Woolseyism}}s present from the original: Cheep Cheep, Boo, Beezo, Paratroopa, and the upgraded Blaster, Big Blaster (formerly [[ICallItVera Big Bertha]]; this last one has to do with differenciating it from the Big Cheep Cheeps, also called Big Bertha).

* The Heal Shell is now properly translated as the Heel Shell.

** The "Drain" skill from the original game had a NonIndicativeName as it didn't actually drain anything. The skill is known as "Fire Orb" in Japanese, so just where "Drain" even came from is a mystery. The remake changes its name to "Hot Shot".

** Monsters encountered before Mallow joins the adventure have Psychopath thoughts, but you can't see them.
* ExecutiveVeto: Ted Woosley wanted to name Punchinello "James Bomb", but that name was rejected. A fragment of this idea remains in the final game, however, as Punchinello says "The names's Nello... Punchinello!"

* HeAlsoDid: Prior to this game, Yoko Shimomura had worked on the soundtracks for ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' and ''VideoGame/BreathOfFire''. She would later go on to work on the ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' series, the ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi'' series, and ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1''

** Punchinello's name was originally going to be [[Film/JamesBond James Bomb]], but the [[ExecutiveVeto executives vetoed]] it.

** The “Nok Nok Shell” that Mario obtained in the original has been properly renamed the Koopa Shell.

** Some Asian countries like South Korea and China never saw a release of the SNES version or a re-release on the Virtual Console. The remake is the first time it's ever seen a release in these countries, with new translations to boot.

* RemadeForTheExport: Some Asian countries like South Korea and China never saw a release of the SNES version or a re-release on the Virtual Console. The remake is the first time it's ever seen a release in these countries, with new translations to boot.

* ExecutiveVeto: Ted Woosley wanted to name Punchinello "James Bomb", but that name was rejected. A fragment of this idea remains in this idea remains, however.

* ExecutiveVeto: Ted Woosley wwanted to name Punchinello "James Bomb", but that name was rejected. A fragment of this idea remains in this idea remains, however.

* ExiledFromContinuity: The reason why Geno, Mallow, Smithy and many others aren't even namedropped in most other Mario games is because Square Enix owns the rights to the characters who debuted in this game, not Nintendo. It took 7 years for Geno to make another appearance (showing up as a cameo in the Star 'Stache Smash minigame in the original GBA version of ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga''), and 11 years from that for him to get referenced as a Mii Gunner costume in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU''. ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' does a bit of legwork on this, having Mallow as a spirit and Geno as a spirit, profile icon, and a Mii costume which returned in a later DLC wave.

** Exor's mouth was, for some reason, called "Neosquid" in the original. The remake properly labels it as hit mouth.

** Exor's mouth was, for some reason, called "Neosquid" in the original. The remake properly labels it.

* TeasingCreator: When the remake was announced, fans had wondered what Culex would look like in the remake. During the September 2023 Nintendo Direct, there's a brief moment of Mario using the Shiny Stone to unlock Culex's door, but Culex himself isn't seen. That said, he was shown in some promotional material about a month later.

* TranslationCorrection: The remake fixes the baffling "Neosquid" name from the original game.

* HeAlsoDid: [=ArtePiazza=], the studio who developed the remake, have also worked on other Square Enix properties such as ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' and ''VideoGame/RomancingSaga''.

* TheWalrusWasPaul: For some reason, Exor's mouth is named "Neosquid". Just how that name came to be has never been explained. The official player's guide even points out the oddity of the name.

* TranslationCorrection: The remake fixes the baffling "Neosquid" mistake from the original game.