SMRPG Waltz of the Forest Great Homage
The animation is amazing. The various ways in which the scenes were cleverly laid out (SNES buttons popping up as pedestals, transitions to new worlds) were top notch.
I'm still not entirely sure if I like the song in this one better than the other versions or not. Regardless, it is still very good and I am downloading it now.
The absolutely high amount of homage to SMRPG is the highlight of this piece. Every little character, and every little nuance, from SMRPG is given its respects here: Grate Guy's casino, every boss, Johnny, the surprise monster from inside chests, the pattern of the Forest Maze, Toadofsky and the tad poles, even the little flat blocks that the carrot enemy is standing on, the pause screen, Booster capturing the Princess, running up the mountain (even had Mario's jump and run just perfect!), the world map with an exact route through the game, the couple from Marrymore, everything!
Every bit of this video is just bursting with that "uniquely Super Mario RPG charm" that no other game quite has.
