Super Mario RPG is fantastic. It’s much more of an ‘authentic’ Mario themed rpg than it’s paper sequels. Not surprising since it’s made by square. And it’s hilarious. But it has a much more in depth approach than paper Mario, it’s kind of like a watered down humorous Mario themed final fantasy parody.
It has a walking talking cloud who thinks he’s a frog. Complete with a full soap opera cutsceme for the revelation that this frog isn’t his real grandpa. That’s just good material.