{"id":19680,"date":"2023-06-22T16:11:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T07:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=19680"},"modified":"2023-07-07T14:14:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T05:14:13","slug":"20230622-19680","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230622-19680\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Mario RPG monster designer apologizes for their lack of knowledge in cocktails\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nintendo just announced the release of the <strong>Super Mario RPG <\/strong>remake on November 17. The search for what\u2019s new and different has already started, with fans analyzing the newly released trailer. An <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20230622-252991\/)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article<\/a> going into the particulars of what\u2019s been discovered, published on our Japanese site AUTOMATON, has earned an apologetic response from the monster designer of the original Super Mario RPG due to a certain charming mistake they had made in the past.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Super Mario RPG - Nintendo Direct 6.21.2023\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0r5PJx7rlds?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The original Super Mario RPG was released in 1996 for the SNES. The remake obviously brings big changes such as high-definition 3D graphics, new gameplay elements and changes to the setting and characters, but the update that caused a reaction from Kurashima Kazuyuki, the game graphic designer who worked on the monsters in Super Mario RPG, is a rather small design revision made to the major villain Valentina.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"493\" height=\"385\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230622-19680.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230622-19680.png 493w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230622-19680-380x297.png 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230622-19680-150x117.png 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230622-19680-300x234.png 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The design revision was first spotted by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarioBrothBlog\/status\/1671544855984578560?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@MarioBrothBlog<\/a>, and consists merely of Valentina\u2019s drink being changed \u2013 what was previously a cherry in her cocktail glass is now what appears to be a lime slice. The reason for this change can be explained by Valentina\u2019s Japanese name \u2013 Margarita. Being named after the famous cocktail, it\u2019s only natural that the cocktail she holds is a Margarita as well, but a cocktail with a cherry in it is not a very accurate representation of a Margarita. Thus, the minute correction was made.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning of the news of the revision, Kurashima realized his past mistake and decided to comment on it, quoting our news article with an apology via his official Twitter account.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30de\u30eb\u30ac\u30ea\u30fc\u30bf\u3000\u52c9\u5f37\u4e0d\u8db3\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002\u3002<br>\u3054\u8ff7\u60d1\u3092\u304a\u304b\u3051\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MyEYurcTGD\">https:\/\/t.co\/MyEYurcTGD<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u5009\u5cf6\u4e00\u5e78 (@kurashimakaz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kurashimakaz\/status\/1671721938635603975?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet translation:<\/strong> My understanding of Margaritas was lacking&#8230;I apologize for the inconvenience I\u2019ve caused\u00a0<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kurashima Kazuhiro has worked as a graphic designer for game developers such as Square, Love-De-Lic, Vanpool and is currently an art director at Onion Games. Aside from Super Mario RPG, he has notably worked on character designs for Moon: Remix RPG Adventure, Pok\u00e9mon designs for Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and Violet and others.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though no apology was needed and surely no one would have held the inaccurate Margarita representation against him, the modest remark from a seasoned designer makes the whole ordeal endearing, with nothing but positive reactions from users. Kurashima has been following news of the Super Mario RPG remake, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kurashimakaz\/status\/1671522787767230467?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">singing praises<\/a> and expressing his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kurashimakaz\/status\/1671527277237088258?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">excitement<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/store\/products\/super-mario-rpg-switch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Super Mario RPG<\/a> is scheduled for release on November 17 for Nintendo Switch.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A certain character design revision in the Super Mario RPG remake has earned a reponse from Kurashima Kazuhiro, the monster designer of the original game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":19684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,33],"class_list":["post-19680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news","tag-nintendo"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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