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Goombella in the top 3 Mario franchise characters for me.

Isnt it Yoshi by a huge margin?

Goombella and Vivian for me

zado19 posted...

Isnt it Yoshi by a huge margin?

Damage wise yeah, but Rally Wink's pretty great too.

Poll's probably asking which you like best though.
And how're you gonna not answer Vivian or Bobbery to that?

Bob

By far no contest

Vivian and I didn't even have to think about it

Did Vivian have that much character? I guess I don't remember.

Was one of the evil ghosts but then decided to help Mario. Was there much more to it than that?

Dreepapult posted...

Did Vivian have that much character? I guess I don't remember.

Was one of the evil ghosts but then decided to help Mario. Was there much more to it than that?

Very slightly more.
She doesn't know she's helping Mario, he's a nameless shadow at the time. She's ashamed when she finds out who she's been helping, but then decides to defect from her team and join him. At the end her and the other two Shadow Sirens reconcile.

What's important is that Fiery Jinx lets you bulldoze through the game without much thought.

I remember Flirry and Bobbery wrecking everything

Hard tie between Viv and Yoshi.

ViewtifulJoe posted...

Very slightly more.
She doesn't know she's helping Mario, he's a nameless shadow at the time. She's ashamed when she finds out who she's been helping, but then decides to defect from her team and join him. At the end her and the other two Shadow Sirens reconcile.

What's important is that Fiery Jinx lets you bulldoze through the game without much thought.

Oh that's right. Man haven't played the game in like 15 years or more

If we talking about who we personally like, I love Ms. Mowz.

Dreepapult posted...

Did Vivian have that much character? I guess I don't remember.

Was one of the evil ghosts but then decided to help Mario. Was there much more to it than that?

https://www.mariowiki.com/Vivian#Gender

Goombella. Not just for being a reliable ally gameplay wise but having a really good design and character on top of it.

Followed by Koops, and then Yoshi.

SuperShake666 posted...

https://www.mariowiki.com/Vivian#Gender

Oh what the heck. Wonder how that would have gone over in America at the time? 2004? Heart of bush politics

Prismsblade posted...

Goombella. Not just for being a reliable ally gameplay wise but having a really good design and character on top of it.

Followed by Koops, and then Yoshi.

Yeah, I love Goombellas personality. Such a fun person to have in the party.

I don't know much about the previous Mario RPG remakes. Is it likely they'll swap some numbers around and buff the worse party members?

Because I never see Koops picked first outside of a challenge run, Flurrie's only function is to blow Cortez's weapons away and Mrs Mowz literally what is even the point?

It's objectively Goombella, followed by Yoshi and then Vivian

Dreepapult posted...

Oh what the heck. Wonder how that would have gone over in America at the time? 2004? Heart of bush politics

more or less unnoticed, lets be honest

i almost always use goombario in pm1 and goombella in pm2 because i like the extra dialogue you get asking about places and people. goombella is also just a funny character in general though on top of that so she definitely takes it

Do you really need to worry about spoilers for an almost 20 year old game?

If you want to take it really seriously, Goombella's Rally Wink is the best partner move in the game because it gives Mario another turn and Mario is by far the best party member. But realistically who plays the game and Rally Winks every turn in every battle. Multibonk is also a really good move and if you're a nerd who Tattles everything then you'll have Goombella out all the time anyway.

You should obviously have Yoshi out in the overworld almost all of the time since it speeds things up so much.

I like Vivian the most if you're just doing basic non-FP moves since I usually have more fun going all-in on BP. Her basic attack is quick and easy and relatively strong. And Fiery Jynx is really cool if you do feel like throwing in an FP move.

VGAddict90 posted...

Do you really need to worry about spoilers for an almost 20 year old game?

Considering the game just had its remaster announced and thus is likely getting attention from people that haven't played it, I'd say it's definitely a good call.

Anyways, Vivian's always been my favorite, followed by Bobbery and Goombella.

Bobbery as a character

Vivian for her moveset.

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vivian not only does she get a proper arc (short as it is) but she is just so likable

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I choose Goombella because I love tattling everything, but in combat I like Yoshi.

Carbon

HylianFox posted...

Carbon

Do you fish?!

DoctorPiranha3 posted...

Do you fish?!

I will end my father.

Yoshi!

Yoshi for being great in battle, but also for letting me get around faster.

Goombella will almost always do the most damage unless you have Mega Rush P or +3 Power Lift going. Yoshi starts with equal 6 base damage, but scales to 7/9/12/16/21 damage with another +5 per attack point from there, while Goombella scales to 8/10/12/14/16 with another +2 per attack point from there. Multibonk from Goombella is roughly equivalent to Yoshi's basic attacks with another +2 attack (with some variance on how it caps). Goombella only lacks AoE and an answer to spikes.

For AoE, Stampede does the most damage if you're attack stacking, but is restricted to ground and lackluster at lower than +3 attack. Fiery Jinx hits all and is very economical, while Bob-ombast spends 3 more FP for slightly more damage; with attack boosts, this favores Fiery Jinx more and more because you tend to not lose turns with the lower attack as much as you do restoring FP. There is also Gale Force, which is amazing for 4 FP, but is locked out of working in certain fights/on certain enemies. I'm not a fan of using Koops, but he's the most FP-efficient of all with a lot of attack, when you don't need Yoshi's gross extra damage and everything is on the ground, and he also handles the Bob-ulk family well unlike Bobbery and Vivian.

Kuuko posted...

If you want to take it really seriously, Goombella's Rally Wink is the best partner move in the game because it gives Mario another turn and Mario is by far the best party member.

Mario isn't necessarily the best party member, given that you have access to Quick Change + Mega Rush P in chapter 1 to have a 12 damage Goombella that never has to take enemy attacks, and can maintain that strat with all your partners throughout the game with even stronger combinations and upgraded partners, while Mario isn't hitting that level of damage for probably the entire game without setting up Danger Mario (which is more prone to failure than a partner strat). If you allow duplicates of badges, you can farm Mega Rush P and it's just far, far better than any build Mario can do, since you can't prevent Mario from getting incidentally healed or remove him from battle while enemies are attacking.

Goombella is my personal favourite.

Yoshi is decent
Bobbary has the biggest nuke in the game I think but hes expensive
Vivian is the best overall

Gonzalez