Culex is from another dimension, and remains in a strange dimensional rift in Monstro Town because Mario's world is uninhabitable for him.Smithy's Factory is located in a dark and gloomy void dimension, with Exor serving as a bridge between the worlds.
It ends up being the password to the balcony in Booster's Tower.
Addressing the Player: You're required to have a profile name.Considering Mario is explicitly capable of (somehow) concealing several other characters on his person while he walks around, it's possible others in this world have the same ability. The lone-on-the-overworld Hammer Bro faced as the Warmup Boss somehow becomes two in battle. Actually Four Mooks: Mostly seen with enemy encounters scripted fights and boss battles usually have the same number of enemies both on the map and in battle, though not always.Naturally, both of Super Mario RPG's Spiritual Successors, Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi, take this mechanic and elaborate on it in different ways. You can even reduce or negate the damage from an enemy attack using a timed button press. Action Commands: Probably the Trope Codifier in Role Playing Games: every attack, spell, and item use has a benefit if you time an extra move right.Its enemies include rats, fish, and undead monsters. Absurdly Spacious Sewer: Kero Sewers is one of the earlier dungeons and plays this straight, being a large sewer that empties out into the Midas Waterfall.
Nintendo would take these themes and run with them, producing a series of pseudo-sequels without Square's involvement, Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi. This would also be the first Mario game to feature extensive storytelling and characterization, and introduced the concept of Bowser being portrayed as a more complex and potentially sympathetic character. Mario has no speaking role (because he's the silent RPG protagonist), so he has to act out all of his "lines" in mime (including doing an impression of Bowser). The game was one of the first to engage in a full-on Lampshade Hanging frenzy regarding the tropes of both the Mario series and Square's own RPGs.