Play Super Mario RPG - The Bob-omb Mafia - The 5 Shells Online

Okay, so picture this: Mario, but he’s basically in a mobster movie. Instead of jumping on Goombas, he’s negotiating with them—or more accurately, getting tangled up with a Bob-omb crime syndicate. It’s as weird and wonderful as it sounds.

The battles are turn-based, which feels strange at first for a Mario game, but it works. You’ve got your usual fire flowers and hammers, but now there’s timing-based attacks that keep things from feeling too slow. And the party members? Let’s just say Bowser teaming up with Mario is the least surprising part.

The writing is full of dumb jokes that somehow land every time, and the whole thing has this cozy, slightly janky SNES charm. Those five shells everyone talks about? Yeah, they’re a whole thing. You’ll see.

If you’ve ever wanted to see Mario in a world where Yoshi might owe someone money, this is your game.