- “Do you know where this leads to? It looks like Exor's the contact between the two worlds. In other words... If we follow this road, we'll find Smithy.”
- —Geno, Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)
The Weapon World, originally The Weapons' World[1] and called the Factory by the menu map and Save Blocks and Smithy Factory by the Player's Guide,[2] is the gloomy world where Smithy and his cohorts reside in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and its Nintendo Switch remake, acting as the entryway between the Factory itself and Bowser's Keep. This is accomplished through Exor, who contains the Gate in his mouth. The entire world is filled with dark smog and half-broken machines floating in a void. It is patrolled by the various Smithy Gang members along with several ghosts.
For the first several rooms, Mario needs to hop across screw bridges while facing Glum Reapers, Ameboids, Doppels, and on very rare occasions Hippopos. On the way, an Ultra Hammer can be found. The path then leads into a fight against an enormous clock named Count Down. After Count Down is defeated, the Gate moves onto several areas filled with conveyor belts, upon which Smithy's creations are manufactured, and the occasional gray tile. In the first, the player is introduced to Machine Made versions of the Axem Rangers. In the next, highly accurate Aeros come down from above and the party encounters endless lines of Jabits, Springers, and Machine Made Claymortons and Bodyguards being produced, along with the hammer-like workers Mad Mallets, Pounders, and Poundettes as well as Puppoxes. Further along, the group meets High Boos before encountering a series of Machine Made Bowyers traveling down two separate conveyor belt staircases, with more Machine Made Axem Rangers in between. In the next room, Ninjas patrol while a series of Machine Made Speardoviches land on a gray brick before leaping away. After defeating a Machine Made Speardovich, the brick explodes to open a passage deeper underground. This leads Mario and company directly to a boss battle against Cloaker, Domino and their snake — known as either Mad Adder or Bad Adder, depending on which of the bosses is left standing. Once they are defeated, the road to the Factory proper opens.
EnemiesEdit
Count Down (boss)
Cloaker (boss)
Domino (boss)
Bad Adder (boss)
Mad Adder (boss)
Machine Made EnemiesEdit
Axem Pink
Axem Red
Axem Green
Axem Black
Axem Yellow
Claymorton
Bodyguard
Bowyer
Speardovich
Jabit
ItemsEdit
Treasure BoxesEdit
| Item | Image | Location | Location image | |
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| Ultra Hammer | 
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In the area after the area with second Save Block, found left of the screws and the trampoline. | 
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| Mushroom | 
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In the first area with Conveyor Belts, the treasure is found atop the second one. | 
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| Flower, Mushroom | 
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| Royal Syrup | 
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In the area with Conveyor Belt bridges, found in the middle of the area after two patrolling High Boos. | 
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| Max Mushroom | 
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In the same area, after crossing the second Conveyor Belt bridge, Mario should go to the left to find a treasure behind an another Conveyor Belt. | 
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Hidden TreasureEdit
| Item | Image | Location | Location image | |
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| Original | Remake | |||
| Mushroom | 
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The final Hidden Treasure is west of the second Save Block. Jumping at the western corner reveals it. | 
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Names in other languagesEdit
- Weapon World
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | Buki Sekai |
Weapon World | |
Buki no Sekai |
Weapons' World | ||
| Chinese | 武器世界[?] Wǔqì Shìjiè |
Weapon World | |
| Dutch | Wapenwereld[?] | Weapon world | |
| French | Monde des Armes[?] | Weapons World | |
| German | Waffenwelt[?] | Weapons' World | |
| Italian | Mondo delle Armi[?] | Weapons World | |
| Korean | 무기 세계[?] Mugi Segye |
Weapon World | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Mundo de las Armas[3] | Weapons' World | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Mundo de las armas[4] | Weapons' World |
- Gate
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | Buki Sekai he |
To Weapon World | |
| Chinese | 武器世界 入口[?] Wǔqì Shìjiè rùkǒu |
Weapon World entrance | |
| Dutch | Wapenwereld (ingang)[?] | Weapon world (entrance) | |
| French (NOA) | Entrée du Monde des Armes[?] | Weapons World Entrance | |
| French (NOE) | Entrée du monde des Armes[?] | Weapons World entrance | |
| German | Waffenwelt Eingang[?] | Weapons' World entrance | |
| Italian | Ingresso Mondo delle Armi[?] | Weapons World entrance | |
| Korean | 무기 세계 입구[?] Mugi Segye ipgu |
Weapon World entrance | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Portal[5] | Gate |
TriviaEdit
- The music has an unusual time signature of 13/8 (13 quavers [eighth notes] to a bar [measure]).
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b 「The Weapons' World」– 1996. スーパーマリオRPG - FINAL EDITION 任天堂公式ガイドブック. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4091025382. Page 2.
- ^ Pelland, Scott, and Kent Miller (1996). Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 95.
- ^ Efowzeff (November 26, 2023). Juego Completo (Español Latino) I Super Mario RPG Remake (7:28:36). YouTube (Latin American Spanish). Retrieved June 27, 2024.
- ^ FatalRagnarok (November 24, 2023). SUPER MARIO RPG REMAKE 🍷 FINAL EN ESPAÑOL "UN SUEÑO ESTRELLADO" 🍷 GUÍA 100% (01:28). YouTube (European Spanish).
- ^ FatalRagnarok (November 24, 2023). SUPER MARIO RPG REMAKE 🍷 FINAL EN ESPAÑOL "UN SUEÑO ESTRELLADO" 🍷 GUÍA 100%. YouTube (European Spanish). Retrieved June 27, 2024.