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The king of the machines, and conqueror of the Mushroom Kingdom, Smithy was the final boss in Super Mario RPG on the Super NES.After shattering the Star Road, Smithy sent his legions of machines to gather the Star Pieces. But he was opposed by an unlikely team of heroes, including a hammer-wielding plumber, a princess, an evil turtle king, a cloud who thought he was a frog, and a spirit of the Star Road embodied in a toy doll.
During the final battle in the epicentre of his cavernous factory, Smithy transformed his giant head into a range of deadly guises in an effort to defeat the heroes, but his efforts were not enough, and his illegitimate reign was brought to an end.
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Smithy is arguably THE greatest Mario villain of them all! I also like when he takes on his nightmarish shape-shifting form when you fight him in round two of "Super Mario RPG". You did an outstanding job with the design for his original form here and perfectly captured his menacing personality!
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Smithy deserves a second appearance more than Geno. Fight me.
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Smithy is my favorite mario villain so much because he's a badassΒ Β
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They should put him in another game as a boss,
or even remake mario rpg. that is still one of my favorite mario games!
For some reason he reminds me of santa
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An evil Santa made of anvils and hate?!
I'd love to see a well-done remake of the game. Maybe with more care taken over the enemy names this time...
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Did you know this song is used in a youtube video, a remixed version of Smithy's First Boss theme?
IT'S THAT EPIC! XD
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You don't hear much about Smithy these days, unfortunately.
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He was a good villain though.
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quote:"I had to base this art on a spritesheet, as there's no official art, no in-game appearances other than his battle sprite, and I couldn't even find any fanart! It was a shame to see so little of Smithy, but I guess it meant a lot of his lackeys took the spotlight (and some of them were excellent!)"
True, itΒ΄s a shame how there isnΒ΄t any fanart and even no oofficial art for good old (or bad old) Smithy. Luckyly for us, there are DA fellows like you who show the world the awesomeness of those not-so-known characters. Nice job on the drawing too, you really caught SmithyΒ΄s look and persona on the pic.
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Thank you. I've been looking at some of Mario RPG's other villains too. I particularly like the duo of Valentina and Dodo. Given that most of the boss fights are against weapon-themed characters, having this wacky duo of a busty, drinking diva (with a parrot on her head) and her bumbling, fat lackey is quite surprising.
I may continue with the SMRPG love. Many people forget about them when Square and Nintendo parted ways.
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i remember having to fight this big metal bastard. memories of my childhood.. good times.
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You're lucky! Super Mario RPG never got a European release. I didn't fight him until well into my late teens (courtesy of emulation)
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Nice take on the Mario RPG villain. 
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I've sketched Smithy before, but I don't think it was until this time that I realised he had chains for arms and little feet hidden underneath. A lot of the Mario RPG villains are like that. I always figured Mack was just a decorated living sword - I'd never noticed it was a little dude riding the sword like a pogo stick until recently. Now Mack's choice of allies makes a lot more sense.
And this is why I hope Square really is remaking the game
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This picture reminds me about Word of Warcraft
Very good job
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Thanks!
It'll be the new race in the next expansion "World of Warcraft: Rise of the Machines"... or wait... no... that was Terminator 3...
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Thanks for introducing me to another great Nintendo character!
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Can't believe you hadn't even heard of him until now! I'll have to do more SMRPG baddies and get you up to speed
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But Brits weren't supposed to play this game! You LIE!
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I do not lie! I play game! I play it to the end! Just... not in a Super Nintendo
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Oh, some great Smithy art here! I always found it stupid that we haven't been given ANY info about him in-game just until the moment we met him. He has the potential to be a much deeper and memorable villain, had the game expanded on his backstory.
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Aye, but I fear that would have detracted from the starring roles of many of the other characters. Not knowing who you're going up against until the very last second actually made the game feel more like an adventure through the Mushroom Kingdom rather than a mission to bring down a tyrant.
I may be doing more art of characters from the game shortly
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Hm, well, yes, you've got a point, but that whole "we don't know jack about what we're up to" thing is so clichΓ©.
I'm looking forward to seeing it!
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Squaresoft? Using clichΓ©s? Neverrrrr
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And they would never make a game with fifteen official sequels and fifty-something spinoffs!
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Probably the worst Mario villian ever, that until Millenium Star showed up.
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Miyamoto has gone on record saying he doesn't like there being a clear "good" and "evil", but that his villains are usually just misdirected (I suppose he packed this in for Ganondorf, who is just pure evil).
I'm not sure where Smithy falls. Maybe he IS just a machine doing a job (collecting Stars). Or maybe he is truly a malicious monster - something alien to the Mushroom Kingdom...
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Well, with worst Mario enemy ever, I was actually refering to the worst/least creative/ugliest desing for a last boss in a Mario game, especially one from a game like SMRPG wich has characters who just ozees with personality (Boster, Croco, Punchinello, to name a few) finding what Smithy really looked like was a HUUUGE disapointment for me (irst he looks like a cliched king, then he looks like a stove).
Of course, this days there are even worst desings for Mario Last Bosses like the Millenium Star in MP3,udy the clown or that thing at the end of Super Paper Mario (wich I would also give the award of most evil Mario enemy to date)
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I admit, Smithy's design was a bit odd, but he did have the "nasty bad guy" look down at, least.
I liked Rudy the clown personally. 
I think the Shadow Queen would qualify as the evilest/darkest Mario enemy for me. She came off as really creepy & dark to me.
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Both Smithy and Rudy are ugly for me but the Millenium star is the ugliest Mario enemy ever...
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You meen that char from Mario Party 3? He doesn't really look ugly to me, he just looks like a silver star with a mustache to me.
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Its a really lame and unapealing character desing thats what I mean with Ugly.
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I see, oh well he got MP3's plot going at least.
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YES! Seriously...you don't see this guy anywhere! You sir, are crazy. Grats and Favz!
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Why thank you! Chains have been a thorn in my side for years. I've been working on them a bit
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I love the shading. It gives him a more evil appearence.
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Thanks
I was about to post it when I remembered he is usually accompanied my a smelting pot. I think the red tinge helps it a bit.
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Smithy was always one of my favourites but he never got the characterisation he deserved since he only appeared right at the end of the game.
You'll notice that every other Mario RPG has had the final boss (PM2 being the slight exception) appear throughout the game so as to give a better insight into what they're like.
Personally I'd love to see a remake of SMRPG (I had to play a ROM of the original because I'm sure you're aware we peons in Blighty never got a release) in the familiar epic Square style.
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I had to base this art on a spritesheet, as there's no official art, no in-game appearances other than his battle sprite, and I couldn't even find any fanart! It was a shame to see so little of Smithy, but I guess it meant a lot of his lackeys took the spotlight (and some of them were excellent!)
Aye, I had to play the ROM as well. The magazines raved about SMRPG for months before the plug was pulled. I was so gutted about that!
There was talk of a remake a while back. I don't remember if it was established as a wild rumour or actually happening. I'd be very happy to see it remade with 3D character models and everything! Sprites didn't do some of those baddies justice!
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It's pretty old, but...[link]
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Haha, so I'm NOT the only one!!
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