Editing Forest Maze

|image=[[File:ForestMaze2.png|300px]]

|greater_location=[[Mario World]]

|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])

|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Super Mario RPG]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])

{{quote|It was amazing, [[Rose Town innkeeper|mom]]! I just saw [[Geno]] walk into the forest! Neat, huh?|Gaz|Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars}}

The '''Forest Maze''', also known as '''Wiggler Forest''',<ref>{{cite|author=@NintendoUK|date=September 28, 2023|quote=Every enemy you encounter will also appear in the Monster List. Check it at any time to freshen up your knowledge on their abilities and weaknesses! #SuperMarioRPG|publisher=[https://x.com/NintendoUK/status/1707319243467902981 X]|accessdate=September 28, 2023}}</ref> is a labyrinth of trees and underground passages found in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|its Nintendo Switch remake]]. It includes some underground caverns accessed by traveling down tree stumps as well as some regular forested areas, but the main part is a maze infested with unlimited enemies. Also scattered throughout the forest are [[Mushroom]]s that the player can collect.

After [[Gaz]]'s [[Geno]] doll is possessed by ♡ ♪ ! ?, he walks out of [[Rose Town]] and into the Forest Maze. [[Mario]] and [[Mallow]], upon hearing this from Gaz, give chase to the doll. They eventually arrive at a part of the forest that is taken over by [[Bowyer]], a bow-like creature that is shooting [[Aero]]s at Rose Town. While Mario and Mallow spy on Bowyer, an Aero arrives and presents Bowyer with one of the [[Star Piece (Super Mario RPG)|Star Piece]]s. However, it is at this moment that Geno shows up, and attempts to fight Bowyer. With help from Mario and Mallow, Geno is able to defeat Bowyer and claim the second Star Piece. Afterward, Geno decides to join Mallow and Mario in claiming the remaining Star Pieces to repair [[Star Road (Super Mario RPG)|Star Road]].

The "maze" portion of the forest is navigated by following Geno at first. Eventually, however, he stops appearing. At this point, however, the player is close enough to Bowyer to judge where to go based on the trajectory of the falling Aeros. If a wrong turn is made, the player starts back at the beginning. If the player helps the Toad in Rose Town get back to his house and apologizes for taking his treasures if the player opened any of the [[Treasure chest#Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars|treasure boxes]] inside, the Toad gives directions to a secret area inside the Forest Maze. In the "maze" portion, by going left, left, straight, and right in relation to Mario's perspective, it leads to the Treasure Room.<ref>Miller, K. 1996. ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Nintendo Player's Guide'', pg 37.</ref> The room contains two [[Flower (Super Mario RPG)|flowers]], two [[Mushroom#Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars|mushrooms]] that restores the party's HP and FP, and a [[Frog Coin]].

On the ''[[Super Mario RPG Original Sound Version]]'' soundtrack, the music for the Forest Maze is titled 森のキノコにご用心 (''Mori no Kinoko ni Go Yōjin''), which is translated into "Beware of [[Amanita|Forest Mushrooms]]" in the remake's [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) sound test|Sound Player]].

A few notes of the track can be heard in the [[Toad Town]], [[Peach's Castle]] and [[Dimble Wood]] themes in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''. Being that Yoko Shimomura is responsible both for ''Super Mario RPG''{{'}}s music and the music in the ''Mario & Luigi'' series music, it is possible that this is intentional.

There is 50% chance that the mushrooms found here are actually an enemy named [[Amanita]] in disguise.

|[[Mushroom#Super_Mario_RPG:_Legend_of_the_Seven_Stars|Mushroom]]

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*In the third scene (first cave scene), in the first mushroom patch.

*In the third scene (first cave scene), in the second mushroom patch.

|[[File:Forest Maze (Mushroom 1) (Switch).png|300px]]<br>[[File:Forest Maze (Mushroom 2) (Switch).png|300px]]<br>[[File:Forest Maze (Mushroom 3) (Switch).png|300px]]<br>[[File:Forest Maze (Mushroom 4) (Switch).png|300px]]<br>[[File:Forest Maze (Mushroom 5) (Switch).png|300px]]<br>[[File:Forest Maze (Mushroom 6) (Switch).png|300px]]<br>[[File:Forest Maze (Mushroom 7) (Switch).png|300px]]<br>[[File:Forest Maze (Mushroom 8) (Switch).png|300px]]<br>[[File:Forest Maze (Mushroom 9) (Switch).png|300px]]<br>[[File:Forest Maze (Mushroom 10) (Switch).png|300px]]<br>[[File:Forest Maze (Mushroom 11) (Switch).png|300px]]<br>[[File:Forest Maze (Mushroom 12) (Switch).png|300px]]

===Treasure Boxes===

|3 [[Mushroom#Super_Mario_RPG:_Legend_of_the_Seven_Stars|Mushrooms]], [[Flower (Super Mario RPG)|Flower]] and [[Frog Coin]] (Option 1)<br>3 Flowers, Mushroom and Frog Coin (Option 2)<br>Mushroom, Flower, Frog Coin, 10 [[Coin#Super_Mario_RPG:_Legend_of_the_Seven_Stars|Coins]] (Option 3)

|[[File:SMRPG Mushroom box.png]] [[File:RPG Flower.png]] [[File:Frog Coin.png]]

|style="text-align:left"|After reaching the maze portion of the area, Mario should go left, left, straight and then right (from Mario's perspective) to reach a pipe. Entering said pipe reveals a secret treasure room with 5 chests. Depending on when Mario took the treasures out of the house in Rose Town, different contents are rewarded:<br><br>'''Option 1''': If Mario steals the treasures, lies about taking them and then goes into the forest, the room contains 3 Mushrooms, Flower and a Frog Coin.<br><br>'''Option 2''': If Mario goes into the forest first and then steals the treasures OR steals the treasures, does not talk to the Toad and then go into the forest OR does not take the treasures, is truthful about NOT taking them, then takes them and then goes into the forest, the room contains 3 Flowers, Mushroom and a Frog Coin.<br><br>'''Option 3''': If Mario steals the treasures, is truthful about taking them and then goes into the forest OR does not take them, lies about taking them, then takes them, the room contains Flower, Mushroom, Frog Coin and 10 Coins.

|[[File:SMRPG Forest Maze Treasure Room (Switch).png|300px]]

===Hidden Treasure===

*At the forest's entrance, Mario should jump at the western corner to reveal the Hidden Treasure.

*In the area with seven tree stumps. Mario should enter the one farthest northwest. In the cavern, he should make his way to the northwest until he finds a sleeping [[Wiggler]]. After awakening the Wiggler, the player should go back into the cavern, and jumping in the northeast corner of the recessed area behind where the Wiggler was reveals the Hidden Treasure.

|[[File:HiddenChest07.png]][[File:HiddenChest09.png]]

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|[[Frog Coin]]

|[[File:Frog Coin.png]]

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|[[Flower (Super Mario RPG)|Flower]]

 

 

==Names in other languages==

===Forest Maze===

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|Jap=ハナチャンの{{ruby|森|もり}}

|JapM=Wiggler's Forest

 

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[[Category:Forests]]