Grate Guy's Casino
Grate Guy's Casino is a secret area in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. The casino is run by the jester Grate Guy, and can only be accessed with a Bright Card acquired from his partner Knife Guy.
The casino can be entered through a secret passage in Bean Valley. In one of the pipes in the center of the valley, Mario has to defeat a Chomp Chomp and jump three times to make an invisible platform appear, which opens the way to the casino. Mario can get hints on how to find the casino from a sleeping Toad in Nimbus Land's inn.
One game available is the slot machine. For a fee of ten coins, Mario must hit a treasure box three times as it cycles between Mushroom, Flower, and star symbols. If he is able to match three symbols, he is awarded a Frog Coin. In the remake, the slot machine does not cost coins to play and Mario instead receives an item for winning, depending on the symbol he matches: a Mushroom for three Mushrooms, a Honey Syrup for three Flowers, or an Energizer for three Super Stars.
Another game is blackjack, played with the normal rules, but represented by numbers instead of visible cards; the player plays against the dealer, and the one who comes closest to 21 without going over wins. In the remake, the Blackjack game has been replaced by a memory card game. Ten cards consisting of the five party members and five Toads are shown for three seconds, and then flipped face-down. The dealer then gives Mario ten seconds to pick the card of one of the party members. If Mario does this successfully three times, he receives a variable item.
The third game is "Look the other way". This is a simple game where the player picks a direction to face, and if they look in the opposite direction as Grate Guy's finger, they win. The Star Egg can be won by beating this game 100 times.
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Given[edit]
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| Frog Coin (SNES) Cleansing Juice, Party Cleanse, Royal Syrup, Maple Syrup, Finless Cola (Switch) |
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SNES: Given by winning a round of blackjack. SWITCH: Given by winning a round of the Memory Game. |
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| Moldy Mush, Rotten Mush, Wilt Shroom, Mushroom, Royal Syrup, Croaka Cola, Rock Candy, Red Essence Star Egg |
     
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Given by Grate Guy after winning a round of Look the other way game. He gives out items at random. After winning the game 100 times, he gives Mario a Star Egg. | .png)
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Treasure Box[edit]
| Item | Image | Location | Location image | |
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| Original | Remake | |||
| Frog Coin or Empty (SNES) Mushroom or Honey Syrup or Energizer or Empty (Switch) |
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Only treasure in the area, which acts as a slot machine. Any other combination other than three of any symbol results in failure. It rewards a Frog Coin each time if there are 3 of any symbol at the end. (SNES) It rewards Mushroom/Honey Syrup/Energizer if three Mushrooms/Flowers/Stars have been struck. (Switch) |
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Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | クラウンカジノ[?] Kuraun Kajino |
Clown Casino | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 克劳游艺场[?] Kè Láo Yóuyì Chǎng |
Clown Arcade | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 克勞遊藝場[?] Kè Láo Yóuyì Chǎng |
Clown Arcade | |
| Dutch | Clowncasino[?] | - | |
| French (NOA) | Casino du Clown cadet[?] | Grate Guy's Casino | |
| French (NOE) | Casino du Clown[?] | Clown's Casino | |
| German | Harlepokus' Casino[?] | Grate Guy's Casino | |
| Italian | Casinò Clown Pallino[?] | Grate Guy Casino | |
| Korean | 클라운 오락실[?] Keullaun Oraksil |
Clown Arcade | |
| Spanish | Casino de Bufoncio[?] | Grate Guy's Casino |
Trivia[edit]
- The music played in this area is the same song, though a rendition of the music, heard in Super Mario Bros. 3 when playing Toad's Card Matching Game or the Spade Panel's panel-matching game.
- In the game of Blackjack, if Mario and the Toad tie (push), the Toad will take away one of his Frog Coins.
