Chain (Super Mario RPG)
- “After a few successful Action Commands in a row, you'll start a Chain. When a Chain is going, your Ally Buffs will kick in.”
- —Help description, Super Mario RPG
The Chain is a mechanic in the Nintendo Switch remake of Super Mario RPG. It is a current count of consecutive successes with Action Commands, and it is used to allow the party to receive Ally Buffs. Any attack from either side that is subject to Action Command involvement that is a success will increase the Chain by 1 in the event of any success. If the Action command is failed, the chain will reset.
Misses by luck either from enemy attacks or against the primary target of the player's Attack command, because they preemptively prevent registration of Action Command attempts, will not influence the Chain, and enemies' all-targeting damage spells and non-damaging attacks similarly cannot inhibit it as a result of being unblockable. However, if an enemy attack is blockable, even if the target has full immunity to the damage portion such as with the Safety Ring against mortal blow attacks, it will still influence the Chain and therefore has to be blocked for the Chain to be maintained.
If the Chain reaches 5, additional instrumentation will be added to the current battle music. Every 10 Chain will grant 60 points (10%) to the Action Gauge.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | チェイン[?] Chein |
Chain | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 连锁[?] Liánsuǒ |
Chain | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 連鎖[?] Liánsuǒ |
Chain | |
| Dutch | Combo[?] | - | |
| French (NOA) | Combo[?] | - | |
| French (NOE) | Enchaînement[?] | Chain | |
| German | Combo[?] | - | |
| Italian | Combo[?] | - | |
| Korean | 체인[?] Chein |
Chain | |
| Spanish | Cadena[?] | Chain |
