All Playable Characters and Best Builds

There are five playable characters with unique moves and play styles in Super Mario RPG Remake. Read on to see the list of all playable characters, how to unlock each of them, as well as their best builds!

All Playable Characters and Unlock Location

Character	Details
Mario	Story Unlock: Bowser's Keep Element: Jump, Fire Role in Combat: ・Physical attacker ・Jump and Fire Single-target spellcaster
Mallow	Story Unlock: Mushroom Kingdom Element: Lightning, Ice, Neutral Role in Combat: ・Elemental spellcaster ・Early-game Healer
Geno	Story Unlock: Forest Maze Element: Neutral Role in Combat: ・Buffer ・Physical attacker ・Multi-target spellcaster
Bowser	Story Unlock: Booster Tower Element: Neutral Role in Combat: ・Status effect inflictor ・Physical attacker ・Tank
Peach	Story Unlock: Marrymore Element: Neutral Role in Combat: ・Endgame Healer ・Status effect inflictor

Best Builds for Each Character

Recommended Stat Allocations

Character	Stat Growth and Allocation
Mario	・Physical and Special stats are well-balanced. ・Strong even if you lean towards either stat. ▶︎ Mario Builds and Leveling Guide
Mallow	・Stat allocation specialized for HP and Special. ・Use Balanced stats if you want to use normal attacks. ▶︎ Mallow Builds and Leveling Guide
Geno	・Physical and Special stats are well-balanced. ・Stat allocations are specialized for Physical. ▶︎ Geno Builds and Leveling Guide
Bowser	・Stat allocations are specialized for Power. ▶︎ Bowser Builds and Leveling Guide
Peach	・Stat allocation specialized for HP and Special. ・Focus on Special to improve healing moves. ▶︎ Peach Builds and Leveling Guide

Stat Bonuses Cannot Be Respec'd

The stat bonuses that the characters get on each level up cannot be respec'd. Make sure you already have a build in mind for your character early in the game so you don't waste these extra points!

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Recommended Build for Mario

Bonuses by Level
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
-
11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30

As the character with the most versatile moveset, Mario will have the highest overall stats out of all characters if you distribute the bonus based on the table above. Both Mario's normal attacks and Special Moves are powerful, so it is recommended to use a versatile build to enhance his power.

Mario Best Builds and Leveling Guide

Recommended Build for Mallow

Bonuses by Level
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
-	-
11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30

Mallow is the "mage" character of the team who fights mainly using elemental Special Moves. It is recommended to allocate bonuses on the Special stat as shown in the table above to deal more damage when using Special Moves and increase the amount recovered from his healing moves.

Whenever you receive a 7 stat bonus after leveling up, use it to increase Mallow's HP as that is his second highest stat.

Mallow Best Builds and Leveling Guide

Recommended Build for Geno

Bonuses by Level
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
-	-	-	-	-	-
11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30

Geno is the third character who will join your party, and if you were doing a Balanced build on Mario and Special build on Mallow, you might want to make Geno your main Physical attacker. Building Geno as a pure attacker allows you to save your Flower Points for other characters who mostly use Specials.

Don't worry about Geno having low Special stats as you'll only be using Geno Boost to boost an ally's stats and Geno Whirl to execute enemies.

Geno Best Builds and Leveling Guide

Recommended Build for Bowser

Bonuses by Level
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30

Although Bowser has high base stats, the Attack stat of his strongest weapon is relatively low. Increase his Attack stat using all the level up bonuses help boost it and add him as a smasher character.

Bowser Best Builds and Leveling Guide

Recommended Build for Peach

Bonuses by Level
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30

The amount of HP Peach's healing moves can recover should be enough to keep the party healthy even if her Magic Attack stat isn't maxed out. Distribute bonuses on Physical and HP as well to increase the damage she deals when not healing and increase her survivability, respectively.

Peach also has the highest HP stat out of all characters, especially between Levels 10 and 19, so it is recommended to use the bonus on HP to increase this stat further in the early game.

Peach Best Builds and Leveling Guide

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