Does Super Mario RPG still hold up?

[A Black Falcon]

I haven't bought this yet.  It's something I do have interest in playing eventually, but not for full price.  I do own the SNES cart but never got past pretty early in the game, it seems good but as I've said before the game design and battle system feel like something that Paper Mario for N64 does so much better that my attempts to start Super Mario RPG always end with me going 'eh, this isn't as good as Paper Mario, I'm good...' and stopping.  I don't know if this remake would change my opinion on the game or not, how much does it improve on the battle system for instance?
 

I was just going through my credit card statements and god damn it, I just remembered I paid $60 this game. I remember sitting on the couch when I first pulled it up, yelling at the TV "Sixty BUCKS?! For a 30 year old game?!?" I think I'm officially a cranky old man.

I'm not trying to bash this game so much but seriously... it's just a remake of a relatively short and primitive game. I don't think it took any more than a couple weeks to complete. $20, tops. NINTENDOOOO!!!

A nostalgic fool and his money are soon parted

On the one hand, the remake totally redoes the graphics and upgrades the game in some ways.  It's a pretty thorough remake that surely cost a fair amount to make, it's probably worth more than $20.

On the other hand, if this wasn't a Mario game, yeah, it probably would not be $60.  I don't know how much it would cost, but less than that.