For other Mario role-playing games, see List of Mario role-playing games.
1996 video game
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
North American box art, depicting (from left to right) Exor, Bowser, Princess Toadstool, and Mario
Developer(s)
Square
Publisher(s)
Nintendo
Director(s)
Yoshihiko Maekawa
Chihiro Fujioka
Producer(s)
Shigeru Miyamoto
Programmer(s)
Fumiaki Fukaya
Artist(s)
Hideo Minaba
Kiyofumi Kato
Yuko Hatae
Writer(s)
Kensuke Tanabe
Atsushi Tejima
Composer(s)
Yoko Shimomura
Series
Mario
Platform(s)
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Release
JP: March 9, 1996
NA: May 13, 1996
Genre(s)
Role-playing
Mode(s)
Single-player
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[a] is a 1996 role-playing game developed by Square and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).[b] It was the final Mario game published for the SNES. The game was directed by Chihiro Fujioka and Yoshihiko Maekawa, produced by Shigeru Miyamoto, and scored by Yoko Shimomura.
Super Mario RPG's story focuses on Mario and his friends as they seek to defeat the Smithy Gang, who have crashed into their world and scattered the seven star pieces of Star Road. It is the first RPG in the Mario franchise, drawing from major elements of Square's RPG franchises such as Final Fantasy. The main form of fighting enemies is turn-based combat with a party of up to three characters. It is also the first game in the Mario franchise to have gameplay within an isometric 3D environment, allowing for a new variety of the exploration and platforming elements reminiscent of the Super Mario series.
Super Mario RPG was critically acclaimed, and particularly praised for its humor and 3D-rendered graphics. It was the inspiration for Nintendo's other role-playing series, Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi, and both are spiritual successors which retain some gameplay elements.
The game was released on the Wii Virtual Console service in 2008, marking its debut in Europe and Australia, and later for the Wii U's Virtual Console in 2015. It was also included with the Super NES Classic Edition in 2017.
A remake developed by ArtePiazza for the Nintendo Switch was released worldwide on November 17, 2023, and received positive reviews from critics.
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