Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, often shortened and officially known in Japan as Super Mario RPG (スーパーマリオRPG), is a hybrid adventure/console role-playing game developed by Square (now Square Enix) and published by Nintendo. Nintendo first released the game on March 9, 1996 in Japan and on May 13, 1996 in North America. Europe did not officially receive the game until over twelve years later, when it was released for the Wii’s Virtual Console on August 22, 2008. It was re-released for the North American Virtual Console on September 1, 2008.
Super Mario RPG is the final Mario game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console, as well as being one of the last games Square produced for Nintendo hardware until Chocobo Land: A Game of Dice in 2002. Square did much of the development of Super Mario RPG, under direct guidance from producer Shigeru Miyamoto.
In Super Mario RPG, Mario, Bowser, Princess Toadstool, Mallow, and Geno fight as allies in the first console role-playing game (RPG) in the Mario series. It contains token similarities to many other Square role-playing games such as Chrono Trigger and the Final Fantasy series with a story and action-based gameplay based on the Super Mario Bros. series.
Much of Super Mario RPG’s gameplay is outside of monster battles. In the field, the game plays much like an isometric platformer, in which both traditional Mario features and new ones play a key role. Mario’s enemies are visible in the field; a battle ensues only if he comes in contact with one. This allows the player to evade unnecessary battles, though some fights are necessary to advance the plot.
The player starts the journey controlling only Mario. Ultimately, the player will gain a party of five characters, though only three characters can be utilized at once. Each of the five characters has a unique set of attacks and techniques. For example, Toadstool uses healing abilities whereas Geno and Bowser have offensive attacks dealing high damages. Mario is always in the player’s party, whereas the other two characters can be switched before battles.
The combat uses a traditional turn based battle system, in which the player chooses an attack from an in-game menu for his or her character to perform, then watches as the character executes the attack. In addition to attacking, the player also has the option to use an item, crouch into a defensive position to reduce damage taken, or attempt to flee from battle, though the later option is not available in battles that advance the story.
One of the more innovative features of the combat was the inclusion of timed button press sequences, which became a mainstay of later Mario role playing games. As well as selecting attacks, the player is usually required to perform action commands to increase the damage or power of special abilities/magic spells. These consist of both prompted and unprompted timed button presses and other movements to determine the power of the character’s attack, a concept that was carried over to some later role-playing games such as Final Fantasy VIII.
| Developer(s) | Square |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Chihiro Fujioka |
| Producer(s) | Shigeru Miyamoto |
| Composer(s) | Yoko Shimomura |
| Platform(s) | Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Virtual Console |
| Release date(s) | SNES JP March 9, 1996 NA May 13, 1996 Virtual Console JP June 24, 2008 EU August 22, 2008 AUS August 22, 2008 NA September 1, 2008 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure, console role-playing game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Rating(s) | SNES ESRB: K-A (Kids to Adults) Virtual Console ESRB: E (Everyone) PEGI: 3+ |
| Media | 4 MB SA-1 cartridge |
| Input methods | SNES Super NES controller Virtual Console Classic Controller, GameCube controller |
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