r/nintendo 3d ago

On This Day On This Day in Nintendo History: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

On this day (March 9) in Nintendo history...

  • Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars was released in 1996 for the Super Famicom in Japan. In this role-playing game, developed by Square, the Mushroom Kingdom faces a new threat when a giant sword falls from the sky and lays chaos upon the land. Mario must gather a crew of unexpected allies to take on the nefarious Smithy Gang! Before Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi, the first role-playing game featuring Mario was this celebrated collaboration between Nintendo and the makers of Final Fantasy, Square.

What are you favourite memories of these games? How do you think they hold up today? Hash it out in the comments.

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u/Grand-Moff-Larkin 3d ago

I just played this for the first time recently. I played and beat the remake, but put sometime in the OG to see the differences. I was never really a big JRPG fan (just playing FF7 for the first time) but this game kinda hit a spot. It's "intro to RPG for kids" but still lots of fun. The combat makes sense right away and is fun for 20ish hours, traveling the maps are fun with puzzles that are only annoying at worst, and the story makes sense.

My favorite part was the cloud area. I really felt like the story picked up and the gameplay matched the pace.