Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Super Mario RPG was one of Squaresoft's most odd RPG releases, putting the renowned Nintendo character in a totally new genre for the first time. Super Mario RPG placed Mario, Bowser, and Princess Toadstool (aka Peach) in an isometric viewpoint and included a unique timing-based RPG fighting system.

It also riffed on Mario's universe with imaginative new characters like Mallo the cloud and Geno the living doll, as well as introducing more world-building than is customary in a Mario game with new characters like Boshi the fierce Yoshi. While this was a one-time occurrence, features such as the timing-based combat were carried over into Nintendo's own adaptations of Mario RPGs such as the Mario & Luigi and Paper Mario series.

Release date: 1996

Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii, Wii U

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