Happy 29th Birthday to Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, released for Super Nintendo in Japan on March 9, 1996! 🥳 It came to the US on May 13, 1996.
Super Mario RPG is a charming and humorous collaboration between Nintendo and Square, with Final Fantasy RPG elements (turn-based, XP, and spells), action, and platforming elements of Mario. Mario fights with hammers and jumps, and teams up with Princess Toadstool (Peach), Bowser, Geno, and Mallow to defeat Smithy and his Gang. The journey takes them across regions like Nimbus Land to retrieve seven star pieces shattered by Exor (a living sword in Smithy’s Gang) when he crashes into Star Road. With beautiful atmosphere, comedic character interactions, and catchy music, it’s pure fun.
It’s consistently placed on lists of top Mario and RPG games, and if you love Mario and Final Fantasy but haven’t yet played it, I highly recommend this delightful game. It’s fantastic on SNES and the recently released Switch version is amazing, too ❤️