Super Mario RPG is a brand new adventure for Mario and company. Mario was not a character that was content with sitting on his laurels. When it came to adventuring around the gaming world this plumber was all action. Mario has been a doctor, kart racer, played many sports and of course has saved a couple of different princesses. The only thing he hasn’t really done yet is actual plumbing of any kind. Mario has even entered the turn based role playing world. With the help from Square Enix Mario is able to take on yet another genre.

Still the mushroom kingdom

Mario is still trying to save a princess (ugh). This time the festivities take place one battle at a time and you have to take turns with the enemy. The first thing that you are probably thinking about this is wrong, the game actually works. This proves there is a decent amount of depth in the Mario games. We are conditioned to them being action platformers more than anything though. It also proves Nintendo knows how to expand the Super Mario franchise to even more genres than thought possible. Pitting Mario in a role-playing game is probably the last thing fans thought they would see this character in. Who thought this would happen when first inserting that Mario Bros cart in their Atari console? We certainly didn’t expect it with Super Mario Bros on the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Super Mario RPG goes in new direction

Super Mario RPG takes the Mario universe in a new direction and sadly, Nintendo has not revisited it since. There have been “quasi” sequels over the years but nothing directly related.  Super Mario RPG has the distinction of being the last Square Enix game for a Nintendo platform till 2002.

Super Mario RPG has been released on the Wii Virtual Console but that is it as far as re-releases. For physical carts, it is either eBay or checking Amazon. Check out these articles for more role-playing games.

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