Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
A JRPG entry in the Super Mario franchise in which Mario meets many unlikely allies in order to jump and fight his way through the Mushroom Kingdom and collect stars to repair the Star Road, the pathway that…
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars is an adventure developed by Square, released 9 March 1996 on Wii U, Wii, Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The main story takes about 15 hrs to finish.
What Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars is
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars is an adventure game developed by Square and released in 1996. It was published by Hyundai. It is available on Wii U, Wii, Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It carries an ESRB E age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Set in the Mushroom Kingdom and featuring its cast of well-known characters, this adventure RPG begins with a familiar scenario: Mario must rescue Princess Toadstool from Bowser. However, a mysterious new enemy named Smithy soon appears, and Mario and Bowser are forced to fight as allies for the first time in their long history. In the quest to defeat their powerful new foe, they’ll journey across a wide variety of locations and tackle a mix of obstacles requiring both expert timing and strategy to overcome. Along the way, they’ll gain experience and grow more powerful, while also meeting new characters whose unique abilities will be needed to take on Smithy and his gang.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, fantasy and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Mario Bros. series
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars is the 16th of 66 entries we hold in the Mario Bros. series. The next entry was Super Mario 64 in 1996. Its critic score of 90 is 16 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.
How it was received
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1996 averaged 70, so it scored 20 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 89, across 236 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 15 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 20 hrs, roughly 1.3 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars launched on 9 March 1996, within three weeks of Pokémon Red Version, Resident Evil, Sid Meier's Civilization II and Kirby Super Star. It reviewed better than all of them.
Released around the same time: Pokémon Red Version, Resident Evil, Sid Meier's Civilization II, Kirby Super Star.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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