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Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

1996 · Super Nintendo Entertainment System · Wii · Wii U · Super Famicom · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure

88IGDB player score
236 ratings

Previously Take

An 88 score from 236 devoted raters — the math of a game with a real following. An RPG, from Square Enix that understands the assignment: fantasy, comedy, meaningful choices, and combat with actual teeth. Best experienced alone, preferably with nowhere to be.

About this game

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 grants people's wishes, which was destroyed by Smithy, the otherworldly entity that hijacked Bowser's castle and threw the Kingdom into disarray.

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.