A giant sword crashes into Bowser's Keep, shattering Star Road, and suddenly Mario and Bowser need each other. Square developed Super Mario RPG with Nintendo, and the 1996 game was its last new Super Nintendo release before the company moved to the PlayStation. Its isometric, pre-rendered look gave Mushroom Kingdom a solid three-dimensional feel on 16-bit hardware.
Battles are turn-based but reward attention: pressing the button as an attack lands adds damage, and well-timed presses during enemy attacks reduce what the party takes. The cast mixes familiar faces with newcomers such as Geno, a star spirit inhabiting a doll, and Mallow, a cloud boy who thinks he's a frog. The field is lighter than most RPGs of the time, with platform jumping, minigames and plenty of slapstick, which also made it a gentle starting point for the genre.
Tips for Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Press the button just as an attack connects for a timed hit, and again when an enemy strikes to block.
Mallow's Psychopath spell shows an enemy's remaining HP and a joke about what it is thinking.
Flowers raise the party's shared FP pool, so search for hidden treasure boxes.
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Save states let you save your progress at any point. Create a free account to sync saves across devices. Press F11 for fullscreen mode.
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