Super Mario RPG - Legend of the Seven Stars (USA) ROM

A very successful attempt on turning the Super Mario franchise into a different gaming experience from the 2D platformers from the 1980s and 1990s!

Easy-to-follow menus and controls lead the player into hours and hours of unnoticed gameplay along with funny and lighthearted dialogues.
If you have never played any RPGs, this could be your door to playing Final Fantasy and other more complex of this genre since it's a rather light and simplified game.

As for the storyline, it's the usual Bowser-kidnapping-Toadstool (or Peach)-princess-in-order-to-get-to-Mario, but the story gets as involving as the game gets addictive.

I didn't play it in the SNES and I definitely would've played it more than once at the time it was released, for sure!

To sum up, the whole charm of the Mario franchise at its best with its childlike and playful atmosphere rather than the usual darkness of the greatest RPG series (not that it's a bad thing by all means).

I LOVED this game. Super Mario RPG is probably one of the top 5 RPG's made for the SNES!
It follows the Mario game style quite a bit with a blend of RPG in it as well (the fights are more of an RPG style versus that of a typical Mario game - and you have the ability to talk to people in towns and such). It was quite a unique combination of a typical Mario game and other RPG's such as Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger. The difficulty level I'd say was a bit too easy in comparison to something such as Final Fantasy, but it's not bad, and still quite enjoyable.
I had very much wished they had made a sequel, as I loved this game so much. The story is very well done, as well as the characters that you get to play. You get to be Bowser! Can you believe it?! Bowser and Mario actually WORKING on the same team, it was priceless.
If you're a fan of Mario, and you're not even into RPG's, I'd still recommend this game. It's an RPG for those that don't like RPG's typically.

An excellent RPG from Square, well worth any RPG-lover's or Mario-fan's time and drive space. One thing that you should be aware of is the rom (any of them, apparently. I tried multiple sources) has a tendancey to freeze up when played on zsnes. A workaround I found on the zsnes forums (@2008) is when you go to load the rom check the "Force Pal" checkbox, and it will work flawlessly.

One of the best RPG's to grace the Super Nintendo and Mario's best RPG outing on any console. The story begins with a typical princess capture scene, but quickly takes a turn for the unexpected.
With an "action command" battle system allowing you to hit buttons with correct timing to augment attacks, the gameplay never gets boring. Multiple moves and party members all have different commands, yet fill the traditional genre roles of healer or otherwise. This makes the gameplay familiar and its turn based battle system is simple to pick up. There are tutorials along the way if further help is needed, but they're skippable for veterans or replays.
With the game's excellent battle system comes even better humor, and an unforgettable cast. Many traditional Mario faces appear, and traditional lands are explored. Not long in the game though, this adventure shows some new faces that are sure to entertain, a few new locations too. 
As with any RPG there are some nice minigame distractions, and a very Final Fantasy extra boss. Graphics in this game are a pseuodo 3D so they look very nice while avoiding traditional sprites.
If this were a review I'd give it a 9.5. Music Graphics and Gameplay are all a 10. I just wish it would last a little longer.

Rarely do we use the word “perfect” to describe a game, but in my opinion, Super Mario RPG is pretty damn close. The game come out in 1996, had amazing 3D graphics developed by square and it was the last Mario game on the Super Nintendo. Even though the game was released out the console’s lifespan, the game still is a collector’s pick, and if you want a copy, you surely will pay more than one hundred bucks for it.
But why exactly the Super Mario RPG kicks so many asses? Well, its kind a hard to pinpoint. There was a really unique story this time around, a ton of new characters introduced, like Geno, who makes its first and last appearance on a Mario game, and some really cool secrets. For example, the locked doorway in monster town. If you paid 500 coins for some fireworks and trade with a little girl for a shiny stone, you can fight against the hardest boss in the entire game: Culex. I’m at level 28 at this point and already finished the game, but this guy can still beat the ever loving crap out me. I guess it’s kind of what happens when you put Mario against a cameo straight from final fantasy…
I’m such a fanboy for this game. The story is a ton of fun, gameplay is out of this world and when you save the princess, the game says the end? No, she joins your group and does some ass-kicking of her own…with a Frying Pan! Just like girls are supposed to do…just kidding.
Once you get your group together, your goal is collect all star pieces to repair star road. And the final one is at Smith’s Factory, where you fight against his power rangers wannabes. Every once a while, I take this game and spend a weekend leveling up and remember why I love the Super Nintendo. Square and Nintendo, Thank you!