List of Mario role-playing games

Mario role-playing games
Genre(s)	Role-playing
Developer(s)	Square, Intelligent Systems, AlphaDream
Publisher(s)	Nintendo

The Mario franchise has inspired a variety of Mario role-playing video games to be released on multiple Nintendo video game consoles. All the games feature Mario as the protagonist, who is often accompanied by one or more playable characters, including existing Mario characters and original characters introduced in each game.

The first game to introduce RPG elements into the Mario franchise was Super Mario RPG, developed by Square and released in 1996 for the Super Famicom and SNES. The game does not have a direct sequel. Considered to be its thematic and spiritual sequels, two successive RPG-themed Mario series, the Paper Mario series and the Mario & Luigi series, followed conventions established in the original. The Paper Mario games were developed by Intelligent Systems, a subsidiary of Nintendo, and are renowned for their distinctive visual style, which consists of 2D paper cutout characters moving about in 3D papercraft worlds. The Mario & Luigi games were developed by AlphaDream, another subsidiary of Nintendo, all of which appeared solely on handheld consoles. The most recent entries in each series are Paper Mario: Color Splash for WiiU and the Nintendo 3DS crossover game Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam.

Super Mario RPG

Title	Details
Super Mario RPG Original release date(s):	Release years by system: 1996 – Super Nintendo Entertainment System
	Notes: Subtitled Legend of the Seven Stars in North America

Paper Mario series

Title	Details
Paper Mario Original release date(s): JP: August 11, 2000 NA: February 5, 2001 EU: October 5, 2001 AU: October 5, 2001	Release years by system: 2000 – Nintendo 64
	Notes: Originally titled Super Mario RPG 2 in early development Known in Japan as Mario Story (マリオストーリー).
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Original release date(s): JP: July 22, 2004 NA: October 11, 2004 EU: November 12, 2004 AU: November 18, 2004	Release years by system: 2004 – GameCube
	Notes: In Japan, originally titled Mario Story 2 Originally titled Paper Mario 2 in North America Known in Japan as Paper Mario RPG (ペーパーマリオRPG)
Super Paper Mario Original release date(s): NA: April 9, 2007 JP: April 19, 2007 EU: September 14, 2007 AU: September 20, 2007	Release years by system: 2007 – Wii
	Notes: Announced at E3 2006, originally as a GameCube title. First Mario and Paper Mario game released on the Wii.
Paper Mario: Sticker Star Original release date(s): NA: November 11, 2012 JP: December 6, 2012 EU: December 7, 2012 AU: December 8, 2012	Release years by system: 2012 – Nintendo 3DS
	Notes: Known in Japan as Paper Mario: Super Seal (ペーパーマリオスーパーシール) First Paper Mario game to appear on a handheld console.
Paper Mario: Color Splash Original release date(s): NA: October 7, 2016 EU: October 7, 2016 AU: October 8, 2016 JP: October 13, 2016	Release years by system: 2016 – Wii U
	Notes: First Paper Mario game to be released on the Wii U

Mario & Luigi series

Title	Details
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Original release date(s):	Release years by system: 2003 – Game Boy Advance
	Notes: Known in Japan as Mario & Luigi RPG (マリオ＆ルイージRPG)
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time Original release date(s): UK: February 10, 2006	Release years by system: 2005 – Nintendo DS
	Notes: Known in Japan as Mario & Luigi RPG 2x2 (マリオ&ルイージRPG2×2) Baby Mario and Baby Luigi, the Baby Mario brothers, are playable alongside their older selves, Mario and Luigi.
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story Original release date(s): JP: February 11, 2009 NA: September 14, 2009 EU: October 9, 2009 AU: October 22, 2009	Release years by system: 2009 – Nintendo DS
	Notes: Known in Japan as Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! (マリオ&ルイージRPG3!!!) Bowser is playable.
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Original release date(s): EU: July 12, 2013 AU: July 13, 2013 JP: July 18, 2013 NA: August 11, 2013	Release years by system: 2013 – Nintendo 3DS
	Notes: Known in Japan as Mario & Luigi RPG 4: Dream Adventure (マリオ&ルイージRPG4 ドリームアドベンチャー) Known in Europe and Australia as Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros.
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Original release date(s): JP: December 3, 2015 EU: December 4, 2015 AU: December 10, 2015 NA: January 22, 2016	Release years by system: 2015 – Nintendo 3DS
	Notes: Known in Japan as Mario & Luigi RPG Paper Mario Mix (マリオ＆ルイージRPG ペーパーマリオMIX) Known in Europe and Australia as Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros. Paper Mario is playable alongside his counterpart, Mario, and Luigi. This is a crossover between the Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi series. Paper Luigi, Luigi's paper counterpart, was originally planned to be a playable character.