List of Mario role-playing games
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Genre(s) | Role-playing |
Developer(s) | Square, Intelligent Systems, AlphaDream, Ubisoft Milan, Ubisoft Paris |
Publisher(s) | Nintendo, Ubisoft |
Platform(s) | Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo 64, GameCube, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Switch |
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 and are renowned for their distinctive visual styles, and Mario & Luigi games were developed by AlphaDream, all of which appeared solely on handheld consoles. The most recent entries in each series are Paper Mario: Color Splash for Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS game Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions.
Super Mario RPG
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Release years by system: 1996 – Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
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Paper Mario series
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Release years by system: 2000 – Nintendo 64 |
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Release years by system: 2004 – GameCube |
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Release years by system: 2007 – Wii |
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Release years by system: 2012 – Nintendo 3DS |
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Release years by system: 2016 – Wii U |
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Mario & Luigi series
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Release years by system: 2003 – Game Boy Advance |
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Release years by system: 2005 – Nintendo DS |
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Release years by system: 2009 – Nintendo DS |
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Release years by system: 2013 – Nintendo 3DS |
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Release years by system: 2015 – Nintendo 3DS |
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Crossovers
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Release years by system: 2017 – Nintendo Switch |
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Remakes
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Release years by system: 2017 – Nintendo 3DS |
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Release years by system: 2019 – Nintendo 3DS |
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References
- ^ "Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars". GameSpot. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
- ^ Minotti, Mike (March 9, 2016). "Beloved Super Nintendo hit Super Mario RPG turns 20 years old today". VentureBeat. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
- ^ Schreier, Jason (September 29, 2017). "SNES Classic Games, Ranked". Kotaku. Retrieved January 14, 2018.