Super Mario RPG did more than catapult Mario and friends into RPG games.
It was a rare kind of dream project between two companies at the top of the world.
However, its origin story is much more humble than all of that.
Those shared interests would later becomeSuper Mario RPG.
It needed to be something special and different.
And yet, the basic core of the game was Mario.
That approach led to a variety of experiments.
Mario scrambles to collect fragments from Star Road, reunite with Princess Toadstool, and defeat Smithy.
By the end of the SNES era, Nintendo had earned a well-deserved sense of confidence.
AfterSuper Mario RPG, it was all 3D, most of the time.
However, Nintendo quickly found that PlayStation was a more than worthy competitor in that new arena.
After the SNES era, Nintendo would still enjoy success in the RPG space, most notably with thePokemonfranchise.
However, its significant accomplishments in the genre were considerably fewer and farther in between.
That inaccessibility gaveSuper Mario RPGa lasting mystique across the Nintendo flagship characters extensive pantheon of games.
It was the best of two all-time great worlds, yet it remained shockingly elusive.
Super Mario RPGproved that Mario could have narrative-driven adventures that strayed from theSuper Mariofranchises platforming roots.
TheSuper Mario RPGremake goes on sale November 17 for the Nintendo Switch.
