"A Delightful Rendition of a Historic Treasure": Super Mario RPG Review

Nintendo’s first-party overhaul remakes are a rarity, especially when it comes to Mario, which made the first Super Mario RPG announcement for the Nintendo Switch a welcome surprise. The new release is a complete soup-to-nuts rebuild of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, the character’s first foray into turn-based RPGs, a format which would eventually lead to its better-known spiritual offshoots in the Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi series. Whether or not Squaresoft’s quirky classic can still match blows with contemporary turn-based offerings, it remains a delightful rendition of a historic treasure, packed with the same irreverently weird humor and novel gameplay as before.