![]() ![]() The similarities to the old Mario games started to end there. Mario was having a picnic with Princess Toadstool, Bowser showed up in his Koopa Clown Car, abducted her, and Mario pursued them to Bowser's Keep. The story started similarly to any other game in the series. It didn't take long to establish that Mario was in a whole new environment. As such, I think we've managed to combine the action gameplay of Mario and the turn-based RPG system in a way no one has seen before." We had many meetings and discussions after that, and eventually hit upon the idea of a Square-Nintendo collaboration that would feature both our strengths. "One day we were talking with Square, and they revealed that they wanted to create an RPG that would have worldwide appeal, with characters that both children and adults could love. "Long before Super Mario RPG got started, I had talked with the staff at Nintendo about wanting to make an RPG that featured Mario," said Miyamoto. He went into the topic during a 1995 interview with Game-on! Magazine. The idea came from Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto, who served on Super Mario RPG as the game's producer. The answer shouldn't surprise too many people. How did this even happen? When did the idea to take Mario from his comfort zone and branch out to this entirely new style of game first come about? To many, he was the most widely-recognized face in all of video games. Square's Final Fantasy characters were beloved, but basically featured in self-contained stories. For Fujioka, who had previously worked on the Game Boy's Final Fantasy Legend III as a producer and the Super Nintendo's Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest as a writer, this was unlike any challenge he had faced before. Those were the words of the head of Square Development Section #6 and the co-director of Super Mario RPG, Chihiro Fujioka, given in an October 1995 interview with Family Computer Magazine and Haou. 'This isn’t Mario!!!' or 'Mario would never do this!' or 'It’s not Mario if we don’t have this!" "Naturally, all of our staff has a lot of love for Mario, so there were a lot of strong opinions flying around. In 1996, they released Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Mario's first official role-playing game. That changed when Nintendo teamed up with Square Soft (now known as Square Enix) to take Mario into completely uncharted territory. Even after taking a sidestep into a little spinoff called Super Mario Kart, Mario was mainly a platformer character. When that year started, that's all he was. ![]() He was part of some of the greatest platformers ever seen in video games, all of which still hold up to this day and have inspired generations of game developers. However, that wasn't always the case.īack in 1996, everyone knew of Mario as a portly protagonist who fought against the forces of Bowser, the King of the Koopas, to rescue Princess Toadstool (Peach) and save the Mushroom Kingdom. And yes, Mario has been the lead man in over a dozen role-playing games. He's been in kart racers, sports games, party games, educational games, and he was even in an XCOM-style tactical game a few years ago. He's been all over the map, having taken part in nearly every genre imaginable. It's a celebration of the heroic plumber's contributions to the gaming world. Perhaps that's one reason we had to add more excellent games to this list.Nintendo is about to wrap up the Super Mario 35th Anniversary. Curiously, unlike Nintendo, Sega has given the "okay" to fan-made games - provided no money exchanges hands. Of course, not every company looks kindly on fans who choose to express their love in the form of games. They can also create entirely unique stories or combat mechanics as is the case with Undertale fan games. Updated on May 22, 2020, by Jeff Drake: Fan-made games offer a way for franchises to take on new lives or prolong nostalgia. A few of the games on this were made with the blessing of Sega, and are considered, by many, to be “must play” games in the series. The Sonic the Hedgehog series has one of the most active fan game communities in gaming. The bulk of these fan-made games are a bit rough around the edges (to be nice), but there are also several examples that rival, and sometimes surpass, the original games. RELATED: New "Sonic Collection" Leaked By French Retailer ![]()
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