Don’t get too excited – Nintendo likely won’t do anything for this one, either.
Let’s just ignore the woeful approach of the end of Mario’s 35th anniversary, or the completely-ignored 35th anniversary of the Zelda series for a moment. 2021 is also a big year for Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, the game that fused Final Fantasy and Mario to create a timeless, timing-based, turn-based strategy action game that’s beloved by pretty much anyone that’s ever played it.
We have Super Mario RPG to thank for both the Paper Mario and the Mario & Luigi series…es of games, both of which were spawned out of the collaboration between Square and Nintendo. By adding a story, humour, and plenty of personality to the already-established Mario formula, Square created a game that played with the tools in Nintendo’s toybox like never before.
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