Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

JP Super Mario RPG

Princess Peach is kidnapped by Bowser and Mario sets off to save her. During the battle, a giant sword crashes into Koopa's Keep. Mario, Bowser and Peach are scattered across the land, and when Mario tries to return, he finds out that an evil invading army of metal creatures are trying to take over the Mushroom Kingdom.

Mario sets off to find the princess and along the way he is joined by Mallow, a cloud who thinks he's a frog; and Geno, a representative of the Star Road in possession of a doll's body. Together they vow to rebuild the Star Road and stop these new monsters at all costs. Later on in the game, Bowser (who wants his keep back at any cost) will join you, and even Princess Peach can be found later in the game.

You fight enemies like in most RPGs - by choosing to attack, special attack, defend, or use an item from a menu. As you defeat enemies you get experience points that let you level up, as well as Coins and other items. The world is huge and contains both old and new characters and enemies. There are also many minigames to be found, providing a diversion from the expanding storyline.

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Developer Square
Genre RPG
Super Famicom / SNES
JP 9th March 1996
US May 1996
Wii (Virtual Console)
JP 24th June 2008
EU 22nd August 2008
US 1st September 2008

Cameos

Sleeping Link

Like all towns in the game, Rose Town has an Inn where you can stay and regain your HP and MP. However, this Inn has two beds.

Sleep at the Inn as soon as you arrive in Rose Town for the first time. When you wake up, the second bed will be occupied by Link from The Legend of Zelda series. If you talk to him, the "discovery" noise from the Zelda games will play.

Link sleeping

Submitted by Fryguy64. Thanks to The Mushroom Kingdom for the screenshot.

Booster's Toybox

Reach the top room of Booster's Tower where you have to hide behind curtains to avoid Booster and his Snifit Apprentices. In the room is a toybox full of dolls.

Aside from the dolls that Booster plays with, there is a doll of Samus Aran from the Metroid series.

It has been suggested the other unused toys may be from other Nintendo games.

Booster's Toybox

Submitted by Fryguy64.

Sleeping Samus

Before you complete Land's End, head all the way back to the Mushroom Kingdom and sleep in the castle's guest room.

When you wake up, head to Princess Toadstool's room and check the bed. Samus Aran from the Metroid series is sleeping in the bed, resting before her battle against Mother Brain.

Samus sleeping

Submitted by Fryguy64.

Hinopio's Sci-Fi Collection

Hinopio's Inn can be found deep within Barrel Volcano. Head to the rightmost corner of the Inn's lobby area, and you will find three scale models of futuristic vehicles.

They're not just any ships though. They are the Arwing from Star Fox and the Blue Falcon and Fire Stingray racers from F-Zero.

Hinopio's Collection

Submitted by Fryguy64.

Guerilla & Chained Kong

The enemies Guerilla (JP name: Donkey Yung) in the Forest Maze, and Chained Kong (JP name: Barrel Kong) in Barrel Volcano are based on Donkey Kong, specifically the Donkey Kong Country CGI model.

When you use Mallow's Psychopath ability on a Guerilla, it says "Don't confuse me for someone else!"

In Bowser's Keep (second time), a Guerilla throws barrels at Mario down a series of platforms, in reference to the original Donkey Kong.

Guerilla

Submitted by TV Eye and danipepino.

Culex

Monstro Town has a locked door that can only be opened with a special item known as the Shiny Stone. Behind the door is the hardest battle in the game with a demon known as Culex and four elemental crystals.

Culex is based on similar boss battles in the Final Fantasy series of RPGs, developed by Square (developers of this game). The three songs that play during your encounter with Culex are also taken from the Final Fantasy series.

Contrary to popular opinion, Culex is not from an actual Final Fantasy game. He has been designed to look like boss characters from the series, but it does not appear in any game other than this one.

Culex

Submitted by Fryguy64. Thanks to The Mushroom Kingdom for the screenshot.