Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Square-Nintendo collaboration that grafted RPG structure onto a platforming mascot.

Released 1996 Developer Square Publisher Nintendo Platform SNES Genre JRPG Era The 3D rupture Website nintendo.co.jp ↗

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Experience Points and Levels ~~1980~~Hit Points ~~1980~~Isometric Projection ~~1982~~Quick-Time Event ~~1983~~

Directly influenced

Paper Mario ~~2000~~

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