Super Mario RPG Is Getting A Remake This November, And It Looks Amazing

It looks beautiful!

Oh my ***** God.

Never played the original, so this'll be a great place to start!

So happy right now. This was a dream game I never thought would happen, AND NOW IT IS.

I am so happy to see Super Mario RPG return. Such a great game. Also, this unironically increases Geno's chances of being added to the next Smash.

I was just considering playing this through again and I’m glad I waited.

Too bad, that this was leaked, would have been a nice surprise. I never played Super Mario RPG. Is it good? I only played Paper Mario 1 - 2, and the first 4 Mario & Luigi RPGs.

HOLY CRAP I CANT BELIEVE IT. This is much much better than simply releasing on NSO. I could cry.

OMG! OMG! OMG! The child in me is so so happy!

Kind of wish I hadn't seen the leaks because I'm thrilled either way but if this had completely blindsided me I might have screamed. Cannot wait.

I'm SO Hyped for this. I was just hoping for a NSO version but this is wonderful! I was starting to think it would never happen, being the issues with it being a Square game etc.

@RareFan YES. Its incredible. Very different to Paper Mario (plays a lot more like other Square SNES RPGs), I think I might like it even better... though Thousand Year Door is hard to beat.

I played the original back on the Wii virtual console. Good times. Looking forward to the remake.

for the Love of God Nintendo PLEASE remember you can make fun and interesting menus

@RareFan It's very much in those same vain though not one-to-one with either. Both the first Paper Mario and Superstar Saga were very clearly made with the intention of trying to be follow-ups to it but put their own spins on it, while it steers closer to what you'd expect of other SNES-era Square games.

Feel like if you like those you'll definitely like it.

Thank goodness, we needed a new Mario RPG.

Almost fell out of my chair from cheering so much when this game was revealed. I am so ready for this.

I need this game NOW!!! I hope they made the Yoshi race a bit easier to finish this time.

one of my favorite games of all time. I go back and replay it once a year or so. It's like going back to a good book. I can burn through it in three or four sittings. Never gets old.

another remake 😢 I would have loved a brand new Super Mario RPG

On a day of Final Fantasy XVI reviews, I was not expecting Nintendo to come along and blow my mind, yet here we are! 😀

So this is why it's not on NSO

Its about time it get's remade

This looks absolutely gorgeous amazing to see this classic live again ^__^

would rather have the original but I won't say no to that soundtrack

The only thing in this Direct that got me excited.

Visuals are great but I don't see any reason to play this over the original unless there's some new content and/or gameplay enhancements.

I have never played this game before so I think I might consider this, but I might purchase the game very late as my main priority is for 3rd party kids games.

My wish has come true. Geno and Mallow are back, can't wait for this.

Well I know what I’m getting soon.

I am so happy for this because the internet will now shut up. Never enjoyed it as a kid but willing to try again as an adult.

Sooooo happy to see this be a thing. I can't wait for it!

Did not expect this, I thought they were done with RPG Mario. So, sweet!

One of the best highlights in the Direct.

@Ryu_Niiyama No they won't. It'll kickstart the geno for smash rumors all over again!!!

it has been a long time since i played this game on the snes i had forgotten most of it so i will get this new game..

I never beat the original! I left off somewhere in Smithy's castle. Safe to say I'll finally be beating this game.

Very excited to finally play this. Day One but I think

mario rpg new 2d mario and star ocean were my highlights of this direct..

I look forward to playing it, though I'm a little disappointed the models are squished like the OG sprites.

This certainly explains why the original never appeared on NSO. I'm pretty stoked with this news! Certainly looking forward to it. I expected them to have it be like an HD2D game though if they were going to remake it (which itself I never expected), but I'm still pretty stoked with the game as it is.

I have mixed feelings about this. It sort of looks like a dated game wrapped around a pretty exterior, which is a little off-putting for somebody who hadn't played the original.

This might be one of very few Mario games that I end up skipping, but I'll give it another look after the reviews pour in.

I don't care for this style of game but wow it sure does look nice!

Most exciting part of the show imo. Never played the original but heard good things about it.

THANK YOU NINTENDO and SQUARE ENIX!

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

I just hope they don't make it too easy for the new generation who can't handle challenge. This game gets pretty difficult later on and I love it.

Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes x1000

I just completely gave up on ever seeing the game properly acknowledged again. Knowing that it's being revisited was the exact jolt of excitement I needed

Don't know if this has increased the chances of a sequel or not, but I'm happy to see this regardless

Yeah, this is a Day One purchase for me. Love the original and this looks gorgeous.

The only thing that would make this better is if somehow they gave the option to play both the remake and the original.

Day 1 buy, for me. Between this and Super Mario Bros Wonder, we're in for a busy holiday.

This is a properly done remaster. They maintained the entire core essence of the original and just made it look better and more fun.
I usually pass on remakes especially when I own the original but I will throw down on this for sure.

great job, Big N

Shut up and take my money

Holy moly!!!!!! i want this now.
This game and the new Mario Wonder, mannnn refreshing!

I hope Culex looks exactly the same as in the original.

But yeah the best part of the direct for me was seeing Peach sitting in the flowers and I was like oh. It's coming to nso... and then... wait a minute, and it got the new coat of paint and I lost it.

Looks interesting. I've never played the original but I know it has a dedicated fanbase, so congratulations, I guess. Maybe this could open the way for a sequel...?

Does this mean there’s a chance of an official sequel?

Fantastic direct for Mario fans 10/10

This was the Direct winner for me

one more comment to make. I was devastated to read that the rumored "SNES classic remake" was going to be 2DHD Chrono Trigger (rather than a full 3D remake similar to Trials of Mana) - which would have been horrible. So to see that the rumor was false and that THIS was the SNES classic being remade - well, my soul practically leaped out of my body.

and I mean...just look at it. Yet another instance of a full proper 3D remake being the preferable option. I don't know if I'd care about this nearly as much if they had gone with 2DHD sprites/environments.

I don´t like RPG games...but this game is GREAT. I´ll buy. BUT...... if this game is $60...I won´t.

But who's handling this version? And more importantly, will Yoko Shimomura return to compose/remix the music?

EDIT: Miss Shimomura confirmed.

My life is complete.

They better not remove the casino from this. We've already had the Game Corner from Pokemon taken from us.

YES, SUPER MARIO RPG LETS GO!

Also did anyone notice the percentage gauge in the bottom left of the combat screen? Wonder what that will be used for?

@Sisilly_G The original has aged pretty well all things considered.

This one made me really happy. Hopefully 7 Stars will be next!

I was excited just thinking it was coming to NSO, this is AMAZING!

I was fist bumping myself to this one. 2d mario October, mario rpg November. I'm shook

@RareFan It is quite brilliant, there's weapons everywhere that change how your attack timing works based on what they are. They're usually objects or something silly. Game Grumps played this and they forgot to explore, so they missed half the weapons. Do try to experience the world if you hop in.

Also one of those people who never played the original. This is as good as a brand new game to me. Very cool.

Never played it and now finally I am able to!

Very excited about this remake! I only played a little of the og.

Hell yes! The absence of Mario RPG on the nso makes sense now.

Looks like a pretty good indicator most development has moved onto something else, some nice stuff but pretty low key stuff from Nintendo, and pretty much ports of older types of games.

Should keep us all busy until the Switch 2 is announced, and great to know most development will be focused on it.

The only game that interested me .. but as I already own it and completed it, on my snes mini.. it would have to be a decent price.

If they sell it for full price. They can go jump.

I played the original on Wii. It was the first time that this game was available in our region. I wonder who is developing this remake.

This looks really nice, really good graphics here, and I'd love to play it on Switch again, so I'm happy! That took me by surprise, glad they did remake it.

Although, after seeing that, I was thinking about a TTYD remake of some kind. Maybe there is some hope for that in another year? Perhaps?

So that's why they were so mute about this game. My god, I didn't planned to buy another game this year to get into my backlog and Zelda, looks like I'll have to get a couple more. Day 1!!!

i hope that they toned it down with the Remake when it concerns Smithy because in the original game, they made the whole boss battle against Smithy way too damn tough.

Even if you knew what you were doing to fight Smithy, he was still tough to fight

There were rumours about this but I still can't believe it. Looks incredibly faithful and amazing. Definitely a day 1 purchase.

Looks great! They've even got it running at 60fps, both in-game and... in the FMVs?!

I'm so happy. I prefer this to Paper Mario (not to take away anything from that game.) Hopefully we see another a sequel at some point. Oh, and if we can get Earthbound next, that would be great

As a Mario fan I've never played the original. For sure gonna pick this one up looks great.

This announcement stole the show. About time. I hope it intiates further games in a series of Super Mario RPG games looking into the future more distantly

Best announcement of the direct, in my opinion. Super Mario RPG is one of the best games I've ever played and my favourite of all the Mario RPGs by quite a significant margin. I can't bloody wait for this!

Omg!!!!!! Shhshshhdhdjfj I can't.....believe this is real. What timeline are we in???? Grown man on the verge of crying over here

Obviously this is a confirmation for Geno in Smash fighters pass 3!!!

/s

Sometimes a game is so hyped up over years of Nostalgia, that there's no way it can live up to that hype, and you end up underwhelmed when you finally get your hands on it.

This is not one of those games. Believe the hype.

Can't wait to see this beautiful boy in HD

Looks lovely but will probably be for me next year.

@Stamina_Wheel you and another ten thousand people XD

Explains why they hadn't released it for NSO yet.

Squeenix wanted to maximize profits off of it, and we reap the benefits this time.

In fact, this Summer Direct had a lot of lovely Squeenix gems. I've been wanting to play Star Ocean 2 for decades, ever since I watched the incomplete anime adaptation, but I've never been a PlayStation owner… Glad it was the next game to get the HD-2D treatment!!!

And I'm going to buy that DQM game regardless of its quality if only to remind Squeenix that the west LOVES DQM games. We're still waiting on that localization for Terry's Wonderland and the Marvellous Mystery Key — but they'd need upscale those remakes now to Switch. That can't be too hard though!

@k8sMum It is strange they dropped the sub title “The Legend of the Seven Stars”.

@PlasmaticSnake As opposed to the original that is very mature? I mean, sure, this is more colourful but it's mainly because the SNES had a very limited colour palette. The original uses captured pre-rendered sprites similar to Donkey Kong, it is not pixel art. I don't see why anyone would ever prefer it over this which is rendered at runtime and is incredibly faithful, but to each their own I guess.

Nintendough proving they are the leaders of innovation by show casing all these brand new games... What's that? It's all remakes and sequels? Oh... Rip new ideas.

This is the greatest announcement of my gaming life. This was one of the last great games in the SNES lifecycle for me. Oh my goodness–I cannot wait!

I never got the chance to play this but I've been waiting for a true paper mario sequel for years. I'll settle for finally playing it's predecessor instead, hopefully this is them reviving it as a sub-ip of Mario!

@drewber2635 Same, bruh, same

I wasn't expecting much from this year's Nintendo Direct but this is the best news i could have hoped for..... Other than squenix remaking, or at the very least remastering, Vagrant Story.

A fantastic game. If it's cheap (ha) I may buy it to avoid needing to get my SNES and original copy out of storage...

Already preordered Mario RPG and Wonder with that Two pack pass.

I would never ever ever EVER have expected Nintendo to remake SMRPG. HOLY F****** SH*************** HYYYYPE

$79.99 in Canada? Lol.. that’ll be a no then.. I’ll just play original again and imagine graphics.

It's a darn good time to be a Mario fan.

I'm glad the rumors were true. I guess this explains why the original, was never added to the SNES App via NSO.

Awesome news! Still it does not covers the lack of a new Mario & Luigi game. I hope one studio can pick from where alphadream left.

All of this awesomeness makes me think this is some big, late April Fool's Day joke.

I personally think Super Mario RPG is extremely overrated so this doesn't really do anything for me, sorry

Man, what a way to start off a trailer for this game. I suspect it was their intention, but I sincerely thought, "Okay, cool, Mario RPG for the SNES NSO." And then they hit you with the glow up!

I'm not entirely sure how I feel about translating everyone's "toyetic" proportions into HD, but I appreciate the art direction aiming for that feeling where our minds filled in the gaps of antiquated graphics back in the day.

Excellent. Kept hoping one day for NSO of it, but this is even more intriguing. They really did keep their cards close to their chest here.

Just as a historical note, I believe the SNES version of Super Mario RPG launched at $75 in 1996 (USA).

@PlasmaticSnake But it is not pixel art, it's basically a screenshot of a 3D model and then downsampled. Pixel art implies it's basically made in 2D pixel by pixel. Anyway, semantics aside, the game is gonna be amazing.

@Greatluigi I don't know...it doesn't have any counterpart in the original, and that concerns me, but I don't see anybody talking about it yet. You're the ONLY "find in page" result for "percent" here right now, at least.

I love this game, one of the first RPGs I ever played. Totally not feeling like this is a $60 game though. I assume Nintendo is publishing it rather than Square, which means it'll never get a super sale

One of my favourite games growing up and I can't wait for my nieces and nephews who finally have their own Switch systems to play this! Also really hope they announce a collector's physical edition for preorder soon!

It looks great, but I hope there's some new content. If it's just the same game with a fresh coat of paint, I'll stick with my SNES cart.

this snes version of the game was also on the snes mini..

@RareFan but this is the first Mario RPG.

@HaroGenkide It's a classic that hasn't really seen any proper re-releases. So it's great that they bring it back like this.

Also I love Nintendo remakes, they don't change the gameplay much but they bring the presentation up to date. The Link's Awakening remake was also wonderful.

Wish SquareEnix would take some pointers from Nintendo.

This it the kind or remake I have been dreaming about for the Final Fantasy games. Not complete reboots that changes the entire genre of the game.

@Manxman64 Yea Earthbound and Mario RPG not being on NSO is pretty annoying. Since the 3DS shop is closed down the only other legal way to play them is to buy an actual SNES copy which is like $80-$100 for Mario RPG and $300-$400 for Earthbound.

I literally just jumped in place with both fists pointed to the sky

@Gravitron but... Earthbound is on NSO?

@Manxman64 You are correct I thought it was just beginnings.

@Quarbit @RudeAnimat0r Yup. I hope it is in the $40 Metroid Prime HD range and not the $60 Link’s Awakening HD range. 😊

I remember a few years ago, I imagined the Switch could recieve a remake of Super Mario RPG one day, but in a style closer to Sparks of Hope in that it was less faithful and more artistically inline with the recent Final Fantasy games. This isn't exactly that, but it's still a surprise announcement that promises some fun time revisting this SNES gem.

And yeah, Geno is back.
GENO IS BACK!!!!!!

@DwaynesGames It's $60. It's already up for pre-order on the eShop.

@RudeAnimat0r Gotcha. Thanks!

Link and Mario must have higher pay rates than Samus. 😉

I’ll wait for reviews, but will probably end up looking for a used copy. 😊

I think I screamed when I saw this! I have been wanting to play this for the longest time and it looks Devine! I can’t wait.

And if they’re bringing this back, only only a matter of time til they bring TTYD back.

I like to hope that if sales for this are as high as I think they'll be, that maybe finally we can get a proper sequel. Maybe we journey to help Geno with more issues on the star road, or something else completely new. Geno deserves his time to shine! Mallow too!

@TheJGG It's in my top 3 of favorite games of all time. You will LOVE IT. The music alone is so incredible.

Do we know if Square Enix are involved in the development this time around?

i played it on the snes back in the day even though i have the snes mini have not played it yet..but this being updated i will get this game hopefully it will have a physical release..

$60 on eshop so i am thinking it will get a physical release as well..

Am I the only who noticed how in this game and in the new 2D game Mario seems like he has no neck?

Not that he's ever been scrawny, but it seems weird now. Am I crazy?

Geno is all part of the plan, the PLAN, the only plan that matters...

HE'S NINTENDO's gatekeeper to the Money press!!!

This, the new 2D mario and wario ware are easily the best announcements of the year to me. Super stoked to revisit super mario RPG. haven't played it since i beat it on virtual console on the Wii! first time i ever got to play it!

This looked incredible and the leakers were right again, this was the SNES remake they mentioned.

Also same release day as Persona 5 Tactica 😬, going to be busy that weekend.

@Uncle_Franklin THAT, YES.

Squaresoft and Nintendo finally bury the hatchet. I never thought I'd see the day.

@RareFan Not to be a p****, I really mean it: what's the point of reading leaks if you feel they spoil your surprise? I understand that you can come across a leak by mistake, but I usually just steer clear of sources that spread them, and I manage to stay blissfully ignorant 99% of the time.

This has long been my favorite ever Mario game, as weird as that sounds. I even named my first car Boshi because it was fast and had a bad attitude. This game had the best graphics on all of SNES and a top 5 soundtrack. I never could do those 100 jumps in a row though. It'll be fun to play that beetle shooting minigame on the same console where I've played Mushihimesama.

Mario RPGs are saved! Comeback arc starts now!

@k8sMum Um, this game is "7 Stars". The remake just doesn't have the "Legend of the Seven Stars" subtitle, for whatever reason.

This was a shocker. I was really excited about the news but I actually have no desire to play this game again. I loved it, played it once back in the day and I think that's enough for me.

I'm ecstatic for those that have never played this and can play it with a new lick of paint. Cheers!

@Eggolor
Yeah, I had a D'oh moment there. I have PTSD and sometimes my memory is non-existent. Or else I just forget where I put it.

Had great fun memories with the original game on Super Nintendo. Since I rarely play RPG games, this was something that was special and really enjoyed playing. This looks beautiful and very happy this is coming for Switch. Exciting how this was announced, since the other day, I wondered if Nintendo would ever do a modern remake of Mario Paint which was a beautiful fun and creative gem on the SNES.

Oh happy dagger!

@Bigmanfan we will never stop

The first jrpg back in 1996. Forever changed me and my taste in videogames. Glad they just didnt release it in NSO (although that would have been enough for me). They are treating this with respect. Reading the comments I can see some of us share similar experiences. This game open the JRPG floodgates for many unsuspecting children. Can't really put into words how grateful I am to nintendo and square for doing this. Heck! I will buy everything from them from now on because of this

I did not expect this at all, but it's just piling on for the direct. It's such a wonderful, odd game that captured a bizarre time in gaming. I'd love to get that feeling again.

It's always my backlog that suffers.

Cannot wait for this, especially as EU only got this through the Virtual Console, the upgrade looks brilliant, but hoping to finally finish the game as always got to one Boss that I could never beat

With this release, the top 20 SNES games will now be on Switch either in original or remaster/remake form.

...except for Chrono Trigger.

I hope this means we are getting a sequel!

Im thankful for it happening... but it's already a perfect game that doesnt need any improvement, and there are other games that could use remastering and remakes more than this one.

Looks awesome. Thankfully it's a short wait all things considered.

For anyone who might not know this game, it's basically Final Fantasy Lite with Mario. It's nearly a perfect mix of Super Mario charm (and even some platforming!) and Final Fantasy combat, character growth, and epic story. It's not a deep, complex game like FF7 or other, newer RPGs, but it's got buckets of charm, hilarious dialogue, a wonderful soundtrack by Yoko Shimomura (of Kingdom Hearts fame) and is just a wonderful game overall.

I'm beyond excited about this. Super Mario RPG was my favorite game since it launched in 1996 until just recently, when Tears of the Kingdom begrudgingly had to take the crown for awhile... Will the remake win it back?

Also, this will be my chance to do the two things I never managed in the original - 100 Super Jumps, and that crazy jump in the Bean Valley to the vine with the other hidden item (Rare Scarf, I think). Both of these things must be done!

@Anti-Matter
what
I get it, your main priority is "Third Party Kids Games" and, to each their own, no judgement here, but...
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST JRPGs OF ALL TIME PLAY IT

But seriously, this is a joke. Play what you wanna play!
But might I reccomend "What the Golf?"