Square Enix Revives Super Mario RPG Soundtrack With Three New Music Products

I love any time SMRPG gets some love, probably my favorite video game soundtrack of all time. Sorely tempted to get that vinyl set for my brother.

So the soundtrack will be on Nintendo Music soon?

Will buy. This game redefined my gaming life back in 1996 and will forever be faithful to anything they release that is related to it ❤️🥵

@AussieMcBucket : Most likely. Maybe not "soon", but I'd guess within a year.

NICE. Don't care for the remake but I'll always make time to hear some of Shimomura's finest.

@N00BiSH Love me some Shimomura music, can't believe how consistently great she has been all these decades! 🤎

I think I'm gonna just bite the bullet and get it.

PlayAsia will probably be expensive but nowhere the crazy prices people will want on E-bay and Amazon.

Happy Rat Squeaking Noises Intensify

@AussieMcBucket This would be a definate "maybe", since the game is published by Nintendo. But Square Enix clearly holds the copyright of the soundtrack. (otherwise they wouldn't be selling it on their store).

@sanderev The soundtracks for the Pokémon games are slowly, but steadily being released too, and they are also published by Nintendo, but owned by The Pokémon Company/Creatures Inc. I guess the chances are about as likely we'll get the soundtracks on Nintendo Music eventually.

@Pillowpants Pokémon games are a unique thing in the industry, since GameFreak is a 'third' party developer. But basically all games are published by Nintendo. And a lot of stuff falls under the "Pokémon Company".

It's definately possible, but like I said it comes down to Square Enix and their agreement with Nintendo regarding this game.

$112 for a vinyl (before taxes and shipping). I get this is somewhat of a niche product (although the game sold well), but come on. I hate getting milked as a retro game fan.

The music is awesome, so I'm excited and happy.

Already placed my preorder on PlayAsia for the ordinary CD soundtrack. All in all, the remade music met my high expectations, and still exceeded them on a few tracks.

Unfortunately, this makes me wonder if this means the game's OST won't come to Nintendo Music anytime soon, if ever? They could just keep Culex's tracks sealed...

Packaging the original soundtrack with the new and releasing it on CD will get my money every time. The price is right too.

Great OST, very cool they're releasing it like this! Hopefully we'll get it on Nintendo Music someday!

I played this for the first time very recently and it made me want to swear off bloated RPGs for life.

Such a slick, compact, beautiful template for a game. So ahead of its time and full of warmth, heart and DOPE JAMZ.

You can breeze through it in the time it takes Brothership to let go of your hand. I wish Nintendo would look to it’s pace more often to build more short form masterpieces like it.

I might be one of the only of my generation to prefer CDs and avoid streaming services at all costs (I respect if you don't share the perspective, that's just my preferences). It will join my dozens of gaming soundtracks asap! Funny enought, this will be the first Mario soundtrack that I'll own (Wii Mario All-Stars CD excluded).

One of the greatest “ones that got away” for me is that I never bought the official 1996 soundtrack to Super Mario RPG. Back in 2006 it was selling on eBay brand new for about $100, but being just out of college it was just over what I could justify spending. Now it’s more than ten times that amount. Ah well.

I will definitely be getting this box set though. Second time’s the charm!

Why is it so hard for gaming companies to release their soundtracks on Spotify/Apple for streaming? I don't want to spend 60$ on every game's soundtrack and rip the cd...

Definitely adding this to my collection of vinyl records! Now if only I could find Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 for a reasonable price.

Shimomura > Uematsu. Sorry. She's the best, especially when you combine quality with quantity and variety.