The Super Mario RPG sequel would originally be unveiled at the 1997 SpaceWorld event, where fans were treated to an early concept trailer. Kingdom Hearts showed that Square could still win the crossover game even without Nintendoįor Nintendo, losing Square was a major blow, but far from a death knell for Mario's new foray into RPGs. Five years after Final Fantasy VII, Square would enjoy crossover success once more with a new dance partner, Disney, as the two parties would join forces for the worldwide phenomenon known as Kingdom Hearts. Square would continue enjoying success with the Final Fantasy series, while also putting out games in the Chrono Trigger and Mana series. Nearly 18 months after the release of Super Mario RPG, Square put out what some would argue is the company's opus: Final Fantasy VII, a game that spanned three CD-ROMs and would have been impossible to run with the Nintendo 64's cartridge-based media. For Square, the result was some of their best work ever made, which led to a boom period that continues to carry the company to this day. Square would instead partner with Sony, creating games for their new PlayStation console. In order for Square to branch out creatively, they had to turn to a newcomer to the gaming space: Sony.Īfter the release of Super Mario RPG, Nintendo and Square ended their working relationship. Therefore, as noted by 'The Gaming Historian' Norman Caruso, Square saw the inherent restrictions of working on cartridges as an insurmountable hurdle. With the Nintendo 64 also set to run on cartridges, a Super Mario RPG sequel would likely require another herculean effort on Square's part to surpass what they had put together in the original game. As noted earlier in the week, Square went to painstaking measures to make Legend of the Seven Stars work on a Super NES cartridge. It was considered the Super Nintendo's greatest swansong and the striking visuals for the time showed why. Super Mario RPG released 25 years ago in Japan (May 1996 in North America), roughly six months before the debut of the Nintendo 64. But if Super Mario RPG was such a hit, then what happened? Why did the sequel never materialize? The answer involved gaming's next generation. As explained by DidYouKnowGaming, former Squaresoft President Hisashi Suzuki approached Nintendo about putting together a sequel before the original game ever hit shelves. The relationship between Nintendo and Squaresoft looked to be solid at first. Unfortunately, it never wound up happening, because within the next year, Nintendo and Squaresoft would part ways. For Squaresoft, it was one of the developer's first major successes in North America. For Nintendo, it successfully opened a brand new avenue for one of its biggest characters. Over the past week, we've taken a look at the game's origins, the world, the story, the stakes, the characters, the relationships, and the various ways it made history in the Mario series. There has been much about Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars that is worth celebrating.
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