Review: 'Super Mario RPG' – A retro role-playing game for the Switch


Nintendo's very first Mario role-playing game is back with a remake. In order to save Princess Peach, the plumber has to work together with his arch-enemy Bowser, of all people. — Photos: Nintendo/dpa

BERLIN: Most video game fans probably know Mario from jump’n’run, fighting or car racing games, but the Italian plumber has also been around for a long time in the world of role-playing games.

Since 1996 to be precise, when Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars came out. Now with Super Mario RPG for the Switch console, Nintendo is reissuing Mario's very first foray into the genre.

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