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NXpress Nintendo Podcast #20: Revisiting ‘Super Mario RPG: The Legend of the Seven Stars’
What do you get when one of the best RPG game developers in the world decides to make an RPG starring the most recognizable video game character in history? What you get is one of the most acclaimed video games to have ever worn Super Mario’s name. This week we sit down to discuss Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, an adventure/role-playing title created by Squaresoft, most known at the time for SNES RPGs like Final Fantasy III and Chrono Trigger. Before that, we discuss Super Mario Maker, amiibo, and the possibility of Nintendo moving on to the movie business. All this and more.
Episode Playlist:
00:00: Intro
00:10: Nintendosage: Super Mario Maker, Pokken tournament and more30:00: Super Mario Maker commercial
31:00: Super Mario RPG TV commercial
32:00: The Main Event: Review of Super Mario RPG: The Legend of the Seven Stars
60:00: Super Mario RPG theme song by Kojo Kondo
61:00: Outro
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