Super Mario RPG Reviews

Super Mario RPG is ranked in the 93rd percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
8 / 10.0
Nov 22, 2023

A delightful, updated experience that is still full of SNES-era charm that both new and veteran players will enjoy.

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8 / 10.0
Dec 10, 2023

Super Mario RPG is a delightful little remake that adds a lot of quality of life updates to the combat especially, that remains as fun as ever. Despite some dated aspects that strangely remain, and a choppy framerate at points it's still a great experience for all ages.

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80 / 100
Dec 15, 2023

Super Mario RPG is one of the few remakes that can practically speak for itself; it’ll get hold of you and somehow keep you going for the sake of finding the next part of the story. It’s a well-done remake in just about every sense, from the environments to the different enemies, while maintaining that infamous Mario silliness through it all. The only downside is that there will definitely be a lot of reasons to do it, and voice acting would’ve made this release a star in its own sense.

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4 / 5.0
Dec 14, 2023

Super Mario RPG Remake is extremely faithful to the original game, with the biggest changes in the form of reworked graphics and a rearranged soundtrack. Featuring fun mini-games and a lovely story full of adorable characters, the game will surely captivate more fans while allowing returning players to enjoy the story of the seven stars once more.

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8 / 10.0
Dec 26, 2023

While feeling more “evolutionary” instead of “revolutionary” overall, this enriching Mario journey is still as memorable as ever, and makes a terrific swan song for the Switch.

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4 / 5
Jan 2, 2024

I loved every minute spent in the cozy, quirky world of Super Mario RPG, bopping to the remastered music, smiling at its humor and hijinks, timing battle actions, and enjoying my time spent with its memorable characters. I may have been left wanting a little more, but kudos to Nintendo for bringing back this updated classic, warming the hearts of fans worldwide, and bringing generations together to experience the charm and wonder of Super Mario RPG.

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Nov 20, 2023

Super Mario RPG really gave characters like Princess Peach and Bowser some much needed depth, and we’ve seen it carry on in various games for generations, so if you haven’t experienced it yet — Super Mario RPG is definitely worth your time especially as we get closer to the highly anticipated remake of Thousand Year Door.

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7.5 / 10.0
Nov 15, 2023

Consider Super Mario RPG as a textbook: if you want to know how Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi were born, you're in the right place. If you're looking for a great Mario RPG, you'll find an outdated game.

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7.5 / 10.0
Nov 22, 2023

Super Mario RPG is a fun if not short RPG adventure with Mario and friends at the helm. It mixes together a colorful and interesting world with fun interactive RPG elements. Whether you're replaying this game from the SNES or experiencing it for the first time you should have fun.

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7.5 / 10.0
Nov 21, 2023

Super Mario RPG is a faithful remake of the 1996 classic, which adds several new gameplay features and some welcome quality-of-life updates. While the revisioned graphics, sound, and music are amazing, the storytelling is still very basic with a challenge that is somehow easier than the Super Nintendo original. However, if you can stomach the price, which is a bit high considering the overall package, there’s still a lot of fun to be had here.

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7.5 / 10.0
Nov 26, 2023

Super Mario RPG delivers an enjoyable experience that will charm most fans of the mustached plumber, but is unlikely to be remembered as a unique experience in the long run. Cool humor, an interestingly crafted world, a good soundtrack and gameplay improvements are definitely upsides to the revamped RPG, but the afflictions of the past still inflect today's gaming experience.

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GameCentral
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7 / 10
Nov 15, 2023

An excellent remake of a historically important game, that often gets forgotten. The price is off-putting but beyond that this is a breezy and charming adventure that's perfect for RPG neophytes.

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Nov 15, 2023

Super Mario RPG isn't necessarily an improvement over the 1996 version, but it's at least a more approachable experience for kids.

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KiKiToes
Top Critic
7 / 10
Nov 15, 2023

Super Mario RPG is a great remake. The game is atypical and very old school, but has enough quality to give it our full attention, especially since the improvements are numerous.

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6.5 / 10.0
Dec 12, 2023

Super Mario RPG is an excellent example of why developers' remakes that reshape and, for some fans, “adulterate” the original experience. This conservative relaunch exposes an adventure rendered archaic by time, unable to escape direct comparisons with its spiritual and effective successors and to come out on top in them for once. Not without new features, the adjustments made in this remake orbit around the major problems of this RPG instead of addressing them. Without the substantial changes that Square's source material deserves, the game's positives are tarnished by the frustratingly easy combat and the uninteresting, disjointed story and world. Ultimately, Super Mario RPG is an obvious recommendation for fans of the original version and for anyone who wants to discover a little piece of Mario's history and his first steps in the genre; Since the global experience is so ambivalent, I don't dare go any further.

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Dec 4, 2023

"Easier and shorter than the original."

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Jeremy Penter
Top Critic
Buy
Nov 17, 2023
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A-
Dec 1, 2023

While it may seem like I have a lot of complaints for someone who started off saying I probably like the game more than Robert overall, I did genuinely enjoy this remake. I had a ton of fun with it, and it was so cool seeing one of my all-time favorite games back on the screen in a new and different way. I also made a conscious effort to try to not constantly compare the remake to the original, to give it the fair shake it deserves outside of the shadow of such a well-loved classic. But unfortunately for the remake, the original is a well-loved classic for a reason and it set an extremely high bar to try and reach, let alone surpass. And it’s honestly difficult to entirely separate the two games. While I loved the Super Mario RPG remake and would recommend that both long-time fans and newcomers play it, I can’t say that it quite met the bar its predecessor set.

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Nov 20, 2023
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Recommended
Nov 15, 2023

Super Mario RPG is legitimately one of the best video games ever. The original is timeless, and the Switch remake excels at updating the experience to a definitive sheen while retaining all the personality and memorable moments.

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