Editing Super Mario RPG (section)

== Release ==
In Japan, ''Super Mario RPG'' sold 1.47&nbsp;million copies, making it the third highest-selling game in Japan in 1996.<ref>{{cite web |author=The Magic Box (The Webmaster) |date=October 31, 2006 |title=The Magic Box: Platinum Game Chart, Japanese Console Games Sold Over One Million. |url=http://www.the-magicbox.com/topten2.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213230402/http://www.the-magicbox.com/topten2.htm |archive-date=December 13, 2007 |access-date=February 20, 2007 |work=The Magic Box: International Videogame News |publisher=The Magic Box |page=1}}</ref> Its sales in the United States surpassed Nintendo's expectations. For the release in the middle of May 1996, Nintendo shipped 300,000 copies to retailers; Nintendo estimated [[sell-through]] of more than 200,000 units within one month on shelves. A company representative said that it was "on track to easily exceed our 500,000 target, and it may easily become a one million seller by the end of this calendar year".<ref name="200k">{{cite web |author=Staff |date=June 20, 1996 |title=US RPG Demand Surprises Nintendo |url=http://www.next-generation.com:80/news/062096b.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970606055014/http://www.next-generation.com/news/062096b.html |archive-date=June 6, 1997 |access-date=February 6, 2021 |work=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]}}</ref> By August 24, it had been the most-rented game in the United States for 14 weeks straight.<ref name="rentals">{{cite web |author=Staff |date=August 24, 1996 |title=''Mario RPG'' Tops Rentals Again |url=http://www.next-generation.com:80/news/082496g.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970419014216/http://www.next-generation.com/news/082496g.html |archive-date=April 19, 1997 |access-date=February 6, 2021 |work=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]}}</ref> It became the sixth-best-selling game of 1996 in the United States.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Famighetti |first1=Robert |title=The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1998 |publisher=[[World Almanac|World Almanac Books]] |year=1997 |isbn=0886878217 |page=259 |chapter=Top-Selling Video Games, 1996 |quote=Source: The NPD TRSTS Video Game Tracking Service, The NPD Group, Inc., Port Washington, NY; ranked by units sold |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/worldalmanacbook00slwo/page/259 |chapter-url-access=registration}}</ref>

''Super Mario RPG'' was the last SNES game released by Square in America, with ''[[Treasure of the Rudras]]'' and ''[[Treasure Hunter G]]'' as the last games released in Japan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mackey |first=Bob |date=May 13, 2016 |title=How an Unexpected Pairing Gave Super Mario RPG a 20-Year Legacy |url=https://www.usgamer.net/articles/how-an-unexpected-pairing-gave-super-mario-rpg-a-20-year-legacy |access-date=June 1, 2019 |website=USgamer |language=en |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323000312/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/how-an-unexpected-pairing-gave-super-mario-rpg-a-20-year-legacy |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Super Mario RPG'' was released on [[Virtual Console]] for [[Wii]] in Japan on June 24, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/vc_smr/index.html|title=Japanese Virtual Console list - June 2008|date=May 30, 2008|website=nintendo.co.jp|publisher=Nintendo Japan|access-date=January 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080722125823/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/vc_smr/index.html|archive-date=July 22, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> It was released for the first time in Europe and Australia on August 22, 2008 on Virtual Console for Wii, as part of the third Hanabi Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/super-mario-rpg-hits-europe-vc/1100-6196792/|title=Super Mario RPG hits Europe VC|last1=Anderson|first1=Luke|date=August 26, 2008|website=GameSpot|access-date=June 28, 2017|archive-date=September 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929233038/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/super-mario-rpg-hits-europe-vc/1100-6196792/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vooks.net/hanabi-festival-returns-super-mario-rpg-arrives-in-australia/|title=Hanabi Festival returns - Super Mario RPG arrives in Australia|last1=Vuckovic|first1=Daniel|date=August 21, 2008|website=Vooks|access-date=June 28, 2017|archive-date=September 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930035519/http://www.vooks.net/hanabi-festival-returns-super-mario-rpg-arrives-in-australia/|url-status=live}}</ref> (a period in which several games not previously available in Europe are released on the Wii's Virtual Console).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wiiloveit.com/Home/news/games---hanabi-festival-3-brings-super-mario-rpg-to-europe|title=Hanabi Festival brings Super Mario RPG to Europe|last1=White|first1=Billy|date=August 22, 2008|website=Wii Love It|access-date=June 28, 2017|archive-date=September 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930015558/http://www.wiiloveit.com/Home/news/games---hanabi-festival-3-brings-super-mario-rpg-to-europe|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was released on Virtual Console for Wii in North America on September 1, 2008, with the distinction of being the 250th Virtual Console game released in that region.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/09/01/wii-kly-update-september-1-2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080903163223/http://wii.ign.com/articles/906/906885p1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 3, 2008|title=Wii-kly Update (September 1, 2008)|date=September 1, 2008|website=IGN|access-date=May 9, 2022}}</ref> ''Super Mario RPG'' was released on Virtual Console for [[Wii U]] in Japan on August 5, 2015,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/201507/29084533.html|title=『スーパーマリオRPG』と『ダウンタウン熱血物語』がWii Uバーチャルコンソールで8月5日配信開始|date=July 29, 2015|magazine=[[Famitsu]]|language=ja|access-date=January 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731160926/https://www.famitsu.com/news/201507/29084533.html|archive-date=July 31, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> in Europe and Australia on December 24, 2015, and in North America on June 30, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ign.com/articles/2016/06/29/super-mario-rpg-releasing-for-wii-u-virtual-console-this-week|title=Super Mario RPG Releasing for Wii U Virtual Console This Week|last1=Dornbush|first1=Jonathon|date=June 29, 2016|website=IGN|access-date=June 28, 2017|archive-date=September 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929233145/http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/06/29/super-mario-rpg-releasing-for-wii-u-virtual-console-this-week|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/super-mario-rpg-heading-nintendo-wii-u-virtual-console-christmas-eve-1534318|title=Super Mario RPG heading to Nintendo Wii U virtual console on Christmas Eve|last1=Skipper|first1=Ben|date=December 21, 2015|website=[[International Business Times]]|publisher=[[IBT Media]]|access-date=December 21, 2015|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222081404/http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/super-mario-rpg-heading-nintendo-wii-u-virtual-console-christmas-eve-1534318|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vooks.net/aussie-nintendo-download-updates-2412-holiday-special/|title=Aussie Nintendo Download Updates (24/12) - Holiday Special - eShop News from Vooks|last1=Wassenaar|first1=Troy|date=December 23, 2015|website=Vooks|access-date=June 28, 2017|archive-date=September 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930035758/http://www.vooks.net/aussie-nintendo-download-updates-2412-holiday-special/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was also packed into the [[Super NES Classic Edition]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Orry |first1=Tom |last2=Cryer |first2=Hirun |title=SNES Classic Edition Black Friday Deals - How to Buy a SNES Classic? SNES Classic Release Date, SNES Classic Reviews, What Games are Included? |url=https://www.usgamer.net/articles/01-02-2018-snes-classic-mini-release-date-price-games-pre-order-everything-we-know |website=USgamer |publisher=[[Gamer Network]] |access-date=January 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531011734/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/01-02-2018-snes-classic-mini-release-date-price-games-pre-order-everything-we-know |archive-date=May 31, 2019 |date=November 23, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> A remake for Nintendo Switch was released worldwide on November 17, 2023.