Editing Super Mario RPG (section)

== Legacy ==
''Super Mario RPG'' appeared on reader-selected "best game of all time" lists, such as 30th at ''[[IGN]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://top100.ign.com/2006/021-030.html|title=IGN Readers' Choice 2006 - The Top 100 Games Ever|date=October 5, 2006|work=GameFAQs|publisher=IGN|page=1|access-date=February 20, 2007|archive-date=February 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229102535/http://top100.ign.com/2006/021-030.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and critic-selected "best games of all time" lists, such as 26th in ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=100 Best Games of All Time |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=100 |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |date=November 1997|page=141}} Note: Contrary to the title, the intro to the article (on page 100) explicitly states that the list covers console video games only, meaning PC games and arcade games were not eligible.</ref>

''Super Mario RPG'' does not have a direct sequel but it established conventions for its thematic and [[spiritual successor]]s, the ''[[Paper Mario]]'' series and ''[[Mario & Luigi]]'' series. Nintendo announced a game titled ''Super Mario RPG 2'' for [[64DD]], which was renamed ''[[Paper Mario (video game)|Paper Mario]]'' before its release on the [[Nintendo 64]].<ref name="smrpg2">{{cite web|first=Sam|last=Kennedy|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/first-impressions-super-mario-rpg-2/1100-2450579/|date=August 28, 1999|access-date=May 9, 2022|website=GameSpot|title=First Impressions: Super Mario RPG 2|archive-date=May 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510025819/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/first-impressions-super-mario-rpg-2/1100-2450579/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="smrpg22">{{cite web|first=Shahed|last=Ahmed|url=http://www.gamespot.com/n64/rpg/papermario/news.html?sid=2572399&mode=news|date=May 19, 2000|access-date=September 4, 2007|website=GameSpot|title=Super Mario RPG 2 Japanese Release Date|archive-date=September 29, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929122135/http://www.gamespot.com/n64/rpg/papermario/news.html?sid=2572399&mode=news|url-status=live}}</ref> Themes shared with the original include the use of Flower Points as a shared party resource instead of each character having their own pool of Magic Points, timed action commands during battles, and the collection of seven stars.

Fujioka and Maekawa went on to work at [[AlphaDream]] and worked on the ''Mario & Luigi'' series. Yoko Shimomura returned, having composed the soundtrack for every game. ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' features a cameo of Geno in one of the minigames, and the end credits mention [[Square Enix]] as the copyright holder of the character;<ref>{{Cite video game|title=[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]|developer=[[AlphaDream]]|publisher=[[Nintendo]]|date=November 17, 2003|platform=[[Game Boy Advance]]|level=Little Fungitown / game credits}}</ref> this cameo was removed for the game's [[Nintendo 3DS]] remake.

Various locations and characters from the game appear in the children's book ''Mario and the Incredible Rescue'' released by [[Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite book|last=West|first=Tracey|title=Mario and the Incredible Rescue|publisher=Scholastic Corporation|year=2006|isbn=0-439-84366-9}}</ref> Though his only starring role in a video game was in ''Super Mario RPG'', [[Masahiro Sakurai]] added the fan-favorite character Geno as a [[Mii]] Fighter costume to the crossover fighting game series ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' as paid [[downloadable content]], attributing his inclusion to his matching arm cannon.<ref name="ND Sakurai">{{cite interview | magazine=Nintendo Dream | title=Nintendo Dream | volume=264 | date=February 20, 2016 | first=Masahiro | last=Sakurai | author-link=Masahiro Sakurai | url=https://sourcegaming.info/2016/02/21/nintendodream3/ | access-date=December 11, 2020 | archive-date=January 15, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115123456/https://sourcegaming.info/2016/02/21/nintendodream3/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="SBU Geno">{{cite news | title=Smash Bros. Ultimate makes Geno a Mii Fighter, ending the dream | first=Michael | last=McWhertor | date=December 17, 2020 | work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] | url=https://www.polygon.com/2020/12/17/22187713/super-smash-bros-ultimate-geno-super-mario-rpg-mii-fighter-dlc | access-date=December 18, 2020 | archive-date=January 15, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115123451/https://www.polygon.com/2020/12/17/22187713/super-smash-bros-ultimate-geno-super-mario-rpg-mii-fighter-dlc | url-status=live }}</ref> ''Super Mario RPG'' is among the 21 preinstalled games on the [[Super NES Classic Edition]] in all regions, released in September 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic|title=Super NES Classic Edition|publisher=[[Nintendo of America, Inc.]]|date=September 29, 2017|access-date=September 29, 2017|archive-date=September 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928025849/https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic|url-status=dead}}</ref>