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[Robin64]

Edit: It's up! Go get it, folks.

I seldom post a thread for VC news, but Super Mario RPG!

It will be released in Europe as part of this week's eShop update on December 24th.

Merry Christmas, folks!

(It's possible the US will get it too, but the PR for US updates comes later in the week)

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES), Nintendo – £5.49 (€7.99)

The Mushroom Kingdom faces a new threat when a giant sword falls from the sky and lays chaos upon the land. Mario must gather a crew of unexpected allies to take on the nefarious Smithy Gang! Before Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi, the first Role-Playing Game featuring Mario was this celebrated collaboration between Nintendo and the makers of Final Fantasy, Squaresoft (now Square Enix). Many players hold fond memories of the witty dialogue and colourful characters like Mallow and Geno. If you own this title on your Wii, perform a system transfer from your Wii to your Wii U to receive a special upgrade price. This is the US version of the game.

 

[LewieP]

This is a good game.

 

[Broken Joystick]

 

[Calvero]

This is awe-

Europe

FUUUUUUU-

 

[vocab]

Buy the only mario rpg that matters.

Who do you think you are, Bruce Lee?
You can't just go in there with your fists flying!

 

[Heartfyre]

I believe this is the first time it released in PAL territories?

 

[Robin64]

I believe this is the first time it released in PAL territories?

It released on the Wii, too, for 800 points.

 

[KZXcellent]

Best Mario RPG that introduced the best character.

 

[BasilZero]

An amazing game.

I highly recommend it to any fan of RPGs and Mario.

 

[Heartfyre]

It released on the Wii, too, for 800 points.

I guess I missed that memo. Won't make that mistake twice.

 

[Mr Swine]

One of the finest Square RPG's ever made. Still sad that there hasn't been a sequel to this

 

[Putosaure]

- Bonus ! -
Dark filter on the visuals !

 

[TheMoon]

I believe this is the first time it released in PAL territories?

No, came out in 2008 in Wii VC everywhere.

It released on the Wii, too, for 800 points.

900 points. (Hanabi Festival) Import tax. Something that thankfully doesn't exist anymore.

- Bonus ! -
Dark filter on the visuals !

No, not on SNES games. Let's not make VC worse than it is.

 

[SatoAilDarko]

One of the finest Square RPG's ever made. Still sad that there hasn't been a sequel to this

Don't some of the key members behind this title work on Mario and Luigi and Paper Mario?

 

[Piccoro]

This is awesome! This is the only game I have left on the Wii side.
Now I'll just pay the fee and transfer it to the Wii U side! No more will I need to boot the Wii mode!

Edit: Wait a minute. Is it possible to use the save data from the Wii mode on the Wii U mode? I'm too far in the game and I haven't finished it yet...

 

[w3bba]

I guess it was a good decission to order a Wii U just yesterday B)

 

[LewieP]

Don't some of the key members behind this title work on Mario and Luigi and Paper Mario?

I don't know whether this is the case, but both those series have a lot of the same spirit as this.

 

[Jucksalbe]

Edit: Wait a minute. Is it possible to use the save data from the Wii mode on the Wii U mode? I'm too far in the game and I haven't finished it yet...

No.

 

[Shahadan]

Never played it for some reason. I guess I should.

 

[eXistor]

Good game overall, but honestly my least favorite Mario RPG. I just hate the look, so drab.

 

[NotLiquid]

Holy shit yes

 

[themagicalkitsune]

Eesh, might wanna zoom out there, pixelated Mario.

 

[llehuty]

The guys at Game Trailers just began doing a full playthrough this week. I'm buying it for sure!

 

[MulderYuffie]

Congrats to those in Europe who still have yet to play it fantastic game!

 

[bman94]

Only 3 months till NA gets it!

 

[Rymuth]

My very first RPG and the one game that introduced me to the genre. An absolute gem of a game and I was gutted that we never had a follow-up.

Never could get into the Paper Mario games :/

 

[ash_ag]

Fitting tie-in with Geno's debut in Smash.

 

[JoeM86]

A Square-Enix game on the Wii U outside Japan. Woop.

 

[Jonneh3003]

You can complain that it's only Europe but we waited 12 years to get this game localised. Give us this one!

 

[-shadow-]

God bless Shibata!


I imagine America is all like:

You can complain that it's only Europe but we waited 12 years to get this game localised. Give us this one!

We already got this game on the Wii Virtual Console though back in 08 I believe.

 

[jiggles]

Did FFVI ever come out on the Wii U eShop?

I thought I'd see that waaaay before this.

 

[TheMoon]

Did FFVI ever come out on the Wii U eShop?

I thought I'd see that waaaay before this.

There are 0 Square Enix games on the Wii U VC in the West. And that will remain so because Square Enix doesn't give a fuck.

This is a Nintendo-published game.

 

[Robin64]

Did FFVI ever come out on the Wii U eShop?

I thought I'd see that waaaay before this.

Only in Japan. This is the first Square-Enix developed release in the west, and even then they didn't publish it.

 

[JoeM86]

There are 0 Square Enix games on the Wii U VC in the West. And that will remain so because Square Enix doesn't give a fuck.

This is a Nintendo-published game.

It's a shame. The Japanese one has so many games like Secret of Mana.

I want Secret of Mana

 

[Faustek]

Not that I doubt you but where is the papers? :|
Can't see shit and I can't imagine every fanboy outlet missing it.

God bless Shibata!

Yepp

 

[matrix-cat]

So there's no need to worry about the 50Hz Demon with this, right? If it was never released in PAL land back in the day it should be 60Hz goodness for everyone.

 

[papertoonz]

just coming to say

GODESS SHIMOMURA this games sound track is amzing and if you haven't play this game before, play it is a really good jrpg

 

[tesqui]

What the hell is up with NA? Why can't we all get the same shit

 

[Robin64]

Not that I doubt you but where is the papers? :|
Can't see shit and I can't imagine every fanboy outlet missing it.

https://twitter.com/NintenDaan/status/678878894368407552

 

[Faustek]

https://twitter.com/NintenDaan/status/678878894368407552

I'm taking that.
Wonder how much the upgrade will cost

 

[TheMoon]

So there's no need to worry about the 50Hz Demon with this, right? If it was never released in PAL land back in the day it should be 60Hz goodness for everyone.

When no 50Hz version exists, they can't give you one. The Wii VC version was also 60Hz obviously. The only reason they give you 50Hz is language options anyway and since it's English-only ...

What the hell is up with NA? Why can't we all get the same shit

Because the NA PR for eShop releases comes out Thursday so there's no point in complaining today.

I'm taking that.
Wonder how much the upgrade will cost

€1.50 like every other SNES game.

 

[Jonneh3003]

So there's no need to worry about the 50Hz Demon with this, right? If it was never released in PAL land back in the day it should be 60Hz goodness for everyone.

To create the authentic PAL experience Nintendo completely redid the game in 50Hz, it makes the whole Virtual Console experience far less jarring.

Spoiler

I wouldn't put it past them

 

[TheMoon]

To create the authentic PAL experience Nintendo completely redid the game in 50Hz, it makes the whole Virtual Console experience far less jarring.

Spoiler

I wouldn't put it past them

You mean you wouldn't put it past SEGA who actually did this shit? (Pulseman)

Don't make it worse than it is.

 

[Morfeo]

Everybody needs to grab this, such an amazing game!

 

[RagnarokX]

One of the finest Square RPG's ever made. Still sad that there hasn't been a sequel to this

My very first RPG and the one game that introduced me to the genre. An absolute gem of a game and I was gutted that we never had a follow-up.

Never could get into the Paper Mario games :/

The Mario and Luigi games are sequels to this. They're made by the same development team and they use very similar battle mechanics. In Japan they're called Mario and Luigi RPG.

 

[DownGrader]

To create the authentic PAL experience Nintendo completely redid the game in 50Hz, it makes the whole Virtual Console experience far less jarring.

Spoiler

I wouldn't put it past them

Does it feature giant German subtitles, though?

 

[RiggyRob]

Sweet, I guess when I'm back home I'll splurge a little and go for Super Mario RPG, Paper Mario and Paper Jam Bros.

 

[Chastten]

Sweet, might get it. Any word on pricing?

 

[Alpha_eX]

I don't know whether this is the case, but both those series have a lot of the same spirit as this.

Paper Mario was originally called Super Mario RPG 2 during development.

This is one of my favourite games, I think I'll pick it up if there is no 50/60hz style gimpage.

 

[Jucksalbe]

Sweet, might get it. Any word on pricing?

€7.99, like (almost) all SNES games.