While many fans would love to see more Mario RPG games, we’ve seen interest from Nintendo’s side to make them dwindle. While the immediate reaction to this would be to get excited about the idea of an official sequel to Super Mario RPG 2, we, unfortunately, have to put a damper on that excitement. “I think Mario & Luigi is cool, but I would like to go back and create a Mario RPG where you’re only controlling Mario.” “Yeah, I would absolutely love to make one… in my career I’ve been involved with a lot of games, and I would really like my final one to be another Mario RPG game if possible.” He wants to make one more before his career is over, and explained why Super Mario RPG in particular is something he would like to do, through a translator, in an interview with MinnMax’s Ben Hanson. It’s been over 25 years since Fujioka worked on Super Mario RPG, and he would even go on to make different Mario RPGs with the Mario & Luigi series, but the lack of a sequel has left a hole in his resume. This hasn’t stopped fans really wanting a sequel and among those who would love a Super Mario RPG 2 is director of the first game, Chihiro Fujioka. They want an official sequel, but there have never been rumors of it and neither company has done much to remember the franchise besides the occasional easter egg or port.
While Paper Mario is still fantastic, many fans still miss the style and characters of Super Mario RPG. A falling out between Square and Nintendo as business partners resulted in Intelligent Systems picking up the pieces to form the Paper Mario franchise. Unfortunately, Super Mario RPG did not break off into a multi-title franchise. The result? An arguably perfect gateway RPG game for newcomers while also being a fun time for veterans of the genre. With Mario on the cover, it had a much larger appeal to the common person, and with Final Fantasy developer Square Soft at the helm it had plenty of pedigree to pull from. An RPG for the Super Nintendo, it took a genre that was still fairly niche at the time and simplified it so non-RPG fans could get into the genre. However, there may now be hope for another Mario-themed role-playing game.Super Mario RPG is one of the most beloved games ever made. Because its developer filed for bankruptcy, the fate of the RPG franchise remains uncertain. In 2019 the Mario & Luigi developer AlphaDream filed for bankruptcy, citing low profits and high costs as the reason. Unfortunately, several games in the series, like Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey, did not perform as well in recent years. Chihiro Fujioka eventually left AlphaDream in 2015, before the video game developer began to face financial troubles. AlphaDream went on to develop the Mario & Luigi role-playing game series, where players could play as both Mario and Luigi. Now its director is expressing interest in developing a Super Mario RPG 2.Īfter the success of Super Mario RPG, Fujioka and several other members of Square left to form the studio AlphaDream in 2000.
Thanks to its characters' intricate backstories and its replayability, Super Mario RPG is arguably one of the best RPGs of all time. The Mario-themed role-playing video game was developed by Square and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1996. Chihiro Fujioka, the original director of Super Mario RPG, says that a sequel would be better without Luigi.
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