Super Mario RPG for Japan's VC

Super Mario RPG for Japan's VC

On Japan's official Virtual Console page, Nintendo has announced that Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars will be available for download sometime this month.

Good news for fans of the game, of which there are many. When Nintendo Power conducted a poll for Virtual Console requests, Super Mario RPG featured highly in the results.

Note however that this doesn't necessarily mean it's coming to the US. The same goes for PAL regions, where the original was never even released. Keep those fingers crossed.

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Nintendoof said:

Whoohoo! This will up the chances though.

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Infidel said:

Well I still have my original copy for the Super Nes, but if you are not so lucky like me to own it, this is a great game and certainly worth the low price on the VC.

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Diddy Kong Lover said:

Yay! Bring to US now. Add Super Mario Kart and the Mario collection is near completion.

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Wii Decimates All said:

Well it does greatly increase our chances. Most of the games on the Japan VC are also on the US so hopefully we will get this considering how high it ranked on the poll. I'd say it's a sure thing.

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Toadette Fan said:

I only got to play this game for one day, I borrowed it from a friend and it stopped working the next day. I hope it comes to VC. Please, Nintendo, don't make us beg even more.

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BrAwL said:

I might get it. It matters by how soon Earthbound is released.

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YoshLee said:

Wonderful news but one problem for me - I DON'T LIVE IN JAPAN! Gosh Nintendo saves all the good RPGs for Japan (Mother 3, Fire Emblem games not released etc).

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Master Foot said:

It's about time and it better be released worldwide if Nintendo knows what's good for them. I enjoyed this game more than Paper Mario for GCN and still do. I just wish that there was an International version with harder secret bosses and end secret dungeons. "Omega Weapon is immune to Ultra Jump!".

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Monkeylemur said:

Whoa~ now this is news, seems US at least has a chance of getting it now. I wanted to try this game so badly.

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jskrdude said:

I checked prices for Super Mario RPG on ebay and my jaw dropped.

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Dark Star said:

Thank goodness. My original copy got destroyed (don't ask the details, just know it involved a black Labrador Retriever). Now after all these years there is a chance I can find it on the virtual console.

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Son Ninja said:

This game is a masterpiece in every way. Nintendo is not stupid enough to not release this game in the US. The same can't be said about Secret of Mana and Chrono Trigger though, those games are published by Square and will likely never be on the VC due to Square being greedy with remakes these days.

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