Super Mario RPG Director Would Love to Make a Sequel

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1996 was a big year for the SNES, with lots of trailblazing games and instant classics being released for the fourth generation of consoles. One often overlooked example is Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, but a recent interview with the game's director has led to discussions about a potential sequel.

Super Mario RPG was the first Mario RPG, developed by SquareSoft and directed by Chihiro Fujioka. 25 years on, it is frequently considered the best Mario RPG, and it's no surprise that the director has teased the possibility of spawning a sequel for modern consoles and gamers due to the high level of nostalgia surrounding the classic game.

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In an interview with the YouTube channel MinnMax, Chihiro Fujioka mentioned his desire to direct Super Mario RPG 2, among other things. He elaborated on the origins of the original game, confirming that his experience with coding the action sequences for Super Mario RPG makes it his most «hands-on» game of his career. When questioned about the future of Mario RPGs, Chihiro stated: «In my career, I've been involved in a lot of games and I would really like my final one to be another Mario RPG game, if possible.» Due to the close ties between Fujioka and Shigeru Miyamoto, it is a possibility for the two to discuss a new RPG project

Fujioka had previously worked on other RPGs such as Earthbound, theMario and Luigi series, and also the early Final Fantasy games, but his ambitions for a sequel would be more direct and streamlined for a wider audience. «I would like to go back and create and RPG where you're only controlling Mario,» says Chihiro, hinting at a new storyline and even playstyle similar to the well-aged classic RPG