List of Mario role-playing games

Mario role-playing games
Genres	Role-playing game
Developers	Square, Intelligent Systems, AlphaDream
Publishers	Nintendo

The Mario franchise has inspired a variety of Mario role-playing games (RPG) to be released on multiple Nintendo video game consoles. All the games feature Mario as the protagonist, who is often accompanied by one or more playable characters, including existing Mario characters and original characters introduced in each game.

The first game to introduce RPG elements into the Mario franchise was Super Mario RPG, developed by Square and released in 1996 for the Super Famicom and SNES. The game does not have a direct sequel. Considered to be its thematic and spiritual sequels, two successive RPG-themed Mario series, the Paper Mario series and the Mario & Luigi series, followed conventions established in the original. The Paper Mario games were developed by Intelligent Systems, a subsidiary of Nintendo, and are renowned for their distinctive visual style, which consists of two-dimensional paper cutout characters moving about in three-dimensional papercraft worlds. The Mario & Luigi games were developed by AlphaDream, another subsidiary of Nintendo, all of which appeared solely on handheld consoles. The most recent entries in each series are the Nintendo 3DS games: Sticker Star and Paper Jam. The game Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam is a game in the Mario & Luigi series featuring characters from the Paper Mario series.

Standalone

Title	Details
Super Mario RPG Original release date(s): ^JP March 9, 1996 ^NA May 13, 1996	Release years by system: 1996 – SNES
	Notes: Subtitled Legend of the Seven Stars in North America

Paper Mario series

Title	Details
Paper Mario Original release date(s): ^JP August 11, 2000 ^NA February 5, 2001 ^EU October 5, 2001	Release years by system: 2000 – Nintendo 64
	Notes: Originally titled Super Mario RPG 2 in early development Known in Japan as Mario Story (マリオストーリー).
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Original release date(s): ^JP July 22, 2004 ^NA October 11, 2004 ^EU November 12, 2004 ^AUS November 18, 2004	Release years by system: 2004 – GameCube
	Notes: Known in Japan as Paper Mario RPG (ペーパーマリオRPG)
Super Paper Mario Original release date(s): ^NA April 9, 2007 ^JP April 19, 2007 ^EU September 14, 2007 ^AUS September 20, 2007	Release years by system: 2007 – Wii
	Notes: Announced at E3 2006, originally as a GameCube title. First Mario game released on the Wii.
Paper Mario: Sticker Star Original release date(s): ^NA November 11, 2012 ^JP December 6, 2012 ^EU December 7, 2012 ^AUS December 8, 2012	Release years by system: 2012 – Nintendo 3DS
	Notes: Known in Japan as Paper Mario: Super Seal (ペーパーマリオスーパーシール) First Paper Mario game to appear on a handheld console.
Paper Mario: Color Splash Original release date(s): ^WW 2016	Release years by system: 2016 – Wii U
	Notes: First Paper Mario game to be released on the Wii U [1]

Mario & Luigi series

Title	Details
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Original release date(s): ^NA November 17, 2003 ^JP November 21, 2003 ^EU November 22, 2003 ^AUS November 28, 2003	Release years by system: 2003 – Game Boy Advance
	Notes: Known in Japan as Mario & Luigi RPG (マリオ＆ルイージRPG)
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time Original release date(s): ^NA November 28, 2005 ^JP December 29, 2005 ^EU January 27, 2006 ^UK February 10, 2006 ^AUS February 23, 2006	Release years by system: 2005 – Nintendo DS
	Notes: Known in Japan as Mario & Luigi RPG 2x2 (マリオ&ルイージRPG2×2) Baby Mario and Baby Luigi (The Baby Mario Brothers) are playable alongside Mario and Luigi.
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story Original release date(s): ^JP February 11, 2009 ^NA September 14, 2009 ^EU October 9, 2009 ^AUS October 22, 2009	Release years by system: 2009 – Nintendo DS
	Notes: Known in Japan as Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! (マリオ&ルイージRPG3!!!) Bowser is playable.
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Original release date(s): ^EU July 12, 2013 ^AUS July 13, 2013 ^JP July 18, 2013 ^NA August 11, 2013	Release years by system: 2013 – Nintendo 3DS
	Notes: Known in Japan as Mario & Luigi RPG 4: Dream Adventure (マリオ&ルイージRPG4 ドリームアドベンチャー) Known in Europe and Australia as Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros.
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Original release date(s): ^JP December 3, 2015 ^EU December 4, 2015 ^AUS December 10, 2015 ^NA January 22, 2016	Release years by system: 2015 – Nintendo 3DS
	Notes: Known in Japan as Mario & Luigi RPG Paper Mario Mix (マリオ＆ルイージRPG ペーパーマリオMIX) Known in Europe and Australia as Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros. Paper Mario is playable alongside Mario and Luigi. This is a crossover between both series of Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi.

References

1. Miller, Ross. "Paper Mario Color Splash Wii U Announcement Release Date". The Verge. Retrieved 3 March 2016.