The Legend of Mario's First RPG: A Look At Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars 25 Years Later

The Legend of Mario's First RPG: A Look At Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars 25 Years Later
September 20, 2021

By Ryan Porzl

For over 40 years, Mario has been one of the most recognizable and greatest characters in video game history with the character has been in one classic after another. However, while most associate Mario with side scrolling and platforming games, fans were treated to a different Mario in 1996 when Mario made his debut in a Role Playing Game or RPG. That game would be Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars which saw Mario form alliances with new characters and even familiar faces including his archenemy in an attempt to retrieve seven magical stars and to defeat a new threat to the Mushroom Kingdom. With the 25th Anniversary having come in Spring 2021, it's time we take a look back at Mario RPG, one of Mario's best games. This article does contain spoilers.

Somewhere in the Jungle

Dragontown

Happy 20th Anniversary to the Alice Cooper album Dragontown. An underrated album

Guns N' Roses - Estranged

Not only a great song but I like the music video even though it's cheesy. Like I said years ago, I love the concert footage because the song sound sad at times and the footage is from their June 26, 1993 concert in Germany which was the last time this song was not only played on the Use Your Illusion tour but the 2+ year tour ended a month later on July 17, 1993 and I remember the band saying they never wanted the tour to end because they knew when it did, the band was over. In a way, knowing when the footage takes place and the sound of the song, it feels like the end was near.

Guns N' Roses - Yesterdays

Guns N' Roses - November Rain

One of the greatest songs/ballads of all time. As mentioned, the music video was inspired by the short story "Without You" which was written by GnR's road manager and Axl's good friend Del James. James later added it to his book of short stories called The Language of Fear which Axl wrote the forward to.

Guns N' Roses - Don't Cry

Happy 30th Anniversary to Guns N' Roses two albums Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II. Like I pointed out years ago, lot of interesting notes on this music video as it was shot after Izzy Stradlin left but before Gilby Clarke was hired. The tombstone spot is incredibly ironic as it says Axl lived to be 28 years old and while thankfully he and the other band members lived beyond that, the same couldn't be said for guest vocalist Shannon Hoon (who appears in the video) as he passed away of an overdose at 28 in 1995.