List of Mario role-playing games


The Mario franchise has inspired a variety of Mario role-playing video games 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 role-playing elements into the Mario franchise was Super Mario RPG, developed by Square and released in 1996 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The game does not have a direct sequel. Considered to be its thematic and spiritual sequels, two successive role-playing-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 and are renowned for their distinctive visual styles, and Mario & Luigi games were developed by AlphaDream, all of which appeared solely on handheld consoles. The most recent entries in each series are ' for Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo 3DS game '.

Single role-playing games

''Paper Mario'' series

While the earlier games are considered as traditional role-playing games, newer instalments in the franchise, including Sticker Star, Color Splash, and The Origami King, are less-traditional Role-playing games with action-adventure and puzzle elements, with the exception of Super Paper Mario, which is a 2D platforming game with light RPG elements.

''Mario & Luigi'' series

Remakes