bastards, bring it here to the states as well? I mean why the delay & not only that, I still dont understand why we dont get rondo of blood for the wii despite it being released on psp & virtual console in japan

Null-Python

The first 2 Paper Mario games are among my favorite games of all time. The little that I've seen and played of this one didn't appeal to me in the same way (partly because of the slightly more obvious final fantasy influence), but I'm still excited to give it a good try on something that isn't an emulator.

FreakyFavabean

I already have it on Super Nintendo, but I'd download it again! SMRPG is one of my top 5 favorite games of all time!

Kado

Nice going for the PAL! I'm not big into RPG (except for Chrono Cross, which I love!), but I think I will pick this up when it reaches US shores.

Well, come to think about it. Maybe I'll wait till a slow moment arrives to play through this. These RPGS demand too much attention to my gaming ADD.

nflsonic

This game is awesome. Lucky me, I still have the cartridge. Just played through it a couple weeks ago.

Chanthas

At Ad-hominem, Mr. Luke Plunkett is right.

Mario RPG is my favorite game of all time. I played the game on an emulator...I stopped playing after 15 minutes. There's just something about emulators that just suck the fun out of playing an original...(controllers, console, etc.)

Dr.Chocobo

You know? I never did like this game back in the day. Maybe I'll pop it in the SNES and try it again.

Wolfers

Holy Fucking Shit. I think you PAL owners haven't had a chance to play this?

PAL owners BUY THIS NOW.

Dr.Chocobo

When I heard about the Wii's old school DLC, I thought of three games: Earthbound, Chrono Trigger, and Earthbound.

Please oh please oh PLEASE bring this to North America ASAP...

-M

Figgnuts

@Placentasaurus: What do you mean translate? The English version will do just fine...I bet it'll even be the censored version too.

ヨシダさん 25

If you take away the isometric platforming attempts, this game is damn near perfect.

Release it in the US now please...

ncsbert

Finally we europeans get something good before you americans!

Yas

Gotta love Super Mario RPG, even if it introduced the now-tiring concept of Bowser getting temporarily overthrown by some new super-villian you'll never see ever again.

Kyattsuai

YESSSSSSSSS release it in the US. Pleeeeeease.

dynendal

i hope this comes in the US. i think the kid would be into it since he's been playing pokemon for years and he digs mario. i've still got it on SNES, so i might have to dust it off and work on my bowser claw shooting....

is donkey kong country out on virtual console yet?

jfx316

Well, I must say it's sure nice to hear kind words from Americans regarding a PAL release. Here's to hoping you get the same luck with this title.

Oh yeah, I'm feeling the love right now.

DwerG

@hansamurai: I second that. The Paper Mario series bored me to tears.

alienorgy69

@aeonpulse:

Solution; Buy one of those cheapo generic USB controllers.
Open it up and wire up the contacts on that controller to the contacts on an old snes controller (preferably a broken one, so as not to destroy a perfectly good one).
Then plug your pc into an old crt television.

Now play all those games, that you can't find on ebay, like you were playing them on an original console (although it is nice to have your save games on the original cartridges).

khdownes

@aeonpulse: Get a bluetooth dongle and a wiimote driver. There's your nostalgic feelings.

atoxic

Thank God for the Homebrew region changer!

Marios_shadow

@HomerSapien: Thank you kindly for recognizing how screwed over we got in the past for game releases. I hope you get your NTSC Virtual Console version sooner rather than later.

LokusT

I like this game, but always had problems with the isometricness of it all. Really hope it comes to the US soon, though!

ArgentAngel

Heh. If it comes to the US, maybe I'll finally get a chance to play it (emulators don't count, plus when I did use one, it wouldn't save the game for me for some reason).

Yes, I know...I suck for missing out on it. -_-

Saint Anima

If/when this finally releases over here, I'll finally make my first VC purchase. One of the best RPGs ever!

ImmortalArbiter

@Ad-hominem: emulators? yeah, great for those hard to find titles you love to play, but tapping away at a keyboard in front of a pc monitor never comes close to re-creating that nostalgic feeling.

if this ever hits the US virtual console market, i'll *definitely* need to get my hands on one of those club nintendo super famicom wii controllers.

aeonpulse

I recently started playing the Super Mario RPG for the first time since my sister's boyfriend brought over the game cartridge. I just need to fight the last boss but right now I'm busy trying to finish up the last world of Super Mario Bros 3 and fight the last two bosses in Metroid Prime 3.

I thought it was an easy game with simple but fairly enjoyable combat mixed in with some refreshing and light platforming and puzzle solving and I appreciated the level up system since it doesn't force ya to spend the time to level up every character separately.

The only part that really bothered me about the game was a part of the frustrating vine climbing section.

Killer7

I'm sure SMRPG on the VC in North America can't be too far off, but I don't need it since I still have the original on the SNES! I still haven't beaten it, yet I'm so close! I don't know when I'll ever have enough free time to pick this game up again with school AND work.

dawimp523

Oh PAL stilll have plently to bitch about, but now they have another thing to rub in our faces. Grats to the PAL people for getting a CLASSIC!

trogam

Now it needs to get released in the US along with Earthbound....please NOA?

neoepochx

Great news for PAL folk! Mario RPG is one of my all-time favorites. I still have a couple of those NP Frogfucius t-shirts lying around and often wonder why his character was never used again. :(

Elly

So some Shiryu fella said in the original Hanabi Festival thread that the Apocalypse would strike the day SMRPG landed on the Euro VC.

I think I'd better go play R&C: Quest For Booty right now, before the Apocalypse gets here, or I may miss my chance.

jallen

@Ad-hominem: It's never the same. Never.

Luke Plunkett

Good game, never really enjoyed the Paper Mario series though, should have stuck with the original ideas IMO.

hansamurai

I would pay $30 to play this in America..

pcgecko85

Nice to hear that the PAL reigons are finally getting the game, but when will it come to the US? I would buy the hell out of this.

Seems like with some of the VC stuff Nintendo's been going backwards with where they release their stuff. Interesting.

arazzor

Cool, good for Europe, probably. But is it the American or Japanese version? Or did they actually translate it? I can't really imagine Nintendo caring enough to translate any VC games into any language. Didn't Sin and Punishment still have Japanese menus? If it did, then they are lazy, lazy bastards, and there was no point of making it available in the first place. Also, why a limited time? Shit don't make sense.

Placentasaurus

Wow. I'm astonished that you've never owned an emulator, Luke.

That said, I didn't like it that much. It was okay, but nothing special. Just a pretty generic RPG with a few good, and a few really lousy mechanics, with a Mario skin slapped on it.

Ad-hominem

My thoughts in real-time:

Super Mario RPG Hits...
*Yes, yes! Finally coming to the Virtual...*
[PAL] Virtual Console
*NOOOooooooo!*

Oh well, I guess I shouldn't complain. The PAL regions deserve it.

HomerSapien

Oh wow. I'm totally hoping for a Stateside release. I'm instantly sold.

strawberrycream

@RonCey:

Agreed. Super Mario RPG has always been a jewel among gems to me.

NeoAkira

effing love mario rpg. wasted most of fifth grade playing and re-playing it.

mondeparfait

omg. this was the first rpg I ever played. I was like 8. and its the only one I have ever liked. must have it in our american wii's now...

DannKnee

....

PAL has NOTHING to complain about.

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Okay, LESS to complain about.

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Nevermind.

vid3oman64

Better than Chrono Trigger.

Yeah, I said it.

RonCey

0_0

When will WE get it?! Good to see them not get the shaft, though.

Fallen_Reality

...and where is this in the US?

This one actually surprises me, I guess Square didn't have much rights on it, despite having developed it.

If this pops up, it's an instant DL for me.

Dragoonkin

I want to blow 8 dollars on that. Please NOA. Please.

Blind_Evil

@FreakyFavabean: nice. i'll have to bribe the kid with maybe getting it for him if he does ok in the first weeks of school. the DK:C games were a great series. i really wouldn't mind playing those again.

jfx316

@Placentasaurus: Sin and punishment wasn't translated because it didn't need it. All of the menus were in Japanese and English. They just didn't release it here because N64 was already done with.

So we get the original S&P release that the Japanese got and it's all in English.

Netnavi

hurry and cough that up for us in the states.
i've been waiting for it since 5 minutes after i understood what virtual console was.

this game is the only rpg i have ever enjoyed, personally.

snowlock

For those complaining about emulators, I say this: Playstation to USB converter. Best $11 I ever spent. Plays SNES and PS1 games like a dream. And no crappy circular d-pads that are all too common on generic game pads to deal with. I've beaten MMX1-3, Star Ocean, and Secret of Mana with this. No control issues whatsoever. I originally beat SMRPG on the SNES, but I've been replaying it since using emulators. I love making save states before all my favorite parts in the game (Axem Rangers and Culex, anyone?)

Anywho, emulation aside, I'm glad to see SMRPG finally go to the PAL territories. This is IMO one of the best RPGs of all time. The more that get to play it the better, I say. It's too bad that the Paper Mario games decided to focus less on the RPG aspect. I don't think the world shall ever see a game quite like SMRPG. It certainly hasn't for the past 12 years.

Akisazame

@jfx316:
Yes, yes it is. DKC 2 and 3 are, too. Best 2D platformers ever created, rivaled only by the Super Mario World games, in my opinion.

FreakyFavabean

@ Figgnuts:

Those three, but I also added Secret of Mana in to that mix. I'll always love that game, too.

Highlar

*remembers that he USED to own the cartridge...*
;_;...

Goddammit NoA, Release it here NOW!!!
I want my nostalgia crack

deft0k

im actually happy fpr PAL

mascot1063

Fantastic game! Hopefully we can get it soon too!@RocketShoes83: Great point! There's lots of Mario characters that have yet to be brought into the Smash Bros. universe!

alphonse610

I'd pay $25 for this.

crunks

Personally, I love my wired Xbox 360 controller. It's USB, so you can plug it right into your PC. Just download the XBCD drivers and you're good to go. It works great.

Arteen

@RocketShoes83: *PERFECT (sorry everyone the little fanboy demons comin out..)

Patticus

Yes!, I have seaside town as a ringtone, I think I'm gonna listen to it now. ^_^

Patticus

So then we'll probably have this on Monday.

Kamakazie

Where was Geno in Super Smash Bros Brawl? Would have been a perfect fit...

RocketShoes83

Straight up, I've played through this a good 40 times or so. I loved this game to death as a kid.

Destrado

@Netnavi: Which is amusing, considering all the cutscenes are in English voices, with Japanese subtitles.

Dragoonkin

@mascot1063: You and me both. The awesome "Super Mario RPG" and "Chrono Trigger DS" coming out in the same year for PAL. I'm extra happy because they got shafted on this the first time around.

Parsifal

@Ad-hominem: Thing with emulators, is I never finish the games I play on them. Not sure why. Having a console there makes me much more likely to return to it before, I don't know, my computer crashes and the memory gets wiped.

Another reason why I never finished Chrono Trigger, Tales of Phantasia, A Link to the Past...

I always wanted a Super Nintendo when I was a kid and PC just somehow couldn't cut it.

sir_carrot

The first time I skipped school was the day this came out. I was still in drivers education so I had to take the bus to the mall to buy SMRPG and had a day of gaming bliss.

It was the first game I remember to use real time timing commands in a turn base battle system. I need to replay this since I haven't played it since '96.

iamspoo

I paid $3 for the cartridge version. Quite a good deal for a good game.

shichi

it's on my "list of games to re-play" on my psp

karaquazian

wow
could nintendo really be listening to what players want? I guess we will see when north america gets it....and battletoads.....and (insert your favorite retro game here)

Foam24

this is an awesome awesome game. do want

maraxusofk

And there I thought we'd never see an SE RPG title on VC. They don't want to remake that like CT?

Nirual

Bought the cartridge months ago. Don't you guys import? Yeesh

honeymustard

@Mrrix32: I think Chrono Trigger is longer, unless I'm mistaken you guys in Europe never got that game.

Wirbelwind

I think this could be the longest US -> UK delay ever. We've had to wait 12 years for this game :P

I can only think of 3 games that came out here before US for the Wii. Mario Kart Wii, Wii Fit, Mario Football (or soccer or whatever you call it)

Mrrix32

In the immortal words of Tim and Eric Awesome Show: Great Job
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Great Job!

Thorax

i've heard all sorts of good things about it, but i think if they dont translate it, i possibly will not buy it either.

its hard playing a game (esp RPG) that you just dont understand

Mr.Sad

So someday soon there may be a reason to plug my Wii in?

Oomingmak

Thank you thank you thank you thank you!
I have the Homebrew Channel, but I'm still buying this.
It should have been released in PAL regions in the first place! :)

PokeParadox

Ok, now I'm getting a Wii.

Pombar

Once i have this and Majoras Mask, i will be one happy chap.

Strong Arm

I'm still waiting for the rider which says this doesn't apply to Australia for some reason.

Chadders

being part of the PAL region sucks a little less today

SansSanity

One of my favorite RPGs EVER!

psychobaka

Thank you! Now where did I put my classic controller...

Retropants regrets nothing

Anyone up for a laugh should head over to the Gamefaqs messageboard for the Wii console. Loads of little american children are PISSED they didn't get it first.

ISChris

Ironically I've been playing this RIGHT NOW on my SNES emulator! Good times. :)

jeremyschultz

I have a SNES to USB controller extension that's awesome. $20, works perfectly, and is the best thing I've found at re-creating nostalgia. I actually bought it specifically to replay Earthbound, after downloading a bunch of music from the game.

Oh, and I remember paying $60 for the original Mario RPG cartridge at Wal-Mart. I also had a $10 coupon from Nintendo Power to sweeten the deal. Back then I couldn't even imagine something as nice as the VC. You kids have it lucky.

MIGGO

Shit! I was praying for this for months! Then I stopped.

Better late then never, though.

Bernard McGraw

I really want to play that again. I might be better off getting a SNES off of Craigslist and then getting the game on ebay. PAL is not my pal right now.

JustJake

@jeremyschultz: Omit "emulator" and you got what I've been doing since college started. Superb game.

zgrowler2

YES YES FUCK YES, I Microsot won't let me download Force Unleashed yet but nuts to them Nintendo have finally pulled their finger out. I need to download this now.

Anto103

I'll take the high road with this announcement, once again declare my hatred of just about everything Square, and then add that I played the *hell* out of this game. The only game by them I ever liked but I liked it a LOT.

Karlott

@MIGGO:
OMG Me too.. it was a choice between SMRPG and some little kid's PDA organizer thing that i'd been lusting after.

Needless to say, I picked the game. We were on vacation, and I read the manual at least 50 times on the car trip back home. Royally cheesed my dad off too because I played that thing non stop for a week.

Karunamon

And now to find a Wii.

blackadvent

dont you think nintendo did this to see the reactions of americans?

just to amp up the want so they can guarentee sales when/if it does hit in north america

Good news! Its a supository.

SMRPG friggin rocks. I still have the SNES cart stowed away somewhere -- that and DKC.

Toasticus

I awoke this afternoon from a really crappy dream about not being allowed to sing along to my favourite band, and when I switched on my laptop it told me that my version of Vista was an illegal copy, which it just isn't. After I managed to get online and saw this news, it cheered me right up and I left the house immediately to get some Wii points. Once in a blue moon, it seems, Nintendo show they still kind of love us.

Bernard McGraw

This is a very strange turn of events... Nintendo giving Europe something they want.

I'm suspicious.

Nintendo's planning something.

Oh and to all people who were worrying about this disappearing like Mario 2 did;

"This and all Hanabi Festival titles will remain in the Wii Shop Channel even after the Festival has ended"

So I can wait untill my brother gets a GC controller... I am REALLY suspicious of Nintendo now though. What's next?

"Super Smash Bros Online Patch released!"
"Nintendo have announced they will be holding a special conference of their own called "Hardcore Autumn" to apologise for E3, and they have fired Cammie for gross fanboy negligence"

FanBuoy

@pcgecko85: It's because of people like you that VC pretty much sucks right now. Why should there be any Final Fantasy or Chrono Trigger in VC when they can resell it for a lot more in retail and some other platform (like DS)? Good going.

gencid

@mondeparfait: 6th grade for me!!!!!!

KristenBal

The game is already in Japan as well, so we'll probably see it sometime soon.

Or, at least until I figure out his Wii Homebrew deal *shifty eyes*

Xagest

Maybe now I will finally be able to get more than 77 jumps on mario's combo

dren

@atoxic: That'd be great if it was that easy.... most of the ones I've seen require scripting, and lack a bit o functionality.

Human Bomb

This is on my must have list. Release SMRPG and Zombies ate my neighbors and I'll have nothing to complain about with VC!

Nintendo should have released Geno in other games. The most bad-assed character ever!

MonkeyBiz

<3

hotgarbage

I got into the video game business a little late, my first console was a Playstation so the Virtual Console helps me play titles I'd never have a chance to otherwise.

I think the only reason we have this is that Sqaure is too busy with Chrono Trigger and everything else they're doing to remake it.

FanBuoy

You know, I got a Wii largely for the virtual console, and THIS game and Tetris Attack are what I wanted most. WHY DOES JAPAN GET TO HAVE THEM!?

MPSai

@Parsifal: Now you just need to have Earthbound on that list and the world will be at peace.

neoepochx

Only VC game I want is right there. GIMME GIMME GIMME!

Ryodestined

@MonkeyBiz: Wow, come to think of it, I'm kind of surprised they didn't drop Geno in SSBB. That would have been awesome.

Toasticus

please NOA!!! where is mother 1 & 2 with this game!!!

Mj92

WAAAaaaanntt.. This game is like 200 dollars on ebay, so it's about time this came out on the VC... Let's just get for the rest of the world now! It's not like they have to recode it or anything.

Herabec

best game evar

Nick Kostalas

@hansamurai

Guess you never played this game because you referred to it as Paper Mario. It is definitely NOT paper mario. That kinda talk will get you lynched amongst us gamers ^_^

Gnutslinger

Anybody that hates this game hasn't play it or they just sucks.

ShadowScale