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Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars director Chihiro Fujioka said that if possible, he wants the final game in his career to be a Super Mario RPG follow-up. The managing director revealed his terminal game wish in an interview with host Ben Hanson on YouTube aqueduct MinnMax while discussing the development of Super Mario RPG on the Super Famicom.

"Aye, I would absolutely love to make i… yeah, then in my career, I've been involved in a lot of games and I would actually like my final one to be another Mario RPG game," Fujioka said in an interview, transcribed by Nintendo Life. Fujioka'south past works include EarthBound, the Mario & Luigi series, and the Final Fantasy series. The managing director didn't reveal exact the plot of the "what if" sequel, only added he'd like to "create a Mario RPG [different from Mario & Luigi] where you're just controlling Mario."

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars was released in 1996 for SNES in collaboration between Foursquare and Nintendo. The plot of the game follows Mario and the gang who must call up the seven pieces of the Star Road afterwards the Smithy Gang invades their world. Since its original release, the original Super Mario RPG was released on the Wii Virtual Console in 2008 and later on the Wii U'due south digital shop in 2006.

The game was also playable aslope xx other games on the Super NES Classic Edition. Unfortunately, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars isn't currently included in Nintendo Switch Online's SNES library.