Super Mario RPG: Legen of the Seven Stars, released as simply Super Mario RPG (スーパーマリオRPG, Sūpā Mario Ārupījī?) in Japan, is a hybrid adventure/console role-playing game, developed and published by Square (now Square Enix) and Nintendo. Nintendo first released the game on March 9, 1996 in Japan and on May 13, 1996 in North America. Neither Nintendo nor Square ever released a PAL version.