Top 10 Best Super Mario RPG Games

I've played this game at least 6 times, and it's fun every single time I play it. Out of all the Mario & Luigi RPGs, this one is the best. I have no idea how Super Paper Mario got above this. It takes the elements of previous M&L games and makes them better. The reason most people like BiS so much is because you get to PLAY AS BOWSER. The most kickass king in the kingdom. And the artwork/sprites still hold up well today, the interactions between NPCs (although sparse) are great, the battle system is improved, the music is amazing (to say the least! ), and the game is just cool in almost every way possible. If you haven't played this game yet, you need to. Whenever you can. If you don't have a DS, get one just to play Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. 9/10

This feels like the real sequel to Superstar saga. Partner's in Time was great, but this, like the original, was phenomenal.

It also has Fawful as the main villain, marking his return to the spotlight after Mario and Luigi booted him out of Bowser's Castle in the original.

No, Super Mario RPG is underrated by modernists that call it "just a Final Fantasy ripoff/Mario version of Final Fantasy) and Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story's predecessors are even greater than Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time's successors!

This is the best Mario RPG in my opinion. I think Super Mario RPG is overrated and this game gives character development to Bowser. We were also greeted with the best villain in Mario Games.

This is unquestionably a lot better than PMTTYD! Oh, man, this RPG has the best graphics, plot, voice acting & music ever! This game totally rocks! I would give this game an 8.3 score.

Super Paper Mario is my favorite Mario RPG due to being one hell of a groundbreaker, great graphics, non-confusing text, awesome characters, great elements, Princess Peach having a much better role/voice that in The Thousand Year Door & Sticker Star.

The top 1 best Paper Mario game is Super Paper Mario. This game gets an 8.3 score)

The top 2 best Paper Mario game is the original Paper Mario on the N64 & Virtual Console. This game gets a 7.8 score.

The top 3 best Paper Mario game is Paper Mario: Sticker Star. This game gets a score of 4.7 score.

The top 4 best Paper Mario game is Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. This game gets a 2.0 score.

Absolute most underrated game ever. The story alone puts it in the top 10% of all Mario games ever, and music pushes it up to top 2%. With the amazing villains and fun (though somewhat easy) gameplay, and the remarkable 2D 3D flip mechanic, I'd say the only game in the entire Mario franchise that could possible rival this is Galaxy. Definitely tied for my favorite game of all time.

This game is so good! The two best things about it are the music and the story, which are both better than perhaps any of the other RPG games, but it's very close. Sure, it was different with the sidescrolling and such, but don't dismiss it as a normal Mario game, since it still has tons of layers to the gameplay and story that you wouldn't expect from a normal Mario game! Frankly, despite the sidescrolling, SPM is less of a Super Mario game than Sticker Star because of Sticker Star's lack of originality, depth, and RPG elements other than the battle system. Now, some people say that SPM is great and The Thousand Year Door is terrible, which makes me sad, since TTYD is my favorite of all time, but I also love SPM. Everyone is entitled to their opinions, but I see people hating on TTYD for trivial things like Peach's voice, graphics, and such. Give it a chance and appreciate its fantastic qualities! Same with SPM, don't dismiss it as a non-RPG or a terrible sidescroller that didn't ...more

This is perhaps the most underrated game on Wii. More than any other Mario RPG, this game mixes platformer with RPG and the results are incredible. The 2D/3D dynamic also adds a healthy does of exploration into the mix. Like Castlevania: Symphony of the Night or Resident Evil 4, Super Paper Mario is one of those rare titles that manages to blend several genres into something that feels completely unique.

I LOVE THIS GAME. It kills me when people hate on it for trivial things, give it a chance for some of its great qualities that actually matter! If you really can't get into it, that's fine since everyone has different opinions and likes, but at least appreciate why others love it so much...although most people who play this game love it. The story, music, humor, gameplay, originality, bosses, locations, characters, and pretty much everything else are fantastic! This will always be my favorite Mario game even though I love pretty much all of the Mario RPG's for their originality and how immersive they are compared to other Mario games and how immersive they are. That's not to say I don't like all other Mario games though, since I do. Everyone, play this game! Give it a chance if you can't see past an annoying voice or "bad" graphics or whatever, or if you only play "main" Super Mario games-what lies ahead of you is an experience you'll never forget.

Great game, although the backtracking sucks. My favorite Mario RPG along with Super Paper Mario and Superstar Saga.

I really don't understand how anybody could rank this above Super. I mean both are awesome games but something about Super is just so charming. IRTO though

Everybody hates this game because of princess peach. Well, guess what? One charcter isn't enough to make a game crappy.

One of the most unique mario RPG's out there along with Super Paper Mario and Superstar Saga! The story and gameplay is so creative and unique and the dream world concept is amazing! Let's not forget the excellent Antasma! And am I the only one who never had a problem with the tutorials and graphics?

This is such an original and fun game! It's the thrid most original mario game I think. Not only is this game super original and creative, it's super fun to play! Sure tutorials can get annoying but since when did tutorials make a game?

I love this game so much because of how important they make Luigi, my favorite nintendo character. Also, Antasma is probably the best villain in all the RPGs.

Oh how I love this game! It's jam-packed with funny writing and characters, still executing slapstick well (reminder that you literally do slapstick actions to advance in the the dream world.) And the music is likely the best in the series. (rivaled by it's previous entry.)

I grew up playing this as a kid and you know what its one of the most nostalgic games ever behind Super Mario Bros1,2,and 3and Mario 64,Mario Kart 1.Also in October 2017 a enhanced remake of this game released.It lacks the charm of the original but still is good.

I know it's taken a while to decide this, and believe me that Dream Team and Super Paper Mario are EXTREMELY close runner-ups, but this is simply the most fun out of all the Mario RPGS. Um, in my opinion.

This game is still one of the best Mario RPGs ever. Easily top 2. Choosing between this and Bowser's Inside Story is hard.

This is definitely a masterpiece! I love the sotry and charactersin this game, and the amount of twists in the story is super fun too!

Why is this at the lowest rank? It's a really great game.

My favorite game ever!

This kis super pape rmario covers but paper Mario is a great game.

This game is my favourite! I also love Paper Mario 64, Super Paper Mario and Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga, and Bowser's Inside Story is wonderful enjoyable game too, but this one started Mario's trilogy of RPGs, therefore gets my vote.

Super story line, great music, drama (I cried playing the game man! ) and TONS of fun. You can play it, your nieces can play it and still it will be awesome. A classic.

Anyone who played this when it was new understands that it is by far the best. It's literally the reason this list exists!

For me that is not a big fan of RPG games, I actually LOVED this game. One of my favorites.

This one isn't my absolute favorite Mario RPG, but I LOVE it! All the Mario RPG games are fantastic in my opinion (with the exception of Sticker Star and Paper Jam, which were alright but lacking in many departments) but PIT often gets overlooked for some reason. I don't know why, since it's great! The music is good, the bosses are fun, the locations are cool to explore, the babies and time travel add an extra layer to the already fun gameplay of Mario and Luigi games, the story is intense and has amazing plot twists, and the entire game is immersive! It's a little short, but that's my only complaint. People sometimes complain about enemies having too much HP, or that buying special attacks is annoying, but I found no big problem with either of these things. Play this game!

Great storytelling, amazing new features, cover in exiting, plot twists I never saw coming, great Idea, introduces how baby forms of characters can come to go kart and play games, great new characters. I have a blast replaying the game every time.

This game should've been remade... welp, time to wait for Intelligent Systems.

This honestly should've gotten a remake on the Switch instead of Bowser's Inside Story's pointless 3DS remake, despite both being great games

This game has a cool story, fun trio attacks, good music, challenging boss fights, fun papercraft battles where you get to destroy other papercrafts, it has a part where a wiggler dies, which most people think is sad but some people think it's funny (I honestly was only about 5% sad in that part), it has an arcade which has some really fun stuff in it, and don't forget that the Koopalings are in this game too. I give this an 9/10 Because I don't think I'll ever be able to get every single expert challenge, mainly because it is hard to get an S-rank on all the papercraft battles.

This game is very underrated, it surely is very generic and bland but there's so much good stuff about this one, one thing is Paper Mario, he makes the battle system so much more interesting and has these trio attacks. I also LOVE the papercraft battles, are are so unique and entertaining and give me Nintendo Labo vibes. However, one problem is that when you level up, normally in other mario rpg's you get to choose a stat to rise up even more, but you can't do that here, instead you must wait until the next rank and then you can choose a stat to rise up extra during level-ups

I think Paper Jam is better than Sticker Star and Partners in Time. I was worried about them going on the NSMB route with the characters, but it's okay because they did it well. However the levels are bland and the papercraft battles are dumb. But the regular bosses are really good! I have mixed feelings about this one. It's better than some of the other games on here though.

Crossover between Paper Mario, Mario, and Luigi. It's all I ever wanted.

How is this lower than Sticker Star?

This game is pretty fun. Right now I only have 2 of the 6 Big Paint Stars, but it is going good. One problem is that you can only hold 99 battle cards, which you cannot fight without. But when you get to the part where you are about get the blue Mini Paint Star in Port Prisma, you unlock the Battle Spin, where you spend coins to get another card, so that everything's good again. Also, the Roshambo temples can max out your coins easily. For example, the first opponent in Roshambo temple #1 always uses Rock and gives you 300 coins when you beat him, but even if you lose to the next opponent, you get to keep the coins when your done. The 2nd opponent only use two cards, so you can use the card that beats his other card to win after maybe a tie or two and he gives you 500 coins. Now the reason why I'm saying this is because there is a toad that can sneak you into the tournament for 200 coins, which is 100 coins less than what the first opponent gives you. Aside from that, the bosses ...more

What? This game was awesome! It's more fun than any other Paper Mario titles. Give it a try, it's not just a Sticker Star 2.0.

The most overlooked Mario game of all time.

I played this game pretty soon after it came out, and I really liked it. People complain that the story is just bowser took peach, go get her back. The original paper mario had that plot as well, so that's not an issue. The bosses require certain stickers to use to beat them. The boss battles make it clear what stickers to use. A poison soaked squid, suck up the poison with a sponge. A giant snow monster, use a heat sticker. The navigation it pretty clear. It tells what world it is, so you do them in order. It also says the order of levels so you know what order to do them in. Although the lack of levels was sad and you couldn't feel overpowered, I say play this game. 9/10

Someone's going to hate me for adding this game. I feel like it deserves a little more love. It in't a good Paper Mario game, but the music is great, it's good for on-the-go Paper Mario, the linear world map is nice, and for an early-ish 3DS game, it looks pretty good. The battle system is okay, but not amazing.

Best game ever, seriously, this game is far better than SPM, that game sucked so bad and nobody cared for the horrible story that SPM had, this game on the other hand is a true masterpiece, it is everything what a Paper Mario game should be.

Higher than the other Paper Mario games...