Super Mario RPG (スーパーマリオＲＰＧ, Sūpā Mario Āru Pī Jī), subtitled Legend of the Seven Stars in the North American release, is a role-playing game developed by Square (now Square Enix) and published by Nintendo for the Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). It was originally released on March 9, 1996 in Japan and on May 13, 1996 in North America. Nintendo ported the game, with minor differences, to the Wii's Virtual Console service in 2008 to regions around the world.