Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars is a role-playing game. It was the final Mario game published for the SNES. Super Mario RPG's story focuses on Mario and his friends as they seek to defeat the Smithy Gang, who have crashed into their world and scattered the seven star pieces of Star Road. It is the first RPG in the Mario franchise. The main form of fighting enemies is turn-based combat with a party of up to three characters.