Masahiro Sakurai
Various locations and characters from the game appear in the children's book "Mario and the Incredible Rescue" released by Scholastic in 2006. Though his only starring role in a video game was in "Super Mario RPG", Masahiro Sakurai added the fan favorite character Geno as a Mii Fighter costume to the crossover fighting game series "Super Smash Bros." as paid DLC, attributing his inclusion to his matching arm cannon. "Super Mario RPG" is among the 21 preinstalled games on the Super NES Classic Edition in all regions, released in September 2017.