Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars was released by Square and Nintendo in 1996 for the Super Nintendo, mixing Mario platform characters with turn based battles and playful weapon effects. Its gun sound comes from Geno and other ranged attacks in battle, where the exaggerated blaster noise made even small hits feel big. Clips of the effect later circulated on soundboards and in fan edits, separate from full gameplay, because the short burst works as a standalone gun sound for jokes far outside the original game.