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Earthbound
Also known as Mother 2. Up to you if you want to try English fan translations of Mother 1 and 3 as well. 2 is the only one with an official English translation. It does a good job as a stand alone game, I played it long before I knew any of that. Back when renting a snes game from a physical store was a thing.
But I have since played part of Mother 1/earthbound 0, and all of Mother 3/earthbound 2. Mother 3 is worth it in my opinion, the fan translation is very good and fits the style of the Mother 2 official translation. I should try Mother 1 again, but after playing Mother 2, it felt like an earlier lower quality version of the same thing. I didn't get more than an hour in, so it might be worth it further in.
If you haven't heard of earthbound, well that sucks. Everyone should hear about it. Definitely a must play at least once in any gamers life. It is the very definition of a traditional non-traditional RPG. It uses as well as breaks every convention. It's exactly what you expect, except totally not what you expected.
Basically, it's a type of parody of the genre, while also being one of the best games of the genre.
Mother 1 is also available officially as Earthbound Beginnings.
Ah, I didn't know that. Suppose I probably would have found out when I went to play it again, but thanks for letting me know.