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Best Super Nintendo games of all time

Counting down the best system of all time's best game

Words: on April 17, 2012
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  • monke - April 4, 2013 9:04 a.m.

    Out of the SNES RPG, Star Ocean is only second to Chrono Trigger, figuring a complex walk-trough, an original combat system, a well-balanced mix between sci-fi and fantasy, a and last but not least an insane crafting system. It is a work of art and deserves at least 10th place.

  • thedoctor250 - November 18, 2012 6:29 a.m.

    Earthbound is only at 6? Blasphemy. Good list otherwise, though.

  • ikillomega - August 4, 2012 12:41 a.m.

    Great List! Super Metroid is my all-time favorite video game. Period. Seeing it at number one here brings a massive smile to my old-school face.

  • torre-sims - July 5, 2012 10:50 p.m.

    this list doesn't even scratch the got damn surface, the SNES had at least just under a HUNDRED excellent games....that's actually a conservative estimate lol.

  • ViolentLee - April 19, 2012 6:04 p.m.

    Never been a fan of Tetris Attack. I think either Street Fighter II or Mortal Kombat 2 deserves its spot instead. Or what about NBA Jam? What a great arcade port! Had you the space for another RPG, I'd have added either Shadowrun or Mario RPG to the list.

  • DirkSteele1 - April 18, 2012 2:29 p.m.

    Agreed. Quite simply a fantastic list of games and most definitely the best console that Nintendo has ever produced. My SNES gets more play than my 360 or Wii even now.

  • LBD_Nytetrayn - April 18, 2012 2:02 p.m.

    Interesting that this list is playing by different standards than the others, re: modern equivalents and the like.

  • Pogogacy - April 18, 2012 1:18 p.m.

    List is pretty much spot on. I've never really thought SMRPG was anything that special; completely eclipsed by the other (far superior) Square RPGs on the SNES.

  • alexandre-bret - April 18, 2012 12:16 p.m.

    Illusion of Gaia. Starfox, Turtles in Time were one of my all time favorites

  • Bawheidbob - April 18, 2012 10:51 a.m.

    I was starting to panic a little but it was there in the end loved Super Metroid. Now that i think about it this was the game that started my obsession with buy games if they have nice big boxes. Still have not played Chrono Trigger though or Link to the Past /hangsheadinshame One day though - So many games here in fact i never played and no Street Fighter II Turbo /shock - I suppose we all had it on the Megadrive

  • sirdilznik - April 18, 2012 10:31 a.m.

    How dare you put ANYTHING ahead of Final Fantasy VI (FF III originally in the US), the greatest jRPG ever made.

  • GRHenry - April 18, 2012 1:09 p.m.

    You sound like me before I replayed Chrono Trigger

  • Hig1134 - April 18, 2012 8:47 a.m.

    SNES was so awesome! So many fond memories...I wanna play right now!!

  • mothbanquet - April 18, 2012 8:14 a.m.

    I only played Chrono Trigger three years ago via emulator and never would I have imagined that a 16-bit game would grip me in this day and age like that one did. I played it solidly from start to finish over the space of two weeks and was gobsmacked to learn from a friend what I'd missed! It was, quite simply, a piece of RPG perfection and still stands as a game that many devs today could learn from.

  • Pruman - April 18, 2012 7:16 a.m.

    Come on man, Star Fox should be on there. Sure, it was a tech demo for the Super FX chip just like Pilotwings was a tech demo for Mode 7...but what a glorious and fun tech demo! I can still remember playing it for the first time on a display kiosk at Toys 'R Us, and having my 10-year old mind totally blown away. Sure, the graphics are pretty austere, and if you're playing on an actual SNES, the game runs like absolute ass. It's still a blast to play, though.

  • charles-matherly - April 17, 2012 8:39 p.m.

    Lufia 2 Rise of the Sinistrals was my favorite game on the snes. Iloved mario and killer instinct but Lufia had an awsome story, great puzzles, and a great battle system. I still love to play this game today.

  • Sy87 - April 17, 2012 7:16 p.m.

    Some of those games bring back memories. I want to get a working system now. But I liked Metal Combat. HEY, you didn't include Star Fox come on I know the box art was bad but hey that was a good game if you ventured from the main track. Never did get to finish Lufia. Anyway time to go to ebay!

  • Person5 - April 17, 2012 10:11 p.m.

    Star Fox 64 is probably a better game, thus disqualifying Star Fox from this list

  • BladedFalcon - April 18, 2012 12:46 a.m.

    Maybe... but I can't remember, did SF 64 have branching paths and stages? memory's foggy, but I have the impression that the original star fox was the one that did it, and SF 64 did away with it. If so, I'm probably sticking with SF then, since I have a special love and respect for games that dared to have branching stages that made the game feel different each time you played it. It's something you don't see a lot anymore these days...

  • ncurry2 - April 18, 2012 6:49 a.m.

    No, SF64 had branching paths with different stages too. There was always some sort of hidden objective in the stages to do. Doing them led to the harder difficulty stages.

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