Super Famicom RPGs, Part 1 - SNESdrunk 

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Terranigma was and always will truly be, one of my favorite games and discoveries of all time. Blessed are those who find and play it.

I think the story of Tales of Phantasia is pretty good, I liked the twist at the very end of the game. The characters are also lovable, and I liked the humor. I just played it and finished it two days ago, I was very pleasantly surprised.

Who else is super excited that both Trials of Mana/Seiken Densetsu 3 and Star Ocean is coming to the Switch?

Your channel is super underrated. I hope you blow up someday, you deserve it. Your videos are concise in a good way.

Treasure of the Rudras better be in Part 2. Great Japan-only game!

Man Bahamoot Lagoon is soooo awesome! I loved that game the second I played it! Pokemon should learn!

I swear, RPGs of this era just look so damn cool

this is extremely well done man! I'm watching all of them to see if there are any I missed.

Dude you are very well spoken, very articulate 👨‍🎓 you're awesome. I enjoy your videos almost as much as I enjoy tracking down all the games you mention. Even if I am a couple years late to the party. With your help I have discovered a whole new world of stuff that I've never experienced. I was busy raising 👶👶 when the SNES came out...... we'll started 94. I got free time now though. I don't know how much but I make use of it. Thanks SNESD!!🎮🍻🤴

Just want to say that we appreciate the amount of time and work you put into these videos! Awesome selection and awesome job!

I still remember that summer day, where I discovered the existance of emulators and a whole world of japanese SNES RPG' s was opened to me.

Terranigma and Treasure Hunter G are among my top 5 favourite SNES games

Quality content, all the way through, so glad to have found your channel, dude! Bonus points for the video being in 4:3 👍 Cheers

Great Video! Been a fan of yours for some time. Keep it up!

I love videos on games we never got in the U.S.. Especially fan translations. Thanks for giving just the right amount time/info for each game.

I played FFV for the first time recently on GBA, and I have to say, I felt it was on par with 4, and while 6 is an order of magnitude better, I loved the job system so much, it made the turn based battles a lot more fun.

Excellent list. I'm looking forward to seeing part 2. Keep up the good work!

There's something about the whimsy of JRPGs on the SNES that has never been replicated. That whale-riding scene at 3:04 captures my imagination in a way that modern graphics just couldn't.

Seiken Densetsu 3 is one of the best games of its generation -- it's a shame Nintendo abandoned the SNES so soon after the N64 came out that the game never got a chance to be localized.

I watched your newest video with a similar theme (but a different take) then later found this video. While i enjoyed this one, i just want to say your newer reviews feel even more concise and fluid than the earlier ones. Keep up the great work.

Terranigma is definitely an RPG. More specifically, it is an action RPG(like Secret of Mana or Ys). Anyone who says it's not doesn't know what they are talking about. Fantastic video! Nice to finally see someone go over all of these. There are such a ridiculous amount of great Super Famicom RPG's that we never got. We did manage to get versions of a handful of them many years later, but I would have loved to have had most of these back in the day.

3:06 I went and downloaded this game because of your review. Love the Secret of Mama game so can't wait to play this one. 😍

I had the japanese version of seiken densetsu 3 as a kid but couldn't read any of it haha. Still loved playing the game. I found this video by searching "snes rpg 3" as I couldn't remember the name of this game.

I love you channel. I just got a pre loaded ROM box full of English translations of jrpgs. I literally use your channel to build my back log while at work lol

your review of FFV is spot on! its one of my favorites of the whole series

Seriously love these videos, I want to see up to a part 12!!!!!!

Once you try Seiken Densetsu 3, you cannot stop from playing. I didn't (ever) play Chrono Trigger (I hope to do it in the near future) but if its hype is justified, so is Seiken Densetsu's. This game is a masterpiece.

I just found this video from Reddit, and when I exited full screen after watching the video I expected to find at least 100k subscribers on your account. It blows my mind that you're not better known. You're insanely good at this man, I subbed right off the bat. Thanks for making this stuff!

Came here from the music episode, thank you for all that you do!

A very well done video! I'm adding the sequels to my "Watch later" list! :D

I have played Adventure on the Atari, DW and FF on the NES, but my true love are the SNES RPG’s. Chained Echoes on Xbox is a great throw back. SNesdrunk thank you for you videos, they have made me smile a lot. I hope you have a great rest of your day.

So many gems :) done all of em - amazing stories

I love how many of these have since been brought over

great RPGs battle mechanics were a nice selection, cant wait to see the others:P

I think Final Fantasy V is the best of the 3 on the system. It's my second favorite right behind XII. I'm in it for the gameplay, so V's carefree story and interesting job system makes it ideal for me.

You know alot about SNES , games like 7th saga, paladin's quest, ogre battle: March of black queen, shadowrun, Romancing saga 3, inindo, front mission, and alot of understimated games often go unnoticed, I am pleased to see many titles of this type in most of your videos. PD: Srry if bad Eng, keep it up, great work.

Great work, pal, particularly useful for the ones who recently bought a RetroN5. Thanks.

Very informative primer for snes fan translated rpgs. :) Even though i know about or have seen reviews on the games, i still watched intently.

I remember getting Terranigma as a christmas present back in the day. Damn, it was a great present!

I've actually played Star Ocean, SD3, and Bahamut Lagoon. And I actually highly recommend all three. The 16-bit Nintendo generation was legendary over here in the States. But it was SO MUCH MORE SO over in Japan. They deprived of us so much good stuff because FFVII hadn't come along yet to create a major western fanbase. Sucks for people like me. But I've played some of these since, and many are both gorgeous and very entertaining.

This is really awesome I will have all these now

Ah, Bahamut Lagoon: A game that not only reminds us that relationships born out of Stockholm Syndrome are to be accepted as are, but also that you don't really need to actually dirty your hands with your enemies' blood so long as you have an immortal phoenix dragon doing the killing for you.

I played Phantasia and thoroughly enjoyed it - as Symphonia is one of my all time favourite RPGs. I've just picked up Star Ocean, which is the spiritual successor to Phantasia but I think has a lot more going for it. However, both games are beautifully animated with surprising depth in mechanics and really push the SNES to its maximum.

Jesus Christ I had no idea that so many RPG's never made it over here from Japan. Great video I can't wait to see the next!

I'm a lot fonder of Final Fantasy V than I am IV, and even a tad fonder than I am of VI. I do love all three, though.

Terranigma. Total gem. If ever it were to be remade, they need to keep it exactly the same but give it an expansion. More levels that utilize all the available weapons would be great, as would extra boss fights that would require usage of Magirock more extensively. I believe Miyazaki and co. wanted to put more into it but simply ran out of room. There is Cape Town, Yangtze, Balkans, and California, all of which are empty space. Don't get me wrong. On it's own, the game is fantastic. An extra level before reviving humanity would have been a doozy. Reviving plant life, then birds, then animals, something else, such as purifying the oceans and fighting a freaky fish monster. Examining human greed during a California gold rush where extensive use of GeoRings would have been nice. Then the manual shows Ark camped out next to a jetfighter. The rise in technology and its effect on the Earth could have had a level in Yangtze, where you need the Dragon Pike to defeat one of Beruga's underlings. Terranigma was so good, and it left a lot of room to fill in. However, Tomoyoshi Miyazaki has disappeared, Quintet is no more, Timewalk games has folded, and I do not know how to do romhacks or nothing, otherwise I would take up the project myself and come up with Terranigma Expanded.

Best version of FFV is the GBA one. I highly recommend it

ahhh this brings back alot of memories..

Terranigma is definitely an RPG and that's not arguable at all.

I'm very impressed with this video

In my opinion, bahamut lagoon has a pretty good story. I still remember a few moments/conversations of some character after more than decade since I played the game

It might be already on the list, but just in case: Rudra no Hihō (Treasure of Rudra), another beautiful RPG from Squaresoft.

From this video, I absolutely adore Final Fantasy 5 and Seiken Densetsu 3. I still have to beat all the others though (they're on my computer right now since my old SNES went kaput a few years back).

Love Your videos! Thanks you friend :)

I didn't discover bahamut lagoon until the ps3 and 360 era, it's definitely a good game, I didn't hold nostalgia when I played it, 4 of 5 stars

Tales of Phantasia is one of my favourite games. What did you think was cringe-worthy about the dialogue? I absolutely love that scene when they catch the one demon disguised as a crow out. That was hilarious!

Omg! Bahamu Lagoon was sooooo goooood!

Wonderful video, introducing people to those marvels. But part 2 should have Live A Live, that game's divine.

This series populated my snes mini.

I have to mention(since you didn't) that Tales of Phantasia is the only SNES game that i know which features an actual song.I find that really amazing.Seiken Densetsu 3 has become a top favorite on the console after i played the ROM of it.It's way better than the original Secret of Mana,not saying i hate Secret of Mana by any means.Everything is better and i love the class system,lotsa fun! Nice video.

Terranigma's on the list? Okay, I stand appeased. ;) But seriously, good list. Can't wait to see the next installment.

Great commentary

PrezzySK, RU-vid won't let me reply to your comment, but your party depends on if you're more comfortable with brawl/melee or magic. For brawl/melee stuff, I'd suggest Duran with Carlie and Hawk since they have spells to make Duran stronger. For magic, Angela with Lise and Hawk since Lise has spells to make Angela's magic stronger. For a more complete tutorial, check out HCBailly's intro video for Seiken Densetsu 3

great video ! いってらっしゃい

MASTERPIECE!!

This is literally the perfect game for Team Asano to remake after Dragon Quest I-III HD-2D.

I've played Star Ocean, Tales of Phantasia and Secret of Mana 2 and these are really good. I especially loved Star Ocean. Ive also played FF5 of course which has aged quite a bit. Terranigma is one of the massive sales hits in the west and had been available in an original English translation so it's strange to me why this is on the list. It is a must-play of course. I think I will try out the rest that I havent beaten so far :-) Thanks for the video.

Man, I played SOOOO many SNES RPGs, besides FFV I played all the other ones in this list. Such a nostalgia hit. A recommendation for future lists, Der Langrisser is a pretty great strategy RPG with TONS of replay value. If you think Seiken Densetsu 3 has a lot of replay value, Der Langrisser has way more. It's one of the games that I played for hundreds of hours and... never finished.

treasure hunter g ....so cool . And the cgi gfx beautiful . p.s. hunter g was not developed by square , only published

Maybe the Trials of Mana (Seiken Densetsu 3) remake team should remake Bahamut Lagoon.

Will you ever make a list for Japan-only PS1 RPGs?

I heard many great things about SD3, but eveybody talk about its high difficulty(depends on character choose). So what the best/easiest set of the charcter for first play throught ?

cool video dude :)

final fantasy 5 is my favorite out of the SNES FF's

Hi do you use emulator like snes9x ex+? If you do how do you put it in landscape mode? Cause its always in portrait mode:( if you know how please do tell me

For anyone curious about Final Fantasy 5, but wondering if you should play it on the Playstation, the answer is no. Even on the PSN. The correct answer is the GBA port, if you can handle the lower-quality music, or the PC port, if you can handle/mod away the sprites/menus/"design choices", or a fan-translated SNES version, if you can handle the missing content.

I figured that, since there was a Star Ocean: Second Story, there must have been an original. Now I need to find the original, because SO2 is one of my favorites. Like Top 20 or so. Private Actions, the crafting system, character relationships--so much going on in 2 that is interesting and different from other games I've played.

Look, Terranigma is a lot of things, but I wouldn’t say “coherent” is one of them, especially when Chapter 4 rolls around.

I think Tales of Phantasia is a fantastic game, and the PSX remake improved everything it could and added more, making it a gorgeous, wonderful journey.

i like gfx like treasure hunter and shining wisdom

yeah i like your part 1 video of Japanese RPG's a lot all the games u mention i already played them but haven't pass any of them but right now am playing Terranigma its a badass game and also i like playing the tales series the later games are 4 player coop for me the tales games are good to play with family or friends but if they know what there doing in battle if they don't just play them by yourself on to part 2 of your video bro

This is heaven

I still need to finish terranigma. My save is gone though so it'll be a new playthrough but I thought it was awesome!

This first episode's list is a hard one to beat. There's a new bahamut lagoon translation out made by Byuu... maybe consider checking it out and compare the two or include it in a new super famicom translation/improvement video?

Thanks again for a great video. I should have my new Super Everdrive by the end of the week and am really looking forward to playing translated games on my SNES. This video couldn't have come at a better time for me. Will you be doing any videos on fan hacks to games? I believe ALttP and Super Metroid have a healthy number of hacked versions that will play on flash carts.

Oh yeah ❤️ awesome game. What a pain to play it in japanese and experimenting what this and that did.

Played and beat the remake of the first Star OCean game, currently working on the original. Reminded me of Star Trek if it were a JRPG.

I loved Bahamut Dragoon. is awesome. I hope one day they port to the Switch.

Go look at squares' game dev list from this era. They were on a freakin roll. Hit after hit after hit. Long live snesdrunk 👌

terranigmaaaaaa lo amooooo!

I would play the remakes of the star ocean games for the psp they did a great job with them

1:47 is that supposed to be address to Byuu as in the translator/emulator developer?

Great list. I personally think FFV is the best Snes FF. The job system is awesome. Treasure Hunter seems nice too, it has towns to visit, which is umcommon in SRPGs and the enemies are visible, so no random battles. Terranigma, Star Ocean and Tales of Phantsia are also great, although the encounter rate in ToP is too high.

Ah yes, forgot i clicked the treasure hunter G review.

For the record job system was introduced (in a very rudimentary version) in FF1, vastly expanded on in FF3, vastly improved in FF5, incrementally improved in FFT and its successors, and shuffled up in X-2. It’s also been used in some games since then, but I’m not al that familiar with them. Regardless, I’d hardly call FF5 unique for simply having it, although it is still one of the best implementations of it to date, and I’d argue it has the second best gameplay of any core Final Fantasy title because of it.

Seiken Densetsu 3 is awesome!!! Must play for JRPG fans

Sadly, 8 years later, none of BoneSnapDeez' translations listed as "In Progress" have had any progress. What happened?

awesome

It really seems like Nintendo at the time has been holding out on the west with the much better looking and definitely more unconventional RPGs. I could never get into Bahamut because of all the strategy, but I really need to finish Tales and Star Ocean at some point.