Proved useful too so far, as I have discovered that one game on the list saw an international release under several names. So now I have one life left!
However, also to add to this I have heard that there are bugs with Assault Suits Valken's translation patch. From what I've heard about the last parts of the game with it, it's still worth it to keep Cybernator around unfortunately. Hey, at least we got it in the west.
Indeed. In the localization, they removed all portraits and took out a couple of scenes. but the gameplay was untouched. The story was just a bit confusing cuz there was no portraits of whoever was talking. The manual was atrocious too. Thankfully it was still very well received and it even inspired lucasarts into making Metal Warriors that took it's mechanics and added onto it. Metal Warriors have lots of tributes to many Mecha Genres, including Gundam and Votoms.
Just wanted to say this was an awesome video. Most "top 100s" I see just flash a video clip and the game title briefly against some music. It was super helpful to hear even a brief description of all the games, and you pointed out several that I didnt even know existed. Nicely done! We appreciate the effort
If you want to PROCURE any of these games to play yourself, here is the full list of games featured today! 1. Super Back to the Future Part 2 2. Super Bomberman 4 3. Super Bomberman 5 4. Final Fantasy V 5. Go Go Ackman 6. Go Go Ackman 2 7. Go Go Ackman 3 8. Super Ninja Kun 9. Gunple Gunman’s Proof 10. BS Zelda No Densetsu 11. BS The Legend of Zelda : Ancient Stone Tablets 12. Dark Half 13. Magical Pop’n 14. Bahamut Lagoon 15. Front Mission 16. Front Mission Gun Hazard 17. Umihara Kawase 18. Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shougun Magginesu 19. Ganbare Goemon 3: Shishi Juurokubee no Karakuri Manjigatame 20. Ganbare Goemon 4 : KiraKira Dotyu 21. Shodai Kekketsu Kouha Kunio Kun 22. Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no 23. Violinist of Hameln 24. Alcahest 25. Sanrio World Smash Ball 26. Zig Zag Cat 27. Zen Nippon Pro Wrestling 28. Star Ocean 29. Mario and Wario 30. BS Excitebike : Mario Battle Stadium 31. Shin Megami Tensei 32. Shin Megami Tensei 2 33. Shin Megami Tensei If 34. Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei 35. Fire Emblem Mystery of the Emblem 36. Fire Emblem Genealogy of the Holy War 37. Fire Emblem Thracia 776 38. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing : Endless Duel 39. Live a Live 40. Marchen Adventure Cotton 100% 41. Parodius Da! 42. Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius 43. Tales of Phantasia 44. Rockman and Forte 45. Romancing Saga 46. Romancing Saga 2 47. Romancing Saga 3 48. Treasure Conflix 49. Super Famicom Wars 50. Sengoku 51. SD The Great Bartle 52. The Great Battle II 53. The Great Battle III 54. The Great Battle IV 55. The Great Battle V 56. Spriggan Powered 57. Ganbare Daiku no Gensan 58. Sutte Hakkun 59. Gekisou Sentai Car Ranger 60. Melfand Stories 61. Mickey No Tokyo DisneyLand Daibouken 62. Shounen Ninja Sasuke 63. Dragon Quest I + II 64. Dragon Quest III 65. Dragon Quest V 66. Dragon Quest VI 67. Majyuuo King of Demons 68. Clock Tower 69. DoReMi Fantasy 70. PyschoDreams 71. Chou Jikuu Macrosss: Scrambled Valkyrie 72. Radical Dreamers 73. Super Genjin 2 74. Trials of Mana 75. Wonder Project J 76. Wizard I II III Story of Llylgamyn 77. Metal Max Returns 78. Treasure of Rudras 79. Treasure Hunter G 80. GOD Mezameyo to Yobu Koe ga Kikoe 81. Granhistoria 82. Bishouji Senshi Sailor Moon R 83. Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Jougai Rantou!? Shuyaku Soudatsusen 84. Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS: Zenin Sanka! Shuyaku Soudatsusen 85. Sailor Moon : Another Story 86. Ghost Sweeper Mikami 87. Super Shell Monsters Story 88. Marvelous: Another Treasure Island 89. Araiguma Rascal 90. Assault Suits Valken 91. FEDA: The Emblem of Justice 92. Tactics Ogre 93. Super Fire Pro Wrestling X Premium 94. Energy Breaker - Vizzed Gameplay Videos - 95. Famicom Detective Club Part II 96. Super Robot Wars 3 97. Super Robot Wars EX 98. Super Robot Wars 4 99. Super Robot Taisen Gaiden 100. Kishin Douji Zenki Battle Raiden 101. Rendering Ranger R2 102. Chaos Seed
74.Trials of Mana=Seiken Densetsu 3 also known as Secret of Mana 2. Strange naming problem. "A second preview in Next Generation in February 1996, calling the game Secret of Mana 2, stated that the game's North American release had been canceled by Square's American branch due to programming bugs that they deemed impossible to fix in a timely manner."
Assault Suits Valken has been released in the west under the name Cybernator, it has some differences (many of the in-game dialogs have been removed) but it's still the same game. You've missed at lesat one "major" game: Mickey to Donald Magical Adventure 3 aka Magical Quest 3 And I'll add a personal favourite: Taekwon-Do
So sad not having mentioned the two Aretha games, Far East Of Eden: Tengai Makyou Zero, Tenshi No Uta (Song Of The Angel, and I particularry loved so much this one, especially because this could be considered the first one made by Team Wolf, the responsibles for Tales saga origins), Super Shell Monsters II, amongst other JRPG gems Japan-only.
The western kids weren't able to play two additional Zelda games and a new Excitebike game, but look at the silver lining: they didn't have to deal with the BS!
Lies! This western kid collected game mags like Game Pro and Electronic gaming monthly. Which often showed JP games. :D I owned the SF adapter for my snes and owned a few JP games. *amen for mowing lawns and having a paper route to feed my gaming addiction*
Wow this video must have taken a lot of work! Thank you for putting in so much effort to not only preserve our gaming history but to share it with others. It means a lot.
From what I heard, Final Fantasy V was dropped in the west in favor of Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest, and Square thought that the job system in FFV would be "too complicated" for western gamers.
Unfortunately they were right if you look at what was popular in the US at the time.. Every time I introduced an rpg people looked at me like I was from Mars
It's insulting really. I was raised on RPGs that were very complicated compared to the likes of FFV. In games like The Bards Tale, it could take you a good hour just to create your party of characters.
I always assumed ff mystic quest was a spin off of the ff games. A sort of lightweight ff for gamers that wanted an entry level ff game. It was released in the uk as i owned and enjoyed it. Even if it was a little basic. There was also a ff mystic quest released for the gameboy. But that was seiken densetsu the first game in the secret of mana series that got a remake on the gba as sword of mana and remade recently again as adventures of mana for current gen systems and android
It was also a victim of bad timing, as by the end of '94 developers knew the SNES life cycle wasn't long for the world and so the focus was placed on translating and releasing the much more anticipated FFVI. Most of the RPGs on this list had similar issues, as localizing and translating RPG titles took much longer with less chance of success since a lot of the titles that did get a release in the West suffered from poor sales. In fact I think if Mystic Quest hadn't actually been developed specifically for the West in English first to try and combat that trend, I have my doubts we would have received that game either.
So many amazing treasures. I hope one day more of these titles become accessible worldwide. Just a bummer it was limited access due to translation, censorship, religion, cost, and distribution. With more access to digital libraries, maybe that could open more doors to the past. Excellent video sir, and titles that are tricky to pronounce. But dang you nailed it. 😎
38:24 The game was released in Europe as Cybernator. I am certain it was released in France as I owned the game. It was praised by critics and people who experienced the game (not the best game ever but very good). Thanks for this video! :)
@Haffy I don't think Byuu has completely quit:" I will still around as always, but going forward, I'll mostly be sticking to just my personal emulator development online."
Great list! This is the most comprehensive Super Famicom exclusives list I've ever seen! One game that I think should have been on this list though was Kaizou Choujin Schbibinman Zero.
wow I'm surprised how many games from that list i was actually able to play and are part of my childhood memories. thank you SUPER Ninja (; Great video!
To this day SNES is still my absolute favorite system! From Goemons mystical adventure series, Gundam Wings endless duel and Pocky & Rocky, the library is LEGENDARY! After modifying my SNES, the world was my oyster as i can now play even more titles like front mission, bahamuts lagoon and soo much more!💘 Damn I love this system!!❤
Top Hat Gaming Man Notice how he said “if I don’t see” “If” And then you go “well hur dur go ahead and dislike it helps us anyway” So you just admitted to clickbait? Amazing.
@@TopHatGamingManChannel first time viewer, and 45 seconds in I see this comment of yours displaying your character and I have no desire to watch any future content of yours. That's your engagement.
6 months later, thank you again for Gekisou Sentai Carranger from this list. Since last posting, I've went on to claim all 3 WRs on speedrun.com for this game. Seriously, thank you.
Kamen Rider: Kah-men rider (It roughly means masker rider) Shin Megami Tensei: Shee-n Meh-gah-mee Ten-say You pronounced Mazinger mostly correct Gundam: Gun-dahm Sasuke: Sah-suh-kay (Often, the su in this is pronounced so fast it just sounds like an s, so Sah-s-kay would be correct as well) The vowels in Japanese are similar to Spanish, as in they are always pronounced the same: a-ah, e-eh, i-ee, o-oh, u-oo If you come across something weird, like Gouki or Gokou(the correct spelling of Son Goku's name, often also spelled with a line over the u in Goku) you pronounce the u or the o, depending on the word, double-length (Gouki is pronounced Goh-ki, with the o dragged out just slightly longer than a normal o, Gokou is pronounced Goh-koo, with the u syllabel dragged out slightly long than normal). The easiest way I've found to know how to pronounce these is to look at official romanization, as they will only put the character to be pronounced, with a line over it (so Gouki would sometimes appeer as Gōki [it is actually spelled like this in Baki the grappler] or Gokou would appear as Gokū). I've seen this in person in multiple japanese arcade machines. Iterestingly, I've also seen the American way of spelling Son Goku's name in official japanese games while spending time over there, and more recently, in adverts for Dragon Ball Super. However, if you were to pronounce Goku's name like American's spell it, it wouldn't be Goh-koo, but almost sound like you're saying Coke with a G instead of a C.
7:37 I know a lot of people make this mistake, but Umihara is not actually a schoolgirl. People think that because of the backpack, but actually she's 21 years old in this game and a sushi chef. Crazy, I know. She doesn't look like it. But she is.
So happy to see Goemon and Ackman getting some love, definitely some of the most fun out there. Rockman & Forte is really fun, but very rigid, but Forte controls like a dream, so I love it. The BS Zelda games were like this holy relic from my childhood, just reading rumors on the internet. Very happy that they are available to play via emulation. Another one worth checking out is Gourmet Sentai Bara Yarou. It has an interesting food mechanic. The gameplay isn't the deepest, but there is a button dedicated to making your character flex. It's worth playing just for that.
titanic work you done here, I think is the fourth time I saw this chapter. Congratulations on reaching 100k you deserve that and more, greetings from Argentina.
One of my favorite Japan-only releases is _Kawa no Nushi Tsuri 2,_ it's basically a fishing RPG, and the second entry in a long-running series. There's also a fun turn-based tactical airsoft sim called _Ball Bullet Gun._ btw, _Assault Suits Valken_ did see an (albeit edited) Western release as _Cybernator_ and was even featured in Nintendo Power. That game had some amazingly detailed graphics. Also, you forgot to mention that _BS Zelda: AST_ was meant to be played as part of a live real-time event, which added live voiceovers to the game, like a radio drama...there's really nothing else like it! And it'd be amazing if Nintendo finally made a fully-restored version of the game with newly-recorded voiceovers, as part of some upcoming Zelda anniversary. 🤔
Great vídeo!. I think that if you take some more RPG's, Beat em' Ups and Puzzle games, and then you add some Racing and Sports games to the list, easily you can make another vídeo with 50 or more great quality Super Famicom exclusives.
I just got the Famicom and Super Famicom systems. Mostly to pay less for those expensive U.S. Verizons of games. Then this dude comes along with a list of Japanese only games. The temptation is real
This an amazing video man props on giving quick vocal reviews on 100! games that never came to U.S. Alot of these games are visually stunning coming from the SNES, interesting that alot of people overseas didnt see all the power of the SNES
I agree, the USA console looks rubbish so bland. USA always want different versions for themselves I don't understand why. Style suits anybody, its like cars USA cars expect luxury where as in UK we have to pay more for cars and AC etc.. is extra. Now that internet is available i say buy what ever you want from abroad. Thats what I do, just remember power outputs are different as well... UK are very powerful 240v per outlet!
As a reader in Superplay in the 90's. I was aware how many games never never made it the PAL region. And that there was a vibrant import scene for not only Super Famicon but also US SNES games. I would argue that the reason Secret of Mana did get a PAL release was because of Superplay giving the game such a high score.
One item to check out: A JRPG based on 'The Slayers' anime series. I had a copy of it but found my progress impossible past a certain point without a text translation.
Between you and SNESdrunk I can keep coming up with games to get made into physical custom multicartes for my favorite system of all time SNES/Super Nintendo Entertainment System
I found a SNES ROM pack back in like 2000 that had EVERY game ever made, including original Japanese games as well as fan translations. I came across Tales of Phantasia one day by accident and it became one of my FAVORITE games of all time, only to find out it was never actually released in America. Glad to see it on the list!
@@CurlyheartIf it was a "GoodSet" then it probably did have every game, at least that was originally available to buy in a store. These sets included roms from the USA, U.K. (and some other European countries, depending on the set), and Japan of course. (Other countries around the world mostly only had translated versions of games already produced for developed countries, so the people in the USA that made the GoodSets, didn't seem to care about those). These sets also typically included alpha's, beta's, demo's, unreleased games, bootleg/pirate compilations, test cartridges, one-of-a-kind contest winner cartridge's, homebrew/homemade/hacked/fan translations, etc. Basically any cartridge that the teams could get their hands on, which they would then rip to a computer and make available to the public for free. (I say "typically" because some of the categories I mentioned were roms added in by other pirate teams that weren't necessarily part of the GoodSet).
Ok this is so awesome. I knew of lots of these but that sanrio pong game is gonna be a new favorite multiplayer game. Also when you name dropped raid shadow legends I was SO glad expecting you to sail straight into an add roll. I had a bit of ptsd trigger when I heard it lmao
Amazing list, im an SFC die hard fan and you dont usually find this sort of list. I like this so i can add games to my collection that are unknown but worth it, and as a regular shopper from japan, this list is great for me. Also, you look great in that hat mate. Outstanding job.
Monstania is a obscure JRPG in isometric view with a good English translation. Its pretty short (you can complete it in a few hours) but I quite enjoyed it.
I didn't fall for the clickbait, I clicked for a different reason, I was interested in the topic itself, unlike some of those people here. Not talking about you specifically.
Seven years later, yes. Then later still, they ported it to Game Boy Advance with an extra dungeon. We definitely didn't get it when the SNES was still relevant or when the game itself was still relevant.
Final Fantasy V is my favorite game, Love the gameplay, music, story, everything. First played it back then when i got my first computer and it came with a SNES emulator and many games, including many in this list.
Some of those titles really look like 32bit. I'm always baffled what the good old SNES is capeable of. Many SNES games have such great and colorful graphics, even in 3D, that's just amazing!
THGM's pronunciations of Japanese words are absolutely hilarious. Other than that the game descriptions and use of gameplay footage are great Also I think it's worth mentioning that super dimensional fortress: Scrambled Valkyrie is based on a manga/anime called Chou Jikkyou Yusai: Macross which was one of the anime series that was used to make Robotech. It was the first part that had Rick Hunter, Roy Fokker, Minmei etc. last time I looked it up on eBay it was going for a lot
A whole video could be dedicated to the injustice of those in the West not getting Final Fantasy 5 back in the day. And the dev behind GUILTY GEAR made the Sailor Moon fighting game!? I'M THERE!
The Dragon Quest 3 Remake on the Super Famicom is simply AMAZING! It adds so much new content including animation in battles & hidden Pachisi tracks with loads of rewards to get. The fan translation is extremely well done as well so there's no excuse for fans of the series not to play it :)
DQ 5 and 6 are both pretty cool. 5 was unique cause it was the first in the series where you could recruit monsters after you beat them. I paid 150$ for it and took 2 years to beat. Then i bought 6 the same week it came out in JPN for 160$ :(( fun times tho.
@@chronology556 I hate to break it to you, but DQ5 has NEVER been anywhere near that expensive. It's actually one of the most common games in Japan and isn't worth much at all. Sounds to me like someone got ripped off pretty badly...
Final Fantasy V was originally denied to western audiences because Japan felt we were too stupid to understand how to change Job Classes and apply learned abilities from other classes onto the ones we change into. It's the same reason we didn't get the actual Final Fantasy III on the NES.
I'm not sure if someone's said this already, but Ganbare Goemon 4 absolutely has a fully playable English translation. I can send you a link to it if you want.
One game that I missed in this list is Ihatovo Monogatari (Stories of Ihatovo). Looks like a JRPG but it's not. It's more like a walking simulator with some interesting stories behind it.
Mate, I know I'm a year late to the party, but this is the most in depth vid on super fam games I've come across. The art style of pretty much every game is timeless. Goodbye wages.
The mechanics of Treasure Conflix can be considered resurrected in FF Type-0. Once you gain access to the airship, you proceed to shooting down monsters while travelling around in the air. One has to wonder if this is how deep in their vault that SE dug to implement this or just a pure coincidence
Great video! A lot of those games look really awesome! It was a shame we didn't get more JRPG's during the SNES days here in the States. It wasn't until around the time FF3/6 & Chrono Trigger were released that more US gamers started to get into that genre with the real explosion in popularity coming with FF7 on the PS1. Since JPRG's weren't super popular in the US during most of the SNES's run and they had a LOT of text to translate they were often times left in Japan for cost reasons. Also there was the notion that US gamers didn't want games that were too complex (like FF5) which was rubbish. It also didn't help that there was a HUGE momentum shift that happened in the US 1994 when the 32 bit consoles started to be announced & released. Unless you were Nintendo or a Nintendo 2nd party dev like Rare you tended not to release anything terribly innovative on the SNES after 1994. However, the SNES seemed to hold on quite a bit longer in Japan as several of the games on this list demonstrate.
Cool vid sir I notice one wrestling game you showed called Zen-Nippon Pro Wrestling in the US we got a port of this game reskinned an titled Natsume Championship Wrestling. I remember having a copy of it back in the good wrestling game.
For the amount of effort that had to of gone into this, it is a simple travesty that theres only barely 60k views. This is a fantastic list, and you even listed every game i ever took interest in, which is a hell of a lot more than most lists ive seen out there, and ive even got a few to look forwards too now :3 (You even mention Alcahest and Treasures of Rudras! No one ever talks about those D:) . Though one thing that did make me a little sad is the lack of mention of Treasure of Rudras very unique way of doing the story, that being that each play through affects the game world and what you can find in it while playing the others, meaning if you picked up all of the good loot with the first group, you couldnt pick it up with the next group, assuming they ended up in the same place(which happens alot). And of coarse all of the stories converge into an epic final showdown featuring the entire cast, which is just brilliant. Theres also the extremely unique magic system as well, which is one of very few that ive seen that allowed you to craft your own spells using spell keywords , such as ig being basic fire attack, then ignus being a bigger version that hit everything on the field. but it got super complicated as you learned new keywords. . It really really is an overlooked gem... Much like this video now that i think on it :P
Ran across your video and channel, liked it. Subbed for more cool stuff. We did get screwed in the States, well all outside Japan. That's how it was with anime back in the day, hard to find and out of order episodes.
Are you kidding me with Megaman & Bass, this is probably my favourite Megaman game ever with its stellar soundtrack: Coldman, Intro Stage, Groundman. It happily sits in my top 10 games of all time alongside Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Original Final Fantasy 7, Metal Gear Solid 3, Sonic Mania, Rock Band, Streets of Rage 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Saved this to watch later like a beloved to read list, expect many re-watches in the future. If you'll excuse me I'm going to legally acquire a copy of Clock Tower...
I would really appreciate a couple more seconds before the game title disappears, so I don´t have to constantly pause the video to write them down. This was a great list, thanks!
