You could make a top 200 games on the Super Nintendo and you'd still not have covered all of the good ones, there's just SO much good stuff on the system!
Great list! Here's a few honorable mentions. Act Raiser, Pilotwings, Tetris Attack, Mickey Magical Quest, Killer Instinct, Gradius III, Doom, Mortal Kombat II, Stunt Race FX, Mario Paint, Sim City, Super Turrican, Breath of Fire 2, Ogre Battle, Final Fight, Uniracer, NBA Jam TE, Space Megaforce, Axelay, and Civilization
Totally agree and if not the best system of all time, at lease the best retro system. Also the controller really work great! I love the shoulder buttons L & R and it fit perfectly in my hand!
The firemen is actually a hidden gem i randomly just found, i modded my mini SNES and added the game to see what it's like, i think i ended up playing it for quite some time, quality game.
This is hands down the best top 50 list for snes ive ever seen. You got all my favorites except harvest moon. So glad to see a list with terranigma, illusion of gaia, and especially lufia 2 on it. Subscribing for sure
Thank you, if you enjoyed this one be sure to check out my video '50 Snes games you couldnt play.' It is a video focusing on my top 50 favourite Japan exclusives.
Great list. I would substitute King of Dragons, Ogre Battle March of the Black Queen, Breath of Fire, and Breath of Fire 2 for a few of the selections but that is just my taste. I would like to see a top 50 Megadrive/MegaCD/32X combo list. :)
While people generally seem to prefer the Genesis/Megadrive Aladdin, the SNES game was more true to the Disney version of the character. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Al didn't go around butchering palace guards with a sword and slaughtering everything in sight in the Disney movie.
Plok! Glad someone finally appreciates the amazingness of that masterpiece. Also, King of Demons. Very short and obscure game but extremely good story, gameplay, and the music is just... *_Perfection_*
I always have a difficult time with SNES games. I had so few growing up so I relied on renting what was available. Great list, a lot of my personal favorites in the list.
Great job and an excellent list indeed! That's cool that you put Magic Sword in here, I used to have that and knew all the secrets and correct warps. Really a fun game!
Hacked Nintendo Wii would be better 🤷 I have entire video game libraries of Snes, Sega, Master System , Nes, GBA, GBC, Game Boy, Virtual Boy, Neo Geo CD, Sega CD, Famicom, Neo Geo Pocket , Turbo Grafx16 and Mame 😁 all run flawlessly . Thousands apon Thousands of retro gaming bliss. I occasionally search RU-vid for any games I may have missed to add. I also hacked my 3ds XL and pretty much did the same thing 🤷
I also loved Super Street Fighter II the most in the time, but nowadays I can understand why many preferred Turbo, due to the time when it came out and speed of the game.
Aladdin was good on both systems. I owned the Genesis one and rented the SNES one. I have to say I preferred the Genesis version, but that the SNES one was arguably just as good with its own charm.
Just stumbled across your channel and subscribed. Recently got back into retro gaming again and just completed Contra 3 and Donkey Kong country. I do miss my Super Nintendo. Now I play these as Roms on my Nvidia shield
Oh and I thought the sound was fine, no complaints here. I know you Love complaints after all the hard work you put into this and we get to watch it for free.
Even though I say that, I still thoroughly enjoy snes games but a lot of them are very outdated. But the PS4 still has very good exclusives, such as the last guardian, the yakuza series and danganronpa, which makes me consider this statement. But for now, all I can say is that the ps2 is the holiest console to ever exist
A fine list indeed. Too bad The Ninja Warriors or Hagane: The Final Conflict was not included but you can only fit so many good games into list of 50. Also, Wild Guns just got the Wild Guns Reloaded PS4 revision which I prefer over the original so if you have the system I recommend giving it a go! You can even get physical copy of it if you're so inclined!
great video! one game i always loved but never see on anyone's list is True Lies as in the movie with arnold. i loved that game so much! maybe its not so well known i dont know, keep up the good work i subscribed!
Great vid. I think you covered a majority of the good titles, but I would add in the first Actraiser. Great soundtrack, fun action platforming elements, and some lite city building simulation. A couple of others mentioned Tetris Attack in their reply, a title I would also have to agree with.
Pop n' Twinbee, Parodius, Breath of Fire 1 and 2, Donkey Kong Country 3, Sparkster, Uniracers, Batman Returns, Mortal Kombat 2 and Kirbys Dream Course are a few glaring standouts.
Hah although I did play Link to the Past when it first came out as a rental, I could never get into it enough to buy. Secret of Mana on the other hand I rented so many times, after accidentally deleting my save file, I decided that I would restart the game and so had to own it & I completed it. Amazing game indeed!
Lost vikings, Rock and roll racing, Contra 3, Warlock, Joe and mac, Killer instinct, Final fight 3, T2 the arcade game, Indiana Jones greatest adventures, Super Double dragon, Super adventure island, Batman returns, Spiderman Venom Maximum Carnage, King of dragons, Pilotwings, Uniracers, Battletoads in battlemaniacs, Looney Tunes Bball, Tetris Attack and Actraiser are some honorable mentions
I personally want a remaster Plok for the Switch, if they do remaster it, I hope they really put the 3D Claymation art style used in the original box art to good use
Trying to limit to 50 SNES games... Oh that still leaves out at least 100 classics and fantastic games, I don't know what deity I pleased to be born to be playing the SNES when it launched and enjoying it for years!!! But who ever it was I thank you back!!! In my opinion the best system so far. (Who knows in a hundred years maybe there will be an even more epic better console.)
I know it's hard to make a top 50 list, but omitting the best beat em up Ninja Warriors, and one of the best action platformers of the generation Hagane? I'd take that 10 times over the plodding Castlevania 4. Oh of course, Hagane doesn't have the "Konami" logo on it, and it's not the sequel to an Nes trilogy, makes sense why it's not as recognized. Other than those highlight omissions, a very great list. Strong effort overall.
Hello Mr Top Hat Sir... I've been waiting to see this video from you! The SNES is my favourite console of all time too. I hope (but sadly do not think it will happen) that a Nintendo console reaches this standard once again. Sooooo many great games!
A few years ago I bought a bunch of Capcom games for the PS3 and PS4 over at Humble Bundle and the arcade version of Magic Sword was among them. A really cool game.
Hello from Albuquerque New Mexico !!!! Great video I am adding games to my snes classic and wanted to add games I never played so thanks for the suggestions. I had been also looking for the name of a game you added to your list as a played it when I was young but I couldn't remember the name of the game and it was legend of the hidden ninja so thanks very much!!!!
I loved Super Nintendo as a kid in the 90's and I'm still learning about games I didn't know existed. I just played Ghoul Patrol which is a sequel to Zombies ate my neighbors.
Nice list! I'm missing Wild Guns (have Wild Guns Reloaded on PS4), The Firemen, Terranigma, and Pocky & Rocky 2. Should probably do a little importing. :)
Great list Top Hat! SEGA really had such a grasp on South/Latin America and Europe that many childhoods missed out on these 16-bit Nintendo masterpieces, but I'm glad you weren't one of them. Three words...Super Play Magazine.
I came back and watched this video again 5 years later after your discussion about the Ign video and Super Metroids placement. Lol. Also wanted to see where A link to the past and Super Mario World fell.
I spent this whole video thinking "If terranigma isn't on this list, then it's crap". I was not disappointed though. Sadly I didn't get to enjoy that game until I was an adult since it's a PAL exclusive.
Be grateful you grew in the North American region with the SNES, us Pal people missed out on Chrono Trigger, The Final Fantasys, Mario RPG and Earthbound haha.
It always amazes me how the different regions missed out on games, even here in the US we didn't get everything released :( Then it's so hard to find a list of Japanese games that you can play with out being able to read Japanese :( All the Japanese games I have enjoyed is all via trial and error or finding a video on youtube about it or a friend suggesting them. Then I hear Pal region totally got screwed on prices :( like we would get games here 50-60 dollars for the most part (some where more but they usually where worth it.) but then I hear Pal people had to pay like 60-80 pounds and I believe at the time 1 pound was like 2 US Dollars!!!! outrageous!!!!
RoboTronix I know a way to play JP super Famicom games while using it legitimately and understanding the Japanese. Look at retron 5 as if you get an ds card and find the website for English translation patches and you have original cartridges then it will translate as you play the game and you play it legitimately you can also do it will mega drive games and Famicom games like Zyuranger
Nice list, i have 47/50 of games listed, only missing Soul Blazer, Lufia and Earthworm Jim :) I would replace maybe Earthworm Jim 2 with Final Fight 3 :P
Nice list, there were even a couple I never heard of. Also, no Arkriser? Come on, it may not be top 25, since the SNES has so many good games, but it definitely deserves a place on the top 50. Come to think of it, you should have done a top 100...
1. Mega Man 7 2. Mega Man X 3. Super Metroid 4. Super Mario All-Stars 5. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars 6. Tetris Attack 7. Super Mario World 8. Yoshi’s Island 9. Kirby Super Star 10. Zelda A Link to the Past
Mega Man X3 is a deserving trophy title as it is a chip title. Mine is Doom for the SNES. I have almost all the major chip titles, mostly on Super Famicom carts, but missing Star Ocean and Mega Man X3.
My Top 50 Greatest Super Nintendo Games of All-Time (from A-Z) 1. Aerobiz 2. Aerobiz Supersonic 3. Blackthorne 4. Chrono Trigger 5. Contra III: The Alien Wars 6. Demon’s Crest 7. Donkey Kong Country 8. F-Zero 9. Fatal Fury Special 10. Final Fantasy III 11. Final Fight 12. Joe & Mac 13. Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball 14. Killer Instinct 15. Knights of the Round 16. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 17. Magic Sword 18. Mario Paint 19. Mega Man X 20. Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse 21. Monopoly 22. Mortal Kombat 23. Mortal Kombat II 24. NBA Jam 25. NBA Jam Tournament Edition 26. Ninja Gaiden Trilogy 27. Ninja Warriors 28. Pilotwings 29. Pocky & Rocky 30. Rival Turf! 31. Saturday Night Slam Masters 32. Secret of Mana 33. SimCity 34. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior 35. Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting 36. Stunt Race FX 37. Sunset Riders 38. Super Castlevania IV 39. Super Mario All-Stars 40. Super Mario Kart 41. Super Mario World 42. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island 43. Super Metroid 44. Super Punch-Out!! 45. Super Smash TV 46. Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers 47. Super Tennis 48. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time 49. WWF Royal Rumble 50. Zombies Ate My Neighbors
He said Super Nintendo had slim pickin's for beatemups? King of Dragons, Final Fight 1,2 and 3, Knights of the Round, Captain Commando, Maximum Carnage, Sonic Blast Man 1 and 2, Batman Returns, Double Dragon games, Battletoad games. THE SNES is a beatem'up beast!
My list of SNES games is similar, 13 of these games are not in my top 50 and only 4 of these games are not in my top 100 Magic Sword, SFA2, The Firemen and Kirby Avalanche
Ok, I don't know if someone else already explained it in the comments, but since you (kinda) asked... Secret of Mana was NEVER a Final Fantasy. Secret of Mana is the second Seiken Densetsu game. The first one is better known as Mystic Quest in the EU and was released on the GameBoy. This one got the underline of "A Final Fantasy Adventure" - even in Japan (in US it's just "Final Fantasy Adventure"). I don't know if Mystic Quest had started out as a Final Fantasy, but I think the naming came more for selling reasons. Call it Final Fantasy and it sells. The same reason why Mystic Quest Legends got it's name: In US, it's "Final Fantasy Mystic Quest" to sell as Final Fantasy, in EU it's "Mystic Quest Legends" to sell as Mystic Quest. However, Secret of Mana (as well as Secret of Mana 2 - Seiken Densetsu 3) directly was meant to be a sequel to Mystic Quest, instead of a Final Fantasy game :)
I am afraid you are mistaken my friend. 'After the release of Final Fantasy III, Tanaka wanted to help design a seamless game without a separate battle system. Because this would not work with Final Fantasy IV, he turned to Secret of Mana. Secret of Mana was originally going to be a launch title for the SNES CD add-on, but after the project was dropped, the game had to be altered to fit onto a standard game cartridge. Koichi has estimated that as much as 40% of the game was excised to fit it onto an SNES cartridge, and Hiromachi stated that the original story was much deeper and darker in tone, and that there was simply no room to do any character development in the shrunken game. According to Tanaka in 2011 and 2013, the game was originally intended to be Final Fantasy IV, before becoming a new project called Chrono Trigger, and then eventually Secret of Mana.
ehem... "In 1991, Square reused the Seiken Densetsu trademark for an unrelated Game Boy action role-playing game directed by Koichi Ishii. Originally developed under the title Gemma Knights, the game was renamed Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden (published in North America as Final Fantasy Adventure and in Europe as Mystic Quest).[2] Beginning with the sequel, Secret of Mana, Seiken Densetsu was subsequently "spun off" into its own series of action role-playing games distinct from Final Fantasy, named the Mana series outside Japan. Four titles in the series were released between 1993 and 2003.[3] Secret of Mana was originally intended to be a launch title for the Super NES CD-ROM Adapter, but when the add-on was cancelled it was cut down into a standard Super NES cartridge, with many of the cut ideas appearing in other Square titles.[4] " Also: "The Mana series is the result of Koichi Ishii's desire to create a fictional world. In Ishii's opinion, Mana is not a series of video games, but rather a world which is illustrated by and can be explored through video games.[17] When working on the series, Koichi Ishii draws inspiration from abstract images from his memories of childhood, as well as movies and fantasy books that captivated him as a child. Ishii takes care to avoid set conventions, and his influences are correspondingly very wide and non-specific. Nonetheless, among his literary influences, he acknowledges Tove Jansson's Moomin, Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.[11]" Both quotes come directly from the Wikipedia on the Mana Series: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mana_(series)
The problem with your quotes is that is does not reference whether it was or wasn't originally intended to be a sequel to Sieken Densetsu. I found my quote just now from a wiki page. I made a stand alone video on Secret of Mana last year, where I also mentioned the same factiod. My source that time was Retro Gamer Magazine and I have also heard it mentioned in the various Mana videos online too.
