21 Best Super Nintendo Games (SNES)

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[nintendolife]

As many of you have rightly pointed out, Earthbound is NOT in fact available through Nintendo Switch Online. The party responsible for this error (Admiral Beans) has been reprimanded accordingly.

Sorry for the confusion.

[greensun]

I was born in '82 and the SNES is still my favourite system

[TheLemonyBard]

“Earthbound on NSO”
*Don’t do that. Don’t give me hope.*

Edit: WE DID NOT HOPE IN VAIN!
I got impatient and got both Earthbound and Earthbound Beginnings on the Wii U like a month or two ago tho lmao

[Kadotus]

Super Metroid is one of my all-time favorites and clearly and easily my #1 game for the SNES. I played it as a kid, and I still play it quite often (Mostly randomizer runs nowadays.)

[jkilla]

Yeah I remember playing super Mario world because it actually was packaged with my SNES. I ended up playing that game for months beating it and then going back and getting the missing keys so I can go to the bonus stages etc. it’s truly a master piece

[toastymansabe]

Man, the snes has an insane library of games, the perfect combination of 3rd party and 1st party games, for me no console has close as many masterpieces as the snes

[nathangravitt]

The SNES era was Disney’s golden age of video games. I loved playing The Lion King, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Jungle Book, DuckTales, Goof Troop, the Magical Quest series, The Carnival Mystery...man, I could go on and on about those games. I loved them when I was a kid. I don’t know if any other than Aladdin and Lion King are available on the Switch, though.

[azoownz]

just finished chrono trigger and it's insane. an open world map with different timezones and no "quest markers" you actually have to use your brain and talk to people (or use google sometimes ^^). and the characters are all so well done. most of these type of games i find boring but this one was done in a week and i actually shed a tear towards the end. oh and how can i forget the cutscenes, like wtf :O

[acidspit]

Yoshi's Island was indeed a Masterpiece. It was ahead of it's time, the animation, the life, choices this game had was outta this world

[MonsieurJimjams]

Surprised there's no love for Starfox/Starwing.

[benjamin_burke]

1:15 Contra III: the Alien Wars
1:55 Super Mario Kart
2:26 Final Fantasy IV
3:07 Super Street Fighter 2: the New Challengers
3:44 Terranigma
4:24 Secret of Mana
5:04 Super Street Fighter Turbo: Hyper Fighting
5:51 Super Castlevania IV
6:26 Donkey Kong Country
7:15 Megaman X
8:03 TMNT IV: Turtles in Time
9:01 EarthBound
10:13 DKC2: Diddy's Kong Quest
11:15 Super Mario RPG: Legend of the 7 Stars
12:10 Super Mario All-Stars
13:25 SMW 2: Yoshi's Island
14:19 Final Fantasy VI
15:19 Super Metroid
16:35 Chrono Trigger
18:12 TLoZ: A Link to the Past
19:21 Super Mario World

The Super Nintendo has such a deep and broad library (plus all the Japanese exclusive games that are playable in English or have fan translations) that ranking only the top 21 is kind of a fool's errand, it's just one masterpiece after another after another. You could easily make an argument for like 50-60 games to be in the SNES's top 21.

[AlEx-pzlm]

SUNSET RIDERS needs to be added to this list! 💯

[nachtmuis]

I was born in the 80's and the SNES was something else!! What a good times i had with my brothers :)

[melimsah]

Turtles in Time, yes I'm grinning like an idiot

[RosbifChaud]

9:40 Earthbound is not on the Nintendo Switch Online Service tho!

[lord-dudester]

mario world on that SNES blew me away at the time - they nailed it in every way-- it was platform perfection and always will be - i still think its the best in the series

[grgmj]

The joy of just holding the unwrapped Super Nintendo game box in your hands while riding back home from the store, the anticipation building as you read every word multiple times, marveling at the game pictures on the back of the box saying to yourself “I can’t believe I’m holding this game in my hands “ the memories that will never be duplicated ever again

[attackofthetheeyecreatures]

Obviously Zombies Ate My Neighbors wasn't going to make this list, or most SNES top 10 (or 20) lists. But it makes mine.

[Cats_n_videogames]

Mega man X had a super duper killer soundtrack.

[eamonokane]

Many a happy memory of playing Super Mario World with my cousin when we were kids. Up there for me as one of the best gaming experiences ever