Top 10 Super Famicom games
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It is quite difficult to do a top 10 on my favourite system.
However today I think it would be :
10 - Terranigma
It was the second to last RPG I finished on the SFC, approximatively 10 years ago (the last being Emerald Dragon this month).
Perhaps the best action-rpg on the system, with a very special atmosphere and some wonderful music.
I finished it in french, with a quite poor translation, as usual, and I'd like to (re)finish it in english.9 - Super Metroid
My game of summer'94, along with SSF2.
I hesitated between this one and Megaman X (which I bought 1 year later), I chose S. Metroid and I never regretted it.
The best Metroid in my opinion, which has aged very well.8 - Super Castlevania 4/Akumajô Dracula
Perhaps my favourite episode in the serie (I do not like the "Metroidvanias" very much except of course for Symphony of the Night), even if the PC-Engine one is very close.7 - Super Street Fighter 2
The best VS fighting game in the world, now and forever. Immortal :D
Street Fighter 2 is surely the most memorable as a historical point of view, and it's also the game I got with the system, but I played the Super more.6 - Breath of Fire 2
One of my favourite RPG and the best in the serie (even if the 3 is excellent too).
It was not as long nor beautiful as top RPG on the system but I loved the unique and quite dark atmosphere, the music as well as some nice features (fusions, building his own city, etc) at the time.5 - Tengai Makyô Zero
The first RPG I finished in complete japanese, without knowing a word of japanese, even kanas...
This was before finishing the second episode, which is obviously better, but I still keep a soft spot for the Zero.
I'd love to see a fan translation of this game.4 - Contra Spirits/Super Probotector
For me, one of the best Konami game of all time and arguably the best "run'n gun" game.
It was a shock to see such a game on a little Super Nintendo.
Everything is perfect in this game.3 - F-Zero
I put it "only" in third but I think it is the game I played the most on SFC.
In general I love racing game but F-Zero is truly special (along with F-Zero X but I have more memories of the SFC one).
I remember very well when I saw it on a real TV, I could not believe it (I had an Amstrad CPC at the time).
I know every inch of each circuit and I still play it regularly.
I even bought a cartmod of BS F-Zero 2 some time ago.2 - Chrono Trigger
One of the best RPG of all time, which I waited very much in 1995 after seing photos and reviews of the japanese version in magazines. Finally I bought it in US version as soon as it came out, and it was fabulous from the beggining to the end.
It's from this game that I began collecting and keeping the games I liked the most.1 - Final Fantasy VI
I don't even know what to say about my favourite game of all time.
I played it like 10 hours a day when I got it by the end of 1994. The music, characters, fighting system, scenario, world of Balance then world of Ruin, and so on, it was completely incredible, I even dreamt it about it
I did not know much about the game before buying it, except for the small review in french "Joypad" magazine.
I have finished perhaps 50 times since 1994, in every version, even the poor Playstation port.
It's simply "my" game, I love everything in FFVI, which is more than just a game to me.Of course, there are much more games that could be in my top : Bahamut Lagoon, Final Fantasy IV & V, Axelay, Turles in Time, Super Mario World, Super Mario Kart, DBZ 2, Pocky&Rocky, Rockman 7, and so on...
And some games that I still need to finish like Seiken Densetsu 3 and Dragon Quest III, among others.bolded text
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Nice tops guys! I love all those games except Donkey Kong Country 2 (I have never played it, I had enough with the first one LOL).
@Sebee: I competely forgot about Super Aleste! I just added it to my list.
@UmaroPJ: I also would like to finish Terranigma in English some day. I really hated the French translation. Wow, I didn't think Terranigma was the last RPG you completed on the SNES before Emerald Dragon! I am surprised you prefer Breath of Fire II to Zelda and Super Mario World.
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I love Zelda III (but who would not?) but I did not finish it when I was teenager (the game was lended to me and I did not have the time to complete it before I give it back to his owner), and I finished it only years later. That's why I have fondest memories of other games.
Super Mario World is the second game I got on the system (after Street Fighter 2) and I loved it. However, there have been so much Mario platform games since, that the game feels less "precious" that some other titles, even if is still the best Mario game to me. But it would be in my top 15 for sure
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@UmaroPj said in Top 10 Super Famicom games:
5 - Tengai Makyô Zero
The first RPG I finished in complete japanese, without knowing a word of japanese, even kanas...
This was before finishing the second episode, which is obviously better, but I still keep a soft spot for the Zero.
I'd love to see a fan translation of this game.
bolded textI've read the game is a nightmare to hack , i'm afraid we'll never see any translation at all. But i hope i'm wrong...
Ididn't know there was a sequel to this game , what's its name and on what system ?
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The translation seems to be almost complete:
https://twitter.com/DariaPlays/status/836569459359907840
Umaro was refering to Tengai Makyô II on PC Engine.
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Is that true
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I think Far East Of Eden 2 Maru is not a sequel to Zero but a sequel to FEOE Ziria , and Zero i guess is a prequel to Ziria although it came later.
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I don't know whether it's true or not. I looked for a confirmation, but I couldn't find anything, except that video from 2015:
Umaro never said Tengai Makyô II was a sequel to Tengai Zero. He only said he completed Zero before completing the second episode of the series (Tengai Makyô II).
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My mistake...
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As always
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Obviously better ? Really ? Can you explain ? I never played both of them but i only saw the rolling demo of Zero and it looked beautiful , i know the other one is on disc then of course sound is surely better and full of cinemas , so what else makes it better ?
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In my opinion, Tengai II is:
-A lot deeper than Zero (more magic spells, more possibilities ; 4 characters instead of three)
-A lot longer (three times as long). It's a huge game with a lot of regions.
-Harder, and thus more interesting. You have got to figure a strategy to beat bosses.
-More sophisticated storywiseZero feels like a simplified, shorter episode, with better visuals.
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Umaro never said Tengai Makyô II was a sequel to Tengai Zero. He only said he completed Zero before completing the second episode of the series (Tengai Makyô II).
Exactly.
Obviously Tengai II is the best for all the reasons Gustav said, however I keep a soft spot for Zero's musics and more "melancholic" atmosphere. And it was the first in the series I finished, a few time after it came out in Japan.
But in the end Tengai II is probably the best RPG of its time, and one of the longest of all time.
