What is your favourite Super Nintendo game?

[TitanAtlas]

For me i'm going to say 5 games and the reasons:

-Chrono Trigger - That game touched my adventurous side. I remember so well travelling through time to save the world countless times. My favourite characters were Frog, Magus and Robo, cuz they had traits of what i considered myself to be. A Honorous hero, with a dark sense of the world, and yet protective to others (in the respective order).

-Illusion of Gaia - Dam oh dam i had fun with this game, to be a great knight or even a mystic creature that saves the world has we know it. It's a must play!!

-Final Fantasy IV (VI) - I loved the humour, the characters, the setting, the steampunkish feel... heck, i loved that game in all sense of the word.

-Megaman X series - I felt like the story was better, the game teached you how to play it, i didn't just gave a long list of how to play it. Everything you did, was through logic and perception, i love that game, the mechanics of it, the design of the world and enemies. This game is forever bound into my heart!!

-Terranigma - Now this is a really underrated game. You follow the events of a heavy story, that will lead you through the origin of everything and evolution of humankind. The gameplay was masterfull, the story heart-breaking and heavy, the events meaningfull, and the ending... oh god the ending... it's a great story having a beggining, a middle and a end, it's everything i could ever wish on a game, i loved it till it's very core, Terranigma for me is the best SNES games. Sure i liked Legend of Zelda and Super Metroid and Star Fox, but for me... Terranigma all the way. This game touched my heart, nad has i was at the end of everything, at the brink of oblivion i fought and won, and in the end... i was free.

Honour Mentions:

-Super Metroid - I liked the game but never got that crazy about it. It's... nice i guess.
-Castlevania - I used to love the enemies in this...
-Star Fox - Spent a really huge part of my cildhood doign barrel rolls... loved it!!
-Legend of Zelda: Link to the past - The very first game i finished with EVERYTHING. Every little secret uncovered. LOVED IT!!!
-Super Mario - Riding Yoshi and using the cape to fly... what's not to love? xD
-Breath of Fire - Loved this game and finished it a couple of times...
-Secret of Mana (the one with the werewolf character) - SO... FREAKING... EPIC!!!
-Contra - DIE ALIE! DIE!!!
-The Lost Vikings 2 - The first Snes game i ever played, and the first to really get me into SNES games. This game for me is a classic!!!

 

[GonzoGamer]

Soul Blazer.
You might remember it if you were a fan of Chrono Trigger and those Zelda-ish games.
Actually, I think I may have liked Act Raiser more. It was like a Fantasy style sim city with action-platforming sections.
Also, I may have gotten those names switched around.
I'll check, I have them both in my phone now.

 

[Rednog]

It is a crime that this game never makes anyone's best of SNES list.
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
It is seriously the best compilation of the Mario Universe in terms of character interaction and has a lot of humor.

 

[CrazyJew]

Chrono Trigger. I hate turn based RPGs, but that game... *goosebumps*
Super Mario RPG would be my other exception for the "Fuck turn based RPG's" rule.

 

[Vern]

I have some really fond memories of that old thing. In fact I still play it somewhat regularly, although the original SNES my brother bought back in 1992 or 1993 finally crapped out a year and a half ago so I had to buy another one off ebay. And even so, it didn't really crap out, it still worked but the little plastic ring around the AC adapter connector on the back broke, so it was just a wire sticking out. It still worked, you just had to find the sweet spot, and not move the SNES, or walk around, or really pull the controller at all... or breathe near it. Still, 17 years is a pretty decent lifespan.

As for my favorites, I'd have a hard time nailing one down. I'm leaning towards Final Fantasy VI, but it's followed closely by Final Fantasy IV, Chrono Trigger, and A Link to the Past. But that's followed closely by Super Metroid, ActRasier, EVO: The Search for Eden, Secret of Mana, and I don't care what anyone says, but I still think Demon's Crest was a good game. Firebrand really needs a new game damn it.

There were quite a few enjoyable games on the SNES so it's hard to choose, and honestly quite a few more crap games. We didn't have the word shovelware at the time, but virtually any game with a movie tie in at that point was crap, and there were quite a few. Lawnmower Man, Judge Dredd, Batman Forever, Warlock, and it goes on like that. But still, the really great games on SNES still hold up today. Maybe it's rose colored glasses, but I'd like to think that a kid who grew up on the N64/PS or even the PS2/XBOX, maybe PS3/360, would still appreciate Chrono Trigger or A Link to the Past. Maybe I'd be wrong, but they're still amazing games in my eyes.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

Erm.

Probably a toss up between Link to the Past and Yoshi's Island. I also love Secret of Mana and Illusion of Gaia.

Link to the Past was such an awesome game.

 

[boag]

Chrono Trigger
Super Mario RPG
Super Metroid
Lufia 2
Final Fantasy 6
Super Robot Taisen 4
TMNT: Turtles in Time

Have continously re-played each at certain periods of time, they never get old.

 

[Erttheking]

1. Super Mario RPG
2. Super Metroid
3. UN squadron
4. Link to the Past
5. Final Fantasy 4 (or 2 depending on which version you're talking about, it's the one with Cecil and Rosa)

 

[gigastrike]

1: Super Metroid
2: Final Fantasy 3 (japanese nubering)
3: Final Fantasy 4

 

[Frankster]

Of most of the awesome games listed by people, in all honesty I only played them way later, usually at a friends place. So top 5 snes games I owned as a kid :

-Street Fighter 2 Turbo. Has the best ost of any street fighter 2 variant imo.
-Probotector, or at least I think it was name... 2 player side scrolling shoot em up a la contra.
-The Lion King+Aladdin+Toy Story. Disney made some great platforming games so just gonna count them all as one.
-Spiderman & Venom: Maximum Carnage. Beat em up where ya play as either spidey or venom with assists from other superheroes. Tons of fun, loved this game to bits.
-Doom. Maybe wasn't the best version of it but first played it on snes and terrified me as a kid to the point i'd find it difficult going beyond the first few stages. Something about those monsters growling...

 

[dills2]

yoshis island and super mario world

 

[busterkeatonrules]

No question about it:

SUPER MARIO WORLD! OH YEAH!

(The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past being a VERY close second!)

 

[zehydra]

Probably Yoshi's Island and maybe Donkey Kong Country 1/2

 

[Lunar Templar]

1: Super Metroid
2: Final Fantasy 3 (japanese nubering)
3: Final Fantasy 4

FF3 was on the NES.

my list o.0

Demon's Crest
Super Metriod
Final Fantasy 5&6
Seiken Densetsu 3
Chrono Trigger
Breath of Fire 1&2
Mega Man X 1-3
Lufia 2
Actraise
E.V.O.
Killer Instinct
Robotrek

that in no real order btw, just the ones i like best

 

[burningdragoon]

Top 3 in no particular order (because I can never make up my mind which I like more)

-Final Fantasy 6
-Chrono Trigger
-Secret of Mana

 

[Diddy_Mao]

Super Metroid
Final Fantasy VI
Legend of Zelda Link to the Past
Illusion of Gaia
Soul Blazer

 

[Snoozer]

Yohi's Island, Super Mario World and Zelda: A Link to the Past. All equally awesome.

 

[Mr Somewhere]

Super Metroid, first game that I really loved.

Edit: Still is one of my favourites.

 

[Tuesday Night Fever]

My personal top 5, in order...

1. Zombies Ate My Neighbors
2. UN Squadron
3. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
4. Donkey Kong Country
5. Super Metroid

 

[him over there]

Super Mario World, yeah I'm pretty boring. Also Donkey Kong Country because I was a graphics snob as a child.