That day 30 years ago, the Super Nintendo was launched in North America. Does that make you feel old? Because we feel positive old.
The launch followed perfectly after the Japanese launch of the Super Famicom in November 1990, with American players getting a redesigned console that changed the lush curves of the Japanese model for a smaller look, courtesy of Lance Barr (who also created NES Design a few years earlier). While the redesign continues to spark debates even today (Europe has the same case as Japan, thankfully), there is no denying that the U.S. SNES holds many iconic memories for the millions who owned it; just check out our list of the best SNES games in history, as voted for by you, the general public.
Many of Nintendo’s most beloved games were released on the SNES, including F-Zero, Star Fox, Super Mario World, Donkey Kong Country, EarthBound, Super Mario Kart, Zelda: A Link to the Past i Super Metroid, while third-party partners such as Capcom, Konami and Square released high-quality games such as Street Fighter II, TMNT: Turtles in time, Super Ghouls’ n Ghosts, Axelay, Final Fantasy III i against III.
Sega posed more of a challenge in the 16-bit era than it had done with its main 8-bit system, and in the West, the Mega Drive / Genesis ate Nintendo’s massive market share during the early and the mid-90s. – but a high tide raises all ships (as the saying goes) and the console war that broke out during this period finally benefited all players.
When it was discontinued, SNES had sold an impressive 49.1 million units sold worldwide. Since then, Nintendo has sold a lot more trucks from the console in its “Classic Edition” and is slowly feeding SNES games to its Nintendo Switch Online subscription service. Although later systems such as the Wii and Switch have surpassed it, and failed to surpass the global base of NES installations of 61.91 million, the SNES will remain the console of choice for many experienced fans. of Nintendo.
Oh, and Paul Rudd was in the American commercial. Could you ask for more?