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What SNES hidden gem™ should I play today?

>> No.8761373

Generic RPG # 23124124
or uhhh maybe some Mode 7 shovelware

>> No.8761374

>>8761368
Firestriker

>> No.8761376

Street Fighter II, Donkey Kong, the list goes on...

>> No.8761378

Super Tetris 2 + Bombliss

>> No.8761380

>>8761368
Derby stallion 94 betters supreme delight unleashed thoroughbred

>> No.8761385
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>>8761368
Popeye

>> No.8761389

Maybe you guys can recommend some good action games on SNES? I tried The ninjawarriors but I found the enemies took to long to go down and I didn't like it very much unlike the arcade/sega cd/nec game which is a more traditional action game and less of a mediocre beat em up.

>> No.8761393

>>8761389
Try Ninja Warriors only do it right

Also Pocky & Rocky and Wild Guns

>> No.8761395

>>8761389
>action games
>on the sneeze
Good luck.

>> No.8761404

>>8761373
yes play smt if

>> No.8761412

>>8761389
Blackthorne
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Super Smash TV
Sunset Riders
Cannon Fodder

>> No.8761453

>>8761368
DUAL ORB 2
THE BEST GAME EVER FUCKING MADE

>> No.8761461

>>8761412
>Cannon Fodder on console

>> No.8761485

>>8761412
all better on the megadrive

>> No.8761495

>>8761389
Run Saber
Skyblazer
Metal Warriors
Sparkster

>>8761485
>any of those multiplats in particular
>better on Genesis
Fuck no. Except maybe Cannon Fodder.

>> No.8761535

>>8761495
Sunset Riders MD is at least worth a shot, since it's totally different

>> No.8761572
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>>8761368

>> No.8761576
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>> No.8761582
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Metal Max 2
Metal Max Returns

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>>8761368
Play the translated Chaos Seed
it's a weird genre mix but also fun

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>> No.8761632

>>8761368
If you haven't played Front Mission Gun Hazard, it's one of the all-time great 4th gen games.

>> No.8761635

>>8761389
Alcahest
>>8761453
Based

>> No.8761641

>>8761368
Marvelous: Another Treasure Island was the only adventure game I know of to use the SA-1 chip. It very, very likely uses Zelda LTTP's engine, in part or in whole, and it was directed by Aonuma himself.

>> No.8761642

>>8761572
>>8761576
>>8761584
>>8761591
>>8761596

Is there a key for all of these? I don't recognize some of the covers.

>> No.8761669

Torneko Mystery Dungeon

>> No.8762147
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Majyuuou.
It's an action platformer about infiltrating the Demon King's castle, using the power of the demons for yourself. But don't rely on one demon for too long, lest you become one yourself.

>> No.8762149

>>8762147
I've seen this described as "16-bit Devil May Cry". How accurate is that?

>> No.8762153

>>8762149
Visual theme wise, yeah. Lots of cool monsters.
Your main attack in human form is a semi-auto handgun kind of like Dante. But you won't be doing any curazey melee stuff.

>> No.8762312

>>8761368
Have you heard of a little game called Final Fantasy V (5 [Five] )? It never released in the states because us dirty gaijins are too dumb for such refined gameplay. It's pretty obscure.

>> No.8762624

>>8761368
Front Mission 1

>> No.8762934

Lufia 2 is my favorite SNES hidden gem

>> No.8762938

>>8762934
That game is wildly popular

>> No.8762979

>>8761368
Play romancing saga 2 and do a 1019 years run

>> No.8763018

>>8761368
Not at all hidden, but I got a kick out of Rock N' Roll Racing even though I'm not normally a fan of racing games.

>> No.8763028

Actraiser

>> No.8763560

>>8762624
good stuff

>> No.8765458

Go Go Ackman 3

>> No.8765491

Biker Mice from Mars

>> No.8765503

>>8765491
based, I also add Power Rangers Zeo

>> No.8765776

>>8761368
nosferatu
firemen
sos

>> No.8765816
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>>8761374
I rented this game based on the box art. I was expecting an RPG or at least a good side scroller. I ended up beating it over the weekend - I started off disappointed but it actually turned out to be fun

>> No.8766164

Shiren the Wanderer

>> No.8766168

>>8761572
>>8761576
>>8761584
>>8761591
>>8761596

half those games are trash

>> No.8766247

>>8762149
not at all, whoever told you that is a moron

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>>8761368
The Firemen

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ehem

>> No.8767454

Any of these translated games don't get mentioned often from my lurking experience:

Arabian Nights
Chaos Seed
Daikaijuu Monogatari 1 & 2
Energy Breaker
Gourmet Warrios (it has a dedicated pose button!!)
Heracles no Eikou IV
Hyper Iria
Lodoss Tou Senki
Madou Monogatari (look at her waving idiotically, isn't it cute?)
Princess Minerva (hot sluts!)
Spike McFang

>> No.8767458

>>8761368
Hal’s hole in one golf

>> No.8767473

>>8767454
Wasn't Spike McFang localized?

>> No.8767486

>>8767473
Whoops, you're right. It slipped on my list because of the recently released sprite restoration hack that was on my mind. I think it bugs out another store sprite. Either that or I fucked up patching it.

>> No.8768282

>>8762938
Before 2010 this game was practically unheard of, the DS remake and Youtube finally gave it traction.

>> No.8769069
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>>8761368
Check out Hyper Iria

>> No.8769342

>>8761389
choplifter 3 awesome snes game.

>> No.8769352

>>8761389
Contra 3

>> No.8769393

play Magic Sword, King of Dragons and Knights of the Round and tell me which you like the best

>> No.8769505

Quiz & Dragons

Good luck finding it though.

>> No.8771832

>>8761368
Comix Zone

>> No.8771840

>>8761453
IS THAT THE ONE WITH MONSTER TRUCKS????<img class="xae" data-xae width="28" height="28" src="https://s.4cdn.org/image/emotes/de27847b_monkaGIGA.png"><img class="xae" data-xae width="28" height="28" src="https://s.4cdn.org/image/emotes/de27847b_monkaGIGA.png">

>> No.8772217

>>8771840
Where did this meme even come from?

>> No.8772228

>>8766168
way more than half

>> No.8772317

DoReMi Fantasy is a pretty fun and whimsical platformer.

>> No.8772318

>>8765816
Just tried it. I thought it was going to be a fighter or something. Did not expect that

>> No.8772584

>>8761368
smt if...<span class="xae" data-xae="glad">😊[/spoiler]

>> No.8773313

>>8769069
This was a pleasant surprise, are the movie/anime any good?

>> No.8773378

>>8772217
forced by 1 person.

>> No.8773793

>>8761368
Waterworld

>> No.8774236

>>8773313
Yes, very good.

>> No.8774489

>>8773313
The OVA series is basically one of those cult classics like battle angel alita

>> No.8774627

>>8761378
Tetris Battle Gaiden

>> No.8774642

>1727 games
>the largest library of all cartridge-based consoles
>its entire worthwhile library that isn't RPGs can be condensed down to first party games, about 6-7 Capcom games, Magical Pop'N, and Umihara Kawase
Actually pretty remarkable to think about.

>> No.8774659

>>8774642
The US SNES library was definitely weaker than the Japanese one. One reason I suspect is a lot more shitty Western-developed games while NES games were predominantly Japanese.

>> No.8774701

>>8774642
this is the case for every console, what's your point?

>> No.8774704

>>8774642
Blatant uneducated/trash bait-y opinion.
Anyway, I recommend to OP: Cameltry (aka On The Ball in the west)

>> No.8774710

>>8761368
umm le heckin' earthbound
how bout a hidden gem called chrono trigger?

>> No.8774736

>>8774642
The Super Nintendo has the best library out of any console ever released and it isn't even close.

>> No.8774756

tbqh the NES library was better, even the sports games had more soul than they did on the SNES

>> No.8774767

>>8774659
even in Japan it was called the console for everyone except gamers

>> No.8774774

>>8774767
Imagine being a weeaboo in 2022.

>> No.8774779

>>8774642
>Magical Pop'N, and Umihara Kawase
>weeb tranny pedophiles actually believe this shit is good
Let me guess, you love the Saturn

>> No.8774781

>>8774736
just depends how much you like 2D turn based RPGs and horse race betting sims.

>> No.8774789

>>8774781
It's not like the horse bet games were made by talented developers whose efforts would've been better spent working on anything else. Like the Neo Geo and its library of fighting game spam.

>> No.8774797

>>8774789
I'm just saying, if you like arcade shooters, platform games, action games, puzzle games, strategy, you might prefer something else

>> No.8774804

>>8774797
>might
Yeah if you have shit taste maybe.

>> No.8774808

>>8774781
well rpgs are kino

>> No.8774810

>>8761584
Like, IDK. I look at the chart and can't help but see Jeopardy: Sports Edition and Lamborghini: American Challenge taunting me.

>> No.8774845

>>8774642
Add in a few Konami games and that should do it.

>> No.8774848

>>8774845
>not natsume
>not hudson
>not taito
pretending the snes doesn't have many good games that aren't rpgs is a bit too retarded. it has a great library.

>> No.8774850

>>8774848
its fine but it feels limited. At least the games generally look pretty

>> No.8774853

>>8774850
>it feels limited
Only to you because you're psyoped by /vr/ memes.

>> No.8774858
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>>8774853
No I'm psyopped by playing other consoles libraries, really I know most of the SNES games and I just don't have time for big RPGs these days. I like the SNES and battle zeque den is cool and all but meh, there's just not a ton for someone like me who doesn't want to play a lot of rpgs

>> No.8774861

>>8774858
You clearly just have monumentally shitty taste. If you can even count blatantly wanting to be a contrarian hipster as a taste.

>> No.8774867

>>8774861
whatever thought terminating cliche helps you cope dude lol im open to more games. tell me about the violinist of hameln. already beat it. maybe magical pop'n which is just ok i guess

hey i tried total carnage today, seems like an ok smash tv like game...but whatever

>> No.8774869

>>8774867
We are all very impressed.

>> No.8774874

>>8774869
thanks, im trying to make the snes look better but you're just not helping

>> No.8774876

>>8774874
>im trying to make the snes look better
It's working.

>> No.8774879

>>8774867
I guess you could play World Cup USA 94 or Bass Masters Classic Pro Edtion.

>> No.8774882

>>8774869
stop replying to the console warrior, any game you mention he will just say "yeah, I guess that's okay... but still not that great, meh".
if he has already decided that he has a hateboner for the console, then let him be. he probably never played any of the games he mentioned, anyway.

>> No.8774886

>>8774876
thanks, if snes fans want their console to look like a horse betting jrpg only box I'll do what I can as a sega fan to assure people that the snes at least has that cool twinbee platformer

>> No.8774889

>>8774886
You don't need to describe yourself as a Sega fan, it was obvious enough.

>> No.8774893

>>8774889
I'm also a PlayStation fan :) why don't you like me?

>> No.8774894

>>8774886
>thanks, if snes fans want their console to look like a horse betting jrpg only box
Of course there's a lot of meh licensed platformers too most of which haven't aged as well as their counterparts on the NES.

>> No.8774895

>>8774889
He's falseflagging.
Wouldn't be surprised if it's australia, and he's not even a fan of any console, especially not japanese ones.

>> No.8774896

>>8774894
goof troop's alright, there's that japan only mickey game thats also on genesis that's better on the snestendo too i think

>> No.8774901

>>8774896
The Japan-only mickey game is Magical Quest 3, the one that was also on Mega Drive is Magical Quest 2 and that one was released in the west.

>> No.8774902

>>8774901
ty, its cool playing as mickey and donald. donald has all these fun gag power ups

>> No.8774908

It's funny though, but I've heard people say the same thing about how C64 games aged better than Amiga ones.

>> No.8774915

>>8774908
The Amiga kind of has the same problem as the SNES, its library is more one-dimensional than its 8-bit predecessor's.

>> No.8774919

>>8774915
The SNES literally has all the same genres as NES but better games in each genre.

>> No.8774939

>>8761368
Some of these aren't exactly hidden, but even if they're well known I haven't met very many people who have actually played them:
Terranigma
Wonder Project J
EVO – The Search for Eden
The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang
Bahamut Lagoon
Star Ocean

>> No.8774968
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Sutte Hakkun

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>> No.8775156

>>8774642
Jesus you people shitpost way too much

>> No.8775190

>>8761368
Mr. Nutz

>> No.8775229

>>8761461
I have it on GBC, its fucking hard

>> No.8775441

>>8774642
1000 of them were only japan

>> No.8775906

>>8775441
And at least 600 of those were sports/Mahjong/horse betting games.

>> No.8775915

>>8768282
Anybody who knew what an emulator was knew Lufia 2. If your metric of what constitutes a "hidden gem" is "whether or not normalfaggots who don't play games know about it", you're stupid and I dislike you.

>> No.8775920

It did always seem to me that the Mega Drive had a lot smaller amount of shovelware.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qycaBvAG5fg

>> No.8776061

>>8761378
The only good version of that game is the famicom one with Dragon Warrior music

>> No.8776147

>>8775156
Super Nintendo generates a lot of asshurt from certain kind of people (console warriors, mostly, but also west vs east shitposters). It's a fascinating console not only because of its genuinely great catalogue, but also because of how it makes these people still seethe, 3 decades later.

>> No.8776150

Playing Laplace no ma with Mouths of Madness running in the background right now, you can't stop me.

>> No.8776531

The SNES's library isn't bad at all, but many of its best games never got out of Japan while the Western library was nothing but sports and janky licensed platformers.

>> No.8777360

>>8761368
Try Mr. Do! and Mr. Nutz

>> No.8777380

>>8776150
>Laplace
Was he the French mathematician with the loli gf or was that someone else?

>> No.8778375

>>8761453
>>8761635
>>8769069
>>8774858
>>8775057

Based.

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