Best RPG games for SNES? (and non-RPG games too!)

[bonkon]

SUPER PUNCH OUT.

Best game ever period. Every other games have their sequels on the SNES itself or other platforms sometimes better or worse than the original. I have yet to play a boxing game worthy of Punch Outs dust. That my friend is a sign of true classic and greatness.

My opinion is far from being objective since I am a big fanboy of the punch out series starting from the arcades and NES versions beating Mike Tyson. Fanboy or not it is truely a great game.

 

[flashnolan]

Definitely what everyone has been saying: Chrono Trigger.

I remember having a lot of fun with the game F-Zero. The Donkey Kong Country games were a lot of fun too.

 

[Bencrest]

I went out to buy some of the aforementioned titles last year, in the UK, from stores like Gamestation and GAME.

Only copies I could find were in fairly tatty boxes... Chrono Trigger was £60 (about $120!).

I assume it was never officially released in the UK, so they buy them cheap from America and stick them on the shelf here with a huge markup.

Oh well, Snes9X runs on the EEEPC smoothly enough, so it'll have to do

 

[dvessel]

One game that stands out to me is The Lost Vikings from Interplay. Control 3 vikings who each have strengths and weakness to figure out a way to pass a level. Serious fun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOcs-W8dezs

Oh, and Out of this World is cool too. Used rotoscoping for the animation. I thought it was really cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoOsXCDyASE

 

[aluren]

super metroid comes to my mind.

 

[MaZa]

Of RPG and jRPG, oh my god this is tought choice... Final Fantasy IV and VI (or labeled as II and III in western countries) are classics, and V is a gem that never saw its english release for SNES, but its rom copies got fantranslated for emulators, and finally we have now official PSX re-release, but its still SNES game. And Chrono Trigger is legendary! I cant choose between those four, they are all good for different reasons. If I would HAVE to choose, I might lean on Chrono Trigger now, but my mind might change on other day.

For other games, Super Metroid is obvious nobrainer.

 

[robojack]

In related news, Chrono Trigger is getting a DS port (no 3d remake, yay), definitely something to look forward to. It's supposed to contain new dungeons and perhaps even a multiplayer mode.

 

[kjk1281]

This thread is already full of excellent suggestions, but I'll add a few more since you know Japanese:

Dragon Quest I.II
Dragon Quest III
Dragon Quest V
Dragon Quest VI
Live A Live
Romancing Saga
Romancing Saga II
Romancing Saga III

I could probably go on, but I'll stop there. One word of warning about the Dragon Quests: the cartridges seem to very delicate and prone to file deletion, so if you have a DS, I recommend getting DQ IV and V (and VI when it's released) on the DS instead.

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Originally Posted by robojack /img/forum/go_quote.gif In related news, Chrono Trigger is getting a DS port (no 3d remake, yay), definitely something to look forward to. It's supposed to contain new dungeons and perhaps even a multiplayer mode.

Can't wait!

 

[philodox]

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Originally Posted by Kirosia /img/forum/go_quote.gif Terranigma/Soul Blazer/Actraiser/Illusion of Gaia

Is Actraiser part of that series?

I thought it went Soul Blazer->Illusion of Gaia->Terranigma->The Granstream Saga Quote:

Originally Posted by Rednamalas1 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I have some of the games mentioned above, such as FF series, Chrono trigger (best rpg game - perhaps ever, IMO), BOF, and zelda. I'll try to grab as many games as I can

Arguably the best RPG for the SNES, but ever? That's a bit of a stretch...

 

[Kirosia]

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Originally Posted by philodox /img/forum/go_quote.gif Is Actraiser part of that series? I thought it went Soul Blazer->Illusion of Gaia->Terranigma->The Granstream Saga

I wasn't listing them in order, just grouping them together since they were all developed by Quintet.

 

[philodox]

Fair enough, cool series anyways.

 

[-=Germania=-]

paperboy!

 

[Fallen]

Lunar: The Silver Story was my favorite rpg EVER when I was a kid.

Even as I played it, it felt a little girly to me, but I still couldn't get enough. The story was great, as were the characters.

I think I played it on the PS though. DOn't know if it was available on SNES.

It probably because I was so young, but I don't think I have been as immersed in an RPG world since then.

 

[Kirosia]

Lunar is only on Sega Saturn and Playstation I believe. Bought the PSX one ages ago, great game albeit really short and linear.

 

[cclragnarok]

Some of my favorites (coincidentally, most of them were Japanese-only but fan translated):

Final Fantasy V
Final Fantasy VI
Seiken Densetsu 3 (part of the Secret of Mana series)
Tales of Phantasia (the Playstation remake is better though)