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The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, commonly shortened to Super Nintendo, [b] Super NES or SNES, [c] is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan and South Korea, [16] 1991 in North America, 1992 in Europe and Oceania and 1993 in South America.
The best-selling game on the SNES is Super Mario World. First released in Japan on November 21, 1990, it went on to sell over 20 million units worldwide. [1] The second Super Mario game on the SNES, Super Mario All-Stars, is the second-best-selling game on the platform, with sales in excess of 10.5 million units. [1]
Super Nintendo Entertainment System cartridges. Top: North American design Bottom: PAL/Japanese region design. The Super Nintendo Entertainment System has a library of 1,738 official releases, of which 717 were released in North America plus 4 championship cartridges, 522 in Europe, 1,448 in Japan, 231 on Satellaview, and 13 on SuFami Turbo. 295 releases are common to all regions, 148 were ...
A size comparison of the (top to bottom) Wii (2006), GameCube (2001), Nintendo 64 (1996), North American SNES (1991) and the NES outside of Japan (1985) The Japanese multinational consumer electronics company Nintendo has developed seven home video game consoles and multiple portable consoles for use with external media, as well as dedicated consoles and other hardware for their consoles.
A Link to the Past was set for release in March 1991. Additional staff were hired to complete the game by adding further elements to the game such more enemies and a scenario. According to Miyamoto, these elements took an additional eight months to develop. [84] It was released in Japan on November 21, 1991.
A SNES port of Comanche: Maximum Overkill (1992) was exhibited at E3 1995, and would have utilized the Super FX powered GSU-2, but was never released. [24] [25] NovaLogic: Congo: A video game adaption of the 1995 film Congo was concurrently in development for Genesis and SNES, unrelated to the Saturn game Congo The Movie: The Lost City of Zinj ...
Console Wars is a 2020 documentary directed by Jonah Tulis and Blake J. Harris. The film is about the 1990s console wars between Nintendo and Sega in the 16-bit era and the rise and fall of Sega in the home console market.
The original SNES version had sold 2.5 million copies by 2006. [150] Chrono Trigger DS sold 790,000 copies worldwide, as of March 2009, including 490,000 in Japan, 240,000 in North America and 60,000 in Europe. [151] The SNES, PS1 and DS versions shipped a combined 3.44 million copies worldwide by March 2009. Excluding the PC version, the game ...