The SNES is the best games console of all time, ever

The recently-launched Switch may be one of Nintendo's most important hardware launches yet thanks to the fact that the company's home and portable interests are now converging in a single platform, but that doesn't diminish the fact that Nintendo has released some of the most significant and influential pieces of gaming hardware ever, with the 16-bit Super Nintendo arguably being the most celebrated.

[Tetsujin]

My vote goes to PS1, otherwise I would have probably found a different hobby.

[Bathyj]

Agreed. PSOne is the console that changed this industry. It grew it up, made it cool for adults to play games, and it grew it size wise making it a billion dollar industry that overtook Hollywood. The impact of Sony entering gaming is the reason we have what we have today and why Microsoft got into consoles.

Before PSOne the highest selling home console was the NES with 62m and that was an anomaly. The next closest was Atari with less than half that, so selling 100m consoles at that time would have seemed impossible but Sony are on track to do it 3 out of 4 times, and that's all made possible by the groundwork PSOne laid down.

[bouzebbal]

i agree with you on the PSone.
I have been gaming since Atari 2600 and to me, the best console ever is PS3 for various reasons.
Ihave always been gaming on console gaming, exclusively! And i was 99% of the time playing japanese games cause i grew up with them. Ask me about the tiniest and least known JRPG on megadrive, snes, PS1 and there is BIG chance i played it.
On PS3, i discovered online gaming and a massive number of occidental IPs i never heard of before because i have been a japanese games fanboy back then. PS3 allowed me to discover game genres i would never think i would enjoy one day the realistic TPS and action games in general and more specifically FPS which is a genre i always hated. Killzone 2 was and is still my biggest online experience i have ever had. Because i never played FPS in depth before, i discovered something new in it everyday and didn't let go of it until platinum, same with KZ3!!
I remember buying PS3 for FF, i ended up hating FF13.
From Uncharted, Killzone, Heavy Rain, Beyond, Bioshock, TLoU, Infamous, MAG, Resistance (i didn't quote any JRPG or Platformer or racer cause that is what i prefer)... each and every single one of this would have been a never buy if they were on PS1, Megadrive or even PS2 no matter how critically acclaimed they are.

[UltraNova]

If i had to choose the absolute best console in terms of industry influence I would go with tbe ps1 too. But for me as a guy who started on the atari 2600 ( bouzebbal 😉) my personal favourite has to be the N64, the ps1 comes 2nd and the ps2 3rd.

[MRMagoo123]

yup I'd say ps1 ps2 and maybe the mega drive 2, snes had nothing on the ps1, but maybe that's because I really don't like Zelda or Mario and that's about all the snes has going for it

[bouzebbal]

Magoo:

are you serious?
it is actually the first nintendo console (with wii) that doesn't rely heavily on nintendo titles.
yes nintendo titles were world class ( have you seen Donkey Kong Country 3??? ), but 3rd party delivered massively on it. Squaresoft JRPGs, SNK, Capcom, Rare...

[naruga]

Ps1 is by far the best consolee ....(someone could say ps2 but no.....ps1 had it all ....it was the start and simultaneously the peak for many games that today considered multimillion IPs ...

[kevnb]

i feel like psone got teenagers, ps2 got adults who were already hooked.

[MVGeneral]

Agreed, PsOne changed the industry. Put gaming on the map.
I still remember playing mgs, syphon filter, Spiro and final Fantasy like it was yesterday.
But don't get me wrong. Nintendo was still the best game developer in the world. Just not the best console maker.

But it's crazy to think Sony and Nintendo were gonna release a partnered console they worked on together until nintendo dropped out and we got PSONE as a result.

[Nu]

By that locic mine was N64

[UltraNova]

Agreed.

[rezzah]

True, PS1 got me into gaming.

[Nightmar3Demom]

Yep. PS1. But I have lots of love for the Genesis

[TheColbertinator]

Genesis > SNES

[Tetsujin]

Back then I was also into the Genesis, although I eventually had both. Genesis had the action and fighting games, SNES had RPGs. I remember some of my friends bragged about how Mortal Kombat 3 "looked" so much better on the SNES, yet played the Genesis version more because it played better. Super Street Fighter 2 was another one everyone had to play on Sega since it's the only version to allow all 16 people to fight (if you go to options, at the bottom below button layout there's an option to have Normal or Super mode).

[prankster101]

SNES is probably the sole reason as to why Nintendo still has its following today. Anyone read "Game Over" by David Sheff...? Amazing how far that company has fallen since the book was written in 1994. And to think that at one point, Nintendo had around 90% of the market all sown up.

Just goes to show how inept Nintendo's management have been since H Yamauchi stepped down.

[kevnb]

the industry has simply just grown while nintendo has tried to stick to their audience. The ps4 has already sold more than the snes but I dont think this means the switch wont do well. If they could sell around 40 million switch units I would consider it a huge success considering the business model.

[MVGeneral]

Listen the switch is going to fail (I'll explain my reasoning with sound logic, below). And personally, I want them to fail. So they can wake up and make a console that I would actually buy. Like I grew up with nintendo and their franchises, countless hours on Pokémon redblueyellow, Zelda, Mario, donkey Kong and etc. But they need to get with the times and stop being the 3rd wheel in the console business.

The switch will only sell slightly better than the wiiu. People who owned the wii/wiiu are scorned. Wii for the lack of third party and Shovelware and wiiu for the abrupt drop in support and introduction of a new console.
The truth is the switch is a handheld being marketed as a home console. The people who want a console are very skeptical about the system. And now handhelds are irrelevant, the game boys and ds's sold extremely well because smartphones were expensive and gaming on smartphones were limited. Back when smartphones and phoneline's were expensive and limited to pong and brick games. Now every single 10 year old has a smartphone. And the iPhone and Android market is over saturated with games that make millions. Simply put the handheld gaming/mobile is way too competitive and popular for Nintendo to play catch up and put its foot in the door.
The only people buying this are the Nintendo hardcore. The ones that want to play anything and all things nintendo.
The casual market has moved on. The handheld market has moved on. This is a console for no one. Jack of all trades, master of none. For Nintendo fans exclusively. Talk to anyone who has a swicth or waiting to buy a switch they have one thing in common - nintendo fan.

[kevnb]

You do know the 3ds is a success right?

[bluefox755]

Nope.

[xX-oldboy-Xx]

The best Nintendo console absolutely. But I have to go with PS1 as it had CSOTN, and that is my favourite game of all time.

[endi123]

Same here I love sotn

[Onenyte]

SNES had Super Castlevaina , thoes two are a toss up imo

[Wotbot]

Yes for me, so many classics and created such a console standard which paved the way for PlayStation.

[MADGameR]

PS1 hands down is the best console. SNES had great games but very few were golden. MK2, Super Mario World, Tales of Phantasia, Chrono Trigger,etc. For PS1 I could literally name 50 games that are great. I could not do that with any other console except the PS2.

[chris235]

how i dislike such headlines.. sigh. what about a more honest "the early 80 were the best time for videogames ever". i don't like how such articles want to point out how nintendo had all the clues back then. they hadn't. they were just one of the first and that is the sole reason they got away with their arrogance towards their clients aka gamers.

[Apocalypze]

Ps1 - Street Fighter , marvel vs capcom, Metal Gear Solid , Time Crisis , Resident Evil . This console was off the roof !

[Manubiggs]

Wouldn't be a gamer today if it wasn't for the SNES. But every gen of console gaming has had it's gems so it's hard to say the best ever.

[sadsatan]

i grew up with the c64, followed by the amiga. i couldn't afford a snes at the time but always wanted one. luckily we can all play the snes now, i'm discovering so many lovely games. it probably is the best console imo

[BSD289]

Snes was the pinnacle for me

[stonecold3]

Sega dreamcast for me as well ps1 ps2 and snes n64 were great machines from Nintendo but after that Nintendo just went down hill fast for me game cube wii wiiu switch I'm not interested in these console Nintendo should had Brought something similar to there past console I might as well metioned that had a great back log games as well

[Movieworld]

Dreamcast for me.

[discobastard]

Amazing machine. I always felt bad for the version the USA got of that console. What were they thinking!?

[ultimize]

PS1 is better!!!!!!!

[Proper2002]

That would be PS2. A typo, I understand, don't worry, all is forgiven.

[Doomster1971]

The Snes is my favourite console. I've been gaming since the 70s and out of all the consoles I owned till now the Snes is still my most remembered one. I still play Snes games to this day (although through emulation).

[kevnb]

the thing about the snes is that many of those games have simply aged really well.

[sk8ofmnd]

The articles statement is partly true in my opinion... The snes is my fav nintendo console of all time.

[quent]

It really depends when you got into gaming, for me it would be close in the top 3 between nes and snes, for younger gamers it could be the psx or ps2

Heck, I choose all of them as no1 depending on the day of the week

[kayoss]

This is a very tough one. but after thinking about what games i played on SNES, it became clear that the PSone was a clear winner.
SNES, the only games i remembered playing were Zelda, mario bro, Donkey Kong, and super metroid.
BUt with the PSone, i played more diverse games and had more fond memory of it. But again, each person will have their own opinions.

[welly300]

Not technically a consolethe Amiga 500

[DarthZoolu]

Snes, PS2, and Xbox 360, 3 kings

[Cy]

Oh my god, no it's not. Take your nostalgia and your basic opinions and go away.

[QUIMICOMORTAL]

Hell of a system! but wouldn't be the best In my opinion!

[Derceto]

Great title. It almost convinces me that it's worth wasting any time whatsoever, reading anything you have to say.

[The_Sage]

If your talking pre PlayStation maybe. Even so, I liked the Genesis better during that era. Sega does what nintendont.

[Hugodastrevas]

The author misspelled Playstation 2 in the title. Sad.

[Tzuno]

Yes i would say yes because it has paved the way for what has been after, the snes library brought many genres to life. My favorite still to this day.

[ParanoidFreak]

I'd have to give the GOAT to both the SNES & PS2... oh my, both were gaming bliss!!

[Dragonscale]

Not.

[UltimateOwnage]

I agree wholeheartedly with that. I'm still gathering some of the gems of the SNES era, like Terranigma, and enjoying them as much as todays games. It was truly an amazing console for 2D gaming before 3D started to shift the industry in new directions.

[Bronxs15]

i wish nintendo made the "new" super nintendo. or the super nintendo 2.

give us an awesome controller and a kick ass console. we got the puppy face and switch tho...