The team at Digital Trends have taken on the near impossible task of choosing the best Super Nintendo games of all-time. Nintendo’s follow up to the Nintendo Entertainment System console launched in 1990 and has some true masterpieces on it and a number of key Nintendo franchises such such as F-Zero, Star Fox, Donkey Kong Country, Mario Kart and much more. The Super Nintendo games chosen by Digital Trends are listed in no particular order, so judge the list as you see fit.
Best SNES games:
- Mortal Kombat 2
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
- Kirby’s Dream Course
- Star Fox
- F-Zero
- Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
- Shadowrun
- ActRaiser
- Contra III: The Alien Wars
- Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts
- Mega Man X2
- Super Mario All-Stars
- Donkey Kong Country
- Super Castlevania IV
- Secret of Mana
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island
- Super Mario Kart
- Super Street Fighter II Turbo
- Final Fantasy IV
- EarthBound
- Final Fantasy VI
- Super Mario World
- Chrono Trigger
- Super Metroid
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

My favorite SNES games are without a doubt Super Mario RPG and Super Mario Kart. My aunt gave me her SNES i use to play as a kid just before she passed away.
Should be X not X2
Why not X3? I love more psx X3 version for great audio quality but snes version is great too.
Donkey Kong country 2 much
This list really brought back some great memories titles like Super Mario World and A Link to the Past truly defined an era of gaming. It’s amazing how these classics still hold up today in terms of gameplay and creativity. I was actually browsing some retro discussions while checking out resources like Duval court records and it’s interesting how nostalgia connects totally different interests. Thanks for putting together such a well-rounded roundup of timeless SNES favorites.
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