If you want to PROCURE any of these games to play yourself, here is the full list of games featured today! 1. Super Back to the Future Part 2 2. Super Bomberman 4 3. Super Bomberman 5 4. Final Fantasy V 5. Go Go Ackman 6. Go Go Ackman 2 7. Go Go Ackman 3 8. Super Ninja Kun 9. Gunple Gunman’s Proof 10. BS Zelda No Densetsu 11. BS The Legend of Zelda : Ancient Stone Tablets 12. Dark Half 13. Magical Pop’n 14. Bahamut Lagoon 15. Front Mission 16. Front Mission Gun Hazard 17. Umihara Kawase 18. Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shougun Magginesu 19. Ganbare Goemon 3: Shishi Juurokubee no Karakuri Manjigatame 20. Ganbare Goemon 4 : KiraKira Dotyu 21. Shodai Kekketsu Kouha Kunio Kun 22. Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no 23. Violinist of Hameln 24. Alcahest 25. Sanrio World Smash Ball 26. Zig Zag Cat 27. Zen Nippon Pro Wrestling 28. Star Ocean 29. Mario and Wario 30. BS Excitebike : Mario Battle Stadium 31. Shin Megami Tensei 32. Shin Megami Tensei 2 33. Shin Megami Tensei If 34. Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei 35. Fire Emblem Mystery of the Emblem 36. Fire Emblem Genealogy of the Holy War 37. Fire Emblem Thracia 776 38. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing : Endless Duel 39. Live a Live 40. Marchen Adventure Cotton 100% 41. Parodius Da! 42. Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius 43. Tales of Phantasia 44. Rockman and Forte 45. Romancing Saga 46. Romancing Saga 2 47. Romancing Saga 3 48. Treasure Conflix 49. Super Famicom Wars 50. Sengoku 51. SD The Great Bartle 52. The Great Battle II 53. The Great Battle III 54. The Great Battle IV 55. The Great Battle V 56. Spriggan Powered 57. Ganbare Daiku no Gensan 58. Sutte Hakkun 59. Gekisou Sentai Car Ranger 60. Melfand Stories 61. Mickey No Tokyo DisneyLand Daibouken 62. Shounen Ninja Sasuke 63. Dragon Quest I + II 64. Dragon Quest III 65. Dragon Quest V 66. Dragon Quest VI 67. Majyuuo King of Demons 68. Clock Tower 69. DoReMi Fantasy 70. PyschoDreams 71. Chou Jikuu Macrosss: Scrambled Valkyrie 72. Radical Dreamers 73. Super Genjin 2 74. Trials of Mana 75. Wonder Project J 76. Wizard I II III Story of Llylgamyn 77. Metal Max Returns 78. Treasure of Rudras 79. Treasure Hunter G 80. GOD Mezameyo to Yobu Koe ga Kikoe 81. Granhistoria 82. Bishouji Senshi Sailor Moon R 83. Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Jougai Rantou!? Shuyaku Soudatsusen 84. Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS: Zenin Sanka! Shuyaku Soudatsusen 85. Sailor Moon : Another Story 86. Ghost Sweeper Mikami 87. Super Shell Monsters Story 88. Marvelous: Another Treasure Island 89. Araiguma Rascal 90. Assault Suits Valken 91. FEDA: The Emblem of Justice 92. Tactics Ogre 93. Super Fire Pro Wrestling X Premium 94. Energy Breaker - Vizzed Gameplay Videos - 95. Famicom Detective Club Part II 96. Super Robot Wars 3 97. Super Robot Wars EX 98. Super Robot Wars 4 99. Super Robot Taisen Gaiden 100. Kishin Douji Zenki Battle Raiden 101. Rendering Ranger R2 102. Chaos Seed
74.Trials of Mana=Seiken Densetsu 3 also known as Secret of Mana 2. Strange naming problem. "A second preview in Next Generation in February 1996, calling the game Secret of Mana 2, stated that the game's North American release had been canceled by Square's American branch due to programming bugs that they deemed impossible to fix in a timely manner."
Assault Suits Valken has been released in the west under the name Cybernator, it has some differences (many of the in-game dialogs have been removed) but it's still the same game. You've missed at lesat one "major" game: Mickey to Donald Magical Adventure 3 aka Magical Quest 3 And I'll add a personal favourite: Taekwon-Do
Proved useful too so far, as I have discovered that one game on the list saw an international release under several names. So now I have one life left!
Just wanted to say this was an awesome video. Most "top 100s" I see just flash a video clip and the game title briefly against some music. It was super helpful to hear even a brief description of all the games, and you pointed out several that I didnt even know existed. Nicely done! We appreciate the effort
Wow this video must have taken a lot of work! Thank you for putting in so much effort to not only preserve our gaming history but to share it with others. It means a lot.
Great list! This is the most comprehensive Super Famicom exclusives list I've ever seen! One game that I think should have been on this list though was Kaizou Choujin Schbibinman Zero.
The western kids weren't able to play two additional Zelda games and a new Excitebike game, but look at the silver lining: they didn't have to deal with the BS!
Lies! This western kid collected game mags like Game Pro and Electronic gaming monthly. Which often showed JP games. :D I owned the SF adapter for my snes and owned a few JP games. *amen for mowing lawns and having a paper route to feed my gaming addiction*
@@muajin- I learned early that you didn’t need a special adapter like NES. All you need is a set of pliers to remove the plastic teeth inside the cartridge slot. I was also lucky that my parents bought me the disk based system when we visited Hongkong. So I can basically just borrow a game and rip it to a floppy drive.
From what I heard, Final Fantasy V was dropped in the west in favor of Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest, and Square thought that the job system in FFV would be "too complicated" for western gamers.
Unfortunately they were right if you look at what was popular in the US at the time.. Every time I introduced an rpg people looked at me like I was from Mars
It's insulting really. I was raised on RPGs that were very complicated compared to the likes of FFV. In games like The Bards Tale, it could take you a good hour just to create your party of characters.
I always assumed ff mystic quest was a spin off of the ff games. A sort of lightweight ff for gamers that wanted an entry level ff game. It was released in the uk as i owned and enjoyed it. Even if it was a little basic. There was also a ff mystic quest released for the gameboy. But that was seiken densetsu the first game in the secret of mana series that got a remake on the gba as sword of mana and remade recently again as adventures of mana for current gen systems and android
It was also a victim of bad timing, as by the end of '94 developers knew the SNES life cycle wasn't long for the world and so the focus was placed on translating and releasing the much more anticipated FFVI. Most of the RPGs on this list had similar issues, as localizing and translating RPG titles took much longer with less chance of success since a lot of the titles that did get a release in the West suffered from poor sales. In fact I think if Mystic Quest hadn't actually been developed specifically for the West in English first to try and combat that trend, I have my doubts we would have received that game either.
So sad not having mentioned the two Aretha games, Far East Of Eden: Tengai Makyou Zero, Tenshi No Uta (Song Of The Angel, and I particularry loved so much this one, especially because this could be considered the first one made by Team Wolf, the responsibles for Tales saga origins), Super Shell Monsters II, amongst other JRPG gems Japan-only.
38:24 The game was released in Europe as Cybernator. I am certain it was released in France as I owned the game. It was praised by critics and people who experienced the game (not the best game ever but very good). Thanks for this video! :)
7:37 I know a lot of people make this mistake, but Umihara is not actually a schoolgirl. People think that because of the backpack, but actually she's 21 years old in this game and a sushi chef. Crazy, I know. She doesn't look like it. But she is.
@Haffy I don't think Byuu has completely quit:" I will still around as always, but going forward, I'll mostly be sticking to just my personal emulator development online."
wow I'm surprised how many games from that list i was actually able to play and are part of my childhood memories. thank you SUPER Ninja (; Great video!
Kamen Rider: Kah-men rider (It roughly means masker rider) Shin Megami Tensei: Shee-n Meh-gah-mee Ten-say You pronounced Mazinger mostly correct Gundam: Gun-dahm Sasuke: Sah-suh-kay (Often, the su in this is pronounced so fast it just sounds like an s, so Sah-s-kay would be correct as well) The vowels in Japanese are similar to Spanish, as in they are always pronounced the same: a-ah, e-eh, i-ee, o-oh, u-oo If you come across something weird, like Gouki or Gokou(the correct spelling of Son Goku's name, often also spelled with a line over the u in Goku) you pronounce the u or the o, depending on the word, double-length (Gouki is pronounced Goh-ki, with the o dragged out just slightly longer than a normal o, Gokou is pronounced Goh-koo, with the u syllabel dragged out slightly long than normal). The easiest way I've found to know how to pronounce these is to look at official romanization, as they will only put the character to be pronounced, with a line over it (so Gouki would sometimes appeer as Gōki [it is actually spelled like this in Baki the grappler] or Gokou would appear as Gokū). I've seen this in person in multiple japanese arcade machines. Iterestingly, I've also seen the American way of spelling Son Goku's name in official japanese games while spending time over there, and more recently, in adverts for Dragon Ball Super. However, if you were to pronounce Goku's name like American's spell it, it wouldn't be Goh-koo, but almost sound like you're saying Coke with a G instead of a C.
titanic work you done here, I think is the fourth time I saw this chapter. Congratulations on reaching 100k you deserve that and more, greetings from Argentina.
6 months later, thank you again for Gekisou Sentai Carranger from this list. Since last posting, I've went on to claim all 3 WRs on speedrun.com for this game. Seriously, thank you.
Final Fantasy V was originally denied to western audiences because Japan felt we were too stupid to understand how to change Job Classes and apply learned abilities from other classes onto the ones we change into. It's the same reason we didn't get the actual Final Fantasy III on the NES.
So many amazing treasures. I hope one day more of these titles become accessible worldwide. Just a bummer it was limited access due to translation, censorship, religion, cost, and distribution. With more access to digital libraries, maybe that could open more doors to the past. Excellent video sir, and titles that are tricky to pronounce. But dang you nailed it. 😎
Ok this is so awesome. I knew of lots of these but that sanrio pong game is gonna be a new favorite multiplayer game. Also when you name dropped raid shadow legends I was SO glad expecting you to sail straight into an add roll. I had a bit of ptsd trigger when I heard it lmao
Top Hat Gaming Man Notice how he said “if I don’t see” “If” And then you go “well hur dur go ahead and dislike it helps us anyway” So you just admitted to clickbait? Amazing.
@@TopHatGamingManChannel first time viewer, and 45 seconds in I see this comment of yours displaying your character and I have no desire to watch any future content of yours. That's your engagement.
Great vídeo!. I think that if you take some more RPG's, Beat em' Ups and Puzzle games, and then you add some Racing and Sports games to the list, easily you can make another vídeo with 50 or more great quality Super Famicom exclusives.
Amazing list, im an SFC die hard fan and you dont usually find this sort of list. I like this so i can add games to my collection that are unknown but worth it, and as a regular shopper from japan, this list is great for me. Also, you look great in that hat mate. Outstanding job.
I'm not sure if someone's said this already, but Ganbare Goemon 4 absolutely has a fully playable English translation. I can send you a link to it if you want.
Some of those titles really look like 32bit. I'm always baffled what the good old SNES is capeable of. Many SNES games have such great and colorful graphics, even in 3D, that's just amazing!
As a reader in Superplay in the 90's. I was aware how many games never never made it the PAL region. And that there was a vibrant import scene for not only Super Famicon but also US SNES games. I would argue that the reason Secret of Mana did get a PAL release was because of Superplay giving the game such a high score.
This an amazing video man props on giving quick vocal reviews on 100! games that never came to U.S. Alot of these games are visually stunning coming from the SNES, interesting that alot of people overseas didnt see all the power of the SNES
So happy to see Goemon and Ackman getting some love, definitely some of the most fun out there. Rockman & Forte is really fun, but very rigid, but Forte controls like a dream, so I love it. The BS Zelda games were like this holy relic from my childhood, just reading rumors on the internet. Very happy that they are available to play via emulation. Another one worth checking out is Gourmet Sentai Bara Yarou. It has an interesting food mechanic. The gameplay isn't the deepest, but there is a button dedicated to making your character flex. It's worth playing just for that.
One of my favorite Japan-only releases is _Kawa no Nushi Tsuri 2,_ it's basically a fishing RPG, and the second entry in a long-running series. There's also a fun turn-based tactical airsoft sim called _Ball Bullet Gun._ btw, _Assault Suits Valken_ did see an (albeit edited) Western release as _Cybernator_ and was even featured in Nintendo Power. That game had some amazingly detailed graphics. Also, you forgot to mention that _BS Zelda: AST_ was meant to be played as part of a live real-time event, which added live voiceovers to the game, like a radio drama...there's really nothing else like it! And it'd be amazing if Nintendo finally made a fully-restored version of the game with newly-recorded voiceovers, as part of some upcoming Zelda anniversary. 🤔
One item to check out: A JRPG based on 'The Slayers' anime series. I had a copy of it but found my progress impossible past a certain point without a text translation.
Monstania is a obscure JRPG in isometric view with a good English translation. Its pretty short (you can complete it in a few hours) but I quite enjoyed it.
I agree, the USA console looks rubbish so bland. USA always want different versions for themselves I don't understand why. Style suits anybody, its like cars USA cars expect luxury where as in UK we have to pay more for cars and AC etc.. is extra. Now that internet is available i say buy what ever you want from abroad. Thats what I do, just remember power outputs are different as well... UK are very powerful 240v per outlet!
I found a SNES ROM pack back in like 2000 that had EVERY game ever made, including original Japanese games as well as fan translations. I came across Tales of Phantasia one day by accident and it became one of my FAVORITE games of all time, only to find out it was never actually released in America. Glad to see it on the list!
@@CurlyheartIf it was a "GoodSet" then it probably did have every game, at least that was originally available to buy in a store. These sets included roms from the USA, U.K. (and some other European countries, depending on the set), and Japan of course. (Other countries around the world mostly only had translated versions of games already produced for developed countries, so the people in the USA that made the GoodSets, didn't seem to care about those). These sets also typically included alpha's, beta's, demo's, unreleased games, bootleg/pirate compilations, test cartridges, one-of-a-kind contest winner cartridge's, homebrew/homemade/hacked/fan translations, etc. Basically any cartridge that the teams could get their hands on, which they would then rip to a computer and make available to the public for free. (I say "typically" because some of the categories I mentioned were roms added in by other pirate teams that weren't necessarily part of the GoodSet).
To this day SNES is still my absolute favorite system! From Goemons mystical adventure series, Gundam Wings endless duel and Pocky & Rocky, the library is LEGENDARY! After modifying my SNES, the world was my oyster as i can now play even more titles like front mission, bahamuts lagoon and soo much more!💘 Damn I love this system!!❤
The mechanics of Treasure Conflix can be considered resurrected in FF Type-0. Once you gain access to the airship, you proceed to shooting down monsters while travelling around in the air. One has to wonder if this is how deep in their vault that SE dug to implement this or just a pure coincidence
Final Fantasy V is my favorite game, Love the gameplay, music, story, everything. First played it back then when i got my first computer and it came with a SNES emulator and many games, including many in this list.
Are you kidding me with Megaman & Bass, this is probably my favourite Megaman game ever with its stellar soundtrack: Coldman, Intro Stage, Groundman. It happily sits in my top 10 games of all time alongside Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Original Final Fantasy 7, Metal Gear Solid 3, Sonic Mania, Rock Band, Streets of Rage 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Awesome, leaned a lot ! But not a single Dragon Ball game in the top 100 ? The 2nd and 3rd battle games were good, Hyper Dimension too, and there was a DBZ RPG that looked and sounded funny but had great gameplay
One game that I missed in this list is Ihatovo Monogatari (Stories of Ihatovo). Looks like a JRPG but it's not. It's more like a walking simulator with some interesting stories behind it.
Seven years later, yes. Then later still, they ported it to Game Boy Advance with an extra dungeon. We definitely didn't get it when the SNES was still relevant or when the game itself was still relevant.
THGM's pronunciations of Japanese words are absolutely hilarious. Other than that the game descriptions and use of gameplay footage are great Also I think it's worth mentioning that super dimensional fortress: Scrambled Valkyrie is based on a manga/anime called Chou Jikkyou Yusai: Macross which was one of the anime series that was used to make Robotech. It was the first part that had Rick Hunter, Roy Fokker, Minmei etc. last time I looked it up on eBay it was going for a lot
Parodius Da! is actually the first one on Super Famicom and Arcade and the one we got as simply "Parodius" in Europe. The second one, wich is exclusive to Japan, is Gokujou Parodius (but we got it on the Playstation compilation as "Fantastic Journey").
I just got the Famicom and Super Famicom systems. Mostly to pay less for those expensive U.S. Verizons of games. Then this dude comes along with a list of Japanese only games. The temptation is real
Between you and SNESdrunk I can keep coming up with games to get made into physical custom multicartes for my favorite system of all time SNES/Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Ran across your video and channel, liked it. Subbed for more cool stuff. We did get screwed in the States, well all outside Japan. That's how it was with anime back in the day, hard to find and out of order episodes.
For the amount of effort that had to of gone into this, it is a simple travesty that theres only barely 60k views. This is a fantastic list, and you even listed every game i ever took interest in, which is a hell of a lot more than most lists ive seen out there, and ive even got a few to look forwards too now :3 (You even mention Alcahest and Treasures of Rudras! No one ever talks about those D:) . Though one thing that did make me a little sad is the lack of mention of Treasure of Rudras very unique way of doing the story, that being that each play through affects the game world and what you can find in it while playing the others, meaning if you picked up all of the good loot with the first group, you couldnt pick it up with the next group, assuming they ended up in the same place(which happens alot). And of coarse all of the stories converge into an epic final showdown featuring the entire cast, which is just brilliant. Theres also the extremely unique magic system as well, which is one of very few that ive seen that allowed you to craft your own spells using spell keywords , such as ig being basic fire attack, then ignus being a bigger version that hit everything on the field. but it got super complicated as you learned new keywords. . It really really is an overlooked gem... Much like this video now that i think on it :P
Cool vid sir I notice one wrestling game you showed called Zen-Nippon Pro Wrestling in the US we got a port of this game reskinned an titled Natsume Championship Wrestling. I remember having a copy of it back in the good wrestling game.
A whole video could be dedicated to the injustice of those in the West not getting Final Fantasy 5 back in the day. And the dev behind GUILTY GEAR made the Sailor Moon fighting game!? I'M THERE!
Ahhhh but I have an out! I have featured 102 games in the list, just in case 1 or 2 slipped through the net! Big Daddy Top Hat always wins! Yeaaaaaaaahhh
A little correction on Assault Suits Valken. It was released in both US and EU as Cybernator. Also you forgot to add Hero Senki: Battle of Olympus which is a decent rpg for the SFC that's left in Japan (translation patch released on dec. 24, 2019) which features characters from series such as Kamen Rider, Gundam, Ultra Man and SRW EX. Other than that great video as you shown me there are some games out there I didn't know about that was never localized in the west.
Another reason to regret that Nintendo canceled the SNES-CD. A lot of these titles would probably have gotten Western releases if the severe cost of mask ROM cartridges could be avoided.
Saved this to watch later like a beloved to read list, expect many re-watches in the future. If you'll excuse me I'm going to legally acquire a copy of Clock Tower...
Awesome video, but I must remark that Assault Suits Valken was translated as Cybernator, it had a western release, at least in the US (not sure if Europe had it too)
I love this video. Thank you for putting in the effort and educating us on some neat titles that, in this day and age, we can possibly find a translated version to play. I have some of those. Famicom Detective Club II is a thrilling murder mystery story and a real joy to experience. Sailor Moon: Another Story is one of the best RPG's I have ever played not named Earthbound. Clocktower is one of the scariest video game experiences I have ever had - a shame there are not more games like all of these. Other games not on the list I would recommend are The Firemen, where you are two firemen trying to put out a blaze in a skyscraper; Undercover Cops, another great beat 'em up for the system; and The Adventures of Hourai High, a crazy little RPG set at a high school.
If you want to PROCURE any of these games to play yourself, here
is the full list of games featured today!
1. Super Back to the Future Part 2
2. Super Bomberman 4
3. Super Bomberman 5
4. Final Fantasy V
5. Go Go Ackman
6. Go Go Ackman 2
7. Go Go Ackman 3
8. Super Ninja Kun
9. Gunple Gunman’s Proof
10. BS Zelda No Densetsu
11. BS The Legend of Zelda : Ancient Stone Tablets
12. Dark Half
13. Magical Pop’n
14. Bahamut Lagoon
15. Front Mission
16. Front Mission Gun Hazard
17. Umihara Kawase
18. Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shougun Magginesu
19. Ganbare Goemon 3: Shishi Juurokubee no Karakuri Manjigatame
20. Ganbare Goemon 4 : KiraKira Dotyu
21. Shodai Kekketsu Kouha Kunio Kun
22. Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no
23. Violinist of Hameln
24. Alcahest
25. Sanrio World Smash Ball
26. Zig Zag Cat
27. Zen Nippon Pro Wrestling
28. Star Ocean
29. Mario and Wario
30. BS Excitebike : Mario Battle Stadium
31. Shin Megami Tensei
32. Shin Megami Tensei 2
33. Shin Megami Tensei If
34. Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei
35. Fire Emblem Mystery of the Emblem
36. Fire Emblem Genealogy of the Holy War
37. Fire Emblem Thracia 776
38. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing : Endless Duel
39. Live a Live
40. Marchen Adventure Cotton 100%
41. Parodius Da!
42. Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius
43. Tales of Phantasia
44. Rockman and Forte
45. Romancing Saga
46. Romancing Saga 2
47. Romancing Saga 3
48. Treasure Conflix
49. Super Famicom Wars
50. Sengoku
51. SD The Great Bartle
52. The Great Battle II
53. The Great Battle III
54. The Great Battle IV
55. The Great Battle V
56. Spriggan Powered
57. Ganbare Daiku no Gensan
58. Sutte Hakkun
59. Gekisou Sentai Car Ranger
60. Melfand Stories
61. Mickey No Tokyo DisneyLand Daibouken
62. Shounen Ninja Sasuke
63. Dragon Quest I + II
64. Dragon Quest III
65. Dragon Quest V
66. Dragon Quest VI
67. Majyuuo King of Demons
68. Clock Tower
69. DoReMi Fantasy
70. PyschoDreams
71. Chou Jikuu Macrosss: Scrambled Valkyrie
72. Radical Dreamers
73. Super Genjin 2
74. Trials of Mana
75. Wonder Project J
76. Wizard I II III Story of Llylgamyn
77. Metal Max Returns
78. Treasure of Rudras
79. Treasure Hunter G
80. GOD Mezameyo to Yobu Koe ga Kikoe
81. Granhistoria
82. Bishouji Senshi Sailor Moon R
83. Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Jougai Rantou!? Shuyaku Soudatsusen
84. Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS: Zenin Sanka! Shuyaku Soudatsusen
85. Sailor Moon : Another Story
86. Ghost Sweeper Mikami
87. Super Shell Monsters Story
88. Marvelous: Another Treasure Island
89. Araiguma Rascal
90. Assault Suits Valken
91. FEDA: The Emblem of Justice
92. Tactics Ogre
93. Super Fire Pro Wrestling X Premium
94. Energy Breaker - Vizzed Gameplay Videos -
95. Famicom Detective Club Part II
96. Super Robot Wars 3
97. Super Robot Wars EX
98. Super Robot Wars 4
99. Super Robot Taisen Gaiden
100. Kishin Douji Zenki Battle Raiden
101. Rendering Ranger R2
102. Chaos Seed
74.Trials of Mana=Seiken Densetsu 3 also known as Secret of Mana 2. Strange naming problem.
"A second preview in Next Generation in February 1996, calling the game Secret of Mana 2,
stated that the game's North American release had been canceled by
Square's American branch due to programming bugs that they deemed
impossible to fix in a timely manner."
It's radical DREAMERS, not radical dream.
Assault Suits Valken has been released in the west under the name Cybernator, it has some differences (many of the in-game dialogs have been removed) but it's still the same game.
You've missed at lesat one "major" game: Mickey to Donald Magical Adventure 3 aka Magical Quest 3
And I'll add a personal favourite: Taekwon-Do
@@Invidente7 I know, it did say Radical Dreamers if you watch the video, but cheers for pointing out to me, a minor typo - Ill fix it.
Thanks. Time to download some roms.
I appreciate that fact that you put in the effort to talk about an extra 2 games on a list of 100.
Proved useful too so far, as I have discovered that one game on the list saw an international release under several names. So now I have one life left!
Mistake! Assault Suit Valken was released over here in the west as Cybernator! I had it in 1993.
@@TopHatGamingManChannel By the way, you forgot to tell me about another game, it's called Spider Man lethal fo
Just wanted to say this was an awesome video. Most "top 100s" I see just flash a video clip and the game title briefly against some music. It was super helpful to hear even a brief description of all the games, and you pointed out several that I didnt even know existed. Nicely done! We appreciate the effort
This was one of your best. So many more I didn’t even realize. Thank you and hope things have gotten better in your life situation.
Wow this video must have taken a lot of work! Thank you for putting in so much effort to not only preserve our gaming history but to share it with others. It means a lot.
ye because of these videos i only chose what game looked cool
Radical Dreamers FINALLY saw Release in the US via the Steam Game "Chrono Cross: Radical Dreamers Edition"! :D
The fact that your opening song is SNES Rainbow road immediately proved your right to make this list, that song is so under appreciated.
Great list! This is the most comprehensive Super Famicom exclusives list I've ever seen! One game that I think should have been on this list though was Kaizou Choujin Schbibinman Zero.
Agreed bs shockman belongs
Excellent list! So many games I'd never heard of that I can't even begin to mention all that caught my eye!
The western kids weren't able to play two additional Zelda games and a new Excitebike game, but look at the silver lining: they didn't have to deal with the BS!
Because they couldn't
LOL
Lies! This western kid collected game mags like Game Pro and Electronic gaming monthly. Which often showed JP games. :D I owned the SF adapter for my snes and owned a few JP games. *amen for mowing lawns and having a paper route to feed my gaming addiction*
Wait... What? 2 extra zelda games?!.... Hmmmmmmm
@@muajin- I learned early that you didn’t need a special adapter like NES. All you need is a set of pliers to remove the plastic teeth inside the cartridge slot. I was also lucky that my parents bought me the disk based system when we visited Hongkong. So I can basically just borrow a game and rip it to a floppy drive.
From what I heard, Final Fantasy V was dropped in the west in favor of Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest, and Square thought that the job system in FFV would be "too complicated" for western gamers.
Unfortunately they were right if you look at what was popular in the US at the time.. Every time I introduced an rpg people looked at me like I was from Mars
It's insulting really. I was raised on RPGs that were very complicated compared to the likes of FFV. In games like The Bards Tale, it could take you a good hour just to create your party of characters.
I always assumed ff mystic quest was a spin off of the ff games. A sort of lightweight ff for gamers that wanted an entry level ff game. It was released in the uk as i owned and enjoyed it. Even if it was a little basic. There was also a ff mystic quest released for the gameboy. But that was seiken densetsu the first game in the secret of mana series that got a remake on the gba as sword of mana and remade recently again as adventures of mana for current gen systems and android
@@ohdaUtube I am still one of those guys 😂
It was also a victim of bad timing, as by the end of '94 developers knew the SNES life cycle wasn't long for the world and so the focus was placed on translating and releasing the much more anticipated FFVI. Most of the RPGs on this list had similar issues, as localizing and translating RPG titles took much longer with less chance of success since a lot of the titles that did get a release in the West suffered from poor sales. In fact I think if Mystic Quest hadn't actually been developed specifically for the West in English first to try and combat that trend, I have my doubts we would have received that game either.
So sad not having mentioned the two Aretha games, Far East Of Eden: Tengai Makyou Zero, Tenshi No Uta (Song Of The Angel, and I particularry loved so much this one, especially because this could be considered the first one made by Team Wolf, the responsibles for Tales saga origins), Super Shell Monsters II, amongst other JRPG gems Japan-only.
9:40 shodai 'Nikketsu'
I have the Analogue Super NT so now I can play Super Famicom games. You've given me a huge list of potential purchases. Thanks!
38:24 The game was released in Europe as Cybernator. I am certain it was released in France as I owned the game. It was praised by critics and people who experienced the game (not the best game ever but very good). Thanks for this video! :)
Epic work! Thanks for the continuing efforts.
You definitely had assault suits valken back then except it was called Cybernator
Thank you for saying it!
Haha glad I'm not the only one who caught that 😅 one of my favorites growing up.
These are always your best videos mate. ... keep going!
7:37 I know a lot of people make this mistake, but Umihara is not actually a schoolgirl. People think that because of the backpack, but actually she's 21 years old in this game and a sushi chef. Crazy, I know. She doesn't look like it. But she is.
You could've also called this "100 Reasons To Own An Everdrive".
@Haffy I don't think Byuu has completely quit:" I will still around as always, but going forward, I'll mostly be sticking to just my personal emulator development online."
Or a raspberry pi
Just pull the little grey pegs out of the super Nintendo and done.
or "100 reasons to buy SuperNT"
wow I'm surprised how many games from that list i was actually able to play and are part of my childhood memories. thank you SUPER Ninja (; Great video!
Erm do you practice reading out all those patron names at the end of the video?
"A GOOD Back to the Future game? And it was only in Japan? WHAT WERE THEY THINKING??"
AVGN
Thank you for the work you put into these videos. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Kamen Rider: Kah-men rider (It roughly means masker rider)
Shin Megami Tensei: Shee-n Meh-gah-mee Ten-say
You pronounced Mazinger mostly correct
Gundam: Gun-dahm
Sasuke: Sah-suh-kay (Often, the su in this is pronounced so fast it just sounds like an s, so Sah-s-kay would be correct as well)
The vowels in Japanese are similar to Spanish, as in they are always pronounced the same: a-ah, e-eh, i-ee, o-oh, u-oo
If you come across something weird, like Gouki or Gokou(the correct spelling of Son Goku's name, often also spelled with a line over the u in Goku) you pronounce the u or the o, depending on the word, double-length (Gouki is pronounced Goh-ki, with the o dragged out just slightly longer than a normal o, Gokou is pronounced Goh-koo, with the u syllabel dragged out slightly long than normal). The easiest way I've found to know how to pronounce these is to look at official romanization, as they will only put the character to be pronounced, with a line over it (so Gouki would sometimes appeer as Gōki [it is actually spelled like this in Baki the grappler] or Gokou would appear as Gokū). I've seen this in person in multiple japanese arcade machines. Iterestingly, I've also seen the American way of spelling Son Goku's name in official japanese games while spending time over there, and more recently, in adverts for Dragon Ball Super. However, if you were to pronounce Goku's name like American's spell it, it wouldn't be Goh-koo, but almost sound like you're saying Coke with a G instead of a C.
titanic work you done here, I think is the fourth time I saw this chapter. Congratulations on reaching 100k you deserve that and more, greetings from Argentina.
6 months later, thank you again for Gekisou Sentai Carranger from this list. Since last posting, I've went on to claim all 3 WRs on speedrun.com for this game. Seriously, thank you.
Top Hat Gaming Man: Top 100 SNES Games You Couldn't Play
Emulator: Hold my BIOS
Final Fantasy V was originally denied to western audiences because Japan felt we were too stupid to understand how to change Job Classes and apply learned abilities from other classes onto the ones we change into. It's the same reason we didn't get the actual Final Fantasy III on the NES.
So many amazing treasures. I hope one day more of these titles become accessible worldwide. Just a bummer it was limited access due to translation, censorship, religion, cost, and distribution. With more access to digital libraries, maybe that could open more doors to the past.
Excellent video sir, and titles that are tricky to pronounce. But dang you nailed it. 😎
Ok this is so awesome. I knew of lots of these but that sanrio pong game is gonna be a new favorite multiplayer game.
Also when you name dropped raid shadow legends I was SO glad expecting you to sail straight into an add roll. I had a bit of ptsd trigger when I heard it lmao
If I don’t see a game featuring Princess Peach in a bunny suit, I’m smashing that downvote button.
Thanks, its all engagement that helps push the video, the same goes for your comment :)
@@TopHatGamingManChannel hey there.. Awesome video .have yo ever talked to your fans about the Retroarch AI translation service?
Top Hat Gaming Man Notice how he said “if I don’t see”
“If”
And then you go “well hur dur go ahead and dislike it helps us anyway”
So you just admitted to clickbait? Amazing.
@@TopHatGamingManChannel Way to deflect from your obvious click bait.
@@TopHatGamingManChannel first time viewer, and 45 seconds in I see this comment of yours displaying your character and I have no desire to watch any future content of yours. That's your engagement.
12:18 Star Ocean contains a DEcompression chip, not a compression chip, to decompress the already compressed graphics in real time.
Pretty awesome stuff.
And your audio sounds really good here.
Amazing video! I will download a many games of this list! Thanks a lot!
Thank you sir. Great mini reviews. Exectly what I was looking for.
Awesome video bro. Thanks for taking the time to make it. I know it was a lot of work.
Great vídeo!.
I think that if you take some more RPG's, Beat em' Ups and Puzzle games, and then you add some Racing and Sports games to the list, easily you can make another vídeo with 50 or more great quality Super Famicom exclusives.
Good work mate, good quality production and really enjoyed your commentary. Love the length of the video - will enjoy watching it in 3 sittings
Amazing list, im an SFC die hard fan and you dont usually find this sort of list. I like this so i can add games to my collection that are unknown but worth it, and as a regular shopper from japan, this list is great for me.
Also, you look great in that hat mate. Outstanding job.
I'm not sure if someone's said this already, but Ganbare Goemon 4 absolutely has a fully playable English translation. I can send you a link to it if you want.
Incredible Video! saved to my favorites
Ghost Sweeper Mikami is now my favorite Super Famicom game. I loves playing that one so much.
Some of those titles really look like 32bit. I'm always baffled what the good old SNES is capeable of. Many SNES games have such great and colorful graphics, even in 3D, that's just amazing!
Been seeing you content on and off for a few years. Loved the list, finally made me subscribe.
As a reader in Superplay in the 90's. I was aware how many games never never made it the PAL region. And that there was a vibrant import scene for not only Super Famicon but also US SNES games.
I would argue that the reason Secret of Mana did get a PAL release was because of Superplay giving the game such a high score.
This is an excellent list, TH, and this busy old man has a lot of catching up to do! :)
46:52 Kishin Douji Zenki - Batoru Raiden
Thank you 😊
Dragon Quest III on the Super Famicon is legendary!
This an amazing video man props on giving quick vocal reviews on 100! games that never came to U.S. Alot of these games are visually stunning coming from the SNES, interesting that alot of people overseas didnt see all the power of the SNES
So happy to see Goemon and Ackman getting some love, definitely some of the most fun out there. Rockman & Forte is really fun, but very rigid, but Forte controls like a dream, so I love it. The BS Zelda games were like this holy relic from my childhood, just reading rumors on the internet. Very happy that they are available to play via emulation.
Another one worth checking out is Gourmet Sentai Bara Yarou. It has an interesting food mechanic. The gameplay isn't the deepest, but there is a button dedicated to making your character flex. It's worth playing just for that.
Pretty well, bloody awesome show. Well made mate.
One of my favorite Japan-only releases is _Kawa no Nushi Tsuri 2,_ it's basically a fishing RPG, and the second entry in a long-running series. There's also a fun turn-based tactical airsoft sim called _Ball Bullet Gun._
btw, _Assault Suits Valken_ did see an (albeit edited) Western release as _Cybernator_ and was even featured in Nintendo Power. That game had some amazingly detailed graphics. Also, you forgot to mention that _BS Zelda: AST_ was meant to be played as part of a live real-time event, which added live voiceovers to the game, like a radio drama...there's really nothing else like it! And it'd be amazing if Nintendo finally made a fully-restored version of the game with newly-recorded voiceovers, as part of some upcoming Zelda anniversary. 🤔
One item to check out: A JRPG based on 'The Slayers' anime series. I had a copy of it but found my progress impossible past a certain point without a text translation.
You really did “King of Demons” a disservice by showing the stage you did.
I didn't see peach in a bunny suit fool
46 minutes wasted
Monstania is a obscure JRPG in isometric view with a good English translation. Its pretty short (you can complete it in a few hours) but I quite enjoyed it.
Great list 👌
I love the Japanese and British style SNES even the symbol looks better with all those colors. Why did we get that ugly Grey blue box here in the US.
Because they thought us Americans wouldn't appreciate such a sleek looking console.
The same reason why the PS5 looks like an internet router, I'm assuming.
The art designer of the NA SNES said that the Super Famicom looked like a loaf of bread. So yeah, that's why.
I agree, the USA console looks rubbish so bland. USA always want different versions for themselves I don't understand why. Style suits anybody, its like cars USA cars expect luxury where as in UK we have to pay more for cars and AC etc.. is extra. Now that internet is available i say buy what ever you want from abroad. Thats what I do, just remember power outputs are different as well... UK are very powerful 240v per outlet!
Um its purple...
WOW !!! So many great unknown games! I loved "Ganbare Goemon"
Must say, that thumbnail is my favourite so far. I reeeeee-ally like Yours Truely-- Princess Toadstall Peach.
21:00 wait is that Asellus from Saga Frontier? Is that character in the original Romancing Saga 3?
I found a SNES ROM pack back in like 2000 that had EVERY game ever made, including original Japanese games as well as fan translations. I came across Tales of Phantasia one day by accident and it became one of my FAVORITE games of all time, only to find out it was never actually released in America. Glad to see it on the list!
I doubt it had EVERY game
@@CurlyheartIf it was a "GoodSet" then it probably did have every game, at least that was originally available to buy in a store. These sets included roms from the USA, U.K. (and some other European countries, depending on the set), and Japan of course. (Other countries around the world mostly only had translated versions of games already produced for developed countries, so the people in the USA that made the GoodSets, didn't seem to care about those). These sets also typically included alpha's, beta's, demo's, unreleased games, bootleg/pirate compilations, test cartridges, one-of-a-kind contest winner cartridge's, homebrew/homemade/hacked/fan translations, etc. Basically any cartridge that the teams could get their hands on, which they would then rip to a computer and make available to the public for free. (I say "typically" because some of the categories I mentioned were roms added in by other pirate teams that weren't necessarily part of the GoodSet).
To this day SNES is still my absolute favorite system! From Goemons mystical adventure series, Gundam Wings endless duel and Pocky & Rocky, the library is LEGENDARY! After modifying my SNES, the world was my oyster as i can now play even more titles like front mission, bahamuts lagoon and soo much more!💘 Damn I love this system!!❤
The graphics are still beautiful after 30+ years
The mechanics of Treasure Conflix can be considered resurrected in FF Type-0. Once you gain access to the airship, you proceed to shooting down monsters while travelling around in the air. One has to wonder if this is how deep in their vault that SE dug to implement this or just a pure coincidence
Assault Suits Valken did get an official release in UK with a name change. It was called Cybernator :-)
This was an excellent video THGM! Give us more like this! EDIT- 42:13 Tytti! XD XD
Final Fantasy V is my favorite game,
Love the gameplay, music, story, everything. First played it back then when i got my first computer and it came with a SNES emulator and many games, including many in this list.
Very good video. Thanks to show the games
New comer to this channel and not disappoint love these videos! Great job!
Very interesting video. Always wanted to play Marvelous and the Gunman game.
Are you kidding me with Megaman & Bass, this is probably my favourite Megaman game ever with its stellar soundtrack: Coldman, Intro Stage, Groundman. It happily sits in my top 10 games of all time alongside Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Original Final Fantasy 7, Metal Gear Solid 3, Sonic Mania, Rock Band, Streets of Rage 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Awesome, leaned a lot !
But not a single Dragon Ball game in the top 100 ?
The 2nd and 3rd battle games were good, Hyper Dimension too, and there was a DBZ RPG that looked and sounded funny but had great gameplay
One game that I missed in this list is Ihatovo Monogatari (Stories of Ihatovo). Looks like a JRPG but it's not. It's more like a walking simulator with some interesting stories behind it.
When my grandfather retired, he started bringing Famicom games back from Hawaii. Bomber man 4 was our jam!
You were also able to order them from a few diff game shops, though the prices for them were pretty high. :(
In the states, FFV was released on PlayStation as a due disc with FF6.
Seven years later, yes. Then later still, they ported it to Game Boy Advance with an extra dungeon. We definitely didn't get it when the SNES was still relevant or when the game itself was still relevant.
THGM's pronunciations of Japanese words are absolutely hilarious. Other than that the game descriptions and use of gameplay footage are great
Also I think it's worth mentioning that super dimensional fortress: Scrambled Valkyrie is based on a manga/anime called Chou Jikkyou Yusai: Macross which was one of the anime series that was used to make Robotech. It was the first part that had Rick Hunter, Roy Fokker, Minmei etc. last time I looked it up on eBay it was going for a lot
stellar job, great video!
Parodius Da! is actually the first one on Super Famicom and Arcade and the one we got as simply "Parodius" in Europe. The second one, wich is exclusive to Japan, is Gokujou Parodius (but we got it on the Playstation compilation as "Fantastic Journey").
Magic knight rayearth is a fun RPG that I would recommend to anybody that’s new to the genre. I would have loved to see that game on this list
I've been been pretty good at staying off of eBay, and then you release this. Goodbye, bank account! Lol
Lol right so hard to control ones spending with such temptations!!!!
@@matthewlane518 And I own a Super Famicom! I don't even have to mod my SNES, and a bunch of these are on my Watchlist! lmao
Importing games has gotten so expensive since covidn
I just got the Famicom and Super Famicom systems. Mostly to pay less for those expensive U.S. Verizons of games. Then this dude comes along with a list of Japanese only games. The temptation is real
Between you and SNESdrunk I can keep coming up with games to get made into physical custom multicartes for my favorite system of all time SNES/Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Ran across your video and channel, liked it. Subbed for more cool stuff. We did get screwed in the States, well all outside Japan. That's how it was with anime back in the day, hard to find and out of order episodes.
For the amount of effort that had to of gone into this, it is a simple travesty that theres only barely 60k views. This is a fantastic list, and you even listed every game i ever took interest in, which is a hell of a lot more than most lists ive seen out there, and ive even got a few to look forwards too now :3 (You even mention Alcahest and Treasures of Rudras! No one ever talks about those D:)
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Though one thing that did make me a little sad is the lack of mention of Treasure of Rudras very unique way of doing the story, that being that each play through affects the game world and what you can find in it while playing the others, meaning if you picked up all of the good loot with the first group, you couldnt pick it up with the next group, assuming they ended up in the same place(which happens alot). And of coarse all of the stories converge into an epic final showdown featuring the entire cast, which is just brilliant. Theres also the extremely unique magic system as well, which is one of very few that ive seen that allowed you to craft your own spells using spell keywords , such as ig being basic fire attack, then ignus being a bigger version that hit everything on the field. but it got super complicated as you learned new keywords.
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It really really is an overlooked gem... Much like this video now that i think on it :P
A definite enjoyable video! Much effort was indeed put into it. :D
A wonderful video. Though the bit with the Famicom at 0:35 come across...disturbing. :P
This was a great list of Super Famicom games!
Actually, Assault Suit Valken was released in the Ocident under the name "Cybernator".
Yeah, I'm definitely looking forward to playing that Parodius game & Super Bomberman 's
Fantastic video!
Cool vid sir I notice one wrestling game you showed called Zen-Nippon Pro Wrestling in the US we got a port of this game reskinned an titled Natsume Championship Wrestling. I remember having a copy of it back in the good wrestling game.
The hell is going on at 18:59... are you suddently having a hot bowl of soup? xD
A whole video could be dedicated to the injustice of those in the West not getting Final Fantasy 5 back in the day.
And the dev behind GUILTY GEAR made the Sailor Moon fighting game!? I'M THERE!
Some gems I never knew I need to seek out on this list. Great video!
Assault Suits Valken/Cybernator was definitely released in the West (both US and Europe)
Ahhhh but I have an out! I have featured 102 games in the list, just in case 1 or 2 slipped through the net! Big Daddy Top Hat always wins! Yeaaaaaaaahhh
@@TopHatGamingManChannel Fair enough! :D
A little correction on Assault Suits Valken. It was released in both US and EU as Cybernator. Also you forgot to add Hero Senki: Battle of Olympus which is a decent rpg for the SFC that's left in Japan (translation patch released on dec. 24, 2019) which features characters from series such as Kamen Rider, Gundam, Ultra Man and SRW EX. Other than that great video as you shown me there are some games out there I didn't know about that was never localized in the west.
Another reason to regret that Nintendo canceled the SNES-CD. A lot of these titles would probably have gotten Western releases if the severe cost of mask ROM cartridges could be avoided.
it took me 2 hours searching for a game that I only saw. 11 minutes into this video, and I found it. "Sanrio Smash Ball". Good stuff.
Saved this to watch later like a beloved to read list, expect many re-watches in the future. If you'll excuse me I'm going to legally acquire a copy of Clock Tower...
great content keep it up bro
Awesome video, but I must remark that Assault Suits Valken was translated as Cybernator, it had a western release, at least in the US (not sure if Europe had it too)
True; Amazing game, by the way! 👌
(Latin America got it as Cybernator as well)
I'm British and I had Cybernator 👍
Released in the UK as Cybernator 100%
I love this video. Thank you for putting in the effort and educating us on some neat titles that, in this day and age, we can possibly find a translated version to play. I have some of those. Famicom Detective Club II is a thrilling murder mystery story and a real joy to experience. Sailor Moon: Another Story is one of the best RPG's I have ever played not named Earthbound. Clocktower is one of the scariest video game experiences I have ever had - a shame there are not more games like all of these. Other games not on the list I would recommend are The Firemen, where you are two firemen trying to put out a blaze in a skyscraper; Undercover Cops, another great beat 'em up for the system; and The Adventures of Hourai High, a crazy little RPG set at a high school.