I Ranked Every ENIX game on SNES
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- Enix was one of the best companies on SNES. They didn't make a lot of games, but almost all they made were great! Here's a look at US released Enix game on Super Nintendo.
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"Illusion of Gaia" was one of the best games ever on the SNES
Also "The Secret of Evermore" was pretty good.
Ogre Battle is a "S" all day long. A game that was so in depth and unique for the time. I was a teenager at the time and a great time sink.
It was really good, I would have given it an A. It had a deep learning curve to it, if they made it more accessible I would have given it an S.
@@TheRosswise yea. The very small print run never helped their case.
@@aaronguerrette I meant easier to learn, but yeah the game was hard to find for the SNES. The PSX version was easier to find though.
It was an S to me, but admittedly the average person could never get into it.
@@TheRosswise
I rented the SNES version many times. Finally bought it on Playstation. Never did beat the game though.
Damn shame Terranigma was never released in the US. It would be remembered right up there with the all time classics. Truly one of the best games on the system.
i wouldn’t say never nintendo could still bring it over we got a official translation of secret of mana 2
@Oh Ok Lol.
Terranigma was published by Nintendo in Europe in all languages. But we didn't get Mario RPG. No adaptor could play it and even modified Super Nintendos had no chance. Shame on Nintendo that they didn't release Terranigma for the US market and shame on them that they didn't release Mario RPG in Europe. And again shame on Nintendo for not releasing such good games like Star Fox 2 due to N64.
@@technischemaschinenfabrik5882 Right? But Nintendo has shown time and again that they actively hate their fans, especially the ones in the US, so really nothing they or any of the 3rd party developers do really surprises me.
@@technischemaschinenfabrik5882 Shametendo
King Arthur and the Knights of Justice counts as the series finale for the cartoon, it wraps up the story that’s was left unresolved in the tv series.
Hey, just randomly.
I appreciate the earnestness and joy in these vids. Thank you.
Thanks a ton! I love doing them.
Enix had a lot of life, death, and reincarnation themes in their stories. That makes them very unique imo
Again, these are games PUBLISHED by this company. Though Illusion of Gaia is an Enix game and deserves to be on this list, it was published by Nintendo. I'm just going by the published list.
Makes sense, was wondering about that one. That's an S too imo. Enix turn based games were pretty good during the snes era but they had a better action rpg formula imo.
Either your dishonest or you're making these videos for lil kids.
@@kennethcarpenterii7636 how can an opinion be dishonest? And Illusion of Gaia is published by Nintendo, look at the box art. 🤷♂️
Also not doing Terranigma because it was PAL only?
Yeah I was waiting for that one too, it’s weird seeing Soul Blazer without a mention of Illusion of Gaia and Terranigma, you can like mention them as an bonus though I think? They are excellent and definitely a spiritual Trilogy.
I was really looking forward to this one! You're dead on about ActRaiser 2 when you say, "It could've been ANYthing else, it's just not ActRaiser." Yup, that sums it up
It's also nice to see EVO get an S, IMO that game is even more fun to play with save states, since they allow you to go back and try all sorts of other stuff with your mutations
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I'll never understand the mindset of taking an awesome game like ActRaiser, and cutting out the best and most unique part of the game in the sequel. It could have just been a middle-of-the-road action game, but they had to give it the ActRaiser title.
Be sure to check out this game ANY WAY YOU CAN
Love the music in 7th Saga! It was different, more melancholy, with medieval instrument sounds like lutes and such. Haunting melodies.
One of the best jrpgs in the snes ever!
The 7th Saga is a pretty good game, the problem is that it's got a serious, nearly game breaking bug in its brutally unfair difficulty. When you are higher levels and the story starts getting interesting is when every bad guy seems to be just totally superseding you in power and the computer has stupidly unfair moves like Elixer that it throws out with reckless abandon.
If you haven't played this before and you want to play this game, I highly recommend a rom hack to normalize the difficulty. Play vanilla after you've actually had a chance to enjoy the game.
Some great games!
Fun fact: Ogre Battle and March of the Black Queen are two songs from Queen's second album. The sequel Tactics Ogre Let Us Cling Together is the subtitle of Teo Torriatte, a song from Queen's Day at the Races album.
Needless to say, Queen was huge in Japan!
Soulblazer is my favourite here, one of the best on the console.
also terranigma
I had no idea what EVO was until about 2 summers ago. I picked it up in a stack of 5 games for about 35 dollars total, got home and looked it up and was surprised with its value. I also agree its a fantastic game, one of my favs!
You missed the best one: Illusion of Gaia/Illusion of Time.
Also Terranigma. True, it was a JP/EU only release but it completes the "trilogy" of Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, Terranigma.
@@gregzebarth4721 Yeah. I guess he missed IoG because it was published by Nintendo in North America.
Yep. He does it by publisher. You're right about it being the best one, though.
They might have been a trilogy along with Soul Blazer but they're developed by Quintent.
Developed by Quintent, Published by enix, in japan, and by nintendo in north america,
I bought Ogre Battle because Queen II is one of my favorite albums lol
I remember being a kid and seeing ActRaiser in Nick Arcade on Nickelodeon and always wanting to play it. That was one of the coolest games to me at that time. Still is.
"E.V.O." is so addicting and deserves every attention it can get!
My sister still has this game, she's 37 years old, hahahaaa her favorite game, probably in storage now.
Man I love this game I wish the price for the cart wasn’t so crazy expensive.
Really fun game, beat it a few years back that final boss was a challenge and a lot of grinding is required but nice customization system and good music.
Correction don't pay attention this cart is already flippin expensive
To this day, The 7th Saga is still the toughest RPG I’ve ever beaten. Not sure if I have the patience for a replay lol.
I have beaten Actraiser and SoulBlazer so many times and have such great memories of those games! This is a great list! Really enjoy the content.
ActRaiser needs to come back. Switch online or otherwise.
Online ruins everything
Can we get a mention of Actraiser’s music? My favorite part of those games. The SimCity aspects of part 1 always turned me off as a kid... I just wanted the action levels. Gorgeous graphics to this day!
Anything Yuzo Koshiro rules.
@@JohnRiggs Streets of Rage 3 [clears throat]
the few times i played it i wasn't sure what to do with the city building parts but then again i didn't try much. i do like the action stuff, though. but then again since i have both games i'll give it another shot.
Enix was willing to try new RPG formulas back in the day. Also, Brainlord has some great tunes
Out of all these games, Actraiser and Ogre Battle were the two I played the most back in the day. Absolute classics for me.
Brainlord was my favorite SNES game as a kid. Beat the heck out of that game.
They weren't technically "Enix" in America but should check out Illusion of Gaia and Terranigma, super fun and are part of the Quintet family (Actraiser, Soul Blazer)
why they're arent technically Enix in USA ? They were published by another firm in USA ? Here in France, these two games are Enix publications i think, but no matter they still are more enix games than the king arthur, paladin quest or ogre battle which were published by Enix only in USA and not in Japan, King Arthur hasn't even come up outside of the USA
Soul Blazer is in my top 3 SNES games of all time. Love it.
The SNES Dragon Quest games not coming out in English is one of the worst things that ever happened in gaming. They were absolutely great games, I still loved them on emulators and DS, but if we had gotten them back then? Just play the intro to DQVI and look at the graphics, it’s amazing. The stories were a step above the FF series at the time also, imo.
Ahh Soul Blazer. I absolutely adored this game. It’s incredibly mystical later on and some of the music is just incredible. Turbo the dog...
Man I love these video. Hands down the best TH-cam channel. This is the third time I’ve says this after one of John’s videos. They are done perfectly!
Love your channel man. Brings back so many memories of all these games I played back in the 80's and 90's. I don't recall seeing a ranked video of Jaleco NES games (unless I overlooked that video). If you haven't made one, will you?
Ahh, E.V.O.. I rented this so many times from my local video store until I beat it. Even if a few days passed before I could rent it again, my saves were always still there heh. The textbook definition of a hidden gem.
Nice list. E.V.O, BrainLord, Ogre Battle. So many forgotten classics! I have yet to play Soul Blazer. I'll try to check it out.
I noticed a lot of Enix games require you to rebuild the world or civilization: Soul Blazer, Actraiser, Terranigma, Dragon Quest 7, and possibly others I know not
Would you consider ranking Square or Enix games that never left Japan? Lots of quality games there
Down the line, sure!
He won't have nostalgia for the games, so it wouldn't be the same, really.
@@kekeke8988 Well he has ranked many games that he never really had nostalgia for... Talking about games he played for 5 minutes and couldnt figure out. I put that in the same category pretty much...
Another great video here Riggs! Your Lets Rank vids are some of my favorites. Don't agree with your ranks sometimes but that's what makes discussion in the world of gaming more interesting and fun. Keep up the great work brother!
I wish we would have gotten the Japanese 7th Saga, Elnard. They really borked the enemy scaling when they brought it here.
You can patch it. Way more fun.
@@isabellegroleau9672 I tried, none of them get it right. And the patches usually introduce other issues into the game that weren't there before.
It does feel like flipping a coin each playthrough. You can break it from grinding too much or having a rune in the hand of the wrong apprentice.
I played many of these games back in the day throughout late elementary school, junior high, and high school. Actraiser, Soulblazer, Robotrek, and 7th Saga were among my favorite owned games (I repeatedly completed the first two, but 7th Saga eludes me still). I also borrowed and played E.V.O., Brain Lord, and Ogre Battle all the time from my father's girlfriend at the time (who was as avid a gamer as I was). The majority of the remaining games were rented at least a couple of times from Blockbuster.
Man, Enix and Squaresoft had such awesome libraries before the "Great" merge. Great memories, though. :)
One thing that always struck me about Enix (in the vein of your comment about Soul Blazer/Actraiser), is you could always kind of tell an Enix game was an Enix game with your eyes closed. They used a "sound palette" that was very distinctive. A lot of those sounds ended up in the other "Quintet" games as well. That bass-heavy explosion-y noise will always make me think of Illusion of Gaia, for example.
I beat Actraiser as a kid. Sadly, I can’t do it now.
There's quite a few games I beat as a kid and can't now. Just too time consuming
It takes hours and hours, just like it did when you were a kid. I finally sat down and beat part 1 and 2, but boy was 2 tough.
at least you can say that you beat it once. i've played it a few times but haven't gotten that far into it. and whether or not i beat it doesn't really matter. i just wanna enjoy the game and that's what you should do. play it and enjoy it.
@@derek-64 you kind of have to cheese the bosses with the star fall magic and it's not that bad. If you can remember where all of the health apples are along the way, memorize boss patterns, and save all your magic for the bosses, the actual game isn't that bad.
That being said, the very end is an absolute nightmare. You have to fight ALL of the bosses, plus the final one back to back. It's pretty rough. It requires pattern memorization nearly flawlessly.
I can get to the last stage with all the bosses but that’s where it stops for me
Love seeing E.V.O get the love and attention it deserves!! It was soooo unique and captivating! Agree with the S!!!
I didn't realize how much good stuff Enix put out. Glad to see a company's tier ranking with nothing below a C.
Soul Blazer is absolutely my favorite Enix game from the SNES era. The music is incredible. I played it before any other Enix games as well so it holds a special place in my heart
When you revisit the 16 bit era everything suddenly seems so hardcore! People apparently swear by Secret of Mana as the definitive ARPG on SNES well maybe alongside of LOZ Link to the Past..
Side note got the new Trials of Mana for my birthday on Switch and I like the direction the series is going in..
Illusion of Gaia was a sequel to Soul Blazer - and should've been on this video - but isn't because Nintendo published it instead of Enix in North America.
There's also Terranigma which we never got in the US. I don't remember the exact order they are supposed to be in, but it's the third game in the trilogy.
Illusion of Gaia was a huge reason for me to save for and purchase a SNES at the tender age of 14/15. Never played Soul Blazer, but mean to track it down eventually. All Hail Jeweler Jem!!
So good to hear someone talking about a lot of these, especially someone who can do them justice. I don't think I've ever seen anyone be so kind to Actraiser 2, which had a good thematic idea with The Master grappling with the 7 sins, and they should've done more with that; keeping the Simulation elements would've been perfect for that, I think. EVO was an excellent idea, even if its soundtrack was half lazy and half repackaged Dragon Warrior music; I've beaten it with the human, primate, bird, and even dinosaur, and while I haven't seen different endings, I am curious about how to fill out the final chapter's map. Best I can get most of the time is 24/27, but I've seen a point on the map that leads you almost right to the final boss, like Back Door in Super Mario World; I bought mine from Blockbuster, so I don't know how it was unlocked by whoever had it before me. Paladin's Quest was really cool; everything's weird, even the treasure chests, and it's a shame that we never got the sequel, and that the third and final entry never came to be. I'd never really thought of it like an evolution of the Master System, but you are TOTALLY on point with that; it's like the unholy union of Phantasy Star and... I don't know Aztec Adventure? The overworld battle music is also the most Saturday-morning-cartoon-ass thing I've ever heard in a video game; the rest of it's really good, too. Soul Blazer is another favorite of mine; it got a lot of flak back in the day, because it was billed as an Actraiser sequel, even though it just takes place in the same universe. I loved how most NPCs eschewed the usual "Welcome to Corneria!" banalities in favor of weird little bits of philosophy; everyone had something insightful to say, and even when it was complete nonsense, it was something that was interesting to think about.
Been watching your videos for many years now. Thanks for entertaining us. Greetings form México
I loved the town building in actraiser. That was my favorite part and maxing them all out. Pant 2 was blah. 7th saga was long and holy grinding batman. I got to the last boss and beat it once and it took forever.
I am so glad you gave Soul Blazer and S! No seems to really appreciate this game. Top 3 SNES game for me.
Love this series John, keep it up!
DQ 5 and 6 for SNES were honestly some of the best RPG in the system... some of my all time favorites for the system
Learning some new games to try. I always love finding cool snes games i havent tried before. Thank you.
Great video. Loved Enix back in the day. Soul Blazer and Actraiser were two of my favs as well. But Ogre Battle was TOPS... an S without question, IMO. So much you can do in this game! No one played it back in the day because of its limited production, its a shame really!
So bizarre that stuff like 7th Saga, EVO, Brain Lord, and Robotrek got localized but not Dragon Quest.
Huge disappointment to be at the time. Enix blamed "programming issues" in their Warrior World newsletter, which I think either meant the English text wouldn't fit on the screen or in the size cartridge they planned to use. Finally rectified this and played through it in Japanese this year- wonderful game in terms of story, though takes no advantage of the SNES hardware.
Wow what a list of what seem like cult classics. I was buying, renting, and playing SNES games back in the day (and still playing today) and somehow avoided all these save for Ogre Battle! And I only played Ogre Battle because I loved Ogre Battle 64 so much. Looks like a lot of good games to check out!
Is he completely done with NES now ?? There’s still Taito, HAL, Jaleco and a few others lol
I don't think he is but maybe he got bored. NES games are kinda simple.
I spoke too soon 😂 he addresses it at the very end of the vid lol
@ Redglass, was about to tell you he addresses that at the end. Patience my friend ,lol
@@redglass77 also, maybe he hasn't played those ones all enough yet to give a fair review. I mean, how many games can one guy know? He makes it sound like he knows each game he mentions, pretty well. I wonder if that's really the case sometimes. He's just covered SO MANY games.
@janX9 that’s a fair point
I think it's funny that I loved Actraiser and Princess Tomato as you did, but most people have no idea what those are!
Actraiser was a near launch title so it got more attention than a genre-defying game like this normally would. Princess Tomato- not so much! I remember renting it but thinking it was silly.
I played ogrebattle SO much and I did not know it was an Enix game, ha! It wasn't what I wanted when I started playing it but quickly I realized it was a VERY cool style of game. Nothing has quite scratched the same itch since then though.
try looking for ogre battle 64
It was made by Quest, the staff of which was later absorbed into Squaresoft and then worked on FF Tactics.
See this is what was great and quirky about Enix. The fantastic and magical stories it created. You had the Evolution story in EVO. The 'wonders of the world' in Illusion of Gaia (Ankgor wat, Great wall of China etc) and story of life and death or beginning with death and barren wastelands, then needing to resurrect the planet continent by continent in Terranigma.
Actraiser is so good it almost makes me cry. Actraiser 2 almost makes me cry for other reasons. One of the only games I’ve ever just given up on. Great video, Mr Riggs
YES! Some love for Brainlord.
I beat the Quintet Trilogy this year....again. Love those games.
Proud to say I have all these gems in my collection.
Great vid
Even though Actraiser 2 is missing that city building gameplay, which is missed in the 2nd game, I still think it is a masterpiece. Great graphics, awesome character mechanics (once you get used to many moves and controls), good level and boss design. I know that this is not my list but I would have put it higher.
Not to mention , the music! I had my old t.v. Hooked up to my stereo back in the day and loved every minute of Actraiser 2.
Keep these videos coming! Love them
Got a small nes collection its getting hard and expensive around here to be a nes collector as a 80s kid live the old and new school stuff good work man love your vids
Me. Riggs, I truly enjoy these videos. Thanks very much for the great, and consistent content.
I wasn't into Ogre Battle when I first rented it but I was about 12 at the time. I might dig it now that I'm older.
I overlooked 7th Saga for many years. There's a lot of great games on this list, but a full playthrough of 7th Saga is just epic. It's not loaded with content like other top tier 16-bit RPGs, but the challenge and time you'll invest to succeed makes it very unique in the SNES library.
Getting addicted to these lists!
Their more enjoyable than TV for me.
I never heard of Evo. It looks awesome. Now I want to play it.
Fantastic video man! I've only delved into ActRaiser and Soul Blazer (both wonderful games for sure) so it was nice to see how Enix's other games stack up. Illusion of Gaia is a game that feels so much like an Enix game but since Nintendo of America released it, I can understand why it wasn't on this list. I know that we didn't get it in the US during the SNES era but definitely play Dragon Quest V for the Nintendo DS if you enjoy the Dragon Quest series. I loved DQ5 and it's a real shame that we didn't get the game until 2010-ish.
ActRaiser reminds me so much of Rastan Saga. Pretty cool game I’ve never heard about, thanks riggs
I feel like 7th Saga and Soul Blazer are two of the most underrated games on the SNES, even with 7th Saga's rather broken difficulty curve.. I absolutely played the heck out of both of them as a kid, and I still like to play a quick run through of Soul Blazer every couple years or so. Great tier list!
Yo, I never realized Enix made so many games! Now I have more games to try out! Subbed!
Still waiting for that Enix NES ranking!! Awesome video!!
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I love ogre battle. March of the black queen, person of lordly caliber, tactics. Its an amazing series. Not alot of people talk about it.
I thought you already had 100,000. I guess I just love these list videos so I thought you had more!
Actraiser is definitely on of my favorite games of all time. From the top down sim city style to the action platform...it was definitely something new at the time and still is awesome to play today. not to mention the awesome soundtrack.
Love these videos! Are you planning on doing some Genesis/Mega Drive videos like this one?
Enix always put out classics!
*inserts Riggs content directly into veins* that's the stuff...😌
Such a great gaming company. And a great channel!!
Ah yes, EVO. Loved that game! Great video, Riggs!
The sound track of Actraiser still gets me going. Aged really well 😊😊😊
Love, love, love these videos!
i just recently beat Brain Lord recently and it was so much fun.. Great list mr riggs
“YOU ARE A ROBOT” - that guy in the background of “When Worlds Collide” by Powerman 5000
illusion of gaia was amazing. so dark and strange in its storytelling
Putting Ogre Battle as a "B" is just straight up wrong. This game was revolutionary in so many ways. Easily one of the very best games on the entire system.
There are games here I've never heard of, which is surprising considering how much I was into RPGs when the SNES was out. I need to check out Brain Lord and Soul Blazer.
John, have you ever done an offical "top 10 all time favorite games?" You've mentioned games being in you top 5/top 10 in a few of your videos and I'd love to see a comprehensive list.
I read the comments, you really should have mentioned in the video that Illusion of Gaia was a Nintendo published game, saved yourself some headaches. Not to beat a dead horse.
Please do more SNES. Great Job Mr.Riggs
I have a huge game collection, and my complete in box E.V.O is by far my favorite item of them all.
B is a fair rating for Ogre Battle. For me it took a while to get used to changing tactics to control the group as opposed to individual characters but I love it and play it to this day.
I love Ogre Battle 64 but have always had trouble really getting into the original.
@@dpgreene it does take some time but once you get into it it's fun and challenging
I can't forget how lucky i was in 1996. I went into a furniture store in L.A that was about to close, and it also had an electronics section. Went in there looking for video games and there was only about 10 videogames left in the display. I bought 2 ...the original final fantasy for nes and brain lord for snes"
Enix and Squaresoft merging was the worst thing that could happen to them I believe. You just don't see game's like they made back then anymore.
I wouldn't say it was their merging, thay changed the scene. It's just the nature of trends.
@@MalabarTheGreat Maybe, but by merging they had one less competitor and I believe the saying goes "competition breeds excellence".
Man, Brain Lord is nice!! Keep going Riggs, you reached Brazil 😃
Actraiser is such good game, i must have finished 5 times.
The end boss though 😩 hard as nails.
Lovey video.
I still love Actraiser the building part was awesome. I played ActRaiser 2 but I don’t remember much I don’t even remember if it had the building part.
Omg threw me for a loop when the video was finished.. BUT WAIT THERES MORE! then I saw the description relating "us-released" and insert the sounds of defeat from dragon quest here. Soul blazer was a part of a series we didn't get all of!!! If you don't flip this coin would you ever go through the ages old translation pack on the web and rate those games? Sounds like a fun time with some mondo variety in that pack but I swear half of that thing is enix and square!!!
I rented and finished EVO back in the 90s. I liked it then, but the current price drives me nuts
Same here.
great video again!!
Fun fact. The King Arthur game kind of puts an ending to the cartoon. Because we never got a series finale