Super Mario Games on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
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Super Mario Games on the Super Nintendo Entertainment system

 

Super Mario Games on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)

Below are the Mario games on the Nintendo SNES that we cover at the site. Visit a games page clicking its box image below.

We feature games with three different types of Mario appearance as follows:-

  • Cameo - a non-Mario game with reference to, or an appearance of Mario or one of the characters

  • Spin off - a game which features Mario throughout, but is not a mainstream adventure game.

  • Main role - The classic platform style Mario games such as Super Mario Bros and Super Mario Land would be good examples of what we define as main role Mario games.

  • Edutainment title - There were a couple of edutainment games for the SNES including remakes of earlier edutainment titles Mario is Missing and Mario's Time Machine among others.

 

Mario Teaches the alphabet in Marios Early Years: Fun with letters on the SNES Mario teaches numbers in Mario's Early Years Fun with Numbers on the SNES

Mario's Early Years: Fun with Letters

Edutainment title

Mario's Early Years: Fun with Numbers

Edutainment title

Nooo! It's Mario is Missing again, this time on the SNES Mario Kart SNES Box cover

Mario is Missing

Edutainment title

Mario Kart

Spin off

Show your artistic side on the SNES with Mario Paint More edutainment from Mario's Time Machine - this time on the SNES

Mario Paint

Edutainment title

Mario's Time Machine

Edutainment title

Mario's Early Years Preschool fun on the SNES box cover Super Mario RPG Legend of the seven stars SNES box cover

Mario's Early Years: Preschool fun

Edutainment title

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Main role

Super Mario World was a SNES release title Super Mario World 2 Yoshi's Island box cover

Super Mario World

Main role

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Main role

Yoshi's Safari one of the few Mario titles to use the Nintendo scope on the SNES Yoshi's Cookie SNES box cover

Yoshi's Safari

Spin off

Yoshi's Cookie

Spin off

Super Mario Allstars - a compilation of some all time Mario greats on the SNES  

Super Mario Allstars

Compilation of Main roles

 

 

Japan only SNES releases

 

Wrecking Crew 98 Japanese Mario game box coer Mario No Super Picross box cover - japanese mario game

Wrecking Crew '98

Spin off

Mario No Super Picross

Spin off

Mario and Wario SNES Japanese mario game  

Mario & Wario

Main role

 

 

About the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, called the SNES by many, is a 16-bit successor to the wildly popular Nintendo Entertainment System. Originally released in 1990, the system was released around the world much quicker than the original because of the ground that had been paved by the prior console. Although it was released under several different names around the world, the simple fact is that this system was revolutionary for its time, and allowed Nintendo to completely dominate the market for years.

The main competition that was faced by the SNES was from the Sega Corporation. They engaged in an all-out video game war to determine who could produce the best graphics and games for their customers. The first true battle of its type, the debate over the quality of the graphics offered by these systems is still brought up today. However, when it comes to games, the SNES was able to produce incredible results. The Mario games on the Super Nintendo could have cornered the market on their own as they released title after title that offered unique gameplay and story elements. “Super Mario World” hit the market so hard that it Sega had to invent a sidescrolling platform game, “Sonic the Hedgehog”, just to stand a chance.

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Some of the other most memorable Mario games on the Super Nintendo are “Super Mario Kart”, “Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars” , and “Super Mario Allstars”. These games reached out to every genre and became a success. With the addition of titles from the Legend of Zelda series as well as the Metroid series, there was no way for Sega to stop the Super Nintendo. However, people will often note that the Sega Genesis offered cheaper games and had a larger library, but what they had in quantity did not translate to the quality that was found in the games on the Super Nintendo.

The Mario games on the Super Nintendo helped to define the system and ensure that it would remain one of top consoles to have ever been made. It was able to command a respectable presence in the gaming community far into the next generation of consoles as many people remembered its simplicity and all of the wonderful games that they had enjoyed over the years. Although the systems were discontinued years ago, there are still many retro game enthusiasts and gamers that play the SNES on the physical systemSNES Console small as well as through ROM files, reliving some of the earliest and best years of gaming.

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