What do you dislike the most about the SNES from a hardware & software perspective|Now You're Playing With Super Power!|Forum|SNES HUB

For the question of the CD SNES peripheral, I doubt it would have made a difference to Square. The Sega CD being a peripheral meant that it would have only ended up in a fraction of SNES households (peripherals that are released after the console launches rarely see above 20 percent). Square would have likely gone with the Playstation for the sheer fact of 100 percent of PS users would have the Cd drive, plus the guarantee of a growing userbase.

To answer the question at hand, I second that processor speed.  It was the only real weakness of the SNES library.

On software……The only thing I see hurting is the beat em up genre.  When it comes to trop-tier beat em ups, I can only really name four.

King of Dragons

Final Fight 3

TMNT 4:TIT

Ninja Warriors

I’m not saying that the others aren’t good, but those four are the only ones I see that are MUST PLAY.  The Genesis is a whole different story.

As far as StratRPGs go, I would agree if it were the 90s.  But it aint the 90’s anymore.  We now have Reproductions to let us dive deeper into that Endless Ocean of Quality…..

Yes, I consider the Genesis to be a better beat em up system by a small margin.

Must plays on the Genesis to me include:

Golden Axe (Definitely makes the cut.  SO MUCH FUN!)

Streets of Rage 2 (No arguably about it! Its the best)

Comix Zone (such a grand idea)

The Punisher (Overlooked and a TON of fun)

Splatterhouse 3 (exploration elements, multiple endings and gruesome violence)

Hyperstone Heist (has it’s own charm, plus you get to fight Master Tatsu!!!!

As for Batman Returns I forgot about that one!  Its great and affordable for SNES neophytes.

Don’t worry about off-topic! Conversations tend to flow with a natural current, with participants going with the flow. you won’t be shouted down here with cries of “off-topic”. I’ll let IGN and YouTube users enjoy that.

I never really thought of it like that LoL on the processor speed!  I think that might be worthy of an interview question if I can ever get anyone in this industry to talk to me. (Nintendo REFUSES. Not declines, REFUSES.)

Thinking about it one thing Nintendo REALLY lacks is BC support which the master system had with an add-on. One of the chief complaints parents (and spouses) had is that they couldn’t use their COLLECTION on the new system, instead having to have aANOTHWER system in the house to take up space.  

Read some of my earlier threads LoL!  Here’s an example:

“The reason why I point out that I am playing these old games is not to point out the quality of these games or to raise some Retro Flag on this website. The point is to say: “You have failed me.” For example, how much longer are we going to have to replay Super Metroid until a modern game comes out that satisfies and does more? How much longer are we going to have to keep replaying Super Mario Brothers 3?  Or Zelda 1 and 2 or 3?

Are you still playing Chrono Trigger?  Or Super Metroid?  Or Super Mario Brothers 3 or Super Mario World?  Are you still playing  playing a game older than ten years?

If so, you are not the problem. The game makers are the problem. They have not bothered to satisfy an existing appetite. It may be due to the existing appetite is too small (i.e. a niche game). But most of the time, such as the most popular video game ever made with Super Mario Brothers, it is because the game makers do not wish to satisfy existing appetites. It hurts their creativity. It makes them do things they do not want to do.

Nintendo game developers like to compare themselves to chefs. But chefs make the same dishes, day in and day out, all the time. When someone orders pizza, they want pizza, not a “surprise” like a watermelon-salmon-peanut-butter-tangerine pizza.”

Yeah, lots of that LoL!

Game companies consistently monitor fan efforts in order to understand what fans are asking for and are even known to directly engage potential customers on forums like these in the form of viral marketing.

Not that this is a large effort, but it is becoming large for a SNES fansite.  It is very likely that someone from Nintendo has been here thus may have seen some of my work.

In attempting to write my 1991 article and my “what could have been” article I repeatedly requested an interview with someone at Nintendo that was present during the 16-bit era, and was told that they “Refuse” to speak to me for the features.

I am not a by nature a tinfoil hat, and I have had no problem setting up future interviews with other game developers. (you’ll see these in time I hope).  And though I have been turned down it is usually with diplomatic language such as “not at this time” and “we decline to comment”.

So Nintendo’s language means that either they have read some of my posts in passing and were offended, or that they truly have zero regard to how customers perceive them.

I will do that.  An excellent suggestion.

Isn’t it amazing how important flow and structure is to Videogames?  Take Mario.  The Mushroom Kingdom used to operate on the same principal.  You would Beat a castle and the next level the captured castle is behind you.  In Mario 3 you climb a tower and end up in the sky. Dinosaur Island shows you the path you are taking before your eyes. 

When the adventure feels coherent it enhances the experience.

sonic the hedgehog also has this in spades, which is why it was a phenomenon that almost rivaled Mario!

I musat coinfess I have been pondering the inspiration of Sonic.  Mario was clearly inspired by Literary Nonsense works such as Gullivers travels, Alice in Wonderland, and the Wizard of Oz.

What do you think was the inspiration behind sonic?

Fascinating look at a series I have not yet been able to put under the microscope. Thank You!

Maybe once I finish off the SNES library!