Editing Super Nintendo Entertainment System

{{system infobox
|image=[[File:SNES Console.png|300px]]<br>NTSC version<br>[[File:SNES.jpg|300px]]<br>PAL version 
|generation=Fourth
|release='''Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom:'''<br>{{flag list|Japan|November 21, 1990<ref>{{cite|date=December 13, 2013|title=Retro Diary: 08 November – 05 December|publisher=Retro Gamer (No. 122)|language=English|page=11|accessdate=November 23, 2024}}</ref>|South Korea|1990<ref>{{cite|author=Byrne, Brian|date=2017|title=History of the Super Nintendo (SNES): Ultimate Guide to the SNES Games & Hardware|publisher=Console Gamer Magazine|page=4|isbn=978-1-5498-9956-0}}</ref>|USA|August 23, 1991<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo of America|date=August 23, 2021|url=x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1429820774907584512|title=On this day 30 years ago, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System launched in North America! What are some of your favorite #SNES games and memories?|publisher=X|archive=archive.today/2022.03.11-192937/https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1429820774907584512|accessdate=June 3, 2024}}</ref>|Ireland|April 11, 1992<ref name=Giant_Bomb>{{cite|deadlink=y|title="Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Platform)"|publisher=Giant Bomb|archive=web.archive.org/web/20190330233608/https://www.giantbomb.com/super-nintendo-entertainment-system/3045-9/|accessdate=April 27, 2024}}</ref>|UK|April 11, 1992<ref name=Giant_Bomb/>|Europe|June 6, 1992<ref name=Giant_Bomb/><ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|title="Nintendo History"|publisher=Nintendo|archive=archive.today/20120904134155/http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/service/nintendo_history_9911.html|accessdate=April 27, 2024}}</ref>|Chile|June 8, 1992<ref>{{cite|url=www.latercera.com/noticia/los-juegos-mas-recordados-a-25-anos-del-lanzamiento-de-la-super-nintendo|date=November 21, 2015|title="Los juegos más recordados a 25 años del lanzamiento de la Super Nintendo"|publisher=La Tercera|accessdate=June 3, 2024|language=es-419}}</ref>|Australia|July 3, 1992|Brazil|August 30, 1993<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20200811191505/https://www.tradeinpost.com/product/super-nintendo|title=Super Nintendo|publisher=Trade In Post|accessdate=June 3, 2024}}</ref>|Croatia|1994<ref name=Rogers_2020>{{cite|author=Joshua Rogers|date=December 26, 2020|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q75Re7deJC0|publisher=PAX (via YouTube)|title=World of Nintendo: Exploring Nintendo in (Eastern) Europe|language=English|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605201614/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q75Re7deJC0|accessdate=June 5, 2024}}</ref>|Czech Republic|1994<ref name=Rogers_2020/>|FR Yugoslavia|1994<ref name=Rogers_2020/>|Slovakia|1994<ref name=Rogers_2020/>|Slovenia|1994<ref name=Rogers_2020/>|Poland|November 14, 1994<ref name=Rogers_2020/>|Russia|November 15, 1994<ref>{{cite|author=Игорь Пичугин|date=November 1, 1994|url=www.kommersant.ru/doc/94004|title=Соглашение Steepler и Nintendo|publisher=Газета "Коммерсантъ"|language=ru|archive=web.archive.org/web/20190427025842/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/94004|accessdate=June 1, 2024}}</ref>}} '''Super NES Classic Edition:'''<br>{{flag list|Europe|September 29, 2017|USA|September 29, 2017|Australia|September 30, 2017|Japan|October 5, 2017}}
|discontinued={{flag list|USA|1999<ref>{{cite|author=Reisinger, Don|date=January 21, 2009|url=www.cnet.com/news/does-the-xbox-360s-lack-of-longevity-matter|title=Does the Xbox 360's 'lack of longevity' matter?|publisher=CNET|accessdate=December 19, 2021}}</ref>|Japan|September 25, 2003}}
|ratings=Super NES Classic Edition:{{ratings|esrb=T|pegi=12|cero=B|acb=M|usk=12}}
|predecessor=[[Family Computer]]<br>[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|successor=[[Nintendo 64]]
}}
{{quote|Now you're playing with power. Super power!|Advertisement slogan for the SNES}}
[[File:SNESLogo.svg|left|150px]]
The '''{{wp|Super Nintendo Entertainment System}}''' (abbreviated as '''SNES''', '''Super NES''', or '''Super Nintendo'''), called the '''Super Famicom''' or the '''Super Family Computer'''<ref>{{Cite|author=nintendo.co.jp|url=https://www.nintendo.com/jp/character/mario/history/index.html|title=Name used on the official English ''Mario Portal''|accessdate=August 3, 2024}}</ref> in Japan, is a video game console created by [[Nintendo]]. In early development, it was called '''Nintendo Entertainment System 2''' or '''NES2'''. The system was released in Japan on November 21, 1990; in South Korea later that year; in North America on August 23, 1991; in the United Kingdom and Ireland on April 11, 1992; in most of continental Europe on June 6, 1992; in Chile two days later; in Oceania in July 1992; in Brazil on August 30, 1993; in Croatia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Yugoslavia in 1994; in Poland on November 15, 1994 (simultaneously with the original [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] and the [[Game Boy]]);<ref name=Rogers_2020/> and in Russia the following day. The South Korean version was rebranded as the '''Super Comboy''' and was distributed by {{wp|SK Hynix|Hyundai Electronics}} to circumvent the country's bans on Japanese cultural imports. It is the last Nintendo console that has a different design and name in North America and PAL regions. The PAL version is a mix between the Super Famicom and the American SNES, keeping the design of the Super Famicom, while using the name from the American version. The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is the successor to the original Nintendo Entertainment System and similarly went on to produce many popular games, many of which are of the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]], most notably ''[[Super Mario World]]'', ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', and ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''.

Many early SNES cartridges had a long crevice spanning the cartridge. This was to prevent people from pulling the cartridges out when the system was turned on. These were produced as late as March 1993, as some early ''{{iw|LylatWiki|Star Fox (game)|Star Fox}}'' cartridges were manufactured with this mold. Later SNES cartridges opted into a different design because people were possibly breaking their SNES units,{{ref needed}} at the very earliest of June 1993, as no ''[[Yoshi's Cookie]]'' or ''[[Mario is Missing! (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)|Mario is Missing!]]'' cartridges have this mold.

The system's S-SMP audio chip, which used {{wp|Adaptive differential pulse-code modulation|ADPCM}} sample playback instead of a digital synthesizer like competing systems, was developed by consumer electronics company {{wp|Sony}}. The success of this partnership resulted in another deal to create the {{wp|Super NES CD-ROM}}, a planned peripheral for the SNES that would have been able to play CD-ROM discs, in response to the Japanese success of a similar add-on for the {{wp|TurboGrafx-16}}. However, because the contract would have given Sony full control of and royalties for CD-ROM titles, Nintendo publicly terminated their partnership and courted a new deal with [[Royal Philips Electronics|Philips]], who previously co-developed the Compact Disc format with Sony throughout the 1970s. The Philips deal failed to result in a finished product, and instead, Philips was given the rights to use the ''Super Mario'' and ''{{iw|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda (Series)|The Legend of Zelda}}'' IPs for several titles on its own CD-based multimedia device, the [[Philips CD-i]]. Only [[Hotel Mario|one ''Super Mario'' title]] emerged from this arrangement, though two others were planned before being canceled. Sony, meanwhile, would eventually release the {{wp|PlayStation (console)|PlayStation}} in response to its deal with Nintendo falling apart, considerably outselling the [[Nintendo 64]] during the late 1990s. Some games of the ''Super Mario'' franchise, such as ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' and ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', were considered for the Super NES CD-ROM, only to be shifted to the base SNES following the add-on's cancelation.<ref>{{cite|url=tcrf.net/Development:Super_Mario_All-Stars#Alternative_Titles|title=Development: ''Super Mario All-Stars''|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=November 13, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=May 1993|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #2|page=62|quote=As mentioned in Nintendo News Network last issue, not much is known at this stage, but we believe that the Super CD will be the same size as the Super NES. It will connect by the external port on the Super NES and the two units will become one by piggybacking. Super Mario 5 is said to be coming out on Super CD.}}</ref>

Because of the international rivalry between Nintendo and Sega, which competed against the SNES with their {{wp|Sega Genesis}}, many ''Super Mario'' games during this time included jabs at Sega's flagship series, ''{{iw|sonicretro|Sonic the Hedgehog}}'', and vice versa. In ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', [[Sonic]]'s boots and the plasma gun from ''{{wp|Earthworm Jim}}'' are seen next to a bin and labeled "no hopers." In ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', there are [[Harry Hedgehog|blue hedgehog enemies]] that greatly resemble Sonic.

The SNES was re-released as Super Famicom Jr. for Japan, and on October 20, 1997, it was released in North America as the {{wp|New-Style Super NES}}.<ref>{{cite|url=maru-chang.com/hard/shvc/english.htm#SNS-101|title=SHVC: Super Famicom|accessdate=July 9, 2023}}</ref> The newer model was smaller and lacked the eject button, and it also could not output the S-Video and RGB signals.

==Accessories==
===SNES Controller===
[[File:SNES Controller.jpg|thumb|left|The original Japanese and PAL Controller]]
[[File:LodgeNet-Super-Nintendo-Controller.jpg|thumb|The LodgeNet SNES Controller]]
The SNES Controller has a layout which popularized the layout used by most modern controllers. It is more round-shaped instead of rectangle-shaped from the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] controller. It has the {{button|snes|A}}, {{button|snes|B}}, {{button|snes|start}}, and {{button|snes|select}} buttons and the {{button|snes|Pad}} from the NES, plus four extra buttons: the {{button|snes|X}}, {{button|snes|Y}}, {{button|snes|L}}, and {{button|snes|R}} buttons. There was also a [[LodgeNet]] version for hotels.<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendrew|date=August 15, 2018|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK_EPiRkFew&ab_channel=Nintendrew|title=LodgeNet Game Controllers - Nintendo's Hotel Rental Service!|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=March 4, 2020}}</ref>

The American controller is slightly different from the Japanese and the PAL controllers. Instead of having each button be a different bright color, the {{button|snes|A}} and {{button|snes|B}} buttons were purple and the {{button|snes|X}} and {{button|snes|Y}} buttons were lavender, tying into the mechanical color scheme of the SNES's American model.

There is also a Wii adaption of the SNES controller for use as a substitution for the Classic Controller with games that support said controller.

===Super Game Boy===
{{main|Super Game Boy}}
[[File:NASuperGameBoy.jpg|thumb|The Super Game Boy Cartridge]]
The Super Game Boy is a cartridge adapter that allows play of all [[Game Boy]] games, as well as [[Game Boy Color]] games that were made backwards compatible to work on the original Game Boy, on the Super Nintendo. Some Game Boy games are labeled as enhanced for Super Game Boy, such as ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]''.
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===Super NES Mouse===
[[File:SNESMouse.JPG|thumb|The Super NES Mouse]]
The Super NES Mouse was an accessory for certain Super NES games. It was compatible only with the SNES and was thus only used in the early-to-mid-1990s. The Super NES Mouse mimics the appearance and action of an actual computer mouse; the Super NES Mouse controlled the cursor in some ''Super Mario'' games.

The Super NES Mouse was originally bundled with ''Mario Paint'' and a mouse pad for $59.95.

====''Super Mario'' games compatible with the Super NES Mouse====
*''[[Mario Paint]]''
*''[[Mario & Wario]]''
*''[[Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters]]''
*''[[Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers]]''
*''[[Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun]]''
*''[[UNDAKE30 Same Game|UNDAKE30 Same Game Daisakusen Mario Version]]''

===Super Scope===
{{main|Super Scope}}
[[File:Gal nintendo 13 super-scope.jpg|thumb|The Super Scope]]
The SNES Super Scope is a {{wp|light gun}} accessory for the SNES. It has one "fire" button for shooting, either in single bursts or a constant stream, depending on whether or not its on/off switch is set to "turbo". It also has a second "cursor" button and a "pause" button. It was used for very few games, including one ''Super Mario'' title, ''[[Yoshi's Safari]]''.
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===Super Multitap===
[[File:SNES Super Multitap.jpg|thumb|The Super Multitap]]
The '''Super Multitap''', by [[Hudson Soft]], allowed to turn the player 2 controller port into four controller ports, allowing for up to five simultaneous players, but only if the game supports it. Although no ''Super Mario'' game for the SNES uses the Super Multitap, the [[Game Boy]] game ''[[Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!]]'' can use the accessory if played in a [[Super Game Boy]], although the game never uses the fifth available controller slot.

===Satellaview===
{{main|Satellaview}}
[[File:Satellaview.jpg|thumb|The Satellaview under a Super Famicom with the special cartridge]]
A Japan-exclusive add-on for the Super Famicom was the Satellaview. It was the earliest known, commercially available, licensed product by Nintendo download games from an external source without the use of kiosks. The Super Famicom Jr. is incompatible with Satellaview because of the missing port underneath the first model had.
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===SF Memory Cassette===
{{main|Nintendo Power (cartridge)}}
[[File:Nintendo Power SF Memory Cassette.jpg|thumb|The SF Memory Cassette]]
Only in Japan, the SF Memory Cassette is a rewritable version of regular cartridges, through kiosks at retail stores between 1997–2007.
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===Cleaning Kit===
[[File:SNES Cleaning Kit Alt.png|thumb|The Mario-themed cleanup kit]]
Over time, pins inside the SNES and game cartridges would get dirty. Nintendo released an approved cleaning kit to improve the condition of the contacts so games would play without interruption.
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==Super NES Classic Edition==
[[File:SuperNES-ClassicEdition.jpg|thumb|200px|Super NES Classic Edition]]
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Announced on June 26, 2017, the '''Super NES Classic Edition''' (known as the '''Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System''' in Europe and Australia and '''Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Famicom''' in Japan) is a smaller version of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and the successor to the [[Classics#NES Classic Edition|NES Classic Edition]]. It comes with 21 pre-installed SNES games, including five games in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]]: ''[[Super Mario World]]'', ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'', ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', and ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''. It was released on September 29, 2017 in North America and Europe, September 30 in Oceania, and October 5 in Japan.

==Appearances in the ''Super Mario'' franchise==
===''Super Mario'' series===
In the [[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'' series]], ''[[Super Mario World]]'' had a [[Special Zone]] that used the logo for the Japanese and European markets, and in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', one of the filters that is available for use in [[Snapshot Mode]] is the graphics style of the SNES.

===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''===
In ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', giant SNES controllers appear in both [[Monkey Museum]] and the Interior of [[The Flying Krock]].

===''Club Nintendo''===
[[File:SNESCN.jpg|thumb|120px|Mario and Luigi's SNES-like spaceship]]
A spaceship shaped like the PAL version of the SNES appeared in the 1997 ''[[Club Nintendo (magazine)|Club Nintendo]]'' comic, "[[Die Jagd nach dem Nintendo 64: Krawall im All]]". It was used as a metaphor, referring to the discontinuation of the console, and the launch of the [[Nintendo 64]]. In the comic, [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] traveled with this spaceship, in search for a new one. During their quest they had to compete against [[Wario]] and [[Bowser]] who chased after the new spaceship as well. At the end of the comic, the spacecraft turned out to be the Nintendo 64 and the plumbers went on to take possession of it (abandoning the SNES-spaceship), being hailed by several of their friends.

===''WarioWare: Smooth Moves''===
A Super Nintendo is the setting for the [[microgame]] [[Super Nostalgic Entertainment System]] in ''[[WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]''.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SNES Japan PAL Logo.svg|Japan and PAL logo, sport bright colors, resembling the shape of the four main buttons on the controller
SNES North American Logo.png|North American logo, which has a more muted tone than the Japanese logo, having a simpler gray and black color scheme.
Snes jap.jpg|Super Famicom
SuperFamicom jr.jpg|Super Famicom Jr.
SNES2.jpg|New-Style Super NES
SNES Box SMW.jpg|Super NES Super Set (includes ''Super Mario World'')
SNES Box SMAS.jpg|Super NES Mario Set (includes ''Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World'')
SNES Box DKC.jpg|Super NES Donkey Kong Set (includes ''Donkey Kong Country'')
SNES 2 Box.jpg|Standard SNES 2 package
Super nintendo sns-101 box.jpg|SNES 2 package (includes ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'')
Super NES Player's Guide.jpg|Super NES [[Nintendo Power#Nintendo Player's Guide Gallery|Nintendo Player's Guide]]
WiiclassicSNES.png|A {{iw|nwiki|Wii Classic Controller}} themed after a European SNES controller, rewarded by Australian [[Club Nintendo (rewards program)|Club Nintendo]]
Twitter NintendoAUNZ 2017-10-22c.jpg|Image macro from the official NintendoAUNZ social media accounts, showing ''Super Mario'' games for the system
</gallery>

===Video games===
<gallery>
Super Mario World Box.png|''[[Super Mario World]]''
MarioPaintBox.jpg|''[[Mario Paint]]''
Super Mario Kart NA box art.png|''[[Super Mario Kart]]''
NCCTitleScreen.png|''[[Nintendo Campus Challenge]]''
mism1.jpg|''[[Mario is Missing! (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)|Mario is Missing!]]''
Yoshi'sCookieSNES.jpg|''[[Yoshi's Cookie]]''
SMAS.jpg|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
Snesyoshissafari.png|''[[Yoshi's Safari]]''
MnW cover art.jpg|''[[Mario & Wario]]''
Mario's Time Machine Box Art.jpg|''[[Mario's Time Machine (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)|Mario's Time Machine]]''
NP94Logo.jpg|''[[Nintendo PowerFest '94]]''
Yoshi no Cookie JP Box.png|''[[Yoshi no Cookie: Kuruppon Oven de Cookie]]''
Mariopre2.jpg|''[[Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers]]''
Mariopre3.jpg|''[[Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters]]''
Mariopre1.jpg|''[[Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun]]''
Boxart dkc front.png|''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''
DKC Competition Cartridge Boxart.jpg|''[[Donkey Kong Country Competition Cartridge]]''
SMAS_SMW.jpg|''[[Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World]]''
TetrisDrMario.jpg|''[[Tetris & Dr. Mario]]''
WariosWoodsCover(USA).png|''[[Wario's Woods (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)|Wario's Woods]]''
Samegamecart.jpg|''[[UNDAKE30 Same Game]]''
SMW2.jpg|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
Mariopicross2.jpg|''[[Mario's Super Picross]]''
Tetris Attack SNES cover.jpg|''[[Tetris Attack]]''
DKC2.jpg|''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''
Super Mario RPG Box.png|''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''
DKC3 cover art.jpg|''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''
WC98 Box art.png|''[[Wrecking Crew '98]]''
Pnp-logo.png|''[[Picross NP]]''
</gallery>

====''Super Mario World'' cartridges====
<gallery>
SMW Cartridge 1.jpg|NTSC-U first version
SMW Cartridge 2.jpg|NTSC-U second version
SMW Cartridge 3.jpg|NTSC-U third version
SMW Cartridge 4.jpg|NTSC-J version
SMW Cartridge 5.jpg|PAL SNES first version
SMW Cartridge 6.jpg|PAL SNES second version
SMW Cartridge 7.jpg|NTSC-U [[Player's Choice]] version
</gallery>

===Screenshots===
<gallery>
SpecialZone SMW.png|''Super Mario World''
Monkey Museum DKC2.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
The Flying Krock DKC2 NTSC.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
WWSM Super Nostalgic Entertainment System.png|''WarioWare: Smooth Moves''
SPM Francisroomright.png|''Super Paper Mario''
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{wp|Sonifi Solutions}} (Wikipedia) &ndash; A company that has brought Nintendo systems, including the SNES, to hotel rooms

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