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|Rel='''Super Nintendo Entertainment System'''<br>{{released|Japan|November 21, 1990|USA|August 13, 1991|Europe|April 11, 1992|Australia|July 3, 1992}}<br>'''Super NES Classic Edition'''<br>{{released|USA|September 29, 2017|Europe|September 29, 2017|Australia|September 30, 2017|Japan|October 5, 2017}}

|Dis={{released|USA|November 30, 1999|Japan|September 25, 2003}}

|Pre=[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]

|Suc=[[Nintendo 64]]

{{quote2|Now you're playing with power. Super power!|Advertisement slogan for the SNES}}

[[File:SNESLogo.png|left|150px]]

The '''Super Nintendo Entertainment System''' (abbreviated to '''SNES''', '''Super NES''' or '''Super Nintendo''', Japanese: '''Super Famicom'''; also called in early development '''NES2''' or '''Nintendo Entertainment System 2''') is a video game console created by [[Nintendo]]. It was the successor to the original [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] and rivaled in performance to the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. It had many popular games, including ''[[Super Mario World]]'', ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'', ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' and ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. Other popular titles are ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and ''[[Mario Paint]]''.

The Super Famicom was released in Japan on November 21, 1990 while the Super Nintendo Entertainment System was released in America on August 13, 1991, in Europe in April 1992 and in Australia in July 1992. They were discontinued in 1999, followed by the Famicom model and the SNES/Super Famicom games which discontinued in 2003. It remained popular throughout the 32/64 bit era, selling 49.10 million units during its lifetime. Nintendo also worked with Sony to create the planned add-on, the SNES CD to rival against Sega CD. However, Nintendo's cooperation with Sony crumbled so the SNES CD was moved to Philips for a short time. The projects resulted in the [[Philips CD-i]] and the Sony PlayStation.

The SNES was re-released as the SNES 2, being released at the same time as the [[Nintendo 64]]. As well as this, it was smaller and lacked the eject button. It also could not output the S-Video and RGB signals.

During the SNES era, Nintendo and Sega were at the peak of their rivalry, so in many of the ''Mario'' games there were elements that mocked the ''[[sonicretro:Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series and vice versa. In ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', Sonic's boots and the plasma gun from ''[[wikipedia:Earthworm Jim (series)|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 Hedgehog]].

The SNES was based on a Japanese console called the Super Famicom. Famicom was a portmanteau of Family and Computer. There are obvious performance and aesthetic differences between the two consoles. It was re-released as a Super Famicom Jr., matching a USA SNES 2, but obviously, with the same differences as the SNES 1 and Super Famicom had.

 

The PAL SNES is a mix between the Super Famicom and the USA SNES, keeping the design of the Super Famicom, but using the name from the USA version.

 

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|[[File:SNES Console.png|x145px]]<br>Super Nintendo Entertainment System

|[[File:SNES.jpg|x145px]]<br>Super Nintendo Entertainment System

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|[[File:SuperFamicom jr.jpg|x145px]]<br>Super Famicom Jr.

|[[File:SNES2.jpg|x145px]]<br>{{conjectural|Super Nintendo Entertainment System 2}}

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==Cartridge Forms==

Only in North America is the design different from other regions. It is possible to play games from other regions as internally the hardware is region free, but one would have to cut out tabs or get an adapter that would otherwise prevent the cartridges from making contact with the cartridge slot. The pin configurations are the same and compatible, unlike the [[Family Computer]] and [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] cartridges.

 

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. Later SNES cartridges opted into a different design because people were possibly breaking their SNES units.{{ref needed}} The older cartridges will work on the redesigned SNES with no issues. It even lacks the tab to prevent people from pulling the cartridges out. Only North America seems to have this redesign.

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[[File:SNES Japan PAL Logo.svg|thumb|left|Japan and PAL logo.]]

North America changed its logo to use a black and grey color scheme instead to preserve the colors.

[[File:SNES Controller.jpg|thumb|right|Original Japanese and PAL controller]]

The SNES Controller is the main controller for the SNES which had a layout which popularized the layout used by most modern controllers. It was also the first controller to have shoulder buttons. The controller is more round-shaped instead of rectangle-shaped from the NES controller.

[[File:NASuperGameBoy.jpg|thumb|right|Super Game Boy cartridge.]]

The Super Game Boy is a cartridge adaptor that allow play of all [[Game Boy]] and some [[Game Boy Color]] games made backwards compatible to work on the older Game Boy. Some Game Boy games are ''Super Game Boy enhanced'', such as [[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]].

===SNES Mouse===

[[File:SNESMouse.JPG|thumb|right|The '''SNES Mouse'''.]]

The SNES Mouse was an accessory for certain SNES games. It was compatible only with the SNES and was thus only used in the early-to-mid-1990s. The SNES Mouse mimics the appearance and action of an actual computer mouse; the SNES Mouse controlled the [[Stripe Pointer]] in some Mario games.

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

====''Mario'' Games Compatible With the SNES Mouse====

*''[[Undake30 Same Game|Undake 30 Same Game Daisakusen Mario Version]]''

[[File:Gal nintendo 13 super-scope.jpg|thumb|right|The Super Scope.]]

The SNES Super Scope is a [[wikipedia:Light gun|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 ''Mario'' title, ''[[Yoshi's Safari]]''.

[[File:SNES Super Multitap.jpg|thumb|right|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 Mario SNES game uses the Super Multitap, ''[[Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!]]'' for the [[Game Boy]] can use the accessory if played in a [[Super Game Boy]], although the game never uses the fifth available controller slot.

[[File:Satellaview.jpg|thumb|right|Satellaview under a Super Famicom with 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 to connect to the internet and download games. The Super Famicom Jr. is incompatible because of the missing port underneath the first model had.

[[File:Nintendo Power SF Memory Cassette.jpg|thumb|right]]

Only in Japan, the SF Memory Cassette is a rewritable version of regular cartridges, through kiosks at retail stores between 1997-2007.

=== Cleaning Kit ===

[[File:SNES Cleaning Kit Alt.png|thumb|right|Featuring Mario.]]

[[File:SuperNES-ClassicEdition.jpg|thumb|200px|Super NES Classic Edition.]]

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]].<ref>https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/879369032947847168</ref> It comes with 21 pre-installed SNES games, including five games in the [[Mario (franchise)|''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 will be released on September 29, 2017 in North America and Europe, September 30 in Australia, and October 5 in Japan.

==Appearances in the ''Mario'' series==

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. The SNES is also used as the setting for the [[microgame]] [[Super Nostalgic Entertainment System]] in ''[[WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]''. In ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', giant SNES controllers appear in both [[Monkey Museum]] and the Interior of [[The Flying Krock]]. ''[[Super Mario World]]'' had a [[Special Zone]] that used the logo for the Japanese and European markets.

SpecialZone SMW.png|''Super Mario World''

MonkeyMuseum.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''

TheFlyingKrock2.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''

WW CartidgeMicrogame.jpg|''WarioWare: Smooth Moves''

SSBM HALTV.png|''Super Smash Bros. Melee''

SPM Francisroomright.png|''Super Paper Mario''

SNESCN.jpg|Mario and Luigi's SNES-like spaceship.

==References in later console generations==

[[File:WiiclassicSNES.png|thumb|right]]

For the Australian [[Club Nintendo (rewards program)|Club Nintendo]], it had a reward option to request a [[Wii#Classic Controller|Classic Controller]] themed after a European SNES controller.

 

''<gallery>

Boxart dkc front.png|[[Donkey Kong Country]]

DKC2.jpg|[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]

Original DKC3 box US.jpg|[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]

Paneldeponboxart.png|[[Panel de Pon]]

ENTIRE warioMario box.JPG|[[Mario & Wario]]

mism1.jpg|[[Mario is Missing!]]

MarioPaintBox.jpg|[[Mario Paint]]

Mariopre3.jpg|[[Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters]]

Mariopre2.jpg|[[Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers]]

Mariopre1.jpg|[[Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun]]

Mariopicross2.jpg|[[Mario's Super Picross]]

Mario's Time Machine Box Art.jpg|[[Mario's Time Machine]]

Pnp-logo.png|[[Picross NP]]

SMAS.jpg|[[Super Mario All-Stars]]

SMAS_SMW.jpg|[[Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World]]

SMK BoxCover1.jpg|[[Super Mario Kart]]

Super Mario RPG Box.png|[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]

Super Mario World Box.png|[[Super Mario World]]

SMW2.jpg|[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]

TetrisDrMario.jpg|[[Tetris & Dr. Mario]]

TAT.jpg|[[Tetris Attack]]

Samegamecart.jpg|[[Undake30 Same Game]]

WariosWoodsCover(USA).png|[[Wario's Woods]]

WC98 Boxart.jpg|[[Wrecking Crew '98]]

Yoshi'sCookieSNES.jpg|[[Yoshi's Cookie]]

Snesyoshissafari.png|[[Yoshi's Safari]]

Yoshi no Cookie JP Box.png|[[Yoshi no Cookie: Kuruppon Oven de Cookie]]

</gallery>''

==Trivia==

*The North American SNES color scheme would later be used as an alternate costume for [[R.O.B.]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U]]''.

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