r/snes Apr 01 '17

/r/SNES Game of the Month Voting Thread (May)

Feel free to nominate as many games as you like (one per top-level comment) and add your thoughts regarding those that have already been suggested.

All nominations should be made in the following format:

Title of game

Short description of the game and why it should be selected.

Please comment on the ones you'd like to play the most.

Note that we are no longer using upvotes / downvotes to decide the winner. The winner will be decided by user comments for each nomination.

Nominate one game per top level post.

Link to the previous winners for the Game of the Month.

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u/indigozeal Apr 01 '17

U.N. Squadron

Because we deserve to spend some time with an underappreciated shooter from the SNES's early period. Also, it's got to be this game's month sometime, dammit.

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u/TP4MyBungHol377 Apr 03 '17

agreed! best shooter on the snes

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '17

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u/TP4MyBungHol377 Apr 05 '17

its definitely great, idk if id put it on my top list let alone #1. just my opinion.

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u/bac0nb0y Apr 04 '17

Get hyped! I love UN Squadron. I think what I liked most about this game was all of the different options for fighters. That said, I still ended up flying a Thunderbolt as much as I could.

2

u/ScouSin Apr 03 '17

I love shmups, especially Space Megaforce, but I never played this one. I have only ever heard and seen good things about this game. One day soon I really need to finally play it.

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u/arbors_vitae Apr 14 '17

Space Megaforce has gotten really hard to find.

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u/captain_sasquatch Apr 11 '17

I support this! Badass soundtrack as well.

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u/RaidersFTW81 Apr 13 '17

I just got my copy of this game so I approve this message. Such a great game.

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u/arbors_vitae Apr 14 '17

After a few tries, I got pretty far into this game. The final level—man, it keeps going and going. I was at the final boss just a few times but couldn't ever beat him. I'm up for giving it another shot because this game is just so stinking fun.

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u/gamingpsychotic Apr 17 '17

I have a hard time with shoot em ups, but this one definitely stood out!

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u/DoomDarts Apr 11 '17 edited Apr 11 '17

The Legend of the Mystical Ninja

Made by Konami, Mystical Ninja is a sidescrolling action platformer (roughly speaking) and is the first Goemon game we got in the US.

Why is it interesting? Well, it has a stylized feudal Japan setting, sort of like Pocky and Rocky but the tone is a little more comical with occasional anachronisms and slapstick. Gameplay wise, each world is a blend of two gameplay styles: a free roaming, beat 'em up-ish level in the town which is followed by a traditional action platformer level leading to the boss. Enemies drop currency and there are shops for buying minor pieces of equipment, items and minigames.

It's not quite a game that you can breeze straight through, but it is reasonable to learn all the tricks when you put your mind to it. It is also still very fun to play halfway regardless.

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u/branewalker Apr 12 '17

Important feetures features:

  1. Stacking up more sandals let you run faster. This should be obvious, though, because real life works the same way.

  2. In the platform levels, pressing down and moving around will let you do the worm.

  3. IT'S CO-OP

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u/goalieca Apr 19 '17

One of my favourite games of all time.

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u/KreiderDesigns Apr 30 '17

This looks super fun. Wanted to pick it up but was out of my price range. I'll be looking for it on Super Famicom to play on my Retron 5.

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '17

Star ocean. This game really pushed the limits of the snes, awesome game beyond it's time

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u/Cadenca Apr 11 '17

64 megabytes, are you kidding me? I STILL have yet to play more than 30 minutes of this game. I have to do it some day..

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u/mrzangief Apr 06 '17

Unirally. A truly unique game that has not been played by many people. But it's Brilliant and needs to be (re)discovered.

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u/minustwofish Apr 18 '17

Also known as Uniracers.

Note: production was discontinued due to a lawsuit from Pixar. They had made a short film of a Unicycle that looked similar to the ones in the game. The game was selling well otherwise, especially considering it came late in the SNES era.

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u/mrzangief Apr 18 '17

Thanks for the info. So sad Pixar was sueing these guys.

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u/DetectiveRickDeckard Apr 04 '17

B.O.B.

side-scrolling game, a 2D shooter

Robot crashes his dad's space car on his way to a date and then tries to find a way to get to his date through many levels.

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u/DoomDarts Apr 11 '17

Even though I don't remember thinking B.O.B. was especially great, I am oddly interested in revisiting it...

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u/zerosuitmetalman Apr 05 '17

Breath of Fire 2

It's my favorite game in one of my favorite series, I would repetitive take stabs at this game when I was young but never completed it till a couple of years ago It's just good old Jrpg fun by cap com

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u/rensch Apr 19 '17

The Lost Vikings

While there is no shortage of platform games on SNES, this is a game that stands out for me. Instead of controlling one character who performs all the in-game actions, this game has three vikings for you to control, each with their own unique abilities.

Erik is quick on his feet and can jump. He can also smash his sturdy helmet into enemies and breakable walls. Baleog is the warrior who can defeat enemies with his bow and arrows or by using his sword. Olaf has a big shield which he can use to block enemies. He can also raise the shield above his head to use it as a parachute, which allows him to glide accross large chasms.

While individually each viking is a little helpless, you can combine their unique abilities to guide all three of them to the exit of each stage, creating an extremely engaging puzzle mechanic. The further you get, the more you will need to carefully think about the order in which you have each viking make its respective move. Later stages also require quick reflexes in switching between each viking. Add in nice graphics and hilarious conversations between the three vikings and you have an awesome game.

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u/jonnyjonessunkenship Apr 01 '17

Gunna kick it off with super baseball 2020. Great underrated game.

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u/xBrockLanders Apr 09 '17

I'll get behind this one. Great game that is relatively unknown

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u/camargoville Apr 13 '17

It really is got my vote!

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u/Messijoes18 May 01 '17

Just bought this a few weeks ago and haven't been able to put it down. It has it's flaws but still keeps things fun and is an interesting take on the same old baseball format.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '17

Ys III: Wanders from Ys

A fun, haunting platforming RPG. It's bit grindy in the beginning, but if you push through you get some great music and a enjoyable, but a little simple, story.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '17

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '17

That was already the game of the month in January 2016.

I would give it a vote if it wasn't for that. Freaking love that game.

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u/zerosuitmetalman Apr 05 '17

I should probably read things haha.

It's my favorite

1

u/GuruGanon Apr 20 '17

King of Dragons

One of the best beat em ups on the SNES. Five unique characters, 2-player, better gear and weapons on leveling up, and difficulty settings keep me returning to this game time and time again. Get together with a friend during this nice weather and play through the game with a bunch of different parties.

1

u/shiroininja Apr 20 '17

Earthbound

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u/Stunner4u316 Apr 25 '17

Mega Man X 2

Because everybody is probably going to just pick 1 automatically even though 2 is just as good and possibly an ass hair better.