Top 20 SNES Games

Top 20 SNES Games (individually titled Top 20-11 SNES games and Top 10 SNES Games) is one of Jon's old Top 10's series videos and also a two-parter. In it, he counts down his favourite Super Nintendo games...or at least his favourites at that time. Like all of his Top 10's videos, Jon greatly maligns this one, believing himself to have grown past the mindset and level of quality he held at the time this video was made. Nonetheless, he still went out of his way to fix up the thumbnail to match the Season 2 style when the time came.

Top 20-11 SNES Games
Jon jumps right into the meat of this one. He explains, plain and simply that the SNES was awesome (as we all know). Jacques doesn't want to hear Jon talk, and, after some backsass from Jon, decides to leave and start his own show (which to my knowledge never saw fruition). Jon then blabbers on about how the SNES wasn't a powerhouse and rather erroneously states that due to the console's limitations, developers had to think more creatively. In actuality, the SNES was probably one of the most powerful machines on the market at the time. Granted that doesn't make the games any less good. Jon then procedes to get emotional, and not in the way you might think. Smash cut to the list.

20. Tetris Attack - Jon goes on about how in the earlier days of gaming, most kids' experiences with puzzle games amounted to games of Tetris or Minesweeper. He then brings up Tetris Attack, a Yoshi-themed reskin of the hit Japanese puzzle game, Panel de Pon (known today as Puzzle League in the US). In it, you have to flip tiles in horizontal pairs to match colours. Careful positioning of tiles can result in multiple pairs clearing out one after another, creating a chain. The overall goal is to prevent the tiles (which constantly rise) from filling up the play area.

19. Cold Shadow. A game about Donald Duck putting on a Hawaiian shirt, blue hat and turns into a ninja. This game is just too weird for Jon to understand.

18. Firepower 2000. Have you been living under the average person's roof for the past twenty years? Oh, well you probably haven't heard of Firepower then. Jon loves the Fo' reel music. It has scary bosses and a unique weapon system. It stands out as an underrated gem.

17. Aladdin. Disney games were had an unusual high quality. The graphics and design were among the best for the console, and the jumps are just so satisfying.

16. Kirby Super Star. Everything you know about modern Kirby started with Kirby Super Star. This game is legendary.

15. TMNT: Turtles in Time. Arcade ports usually suck, but this game was almost a perfect port. This is Jon's favorite Arcade Beat 'em ups of all time, and the best multiplayer experience ever. Amazing sound effects, fluid animation, great hit detection and fantastic bosses.

14. F-Zero. Jon can't think of anything to say about F-Zero, but it absolutely deserves the number 14 spot.

13. Super Game Boy. After the "genius" concept of the Game Boy Advance with a glossy screen with no back-light, this was a much better option, as well as the Nintendo 64 version.

12. Super Metroid. Jon isn't as big of a fan of Super Metroid as other people, but he still loves this game. It got everything right. Fluid controls, realistic sound effects and fantastic music.

11. Donkey Kong Country 3. Why do people say this game sucks? Jon found this game a welcome change from previous experiences. Nobody likes Kiddy Kong, but it's not enough to ruin the games perfect music, levels and game physics.

Top 10 SNES Games
The second half of Jon's top 20 SNES games.

10. Earthbound. The weirdness of games like this takes the immersion that much further. Jon doesn't like this game as a game, but as an experience, it's great.

9. Super Castlevania IV. Epic scenery, the classic whip, the graphics on the bosses, the music, crisp graphics, the sound effects and the most perfect game play controls in all of the linear Castlevania's.

8. Donkey Kong Country. Look at the pre-rendered graphics. It almost looks realistic.

7. Final Fantasy VI (or III). Rather than being given a wall of text, you experience the story yourself. Jon also loves the music.

6. Zombies at my Neighbors. Pretty much the best multiplayer game on the SNES. The game is hard and challenging.

5. Super Mario RPG. This was the first RPG that Jon had ever played and he couldn't understand why Mario couldn't jump. Jon ended up emulating the game because his cartridge got waterlogged after not playing it for so long. Killer graphics and music, and there was actually some tactics involved.

4. Diddy's Kong Quest. Every Donkey Kong Country game is on this list because they are groundbreaking and perfect.

3. Super Mario World. This was the first game that Jon actually owned.

2. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Yoshi's Island is the finest platformer to grace the Earth. Every level is different, the controls are fluid, the jump is refined, the level design is perfect, the tongue gives a new layer of depth that couldn't be achieved in a regular Mario game, the jump is multi-dimensional, the music, sounds and graphics are perfect. It's perfect.

1. Super Mario All Stars. The music gives Jon deep happiness. Four Mario games on one cartridge - what could be better? Mario 3 might be the best Mario game ever made.