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Was the SNES the best console for RPGs?

Posted on 11/8/12 at 1:50 am
Posted by GrandeBeli
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Posted on 11/8/12 at 1:50 am
Breath of Fire series, Final Fantasy series, Chrono Trigger, Earthbound ( ), Super Mario RPG, Illusion of Gaia, Secret of Mana/Evermore, Ogre Battle, Soul Blazer, etc

This post was edited on 11/8/12 at 1:53 am
Posted by Matisyeezy
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Member since Feb 2012
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Posted on 11/8/12 at 1:59 am to
SNES or PSX were the absolute best consoles for RPGs. N64 was deplorable. Most of what PS2 and PS3 has had to offer (at least in my opinion) has been an extension of those franchises.
Posted by sicboy
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Posted on 11/8/12 at 8:09 am to
I was never a big RPG guy growing up, but Earthbound and Secret of Mana alone make that a great lineup.
Posted by LaRon
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Posted on 11/8/12 at 10:44 am to
tough call between snes and psx.

psx has had great SNES RPGs ported onto it so if you count that then I'd have to go with psx
Posted by Srbtiger06
Member since Apr 2006
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Posted on 11/8/12 at 11:09 am to
Mario RPG = SNES wins for me. That is one of my all-time favorite games.
Posted by CBandits82
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Posted on 11/9/12 at 10:37 am to
Not only was it the best for RPGs, it might have been the greatest console of all time. Super Metroid, Link to the Past, Mario World, Mario Kart,... The SNES was incredible.
Posted by gjackx
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Posted on 11/9/12 at 4:13 pm to
Sega Genesis (Phantasy Star series) and Sega CD (all of the Working Designs games) had a bunch of stuff that PSX and SNES did not. But, probably not as MUCH stuff though.

SNES and PS1 have quite the catalog.
Posted by ZTiger87
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 11/9/12 at 9:11 pm to
PS1. Not even close due to sheer volume of quality RPGs.

FF 7-9 + tactics (could also count chronicles, origins and anthology)
Vagrant Story
Legend of Dragoon
Xenogears
Suikoden 1 & 2
Front Mission 3
Wild Arms 1 & 2
Lunar Silver Star Story + Eternal Blue
Chrono Cross
Grandia
Legend of Mana
Breath of Fire 3 & 4
Saga Frontier
Persona
Star Ocean
Rhapsody
Arc the Lad
Brave Fencer Musashi
Threads of Fate
Jade Cocoon
Valkyrie Profile
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Parasite Eve 1 & 2
Tactics Ogre
Posted by OMLandshark
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Posted on 11/10/12 at 1:00 am to
Without question
Posted by OMLandshark
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Posted on 11/10/12 at 1:00 am to
Without question
Posted by Freauxzen
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Posted on 11/10/12 at 8:02 am to
quote:

Was the SNES the best console for RPGs?


Yes. And it's not even close. Even the PSX, as good as its lineup was, wasn't in the same universe as the SNES in terms of RPG's.
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