Some people may disagree with me, but I still think the Super Nintendo was the best console for RPGs. It's library has a lot of my favorite games from this genre, like Final Fantasy IV, Chrono Trigger, Breath of Fire II, Super Mario RPG and many others.

However, some of them are really good but not a lot of people have heard of. I made this small list with some great title that I'm not sure all of you guys heard of.

By the way, I mixed some info from Wikipedia, and added my personal comments and explanations to make it easier for me. Sorry if it's hard to understand.

Ready? Here we go.

BAHAMUT LAGOON

Bahamut Lagoon is a tactical RPG from Square released in 1996.

The story takes place in the sky world called Orelus, a world being consumed by war and the skies turning to the purple color of sadness following the downfall of the Kingdom of Kahna. The rebel alliance called The Resistance, headed by Byuu (the main character), with backup from the former captain of the Kahna's Royal Guard, Matelite, and Sendak, magician and wise man from Kahna, being shaped up with the help of many other heroes from around the other kingdoms (Lagoons) also conquered by the empire. As their first act they reclaim the former flagship from the Kahna Dragon Squad, called the Farnheit, and with this vessel, they set out on a journey to liberate the skies of Orelus, Lagoon by Lagoon from the clutches of the Granbelos Empire.

The battles follow the tactical RPG style: You can control your partys, each one formed by a captain and three other characters. You can move them, and attack enemy units. The fights are pretty much like traditional RPGs from square. The difference here are the dragons!

Each party has a dragon, but you can't control them: You can only give orders like "Go", "Wait" or "Come". In order to make your dragons stronger, you can feed them itens like swords, potions, and elementals. If you are lucky enough, they will grow stronger. But if you feed them wrong itens, they will devolve into weaker forms.

If you want to play this game, just a reminder: If I remember correctly, this game is very long. So, get ready for hours of battles and dragon feeding.

RUDRA NO HIHOU

This might be my favorite game from this list.

Rudra no Hihou (Treasure of the Rudras) was one of the last games released by Squaresoft on SNES. The story is divided into three major scenarios, each with a different main character: the soldier Sion, the priestess Riza, and the archaeologist Surlent. As the player enters new areas and accomplishes different tasks, the human race's final 15 days slowly ebb away in a predetermined day/night cycle.

You can select one of the scenarios each time you begin the game (Don't worry, you don't lose progress by changing scenario). Each character has his/her own plot, but sometimes they run into each other, and you can even make some decisions that will have effect on other scenario. For example, if Sion leaves an iten at some place, Surlent may find it when you are playing as him.

The story is about the last 15 days of the human race. Slowly, the planet is getting purified, and when everything is done at the 15th day, all life is going to be reseted (At least that's what I remember).

The combat system is very similar to other Square games like Final Fantasy. However, the magic system is very different: Instead of learning new spells as you level up, you have to manually write them into a Mantra System. This is probably what made this game impossible to release worldwide, since it would be very hard to translate all mantras.

Also, the soundtrack is awesome, probably one of the best OSTs I've heard in an RPG. Don't believe me? Click here. This game is so good that it was re-released twice: In 2011 for Wii Virtual Console, and in 2015 for Wii U Virtual Console.

TREASURE HUNTER G

This is the last Square game for a Nintendo system released in 1996, a scant two weeks before they announced their departure from Nintendo, until 2002.

Treasure Hunter G has a very weird party: A boy, his little brother, a girl that can use magic and talk to plants and animals, and a monkey. The main character, Red and his little brother Blue used to live in a peacefull village with their grandfather, until the place is suddenly attacked. Afther their grandfather dies, they have to set in a travel to find out the truth about their lost father.

The battles are based on a grid system: You can move and attack with your character based on action points. For example, you use 1 action point to move, and 3 to attack. Depending on the color of the squares in the floor (Blue, Yellow or Red) you spend more action points. When it reaches zero, it's the enemy turn. You can also toss itens like potions to other members of the party. The characters are based on 3D models, so you can move in 8 directions, instead of 4.

I haven't went very far in this game, but I can tell that it's a very unique RPG for SNES.

EMERALD DRAGON

I suppose Emerald Dragon is the most unknown RPG from this list.

This game's sad story talks about Draguria, the dragon realm. One day, Atrushan and the other dragons discovers a ship crashed into the rocks. Together, they rescue a little girl and decides to raise her among the dragons. Many years later, the girl, now a young woman, has to go back to the human world. But Atrushan had a powerfull bond with her, and decides to go to her world to see her again. However, he has to use a spell to turn into a human.

This is one of the few RPGs on SNES that has voice acting. Each time your character attacks or get hurt, they scream. The graphics are not what I would call "impressive" for SNES standards, but yet, the character's art is very beautiful.

The battle system is similar to Treasure Hunter G: In a battle, you can move around the field and hit enemies until your action bar runs out. This game was released by Media Works in 1995, Japan only.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Live-a-Live: While not as "hidden" as other games in this list, many people probably missed out this heavy story-based RPG for SNES. You can even play as a cowboy and a robot in the same game.

Sailor Moon - Another Story: While I haven't tried this Sailor Moon RPG yet, I heard a lot of good things about it.

Star Ocean: Of course you know this game. But still it's very impressive and deserves credit.

Tales of Phantasia: Same as Star Ocean.

Romancing Sa-Ga 3: The last game of the series for SNES is also the greatest. With lots of scenarios and characters, the replay value is very huge.

Do you guys know any others?

Terranigma. Maybe its very familiar. But I don't think it is

Treasure Hunter G was amazing. I can't believe it didn't get localized.

Three of those are new to me. Well done!

Agreed. It can get tedious though.

Treasure of the Rudras was awesome as well.

You Missed Romancing SaGa 3

I've heard of most of those games, but never really played them. I would love to give Rudra and Bahamut Lagoon a try!

Tagging for later.

Thanks!

After making this list, I think I want to give another try to Treasure Hunter G.

Added Romancing SaGa 3 to the Honorable Mention list.

I think the European version of Terranigma helped it to get somewhat more popular.

It's an awesome game, by the way.

Robotrek from Enix (before the acquisition) is a favorite of mine.