| Salnax said: I'm not sure about that. I'm not going to argue that Nintendo didn't make great SNES games. We all know they did. But when you quantify it. their output wasn't THAT amazing. 1990 had Super Mario World and the Mode 7 duo. Great for a launch year. 1991 had Link to the Past, but little else worth remembering. 1992 had Super Mario Kart and... Mario Paint? 1993 had Star Fox and Super Mario All-Stars, but does anyone really remember the Super Scope 6? Admittedly, 1994 was when you started having a lot more big games annually (Earthbound, Donkey Kong Country, Super Metroid, and Fire Emblem), but that's the fifth year the SNES was being sold. For comparison's sake, let's compare it to the N64, a console notorious for a lack of software.
Admittedly, I think many of the SNES games outshine their N64 counterparts. But loads of SNES games from Nintendo are so lackluster or forgettable that they don't even have counterparts. |
You also should keep in mind that many of Nintendo's games at the time were Japan only, it's also important to count some of the more niche titles as well. When you factor those in, the SNES library becomes much larger first party wise. If you only count a Big release, then obviously it'll seem smaller by comparison. That'd be like only trying to count AAA first party games each year for other Nintendo consoles.
