Complete List of SNES Turn-Based JRPGs

This is a complete list of turn-based Japanese RPGs released for the Super Nintendo in North America. Random order.
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[@MiamiSunrise]

Anyone can say whatever they want about Final Fantasy Mystic Quest but the music in that game was freakin solid. Mix that in with the music from Lufia 2 and Final Fantasy 4 and 6. Damn Super Nintendo, you got some great audio in these RPGs. I would recommend checking out the rock covers of songs from those games people have done, especially Mystic Quest. Great List!

[@Tulase]

Chrono Trigger is so beautiful ♥

[@chloes7512]

I've always found the graphics for the snes so utterly charming. Shame I've never played one its a beautiful thing. Thanks for the list as always.

[@michaelclifton9498]

There's ara fell which has an old school style to it

[@chloes7512]

Being born in 97 I was raised in the 3D hype era wished I could played earthbound and Chrono Trigger on the snes. I'll get them someday :D

[@hirotosuzuki8497]

3:21 日本では『マザー2』と呼びます（・∀・） We call ゛Mother 2゛ in Japan :-)

[@linden272]

Facts we call it earthbound in America

[@asepfaisal856]

Yep that's right. Because Mother2/Earthbound was the only one who got an official west release

[@Spare_Ombres]

Man, so much memory, did play all of them, need to finish Inindo and tactics ogre. And that funny I beat Breath of Fire 2 for the first time yesterday :)

[@khmergodhobbies]

that's awesome. beating any jrpg is an achievement. gives you a sense of pride and accomplishment

[@toykeyper8914]

I just beat Breath of Fire 2 the other day too

[@dannikjerricko6506]

Inindo was a Toughy! It's been so many years now but when I beat Inindo it was because of those Smoke Bombs. Without them, there was no way. LoL Ogre Tactics is crazy good with the random item drops. I played for hours just for the rares. Good for yoy on finishing Breath of Fire II. That's a special game. Did you find the, "No-Two Rapier?" That was a neat little rare item drop. Dunno the percentage but it must of took four hours to get it to drop.

[@Spare_Ombres]

@@dannikjerricko6506 nope I did not grind for it

[@tiffers3093]

I freakin love all the music from these games!!

[@adammiller6747]

These are definitely going on my recalbox. Thanks again for the awesome video 🤘🍄🍄🍄.

[@jp-lq7js]

your channel is so great

[@alexandrebrochu4265]

Ogre Battle is not turn based. It is a real time strategy rpg. Even in battle when I assume is why you have classified it as turn based, you can intervene and select different option as tactics, play a tarrot cards, etc... Which make it more real time than turn based even in that battle part.

[@michaelcoffey1991]

Woke up thinking this would be th PS4 day finally, and tho we still await that being able to see all the SNES games was a true treat so thank you Erick. We never had a SNES so this were neat to see. Much Appreciation Sir.

[@guruthosamarthruin4459]

He might not want to make a PS4 video while there are still new games being released for it.

[@Hereticbliss322]

Why would he make a complete list of games for a current gen console? Cmon man.

[@mikeydavidson1754]

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[@eloratings]

The musics of these RPGs are awesome! 👍

[@RRS_ZONE]

The battle theme of Lufia II is clean man

[@veilscarecrow]

The music that was used in the video for Lufia II was the music for the 4 Sinistrals and is not the actual battle theme. Just letting you know.

[@RRS_ZONE]

@@veilscarecrow ohhh I was wrong then. Anyways, the theme is fucking amazing.

[@andysnyder3844]

Does anyone know what that deleted video was on the top 10 Jrpg platform playlist was. Why was it deleted??

[@mattsumner9157]

i also like lufia 1. star ocean. tales of phantasia and bahamut lagoon. but the last 3 i have eng patches to play em. great list!

[@lanegunnell1218]

Who puts Palom and Porom in the front?!? Also, Robo Trek needs more lovin'.

[@nathanlake78]

A Super Famicom list would be awesome. Dragon Quest, Romancing Saga, and Treasure of the Rudras to name a few.

[@nathanlake78]

That got me thinking an indie turn based list would be cool too. Cosmic Star Heroine, Battle Chasers, Pier Solar and Earthlock.

[@boarMcberry]

I know it’s kinda stupid by today’s standard, but u really shud rename both FF4 & FF6 as FF2 & FF3 coz that’s what they’re officially named release title by Nintendo America, since this video is strictly for official english release

[@thevideogamebrothers3006]

I'm kind of surprised as I thought the list would be bigger. I guess there are a fair amount of RPGs on this console that are not turn-based or not Japanese. Great list though.. cheers.

[@ErickLandonRPG]

The other half is action RPGs. I'll make a list on that too.

[@almightycinder]

There's also a ton that weren't released in the US.

[@Lenmaer]

Thanks for the lists! Btw, aren't you gonna make any for the 8-bit consoles? And perhaps even for the C64, Amstrad, Atari, Amiga?

[@ericp631]

The micro's had none

[@Lenmaer]

Heh, I'm surprised, but you're the expert. ^_^

[@JMFSpike]

The problem is that these seem to be lists of only games that were released in North America, and it's only the turn-based RPG's that he's doing. Those computers don't really have any. The NES and Master System consoles do, but only the NES has just barely enough of them to justify a video (it's mainly just the 4 Dragon Warrior games and Final Fantasy, but there actually a couple more.)

[@ericp631]

@@Lenmaer not that surprising. Japan was a console gaming only country ,for the most part. computer gaming just wasn't big enough with their target demo(really only gaining ground in the country in past 10 years) to get much japanese publisher support. And the models that were popular enough in Japan to get support during that era were the msx, nec, and sharp(which were non existent in the west), while the western micros like the commadore, apple, amstrad, Atari, ect. that you mentioned were non existent in that region

[@Lenmaer]

Well, he could make one video for all 8-bit systems.

[@whitewolf3051]

Only got to play the GBA port for Breath of Fire and Breath of Fire II, couldn’t finish either, but for both games my pairing was Ryu/Nina. Especially in BoF II, Bow or Sten can have Katt.

[@Phnxkon]

Want to know a secret? They accelerated gold and xp for the gba ports. Imagine playing the SNES back in the day!... the grind was real

[@CBreezie]

Sigh......I would kill to have more of these games on the NSO SNES App.....

[@jeremytibbetts9663]

I'm only missing 2 of them. I have the rest complete in box.

[@cironintendista8663]

Dragon Quest, Star ocean and more

[@Schpoo]

No Wizardry V?

[@Fadeddreams5]

Chrono Trigger is the king here. I would make a case for FF6 during the respective era, but CT has aged a million times better.

[@skuli5526]

They are both fantastic and still fun to play to this day so who cares

[@Phnxkon]

So hard to compare them. I like the customizability of the ff6 characters as well as the story a little bit more. Both games have amazing sound tracks. The chrono trigger art style is a bit better.... I cant do it really they're both awesome.

[@LockeNarshe]

Not sure how you came to that wonky conclusion, but both are great titles and definitely worth playing - even today.

[@DaedalosC9]

dat thumbnail

[@Phnxkon]

Nina is a babe

[@nandawahab386]

Which one is the easiest for beginner according to you?

[@myretroworld1121]

I would go with final fantasy mystic quest as a beginner

[@andrealan5549]

Treasure of rudras ! Soo good !

[@dr_txt]

Lufia mistic quest orgre battle?

[@MultiDivebomber]

Good for playing on phone.

[@Moon-rune]

genesis turn-based jrpgs next ? :)

[@insaneasock3156]

Phantasy Star II, III & IV.....nothing else 😳

[@mr.vidjagamez9896]

Next up: Complete List of Super Famicom Turn-Based JRPGs...oh dear god we are going to be here for a while....

[@seniorpedro9654]

Yo Erick, who's the character in the thumbnail?

[@jmarx3943]

I'm not erick, but that's Nina from Breath of Fire 2

[@SuiteLifeofDioBrando]

I never really got much rpgs on snes, but I play a decent amount through emulation.

[@acidwizard6528]

SNES has some of the best RPGs. I might be blinded by nostalgia since I grew up with NES and SNES, but even some young people love the older games.

[@jeffpom7868]

me too, my favorite are Final Fantasy 2 and Lufia Fortress of Doom for the North American release.

[@LockeNarshe]

@@acidwizard6528 You're not blinded by nostalgia, most of the games of the era were just that well made Not everything made for the NES/SNES was a winner, but a whole hell of a lot more developer flair went into them compared to the average product we get now.

[@midaBR]

wheres monstania? wheres MAGIC KNIGHT RAYEARTH? (and you like the anime) you forgot or need to play this master (hidden) piece called: metal max returns also theres " treasure of the rudras "

[@rinexsn9477]

Not that Final Fantasy Mystic Quest is from USA?

[@Leon.aka.Devil.s.D]

It's not from the USA. It's from Japan. It was developed so that even Americans cloud play it. The thing was that Japan thought Americans were "not that intelligent or skilled enough to play hard Japanese video games".

[@insaneasock3156]

Proud to own all of these titles, except maybe for Arcana, I'd have to check but my snes games are boxed up.

[@redmoonbloodmoon3161]

SNES RPGs: (some aren't turn based) (might be forgetting a few too, doing this off memory) FF 4-6 BoF 1-2 Lufia 1-2 SoM1 / SD2, and, SoM2 / SD3 SoE Chrono Trigger 7th Saga Paladin's Quest Robotrek Arcana Might and Magic 2-3 Earth Bound Tales of Phantasia Star Ocean 1 Ogrebattle: March of the Black queen Gaia series: Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, Terranigma Zelda 3/4: A Link to the Past

[@ScorpionVermelho3134]

Secret of the stars and mystic quest have good songs

[@fenniken5381]

no nes list?

[@ErickLandonRPG]

Figure I'll do a complete one with all sub-genres involved. There's not even 20 though.

[@jpg6417]

Help I'm looking for a game. I don't remember the name of it I'm almost positive it was for Super Nintendo. You chose from I believe seven different Heroes. You played their storyline and then you chose Another Hero and another hero so on and so forth until you played all of them storyline and then you play a store line with all of them in one party. It was supposed to be 250 hours plus. I remember a robot and a little fur ball with a tail I think it was an alien. And then a guy with a sword I think. And I believe it had the name Saga in it somewhere. It's not 7th Saga or Saga Frontier

[@gajohrabar]

Not sure if its the game you are looking for but Dragon quest IV pretty much fits that description perfectly except i dont remember a robot and a furball

[@jpg6417]

@@gajohrabar I found the game which I believe it's the one I was referring to but it does look different in some ways. But it's got what looks like the right character. But I think I got got by the Mandela effect

[@gajohrabar]

@@jpg6417 yeah i know the feeling happened to me multiple times

[@francisoantoniosalesdossan1701]

Crono trigguer muito bom💟

[@TheSty2000]

This list is incomplete you can help by "expanding it" oh wait, that can't be done anymore edit: it's also genuinely incomplete

[@58jharris]

It looks like he only included the ones that were translated into English back in the day.

[@breathofthewild1749]

Can't be bothered to mention what's missing?

[@AndreaMusso99]

Earthbound Is a masterpiece Final Fantasy Iv and vi are great I have Chrono trigger, But I still need to Play it And I would love to play The Mario rpg .... I don't have any Ways to play it right now sadly I Have not played the other games :v

[@gaivsvalerivs5818]

Final Fantasy V is as great as VI

[@insaneasock3156]

What the heck are you waiting for? Chronotrigger is just....wow!

[@belfosama]

My Top 10: 1. Lufia 2 2. Chrono Trigger 3. Final Fantasy IV 4. Final Fantasy VI 5. Final Fantasy V 6. Fire Emblem Genealogy of Holy War 7. Breath of Fire 8. Lufia 9. Breath of Fire 2 10. Dragon Quest V

[@anthonyhaas4610]

You forgot wizardry 5 heart of the maelstrom

[@RicoLen1]

I don't think Wizardry qualifies as a JRPG. That was more of a WRPG. No anime girls with ultra big eyes.

[@cpthurme]

One of the best dungeon crawlers of all time!

[@kenyami6906]

Who is the girl in the portrait?

[@shien6616]

Nina from Breath of Fire 2

[@kenyami6906]

@@shien6616 thanks!!! You rock !! 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

[@DawnHezo]

Falto romancing saga 3

[@Leon.aka.Devil.s.D]

No Final Fantasy V, Dragon Quest, Fire Emblem? 🤔

[@valius1]

They wouldn't be in this video because none of those games were released officially on the SNES in North America.

[@Phnxkon]

Add seiken densetsu 3 to that list then lol

[@LockeNarshe]

These people cannot read man... "released for the Super Nintendo in North America".

[@Leon.aka.Devil.s.D]

Okay, my bad on Final Fantasy V and Fire Emblem but Dragon Quest WAS released in North America as Dragon Warrior 😉

[@Random.Walker.]

And hundred more Super famicom.

[@ErickLandonRPG]

Indeed. We didn't even get half of the entire library.

[@Random.Walker.]

@@ErickLandonRPG Thankfully some of the games have been already translated into English. Thanks for all translators.

[@UNGGodYT]

sadly only super mario rpg , i did play chrono on psx , Lufia got a huge improvement on the 2 game. But some games with today eyes, looks more like a joke than games that people actually bought . Arcana have an interesting concept , both players and enemies are cards. Do mega drive/genesys next.