Super Nintendo Entertainment System

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Super Nintendo Entertainment System
General Information
Console Type	Home console
Manufactured by	Nintendo
Release Date	November 21, 1990 August 23, 1991 June 1992 July 3, 1992
Discontinued	2003 1999
Misc. Information
Japanese Name	Super Famicom
Script	スーパーファミコン
Romaji	Sūpā Famikon
Alt. Name(s)	Super Nintendo Super NES SNES
Console Guide
Preceded by	Nintendo Entertainment System
Succeeded by	Nintendo 64

Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), or commonly known as Super Nintendo or Super NES, is a home video game console manufactured by Nintendo. The console is called the Super Famicom (スーパーファミコン, Sūpā famikon) in Japan. The console was mainly competed with the SEGA Mega Drive.

The console was released in Japan on November 21, 1990, in North American on August 23, 1991, in Europe on June 1992 and in Australia on July 3, 1992.

The first Mega Man game to be released for the console was Mega Man X, it was initially released in Japan on December 17, 1993. The final video game title released for the console was Rockman & Forte, only released in Japan on April 24, 1998.

The console was succeeded by Nintendo 64 in 1996, later the console was discontinued in United States and Japan on 1999 and 2003, respectively.

List of Mega Man games

Six Mega Man video games were produced for the Super Nintendo.

Image	Title	Release date
		Japan	North America	Europe
	Mega Man X	December 17, 1993	January 19, 1994	March 15, 1994
	Mega Man's Soccer	February 17, 1994	March 25, 1994	Unreleased
	Mega Man X2	December 16, 1994	January 1, 1995	October 4, 1995
	Mega Man 7	March 20, 1995	September 1, 1995	November 20, 1995
	Mega Man X3	December 1, 1995	January 30, 1996	July 25, 1996
	Rockman & Forte	April 24, 1998	Unreleased

Trivia

• In Mega Man Battle Network 3, a console resembling a Super Nintendo is seen in Dex's room.

External Link

• Super Nintendo Entertainment System at Wikipedia