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The '''Super Nintendo Entertainment System''' (Japanese: ''Super Famicom''), often abbreviated as the '''SNES''', is Nintendo's third home console. It is a fourth generation console and is the successor to the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]. The [[Mother (series)|Mother series]] saw its only international release on this system, with the game name being changed to have some relation to the Japanese one, but not a lot. Very few Nintendo series had their debut on it, with the few including the Puzzle League series. The Super Nintendo Entertainment System was followed by the [[Nintendo 64]].
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The '''Super Nintendo Entertainment System''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|スーパーファミコン|Sūpā Famikon}}''' ''Super Famicom'' or ''SFC''), often abbreviated as the '''SNES''', is [[Nintendo]]'s third home video game console and the successor to the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]. ''[[EarthBound]]'' was released on this system, being the first game in the series officially released outside of Japan.  The console's best-selling titles are ''{{mw|Super Mario World}}'' and ''{{mw|Donkey Kong Country}}''.  The Super Nintendo Entertainment System was succeeded by the [[Nintendo 64]].
 
Many games for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System were re-released as Virtual Console titles on the Wii Shop Channel, the Nintendo eShop for the  Wii U and New Nintendo 3DS, and Nintendo Switch Online.  Among these titles is ''EarthBound'', which was released on the Wii U Virtual Console in 2013, New Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console in 2016, and Nintendo Switch Online in 2022. Several Super Nintendo Entertainment System titles are included in [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]] and [[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U|Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]] as Masterpieces, including ''EarthBound'' in both titles (omitted from the international release of Brawl).
 
==History==
 
==Legacy==
 
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==Hardware==
==Hardware==
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System allowed two player games. It could display 16-bit graphics, which were better than the 8-bit graphics of its predecessor. It supported two-player games, which was used in EarthBound only in battles.
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System supported 16-bit graphics, an improvement from the 8-bit graphics of its predecessor. It supported two-player games, which ''EarthBound'' utilized only in battles.


==EarthBound/Mother games for the SNES==
A [[Super NES CD-ROM|CD Add-on]] for the Super NES was codeveloped with [[wikipedia:Sony|Sony]] and was planned to be released. However, this failed to materialize, and Sony turned the add-on/console into the Sony [[wikipedia:PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], which became one of Nintendo's fiercest rivals in the Fifth generation and each subsequent generation since with the following consoles in the PlayStation lineup.
*[[EarthBound]] (Mother 2 in Japan)
 
==''EarthBound/Mother'' games for the SNES==
*''[[EarthBound]]'' (''Mother 2'' in Japan)


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* Ness's name is an anagram of SNES, similar to his [[Ninten|predecessor]]'s name, which was a shortening of Nintendo, and it also a nod to the NES.
* [[Ness]]'s name is an anagram of SNES.  This is similar to how the protagonist of ''[[EarthBound Beginnings]]'' is named [[Ninten]], which is an abbreviation of Nintendo and a nod to the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]].


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