The VGChartz website, which specializes in game sales numbers, made a list of the best-selling games on the Super Nintendo. Among them, there are several titles that marked players in the 90s, such as Super Mario All-Stars, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble. Below are the best-selling games on the Nintendo console. 10. Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble! (3.51 Million) The last game in the Donkey Kong trilogy on the Super Nintendo was initially released on November 18, 1996 in North America. Thanks to the success of its predecessors, it was a title that hit the shelves with great expectations and this has resulted in many sales. In Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble !, the duo Dixie and Kiddy Kong embark on an adventure to save Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong, who were kidnapped by King K. Rool. 9. Street Fighter II Turbo (4.10 Million) The Street Fighter series had its success established in Street Fighter II, a fighting game that made players’ heads in the 16-Bit era. In times when there was no DLC to update games, the title has had a few different versions released over the years. One of them was Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting, which brought more accelerated combat and a new standard color palette for the characters, replacing those from the previous version, the Champion Edition. To top it off, most of the characters even won a new special coup – only American Guile and the big bosses were left out. 8. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island (4.12 Million) After its debut in Super Mario World, the mascot Yoshi became very popular with the public. Taking advantage of this fame, in August 1995 Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island was released in Japan. Its story takes place before the events of Super Mario World and its protagonist is the dinosaur Yoshi, who must take baby Mario through six worlds to save his brother Luigi from the clutches of the thugs of Baby Bowser. 7. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (4.61 Million) The third game in the The Legend of Zelda series was the only one released on the Super Nintendo, but it is, to this day, one of the most beloved titles in the franchise. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is considered one of the best adventure games of the 16-Bit era, with its challenging gameplay and a plot involving travel between two parallel worlds. It was a huge commercial success and was among the three best-selling games in the franchise until Twilight Princess was released. For a long time, it was his first place on the list of best SNES games from Nintendo Power magazine. 6. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest (5.15 Million) Developed by Rare and launched in 1995, the second Donkey Kong of the Super Nintendo followed the formula of its predecessor, but this time it brought a new protagonist. Diddy Kong returned to his girlfriend Dixie Kong, a nice little monkey who could fly and hit enemies with her hair. The platform game with pirate ambience was very well received by critics and was the second best-selling game of 1995, behind Yoshi’s Island. 5. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (6.30 Million) In 1992, just a year after debuting in arcades, the success of Street Fighter II arcades was released on the Super Nintendo. It was the franchise’s first release for the Nintendo console and contained eight original fighters, each with their own unique look and fighting style. The arcade version was one of the best selling machines of all time, and with the SNES cartridges it was no different. For many years, it was Capcom’s most commercially successful title, as well as its best-selling game on a single platform. 4. Super Mario Kart (8.76 Million) In the 1992 Super Mario Kart racing game, players compete on different themed tracks based on the franchise’s games using one of the eight characters available. Each character has its own characteristics and can still count on the different items found on the map to hinder opponents. The game was a great commercial success and gave rise to several sequels on later consoles. He even joined Guinness World Records, ranking first on the list of 50 console games that made a great initial impact and maintained a legacy. 3. Donkey Kong Country (9.30 Million) In 1994, the Super Nintendo received the first title of the trilogy that would be a huge success. In the first game, we accompanied the protagonist Donkey Kong and his nephew Diddy Kong in search of his banana stock, which was stolen by the evil King K. Rool. Nintendo invested in heavy marketing to promote Donkey Kong and its actions were very successful. In the first month of release in the USA, the title already had 500 thousand copies sold, and its sales helped the Super Nintendo to remain competitive at a time when the PlayStation and Sega Saturn were hitting the shelves, giving the start to the next generation. 2. Super Mario All-Stars (10.55 Million) Super Mario All-Stars is a collection of Mario games released for Nintendinho (NES), all remade while maintaining maximum fidelity to the originals, but with reworked graphics and sound. It contains the Super Mario Bros games. (1985), Super Mario Bros .: The Lost Levels (1986), Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988) and Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988). Critically considered a mandatory Super Nintendo title, it was one of the best-selling games in the Super Mario franchise.
- Super Mario World (20.61 Million) Super Mario World is the most popular Super Nintendo game and one of the most notable of the mustachioed plumber. Sold together with the SNES, it helped a lot in the sales of the console and arrived showing what the platform was capable of, incorporating in the classic gameplay of the series new elements and a good dose of exploration. In it, the protagonist Mario and his brother Luigi must save Princess Toadstool and Dinosaur Land from the villain Bowser and his cronies. This time, they would still have help from the dinosaur Yoshi, a native of the world where the game takes place. In 1991, the year of its release, it took the game title of the year by Nintendo Power and was considered in many lists one of the best games of all time.
