Outland, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, Cave Story, and others take their cues from this towering achievement in 2D gaming. It was aped five years later, now 18 years later, and will continue to inspire new titles into the future. Its explorative, backtracking nature was copied by Symphony of the Night, and more recently, Shadow Complex, proving its endlessly repeatable nature. Even BioShock, which literally states its purpose, is blunt by comparison. In this regard, its only real modern equivalent is Portal. And that detail is the real genius of Super Metroid-how its story is told and how planet Zebes and its denizens are conveyed the game tells so much with so little, using subtle moments and music cues to accentuate events that other games would shout from the heavens.
Nowhere is that more true than Super Metroid, which drastically improved on both its predecessors by adding a map, new powers, new monsters and insane amounts of detail crammed into every claustrophobic room. We're not shy in saying that the SNES is where Nintendo perfected its craft.
Yoshi's Island proved that classic gameplay could still matter in the mid-90s, and still does today.
The boss fights were some of the best in franchise history and even a screaming Baby Mario couldn't ruin the fun. With levels custom-made for Yoshi's floating, butt-stomping, and egg-throwing attributes, each new area was cleverer than the last.
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Just as platformers were becoming edgier and focused on slick visuals, Miyamoto's team doubled down on cuteness, but Yoshis Islands crayon-colored visuals masked a game full of incredibly sophisticated 2D game design. Using their considerable expertise and knowledge of platformer design they created a spin-off to Super Mario World starring Yoshi that's still seen by many as the pinnacle of design for the genre. But before they left behind two dimensions to then define what a 3D platformer was in Mario 64, they decided to make one last 2D adventure for the SNES. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Islandīy the mid-90s the Mario developers had little to prove, as they'd consistently created timeless platformers that were the biggest games in the world. If you have a taste for the odd or weird, Earthbound cannot be recommended enough, there's really nothing else like it. It also contains one of video gaming's very best endings, a scary, touching climax to a game that, despite its jokes and wackiness, proudly professed the power of friendship and love. While Earthbound's game mechanics stuck pretty closely to the traditional JRPG template, its surreal world, excellent localization, and brilliant experimental soundtrack created an experience unlike anything else. Its characters and bizarro world were rich with humor and spirituality, and the psychedelic color palette and contemporary setting contrasted sharply with the medieval fantasy RPGs on the market. Released in a huge box that contained a strategy guide with puke-scented scratch-and-sniff stickers, Earthbound was clearly proud to be different. The SNES was undoubtedly home to some of the best JRPGs ever made, but even among such esteemed company Earthbound (Mother 2) stands out.
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