Good Game: Final Fantasy III/VI (SNES)

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Today it’s Final Fantasy III/VI a 1994 role-playing game developed by Square, and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). It is the sixth title in the mainline Final Fantasy series. Set in a fantasy Industrial Revolution inspired world, the game’s story focuses on a group of rebels as they seek to overthrow an imperial dictatorship. The game features fourteen permanent playable characters, the most of any game in the main series.

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Good Game: Secret of Mana (SNES)

A Good Game a day for the rest of time perhaps?

Today it’s Secret of Mana a 1994 action role-playing game developed by Square, and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). It is the sequel to the 1991 game Seiken Densetsu, released in North America as Final Fantasy Adventure and in Europe as Mystic Quest, and it was the first Seiken Densetsu title to be marketed as part of the Mana series rather than the Final Fantasy series. Set in a high fantasy universe, the game follows three heroes as they attempt to prevent an empire from conquering the world with the power of an ancient flying fortress.

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Good Game: Super Mario World (SNES)

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Today it’s Super Mario World a 1992 platforming game developed by Nintendo EAD, and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). The story follows Mario’s quest to save Princess Toadstool and Dinosaur Land from the series’ antagonist, Bowser, and his children, the Koopalings. Gameplay is similar to that of earlier entries in the series; players control Mario, or his brother Luigi, through a series of levels to stop Bowser. The game also introduces Yoshi, a dinosaur who can eat enemies with his tongue.

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Good Game: Super Mario World 2 Yoshi’s Island (SNES)

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Today it’s Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island a 1996 platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). A prequel to the Mario franchise, the game casts players as Yoshi as he escorts Baby Mario through nearly 50 levels in order to reunite him with his brother Luigi, who had been kidnapped by Baby Bowser’s minions.

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Good Game: Street Fighter II Turbo (SNES)

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Today it’s Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting a 1992 competitive fighting game developed and published by Capcom for CPS arcade in 1992. It was ported to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) as Street Fighter II Turbo in 1993. It is the third game in the Street Fighter II sub-series of Street Fighter games.

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