The Best Super Famicom (Japanese SNES) Import Exclusives

In putting together our updated SNES 101 Beginner’s guide, I was making notes about some of the top recommendations for Japanese Super Famicom imports and the list was getting too long. I trimmed it down to more “essentials” for that guide, but I wanted to have a separate page for a more expanded list.

This is a bit of a work-in-progress document to provide some useful suggestions for Japanese Super Famicom games that didn’t make it to North America or PAL regions.

Also, you might find this Racketboy forum guide helpful: Full List Guide of English-Friendly Imports (without ROM patches)

If there’s enough interest in this page, I will work on getting more detailed writing about some of these games.

Enjoy!

Recommended Japanese Imports

Platformers

• Magical Pop’n (eBay)
• Do Re Mi Fantasy (see in our Hidden Gems guide) (eBay)
• Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shogun Magginesu (Japanese only release sequel to The Legend Of The Mystical Ninja) (see in our Hidden Gems guide) (eBay)
• Ganbare Daiku No Gensan (eBay)
• Ganbare Goemon Kirakira Douchou: Boku ga Dancer ni Natta Wake
• Umihara Kawase (eBay)
• Pop ‘n’ Twinbee: Rainbow Bell Adventures (eBay)
• Super Soukoban (eBay)
• Power Soukoban (eBay)
• Mickey & Donald: Magical Adventure 3 (Part of the Magical Quest Series) (eBay)

Action/Adventure

• Rockman and Forte (eBay)
• Great Battle IV (eBay)
• Great Battle V (eBay)
• The Firemen (Hidden Gems) (eBay)
• The King of Demons/ Mayyuuou (Hidden Gems) (eBay)
• Spiderman: Lethal Foes (eBay)
• Super Back to the Future 2 (eBay)

Scrolling Shooters / Shmups

• Rendering Ranger R2 (eBay)
• Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie (eBay)
• Kiki Kaikai (Pocky and Rocky) (eBay)
• Pop’n Twinbee (eBay)
• Parodius Series
  • Parodius Da! Tako ga Chikyuu o Sukuu (eBay)
  • Gokujou Parodius (eBay)
  • Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius (eBay)
• Flying Hero: Bugyuru no Daibouken (eBay)
• Spriggan Powered (eBay)
• Read our Full SNES/SFC Shmups Guide

Fighters:

• Gundam Wing: Endless Duel (eBay)
• Battle Tycoon: Flash Hiders Sfx (eBay)
• Dragon Ball Z Super Butouden 2 (eBay)

Beatemups

• Gegege No Kitarou (eBay)
• Shin Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun – Kunio Tachi No Banka (eBay)
• Shodai – Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun (eBay)

RPGs:

• Tales of Phantasia (eBay)
• Final Fantasy V (eBay)
• Star Ocean (eBay)
• Live a Live (eBay)
• Megami Tensei Series (eBay)
• Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Another Story (eBay)
• Read Our Full RPG Guide

Action RPG

• Seiken Densetsu 3 (eBay)
• Terranigma (eBay)
• Marvelous: Another Treasure Island (eBay)
• Ganpuru: Gunman’s Proof (eBay)
• Front Mission: Gun Hazard (eBay)
• Read Our Full RPG Guide

Strategy RPGs

• Fire Emblem Genealogy of Holy War (eBay)
• Fire Emblem Mystery of the Emblem (eBay)
• Fire Emblem Thracia 776 (eBay)
• Bahamut Lagoon (eBay)
• Read Our Full RPG Guide

Simulation

• Wonder Project J (eBay)

Puzzle

• Tetris Battle Gaiden (eBay)
• Mario’s Super Picross (eBay)
• Super Gussun Oyoyo games (eBay)

Racing

• Battle Cross (eBay)

Sports/Other

• Sanrio World Smash Ball (eBay)
• Super Bomberman 5 (eBay)