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To counter this, Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi sent Nintendo of America president Minoru Arakawa and executive Howard Lincoln to Europe to negotiate a more favorable deal with Philips, Sony's industry rival.


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En no Gyōja

In the SNES game Shin Megami Tensei, an NPC named En-no-ozuno resides in Kongokai, sending the protagonist on a series of errands before making him fight several high level enemies.

Final Fight 2

According to the Associated Press, Final Fight 2 did not have the amount of moves in Capcom's Street Fighter II, but the addition of a two-player mode was seen an improvement over the SNES original.

Game Genie

The Game Genie does not work with Super Nintendo games that contain a performance enhancing chip (e.g. Super FX, SA-1, and S-DD1 chip) such as Star Fox, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Doom and Street Fighter Alpha 2.

Genosha

In the SNES game, X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse, the mutant warlord Apocalypse was using the island as a hideout and using the mutant slaves for his own evil purpose.

Kenpei to barabara shibijin

The film is perhaps well-known because one of its scenes was the basis of the second form of alien Giygas including lines and shape, in the SNES video game EarthBound.

MM7

Mega Man 7, a 1995 SNES game in the Mega Man video game series

Multicart

Although most commonly associated with NES and SNES, multicarts, both authorized and unauthorized, have appeared for many cartridge-based systems, among them the Atari 2600, Intellivision, Odyssey 2, Sega Master System, Sega Genesis, Game Boy.

Player Uno

Player Uno became popular for basing his gimmick, moveset, and attire around video games, specifically games for the NES and SNES consoles.

Race Drivin'

The game was ported to various systems such as the Game Boy, Sega Genesis, and SNES but received sub-par reviews due to the over-demanding requirements (i.e. 3D rendering) of the game on what was still primitive hardware as well as the poor translation of the arcade controls (steering wheel, shifter, etc.) to the new platform's controls.

Robotech: The Macross Saga

Ironically, the Destroids served as the basis for some of the early Battlemechs of Battletech fame, and the Destroid missions adopt an isometric view very similar to the MechWarrior 3050 game for the SNES.

Rocket Knight Adventures

He also has recognisable cameos in Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shōgun Magginesu for the SNES, Snatcher for the Mega-CD, Jikkyō Power Pro Wrestling '96: Max Voltage for the SNES, Mitsumete Knight for the PlayStation, and a figure resembling him also appears in an alternate ending to Contra: Shattered Soldier for the PlayStation 2.

Rolento

Rolento and his "Industrial Area" stage were not included in the Super Nintendo Entertainment System port of Final Fight, nor in its re-release Final Fight Guy, but were included in later ports of the game, such as the Sega CD and Game Boy Advance versions (if the player confronts Rolento as "Alpha Cody" in the GBA version, Cody will joke about Rolento's omission in the SNES version).

Stupefied

Stupefied bases his gimmick, moveset, and attire around video games, more specifically games for the NES and SNES consoles.

Total!

Other notable high scores included 99% for Super Mario All-Stars on the SNES, in September 1993, and 98% each for Super Mario Bros. 3 on the NES and Super Mario World on the SNES, both in 1992.

UbseyMovies

EarthBound Saga is a short movie series based on the SNES videogame EarthBound.

Zelda's Adventure

In 1989, Nintendo signed a deal with Sony to begin development of a CD-ROM-based system known as the "Nintendo PlayStation" or the SNES CD to be an add-on to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System that would allow for FMV and larger games.


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