Super Nintendo Entertainment System

This article is about the console. For the SNES game system decoration from Generation II, see List of decorations in Generation II → Super NES.

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スーパーファミコン Super Famicom

North American model

Release dates Japan: November 21, 1990 North America: August 23, 1991 Europe: April 11, 1992 Australia: July 3, 1992 South Korea: December 1992 China: N/A Hong Kong: N/A Taiwan: N/A

Technical specs CPU: 16-bit 65c816 Ricoh 5A22 3.58 MHz Main RAM: 128 kB Video RAM: 64 kB Audio RAM: 64 kB Audio output: 32 kHz 16-bit stereo Total colors: 32768 Full list

Related information Console generation: Fourth generation Pokémon generations: I, II Console type: Home Colors: White

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The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Japanese: スーパーファミコン Super Famicom), also known as the Super Nintendo, is a cartridge-based console created by Nintendo. It is often shortened to SNES. It is the successor to the Nintendo Entertainment System, and was eventually succeeded by the Nintendo 64.

It has twice the built in memory of the older Nintendo Entertainment System. It was the best selling console in the 16-bit era. The controller had a directional pad, A, B, X and Y buttons and "twin shoulder buttons".

Peripherals

• Super Game Boy
• Super Game Boy 2
• Satellaview
• SF Memory Cassette

Pokémon games

With Satellaview

Title	Genre	Release
Monthly Coin Toss: Pokémon Card Magazine	Magazine	1998

With Nintendo Power (via SF Memory Cassette)

Title	Genre	Release
Picross NP Vol. 1	Puzzle	1999

With Super Game Boy or Super Game Boy 2

Title	Genre	Release
Pokémon Red and Green	Main series RPG	1996
Pokémon Blue	Main series RPG	1996
Pokémon Red and Blue	Main series RPG	1998
Pokémon Yellow	Main series RPG	1998

Game Boy Color Pokémon games

Although designed for the Game Boy Color, these Pokémon games can also be played on the Game Boy, thus can also be played on the Super Game Boy and Super Game Boy 2.

Title	Genre	Release
Pokémon Trading Card Game	Card game	1998
Pokémon Pinball	Pinball	1999
Pokémon Gold and Silver	Main series RPG	1999

Cameos

• The player has a SNES in their bedroom in front of their TV in the Generation I games. In FireRed and LeafGreen, it's replaced with a NES.
  • Copycat also has a SNES in front of her bedroom's TV. Her console is running a game where Mario has a bucket on his head, a reference to the game Mario & Wario, which was also developed by Game Freak. Unlike the player, Copycat retains her SNES in the remakes.
• The SNES is one of several consoles the player can decorate their bedroom with in the Generation II games.
  • Using the Transfer Pak, the player can copy their bedroom to Pokémon Stadium 2 using the My Room feature. Their room is displayed in full 3D, and the SNES can be displayed here. The player's TV will randomly display screens from SNES games when the SNES is out, such as Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, F-Zero and Kirby Super Star.

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  The player's SNES in the Generation I games

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  Copycat's SNES in the Generation I games

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  The player's SNES in the Generation II games

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  The player's SNES in the My Room feature of Pokémon Stadium 2

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  The player's Super Famicom in the My Room feature of the Japanese version of Pokémon Stadium 2

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  Copycat's SNES in FireRed and LeafGreen