How the holy mother of god did they not get Chrono Trigger in the SNES Mini???

When talking about the SNES audio, I'm surprised that yo didn't mention how Tales of Phanasia used samples in its opening song to create vocals. The SNES was truly a glorious machine.

Ooooh, I can already not wait for the next DF Retro video! The Legacy of Kain remains one of my favorite game series, and Soul Reaver was an absolute technical masterpiece for its time. The Dreamcast version was also the first game that demonstrated Nixxes' prowess in creating high quality ports. This is gonna be good.

Here's the games list Contra III: The Alien Wars Donkey Kong Country EarthBound Final Fantasy III F-ZERO Kirby Super Star Kirby’s Dream Course The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Mega Man X Secret of Mana Star Fox Star Fox 2 Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting Super Castlevania IV Super Ghouls ’n Ghosts Super Mario Kart Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Super Mario World Super Metroid Super Punch-Out!! Yoshi’s Island

If I had to choose *_ONE CONSOLE_* _(and its entire library)_ for the rest of my life, it'd had to be the Super Nintendo. SNES graphics and sound are great, something that many retro-style games today try to replicate, and the library is robust with lots of variety from _almost_ every genre. I usually like simpler games anyway, so I wouldn't miss today's complex and epic games too much.

Excellent lighting, no jarring cuts in the middle of on camera dialogue, smooth and unnoticeable editing technique, an extremely clean audio track, not to mention an easy going and likable presenter who knows his stuff and is clear in his delivery. Take note, viewers and KZfaqrs. This is the watermark to which all KZfaq videos should be produced. Digital Foundry is top of that list!

only DF can make a preview like this, before release, so fun and informative. Thanks John!

John you really need to do a df retro on the best Genesis games that really push its hardware. I'm talking about Alien Soldier, Thunder Force IV, Gunstar Heroes, Musha, Adventures of Batman&R, Contra Hard Corps etc. The system deserves the love, it's undeservedly underappreciated.

@24:30 OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH!!!!!! SOUL REAVER!!!! I'm From Nigeria and we LOVE this GAME!

But the european SNES also looked like the Super Famicom, isn't this a british show? :P

Great video, I really like the look of the 16-bit games and what they were able to achive with the hardware. Can't wait till mine arrives.

Genuinely said "this is what I'm looking for" when this turned up in my feed. Haven't even watched yet but I'll know it'll be good. Cheers John.

Another awesome episode of DFretro :) Can't wait for the next one. Coincidentally I just finished Soul Reaver on NullDC (with a couple of fairly tolerable visual glitches) a couple of weeks ago.

Excellent video,love these DF Retro videos!

Loving the S.S.H. music throughout the video. Excellent work as always, John.

Damn, Startfox on an OC'd FX chip looks amazing. Like, the way they designed the game.

Did not mention Chrono Trigger! RIOT! RIOT! W66

Amazing work as usual. The point developed on Megaman X about simultaneous vertical+horizontal scrolling enabling new level design blew my mind. Really impressed to learn so much from your video guys, keep it up!

Great video and your knowledge of these platforms is the icing on the cake..

Thanks for the Terranigma shoutout. Probably one of my favorite games ever. Everything about it is just amazing^^

Nice one! I'm glad DF Retro is back. :)

Holy crap, S.S.H. in the background blew me out! DigitalFoundry never ceases to amaze me!

I called for Actraiser, one of my childhood favourites and favourite games of all time, before the video so I am glad he included it. Good taste my man!

Another stellar and great piece of work John, loved every second and so looking forward to Soul Reaver, incredible game.

really stoked to see DF Retro LoK:SR impatiently waiting.

Fantastic vid. I'll definitely be tuning in for the unbox and strip down (of the SNES mini, that is). 😀👍🏻🕹

Another great video and cant wait next week, that surprise really got me. :D

really looking forwards this been released, I found this really easy to get hold of too, had 3 pre orders with 3 different vendors, and all 3 pre order been confirmed.

Thanks for mentioning Terranigma.

I love this series. How they analyse classic games. I aways wanted something like this on youtube

Legacy of Kain! :D! What a nice surprise at the end of the video, Soul Reaver is one of my all time favorites, can't wait to see the full episode, thanks DF.

Excellent work as always!

My personal all-time fav' console. Thanks for the review!

DF retro episodes are soooooo good!

I'm in the UK and I've pre-ordered it already. I'm so excited!!

Brillant DF Retro once again John !

Hi John! Thanks for the awesome vid! a) As far as I can see, you didn't answer your intro question what Nintendo has learned from the release of the NES Mini. I may miss some points, but I guess they mainly learned that delivering a low stock of a highly sought-after machine is the perfect way to get free buzz and media coverage. So, I am quite sure what we'll see in the future. Thinking of it, I wonder when the first publisher will come up with the idea of a limited digital download or a preorder-only game. Wait and see. b) I actually owned an original Rendering Ranger R2 cartridge some 10 years ago but sold it on eBay, hehe. The price was nothing to write home about though.

First time I heard that Donkey Kong Country underwater music it was the best music I had ever heard in a game!

I love the way John talks about this topic. You can tell he's really dedicated to the SNES.

I have my original SNES hooked up to my tv with the RGB connector from my N64. Looks great and even scales well enough to widescreen.

13:43 - he has reverb on his voice when he says "reverb". Love that detail :)

I just realized I was at digital foundry I was thinking halfway into the video wow this is some in depth stuff let me see what this guys channel is lol

Terranigma is incredible and I would love the opportunity to play it again!

Yesss!! Can't wait for the Soul Reaver episode man!! Fantastic voice acting and great gameplay, what a gem 💎

Awesome ep, thx John! And next ep is Legacy of Kain and Soul Reaver, hell yeah!!!!

Please do an episode dedicated to the extra chips found in gaming cartridges, you're the only channel that can possibly do a good job of it!

Great breakdown enjoyed the video well done

I was just playing Soul Reaver!? Nicely done cant wait!

Thank you for another amazing video! The Super NES is my favorite console of all time, and I always love seeing stuff focused on it :)

I had to add a lot of these games to my must play list.

I'm also surprised to not see pilot Wings on this as well

Oh neat, next week will be interesting. Time fades even...retro? hope you've enjoyed checking the good ol' Raziel's box pushing adventure :)

I think one game that everyone misses in the "could've been on snes mini" videos is Earthworm Jim, that game blew my mind as a kid.

Excellent Video!!

Can't wait for the Legacy of Kain episode. That clip brings me back

I know this video is about games on the SNES mini, but i'm surprised that the original Star Ocean and Tales of Phantasia weren't mentioned at the end of the video. Those games pushed the hardware to it's limits with their massive amounts of voice samples, great use of the SNES' sound chip in general, and lots of colorful, well animated graphics.

Damn, the Gradius III intro is so good

Linneman surely shows a soft spot for those children platformers. First Keio 2, and now Doremi.

I wish they give us an OG ps1 or ps2 nostalgia trip via df retro one day.

With the announcement of original Xbox backwards compatibility on the One and that glorious stage showing of the Crimson Skies logo, it'd be a great time to visit that series with this show sometime :)

that SSH Remix of FF6's boss theme in the background during Yoshi's island and star fox. well done john :D

Oh man, I'd love to have Do Re Mi Fantasy on the Snes Mini...one of my all time favorites!

Yesss can't wait for the next episode :D

Soul Reaver next time, brilliant, I had commented about that on a previous video but I definitely wouldn't have been the only one. great choice. also loved the SNES mini vid. was lucky enough to get one preordered

Vapor Trail owned super hard. Also the snes mini should've had The Legend Of The Mystical Ninja, a gorgeous game with a wonderful soundtrack.

Super Castlevania IV was and its still my favorite SNES game, it was just amazing!

goddamn john. if i could inject DF retro into my veins, I would. great work

Honorable mention for technical excellence: Axelay!

I love you John!... the Legacy of Kain series is been an all time favorite in my family!

Great Episode! You're the best!

where is my boy Richard Leadbetter?

Great stuff Jon

With the quickness

DF: we want a video of Doom ports like the video of Duke Nukem ports you did a few months ago. Many Thanks for your amazing work

Yo the Gradius III OST love in this vid makes me happy.

4:42 Lagrange Point is an incredible game, and it's been playable on the Everdrive N8 since the last few weeks.

That is one mightily collection you have.

OMG !! Can't wait for the next episode ! Soul Reaver (at least the forst 1) is one of the best PS1 titles I had back in the day. Too bad it was only half of what the devs meant it to be (cf. the neogaf article on cut content and original ending)

ooohhhh can't wait for Soul Reaver episode :D

Soul Reaver on DF Retro? Yesss please!

Stunt Racer FX was one of my fav FX games

The reason why the orginal NES sounds "better" is because of the amplifiers in the analog signal. The NES Classic is what the music sounds like without any added coloration to the signal. It's basically the same reason why many people think vinyls sound better; the added analog warmth and coloration of the sound.

Another awesome video

Cant wait for SoulReaver !! , i absolutely LOVE this game, finished it on couple of times maxing out completion every time .

I'm so hyped for my snes :D

One of those late NES titles that had great animation and music was Little Nemo: Adventures in Dreamland. I didn't have this title so I only got to play it at my friend's house. So Jelous to this day! LOL

13:43 Reveeerb, nice touch.

Konami also used a sound card in it's Japanese release of Castlevania 3. Should go check it out. Sounds awesome!

I'm not sure why my mind has focused in on the word "then" but John really like to use it in a particular way. Any was good content as ever then.

Love DF retro even though i never played anything prior to 2004-5

Soul Reaver ! Great, can't wait!

great video but one miss was your mention of Drakon. His mod work is an abomination. There is well documented information on this

Hopefully people are actually able to get their hands on these.

Anyone know the source of the music that starts playing at 22:57 along with the Skyblazer footage through until the end of the video? It's not from Skyblazer as far as I can tell.

Another great video John. Ignore all the negativity people are toxic.

somebody over on nesdev actually made a patch for Super Ghouls and Ghosts that fixes the slowdown. The SNES CPU wasn't as toothless as a lot of people think, but it was hard to get the most out of and misused in a lot of cases, especially early software.

Wow a really informative video.

That troll at the start of the video :')

Thanks for using the correct logo for PC. I think that the Steam logo isn't that wrong (since there are versions of it or Mac and Linux), but it is not the right one as well.

I love how they included music from Turtles in Time when it's not part of the Classic library...