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As with prior Ghosts 'n Goblins games, Super Ghouls 'n Ghostss very high difficulty was discussed, with Nintendo Lifes Damien McFerran declaring it "16-bit gaming at its most unforgiving".
Oxford, as well as reviewers from Nintendo World Report and Super Play, stated the difficulty level was so high some players, even those of average skill, wouldn't enjoy it.
Mean Machines writer Rich, calling the graphics "exceptional", stated the game superseded another one of Capcom's arcade ports to the SNES, U.N.
Nintendo Life staff, in addition to noting the "outstanding sprite work" and "lots of neat little touches in the background", also focused on Mode 7 effects, such as the zooming of enemy sprites and rotating platforms.
The Game Boy Advance version was nominated for GameSpots 2002 "Best Port of a 16-Bit Classic" award.
In 2018, Complex listed the game 22nd in its "The Best Super Nintendo Games of All Time", and opining that Super Ghouls'n Ghosts is "probably the most difficult game in the SNES library.
They praised the game's graphics as "Top notch" and gave praise for the game's classic arcade gameplay, concluding: "It's constantly challenging but also has a wonderfully friendly learning curve.
In the "Cross Review" of the game magazine Famitsu it received 7, 7, 7 and 6, for a total of 27 out of 40, and reviewers commented, "The Ghosts 'n Goblins series is well known for being difficult, but this time the difficulty is even greater".
In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by the magazine Family Computer Magazine,it scored 23.69 out of 30, as shown below.
This score placed it 24th among all Super Famicom titles (323 titles in total, as of 1993).
In addition, in the "Best 30 by Category" printed at the end of the "Super Famicom All Catalog '93", a special supplement to the 1993-8 information issue of SUPER FAMICOM Magazine, it took No. 24 overall, No. 11 for music and sound effects, and No. 21 for absorption.
In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu, the game scored a total of 29 out of 40.
As of June 30, 2017, 1.09 million units of the SNES version were sold since its release in October 1991, making it Capcom's 75th best-selling game of all time.
The third installment in the Ghosts 'n Goblins series and the first not to be released for arcades, it again depicts knight Arthur saving Princess Guinevere and the kingdom from Emperor Sardius, who has cast a spell that has revived the Ghoul Realm.
Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts is the third entry of Capcom's Ghosts 'n Goblins series, following Ghosts 'n Goblins (1985) and Ghouls 'n Ghosts (1988), it is also the series' first entry to not be released to the arcade.
Leading the 50-member staff, in his first time managing a team, was Tatsuya Minami, who by then already took on positions as artist and producer for console ports of Rush & Crash (1986), Final Fight (1989) and Street Fighter 2 (1991).
This version is also included in Capcom Classics Collection for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox, and in Capcom Classics Collection: Reloaded for the PlayStation Portable; it is the only console video game in both collections.
The favorable reviews following a very difficult process inspired Minami to run future projects for Capcom.
As with prior Ghosts 'n Goblins games, Super Ghouls 'n Ghostss very high difficulty was discussed, with Nintendo Lifes Damien McFerran declaring it "16-bit gaming at its most unforgiving".
Oxford, as well as reviewers from Nintendo World Report and Super Play, stated the difficulty level was so high some players, even those of average skill, wouldn't enjoy it.
In 2018, Complex listed the game 22nd in its "The Best Super Nintendo Games of All Time", and opining that Super Ghouls'n Ghosts is "probably the most difficult game in the SNES library.
Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts was praised for its replay value.
As of June 30, 2017, 1.09 million units of the SNES version were sold since its release in October 1991, making it Capcom's 75th best-selling game of all time.
They praised the game's graphics as "Top notch" and gave praise for the game's classic arcade gameplay, concluding: "It's constantly challenging but also has a wonderfully friendly learning curve.
Because it is a faithful port of the Super Famicom version, the slowdown and the ending bug that had been fixed in the PlayStation version remain as they were.
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