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Super Famicom Analysis›role-playing video game

Genre

role-playing video game

1991-1999 /172 titles

172titles
#2Rank by number of titles (of 149)
9,800 yenMedian price
28 pointsMedian Famitsu score

About this genre

A record of the titles in this genre only.

Titles: 172 titles
Period: 1991-1999
Formats: SFC / SNES / BS
Main genre: role-playing video game
Median price (before tax): 9,800 yen
Median Famitsu score: 28 points

Titles

172

Share released in Japan

98%

Share released overseas

20%

Share with a known price

89%

Share with a known score

42%

Titles per year

Covers the 172 titles with a known release date. The 0 without one are not on this line.

Which publishers released them

Breakdown of the 175 titles with a known publisher. Press a name to open that company's page.

1Square8%14 titles

2Enix8%14 titles

3ASCII Corporation7%12 titles

4Banpresto4%7 titles

5Hudson Soft4%7 titles

6Koei3%6 titles

Which developers made them

Breakdown of the 179 titles with a known developer.

1Square7%13 titles

2Koei3%6 titles

3ASCII Corporation3%6 titles

4Red Company3%6 titles

5Pandora Box3%6 titles

6Tose Co.2%4 titles

Where they were released

1 titles were released in more than one region, so the total exceeds the number of titles.

1Japan168 titles

2North America35 titles

3Europe11 titles

Released in Japan too168 titlesOverseas only4 titles

How much they sold and what they cost

Copies sold and launch prices are listed side by side. No multiplied totals are shown.

8,900,000titles

The best-selling title, "Final Fantasy VI". Only 11 titles have known sales figures.

1Final Fantasy VIWorldwide8,900,000 titles

2Chrono TriggerWorldwide5,000,000 titles

3Dragon Quest VIJapan3,200,000 titles

4Dragon Quest VJapan2,800,000 titles

5Final Fantasy VJapan2,450,000 titles

6Final Fantasy IVWorldwide1,800,000 titles

Launch price before tax (median)

9,800 yen

153 titles have a known price

13,000 yen range1 titles

25,000 yen range1 titles

36,000 yen range2 titles

47,000 yen range8 titles

58,000 yen range23 titles

69,000 yen range87 titles

710,000 yen range12 titles

811,000 yen range14 titles

912,000 yen range5 titles

Famitsu score

Out of 40. Across the 73 titles with a known score, the median was 28.

18 titles

34 titles

16 titles

5 titles

20s

25s

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Titles in this group (all 172)

Ordered by copies sold, then by score.Press a title to open the page for any of the 1.

Game titleFinal Fantasy VI

1994-04-02 / role-playing video game/ 11,400 yen / Famitsu 37 /Square

Game titleChrono Trigger

1995-03-11 / role-playing video game/ 11,400 yen /Square

Game titleDragon Quest VI

1995-12-09 / role-playing video game/ 11,400 yen / Famitsu 34 /Enix

Game titleDragon Quest V

1992-09-27 / role-playing video game/ 9,600 yen / Famitsu 36 /Enix

Game titleFinal Fantasy V

1992-12-06 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen / Famitsu 34 /Square

Game titleFinal Fantasy IV

1991-07-19 / role-playing video game/ 8,800 yen / Famitsu 36 /Square

Game titleRomancing SaGa 3

1995-11-11 / role-playing video game/ 11,400 yen /Square

Game titleRomancing SaGa 2

1993-12-10 / role-playing video game/ 9,900 yen /Square

Game titleDragon Quest III

1993-12-18 / role-playing video game/ 9,600 yen / Famitsu 36 /Enix

Game titleRomancing SaGa

1992-01-28 / role-playing video game/ 9,500 yen / Famitsu 31 /Square

Game titleDragon Warrior I & II

1993-12-18 / role-playing video game / Enix

Game titleShin Megami Tensei

1992-10-30 / role-playing video game/ Famitsu 36 /Atlus

Game titleSoul Blazer

1992-01-31 / role-playing video game/ 8,800 yen / Famitsu 32 /Enix

Game titleTorneko's Great Adventure

1993-09-19 / role-playing video game/ 9,600 yen / Famitsu 32 /Chunsoft

Game titleElfaria

1993-01-03 / role-playing video game/ 9,500 yen / Famitsu 31 /Hudson Soft

Game titleMetal Max 2

1993-03-05 / role-playing video game/ 9,500 yen / Famitsu 31 /Data East

Game titleKawa no Nushi Tsuri 2

1995-04-28 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen / Famitsu 31 /Pack-In-Video

Game titleMystic Ark

1995-07-14 / role-playing video game/ 11,800 yen / Famitsu 31 /Enix

Game titleTrials of Mana

1995-09-30 / role-playing video game/ 11,400 yen / Famitsu 31 /Square

Game titleTreasure of the Rudras

1996-04-05 / role-playing video game/ 8,000 yen / Famitsu 31 /Square

Game titleJUNGLE WARS

1993-03-19 / role-playing video game/ Famitsu 30 /Pony Canyon

Game titleBrain Lord

1994-01-29 / role-playing video game/ 9,600 yen / Famitsu 30 /Enix

Game titleRobotrek

1994-07-08 / role-playing video game/ 9,600 yen / Famitsu 30 /Enix

Game titleLufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals

1995-02-24 / role-playing video game/ 9,980 yen / Famitsu 30 /Taito

Game titleTerranigma

1995-10-20 / role-playing video game/ 11,800 yen / Famitsu 30 /Enix

Game titlePaladin's Quest

1992-11-13 / role-playing video game/ 9,600 yen / Famitsu 29 /Asmik

Game titleLive A Live

1994-09-02 / role-playing video game/ 9,900 yen / Famitsu 29 /Square

Game titleShin Megami Tensei If...

1994-10-28 / role-playing video game/ 9,990 yen / Famitsu 29 /Atlus

Game titleMahōjin Guru Guru

1995-04-21 / role-playing video game/ 10,800 yen / Famitsu 29 /Enix

Game titleElfaria II: The Quest of the Meld

1995-06-05 / role-playing video game/ 9,500 yen / Famitsu 29 /Hudson Soft

Game titleChaos Seed

1996-03-15 / role-playing video game/ 9,980 yen / Famitsu 29 /Taito

Game titleMarvelous: Mōhitotsu no Takarajima

1996-10-26 / adventure video game/ 6,800 yen / Famitsu 29 /Nintendo

Game titleDrakkhen

1991-05-24 / role-playing video game/ 8,252 yen / Famitsu 28 /Kemco

Game titleHero Senki: Project Olympus

1992-11-20 / role-playing video game/ 9,600 yen / Famitsu 28 /Banpresto

Game titleBreath of Fire

1993-04-03 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen / Famitsu 28 /Capcom

Game titleLufia & the Fortress of Doom

1993-06-25 / role-playing video game/ 8,900 yen / Famitsu 28 /Taito

Game titleUncharted Waters 2: New Horizons

1994-02-19 / role-playing video game/ 11,800 yen / Famitsu 28 /Koei

Game titleDown the World: Mervil's Ambition

1994-09-30 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen / Famitsu 28 /ASCII Corporation

Game titleMagna Braban: Henreki no Yusha

1994-11-18 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen / Famitsu 28 /ASK

Game titleNekketsu Tairiku Burning Heroes

1995-03-17 / role-playing video game/ 10,800 yen / Famitsu 28 /Enix

Game titleLittle Master: Nijiiro no Maseki

1995-06-30 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen / Famitsu 28 /Tokuma Shoten

Game titleTraverse: Starlight & Prairie

1996-06-28 / role-playing video game/ 7,800 yen / Famitsu 28 /Banpresto

Game titleIhatovo Monogatari

1993-03-05 / adventure video game/ 9,700 yen / Famitsu 27 /Hect

Game titleShinseiki Odysselya

1993-06-18 / role-playing video game/ 9,500 yen / Famitsu 27 /Vic Tokai

Game titleKabuki Rocks

1994-03-04 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen / Famitsu 27 /Atlus

Game titleDaikaijuu Monogatari II

1996-08-02 / role-playing video game/ 8,200 yen / Famitsu 27 /Hudson Soft

Game titleG.O.D: Mezameyo to Yobu Koe ga Kikoe

1996-12-20 / role-playing video game/ 7,980 yen / Famitsu 27 /Imagineer

Game titleThe 7th Saga

1993-04-23 / role-playing video game/ 9,600 yen / Famitsu 26 /Enix

Game titleIllusion of Gaia

1993-11-27 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen / Famitsu 26 /Enix

Game titleDark Kingdom

1994-04-29 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen / Famitsu 26 /Telenet Japan

Game titleThe Last Battle

1994-12-02 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen / Famitsu 26 /Techiku

Game titleArabian Nights: Sabaku no Seirei-ō

1996-06-14 / role-playing video game/ 7,800 yen / Famitsu 26 /Takara

Game titleInindo: Way of the Ninja

1992-03-19 / role-playing video game/ Famitsu 25 /Koei

Game titleUncharted Waters

1992-08-05 / role-playing video game/ 11,800 yen / Famitsu 25 /Koei

Game titleIdea no Hi

1994-03-18 / role-playing video game/ 9,700 yen / Famitsu 25 /Shouei System

Game titleDaikaijū Monogatari

1994-12-22 / role-playing video game/ Famitsu 25 /Hudson Soft

Game titlePower of the Hired

1994-12-23 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen / Famitsu 25 /Nippon Computer Systems

Game titleLittle Master

1995-06-30 / role-playing video game/ Famitsu 25 /Tokuma Shoten

Game titleDark Half

1996-05-31 / role-playing video game/ 8,000 yen / Famitsu 25 /Enix

Game titleDragon Ball Z: Super Saiya Densetsu

1992-01-25 / role-playing video game/ 9,500 yen / Famitsu 24 /Bandai

Game titleDragon Squadron: Danzarb

1993-04-23 / role-playing video game/ 9,500 yen / Famitsu 24 /Yutaka

Game titleEye of the Beholder

1994-03-18 / role-playing video game/ 12,800 yen / Famitsu 24 /Capcom

Game titleGranhistoria: Genshi Sekaiki

1995-06-30 / role-playing video game/ 11,400 yen / Famitsu 24 /Banpresto

Game titleArcana

1992-03-27 / role-playing video game/ 8,641 yen / Famitsu 23 /HAL Laboratory

Game titleCyber Knight

1992-10-30 / role-playing video game/ 8,900 yen / Famitsu 23 /Tonkin House

Game titleAncient Magic: Bazoe! Mahou Sekai

1993-07-23 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen / Famitsu 23 /Hot-B

Game titleFinal Fantasy Mystic Quest

1993-09-10 / role-playing video game/ 7,900 yen / Famitsu 23 /Square

Game titleSansara Naga 2

1994-07-15 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen / Famitsu 23 /Victor Musical Industries

Game titleWizap!: King of Darkness

1994-09-22 / role-playing video game/ 9,900 yen / Famitsu 23 /ASCII Corporation

Game titlePrincess Minerva

1995-06-23 / role-playing video game/ 9,900 yen / Famitsu 23 /Vic Tokai

Game titleLennus II

1996-07-26 / role-playing video game/ 9,980 yen / Famitsu 23 /Asmik

Game titleSolid Runner

1997-03-28 / role-playing video game/ 8,000 yen / Famitsu 22 /ASCII Corporation

Game titleCyber Knight II: Chikyū Teikoku no Yabō

1994-08-26 / role-playing video game/ 9,900 yen / Famitsu 21 /Tonkin House

Game titleDark Law: Meaning of Death

1997-03-28 / role-playing video game/ 8,000 yen / Famitsu 21 /ASCII Corporation

Game titleMaka Maka

1992-04-24 / role-playing video game/ 8,700 yen / Famitsu 20 /Sigma Enterprises, Inc.

Game titleSong Master

1992-11-27 / role-playing video game/ 8,738 yen / Famitsu 20 /Yanoman

Game titleJoJo's Bizarre Adventure

1993-03-05 / role-playing video game/ 9,500 yen / Famitsu 20 /Cobra Team

Game titleFainarufantajiiv Ijitaipu

1991-10-25 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /Square

Game titleLagoon

1991-12-13 / role-playing video game/ 8,252 yen /Kemco

Game titleDungeon Master

1991-12-20 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /Victor Musical Industries

Game titleSD Gundam Gaiden: Knight Gundam Monogatari: Ooinaru Isan

1991-12-21 / role-playing video game/ 9,500 yen /Angel

Game titleDragon Slayer: Eiyuu Densetsu

1992-02-14 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /Epoch Co.

Game titleSupa Inindo Dato Nobunaga

1992-03-19 / role-playing video game / Koei

Game titleUltima VI: The False Prophet

1992-04-03 / role-playing video game / Pony Canyon

Game titleHerakuresu No Eiko 3 Kamigami No Chinmoku

1992-04-28 / role-playing video game/ 8,800 yen /Data East

Game titleKouryū Densetsu Villgust

1992-05-23 / role-playing video game/ 9,000 yen /Bandai

Game titleLight Fantasy

1992-07-03 / role-playing video game/ 8,900 yen /Tonkin House

Game titleHokuto no Ken 5 : Tenma Ryūsei Den: Ai Zesshō

1992-07-10 / role-playing video game/ 8,900 yen /Toei Animation

Game title3×3 Eyes: Seima Kōrinden

1992-07-28 / role-playing video game/ 9,500 yen /Yutaka

Game titleWizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom

1992-11-20 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /ASCII Corporation

Game titleBenkei Gaiden: Suna no Shou

1992-12-18 / role-playing video game/ 9,600 yen /Sunsoft

Game titleSD Gundam Gaiden 2: Entaku no Kishi

1992-12-18 / role-playing video game/ 9,500 yen /Yutaka

Game titleBurai: Hachigyoku no Yuushi Densetsu

1993-01-14 / role-playing video game / IGS

Game titleMight and Magic II

1993-01-22 / role-playing video game/ 8,800 yen /LOZC

Game titleXak: The Art of Visual Stage

1993-02-26 / role-playing video game/ 9,600 yen /Sunsoft

Game titleJanguruwozu 2 Kodai Maho Atimosuno Nazo

1993-03-19 / role-playing video game / Pony Canyon

Game titleThe Twisted Tales of Spike McFang

1993-03-19 / role-playing video game/ 8,800 yen /Naxat Soft

Game titleDual Orb

1993-04-16 / role-playing video game/ 9,700 yen /I'MAX

Game titleDragon Slayer: Eiyuu Densetsu II

1993-06-04 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /Epoch Co.

Game titleDragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II

1993-06-04 / role-playing video game / Epoch Co.

Game titleSilva Saga II: The Legend of Light and Darkness

1993-06-25 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /SETA Corporation

Game titleMōryō Senki Madara 2

1993-07-16 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /Konami

Game titleSword World SFC

1993-08-06 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /T&E Soft

Game titleArcus Odyssey

1993-10-22 / role-playing video game / Sammy Corporation

Game titleRanma ½: Hidden Treasures of the Crimson Cats

1993-10-22 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /Toho

Game titleSecret of the Stars

1993-11-05 / role-playing video game/ 8,900 yen /Tecmo

Game titleAretha

1993-11-26 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /Yanoman

Game titleSoul & Sword

1993-11-30 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /Banpresto

Game titleDokapon 3-2-1: Arashi wo Yobu Yuujou

1993-12-10 / role-playing video game/ 8,900 yen /Asmik

Game titleMugen No Gotoku

1993-12-17 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /Intec

Game titleWandarasu Majikku

1993-12-17 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /ASCII Corporation

Game titleMonster Maker III: Hikari no Majutsushi

1993-12-24 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /SOFEL

Game titleShin Momotaro Densetsu

1993-12-24 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /Hudson Soft

Game titleHiōden: Mamono-tachi tono Chikai

1994-02-11 / role-playing video game / Wolf Team

Game titleFasutokuin Orunikku Senki

1994-03-11 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /Culture Brain

Game titleShin Megami Tensei II

1994-03-18 / role-playing video game/ 9,990 yen /Atlus

Game titleKero Kero Keroppi no Bōken Nikki: Nemureru Mori no Keroleen

1994-03-25 / role-playing video game/ 6,980 yen /Character Soft

Game titleYume Meikyuu: Kigurumi Daibouken

1994-04-15 / role-playing video game/ 9,700 yen /Hect

Game titleUltima: Runes of Virtue II

1994-06-17 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /Fujisankei Communications International

Game titleSlayers

1994-06-24 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /Banpresto

Game titleSword World SFC 2: Inishie no Kyojin Densetsu

1994-07-15 / role-playing video game/ 9,900 yen /T&E Soft

Game titleTenshi No Uta Shiroki Tsubasa No Inori

1994-07-29 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /Telenet Japan

Game titleEarthBound

1994-08-27 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /Nintendo

Game titleHerakuresu No Eiko 4 Kamigami Kara No Okurimono

1994-10-21 / role-playing video game/ 9,900 yen /Data East

Game titleUltima VII: The Black Gate

1994-11-18 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /Fujisankei Communications International

Game titleAretha II: Ariel no Fushigi na Tabi

1994-12-02 / role-playing video game/ 9,900 yen /Yanoman

Game titleBreath of Fire II

1994-12-02 / role-playing video game/ 9,980 yen /Capcom

Game titleDual Orb II

1994-12-29 / role-playing video game/ 10,800 yen /I'MAX

Game titleEternal Filena

1995-02-25 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /Tokuma Shoten

Game titleLast Bible III

1995-03-04 / role-playing video game/ 10,800 yen /Atlus

Game titleLove Quest

1995-03-17 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /Tokuma Shoten

Game titleOld Testament Megami-Tensei

1995-03-31 / role-playing video game/ 10,800 yen /Atlus

Game titleRPG Maker

1995-03-31 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /ASCII Corporation

Game titleRPG Tsukūru: Super Dante

1995-03-31 / role-playing video game/ 5,340 yen /ASCII Corporation

Game titleRejoice: Aretha Ōkoku no Kanata

1995-04-21 / role-playing video game/ 9,900 yen /Yanoman

Game titleShin Seikoku: La Wares

1995-04-21 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /Yutaka

Game titleShiki Eiyuden

1995-07-07 / role-playing video game/ 10,800 yen /Outrigger Koubou

Game titleLaplace no Ma

1995-07-14 / survival horror/ 9,900 yen /Vic Tokai

Game titleEmerald Dragon

1995-07-28 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /MediaWorks

Game titleUltima: Kyōryū Teikoku

1995-07-28 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /Pony Canyon

Game titleChō Mahou Tairiku WOZZ

1995-08-04 / role-playing video game/ 10,800 yen /BPS

Game titleBrandish 2: The Planet Buster

1995-08-11 / role-playing video game/ 10,800 yen /Koei

Game titleBishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon: Another Story

1995-09-22 / role-playing video game/ 11,800 yen /Angel

Game titleHi No Oji Yamato Takeru

1995-09-29 / role-playing video game/ 10,800 yen /Toho

Game titleMetal Max Returns

1995-09-29 / role-playing video game/ 12,800 yen /Data East

Game titleVerne World

1995-09-29 / role-playing video game/ 11,800 yen /Banpresto

Game titleWizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge

1995-09-29 / role-playing video game/ 12,800 yen /ASCII Corporation

Game titleShinseiki Odysselya II

1995-10-06 / role-playing video game/ 10,800 yen /Vic Tokai

Game titleCrystal Beans: From Dungeon Explorer

1995-10-27 / role-playing video game/ 9,500 yen /Hudson Soft

Game titleLight Fantasy II

1995-10-27 / role-playing video game/ 9,900 yen /Tonkin House

Game titleMaten Densetsu: Senritsu no Ooparts

1995-10-27 / role-playing video game/ 10,800 yen /Takara

Game titleSeijuu Maden: Beasts & Blades

1995-12-15 / role-playing video game/ 11,000 yen /BPS

Game titleTales of Phantasia

1995-12-15 / role-playing video game/ 11,800 yen /Namco

Game titleRecord of Lodoss War

1995-12-22 / role-playing video game/ 10,800 yen /Kadokawa Shoten

Game titleTengai Makyō Zero

1995-12-22 / role-playing video game/ 9,980 yen /Hudson Soft

Game titleMadō Monogatari

1996-01-12 / role-playing video game/ 9,900 yen /Tokuma Shoten

Game titleYouchien Senki Madara

1996-01-26 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen /Datam Polystar

Game titleDynamiTracer

1996-01-27 / role-playing video game / Square

Game titleRPG Tsukūru 2

1996-01-31 / role-playing video game/ 12,800 yen /ASCII Corporation

Game titleBakumatsu Kourinden Oni

1996-02-02 / role-playing video game/ 12,800 yen /Banpresto

Game titleBrandish 2 Expert

1996-03-15 / role-playing video game/ 8,800 yen /Koei

Game titleThe Adventure of Hourai High School

1996-04-19 / role-playing video game/ 7,980 yen /J-Wing

Game titleGokinjo Bōkentai

1996-05-24 / role-playing video game/ 7,980 yen /Pioneer LDC

Game titleUmi no Nushi Tsuri

1996-07-19 / role-playing video game/ 7,800 yen /Pack-In-Video

Game titleWizardry Gaiden IV: Throb of the Demons Heart

1996-09-20 / role-playing video game/ 8,000 yen /ASCII Corporation

Game titleMirandora

1997-01-31 / role-playing video game/ 7,800 yen /ASCII Corporation

Game titleProject Dream

1998-01-01 / role-playing video game / Nintendo

Game titleWizadoriii Ii Iii Story Of Llylgamyn

1999-06-01 / role-playing video game/ 3,000 yen /Media Factory

Game titleMight and Magic III: Isles of Terra

role-playing video game / Fujisankei Communications International

Game titleObitus

role-playing video game / BPS

Game titleSpellcraft: Aspects of Valor

role-playing video game / Brøderbund

Game titleYoung Merlin

role-playing video game / Virgin Interactive

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