Top 10 Super Nintendo Football Games
Roberto Larcos
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The Super Nintendo has a bit of a mixed reputation when it comes to football games. For every undisputed classic, there are half a dozen absolute stinkers that make you question if you even like the sport.
As part of my ongoing series ranking the greatest retro football games console by console, it’s finally time to take on Nintendo’s 16-bit heavyweight. I’ve spent the last few weeks wading through the SNES library so you don't have to, and today, we're boiling them down to the definitive top ten. Expect chaotic indoor arenas, bizarre arcade power-ups, and the games that genuinely revolutionised the genre forever.
The Ground Rules:
No Management Sims: We are only looking at fully playable games, so the tracksuit managers have been left in the dugout.
One Game Per Franchise: To keep the list varied and save you from listening to me waffle on about the minor differences between yearly updates, I’ve limited things to just one entry per series. Rather than letting the same names dominate the list, I’ve simply chosen the single strongest title to represent each franchise.
Let's get straight to it.
** ISS and ISS Deluxe are the real top 2 on the Snes - but to save repeating myself I've just picked ISS Deluxe for this video as the best version of those games **
0:00 - Intro
1:15 - Capcom Soccer Shootout
3:09 - Super Goal!
5:49 - FIFA97
8:01 - World Cup USA 94
10:11 - J League Super Soccer 95
12:28 - Hat Trick Hero 2
14:53 - Fever Pitch Soccer
17:16 - World Cup Striker
19:47 - International Sensible Soccer World Champions Edition
22:12 - ISS Deluxe (& ISS)
26:52 - Outro
20 Comments
EA should've learned a few lessons from Konami on how to make a great football game on the 16 bit consoles.
I missed that on first watch.
Also, super soccer should be on the list
The actual challenge with the sound effect of a punch being thrown... 😂
Entertaining and informative.
Thank you very much.👍
Top 10 Super Nintendo Football Games
Roberto Larcos
34,555 views
The Super Nintendo has a bit of a mixed reputation when it comes to football games. For every undisputed classic, there are half a dozen absolute stinkers that make you question if you even like the sport.
As part of my ongoing series ranking the greatest retro football games console by console, it’s finally time to take on Nintendo’s 16-bit heavyweight. I’ve spent the last few weeks wading through the SNES library so you don't have to, and today, we're boiling them down to the definitive top ten. Expect chaotic indoor arenas, bizarre arcade power-ups, and the games that genuinely revolutionised the genre forever.
The Ground Rules:
No Management Sims: We are only looking at fully playable games, so the tracksuit managers have been left in the dugout.
One Game Per Franchise: To keep the list varied and save you from listening to me waffle on about the minor differences between yearly updates, I’ve limited things to just one entry per series. Rather than letting the same names dominate the list, I’ve simply chosen the single strongest title to represent each franchise.
Let's get straight to it.
** ISS and ISS Deluxe are the real top 2 on the Snes - but to save repeating myself I've just picked ISS Deluxe for this video as the best version of those games **
0:00 - Intro
1:15 - Capcom Soccer Shootout
3:09 - Super Goal!
5:49 - FIFA97
8:01 - World Cup USA 94
10:11 - J League Super Soccer 95
12:28 - Hat Trick Hero 2
14:53 - Fever Pitch Soccer
17:16 - World Cup Striker
19:47 - International Sensible Soccer World Champions Edition
22:12 - ISS Deluxe (& ISS)
26:52 - Outro