You left out one of my favorite parts of the Mystical Ninja. It had so many minigames you could play and even an arcade within the game with more games to play. Having different games within a game you're already playing was such a novel concept for the time.
About 2 years ago I played Soul Blazer for the first time. Even after all of these years, the game was surprising fun and holds up very well, like so many other SNES classics. Truly a golden era!
Terranigma is the third one. If you havent tried it yet you should dedicate your life to playing it ASAP. I know that sounds extreme but im not kidding. Like stop reading this and go! K ill shut up now the more i type the more i delay you. Why are you still reading this?! Go!
I personally love this game. I played the first one and the second really does flesh out the events and beginning of the first. I honestly loved the art style and music, it was truely underrated.
One of the big problems with Lufia 2 that killed it is many copies of the game were shipped with a glitched dungeon that could make it unplayable (visual glitch, all you had to do is walk up and hit a button and you could go past it). It also had many difficult puzzles before the internet. It is so expensive because finding a unglitched working copy is rare and it was a very inovative game ahead of its time.
@@elgatofelix8917bro you need to play this. ONE OF THE BEST GSMES EVER MADE! You have no idea what you’re talking about and do yourself a favor and enhance your life with this game!
@elijah420stuffs2 they didn't develop Soul Blazer or Terranigma, that was Quintet. Or EVO, that was Almanic. Enix was definitely willing to publish out there games, tho
if you want to play both SNES Lufia games then you need to play Lufia II first. Not just because Lufia II is a prequel but because the original Lufia starts with you playing the last battle of the previous heroes which would eventually become the ending to Lufia II which spoils a lot of Lufia II plot
Nothing about Lufia II's plot is spoiled in the beginning of Lufia 1. Things don't even play out the same. The first game makes it sound like the Sinistrals just appeared with their island and started attacking places. It even said that armies tried to fight them. We don't even know how the characters get there. While the meaning of the dialogue is the same, there's no emotion behind it, and the whole thing completely lacks context on its own. It just sets up the story of the rest of the game. The only thing that's spoiled is that Maxim and Selan die at the end, which honestly I think makes the story of Lufia 2 that much more compelling.
That’s the point…so that when you play Lufia 2 the prequel, the ending is a 🤯 when it connects to the story of 1 and you understand how Lufia story came to be. And lufia 2 (at first makes you think it’s a continuation of the previous game) is delving in to what took place prior. That’s how you appreciate the story more and kept gamers engaged. Same way movies do this
With Gemfire, Ignition Factor, Lufia 2, EVO, Soul Blazer, arguably Goemon, this list gets my seal of approval for actual underrated gems. Lufia 2 and Soul Blazer, in particular are 2 of my personal favs(good gameplay, good story, great music) and I personally made a video on Ignition Factor on my channel years back.
Holy shit! Thank you! I've been trying to remember the name of Phantom 2040 since I was 5. I'm 29 now. Rented it 3 times within 2 weeks and never seen it again. I remember playing it with my dad and starting it from the beginning again(as was the style at the time) and seeing that he was wearing regular clothes and thinking it was the coolest Easter egg.
I either have played or heard of most of these games. There are only one game on the list I hadn't heard of: The Ignition Factor. Two game I would recommend to take a look at is Super Valis 4 and Ys 3: Wanderers of Ys. Both have fast paced action, good music and nice visuals with a heavy dose of difficulty.
Finally a good list of hidden gems, which i didn't play, that's coming from someone who had a SNES back in 95! Spore was mostly inspired by EVO, which is a great game even though it has his limitations regarding the evolution part. Lufia 2 is one of the few RPG's that i didn't finish because at the time my english was quite basic, but i recall playing later on but didn't had much freetime, so still on hold. Lastly, i first knew Goemon games due to the place where i rented my SNES cartridges, belonged to an japanese couple, and i played in their console before i had my SNES. only later i found out about the localized ones. Great game too and quite hard! At least it was at that time. Thanks to this video i got to remember some good things, i'll try these other games in the list when i get some freetime! Great work!
Lol that was the story of my childhood. Too poor to afford new games, the next best thing was renting them and beating them over a weekend. Good times!
@@TheRealNameless1 I mean $55 to $60 was no joke back in the 90's...We basically only ever got a new game or 2 for Christmas. Maybe 1 for a birthday if lucky lol.
Checked the description before watching and saw the list of games.. I played and looooved these ones way back when EVO Lufia 2 Soul Blazer Uniracers (such a fun racing game, it was incredible! I need to replay it sometime.. sadly it will be on emulator but eh., better than nothing I guess) EDIT: oh and I did play Phantom 2040 but can't remember it that well Another underrated game was that Tetris snake game, can't remember the title EDIT #2: Robotrek! Another Enix gem..! Such a fun RPG, I replay it every few years on emulator, always a blast! EDIT (again) OOOH Gemfire!! I recognize that game! I never got into it all that much but my brother loved it! It was a pretty cool Civ-type game I guess? (or Heroes of Might and Magic type I suppose)
Legend of the Mystical Ninja is wild, I found it in a collection of ROMs on total accident, started playing it on a whim. It's really quite a unique little game, I never played anything like it back in those days, the Silver Age of gaming.
How are there two different fire fighting video games on the Super Nintendo, where one didn't get a release in the US and the other never came out in Europe?
One game that I consider a "hidden gem" is Alien 3. Yes, the game based on the movie. The graphics are nice, the sound is amazing, and the gameplay is solid. Plus, the atmosphere is creepy. Sure, the game may be a bit repetitive, but I had a blast with it. Also, Cybernator by Konami. This mech platformer is one of the best I've ever played.
Nice, you know there's gems when you show Boogerman not once, not twice, but three times at the start to drive the point, lol. I loved the Mystical Ninja series, I bought the SNES cart for a good penny, but found some cheap hacks of 2, 3, and 4 (Japan only) that gave English translation and played on NTSC systems.
Best USA Super Nintendo RPG By Year 1991 Final Fantasy IV 1992 Soul Blazer 1993 Secret of Mana 1994 Final Fantasy VI 1995 Chrono Trigger 1996 Lufia II Rise of the Sinistrals
For those of you that haven´t had the chance of playing Soul Blazer I urge you to do so. The controls are dated (but not terribly frustrating) but the story, gameplay and soundtrack are superb. Truly a gem and one of the few games that actually deserve a remake.
Lufia 2 and Soulblazer aren't super hidden. Gemfire is kind of dumb and watered down but weirdly satisfying for reasons I don't understand. Snagged it as a blind YOLO pick when a video store closed down or something like that.
You could make a better case for Final Fantasy 5 being "underrated" over Lufia 2 because it was never localized until after it's time. In North America it may have been just another game on the shelf, but the PAL regions worshipped Lufia 2. They had so few RPGs available to them and it's legitimately a fantastic game.
Hell yeah. Just beat Mystical Ninja and Soul Blazer. On to a few more
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EVO is really a great game!!! I played a lot The Ignition Factor too back in the 90's... The Legend of the Mystical Ninja seems like Pocky & Rocky (a.k.a. Ninja Kiki).
Decent list. Needs more Secrets of Evermore though. Sorry I gotta take every chance I get to remind people about this amazing game. Also; least in my opinion, is way way better than Secrets of Mana; which it often gets compared too.
Exactly my opinion! SoE is often looked down on due to lack of coop modes. But overall it is in every aspect better than SoM! The Artstyle is more mature, the atmosphere is god like which is even more improved by the amazing OST. Bosses are better balanced and leveling all the weapons is way less tedious. A real gem I replay every now and then! 👍
Soul blazer rocks. I’ve played through it several times, and it…. Always rocks! The soundtrack is bubbling its way up from my memories as i type this. Daaaang it, I might have to give it another run.
even when i DO usually preffer the snes games over the genesis ones... i would recomend playing Phantom 2040 on the genesis (the snes game is severily cut in content) the genesis version (for once) not only looks better with lots of more animations, but it also has more content and more locations to visit.
I'm curious, but how old was the person who put this list together? Many of these games were hyped in gaming magazines just prior and for some time after their release. I know Nintendo Power wouldn't shut up about Uniracers for several months even after the N64 was released. I'm not certain how some of these are 'hidden gems' based on that. I could see this from the point of view of a younger person who grew up with later generation consoles and thus didn't see the hype and circumstance of some of these games and they might have slipped the cracks in rereleases on virtual consoles or favorite rom lists.
Lol Nintendo Power was pure propaganda. I don't have my old mags but I don't remember a review that gave honest opinions, which is why I branched out to other mags like EGM. Most of these games might have been mentioned but most of the pages were dedicated to promote the games they wanted to push.
I think i was one of the few people who bought Soul Blazer when it first came out i guess. Its one of my favorite games. I replaced it a coupple years ago becuase my OG copy got lost in a move. Boy am i glad i got that when i did. Soul Blazer is part 1 of a 3 part series personally ive always loved it as the dark overtone of you must rebuild the world step by step giving purpose and reason why i care about every NPC. Because everyone of them was saved by you and everyone of them points to something or someone else or develops something. I just wish the Switch would get it on there downloadble classics menu. It goes Soul Blazer Illusion of Gaia then after that Terranigma ( possible typo on last one) the game i own but have never played.
If you can play SNES games... definitely try Soul Blazer and Illusion of Gaia. The game had a profound impact on me as a kid. Im sure if i picked it up today again... it'll still be as entertaining coz the gameplay is just simply fun. haha.
It wasn't emphasized much in the video narration , but Legend of the Mystical Ninja is a great two player game . That's why all of the footage of it in the video has two players !
I replay RoboTrek every few years, it baffles me how obscure it turned out to be because it was just another game to me at the time, didn't realize I was playing something obscure.
Robotrek was awesome. It was one of the first RPGs where you litterally built and customized your fighters, learned techniques through trial/error and one of the oldest games that had a crafting system. It's sad it wasn't as popular.
RoboTrek was a great game. Only real issues is having to backtrack for the higher level books in an otherwise liner game was a bit annoying and the Blackmore fight can be just playing cheap at times. Also it could of used a few more music tracks for verity. Otherwise I'd say it was a solid 7.5/10
Finally some one talked about E.V.O !!! amazing game and I dont get why more games like it have not really come out. And no the name is not bad :D I dont get why you need to shame the name.
Yep, I came here expecting a mention of at least 1 of the Enix "trilogy" too, and man, was it the one I think is the better one of the 3 even though most people say something else.
The only other console game I can think of that does evoliving your character is the Dreamcast game Seventh Cross Evolution. I would not be surprised to hear it was a port like E.V.O.
Yeah I'm curious. It looked like from the DS version of Lufia 2 but I couldn't find it. edit: It is from the DS version of Lufia 2. Specifically a character named Betty, a thief if I remember correctly
@@CulturedVulturesit's not an opinion lol ganbare goemon is one of the main Konami series since the famicom. And Soulblazer was a huge enix release back in the days👍🏻 neither were hidden 😅
What it misses? Well, have you heard or seen Cameltry or "On the Ball" as it was localized? Y'know what it also misses? Kirby Super Star Stacker, Popful Mail, Bushi Seiryuuden - Futari no Yuusha aka Warriors - Legend of the Blue Dragon & Tetris Battle Gaiden!
Makes a video about underrated SNES gems and then lists well known games with dedicated player bases and games that are celebrated by fans. Great "list." 😒 Quit content creation if you're going to be an echo chamber and do lazy, uninspired lists. You should feel bad about yourself.
With all due respect, Lufia 2 isn't underrated. It's under-discovered. Everyone I've ever met or heard of that played it, loved it. It's just that, not enough people ever heard about it in the first place. It's a top tier game, still ranks among my favorites of all time, even today.
I think that’s what they mean when they say underrated. While we take the word literally and assume everyone knows the game and not rating it high enough, in the gaming rank world, underrated just implies, games that should have gotten more famous.l because they are great. Or were hidden gems not enough blow Iole knew about. Not that it ranked low and should have been higher
All the goemon snes games are great another hidden gem is legendary RPG Maka Maka 摩訶摩訶 wackier than any of the mother games never released outside of Japan and still relatively unknown even here. Day of the idea is another title that comes to mind.
The Lufia series wasn't really underrated, but I get that it's hard to find an underrated JRPG on the SNES... the reality is that it was pretty much the golden age of Squaresoft RPGs, and everything else paled in comparison. Honestly, if I try to think of SNES JRPGs that weren't published or developed by Squaresoft, Lufia is probably the most popular among them. Maybe Breath of Fire or Dragon Quest was more popular in Japan, but among US fans, I think anyone who was deep enough into JRPGs at the time to know of one that wasn't by Squaresoft was as likely to have played Lufia as any of the Dragon Warrior games or Breath of Fire, if not more so. It's too bad Lufia never came to Genesis/Mega Drive like they originally planned, it probably would have done better there.
You left out one of my favorite parts of the Mystical Ninja. It had so many minigames you could play and even an arcade within the game with more games to play. Having different games within a game you're already playing was such a novel concept for the time.
Being able to play Gradius was a nice touch!
@@tailgunner2if you did the Konami code in the in-game version of gradius, I believe it destroyed your ship!
Those mini-games are some of the best.
About 2 years ago I played Soul Blazer for the first time. Even after all of these years, the game was surprising fun and holds up very well, like so many other SNES classics. Truly a golden era!
LOVED Soulblazer! Its sequel, "Illusion of Gaia" or "Illusion of Time" (depending on your region) is a truly AMAZING experience!
Terranigma is the third one. If you havent tried it yet you should dedicate your life to playing it ASAP.
I know that sounds extreme but im not kidding. Like stop reading this and go! K ill shut up now the more i type the more i delay you.
Why are you still reading this?! Go!
Hes right! Play it now!
Also every list like this one without Terranigma shows that people dont know shit.
@@TEENAGEMUTANTBLOODBATHEDAMAMELegend says he's still playing Terranigma and can't do anything else anymore.
@@OzymandiasWasRightI loved that game!!! I'm a FF9 and FF die hard fan, but that game was AMAZING!!?
You're damn right they're amazing.
The Phantom 2040 animation from the 1990s is well worth watching, it's by the same guy that made AEON Flux.
Yes! I was always a big fan but it basically disappeared after what felt like a couple of years.
Peter Chung. Extremely talented guy. He is also responsible for Alexander.
@@CSLucasEpic Yes, Peter Chung, top bloke.
@@CSLucasEpic Very, very cool
I totally forgot it even existed but seeing it here unlocked some forgotten memories or some shit
Lufia 2 is a top 5 RPG on the SNES. Plus it’s the only video game to make me cry. Darn ending.
I personally love this game. I played the first one and the second really does flesh out the events and beginning of the first. I honestly loved the art style and music, it was truely underrated.
Lufia 2 is probably my favourite JRPG of all time. I love the dungeon puzzles and the ancient cave is a pretty cool roguelike implementation.
@@Dug88 some of those puzzles were tough. As a kid I had to get my older brother to help me.
Suikoden 1 is the ultimate tearjerker
One of the big problems with Lufia 2 that killed it is many copies of the game were shipped with a glitched dungeon that could make it unplayable (visual glitch, all you had to do is walk up and hit a button and you could go past it). It also had many difficult puzzles before the internet. It is so expensive because finding a unglitched working copy is rare and it was a very inovative game ahead of its time.
EVO was such a grind. Making it a true RPG.
Normally I like Enix but EVO looks like a snoozefest.
@@elgatofelix8917it's a slow paced game by today's standards but still good. I would consider it to be the granddaddy of games like Spore.
@@elgatofelix8917bro you need to play this. ONE OF THE BEST GSMES EVER MADE! You have no idea what you’re talking about and do yourself a favor and enhance your life with this game!
I miss Enix being its own weird ass little thing
They made Terranigma as well, an amazing RPG with an amazing story! Very underrated
@@elijahstuffs I've heard that's good!
@elijah420stuffs2 they didn't develop Soul Blazer or Terranigma, that was Quintet. Or EVO, that was Almanic.
Enix was definitely willing to publish out there games, tho
Squaresoft and Enix were BOTH much better companies before they merged
@@billbadson7598 Your mouth to god's ear, man
if you want to play both SNES Lufia games then you need to play Lufia II first. Not just because Lufia II is a prequel but because the original Lufia starts with you playing the last battle of the previous heroes which would eventually become the ending to Lufia II which spoils a lot of Lufia II plot
Nothing about Lufia II's plot is spoiled in the beginning of Lufia 1. Things don't even play out the same. The first game makes it sound like the Sinistrals just appeared with their island and started attacking places. It even said that armies tried to fight them. We don't even know how the characters get there. While the meaning of the dialogue is the same, there's no emotion behind it, and the whole thing completely lacks context on its own. It just sets up the story of the rest of the game. The only thing that's spoiled is that Maxim and Selan die at the end, which honestly I think makes the story of Lufia 2 that much more compelling.
That’s the point…so that when you play Lufia 2 the prequel, the ending is a 🤯 when it connects to the story of 1 and you understand how Lufia story came to be. And lufia 2 (at first makes you think it’s a continuation of the previous game) is delving in to what took place prior. That’s how you appreciate the story more and kept gamers engaged. Same way movies do this
With Gemfire, Ignition Factor, Lufia 2, EVO, Soul Blazer, arguably Goemon, this list gets my seal of approval for actual underrated gems.
Lufia 2 and Soul Blazer, in particular are 2 of my personal favs(good gameplay, good story, great music) and I personally made a video on Ignition Factor on my channel years back.
Snes brings back so much nostalgia...
1:42 holy shit I've played EVO so much in my life and Ive never seen or heard about the mermaid until right now
Ignition Factor FTW!!! Love that game. Glad to see it on a list somewhere.
I LOVE EVO.
Big grind yes, but pretty fun evolving different parts to try and look like specific animals or mix and match.
Holy shit! Thank you! I've been trying to remember the name of Phantom 2040 since I was 5. I'm 29 now.
Rented it 3 times within 2 weeks and never seen it again.
I remember playing it with my dad and starting it from the beginning again(as was the style at the time) and seeing that he was wearing regular clothes and thinking it was the coolest Easter egg.
I love Lufia 2! I still play it again and again! Love Ancient cave in Lufoa 2. Ancient cave was the earliest roguelike challenge ever.
Soul Blazer is one of the handful of SNES games I played when it came out and I revisit it every few years since.
Hats off to giving Evo a shout out that was my obsession as a kid I loved that game for some reason.
Soul Blazer was, is and will always be in my Top 5 SNES Games
Nice selection of Gams 😉👍
Aerobiz and Metal Marines are 2 of the most underrated games on the SNES. Absolutely a blast to play.
Always happy to give Phantom 2040 some love.
Evo was such a cool game! Rented it on a whim way back in the day. Seventh Cross on Dreamcast is the only game that felt close. Spore tried.
The fact the NSO still doesn't have EVO in its library is a crime.
I played X-Caliber in high school. Loved it back then. Really good game.
I either have played or heard of most of these games. There are only one game on the list I hadn't heard of: The Ignition Factor. Two game I would recommend to take a look at is Super Valis 4 and Ys 3: Wanderers of Ys. Both have fast paced action, good music and nice visuals with a heavy dose of difficulty.
yeah, two SNES games I'll never forget because I loved them so much are Uniracers and Lemings
Finally a good list of hidden gems, which i didn't play, that's coming from someone who had a SNES back in 95! Spore was mostly inspired by EVO, which is a great game even though it has his limitations regarding the evolution part. Lufia 2 is one of the few RPG's that i didn't finish because at the time my english was quite basic, but i recall playing later on but didn't had much freetime, so still on hold. Lastly, i first knew Goemon games due to the place where i rented my SNES cartridges, belonged to an japanese couple, and i played in their console before i had my SNES. only later i found out about the localized ones. Great game too and quite hard! At least it was at that time.
Thanks to this video i got to remember some good things, i'll try these other games in the list when i get some freetime! Great work!
Good to know that the Goemon game is good. If it's anything like GGA for N64, I need to check it out STAT!!
Uncharted Waters and its sequel New Horizons played different than most of the games that came out on the SNES. i believe they were also made by Koei.
I actually own EVO on the SNES and enjoy it to this day. I also managed to beat Harley's Humongous Adventure over a weekend rental.
Lol that was the story of my childhood. Too poor to afford new games, the next best thing was renting them and beating them over a weekend. Good times!
@@TheRealNameless1 I mean $55 to $60 was no joke back in the 90's...We basically only ever got a new game or 2 for Christmas. Maybe 1 for a birthday if lucky lol.
@@xSayPleasex pretty much the same. Two weeks of chores for one more under my belt was worth it
'The Ignition Factor' is also known as 'The Firemen' in other countries... it was one of my favourites 👍
#5: One of my childhood neighbors had this game. I've thought about it here and there over the years, but could never remember the name.
Checked the description before watching and saw the list of games.. I played and looooved these ones way back when
EVO
Lufia 2
Soul Blazer
Uniracers (such a fun racing game, it was incredible! I need to replay it sometime.. sadly it will be on emulator but eh., better than nothing I guess)
EDIT: oh and I did play Phantom 2040 but can't remember it that well
Another underrated game was that Tetris snake game, can't remember the title
EDIT #2: Robotrek! Another Enix gem..! Such a fun RPG, I replay it every few years on emulator, always a blast!
EDIT (again) OOOH Gemfire!! I recognize that game! I never got into it all that much but my brother loved it! It was a pretty cool Civ-type game I guess? (or Heroes of Might and Magic type I suppose)
Legend of the Mystical Ninja is wild, I found it in a collection of ROMs on total accident, started playing it on a whim. It's really quite a unique little game, I never played anything like it back in those days, the Silver Age of gaming.
Owned Soul Blazer and Lufia I/II. Fantastic games.
How are there two different fire fighting video games on the Super Nintendo, where one didn't get a release in the US and the other never came out in Europe?
Right!? I only knew about the firemen.
One game that I consider a "hidden gem" is Alien 3. Yes, the game based on the movie. The graphics are nice, the sound is amazing, and the gameplay is solid. Plus, the atmosphere is creepy. Sure, the game may be a bit repetitive, but I had a blast with it.
Also, Cybernator by Konami. This mech platformer is one of the best I've ever played.
I'd say that about half of these are pretty well known among the SNES crowd.
Nice, you know there's gems when you show Boogerman not once, not twice, but three times at the start to drive the point, lol.
I loved the Mystical Ninja series, I bought the SNES cart for a good penny, but found some cheap hacks of 2, 3, and 4 (Japan only) that gave English translation and played on NTSC systems.
Yeah, EVO was one that I rented multiple times from Blockbuster, and could never find a place to buy a copy. Wish that one would come to NSO.
lufia and soulblazer are constantly being talked about, how are they underrated
Best USA Super Nintendo RPG By Year
1991 Final Fantasy IV
1992 Soul Blazer
1993 Secret of Mana
1994 Final Fantasy VI
1995 Chrono Trigger
1996 Lufia II Rise of the Sinistrals
The reason why I preferred the SNES over the Genesis. Not knocking Phantasy Star or Shinning Force but Square/Enix pumped out quality RPGs.
E.V.O. brought back a wave of nostaliga. What a classic.
lufia 2's sinistral battle music is one of the best ever
For those of you that haven´t had the chance of playing Soul Blazer I urge you to do so. The controls are dated (but not terribly frustrating) but the story, gameplay and soundtrack are superb. Truly a gem and one of the few games that actually deserve a remake.
Lufia 2 and Soulblazer aren't super hidden.
Gemfire is kind of dumb and watered down but weirdly satisfying for reasons I don't understand. Snagged it as a blind YOLO pick when a video store closed down or something like that.
You could make a better case for Final Fantasy 5 being "underrated" over Lufia 2 because it was never localized until after it's time.
In North America it may have been just another game on the shelf, but the PAL regions worshipped Lufia 2. They had so few RPGs available to them and it's legitimately a fantastic game.
Hell yeah. Just beat Mystical Ninja and Soul Blazer. On to a few more
EVO is really a great game!!! I played a lot The Ignition Factor too back in the 90's... The Legend of the Mystical Ninja seems like Pocky & Rocky (a.k.a. Ninja Kiki).
Decent list. Needs more Secrets of Evermore though. Sorry I gotta take every chance I get to remind people about this amazing game. Also; least in my opinion, is way way better than Secrets of Mana; which it often gets compared too.
Exactly my opinion! SoE is often looked down on due to lack of coop modes. But overall it is in every aspect better than SoM! The Artstyle is more mature, the atmosphere is god like which is even more improved by the amazing OST. Bosses are better balanced and leveling all the weapons is way less tedious.
A real gem I replay every now and then! 👍
Soul blazer rocks. I’ve played through it several times, and it…. Always rocks! The soundtrack is bubbling its way up from my memories as i type this. Daaaang it, I might have to give it another run.
@@OzeroCa Lisa’s theme is my favorite from the game
I feel like Run Sabre is a underrated gem, I loved back in the 90s.
even when i DO usually preffer the snes games over the genesis ones...
i would recomend playing Phantom 2040 on the genesis (the snes game is severily cut in content)
the genesis version (for once) not only looks better with lots of more animations, but it also has more content and more locations to visit.
Rudra no Hibou, a very good j-rpg very unknown
Loved Xcalibur 2097 rented it many times
I'm curious, but how old was the person who put this list together? Many of these games were hyped in gaming magazines just prior and for some time after their release. I know Nintendo Power wouldn't shut up about Uniracers for several months even after the N64 was released. I'm not certain how some of these are 'hidden gems' based on that. I could see this from the point of view of a younger person who grew up with later generation consoles and thus didn't see the hype and circumstance of some of these games and they might have slipped the cracks in rereleases on virtual consoles or favorite rom lists.
Lol Nintendo Power was pure propaganda. I don't have my old mags but I don't remember a review that gave honest opinions, which is why I branched out to other mags like EGM. Most of these games might have been mentioned but most of the pages were dedicated to promote the games they wanted to push.
Damn, EVO and Gemfire, two staple rentals back in the day.
I think i was one of the few people who bought Soul Blazer when it first came out i guess.
Its one of my favorite games.
I replaced it a coupple years ago becuase my OG copy got lost in a move.
Boy am i glad i got that when i did.
Soul Blazer is part 1 of a 3 part series personally ive always loved it as the dark overtone of you must rebuild the world step by step giving purpose and reason why i care about every NPC.
Because everyone of them was saved by you and everyone of them points to something or someone else or develops something.
I just wish the Switch would get it on there downloadble classics menu.
It goes Soul Blazer Illusion of Gaia then after that Terranigma ( possible typo on last one) the game i own but have never played.
Whats good my cultured vultures? Another day at work and another video to watch
If you can play SNES games... definitely try Soul Blazer and Illusion of Gaia. The game had a profound impact on me as a kid. Im sure if i picked it up today again... it'll still be as entertaining coz the gameplay is just simply fun. haha.
Most of them are quite popular back to the old days,not hidden gem at all.
Harley race reference was goated
It wasn't emphasized much in the video narration , but Legend of the Mystical Ninja is a great two player game . That's why all of the footage of it in the video has two players !
EVO had a segment where a mermaid was biting the ass off a shark. That’s pretty metal….😂
Soul Blazer is a game I desperately want to play again. I maxed out my health years ago I played it so much.
The Ignition Factor and The Firemen were released the same year...interesting how two seperate studios had the same idea...
I replay RoboTrek every few years, it baffles me how obscure it turned out to be because it was just another game to me at the time, didn't realize I was playing something obscure.
Robotrek was awesome. It was one of the first RPGs where you litterally built and customized your fighters, learned techniques through trial/error and one of the oldest games that had a crafting system. It's sad it wasn't as popular.
RoboTrek was a great game. Only real issues is having to backtrack for the higher level books in an otherwise liner game was a bit annoying and the Blackmore fight can be just playing cheap at times. Also it could of used a few more music tracks for verity. Otherwise I'd say it was a solid 7.5/10
Super Adventure Island II is definitely an underrated gem for sure.
That ad at 15:19 is pretty dark when you know the backstory. 💀
Finally some one talked about E.V.O !!! amazing game and I dont get why more games like it have not really come out. And no the name is not bad :D I dont get why you need to shame the name.
i loved Lufia II
Yep, I came here expecting a mention of at least 1 of the Enix "trilogy" too, and man, was it the one I think is the better one of the 3 even though most people say something else.
Soulblazer was the predecessor to the excellent Illusion of Gaia. Heck, even Illusion of Gaia is probably underrated as well.
Metal Warriors, another Konami gem, two player versus was so fun. Metal mechs side scroller.
The only other console game I can think of that does evoliving your character is the Dreamcast game Seventh Cross Evolution. I would not be surprised to hear it was a port like E.V.O.
G.O.D : Heed the Call to Awaken was my most underated RPG games on SNES...
E.V.O. Has such a great soundtrack
I was really expecting to see Cannon Fodder here
How is Lufia 2 underrated? Literally everyone that I knew that was into Jrpgs back in the day knew of and beat Lufia as well.
What is the game art in the thumbnail?
Yeah I'm curious. It looked like from the DS version of Lufia 2 but I couldn't find it. edit: It is from the DS version of Lufia 2. Specifically a character named Betty, a thief if I remember correctly
X kaliber was amazing when i was a kid
E.V.O is great, love that game
Where do you rate Shadowrun in this mindset? Evo was fun when you made the caveman, and soul blazer was one I played through a few times lol...
Evo: Search For Spore's Inspiration
Loved Mystical Ninja.
Not hidden for some and not gems for others 😅
yes brother that's how opinions work lol
@@CulturedVulturesit's not an opinion lol ganbare goemon is one of the main Konami series since the famicom. And Soulblazer was a huge enix release back in the days👍🏻 neither were hidden 😅
A lot of these games were featured in Nintendo Power.
What it misses? Well, have you heard or seen Cameltry or "On the Ball" as it was localized? Y'know what it also misses? Kirby Super Star Stacker, Popful Mail, Bushi Seiryuuden - Futari no Yuusha aka Warriors - Legend of the Blue Dragon & Tetris Battle Gaiden!
Who is the cover art of video from?
Not to re-ignite any console wars but I feel like X_Kaliber would have looked waaay on the Megadrive
Needs more Run Saber
Makes a video about underrated SNES gems and then lists well known games with dedicated player bases and games that are celebrated by fans. Great "list." 😒 Quit content creation if you're going to be an echo chamber and do lazy, uninspired lists. You should feel bad about yourself.
You didn’t discuss the connection from Soul Blazer to Illusion of Gaia
With all due respect, Lufia 2 isn't underrated. It's under-discovered. Everyone I've ever met or heard of that played it, loved it. It's just that, not enough people ever heard about it in the first place. It's a top tier game, still ranks among my favorites of all time, even today.
I think that’s what they mean when they say underrated. While we take the word literally and assume everyone knows the game and not rating it high enough, in the gaming rank world, underrated just implies, games that should have gotten more famous.l because they are great. Or were hidden gems not enough blow Iole knew about. Not that it ranked low and should have been higher
All the goemon snes games are great another hidden gem is legendary RPG Maka Maka 摩訶摩訶 wackier than any of the mother games never released outside of Japan and still relatively unknown even here. Day of the idea is another title that comes to mind.
Rampart for the snes is highly underated.
The Adventure of Hourai High School
Played uniracers to death with my brother back then. Also rock n roll racing.
The Lufia series wasn't really underrated, but I get that it's hard to find an underrated JRPG on the SNES... the reality is that it was pretty much the golden age of Squaresoft RPGs, and everything else paled in comparison. Honestly, if I try to think of SNES JRPGs that weren't published or developed by Squaresoft, Lufia is probably the most popular among them. Maybe Breath of Fire or Dragon Quest was more popular in Japan, but among US fans, I think anyone who was deep enough into JRPGs at the time to know of one that wasn't by Squaresoft was as likely to have played Lufia as any of the Dragon Warrior games or Breath of Fire, if not more so. It's too bad Lufia never came to Genesis/Mega Drive like they originally planned, it probably would have done better there.
Ever played “Demon’s Crest” for the SNES?