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Terranigma is the full package that barely anybody played.
It has more combat depth than any other action RPG on the console, a story so thoughtfully written that it puts modern gaming narratives to shame, and creative dungeon design that rivals that of A Link to the Past. From its gameplay to its story to its level design, Terranigma is everything an end-of-life SNES RPG should have been, and more. As of 2004, Quintet has gone silent and likely defunct, but Terranigma nevertheless remains a testament to the talent the studio was working with.Įven if Quintet was not able to find the success it needed to stay afloat, and even if their best games more or less faded into the background - simply pieces of the Super Nintendo’s greater library - that doesn’t change how meaningful, beautiful, and well crafted Terranigma is. With all this stacked against the game, it’s no wonder that Terranigma fell under the radar of great SNES RPGs. The dissolution of Enix America Corporation, which had served to localize Quintet’s SNES titles in the United States, also meant that Terranigma never saw a U.S. In some respects, Terranigma can be compared directly to Chrono Trigger, a JRPG that released a year earlier and lacked a full worldwide release, but that game managed to miss the threat of the Nintendo 64’s presence while cementing its status as one of the most influential games to release on the SNES.Īlas, Terranigma was not destined to share the same fate. Selling rather poorly due to the Nintendo 64’s looming presence, Quintet’s SNES run ended on a rather quiet note. The last game Quintet developed for the Super Nintendo, Terranigma released in the fall of 1995 in Japan, followed by a PAL region release in the winter of 1996. And while it lacks the same legacy as the aforementioned games, Terranigma deserves mention in any discussion regarding the Super Nintendo’s roster of games. Chrono Trigger is still considered one of the greatest games of all time, blending fantastic gameplay with a meaningful narrative Secret of Mana is remembered fondly for its charming atmosphere and unique take on the action RPG format Final Fantasy VI broke defined narrative conventions to push the genre further. This is not to say that the Super Nintendo lacked in other titles (far from it), but its RPGs were more than often on another tier entirely. RPGs more or less defined the SNES, and it’s hard to pair any other console with a singular genre. The Super Nintendo is no pushover when it comes to the RPG genre taking the Super Famicom into consideration, the console’s roster of RPGs rises even more both in quantity and quality.
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