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The '''{{wp|Super Nintendo Entertainment System}}''' (abbreviated to '''SNES''', '''Super NES''', or '''Super Nintendo''', Japanese: '''Super Famicom'''; also called in early development '''NES2''' or '''Nintendo Entertainment System 2''') is a video game console created by [[Nintendo]]. It was the successor to the original [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] and rivaled in performance to the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. It had many popular games, including ''[[Super Mario World]]'', ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'', ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'', ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', and ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. Other popular titles are ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and ''[[Mario Paint]]''. It is the last Nintendo console to have a different design and name in America.

The Super Famicom was released in Japan on November 21, 1990 while the Super Nintendo Entertainment System was released in America on August 23, 1991, in Europe in April 1992, and in Australia in July 1992. They were discontinued in 1999, followed by the Super Famicom model and the SNES/Super Famicom games which discontinued in 2003. It remained popular throughout the 32/64 bit era, selling 49.10 million units during its lifetime. Nintendo also worked with Sony to create the planned add-on, the SNES CD to rival against Sega CD. However, Nintendo's cooperation with Sony crumbled so the SNES CD was moved to Philips for a short time. The projects resulted in the [[Philips CD-i]] and the {{wp|Sony PlayStation}}.

The SNES was re-released as the New-Style Super NES on October 20, 1997 in North America.{{ref needed}} It was smaller and lacked the eject button, and also could not output the S-Video and RGB signals.

During the SNES era, Nintendo and Sega were at the peak of their rivalry, so in many of the ''Mario'' games there were elements that mocked the ''[[sonicretro:Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series and vice versa. In ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', Sonic's boots and the plasma gun from ''{{wp|Earthworm Jim}}'' are seen next to a bin and labeled "no hopers". In ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', there are [[Harry Hedgehog|blue hedgehog enemies]] that greatly resemble [[Sonic the Hedgehog]].

The SNES was based on a Japanese console called the Super Famicom. Famicom was a mix between the word Family and Computer. The two received revisions known as Super Famicom Jr. for Japan and New-Style Super NES for North America.<ref>Nintendo. [https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/supernes/hookups.jsp Super NES Hookups]. ''Nintendo.com''. Retrieved March 4, 2020.</ref> The two redesigns are similar, but feature the same differences as the original models.