Jump to content
 







Main menu
   


Navigation  



Main page
Contents
Current events
Random article
About Wikipedia
Contact us
Donate
 




Contribute  



Help
Learn to edit
Community portal
Recent changes
Upload file
 








Search  

































Create account

Log in
 









Create account
 Log in
 




Pages for logged out editors learn more  



Contributions
Talk
 



















Contents

   



(Top)
 


1 Tetris & Dr. Mario  
1 comment  




2 F-Zero  
1 comment  




3 Copies sold  
1 comment  




4 Casper included by mistake  
1 comment  




5 Super Metroid  
1 comment  




6 External links modified  
1 comment  




7 CESA white paper  
1 comment  




8 Gizmodo Mario article  
4 comments  













Talk:List of best-selling Super Nintendo Entertainment System video games




Page contents not supported in other languages.  









Article
Talk
 

















Read
Edit
Add topic
View history
 








Tools
   


Actions  



Read
Edit
Add topic
View history
 




General  



What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Get shortened URL
Download QR code
 




Print/export  



Download as PDF
Printable version
 
















Appearance
   

 






From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 


The claim that Tetris & Dr. Mario has sold 6 million copies is questionable. There is seemingly only one such reference online, which this page links to. However, this is not an official site. In fact, it looks like a private blog. Arguably, this claim would need to be corroborated. Prima facie, it seems hard to believe. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.22.107.196 (talk) 23:02, 20 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, (Sorry for my english, I'm french) I think that F-Zero should be in this list, according to VGChartz (but it's not a very very reliable site). 95.176.47.164 (talk) 16:25, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Copies sold[edit]

It says for donkey kong country 2 about the copies sold: (4.37 million approximately: 2.21 million in Japan,[7] 2.16 million in US)[8] So this means only copies sold in japan and the US? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.134.117.186 (talk) 14:50, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Casper included by mistake[edit]

I'm going to remove Casper from this list, as I believe it was included by mistake. Here's my logic:

The reference linked to justify Casper's 1 million sales leads to: http://www.oecd.org/internet/ieconomy/32145714.pdf That's a FunCom document, citing their sales for "Casper (the friendly ghost)", with a date of 1996 and no other info.

However, there are multiple, distinct Casper games to come out around that time. (All of which are confusingly grouped under one Wikipedia page.)

All of those were from these links: http://www.ign.com/companies/natsume http://www.ign.com/companies/kss http://www.ign.com/companies/interplay

I believe the FunCom developed version of Casper, to which that document refers, is the "A Haunting 3D Challenge" version published by Interplay for PlayStation and Sega Saturn, NOT for SNES. This page links the developer and publisher: http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps/196879-casper/data

I can find no reference to a Casper game, released on the SNES, and developed by FunCom (and therefore justified by the reference link), so I'm going to remove it from this list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.87.57.40 (talk) 20:20, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Super Metroid[edit]

I'm removing Super Metroid from this list.

It's highly unlikely that we find a reliable source on recent sales figure. I can't find any reliable sources via this search engine. Therefore, Super Metroid should not be listed. Any editor who wishes to re-add the game to the list (and has a reliable source to back up) should discuss it here first. Thanks. – // Hounder4 // 03:29, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

External links modified[edit]

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 2 external links on List of best-selling Super Nintendo Entertainment System video games. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 15:13, 20 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

CESA white paper[edit]

@Andre666, where did you find the 2004 CESA white paper? ISBN 4-902346-04-4/OCLC 169961334 is not showing any international holdings. The CESA listing doesn't have more than excerpts. Additionally, are the sources of its contents clear? Are they reported directly from the manufacturer? czar 00:21, 20 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Gizmodo Mario article[edit]

O'Malley, James (September 11, 2015). "30 Best-Selling Super Mario Games of All Time on the Plumber's 30th Birthday". Gizmodo. Retrieved April 23, 2017.

@Andre666, are these Gizmodo numbers accurate? Per its disclaimer,

A note on methodology: Whilst we're fairly confident in these figures, we have compiled them from a number of sources. For example, it is unclear whether Virtual Console re-releases affect it - but broadly speaking, the list and ranked positions speak to the magnitude of the success of each title.

This isn't citeable for definitive numbers in this list, which is prone to citogenesis where official/accurate numbers might not have ever been released. Courtesy ping @TheJoebro64, per [1] czar 00:35, 20 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Czar, my understanding is that the figure for All-Stars originates from the CESA white paper, either the 2004 or 2005 one. The Wii version's numbers were reported separately (2.24 million by 2011 if I remember correctly), and All-Stars didn't receive a Virtual Console rerelease. JOEBRO64 00:47, 20 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@TheJoebro64, thanks. Have you verified against the white paper? We're putting a lot of credence in it for an inaccessible industry document without direct citations from secondary sources. czar 01:10, 20 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I haven't. When I was researching Mario All-Stars last year, I checked the VG Sales Wiki to find sales numbers, and that wiki cited the white paper. VG Sales Wiki is extremely accurate when it comes to sales numbers and I almost always check it when writing so I can use the sources it cites. However, since I couldn't access the white paper myself, I just used Google to find an article that did mention the number, and that Gizmodo article showed up.
I know ResetEra isn't a reliable source (far from it), but this post about sales numbers, which says the info comes from Nintendo's PR department, also mentions the 10.55 million. I know we shouldn't really trust this because it's a random forum poster, but I checked Nintendo's website and it is very consistent with what sales info they provide there; also, ResetEra is pretty strict when it comes to posting trade information like that and will remove posts that can't be verified. JOEBRO64 16:26, 20 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:List_of_best-selling_Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System_video_games&oldid=1208211149"

Categories: 
List-Class List articles
Unknown-importance List articles
WikiProject Lists articles
List-Class video game articles
Low-importance video game articles
List-Class Nintendo articles
Nintendo task force articles
WikiProject Video games articles
 



This page was last edited on 16 February 2024, at 19:43 (UTC).

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.



Privacy policy

About Wikipedia

Disclaimers

Contact Wikipedia

Code of Conduct

Developers

Statistics

Cookie statement

Mobile view



Wikimedia Foundation
Powered by MediaWiki