

It continues to be popular among collectors and retro gamers, with new homebrew games and Nintendo's emulated rereleases, such as on the Virtual Console, the Super NES Classic Edition, and Nintendo Switch Online. Overlapping the NES's 61.9 million unit sales, the SNES remained popular well into the 32-bit era, with 49.1 million units sold worldwide by the time it was discontinued in 2003. The SNES was a global success, becoming the best-selling console of the 16-bit era after launching relatively late and facing intense competition from Sega's Genesis console in North America and Europe. The system was designed to accommodate the ongoing development of a variety of enhancement chips integrated in game cartridges to be competitive into the next generation.

The console introduced advanced graphics and sound capabilities compared with other systems at the time. The SNES is Nintendo's second programmable home console, following the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).

Although each version is essentially the same, several forms of regional lockout prevent the different cartridges from being compatible with one another. In Japan, the system is called the Super Famicom (SFC). Due to the addition of the bonus games and the scrapbook 28 more Hero Coins were also added.The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), 1991 in North America, 1992 in Europe and Australasia (Oceania), and 1993 in South America. This version of the game also includes an additional boss (Kerozene) and two more collectibles (Golden Feathers that increase Expresso's stats in the Expresso's Racing bonus game and photographs that fill out a scrapbook).

The Game Boy Advance version also includes a bonus game mode with three minigames (Expresso's Racing, Funky's Flights, and Bag a Bug) plus a time attack mode called Diddy's Dash (complete levels as fast as possible as Diddy Kong). Rool Kremkoins to open up the routes to the Lost World, while every level has a hidden Hero Coin to collect. Rool and rescuing Donkey Kong, there are extra missions that can be completed. Again the emphasis is on banana collecting, whereas every one hundred bananas make one extra life. Rool and the Kremlings, and it is up to Diddy Kong and his girlfriend Dixie Kong to save him.Īll the familiar enemies and helpful friends return, along with some new characters, including the wise Wrinkly Kong who will teach you some important lessons in gameplay. Donkey Kong has been "kongnapped" by the nasty K.
